"Why did you come here, Miku-sama?" Gumi perched on the end of the bed, gazing up curiously at the princess.
"I already told you, I hate being a princess," Miku stated flatly, dropping her belonging on the rug in the centre of Gumi's small room. "And please… Don't call me 'Miku–sama'."
The other girl simply nodded in understanding and watched on as she picked nervously at her stubby fingernails.
"Well, uh, why did you come here, of all places you could've gone?"
"I didn't really know where else to go," Miku shrugged the cloak off of her shoulders and stared at Gumi. "Why are you asking so many questions?"
Gumi's face reddened.
"O-oh, I'm just trying to understand… I guess." She glared at her lap. "I… I mean I don't really… get it, but you can stay here. If you'd like to, that is."
Gentle sunlight began to stream through the windows as dawn approached, and with it, the sound of an alarm in another room, followed by heavy footsteps. Gumi's green eyes widened and she hissed at Miku.
"Quick, hide!"
Miku nodded in response and kicked her things under the bed, before diving on the bed and pulling the covers over her head. She felt the bed dip beside her as Gumi leant back on her hidden form in an attempt to hide her as her father pushed the bedroom door open. He frowned at her, and she grinned back, feigning innocence.
"Morning, daddy," her voice was strained behind her fake smile, and his gaze intensified.
"You're not usually awake this early."
Gumi squirmed awkwardly.
"Well, I've decided I'm turning over a new leaf!" Her bright and cheery façade wavered for a split second, until her dad finally stopped watching her.
"Fine, whatever. Just hurry up and get downstairs, yeah?" He slammed the door behind him.
Gumi exhaled loudly, and Miku giggled from her hiding spot beneath the bedsheets. She slapped her hands over her mouth to contain her laughter when the covers were torn from her head.
"Miku-chan, you're gonna get me in so much trouble, you know?"
"Oh well," she giggled again, pulling the other girl into a tight embrace. Gumi nuzzled her face into the princess' neck and sighed.
"Miku-san… Loving you… It's such an honour."
"Gumi-kun, you needn't use such 'polite' language like that." She chuckled under her breath and mimicked the girl's words. "Oh it's 'such an honour'."
Gumi poked her in the chest.
"Hey, you're supposed to be polite in the presence of royalty." She protested, turning her gaze on Miku's face.
"Yeah, I know. But I'm not a princess anymore, so I don't count as royalty, silly."
"But you see, Miku-sama, you'll always be my princess, no matter what."
Miku sniggered.
"Wow, that's so cheesy."
"Shut up, Miku-chan. You know you love it." Gumi grinned at her and leant in to place a soft kiss on her lips. When she pulled away, Miku ran her hand through the tangled green locks of her hair.
"I love you too, Gumi-chan."
A/N: I finally finished school so I might finally have more time to write this, and the other stories that I have. And I wanna do more stuff with UTAU. Man, there's just so much stuff to do now I'm free. But anyways, thank you sososososo much for reading this because I worked really hard on this, and writing has never really been my strong point. I'm sorry, I'll shut up now. Byeeeeee~~~~
