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Chapter 2 – Rini meets a REALLY cute guy

Rini stood up from her bench and walked back into the house up to her room. Her light yellow and orange dress rustled as she walked along the wooden floors, careful to not step on any of the cracks as she walked. There was nothing to do today. Everyone was either working, planning the wedding, or just not around.

So what was there to do?

'I'm so bored…' she thought lazily, sitting on the window ledge of her room. Her dress draped around her, reaching the floor and cascading down like a colorful waterfall.

'I wish there was something to do. I hate being bored like this.' Rini watched the world outside, wondering if someone else was as bored as her. If there was, she sure felt sorry for them. The afternoon dragged on…

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In the forest among the light colored leaves and soft moss on the rocks, a boy with lavender hair lounged on a rock covered in moss and clover leaves. He was dangling a small daisy above his nose before letting it rest on his face, making it look like he had a daisy stem sticking out of his nose. With a quick gesture he flicked the daisy to the side and rolled over onto his stomach, staring at the small river that flowed beside his resting place.

Trunks was bored. No – he was beyond bored. He was so bored that he would've put up with the Queen's bitching if it only meant he'd have something to do. He rolled off the rock onto the light grass with a plop, resting his back against the cool surface.

"My God!  Can my life get anymore boring today?" he muttered as a few passing balls of light flew by his face. One of the balls of light that was a dark purplish color flickered. The other balls of light flickered in response before flying off. Chibi-

Trunks took notice of the purple light as it flew in front of him and took the shape of a small girl with short, dark hair and lavender eyes. Her purple, translucent wings matched perfectly with her short skirt and sleeveless top of the palest lavender.

"What're you doing here?" he asked it in a dull voice.

"I was going to ask you the same thing, you big jerk," Hotaru retorted good-naturedly, sitting down in front of Trunks. "Where've you been lately? You know the King isn't going to like you just running off like that."

"Like Vegeta ever cared about what we did before," he replied, relaxing against the rock again and closing his eyes.

Hotaru shrugged. "You know how he is. His ego gets the better of him, and his moods aren't much better." She looked around for a moment before leaning in to whisper, "I think the King's mad at her again."

"The Queen?" Trunks made a noise through his teeth, blowing it off. "That's no surprise. They're always mad at each other. I swear, they act like children all the time, trying to piss each other off."

"But King Vegeta is really mad this time. So mad that he might do something to teach her a lesson," Hotaru said, her eyes going wide. "It's crazy! Queen Rei acts like she doesn't care, but she better be careful, if she knows what's good for her. We fairies can't keep choosing sides when it becomes a full fledged war between them."

Trunks frowned slightly, opening his eyes enough to narrow them at Hotaru. "I'm not on anyone's side." His voice was dead-pan but Hotaru knew he was getting irritated with her saying he was on anyone's side. "I work alone, remember?"

She only waved her hand nonchalantly, ignoring his glare.

"Whatever. Oh! By the way – weren't you the one who caused the stir at the farmer Ben's house the other day? With the flying laundry and the chairs falling out from under them?" she asked, in total awe.

"Yeah, that was me. What of it?"

Hotaru's eyes glazed over with stars shining in them. "That's so cool! I wish I could make things happen like that. I'm not as good with magic as you are. No wonder Vegeta calls on you to do all his mischievous tricks and practical jokes!"

"I'm just that good," Trunks said, his voice dripping with pride. "I'm the one that does all the tricks around here, you should know that better than anyone."

Hotaru blushed slightly. 'Oh he's sooo cute! No wonder all the girls are hot over him,' she thought, flickering her purple translucent wings together a few times.

"Hee hee…yeah," she grinned. "Well, I guess I better be going. Queen Rei is expecting me – she's becoming her usual self this time of year; you know, the crying, whining, a total nut case."

"The usual." Trunks resumed his "cool" look of leaning against the rock. "See you round."

Hotaru waved a good-bye as she flew off into the forest, a purple sparkle left floating in the air where she had been. When she was gone he opened his eyes again, deep in thought.

He was the greatest prankster ever, and he couldn't think of a blasted thing to do! His thoughts raced back quickly to the pink-haired girl and her wish in the Duke's garden. Sure, he had said he would grant her wish, but he didn't know how the hell to find her mother either!

"Shit…I should've let one of the other ditzy fairies take her wish. I was just being stupid, but I can't go against the laws of wishing. But…there's no way I can help the kid… I, the Puck of them all, don't even know what love is!" he grumbled, glaring at the river. "She's cute and all, but I've got more important things to waste my good talents on than some dumb little wish!"

