Forced Emotions
Mint Spills the Beans
A/N: I'm baaack!!! And with Chapter 11 beside me, too! Sorry since I haven't updated in like an eternity-and-a-half, but I've had a lotta family issues and on top of that, I have school work to do practically everyday, I have to deal with after school sports... So, *cough cough* END THE SUSPENSION!!! Read on, my little reviewers!!! *wink wink, nudge nudge*
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(Okay....... Today. Today I'll tell everyone my brilliant plot!) Mint thought, feeling eager about the idea, as well as hesitant.
When everyone was still looking for the Dewprism, you could tell that Mint loved her rad attire. So, when Maya made her go home with her, she had the same outfit, (only in different colors,) made. So today, she put on a dark red one.
Walking out the door, (and realizing she barely had five minutes before her and her friends' breakfast would be served,) Mint quickly ran down the stairway, and went tumbling down the stairs, (head first,) letting many ows slip out along the way. Only seconds stood before her and the very hard marble tiles.
"Help!!!" was Mint's last words..............before Rue turned around and quickly held out his arms to stop her from getting killed by falling down a very swirled staircase.
"Huff-huff! Heave-heave!" Mint panted as she and Rue sat on the floor, Rue still holding her in his arms.
"Phew....." Rue sighed, his and Mint's hearts' beating wildly from the moment.
"Thanks a lot, Rue.... I owe you one now....." Mint said, not attempting to get up from Rue's comfortable arms.
"!?" Rue was surprised that Mint didn't get up right away, (as she normally would,) and turned a shade of crimson.
Suddenly, a flash went off to the side of them, making Rue and Mint turn their heads to see what it was.
"HAHAHA!!!! Wait 'till I make copies of you and Rue like this!!!!" Belle laughed hysterically, holding up a camera and a picture of Mint and Rue 'cuddling'.
Jumping up, (and knocking Rue down a little,) Mint was ready to rip every limb off of Belle's body, a savage girl taking over her eyes.
"YOU OLD--"
"Nuh-uh-uh..." Belle said, shaking her head and holding the picture up again, leaving Mint to yell at Belle all she wanted in her head.
"Mint! Belle!" Rue said, getting up and coming to Mint's side. "Can we just go eat breakfast and start off on a good foot today?"
"Humph! Like I would waste my time on her!" Mint said as she stormed off to the dining room.
"I don't know what you see in her, Rue..." Belle said, giving Rue a weird look.
"!? I-It's not like that..!" Rue quickly answered, blushing some more.
"Yeah yeah. Let's go," Belle said sarcastically, walking towards the dining room.
"..." Rue followed, knowing he couldn't lie to Belle about his feelings for Mint.
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Belle, (who was just smiling with glee,) Mint, (who was as pissed off as ever,) and Rue, (who seemed ashamed of them both,) came into the dining room, sitting down and serving themselves.
"Good morning, Mint! Rue!" Elena said cheerfully, sitting on the other side of Mint. "It's such a beautiful day!"
"It started out to be..." Mint mumbled, glaring her fiery auburn eyes at Belle, wanting to strangle her for hours on end.
"Good morning, Elena," Rue said plainly, getting himself some bacon and scrambled eggs. Everyone greeted each other good morning, talked about how nice the castle was, before Mint finally stood up abruptly, slamming her hands, (palms down,) on the table, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Mint..?" Rue asked, startled and confused.
"Someone has major PMS today..." Belle commented, smirking at Mint.
"YOU SHUT UP YOU OL---" Mint started, her eyes burning with pure hatred.
"OH! Did I tell you all that I got a camera? In fact, it just works perfectly! Isn't that right, Mint?" Belle cut her off, waving a picture in her left hand for all to see.
"YOU...!!!" Mint started, but saw something glint around Belle's hand.
"OH, what do we have here?!" Mint urged, practically pouncing over beside Belle, grabbing her left hand, making her drop the picture, although that wasn't her intention.
"What the--!?" Belle's smirk went quickly to a confused expression, thinking Mint had gone mad.
"Right next to her pinky finger is a RING!!! Imagine that! Now, why on Earth, would our good friend Belle here, have a RING on her WEDDING RING FINGER!!?" Mint asked eagerly with sarcasm, gleaming with triumph and boldness.
"!!!" Belle snatched her hand away, her face turning into a crimson ball of embarrassment, (as was Duke's,) and anger, speechless.
"Geez, Mint, you don't have to jump at Belle like that just because she found someone to marry and you can't," Maya said, lingering in the doorway of the dining room, a steady-breathing shadow lurking behind her.
"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR DA---!!!" Mint whirled around, then gasped as Maya, (who didn't look like hell, which is a first for the past few weeks,) and the mystery shadow stepped into the illuminating light, revealing an all so familiar man.
"Ruenis!?" Rue and Claire gasped in unison, their jaws, (as well as everyone else's,) dropping to the floor.
"H-hi, everyone..." Ruenis said meekly, giving an effort at a smile.
Getting out of their chairs, Rue and Claire ran to Ruenis, all three of them embracing in a group hug.
"Why are you here!?" Claire asked, happy to see him.
"You said that you went off to explore the world!?" Rue added, excited to see his brother.
"I...um..." Ruenis blushed slightly, his gaze moving from their happy expressions to the floor around Maya.
"?... HOLY COW!!!" Mint blurted, making Ruenis turn a deeper red, Maya blushing with him.
"YOU!!!" Mint pointed at Ruenis, "AND YOU!!?" Mint added, moving her other index finger toward Maya. "NO WAY!!!"
"My dear sister... You are embarrassing Ruenis and myself deeply..." Maya managed quietly, everyone's eyes bulging out at the combination.
Rue was blown away, as was Claire and everyone else for that matter. It was real quiet for the moment... No one even seemed that they were breathing.
Finally, Mira decided to break the ice.
"Well! That's nice, you two! I think you make a great couple!"
"Th-thank you..." Maya and Ruenis said together, them both staring at the ground.
"OH OH! I wanna be the flower girl at your wedding!!!" Elena said excitedly, making Maya and Ruenis jerk their heads up at each other before looking at Elena, extremely embarrassed. "And Prima could be the ring bearer and Rue, Duke, and Rod can be Ruenis' best men and..!!" Elena babbled on until Klaus AND Mira shut her up.
