Karin: Okay, I decided to put up a quick drabble before I'm swamped again with SATs and upcoming mid-terms. Hopefully it doesn't suck.
Disclaimer: I don't own Princess Resurrection
Title: Of Tea and Chainsaws
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Hiro/Hime and a little bit of Riza/Reiri in the future.
Genre(s): General
Note: Takes place during chapter fourteen and maybe can be considered an anime moment too, but I don't quite remember Emil saying her real name during that episode when he was introduced in the anime. I need to watch that episode again.
Of Tea and Chainsaws
Theme Nine: Name
By Karin Ochibi-chan
Lililanne. Her real name was Lililanne.
Hiro repeated the foreign name in his mind several times, but each time, it didn't make it any less strange or alien to him.
Funny how after all this time of knowing Hime, he hadn't known her as anything else. She was the monster princess Hime. She was the tea obsessed aristocrat Hime. Everything he referred to her as in his mind all had one thing in common—she was called Hime.
But hearing her older brother Emil just now, saying Lililanne instead of Hime, made Hiro wonder. Hime had two names, but which one fitted her?
Which one should he call her?
Obviously Lililanne was the choice for it was her birth name and what her siblings had called her. It was the name her family would think of or speak of when they spoke to her.
It was her given name. Not Hime. A part of him asked if whether or not Hime was even validated as her name in the first place.
Thinking back on Riza telling him to go ask Hime herself about her real name if he wanted to know so badly, the boy didn't dare make a move to do so. For some reason, back then, a feeling of forbidding crept up his spine. If Hime wanted him to know her real name, she would've told him. So, he left the matter alone and it was buried at the bottom on his head.
But now that he knew, Hiro couldn't help but question his matter of address to her. It felt like some kind of identity crisis to him.
What should he call her? Lililanne or Hime?
Lililanne… it sounded wrong to his ears. It didn't roll off his tongue smoothly like Hime did. It was like a road with many potholes. It carried none of the feelings of recognition or friendliness. It was a stranger's name.
She introduced herself as Hime to him. It was Hime he became a servant of. It was Hime who he shared memories with. Not Lililanne.
And, though it was false, it was Hime who he would call to. Not this Lililanne. To him, she was Hime. She would always be Hime. It may not be her given name or the name her siblings called her as, but it was the name he had come to know her as.
"Even if you are my brother, I still wish you wouldn't call me by that name, Emil nii-sama."Hime told Emil from the burning ship she and Hiro were on.
The name she also identified herself with.
Hime was her true name in both their eyes. That was all he needed for him to decide his answer.
Karin: Okay, I realized that I might've just crushed my awesomeness with this, but I hope you liked it anyway. I'll try to do better next time. Sorry. Please review though if you can. I really appreciate it.
See ya Next time!
Replies to Reviewers from Chapter Eight:
Sashu- Oh heavens no! I meant school related clubs! Like after school activities lol XD Your weirdness made me laugh. Again, I didn't get another drabble out soon, and maybe I really mucked up your wait with this, but I hope it wasn't so bad. Yeah, I noticed the manga hasn't been translating at all lately. Makes me sad.
BrazeRancor- That's okay, I get it. And thanks for the advice, but I felt like I completely crushed my writing ability in your eyes with this. I don't know why, but I feel like I disappointed you with this drabble.
MeatBomb- lol XD I hope it was a pleasant present indeed. I'm happy you thought that about the previous drabble. I'm happy you see my point that one doesn't need physical strength to be there for their loved one. Hope this one wasn't too sucky for you.
Random-anime-gurl- Yes, if only it did. lol
Himewolf398- all these reviews of praise are making me feel guilty for putting this drabble out to the world. Thanks so much for the praise from last chapter. I'm happy you found the throwing out the window thing amusing. I can actually picture Hime doing that for some reason.
Delinquent Duo- Happy for the mutual feeling. You really think they're in tune with the series?
Baadshah007- I'm very sorry this one took so long and that it wasn't that good, but I hope you'll still stick around for future drabbles.
KyuubiReborn- Your praise made my day, but I hope that this oneshot didn't shatter that desire to read more of these drabbles.
Keikun4283- Sorry to hear that. I know what you mean—it's hard to be patient when there's no activity on any of your favorite fanfictions whatsoever.
Ancient of the Wolfwood Clan- I have a few ideas for some Reiri/Riza on the side, but I have to figure out when I will put them in the series. So far, I have two ideas that I hope will come out soon.
JWM- You're welcome, and thank you! And about Hiro stealing a kiss… I think he likes all of his limbs intact a little more… and yeah, when I watch/read the actual series, I notice that Hime has a rather subtle sadistic side that I like to exploit because I find it amusing to write.
Atlantisatlan12- Thanks.
Dragondude3538- I hope the update wasn't bad.
