Cookie: Yes, yes. The new chapter has come.
Ikuto: You're still alive? Dammit!
Cookie: Yes, yes. Just in time for the holidays!
Amu: ABOUT TIME! The last time you updated was August...
Cookie: OK EVERYONE. Not gonna say much because I wanna get straight to the chapter before I forget my ideas so ENJOY! And of course R & R !
Recap: And kissed... and kissed... and kissed...
Amu's POV:
Suddenly I heard footsteps coming near and my eyes fluttered open. "Get off me!" I hissed in his ear, even though I was the one on top of him. Suddenly the door opened and I hopped off him frantically. I silently ordered him to stoop on the toilet seat, and opened the door and walked away, trying to look as normal as possible.
"Amu?" I looked up to see Miki's face. "Heyyyy Miki!"I suddenly exclaimed, almost too excitedly. Miki raised an eyebrow. "You don't look right.. Is everything okay?" I giggled nervously, flipping my hair.
"What are you talking about? Everything's totally okay! Why would you think it's not? I just, ya know, had to pee and all but I think I got to get going soon because you know I need to get to my business-"
"What's that on your dress?" Miki suddenly asked, squinting at my chest. "What's what?" I asked, panic rising inside me. Miki picked off a blue strand of hair and dangled it in front of her. Shit. I kept a straight face as Miki looked at it, me, then back at it again, probably putting the pieces together.
"Ohh, THAT. How did THAT get there?" I cried, laughing. "Must've been from the clothes I've been washing, recently! Silly me!" Miki nodded slowly, half as if she didn't believe me.
"What's that above your lip?" She asked again, pointing above my lip. I quickly glanced in the mirror and widened my eyes to see a tiny bruise forming above it. I quickly put my hand over it and looked down. "I-it's from falling earlier. Down the stairs. In the dining hall. Yeahh," I said, backing out toward the exit. She just stared at me with a confused, suspicious stare. "Wellll got to go now, see ya later!" I quickly said, making my way for the door.
"Bye Amu," She called. When I turned around she started entering the stall from earlier and I screamed, "NO!" And ran back in front of her. She raised an eyebrow. "Ummm... why?" I suddenly blushed again and started sputtering. "W-well what I meant was that stalls' super nasty and I don't think you want to even see it or you'll have nightmares and whatnot hahaha! Go use the other one!" I pointed to the one farthest in the corner and pushed her along as she gave me an odd look. Quickly after that I scurried out, not even thinking about Ikuto. He'd probably find a way out, anyway.
As I entered the royal ballroom it was all quiet and dark. In the front was Nagi's play, and a strange, short brunette hair playing along with him. The princess's all looked a little worried, turning heads to see Ikuto, but they all tried to watch the play anyway. I joined along in the back with the other maids, and was attacked by Dia.
"Where have you been!" She whispered, shaking me. "We've been worried sick about you!" I turned to the others and they all gave me worried looks. "Where've you been!" Dia demanded, shaking me.
"Oh nowhere, just been doing... stuff. No biggie." I shrugged, trying to look as composed as possible. Dia narrowed her eyes. "What stuff? Stuff could mean anything. It could mean you were cooking, playing pool, eating, anything. What stuff is it you were doing?" I felt her nails grip into my skin. Who would've known a sweet, calm girl like Dia could be so nosy?
"Just bathroom stuff!" I said loudly, shaking her hands off of me. Sure it sounded wrong, but it was better than her knowing the truth. Before she could push on further, a couple princess's in front of us gave us dirty looks and giving us the shut up sign.
Dia gave me one more look before we both turned to the stage. The next scene was starting already.
Rima's POV:
I stepped on stage to see a couple hundred pairs of mascara drowned eyes in front of me. I turned around to see Nagi, sitting on the bench, staring down, his hair shading over his eyes.
Remembering the lines, I strolled over to him and asked what was wrong. He looked up with red eyes and a red cheek. He almost looked.. lost. Sad.
As we both acted throughout the play, I scanned the crowd. Since I was such an amazing multitasker, I surfed the crowd out of the corner of my eye as I played Angel, a middle class girl who fell desperately in love with Nagi (Ew.)
Suddenly I saw them. They stood in the back of the crowd, whispering to each other silently, looking up once in a while. My lip quivered and my mind went blank. Them? Here? Now? I stood there, completely frozen, as if me and them were the only ones in the whole room.
"Angel?" A voice interrupted, and I looked up to see Nagi staring at me, waiting for my line. "Oh," I said quietly, and continued my lines. Nagi gave me a worried look but we both continued on, me staring out into space the whole time. When would this all end?
Finally came the worst part. The end. The part where I had to KISS him. I dreaded this part almost as much as I dreaded them. I sighed as he walked over to me. Mine as well get this over with. Before I could even say my line, that little twat swiftly took my shoulders and pulled into a kiss. I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for it to end. All the girls in the crowd swooned and shot jealous looks at me, and all the boys in the crowd (Which was very small) sent jealous waves toward Nagi.
I started to enjoy it. Not the kiss, but the fact that a couple hundred princess's were jealous of me, for once. After what felt like a minute I finally pulled away, and as we held hands, bowed in front of the crowd and the curtains closed. Finally, the torture was over.
I wiped my lips, disgusted, and flung saliva at Nagi.
"You owe me one," I muttered, pulling off my wig and fixing my hair. "You kiss like a monkey."