"Hey! Then you two and Belle and Duke could have a double wedding!" Mint suggested sarcastically, making the two couples blush.
"Make that a triple wedding," a voice said from the dining room's doorway.
"Whoa! You two, too!?" Prima asked suddenly as Kirielle and Narcious walked in, hand in hand.
"Yes, us too," Kirielle said, smiling at Narcious, who returned it.
"You'd think I'd choose a less weird day to tell my plan..." Mint accidentally said aloud, drawing everyone's attention, making them all wonder what Mint was referring to.
"Huh? What I say..?" Mint asked, not realizing she had spoken out loud.
"Plan..?" Rod asked, it obvious that Mint was playing her version of cat and mouse, where mouse was over-sized rat with superpowers and always won, no matter what the circumstances were.
"Pl....an?" Mint asked, not ready to share her plot at the moment.
"You just said you were going to tell a plan..." Rue told Mint, looking curiously at her.
"What are you up to now?" Duke asked, everyone on the edge of their seats.
"M-my plan? Y-yeah! My plan..." Mint said, taking a few steps back. "About that... I guess I should share it with you all..."
"...Well?" Klaus asked. "Go ahead, Mint."
"Um...well...you see... I-It's like this!" Mint said, finding her words. "Okay..."
"Here at East Heaven, (as my dad's told me,) the heir to the thrown has to keep a royal blood-line or whatever going, therefore the heir has to marry a prince or princess, (in my case, a prince.) But, I, on the other hand, refuse to do that, so what does my dad go and do? He decides to hold a tournament in order to find a husband for me! I mean, how rude and self- centered is that!? Not even letting me have a say in it..."
Everyone looked a bit confused at what Mint was getting at. She saw this, and groaned, hating to explain anything thoroughly.
"In other words, guys come and literally fight over me. So, whoever makes it to the last round, (which is where I'm fighting,) and wins, (which is pretty impossible, if you ask me!) they'll be king and I'll be queen of East Heaven. But, when, (not IF!) I win, I get to rule the kingdom by myself! Get it?" Mint explained, everyone looking less confused.
"That is pretty harsh for a father to do that to his daughter..." Rod pointed out, having to agree with Mint.
"Trying tellin' that to my dad..." Mint mumbled, crossing her arms and making a pouting face.
"Still... Why did you want all of us to come in the first place?" Rue asked, which is the main question for everyone.
"Oh...that... Well, I thought, (just for safety precautions,) that if some of you guys compete, defeat everyone, and then get to me, and then you could just let me win so I don't have to marry some stranger," Mint replied. "I could care less who makes it to the final round, but I kind of had a bad notion about the whole thing, so that's what I thought of!"
A little silence rolled on, everyone thinking, (especially Rue!) on the idea.
"Yeah... Why not? I'm game!" Duke said. "I always help a friend in need!"
"Alright! Anyone else want to? I don't think Duke could get that far..." Mint said, taunting Duke with her sarcasm.
"Hey, that's not fair..."
"You know I'm in! I always take place in any tournament with fighting!" Rod answered.
"Oh, Prima, you should enter!" Elena brought up, making everyone turn to Prima with surprise.
"Me!? W-why!?" he asked, sweatdropping.
"Why? Why not! You've been hanging around Mel, and she's taught you some big BIG, powerful, super-duper magic, right?" Elena said cheerfully.
"Yeah, but is it legal to use magic?" Prima asked, looking towards Mint.
"Yup. Anything goes," Mint said, nodding.
"Then..." Prima started, "I'll enter, just for fun!"
"Make us proud, honey," Mira said with a smile.
"I'll enter," Ruenis said out of nowhere.
"Really!? Dang, I thought hardly any of you would help out!" Mint replied, jumping up and down, clapping her hands.
"Hmm..." Maya thought to herself while everyone else was talking about the subject.
(If I could persuade him...) she thought.
"How 'bout you, Rue? You game?" Duke asked, looking at Rue and whispering, "Hey, you could win and live happily ever after with Mint, y'know?"
"..." Rue blushed at Duke's suggestion, making him grin.
"Oh, just enter! I wanna fight you again!" Rod urged.
"I..." Rue started, looking down.
"Hey, if he joined in, there wouldn't be much of a challenge until the final round!" Mint complimented, making Rue turn even redder.
"S-sure... I'll help you..." Rue said, embarrassed.
"I knew I could count on you!" Mint said, twirling around and ending with a jump.
"No way am I gonna help out this brat," Narcious said.
"I never asked for YOUR help, anyway, you love-struck puppy!" Mint barked, getting Narcious ticked off.
"I wouldn't help even if you asked me, you poor excuse for a royal!" he shot back, making Mint be the one to get ticked.
"Now now, everyone, just relax," Mira instructed, Mint and Narcious' bickering ending. "Let's calm ourselves."
"Yeah, yeah..." Mint grumbled, her arms crossed stubbornly.
"Whatever..." Narcious replied, Kirielle taking his hand, making him smile.
"Oh, get a room..." Mint said, sickened.
"Oh, get an attitude adjustment!" Narcious snapped.
"Anyway..." Mint said, holding down her temper and glaring at Narcious, "The tournament is taking place in two days, so we could practice or relax or whatever!"
"Do you have a museum?" Klause asked.
"Yeah, we do, although I don't go there much. There's all sorts of old, ancient stuff there," Mint said, putting a spark of interest in Klaus' eyes. "I'll have a guard show you the way."
Mint snapped her fingers, and a guard appeared.
"How may I be of service, your beautiful majesty?" he asked, kneeling.
"Beautiful..?" Belle said, turning her head at Duke.
"Majesty..?" Duke added, looking at Belle in puzzlement. The two of them burst out laughing.
"Shut up!" Mint ordered, Belle and Duke muffling their laughter, although it didn't help much. "Show Klaus to the museum."
"Yes, you highness," the guard said. "This way, sir."
"Is anyone else coming?" Klaus asked.
"I will," Mira said, standing up.
"OH OH! Do they have super-duper giant Pollywogs!?" Elena asked, although she jumped up and out of her chair anyway.
"I wanna go," Prima said.
"For whoever is going, follow me," the guard said, the Klaus family following the guard, Elena running around everywhere.
"Yo, do you have a library?" Duke asked.
"You bookworm," Belle said, smiling. Duke returned it.
"We practically have anything you can imagine," I said. "The library's down the hall, on the third left."
