Next day (Hotaru talking to Mina and Rei again)
" He's utterly horrible. You should have heard him. 'Well it explains why you don't act like a… a Princess!!'" Hotaru irately said, doing an impression of Heero.
" He can't have been that bad." Mina replied.
" Oh, yes he can have been. Not only does he think I don't have the grace and nobility to be a Princess, he agrees with this whole arranged marriage thing. Ugh… I can't stand him."
" Hotaru, you shouldn't judge him so soon. You could have misunderstood him or he could have meant to say something else, you need to give him another chance." Rei said.
" But he's so…so…rude!!! I don't even want to think about being married to him." Hotaru replied
" Hotaru Tomoe!" Mina said loudly, " I never. I have lived long enough to see some horrible things happen, on earth and on several other planets; but I never thought I would live to see the day when my own student would defy both I and her other teacher. You have not given young Heero a chance, and if you don't, there will be heavy consequences. The fate of not one, but two planets is on your shoulders and you have chosen a difficult time to act like a petty teenage girl. If you do not step up and take your responsibilities there will be trouble and a lot of it. So stop acting like a child and start acting like a young lady. You complain that Prince Heero has said that you do not have the grace and nobility to be a Princess and someday a Queen, but at this moment I quite agree with him." Mina said before she exited the room. As Hotaru watched her go she thought of what she had said, and speaking to herself said:
" She's right, I must try again, and again until I have learned to live with that ******* who calls himself a man."
Later that evening (Duo and Hotaru)
" Duo, do mother and father really expect me to marry this man?" Hotaru asked.
" Hotaru he can't be that bad." Duo replied.
" He doesn't think I act like a princess!"
" You don't. Taru, tell me, one day that you have followed all of mothers wishes and commands." after a long pause with no answer from Hotaru, Duo continued, " Hmmm…that's what I thought. A princess, to Heero is a young lady, who doesn't curse, doesn't drink coffee but tea and one who follows all of her mother's wishes. You however, curse, drink coffee, and disobey mother every time you get a chance."
" But…" Hotaru protested.
" No buts about it. To Heero you don't act like a princess, but Taru that's a good thing. From what I've been through and seen trying to look for a bride, princesses are very boring and all they ever wish to talk about is the weather. Look, give Heero another chance, he's confused by you because you're not the typical everyday princess, you must let him learn to understand you, and maybe one day love you." as Duo ended he wiped away a single lone tear that was making it's way down Hotaru's face.
" Duo, I'm not ready for marriage. I can't do it, they expect me to have children with a man that I can't even stand to be in the room with." she said quietly.
" Taru, you can do it. I know you can." and with that Duo stood up gave his little sister a hug and walked out of the room, just as Heero entered it, giving him a quiet hello.
" Hello Prince Heero." Hotaru said politely and giving a small curtsy and offering her hand to him.
" Hotaru," he said, giving a bow, taking her hand and kissing it.
" Yes." she replied swiftly dropping her hand to her side.
" We need to talk." Heero said. With this he motioned toward the two chairs that Hotaru and Duo had just been seated in. " I believe this afternoon, I said some things that may have given you the wrong impression about me, and I wish to apologize."
" Your majesty, if I may interrupt."
" Umm…just call me Heero, and go ahead."
" Although, I do not agree with some of your previous statements, it is I however who must apologize. Not only for my rude behavior and words but for my leaving you in a place that you are unfamiliar with. I also wish to say that I am sorry for my out burst of anger and the vulgarity of my tongue. If you will accept my deepest apology I would be great in your debt." Hotaru said, doing her best to remain noble and apologetic at the same time.
" Princess Hotaru, I kindly accept your apology and wish to offer you one of my own." Heero replied with a small smile upon his face. " I am also wrong in my accusation of your noble heritage. You may not act like a typical princess but there is no doubt in your ability to be noble. I made some wrong assumptions this morning and I also wish you to except my deepest apology."
" Prince Heero I will kindly except your apology and will also invite you to join me for dinner." Hotaru said, her smile now displayed to him in full force.
" I will accept your offer." he replied, offering her his arm in return.
TBC
Ok. I am sooooooo sorry that I haven't updated in forever, but as always I have an excuse. My dad's laptop crashed and I lost everything on my disk. Therefore not only did I not have anything to type with, I didn't have anything to type on. Yet recently we have gotten a computer and yesterday we installed the internet onto it so I went and copied my stories from the internet and I am just now starting to be able to upload so now that I have time, a disk, and a computer, you can be expecting updates a lot more often now.