The river gave him no answer to his rants, but it did give him an idea. He might not be able to grant her wish, but why not have a little fun with her before forgetting about her completely?

Trunks stood up and brushed off his shirt and pants. He thought for a moment then spun around quickly to change his clothes to a cream colored shirt and dark pants with a flowing cape behind him. Perfect.

'Who could resist my handsome face?' he thought with a smirk before taking off into the air towards the Duke's mansion again.

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           Rini got tired of sitting and staring out her window so she decided to go back out into the gardens again. She walked around in a daze, wondering what it would be like to turn 13. Maybe she'd get a boyfriend and have a beautiful romance like in all the fairy tales? Or maybe she'd find out who her mother was?

'Nah, that's almost impossible now,' she thought, walking towards the water fountains. Walking slowly up to the large marble fountain, Rini thought she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She turned around, but nothing was there.

"Stupid, eyes are being weird again," she muttered to herself. Rini never told anyone, but sometimes she thought she could see people in the garden or around the house. Not like ghosts, but more like fairies…or what looked like fairies.

Funny, she had always thought they were tiny little things, not the same size as she was.

Rini leaned over the edge and stared at her reflection. She was turning into a beautiful girl, so beautiful that families were already asking the Duke to set her up with one of their sons. Rini hated all the boys that she met. None of them were really cute, and they were all big dumb rocks! She wanted someone who was fun and intelligent, someone who was willing to have adventures with her!

The reflection stared back. Rini stuck her tongue out at it and slapped the water to get rid of her image. With a huff she sat down on the edge, glaring as the water as it settled back into its slow rippling. A face stared at her from the other side.

A face with lavender hair.

A face with eyes that dared to tease her.

A face so cute that Rini wished it was real.

And then it spoke to her.

"Hi, is that a blush or are you happy to see me?" it said with a smirk. The face revealed a body (a really nice body!) that stood with his arms crossed as it regarded her.

When Rini didn't speak, he said, "Oh come on; you can talk to some stupid rose and you can't talk to me? It's the outfit, isn't it? Too much? Want more skin?"

"No!" Rini shot out before she could stop herself. She looked up to see the real face and body staring at her, one of his eyebrows raised in surprise. Her face turned the same color as her light pink hair. "No – um, I mean, no you don't have to change. What you're wearing is f-fine…really."

Trunks flashed a dazzling grin, causing Rini's knees to turn liquid. "So, the lovely wisher can speak. Very cute."

Rini could only stare in silence. 'Oh wow he is hot!' she thought. She felt her face go hot again, and looked away, embarrassed to be so taken in by this boy. Well…he wasn't really a boy…maybe a teenager like herself…but still! He was hot!

"Um…" she stuttered, finding her voice again. "What do you want?"

"Oh, didn't I tell you?" Trunks replied, putting a hand to his cheek in mock surprise. "I'm here to grant your wish."

"What wish?"

"The wish, pinky."

"My name is Rini!"

"I don't give a fuck what your name is."

"You can't talk to me like that?! My dad is the Duke!"

"Who cares? I work for a King! So do you want your wish or not?"

"What wish?!"

"The wish you sputtered out like the moon-eyed, moron, pink-haird babe you are!" Trunks shot back, getting irritated. He hated to repeat himself twice. It was annoying. He turned around, rethinking his original plan. Why bother with a brat who couldn't even remember her own bloody wish?!

"You know, I don't have to be here. I have better things I could be doing—"

"Wait!" Rini called out, standing up. Trunks stopped and turned to her with narrowed eyes. "I'm just guessing here, but…do you mean the wish I made about my mother?"

"Ding ding, winner over in garden four!" Trunks said, zipping around so he was standing behind Rini before she knew what was happening. He whispered into her ear, "And I bet you want to learn about stuff too, huh?"

Rini jerked her head around to glare at the boy. Her face was so close to his, but she didn't care. "Not from you, you arrogant jerk," she muttered. Her ruby eyes looked vicious. "But I would like to find my mother, and I want to learn what love is."

Trunks stared at Rini. She was cute when she was angry. He laughed as he grabbed her wrist. "No problem, you foolish mortal. Though I will warn you, you have no idea what you've gotten yourself into." With that, he took off into the air, dragging Rini along with him into the golden afternoon.

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