"Great! Thanks!" Duke said, jumping up and dragging Belle along with him to the library.
"I'll just be lookin' around, if you don't mind," Rod said.
"I'll go with you," Claire said, her and Rod leaving the room, hand-in- hand.
"I promised that I would show Ruenis the garden," Maya stated, her and Ruenis leaving as well.
"We're going to look around as well," Kirielle replied, taking Narcious by the hand, leaving only Mint and Rue, (O.o, the possibilities!!!)
"W-well..." Rue said, scratching his head. "Where do you want to go?"
"Let's..." Mint thought for a moment. "...Let's go to the forest!"
"?" Rue looked confused. When he had entered East Heaven, all there was were shops and houses...
"Don't be so confused! It's just a place where you can go on walks," Mint reassured him, standing up. "Follow me!" Mint added, racing out the door.
"H-hey! Wait up!" Rue yelled, jumping up from his chair and chasing after Mint.
"Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah! You can't catch me!!!" Mint yelled over her shoulder at Rue.
"Yeah right! I'll show you!!!" Rue yelled back. Rue caught up to Mint in no time, running right behind her, the two of them laughing all the way to the area, the steps of their feet echoing through the castle, as well as their laughter.
Stopping abruptly, (nearly running into a door,) Mint stopped, laughing.
"That was--" Mint was cut off as Rue ran right into her, flipping over her, them both going to the floor. Mint laughed even harder as she saw Rue; he was upside down, against the door, his feet dangling over his head as he watched Mint laugh and point her finger at him, falling backwards, holding her stomach, laughing like a hyena.
"Hahaha! You're such a klutz!!!" Mint managed through her laughter. Rue blinked a couple times before falling over. He chuckled some, looking at how silly Mint looked. She was on her back, her pigtails spread apart on the flooring.
Standing up and walking over to Mint, Rue said, "You should warn people when you're going to stop."
"But that just drains all the fun out of it!" Mint protested with a laugh, holding out her hand at Rue. "Now help me up!"
Helping the demanding princess up, Mint caught her breath and opened the door Rue had ran into.
"This is the forest," Mint said, walking through the door.
"Wow..." Rue said in amazement. It was like a natural forest in here! There were trees that stretched up and up and up. Wildlife was everywhere, as was the plants. "Is this all real?"
"Heck, no! You think a whole forest can just grow in a castle!?" Mint answered, starting to walk the trail that was ahead of them, her hands behind her head in a care free matter.
Following, Rue asked, "Where does this trail lead us?"
"It goes down to a stream that has waterfalls. It's pretty cool," Mint responded, taking in a deep breath of air and exhaling.
Rue nodded, putting his hands in his pockets, looking around. There were two chipmunks fighting over acorns on a log. They were scratching each other and darting around, grabbing the other's acorns with squeaks and hisses. A Pollywog came along, scaring the two away, the Pollywog eating the acorns. A Saber's roar was heard in the distance, and came out of nowhere, landing on the Pollywog and biting it's head, spilling blood on the log.
"It sure is real..." Rue replied, making a twisted face at the gorey scene.
"I know. The best magicians made everything in here," Mint inquired, taking out her rings and twirling them around.
"That's amazing," Rue said, turning back to the trail. "That such magic can be used."
"Yup," Mint said.
"Mint?" Rue asked after a few minutes of silence.
"Hmm?" Mint said, turning around and starting to walk backwards.
"You...you really don't want to have a forced marriage, do you?" Rue asked.
Giving him a funny look, Mint replied, "Of course I don't! Who would want to get married to a complete stranger?"
"What if it was someone you knew?" Rue wondered.
"It would depend on who it would be," Mint answered.
"What if it was Rod?" Rue asked.
"Wouldn't work out."
"Duke?"
"Ugh, don't make me puke!"
"Narcious?"
"You'd have to be crazy!!!" Mint answered, yelling almost.
"Well... How about me?" Rue asked, Mint stopping dead in her tracks. "..."
Mint blinked at Rue a few times, actually thinking about this one. Her... Marry, Rue?
(That... I could live with it like that... Oh, dammit! Heck yeah!!!) Mint thought, staring at Rue, making him start to blush.
"Why do you wanna know if I would mind marrying you or not?" Mint asked instead of answering.
"Uh, n-no reason..." Rue said, starting to walk, blushing on the way. "Forget I even asked..."
Mint spun on her heel, following Rue. "No, I really wanna know why."
"I told you, I was just curious of what you'd say... Honest," Rue replied, staring at the ground.
"Oh, c'mon! Tell me!" Mint urged, coming right up beside him.
Twitching, Rue said, "No!"
"Hah! So you do have a reason!" Mint concluded, making Rue blush even more.
"So..." Rue said, looking off to the side.
"So, I want to know!" Mint barked. "Or I'll force it out of you!"
"Heh, like you could take me..." Rue said. He had grown a bit sarcastic lately.
"What!!? You know I could beat you in a heartbeat!" Mint said, full of confidence.
"Sure, sure. Whatever you say," Rue replied, smirking. "You'll have to beat me, then!" Rue added, running off.
"Hey!!? Get back here you, you punk, you!!!" Mint said, chasing after him.
Snatching up rocks on the way, Mint started throwing them at Rue, making him call back and run faster. Mint laughed villainously, getting a little closer to him with each passing second. Before long, they arrived at the stream, Rue slowed his pace down and stopped altogether, panting.
"Phew... You were right behind me," Rue said, hands on knees.
"No duh," Mint spat playfully, coming up beside him. "OH SHIIIT!!!!!!" Mint yelled, turning around and covering her eyes.
"!? W-what's wrong!?" Rue asked, coming over to his friend's side.
"OH OH!!!! BAD MINT!!!! BAD MINT!!!!" Mint yelled to herself, yanking on her pigtails, walking around clumsily.
"What!!?" Rue asked again, following Mint in deep concern.
"NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!! I DID NOT JUST LOOK AT--" Mint smacked her hands over her mouth, turning as crimson as you could get.
(He he! I know what she saw and you don't! *taunts reviewers* *they throw acorns* Fine, fine! I'll tell you later! *hides*)
"Mint, what's the matter?" Rue asked, resting a hand on her shoulder.
"I, uh, j-just saw a, um, bug! Yeah! That's all!" Mint lied poorly, smiling a cheesy smile, sweatdropping.
