Hello, everyone, it's been awhile since the last update...
well, because of my studies and the exams, I ended in not writing any chapters...
the exams were like hell, hahaha but I managaed to pass them successfully (Pheeeew)
Alright, I'll leave you guys with Chapter 7...
Note: I don't own Touhou, ZUN own it.
***-*** Chapter 7 ***-***
In the dawn of the next day...
The sun is about to rise, only the light is filling the sky, the weather temperature is a bit chilly mixed with a wind movement. There is some noise inside The Scarlet Devil Mansion coming from the residents of the mansion.
The maids of the mansion were busy with the preparations for the party that the mistress has composed, they were preparing the chairs and the tables, every pair of the maids is working together on a spot, and there're alot of other maids do the same thing just for the preparations, they had arranged the garden of the mansion so that it can fit the party and the guests.
Sakuya is walking from place to another, observing the performance of the maid's working, she's giving instructions to some maids who haven't do their work properly. In short, she was extremely busy.
Meiling was watching sneaky from the outside of the mansion at what was happening inside the garden, her face was rather a bit sad, her right hand was on the gate's bar...
"I really wish I could celebrate with them, but I have to guard the gate!" Hong murmured with herself miserably.
She then let out a huge sigh and headed back to her position and sat down on the chair that laid beside the gate..
"why I have to be the only one who can't enjoy occasions like this?" she said as she's peeping from the gate.
Inside the Mansion, At Arastur's room...
Arastur was standing in front of a mirror, it's not too big that he can see his whole body by it but only half of his body, and he was holding a maid uniform and placing it on his body and measuring its measurment with his body, he wasn't wearing his cloak either...
"(Sigh)...I really can't believe lady Remilia what she just gave me!" Arastur said quietly.
"This is really embarrasing!" his face turned a little red as he's gazing at the uniform.
(Flashback)
Arastur was sleeping in his room and the place were quiet too, after a few moments, the door of his room has been knocked a bit loudly, this hard knock made Arastur open one of his eyes and looked at the door, instead of getting up and see who was knocking the door, he closed his eyes and covered his head with a blanket that covers his body and returned to his sleep, the weather was cold during the night, which is why he was covering himself with a blanket.
The door has been knocked again and this time was harder than before. This time Arastur noticed for the really time that there's someone outside of his room, he slowly moved the blanket aside and got up then he turned the room's light and started to walk to the door, he walked to the door so slow like he was walking in his sleep, it's just like that he didn't take a good sleep for a long time.
He had reached the door and opened it slowly and saw someone shorter than him standing in front of his room's door and carrying a box, this's person's hair was blue with red eyes, he looked at this person and didn't say anything, perhaps it's due to his half-waking state...
"So, you're still awake until this late time!" said this person in a childish tone with a small smile.
Arastur is in his half-waking state, he didn't recognize this person's voice. He put his hand on his forehead and rubbed it a bit, then he turned to his room and closed the door.
He began to walk to the bed to continue his peaceful sleep...
"So, it looks like you have some guts to shut the door in my face." a childish voice came from the outside of his room, which made him stop from walking.
His eyes now are fully open, he remaided standing without moving like he was spacing out, then quickly he ran to the door and opened it and now saw this person's identity, she was the mistress of the mansion standing in front of the door with an evil grin on her face..
"Lady Remilia?" Arastur confusedly said as he's gazing at her puzzledly.
"I'm really sorry, I was sleeping and didn't know that was you!" he apologized humbly as he's bowing to her in an apology manner.
Remilia looked at him for awhile then let out a sigh..
"Forget about it, more importantly, I brought this to you!" Remilia offered the box in her hands to him.
Arastur raised his head again and looked at the mysterious box..
"Um...is this...a gift?" he asked her cluelessly as he's looking at the box.
Remilia's face has became disappointingly when she heard his answer about this stuff.
She threw the box firmly to him as she's still looking at this clueless servant, Arastur caught the box quickly and sighed in relief, he then looked at the annoyed mistress..
"What are you waiting for, open it quickly?" Remilia put both of her hands around her waist.
"Y-Y-Yes..." Arastur confused by Remilia's behaviour.
He quickly lifted the cover on the box and brought out what was inside it, it was a black maid uniform, Arastur's eyes can't believe what he has just saw, his mouth is opened in puzzlement.
He then changed his sight at Remilia, who was looking at him with a smirk on her face.
"L-Lady Remilia! What is this?" Arastur hardly has asked his mistress, as if he had knew what she was thinking.
"Can't you see, it's a maid dress!" Remilia replied childishly as she's examing the dress.
"That's not what I meant, I mean...why you brought this to me?" he rolled his eyes aside, hoping he's wrong about what he has thought about Remilia's objective.
"You're going to wear it during the party, isn't that obvious?" Remilia replied to his wondering.
"Y-You must be joking, right?" he took some steps back due to shock of Remilia's reply.
Remilia grinned fiendly then she has brought her face near to his and opened her mouth.