Nagihiko just chuckled as we walked off the stage and entered the back. "Trust me, I've kissed a monkey before. It's not that bad, really."
Before I could ask him why the fuck he kissed a monkey before we both saw Pearlan, sitting on the stool reading my manga book. Before I could call her over to wave, she looked up and squealed, throwing the book on the ground.
"EEEE! YOU WERE SOOO GOOD!" She squealed, jumping up from the stool running toward me. I laughed and held my arms out for a hug as she ran at me, but she just ran past and I whirled around, confused.
"You were amazing, Nagi!" She swooned, clinging to him. Me and Nagi both stared at her, shocked.
"Pearlan? Is that you?" Nagi asked, confused. Pearlan looked up from hugging his chest and nodded. "I haven't seen you in forever, Nagi!" She squealed, hugging him even tighter.
I stood there, staring at both of them until Nagi noticed my stare and pried Pearlan off, coughing uncomfortably. I moved my mouth to speak, but no sound came out. What was going on?
Nagi coughed nervously and gestured to Pearlan. "Rima, this is Pearlan. Pearlan, this is Rima," He introduced as Pearlan clung to his arm, not even looking at me. He then noticed I still looked confused. "Rima, this is Pearlan. She's my ex-girlfriend. And Pearlan, this is a maid that works here."
Pearlan turned to me for a split second and her excited expression dropped a little as I just stared at her, not saying anything. Her? His ex-girlfriend? I felt a pang of jealousy as I stared at them both, Pearlan clinging tightly to his chest and him just looking down at her, talking.
I watched them both talk, and my hands curled into tiny fists until Pearlan stopped talking to turn to me. "You? You're still here? Go get us tea or something," and shooed me away.
My lip quivered as I looked from her to Nagi, waiting for him to stand up for me, but he just gave me a 'sorry' expression, and turned back to her.
I slowly walked backwards out of the room, analyzing them. I suddenly noticed my gag manga, lying on the ground under Pearlan's foot.
The last thing I saw before I left was Pearlan standing on her tip toes to give Nagi a kiss on the lips, and he hesitantly gave in. Not wanting to see any more, I turned around and scurried out.
Pearlan wasn't different after all. I quickly paced to the conference room, not even bothering to get tea for them. Why would I? Nagi knew where the tea station was, anyway.
Amu's POV:
After the play, the party started coming to a close. Princess's who didn't dance with Ikuto started crying that it wasn't fair, and had to be carried out, while the princess's that did dance with Ikuto complained that they never got to say good bye to Ikuto. What a group of whiny bitches.
I met up with Yaya, Kukai, Nagi, and Rima in the conference room, who all looked half dead in their spots.
"Yaya's soo tired!" Yaya wailed, not looking tired at all as she stretched on the sofa. Everyone else nodded in agreement. It was already eleven, for god's sake!
Suddenly I noticed Rima rolled in a ball in the corner, drinking tea. She looked sick. I turned to Nagi, who was usually helping her for support, but he just lay in the armchair and stared at the ceiling. I raised an eyebrow. What was wrong with them today?
It was dead silent until Yaya hopped up and yawned. "Well, I'mma sleep, ya'll, so see ya tomorrow! Tomorrows a new day~ Ikuto's gonna get married soon!" She cried, excited, and stood there waiting for a response, until realizing nobody was going to say anything.
Shit. I forgot. The new suitor people were coming tomorrow. The last. I felt myself falling into as much depression as everyone else, and soon I was sulking in the corner too. I didn't say anything as I walked out into my room.
I slammed the door behind me and went over the day. The scene of the bathroom popped up and I felt myself go red. What the fuck was I thinking?
?'s POV:
I stepped out of the cart, followed by my stupid brothers, grandmother, and mother. It was cold tonight, so I hugged my shawl closer. In the palace I heard girls screaming and ballroom music playing. I sighed.
"The party's still going?" I scowled to my mother. I hated parties. They were stupid- far to loud for my tastes.
"Yes, yes it is. Can't you tell? Have you not learned anything I've taught you? Haven't you learned to learn common sense? You're just like your father!" My mom snapped back, and I looked down and whispered sorry.
We all walked through the front gates and were greeted by the Queen and King. We all bowed curtly, and straightened up again as they bowed.
I leaned in and looked to see if Ikuto was in sight, and frowned that there was no sight of him. My brother leaned in to see Utau, but was disappointed to see her gone.
The Queen smiled at both of us. "Ah, I think Ikuto and Utau are asleep at the moment. You'll be introduced to them tomorrow," and she beckoned us in. My mother led us, followed by my grandmother, than me and my brother.
When we were all brought to our bedrooms, where I had to share one with my buttface of a brother, the Queen gently opened the door and smiled at us both. "Welcome, welcome! Make yourself at home, Lulu and Tadase Hotori!"
Cookie: And that's a rap :D Yay I'm done -.-'
Amu: Wow you actually got it done? I thought we'd all have to wait a year, like you know, LAST TIME. T-T
Cookie: GEE SORRY IF MY FORGETFULNESS HURT YOU.
Utau: it hurt like a hundred ppl in the world ._.
Cookie; ANYWAY, this chapter basically summed up everything that happened at the party. Eventful, right? The next chapter is ya know, introducing the turds and curds so reviewww so I can continue!
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