"All that screaming...just because you saw a bug?" Rue asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Yeah! I, I'm allergic to the one I saw! I, uh, could suffer serious brain damage if it gets within a three foot radius of me!" Mint lied again, walking over to the stream and dipping her hands in the water, splashing her face.
(Man, that was close..! But, Mint! Baaad girl!!!) Mint thought, shaking her head, her pigtails swaying.
"..." Rue sat down next to her, eyeing Mint weirdly. "...You didn't see a bug, did you?"
"Uhh, w-well, ahem... Not exactly..." Mint replied.
"Then what was it?" Rue asked.
"Oh, would you look at the time!" Mint said, jumping up and looking at an invisible watch. "I'm late for, uh, a meeting! Yeah! Gotta go!"
And Mint darted back up the trail, not evening giving Rue a chance to stop her.
(...Mint's so funny... Maybe that's why I like her so much...) Rue thought, smiling at himself.
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Slamming the door to the cellar shut and making sure that it was locked, Mint yanked on her pigtails again, shaking her head left and right repeatedly.
"Argh!!! How could you just stare at his ass for that long!!?" Mint yelled at herself, dropping down to the cold cement floor. "You're such a sucker when it comes to men!!!"
(You couldn't help it. It was just up there, waiting to be stared at,) Mint's conscious told her slyly.
"AH shut up!!! You don't know a thing!!!" Mint argued.
(But of course I do! I know your entire deep, dark, and most of all, 'naughty' thoughts...) her conscious began, making Mint grit her teeth.
"I don't have deep or dark thoughts, and I sure as hell don't have any naughty thoughts in my head!!!"
(Then, why did you bother looking?) her conscious asked calmly.
"Because it was there and I just so happened to like him! Now beat it!!!" Mint explained, shoving her conscious out of her thinking space.
(Ugh...calm down... Any girl with hormones would have looked... It's a natural reaction...) Mint told herself, taking in deep, slow breaths, closing her eyes. (...Dammit! Now I see it whenever I close my eyes!!!)
Mint flung her eyes open, sickened, yet enjoying what she had put herself through.
(He did have some buns of steal... Argh, Mint! Stop thinking like that!!! Now you'll never face him again!) Mint thought, jerking the lock free of the door and stepping out.
"No! No negative thinking! Gotta think positive...positive thinking, now...there..." Mint said to herself calmly. "That's it! All better now!"
Waltzing off towards the garden, Mint felt like spying on her dear, sweet little sister.
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"These lavender rose bushes I had brought in from across the ocean," Maya explained, plucking one from the bush, showing Ruenis. "And these irises were a gift from a kingdom far out west."
"They're so beautiful..." Ruenis said, inhaling their heavenly scent. "Just like you..."
Blushing, Maya took his hand, their fingers intertwining with each other.
"Why does it have to matter who I marry?" Maya asked sadly, taking a look at the roses.
"I think that it should not matter who you marry, as long as you love them with all your heart and would be willing to risk your life for them," Ruenis answered.
"I believe that, too. It is just that, my father sees it differently..." Maya replied quietly.
"..." Ruenis thought for a moment. "If Mint married someone and ruled the kingdom, then would it matter who you married?"
"Huh?" Maya asked, confused. "I am not sure..."
"Well, what if that did happen, and we married each other? Do you think that your father would despise the idea?" Ruenis asked.
"He does not support the idea that I can wed whomever I want to... What would change his mind if Mint married someone and ruled the kingdom?" Maya stated glumly.
"It might," Ruenis pointed out. "We will have to see."
Taking one last glance at the roses before turning back to Ruenis, Maya replied, "I hope you are right..."
"So do I..." Ruenis added, embracing Maya in a comforting hug.
"Whoa!" a voice came from a nearby tree, startling Maya and Ruenis both.
"Who is there!?" Ruenis demanded, holding Maya in his arms.
Falling out of the tree, Mint landed on her face, her pigtails looking like flailing arms on the way down.
"Ow..." Mint said to the ground, pushing herself up with her arms.
"My dear sister, what are you doing!?" Maya asked angrily. "Were you spying on us!?"
"Wasn't much to spy on," Mint grumbled, standing up and wiping her hands off at her sides. "Nothing happened!"
Maya glared at her sister, coming away from Ruenis' grasp and walking up to her sister, going face to face with her.
"How dare you!" Maya stated, going in for a slap. Mint took a step back, too quick for Maya, making her fall flat on her face at Mint's feet.
"Whoa, feisty, are we?" Mint asked sarcastically, hands on hips, looking down at her sister with a smirk slapped across her face.
"You!" Maya said, helping herself up, "are the most disturbed imbecile I have ever known!"
"Big words for someone like you," Mint said, still grinning.
"And just what is that supposed to mean!?" Maya asked angrily, glaring deep into her sister's eyes, her own showing that for once she could drop the refined girl act and beat the crap out of her.
"Why bother?" Mint asked, spinning on her heel, her hands going behind her head. "You probably wouldn't understand."
"Argh!" Maya tried controlling her urge to burst all her magic on Mint that very second. "You... Poor excuse for a princess!"
"Well, I'd rather be a bad princess than a goody-two-shoes princass like you!" Mint spat all cheerful-like, walking away, giggles coming from her mouth.
"Get back here this instant! I am not done with you!" Maya ordered, although Mint kept walking.
"You have two feet. Use 'em," Mint said calmly, making Maya's fists shake violently at her sides.
"Humph! Why would I waste my time on someone like you!?" Maya called. Mint stopped walking, and s-l-o-w-l-y turned around to face her younger sister.
"Someone like me?" she asked, tilting her head and twirling her hair with one hand, looking like an innocent schoolgirl. "Why, whatever could you be getting at?"
Maya just grumbled various cuss words under her breath, stomping off, taking Ruenis' hand and the two of them, leaving Mint alone. The sun was still high in the air, and Mint just couldn't resist calling out one last comment.
"It's still in the afternoon, so I think you two should wait until night time to do your thang!" Mint yelled across the bushes, the words reaching Maya's ears, her losing it and running after Mint, yelling insults at her while Mint just laughed, running away from her younger sister. Ruenis sighed heavily, hanging his head and shaking it. Seeing the two of them argue was chaotic. All the gardeners got either pushed down on freshly planted flowers, or jumped out of the way of the two rampaging siblings.