"If you're going to disobey me, I'll have to fire you immediatly!" she whispered to him quietly, she was too close to him that made him blush a little and roll his eyes aside.
she stood back a bit and turned to leave the place, she began to walk but...
"Can I ask you something, lady Remilia?" Arastur said in a low and calm voice.
Remilia stopped but didn't turned to him "What is it?" she said in a serious tone.
Arastur turned his face away "You know that it's too embarrasing for me to wear something like this..." then he looked at her again with a worry look.
"So why are you insist in something like that?" he said in a serious tone, then looked away again.
Remilia didn't say anything, she remained quiet for some time and still not facing him..
"I don't want..." Remilia finally said with a fearful tone in her voice.
"I don't want the world to know that I brought a boy to my mansion.." after saying this, she continued her way.
Arastur watched her leaving until she became out of his sight, he then looked at the dress again...
(Remilia, she-she was scared, I felt that!) he thought as he's looking at the way that Remilia came from, his eyes were somehow a bit sad.
Then he looked at the ground and his eyes became too sad this time and glinched his fist tightly..
(I wish I could leave, so that you're not going to worry about something like this...) he then closed his eyes.
(Forgive me, but I can't leave for now, I doing this for your own good!) then he turned and headed to his room and closed the door.
(End of flashback)
"But I'm going to do as lady Remilia said!" he spoke with himself as he's looking in the mirror.
"I think I have an idea about this...I think!" he then left the mirror and walked to the bed.
Thirty minutes later...
Alura was flying in the corridor where Arastur's room is, she wasn't moving so fast and she was looking at the ground while she's flying, like she's deep in thoughts. But her spacing out hasn't last long when she has heard a footsteps coming from a distance towards her, she rasied her head to see this person, at first, she thought that she's going to see Arastur since he's the only one in this corridor who can't fly but walking instead.
Alura opened her mouth from amazement when she saw a girl wearing a black maid dress with a black hair arranged very well, some wisps of her hair is on the left side of her head and most of her hair is on the right side, with a small pony tail from behind...
Alura headed to this maid. the girl lifted her head and saw Alura floating in front of her confusedly, this girl also confused when she suddenly saw Alura in front of her...
"E-Excuse me, Are you a new maid here?" Alura asked this maid girl wonderingly.
the new maid has lowered her head quickly, which made Alura to become more puzzle.
"Yes, I am!" the new maid answered softly without looking at Alura.
Both of them remained silent for some time, Alura is looking at the new maid while the maid looking at the ground, trying not look at Alura..
Alura then sighed and has broke this silence "Anyway, nice to meet you." Alura said with a gentle smile.
"T-Thank you very much.." the new maid answered softly again.
"Then excuse me, I need to go now!" Alura said.
"Y-Yes..." the new maid replied quickly then she began to walk to leave the place.
Alura did the same thing and began to fly to the corridor, but suddenly she stopped and turned at the new maid again, like she forgot something..
"Um...excuse me!" Alura turned at the maid again but didn't go near her.
The maid stopped too but didn't turn at Alura "Y-Yes, what is it?" she said confusedly.
"Did you happen to see a person wearing a black clothes and hiding his face?" Alura asked the maid as she rolled her eyes aside.
"I'm looking for that person now!" she added the looked at the maid again (Ohh, crap!) the maid thought while her face is full of sweat from perplexity, she was thinking of a suitable answer..
"Y-Yes, but that person has already left to somewhere else!" the maid answer without looking at Alura.
"Ohhh, this is bad!" Alura then let out a sigh of tiredness.
"Is there something you need from that person?" the maid asked Alura.
"Yes, the mistress want to see him!" Alura said.
"I'll tell that person when I see him!" the maid said as she looked at Alura with a gentle smile on her face.
Alura has puzzled when she saw this maid's smile, it's resemble to Arastur's.
"A-Alright, thank you!" Alura then began to fly to leave this place.
The maid started to walk in a different way and both of them has became far away from each other, the new maid was walking a bit fast, Alura then turned her face at the leaving new maid..
"This girl is too shy and too cute!" Alura said in a low voice only she can hear it. Then she looked at her way and left.
The new maid turned too to see Alura to make sure she has already left, as she's walking and without noticing, she tripped by her dress and fell on the ground..
"Hahaha, I'm lucky that there's no one here to see me like that!" the maid said in a low voice with a boyish tone..
"Because lady Remilia wanted me to wear this, I ended up in becoming a girl, this is really embarrasing!" Arastur then began to stand up slowly to avoid any unnecessary accident like the last one..
"(sigh)...anyway, I have to go to see lady Remilia!" then he started to walk in a girly manner to hide his true identity..
In the corridor where Remilia's room is...
Arastur was walking slowly in the corridor as he's turning left and right, afraid of being revealed by someone who know him. Because he spent alot of time in the mansion, he's now know most of the mansion's places, and Remilia herself helped him in this matter, so it's not hard for him to go to the place he want.
As the time passes, he has finally arrived to Remilia's room and stood neatly in front of the door, he first looked to the both sides then focused on the room. He took a deep breath to prepare himself to see the mistress then he raised his hand to knock the door, when his hand is about to knock it, he has been interrupted by a familier voice..
