Perfection
Chibi Tsuki
A/N: I'm sorry for the late update. (I think I've apologised in every update…) I'm pathetic at describing clothes so you can pretend I didn't type that in. By the way, I'm no horoscope reader/writer either.
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Chapter 10
To Learn Manners
She lay on her bed, thinking back to the time when she was sent away to another country. He had said very clearly before he left her at her new school, "I give you half a year to learn some manners, if you pass the test then you may return to Italy and finish your education there." How dearly she wanted to return home and go back to her old school, to reunite with her friends whom she had never separated from since primary school. They had sent letters to her every month and in their letters they explained about what had been happening lately, the school functions and most importantly how much they had missed her. I miss every one of you too. "I have one term left to change, if I don't start now then I'll never get it done!" Lucretzia sat up and glanced around the room. Midnight had most probably gone after Sally to search for some breakfast, leaving her alone to do whatever she pleased. Searching through her entire closet, she selected a skirt and a blue three-quarter sleeved top and laid them gently on her bed. After finalising her choice she put them on and glanced at herself through the mirror. She brushed her hair quickly and pulled on some socks and her cleaner pair of sneakers, leaving her other pair in the closet, away from her kitten's playful jaw and claws. Shoes were one of Midnight's favourite play toys, especially the laces since they were long and snake-like.
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"Morning Lu," Sally and Hilde greeted the second Lucretzia stepped into the dining hall. They were halfway finishing their breakfast and supposedly the other boarders were also finished with their own morning meal. As soon as she collected two pieces of cinnamon toast she felt a tugging at the very edge of her socks. Nibbling away at her sock was the little devil she had once called cute. Actually it was a devil in an angel's disguise and of course the disguise was made to be the very best.
"Hey, stop it!" she chided the suddenly silent creature, sulking away as if had realised its improper actions. When Midnight had calmed down she offered a few crumbs of her toast.
"When's your birthday Lu?" Hilde asked, smiling nonchalantly.
"Mm… the 7th of May."
"My birthday's on the 7th too! But the 7th of January." While speaking, Hilde was flipping through a magazine, stopping at the desired page and then trailing her finger down the page, after a specific word. "That means that you're a Taurus! Let me read your horoscope…
"Although you may independent and often self-reliant, you should consider help from those around you. There will those who seek your friendship because of your vibrant personality, do not let your ego get the better of you, but there is happiness and adventures heading your way, be sure to take this opportunity.
"There's more but it's all about romance, do you want to read the rest?" Without hesitation, Lucretzia declined the offer and pondered over the words Hilde had just read out to her. She didn't feel particularly vibrant but what it had said about her being independent was quite true.
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Walking down the corridor towards the dormitories, the trio chatted away happily. But then out of nowhere, Lu asked, "Can you two teach me proper manners?"
Hilde and Sally stood silent, staring at Lucretzia confusedly. "Proper manners mean hiding your personality away," Sally responded after a while. "It means that you have to be polite to everyone and everything. You'll speak like a proper princess, and that means, no slang, no shouting and yelling at the top of your voice."
"It does? I never knew that there was so much to learning proper manners," the older raven-haired girl sighed, her shoulders feeling suddenly heavy.
"We can help you though," Hilde said cheerily, placing an arm around Lu's neck. "We'll teach you the simple manners, that way you can be polite when you need to be, and on normal occasions; be yourself!"
"Thanks you two!"
Both Hilde and Sally shook their head at Lu, and spoke in unison, "It's 'Thank you'!"
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Throughout the rest of the day, Lucretzia was practising how to walk properly, balancing a thick hard-cover textbook on her hand. The walking wasn't the difficult part, but the walking in a straight line with the book in a moderate pace was nearly impossible, to her that is. After over seven hours of picking the fallen book up and re-trying, she had managed to succeed thrice and was continuing to improve. The other two had called it a day already, even Midnight followed them, leaving Lucretzia to call the cat a traitor. That night, all three of them fell asleep once the light was turned off, not waking until nine o' clock the next morning.
"We've made the schedule up," Sally announced as they sat down to breakfast. "Today we're going to do some shopping, tomorrow is a session for ballroom dancing; we'll just teach the basics as the school will probably teach it later. On Monday is ice skating, but-"
Lucretzia interrupted, grinning happily, "So that means we can go speed skating!"
"Let me finish," Sally scowled and continued on. "But we'll be doing figure skating, and in the afternoon we'll teach you dining manners. That means no spaghetti slurping!"
"Aw… But that's the best bit!" Both girls gave her a serious glare which silenced Lu immediately.
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A/N: Another short, short chapter. Gomen!!! It was really crap. The writer's block has returned and although it's not welcome, it happens to be staying no matter how much I try to push it out of the window.