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Mint Spills the Beans
A/N: I'm baaack!!! And with Chapter 11 beside me, too! Sorry since I haven't updated in like an eternity-and-a-half, but I've had a lotta family issues and on top of that, I have school work to do practically everyday, I have to deal with after school sports... So, *cough cough* END THE SUSPENSION!!! Read on, my little reviewers!!! *wink wink, nudge nudge*
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(Okay....... Today. Today I'll tell everyone my brilliant plot!) Mint thought, feeling eager about the idea, as well as hesitant.
When everyone was still looking for the Dewprism, you could tell that Mint loved her rad attire. So, when Maya made her go home with her, she had the same outfit, (only in different colors,) made. So today, she put on a dark red one.
Walking out the door, (and realizing she barely had five minutes before her and her friends' breakfast would be served,) Mint quickly ran down the stairway, and went tumbling down the stairs, (head first,) letting many ows slip out along the way. Only seconds stood before her and the very hard marble tiles.
"Help!!!" was Mint's last words..............before Rue turned around and quickly held out his arms to stop her from getting killed by falling down a very swirled staircase.
"Huff-huff! Heave-heave!" Mint panted as she and Rue sat on the floor, Rue still holding her in his arms.
"Phew....." Rue sighed, his and Mint's hearts' beating wildly from the moment.
"Thanks a lot, Rue.... I owe you one now....." Mint said, not attempting to get up from Rue's comfortable arms.
"!?" Rue was surprised that Mint didn't get up right away, (as she normally would,) and turned a shade of crimson.
Suddenly, a flash went off to the side of them, making Rue and Mint turn their heads to see what it was.
"HAHAHA!!!! Wait 'till I make copies of you and Rue like this!!!!" Belle laughed hysterically, holding up a camera and a picture of Mint and Rue 'cuddling'.
Jumping up, (and knocking Rue down a little,) Mint was ready to rip every limb off of Belle's body, a savage girl taking over her eyes.
"YOU OLD--"
"Nuh-uh-uh..." Belle said, shaking her head and holding the picture up again, leaving Mint to yell at Belle all she wanted in her head.
"Mint! Belle!" Rue said, getting up and coming to Mint's side. "Can we just go eat breakfast and start off on a good foot today?"
"Humph! Like I would waste my time on her!" Mint said as she stormed off to the dining room.
"I don't know what you see in her, Rue..." Belle said, giving Rue a weird look.
"!? I-It's not like that..!" Rue quickly answered, blushing some more.
"Yeah yeah. Let's go," Belle said sarcastically, walking towards the dining room.
"..." Rue followed, knowing he couldn't lie to Belle about his feelings for Mint.
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Belle, (who was just smiling with glee,) Mint, (who was as pissed off as ever,) and Rue, (who seemed ashamed of them both,) came into the dining room, sitting down and serving themselves.
"Good morning, Mint! Rue!" Elena said cheerfully, sitting on the other side of Mint. "It's such a beautiful day!"
"It started out to be..." Mint mumbled, glaring her fiery auburn eyes at Belle, wanting to strangle her for hours on end.
"Good morning, Elena," Rue said plainly, getting himself some bacon and scrambled eggs. Everyone greeted each other good morning, talked about how nice the castle was, before Mint finally stood up abruptly, slamming her hands, (palms down,) on the table, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Mint..?" Rue asked, startled and confused.
"Someone has major PMS today..." Belle commented, smirking at Mint.
"YOU SHUT UP YOU OL---" Mint started, her eyes burning with pure hatred.
"OH! Did I tell you all that I got a camera? In fact, it just works perfectly! Isn't that right, Mint?" Belle cut her off, waving a picture in her left hand for all to see.
"YOU...!!!" Mint started, but saw something glint around Belle's hand.
"OH, what do we have here?!" Mint urged, practically pouncing over beside Belle, grabbing her left hand, making her drop the picture, although that wasn't her intention.
"What the--!?" Belle's smirk went quickly to a confused expression, thinking Mint had gone mad.
"Right next to her pinky finger is a RING!!! Imagine that! Now, why on Earth, would our good friend Belle here, have a RING on her WEDDING RING FINGER!!?" Mint asked eagerly with sarcasm, gleaming with triumph and boldness.
"!!!" Belle snatched her hand away, her face turning into a crimson ball of embarrassment, (as was Duke's,) and anger, speechless.
"Geez, Mint, you don't have to jump at Belle like that just because she found someone to marry and you can't," Maya said, lingering in the doorway of the dining room, a steady-breathing shadow lurking behind her.
"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR DA---!!!" Mint whirled around, then gasped as Maya, (who didn't look like hell, which is a first for the past few weeks,) and the mystery shadow stepped into the illuminating light, revealing an all so familiar man.
"Ruenis!?" Rue and Claire gasped in unison, their jaws, (as well as everyone else's,) dropping to the floor.
"H-hi, everyone..." Ruenis said meekly, giving an effort at a smile.
Getting out of their chairs, Rue and Claire ran to Ruenis, all three of them embracing in a group hug.
"Why are you here!?" Claire asked, happy to see him.
"You said that you went off to explore the world!?" Rue added, excited to see his brother.
"I...um..." Ruenis blushed slightly, his gaze moving from their happy expressions to the floor around Maya.
"?... HOLY COW!!!" Mint blurted, making Ruenis turn a deeper red, Maya blushing with him.
"YOU!!!" Mint pointed at Ruenis, "AND YOU!!?" Mint added, moving her other index finger toward Maya. "NO WAY!!!"
"My dear sister... You are embarrassing Ruenis and myself deeply..." Maya managed quietly, everyone's eyes bulging out at the combination.
Rue was blown away, as was Claire and everyone else for that matter. It was real quiet for the moment... No one even seemed that they were breathing.
Finally, Mira decided to break the ice.
"Well! That's nice, you two! I think you make a great couple!"
"Th-thank you..." Maya and Ruenis said together, them both staring at the ground.
"OH OH! I wanna be the flower girl at your wedding!!!" Elena said excitedly, making Maya and Ruenis jerk their heads up at each other before looking at Elena, extremely embarrassed. "And Prima could be the ring bearer and Rue, Duke, and Rod can be Ruenis' best men and..!!" Elena babbled on until Klaus AND Mira shut her up.
"Hey! Then you two and Belle and Duke could have a double wedding!" Mint suggested sarcastically, making the two couples blush.