"What are you doing here?" a familier voice called coldly for him.
His body has shivered when he heard this unmistakable and coolish voice, he then slowly lowered his hand and turned his face at this voice owner.
Sakuya was standing a distance away from him, crossing her arms and the right hand was carrying a knife. she then started to walk towards him, at this time, Arastur was out of ideas about solving this trouble, all he did was gazing at Sakuya as she's approaching to him, he took some steps back, but it wasn't enough to escape from her.
At last, she reached to him and looked carefully at Arastur or in other word the maid, Sakuya's mouth has opened a bit as she's about to say something but instead she began to laugh lightly which made Arastur become confused by her behaviour, then after a bit of time, he understood the reason and realized that she already figured his identity which made him curses his luck...
after a bit of time, Sakuya returned to herself after she laughed a lot..
"So, the mistress wasn't joking about this!" Sakuya wondered as she's gazing at Arastur's dress.
Then she sighed and looked at him this time "What are you doing here, in front of the mistress' room?" Sakuya asked him about the reason.
"The mistress now is changing her clothes!" Sakuya added as she looked at the room's door "Changing?" Arastur wondered as he looked at Remilia's room too.
Sakuya turned her face at him "Don't tell me you're..." Sakuya guessed about the reason.
Arastur quickly turned at Sakuya "N-N-No, I'm not trying to peek at her.." he confusedly said in a loud voice as his face became red.
Sakuya is about to reply but she has been interrupted when the door of Remilia's room has opened, both of Arastur and Sakuya looked at the room. Remilia came out of her room and looked at the two...
"What is this noise in front of my room?" Remilia said questioningly as she's looking at Sakuya.
Remilia was wearing a black dress with a purple waves in an italic form and also wearing a white gloves, her hair was in its usual style but she wasn't wearing her hat but instead there was a white flower tied up with her hair on the right side of her face. Aratsur's eyes widened when he saw how beautiful Remilia she was.
Remilia's eyes caught a figure on the other side, then she changed her sight at Arastur, at first, she looked at him puzzledly as this is the first time to see a cute maid, but something unexpected has happened, Remilia put her hand on her mouth and started to laugh loudly and also childishly, Sakuya followed her mistress and laughed again.
Arastur disappointed when he them like that, he didn't depress at all as he already used to something like being laughed at. After awhile, Remilia stopped from laughing and looked at him with a gentle smile...
"I've never expected you to wear it!" Remilia said.
"Huh?" he wondered.
"Nothing!" then Remilia approached to him and raised her hands at his dress.
The band around the neck area wasn't tied up, Remilia flew a bit and tied it for him then she landed on the ground again and then winked gently.
"You look cuter in this dress!" Remilia said brightly as she winked.
Arastur's face has became totally red, Sakuya noticed him and smiled..
"Alright Sakuya, take him to the outside, he's going to serve the guests too." Remilia cheerfully ordered her maid.
Then without any other words, she returned to her room and closed the door.
Sakuya looked at the blushing boy, who was looking at Remilia's room "Alright, time to go." Sakuya calmly said.
Then Sakuya began to walk to where her mistress has told her, Arastur did the same thing and followed her, but before they left the place, he took a last look at Remilia's room, his eyes were a bit sad for some reason, he then looked straight and continued their way...
Both Sakuya and Arastur were walking beside each other, they were walking silently, no one was talking. Arastur then has rolled his eyes at Sakuya and observed her face, it was calm and relaxing, he thought of something to break this boring silent, he opened his mouth to say something but he couldn't because Sakuya has interrupted him...
"I really glad that you came here!" Sakuya calmly said with a gentle smile without looking at him.
"Huh!" Arastur looked at her cluelessly.
"What do you mean?" he wondered.
"The mistress has became happy since your arrival here!" she replied.
"What?" he puzzled by what she has just said.
"As you can see, she's treating you like you're a special person!" she said.
He lowered his head and looked at the ground as he's walking...
"But I thought she's..." he said confusedly as he raised his head at her.
"No, no, you're wrong, she's not the kind of person you think of." Sakuya turned her head at him.
"But lady Sakuya, why you think that I'm a special person to lady Remilia?" Arastur seriously asked Sakuya.
Sakuya stopped from walking suddenly, which made him stop too. He looked at her. She turned to him with face of seriousness.
"Do you really want to know?" Sakuya asked him with serious tone.
Arastur was gazing for some time without saying a word, he was thinking of the reason of Sakuya's seriousness, but for some reason, he didn't think a lot about this matter, he then closed his eyes and smiled...
"Yes, I really want to know!" he calmly answered.
Sakuya smiled a little when she saw his insistence about this. Then she looked straight...
"It happened four years ago!" Sakuya then began to walk so slowly and he did like her...
Well, it's not a long chapter like the previous, that's because of the lack of time I have and because of my studies, so I decided to make it shorter so that you can keep in touch with the story...
(sigh) see you in the next chapter.
