A/N: Thanks again for all your support guys! ~Maya
To Azalie-Kauriu: I'm glad you like it. :)
To adrianna1dx: I'm happy you think so, and I was thinking of saving a lemon for the last chapter. All the fluff scenes are just practice for me.
To Guest: Mikoto in this story is a teenage boy so it's only normal he would be a bit forceful and needy. Especially since he's a virgin who has a hot girl sleeping in his bed every night. And yeah I agree. I might just do that when I write it.
Danger Prone
Chapter Twenty-One
It was finally December and Hara was out doing some shopping for her boys. Crossing the plaza to make her way to the train, she bumped into a hard body before her. Looking up, she saw it was the Green King. He smiled at her warmly as Hara repeatedly bowed and apologized. Though she could feel the power of the king before her, she could not feel any violent intent.
"I am so sorry, I wasn't paying attention," Hara said bowing again. The king laughed at her.
"It is perfectly fine, Hara-sama." Hara stopped at his words and looked at him curiously.
"-sama?" He laughed nervously.
"Oh, my apologizes. It's supposed to be a secret right?" Hara blinked momentarily confused before realization struck her.
"You know?" She asked in shock. The king nodded slightly.
"Many of the kings know, but since things are peaceful now, you have nothing to worry about." Hara looked at the king sceptically, but decided to believe him. "So what are you doing right now? Would you, or your king for that matter, mind if I bought you coffee?" Thinking she decided it was alright. She would just have to keep her guard up.
"I don't see why not." Smiling at the girl, the king led her away to a nearby coffee shop filled with people.
"So what brings you out on today?" Asked the king across from her smiling warmly.
"Oh, just some Christmas shopping. And you?"
"The same. My wife had twins last year so it's my first Christmas as a Daddy. It's quite exciting," Hara looked baffled then smiled as the king pulled out his wallet to show her their picture. There was a very pretty woman in a hospital bed with a newborn baby girl in each arm. It was a lovely picture.
"Oh beautiful, their names?" The king smiled lovingly at the photograph.
"Layla and Lily." Hara smiled.
"Such pretty names. How is it being a dad?"
"Oh I love it!" He beamed at her. "It really is such a joy to have little ones running around. I can't wait until they start talking," Hara watched the green king as he went on and on about his children and decided that he wasn't a bad man after all. But something still bothered him.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you," the king looked at her questioningly. "How exactly did you find out about me?" The older man looked uncomfortable for a moment before sighing.
"I was told about you by the Blue King." At her confused look he continued. "He became aware of you at the time of your king's awakening. Only those who have queens are aware of the 'Queen System', as they like to call it. I am not one of those who was aware until I was told of it, and you, recently." Hara was shocked – didn't he have a wife?
"But, you're married. Why isn't she your queen?" The Green King looked down solemnly.
"I always wanted to mark her, to make her a part of my clan, but she was always very weak. Physically, she would not have been able to handle the aura and it would have killed her. So in the end, we both decided it would be best if she were never marked. And thanks to that decision, we have two very beautiful little girls."
Hara was stunned. When she had first encountered the Green King, she had not expected him to be such a docile man. After their first encounter she had done research on the man and his clan. The Greens kept to themselves and their main worry was the conservation of the natural world. As their aura was green, so were the things they saved. Hara had liked them and their work very much, though Mikoto had been greatly uninterested in whether a few trees were being cut down or not.
Not that the destruction of the forest was a small thing, he just didn't care about it unless it was food, sleep, or a good fight. Hara had thought long about what the Green King said before answering him carefully.
"And how was he aware of me since the beginning? Did a big red pillar with a flag saying 'Look here! A queen!' pop up or something?" Hara knew being sarcastic to the man before her was unfair to him, but he merely laughed it off.
"In a way," Hara was confused further. "When a king awakens, his respective color shoots into the sky and his sword becomes visible. When a queen is born, a similar thing happens only the pillar is really a swirl of light. Both of these things happened when you were both born." Hara finally understood what he meant and leaned back thinking to herself.
"And why did the Blue King mention me to you?" The king looked uncomfortable and shifted in his chair.
"He wanted to meet you. You see, the Blue King is very old and close to death and he wanted to see the new Red Queen before his time came to it's end. Also, he would like it if you brought your king with you." Hara was a bit taken aback and unsure of how to answer. "You can discuss it with your king first. I'll give you my number."
Once he gave her his number, he said goodbye and they parted ways. Deciding to cut her shopping trip short, Hara went back to the bar with her mind turning from what the Green King had said. She knew Mikoto would be immediately against it and convincing him would be highly difficult. Though she did have a way to make him go even if he didn't want to. Ah, the power of being female.