"Make that a triple wedding," a voice said from the dining room's doorway.
"Whoa! You two, too!?" Prima asked suddenly as Kirielle and Narcious walked in, hand in hand.
"Yes, us too," Kirielle said, smiling at Narcious, who returned it.
"You'd think I'd choose a less weird day to tell my plan..." Mint accidentally said aloud, drawing everyone's attention, making them all wonder what Mint was referring to.
"Huh? What I say..?" Mint asked, not realizing she had spoken out loud.
"Plan..?" Rod asked, it obvious that Mint was playing her version of cat and mouse, where mouse was over-sized rat with superpowers and always won, no matter what the circumstances were.
"Pl....an?" Mint asked, not ready to share her plot at the moment.
"You just said you were going to tell a plan..." Rue told Mint, looking curiously at her.
"What are you up to now?" Duke asked, everyone on the edge of their seats.
"M-my plan? Y-yeah! My plan..." Mint said, taking a few steps back. "About that... I guess I should share it with you all..."
"...Well?" Klaus asked. "Go ahead, Mint."
"Um...well...you see... I-It's like this!" Mint said, finding her words. "Okay..."
"Here at East Heaven, (as my dad's told me,) the heir to the thrown has to keep a royal blood-line or whatever going, therefore the heir has to marry a prince or princess, (in my case, a prince.) But, I, on the other hand, refuse to do that, so what does my dad go and do? He decides to hold a tournament in order to find a husband for me! I mean, how rude and self- centered is that!? Not even letting me have a say in it..."
Everyone looked a bit confused at what Mint was getting at. She saw this, and groaned, hating to explain anything thoroughly.
"In other words, guys come and literally fight over me. So, whoever makes it to the last round, (which is where I'm fighting,) and wins, (which is pretty impossible, if you ask me!) they'll be king and I'll be queen of East Heaven. But, when, (not IF!) I win, I get to rule the kingdom by myself! Get it?" Mint explained, everyone looking less confused.
"That is pretty harsh for a father to do that to his daughter..." Rod pointed out, having to agree with Mint.
"Trying tellin' that to my dad..." Mint mumbled, crossing her arms and making a pouting face.
"Still... Why did you want all of us to come in the first place?" Rue asked, which is the main question for everyone.
"Oh...that... Well, I thought, (just for safety precautions,) that if some of you guys compete, defeat everyone, and then get to me, and then you could just let me win so I don't have to marry some stranger," Mint replied. "I could care less who makes it to the final round, but I kind of had a bad notion about the whole thing, so that's what I thought of!"
A little silence rolled on, everyone thinking, (especially Rue!) on the idea.
"Yeah... Why not? I'm game!" Duke said. "I always help a friend in need!"
"Alright! Anyone else want to? I don't think Duke could get that far..." Mint said, taunting Duke with her sarcasm.
"Hey, that's not fair..."
"You know I'm in! I always take place in any tournament with fighting!" Rod answered.
"Oh, Prima, you should enter!" Elena brought up, making everyone turn to Prima with surprise.
"Me!? W-why!?" he asked, sweatdropping.
"Why? Why not! You've been hanging around Mel, and she's taught you some big BIG, powerful, super-duper magic, right?" Elena said cheerfully.
"Yeah, but is it legal to use magic?" Prima asked, looking towards Mint.
"Yup. Anything goes," Mint said, nodding.
"Then..." Prima started, "I'll enter, just for fun!"
"Make us proud, honey," Mira said with a smile.
"I'll enter," Ruenis said out of nowhere.
"Really!? Dang, I thought hardly any of you would help out!" Mint replied, jumping up and down, clapping her hands.
"Hmm..." Maya thought to herself while everyone else was talking about the subject.
(If I could persuade him...) she thought.
"How 'bout you, Rue? You game?" Duke asked, looking at Rue and whispering, "Hey, you could win and live happily ever after with Mint, y'know?"
"..." Rue blushed at Duke's suggestion, making him grin.
"Oh, just enter! I wanna fight you again!" Rod urged.
"I..." Rue started, looking down.
"Hey, if he joined in, there wouldn't be much of a challenge until the final round!" Mint complimented, making Rue turn even redder.
"S-sure... I'll help you..." Rue said, embarrassed.
"I knew I could count on you!" Mint said, twirling around and ending with a jump.
"No way am I gonna help out this brat," Narcious said.
"I never asked for YOUR help, anyway, you love-struck puppy!" Mint barked, getting Narcious ticked off.
"I wouldn't help even if you asked me, you poor excuse for a royal!" he shot back, making Mint be the one to get ticked.
"Now now, everyone, just relax," Mira instructed, Mint and Narcious' bickering ending. "Let's calm ourselves."
"Yeah, yeah..." Mint grumbled, her arms crossed stubbornly.
"Whatever..." Narcious replied, Kirielle taking his hand, making him smile.
"Oh, get a room..." Mint said, sickened.
"Oh, get an attitude adjustment!" Narcious snapped.
"Anyway..." Mint said, holding down her temper and glaring at Narcious, "The tournament is taking place in two days, so we could practice or relax or whatever!"
"Do you have a museum?" Klause asked.
"Yeah, we do, although I don't go there much. There's all sorts of old, ancient stuff there," Mint said, putting a spark of interest in Klaus' eyes. "I'll have a guard show you the way."
Mint snapped her fingers, and a guard appeared.
"How may I be of service, your beautiful majesty?" he asked, kneeling.
"Beautiful..?" Belle said, turning her head at Duke.
"Majesty..?" Duke added, looking at Belle in puzzlement. The two of them burst out laughing.
"Shut up!" Mint ordered, Belle and Duke muffling their laughter, although it didn't help much. "Show Klaus to the museum."
"Yes, you highness," the guard said. "This way, sir."
"Is anyone else coming?" Klaus asked.
"I will," Mira said, standing up.
"OH OH! Do they have super-duper giant Pollywogs!?" Elena asked, although she jumped up and out of her chair anyway.
"I wanna go," Prima said.
"For whoever is going, follow me," the guard said, the Klaus family following the guard, Elena running around everywhere.
"Yo, do you have a library?" Duke asked.
"You bookworm," Belle said, smiling. Duke returned it.
"We practically have anything you can imagine," I said. "The library's down the hall, on the third left."
