Author's Note: Sorry I haven't been really updating this story all that much. ^^' Oops. Oh well, here's chapter 11 guys! I hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 11: Friends and Secrets
Gumi Megpoid, a pauper, was walking to see her old friend, Neru Akita. Neru and her were best friends with Haru, and Gumi really hadn't seen either of them for a while.
So on her day off, the green haired girl was walking to see her friend. Today it was snowing, which seemed unusual for a day in October. It wouldn't have started snowing until the end of November.
Thinking nothing of it, the green haired girl continued on her way.
Neru Akita, a peasant who ran a flower, herb, and spice shop for a living, was working in her shop. Not many customers had come into today, probably because of the snow.
The blonde sighed as she went back to writing a letter to the Prince, another one that she wouldn't send to him. She was in love with Prince Len, though he would never notice her. I mean, what kind of royalty would fall for a peasant?
The peasant sighed again as she looked around her empty shop, mumbling to herself. "When will I find my prince charming?"
Sure, she had a small crush on Haru. But she would never admit that to him. They would only be friends, she knew that. Plus he would never fall for her. He was too entranced in other peasant girls.
Speaking of the white-haired knuckle head…I haven't seen him around lately…The girl thought to herself as she lifted her head.
She hadn't seen Gumi either. They had all been busy. Gumi with her sewing, and Haru, she had no idea what he would be doing. Probably helping Seiji at the palace.
At that moment, the door to her shop opened. Neru looked over to find the same green haired girl she had been thinking about standing there, snow over her shoulders and in her hair.
The blonde laughed at her friend. "Gumi, why did you walk in the snow without a shawl or anything?"
Gumi looked toward her friend, smiling then giggling as she went over to the girl behind the counter. "Oh you know, I'm too poor to afford any of that." The girl was now talking in a British accent.
Neru, deciding to play along, spoke back in her own British accent. "Well of course you're too poor to afford that. You could have made it yourself darling."
"I don't have the material required to make it." The pauper continued to speak in her accent. "My friend, I am not royalty. If I wanted too, I would have gone to the princess for help. But we all know that she wouldn't stoop that low to help a peasant like me."
"Of course not dearie. The princess wouldn't lift a finger for a peasant. She's too much of a selfish girl to do that."
"Indeed." The green haired girl couldn't take it anymore, and busted up laughing as her blonde friend busted up laughing beside her.
The door swung open again, and the two girls looked to the door as they saw Haru Hikaroa standing there. He was covered in white snow, head to toe. The two girls laughed again at his appearance.
"Haru, you idiot. You walked in the snow too?" Neru asked the white haired boy before going over to him and wiping some snow off his shoulders.
The boy laughed as his friend wiped the snow off. "Well I guessed you two would be here."
Gumi giggled and went to help Neru, wiping the snow off his face. "Where have you been all this time, huh Haru?"
Haru blushed as the girls finished and looked at him. "Where I've been?"
"Yeah. Where have ya been? We haven't seen each other at all in a while." Neru said to him.
The peasant boy rubbed behind his head, blushing in embarrassment. "Uh, yeah. See, about that…"
The two girls tilted their heads, confused as they continued to look at him and ask in unison "What is it?"
"I'm…I'm in love with Princess Rin."
Neru's eyes lit up, while Gumi gasped. "You're in love with whom now?!" The blonde almost screamed.
Haru shrank a little when his blonde friend screamed. He wouldn't admit it, but he was scared of Neru. And what she would do to Rin now that she knew that he loved her.
He knew that Neru had that little secret crush on him, though she'd never admit to his face. Gumi knew it too.
"I'm in love with Princess Rin." Haru repeated again.
Neru slapped him upside the head and he yelped as he held his head and she screamed at him, "YOU IDIOT. HOW DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH PRINCESS RIN KAGAMINE?! ROYALTY ISN'T SUPPOSED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH PEASANTS LIKE US."
Gumi looked between her two friends as sweat drops poured down her face as she stood in front of Neru, trying to calm her down. "Now now Neru. Let's not do anything we'll regret okay?"
The blonde unclenched her fist and growled at the white haired peasant. "How are you in love with the princess? What did she ever do for you?"
"She saved me. Not from starving or anything, she saved me from myself." Haru responded to his friend.
Gumi sweat dropped again as she looked at her friends, not sure what to do anymore. Neru was glaring at Haru, and the boy was holding his head as he looked at the blonde.
"Um guys? Can't we just get along?" The green haired girl asked as she looked between them. "Haru, can you explain to us how you and the princess fell in love?"
Haru looked at her and nodded. "Of course. I'll tell you the entire story."
