Yay! Tuesday is the last day of school for me, so hopefully I can post another chapter then. Sorry it's a few days late, my teacher had piled on the projects! So this is the first time I've been able to get onto the computer for fun instead of schoolwork. Sorry if there are any typos.

Chapter Thirteen

"Well?" she demanded, "We're engaged! Why are you treating me like this!?" she caught sight of Miyako, and walked gracefully over to her.

"Who are you?" she snarled. "Kage!" she snapped turning back to him, "There's somebody else in your life isn't there!" the air around her seemed to crackle like there was invisible lightning.

"No!" Kage said a bit to quickly, "Aglaia, she's just a friend!"

"Oh." Aglaia replied still glaring at Miyako, "Why is she here?"

"Just visiting for a while." Kage replied carefully, "Her house burned down and she's going to be here three months while it's being re-built. Why are you here?"

"Why, seeing you of course!" she giggled, it sounded like wind chimes in a light summer breeze, "I haven't seen you in a couple months, and to make up for my absence." She smiled widely, "I'm staying here for a week! I hope that's okay." She added, but it was clear that even if Kage said she couldn't stay she would anyway, "I mean, we are engaged, so I see no reason why I shouldn't, right?"

Kage looked as though he would love nothing more than for her to disappear off the face of the earth, or maybe be carried off by a giant bird to some inescapable, uncharted island in the middle of nowhere.

"Sure." He said, forcing a warm note into his voice, "I'd love that…" he trailed off, hating himself.

"Oh GOOD!!" Aglaia said in her obnoxiously sweet voice and jumping up and down, the combination was making Miyako and Kage nauseous, "I have everything planned! I'm going to get ready, put on makeup, get into a nice dress, make my hair more manageable, take a bath…" she continued blabbing on but Miyako wasn't listening.

'Kage's engaged?' she thought to herself, 'he never mentioned it, but I guess I shouldn't pry.'

"And you'll help me get ready right, Miyako" hearing her name made Miyako come back down to earth from her thoughts. "Um…"

"Why don't you start getting ready?" Kage asked Aglaia, "I'll send Miyako down after I finish talking to her." He glared at Miyako in fake dislike. Aglaia saw this hand happily skipped to the door, "Okay!" 'He's realizing that he wants me and not her!' she said to herself, 'Well, I can see why! After what guy would want that disgusting creature when he could have me?'

"Sorry about that," Kage apologized to Miyako, "She's convinced that we're engaged, don't ask me why! Just go along with the fake story: You're house burned down and you're spending three months with me while you're waiting for it to be re-built. And try not to get onto Aglaia's bad side. Do everything she says and compliment her, pretend you're in awe of her." He paused, "If she starts being rude to you tell me, but she won't try to kill you unless you start talking about me. So, just ask what her wedding plans are." He shuddered. "Well, you should go down to her now."

"About time you got here!" Aglaia snapped when Miyako opened the door to her room, apparently Aglaia stayed here, "Now I'm going to take a bath so grab me a towel, a robe, a washcloth, some bubble bath, and a picture of Kage!"

Miyako was stunned but turned to search for the requested objects.

"Here," she handed everything to Aglaia.

Aglaia glared at her," No!" she shouted, "PINK! EVERYTHNG MUST BE PINK!"

Miyako scurried out of the room and, once again, started searching. Five minutes she returned everything, and every last thing was pink, well, almost everything. Aglaia snatched everything from Miyako. "Get me a picture of Kage and put in near the bathtub!" she ordered.

When Miyako finally found a picture of Kage in a jeweled pink frame Aglaia finally was pleased, "I brought a bag with me," she called over her shoulder, "Unpack all the clothes, and hand them up, and put my makeup and hair care supplies of the bedside table!"

Miyako sighed and obliged quickly finishing she went back up to Kage's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in," he said, hoping that it was Miyako knocking and not Aglaia. She pushed open the door and was surprised to find he already changed his clothes; he was now wearing nice black pants, an expensive looking dark-blue coat and a matching coat.

"Well," he explained, "She'd want me to. As long as she thinks I'm only loyal to her she really will leave in a week. Sorry she's ordering you around," a pleading note entered his voice, "But please don't do anything to make her angry."

"Miyako!" Aglaia called from below, "Get back down here and away from Kage!"

Please review! Responses for the last chapter might not be up soon because I have to study for Geometry finals! I'm sorry that this chapter is so short!