"Great! Thanks!" Duke said, jumping up and dragging Belle along with him to the library.
"I'll just be lookin' around, if you don't mind," Rod said.
"I'll go with you," Claire said, her and Rod leaving the room, hand-in- hand.
"I promised that I would show Ruenis the garden," Maya stated, her and Ruenis leaving as well.
"We're going to look around as well," Kirielle replied, taking Narcious by the hand, leaving only Mint and Rue, (O.o, the possibilities!!!)
"W-well..." Rue said, scratching his head. "Where do you want to go?"
"Let's..." Mint thought for a moment. "...Let's go to the forest!"
"?" Rue looked confused. When he had entered East Heaven, all there was were shops and houses...
"Don't be so confused! It's just a place where you can go on walks," Mint reassured him, standing up. "Follow me!" Mint added, racing out the door.
"H-hey! Wait up!" Rue yelled, jumping up from his chair and chasing after Mint.
"Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah! You can't catch me!!!" Mint yelled over her shoulder at Rue.
"Yeah right! I'll show you!!!" Rue yelled back. Rue caught up to Mint in no time, running right behind her, the two of them laughing all the way to the area, the steps of their feet echoing through the castle, as well as their laughter.
Stopping abruptly, (nearly running into a door,) Mint stopped, laughing.
"That was--" Mint was cut off as Rue ran right into her, flipping over her, them both going to the floor. Mint laughed even harder as she saw Rue; he was upside down, against the door, his feet dangling over his head as he watched Mint laugh and point her finger at him, falling backwards, holding her stomach, laughing like a hyena.
"Hahaha! You're such a klutz!!!" Mint managed through her laughter. Rue blinked a couple times before falling over. He chuckled some, looking at how silly Mint looked. She was on her back, her pigtails spread apart on the flooring.
Standing up and walking over to Mint, Rue said, "You should warn people when you're going to stop."
"But that just drains all the fun out of it!" Mint protested with a laugh, holding out her hand at Rue. "Now help me up!"
Helping the demanding princess up, Mint caught her breath and opened the door Rue had ran into.
"This is the forest," Mint said, walking through the door.
"Wow..." Rue said in amazement. It was like a natural forest in here! There were trees that stretched up and up and up. Wildlife was everywhere, as was the plants. "Is this all real?"
"Heck, no! You think a whole forest can just grow in a castle!?" Mint answered, starting to walk the trail that was ahead of them, her hands behind her head in a care free matter.
Following, Rue asked, "Where does this trail lead us?"
"It goes down to a stream that has waterfalls. It's pretty cool," Mint responded, taking in a deep breath of air and exhaling.
Rue nodded, putting his hands in his pockets, looking around. There were two chipmunks fighting over acorns on a log. They were scratching each other and darting around, grabbing the other's acorns with squeaks and hisses. A Pollywog came along, scaring the two away, the Pollywog eating the acorns. A Saber's roar was heard in the distance, and came out of nowhere, landing on the Pollywog and biting it's head, spilling blood on the log.
"It sure is real..." Rue replied, making a twisted face at the gorey scene.
"I know. The best magicians made everything in here," Mint inquired, taking out her rings and twirling them around.
"That's amazing," Rue said, turning back to the trail. "That such magic can be used."
"Yup," Mint said.
"Mint?" Rue asked after a few minutes of silence.
"Hmm?" Mint said, turning around and starting to walk backwards.
"You...you really don't want to have a forced marriage, do you?" Rue asked.
Giving him a funny look, Mint replied, "Of course I don't! Who would want to get married to a complete stranger?"
"What if it was someone you knew?" Rue wondered.
"It would depend on who it would be," Mint answered.
"What if it was Rod?" Rue asked.
"Wouldn't work out."
"Duke?"
"Ugh, don't make me puke!"
"Narcious?"
"You'd have to be crazy!!!" Mint answered, yelling almost.
"Well... How about me?" Rue asked, Mint stopping dead in her tracks. "..."
Mint blinked at Rue a few times, actually thinking about this one. Her... Marry, Rue?
(That... I could live with it like that... Oh, dammit! Heck yeah!!!) Mint thought, staring at Rue, making him start to blush.
"Why do you wanna know if I would mind marrying you or not?" Mint asked instead of answering.
"Uh, n-no reason..." Rue said, starting to walk, blushing on the way. "Forget I even asked..."
Mint spun on her heel, following Rue. "No, I really wanna know why."
"I told you, I was just curious of what you'd say... Honest," Rue replied, staring at the ground.
"Oh, c'mon! Tell me!" Mint urged, coming right up beside him.
Twitching, Rue said, "No!"
"Hah! So you do have a reason!" Mint concluded, making Rue blush even more.
"So..." Rue said, looking off to the side.
"So, I want to know!" Mint barked. "Or I'll force it out of you!"
"Heh, like you could take me..." Rue said. He had grown a bit sarcastic lately.
"What!!? You know I could beat you in a heartbeat!" Mint said, full of confidence.
"Sure, sure. Whatever you say," Rue replied, smirking. "You'll have to beat me, then!" Rue added, running off.
"Hey!!? Get back here you, you punk, you!!!" Mint said, chasing after him.
Snatching up rocks on the way, Mint started throwing them at Rue, making him call back and run faster. Mint laughed villainously, getting a little closer to him with each passing second. Before long, they arrived at the stream, Rue slowed his pace down and stopped altogether, panting.
"Phew... You were right behind me," Rue said, hands on knees.
"No duh," Mint spat playfully, coming up beside him. "OH SHIIIT!!!!!!" Mint yelled, turning around and covering her eyes.
"!? W-what's wrong!?" Rue asked, coming over to his friend's side.
"OH OH!!!! BAD MINT!!!! BAD MINT!!!!" Mint yelled to herself, yanking on her pigtails, walking around clumsily.
"What!!?" Rue asked again, following Mint in deep concern.
"NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!! I DID NOT JUST LOOK AT--" Mint smacked her hands over her mouth, turning as crimson as you could get.
(He he! I know what she saw and you don't! *taunts reviewers* *they throw acorns* Fine, fine! I'll tell you later! *hides*)
"Mint, what's the matter?" Rue asked, resting a hand on her shoulder.
"I, uh, j-just saw a, um, bug! Yeah! That's all!" Mint lied poorly, smiling a cheesy smile, sweatdropping.
"All that screaming...just because you saw a bug?" Rue asked, raising his eyebrow.
"Yeah! I, I'm allergic to the one I saw! I, uh, could suffer serious brain damage if it gets within a three foot radius of me!" Mint lied again, walking over to the stream and dipping her hands in the water, splashing her face.
(Man, that was close..! But, Mint! Baaad girl!!!) Mint thought, shaking her head, her pigtails swaying.
"..." Rue sat down next to her, eyeing Mint weirdly. "...You didn't see a bug, did you?"
"Uhh, w-well, ahem... Not exactly..." Mint replied.
"Then what was it?" Rue asked.
"Oh, would you look at the time!" Mint said, jumping up and looking at an invisible watch. "I'm late for, uh, a meeting! Yeah! Gotta go!"
And Mint darted back up the trail, not evening giving Rue a chance to stop her.
(...Mint's so funny... Maybe that's why I like her so much...) Rue thought, smiling at himself.
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Slamming the door to the cellar shut and making sure that it was locked, Mint yanked on her pigtails again, shaking her head left and right repeatedly.
"Argh!!! How could you just stare at his ass for that long!!?" Mint yelled at herself, dropping down to the cold cement floor. "You're such a sucker when it comes to men!!!"
(You couldn't help it. It was just up there, waiting to be stared at,) Mint's conscious told her slyly.
"AH shut up!!! You don't know a thing!!!" Mint argued.
(But of course I do! I know your entire deep, dark, and most of all, 'naughty' thoughts...) her conscious began, making Mint grit her teeth.
"I don't have deep or dark thoughts, and I sure as hell don't have any naughty thoughts in my head!!!"
(Then, why did you bother looking?) her conscious asked calmly.
"Because it was there and I just so happened to like him! Now beat it!!!" Mint explained, shoving her conscious out of her thinking space.
(Ugh...calm down... Any girl with hormones would have looked... It's a natural reaction...) Mint told herself, taking in deep, slow breaths, closing her eyes. (...Dammit! Now I see it whenever I close my eyes!!!)
Mint flung her eyes open, sickened, yet enjoying what she had put herself through.
(He did have some buns of steal... Argh, Mint! Stop thinking like that!!! Now you'll never face him again!) Mint thought, jerking the lock free of the door and stepping out.
"No! No negative thinking! Gotta think positive...positive thinking, now...there..." Mint said to herself calmly. "That's it! All better now!"
Waltzing off towards the garden, Mint felt like spying on her dear, sweet little sister.
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"These lavender rose bushes I had brought in from across the ocean," Maya explained, plucking one from the bush, showing Ruenis. "And these irises were a gift from a kingdom far out west."
"They're so beautiful..." Ruenis said, inhaling their heavenly scent. "Just like you..."
Blushing, Maya took his hand, their fingers intertwining with each other.
"Why does it have to matter who I marry?" Maya asked sadly, taking a look at the roses.
"I think that it should not matter who you marry, as long as you love them with all your heart and would be willing to risk your life for them," Ruenis answered.
"I believe that, too. It is just that, my father sees it differently..." Maya replied quietly.
"..." Ruenis thought for a moment. "If Mint married someone and ruled the kingdom, then would it matter who you married?"
"Huh?" Maya asked, confused. "I am not sure..."
"Well, what if that did happen, and we married each other? Do you think that your father would despise the idea?" Ruenis asked.
"He does not support the idea that I can wed whomever I want to... What would change his mind if Mint married someone and ruled the kingdom?" Maya stated glumly.
"It might," Ruenis pointed out. "We will have to see."
Taking one last glance at the roses before turning back to Ruenis, Maya replied, "I hope you are right..."
"So do I..." Ruenis added, embracing Maya in a comforting hug.
"Whoa!" a voice came from a nearby tree, startling Maya and Ruenis both.
"Who is there!?" Ruenis demanded, holding Maya in his arms.
Falling out of the tree, Mint landed on her face, her pigtails looking like flailing arms on the way down.
"Ow..." Mint said to the ground, pushing herself up with her arms.
"My dear sister, what are you doing!?" Maya asked angrily. "Were you spying on us!?"
"Wasn't much to spy on," Mint grumbled, standing up and wiping her hands off at her sides. "Nothing happened!"
Maya glared at her sister, coming away from Ruenis' grasp and walking up to her sister, going face to face with her.
"How dare you!" Maya stated, going in for a slap. Mint took a step back, too quick for Maya, making her fall flat on her face at Mint's feet.
"Whoa, feisty, are we?" Mint asked sarcastically, hands on hips, looking down at her sister with a smirk slapped across her face.
"You!" Maya said, helping herself up, "are the most disturbed imbecile I have ever known!"
"Big words for someone like you," Mint said, still grinning.
"And just what is that supposed to mean!?" Maya asked angrily, glaring deep into her sister's eyes, her own showing that for once she could drop the refined girl act and beat the crap out of her.
"Why bother?" Mint asked, spinning on her heel, her hands going behind her head. "You probably wouldn't understand."
"Argh!" Maya tried controlling her urge to burst all her magic on Mint that very second. "You... Poor excuse for a princess!"
"Well, I'd rather be a bad princess than a goody-two-shoes princass like you!" Mint spat all cheerful-like, walking away, giggles coming from her mouth.
"Get back here this instant! I am not done with you!" Maya ordered, although Mint kept walking.
"You have two feet. Use 'em," Mint said calmly, making Maya's fists shake violently at her sides.
"Humph! Why would I waste my time on someone like you!?" Maya called. Mint stopped walking, and s-l-o-w-l-y turned around to face her younger sister.
"Someone like me?" she asked, tilting her head and twirling her hair with one hand, looking like an innocent schoolgirl. "Why, whatever could you be getting at?"
Maya just grumbled various cuss words under her breath, stomping off, taking Ruenis' hand and the two of them, leaving Mint alone. The sun was still high in the air, and Mint just couldn't resist calling out one last comment.
"It's still in the afternoon, so I think you two should wait until night time to do your thang!" Mint yelled across the bushes, the words reaching Maya's ears, her losing it and running after Mint, yelling insults at her while Mint just laughed, running away from her younger sister. Ruenis sighed heavily, hanging his head and shaking it. Seeing the two of them argue was chaotic. All the gardeners got either pushed down on freshly planted flowers, or jumped out of the way of the two rampaging siblings.
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