Chapter 5: Decisions
He emerged his head from the hot water. I guess it was no use to actually go in here and soothe any tension, because it did the opposite for me. Tokiya tilted his head to gaze at the moon, 'What should I do now? Confront her and tell her I know who she really is? Or just be quite about it? Really now...'
"Ohayo!" she waved her hand to greet him and he merely nodded his head.
"Fine weather we have neh?" again he only nodded.
Fuuko stared at Tokiya, whose blush was slowly budding. He looked at Fuuko menacingly and stood up.
"Huh? Hey, where are you going?" she walked after him, but he didn't heed her call.
The whole day Tokiya purposely avoided Fuuko. He didn't know how he should act towards her, frequently avoiding looking her straight in the eye or walking faster than her. Nonetheless, Fuuko was becoming irate about it and the queen would add another tension.
"Reading again?" Tokiya looked up from the book he was reading. It was Fuuko.
"It's you" he said, in a matter of fact.
"What does that suppose to mean?" she tilted her head and tapped her left foot.
"Is that a show of impatience?" Tokiya evaded the latter.
"I'm the one who asked you first, what does that suppose to mean?" An eyebrow twitched from Fuuko's. She tapped her foot louder and grunted.
"It means nothing. Stop doing that, you look like a woman." The two was shaken. Fuuko took a step backwards, while Tokiya stood up to say something.
"I guess it's obvious that you no longer need my company." She raised her voice and briskly left the room. (A/N: I know it seems sudden, but let's fast forward the story)
'Damn' Tokiya thought, whatever he said just slipped. Fuuko ran home disappointed for being called a woman. Although she is, but the feeling that the prince told her so made her feel guilty and at the same time uneasy. When she reached home, she locked herself in her small room.
'Life's unfair. To dream of meeting a prince and marrying him, is pure fantasy. To actually be able to meet a prince and be with him is a lie. Whatever you do, it needs conditions to please this..this cycle in life.' she crushed her pillow and threw it at the door. A soft thud was heard.
It was useless, she didn't cry that evening. All she did was to stare at the night sky. She didn't eat nor made an effort to change her clothes. After all, what is there to change for a peasant like her?
'A peasant, a mere peasant who dreams big! There is nothing new! Living in this small and wrecked house….eating the same meal over and over again… forever dreaming of a better future. This is the life that I should be ensuing and not some royalty life. I should be with the royal family. I'm not from a royal family, and I'm not saying I condemn my parents. Well…' her thoughts faded as she herself faded into a slumber.
"Today is a new day!" Fuuko stretched her arms and breathed in the smell of fresh air. She went downstairs and lively ate her breakfast, which was a piece of bread and a half a cup of milk, after that she bade farewell to her mother and father. Humming a simple tune, she met Recca on the busy streets of Divell.
"You seem jovial today" Recca said.
"Yes! Nothing could stop me from smiling!" she raised her fist triumphantly. "That reminds me, you work for Mr. Doe right?"
"Yes, down at the shop why?"
"I need a job"
The two went to Mr. Doe's. Recca managed to convince Mr. Doe that Fuuko could work in place of the other helper who died a week before.
"Could you start now? I need helpers; Recca could teach you how to handle things." Mr. Doe asked Fuuko.
"Of course, sir" she nodded. For the remaining time, Recca taught Fuuko how a blacksmith's work is done. Soon Fuuko was helping out with the chores while Mr. Doe and Recca worked with the metals.
It was already afternoon when the two left Mr. Doe. Fuuko was proud of herself; she was able to find a job to help her parents. Plus, that job preoccupied her from thinking of the prince or of the royal family.
Two months had passed and the royal family was Divell grew anxious of Fuuko's return. The king, especially the queen, missed her a lot but was unable to find her whereabouts. Tokiya's situation was worst. He never meant to make Fuuko leave. He needed her, as the person who would listen to his troubles. Unfortunately, there was no Lei or Fuuko in sight.
"Don't you suppose our soldiers are just incompetent? How come they found him before, but now he is nowhere to be." The king sighed and rested his chin on the palm of his right hand.
"Well, maybe there is a reason for him not to come." The queen replied.
"Indeed there is, two months without word or anything. I should have him killed for betraying the royal family!" the kind banged his fist on the throne.
"Father, mother, allow me to search for him." A voice entered and it was Tokiya's.
"No need, darling, our soldiers are on patrol to find him."
"on patrol? I don't see any progress, besides it is partly my fault that Lei left." The king and queen exchanged looks and after awhile.
"Very well, we cannot stop you. Do take care, son"
After getting his parent's blessing, Tokiya prepared his trip for tomorrow in search for Lei.
A/N: SORRY IT TOOK ME A LONG TIMI- E TO UPDATE! FYTokiya is not in love with Fuuko…yet.
He emerged his head from the hot water. I guess it was no use to actually go in here and soothe any tension, because it did the opposite for me. Tokiya tilted his head to gaze at the moon, 'What should I do now? Confront her and tell her I know who she really is? Or just be quite about it? Really now...'
"Ohayo!" she waved her hand to greet him and he merely nodded his head.
"Fine weather we have neh?" again he only nodded.
Fuuko stared at Tokiya, whose blush was slowly budding. He looked at Fuuko menacingly and stood up.
"Huh? Hey, where are you going?" she walked after him, but he didn't heed her call.
The whole day Tokiya purposely avoided Fuuko. He didn't know how he should act towards her, frequently avoiding looking her straight in the eye or walking faster than her. Nonetheless, Fuuko was becoming irate about it and the queen would add another tension.
"Reading again?" Tokiya looked up from the book he was reading. It was Fuuko.
"It's you" he said, in a matter of fact.
"What does that suppose to mean?" she tilted her head and tapped her left foot.
"Is that a show of impatience?" Tokiya evaded the latter.
"I'm the one who asked you first, what does that suppose to mean?" An eyebrow twitched from Fuuko's. She tapped her foot louder and grunted.
"It means nothing. Stop doing that, you look like a woman." The two was shaken. Fuuko took a step backwards, while Tokiya stood up to say something.
"I guess it's obvious that you no longer need my company." She raised her voice and briskly left the room. (A/N: I know it seems sudden, but let's fast forward the story)
'Damn' Tokiya thought, whatever he said just slipped. Fuuko ran home disappointed for being called a woman. Although she is, but the feeling that the prince told her so made her feel guilty and at the same time uneasy. When she reached home, she locked herself in her small room.
'Life's unfair. To dream of meeting a prince and marrying him, is pure fantasy. To actually be able to meet a prince and be with him is a lie. Whatever you do, it needs conditions to please this..this cycle in life.' she crushed her pillow and threw it at the door. A soft thud was heard.
It was useless, she didn't cry that evening. All she did was to stare at the night sky. She didn't eat nor made an effort to change her clothes. After all, what is there to change for a peasant like her?
'A peasant, a mere peasant who dreams big! There is nothing new! Living in this small and wrecked house….eating the same meal over and over again… forever dreaming of a better future. This is the life that I should be ensuing and not some royalty life. I should be with the royal family. I'm not from a royal family, and I'm not saying I condemn my parents. Well…' her thoughts faded as she herself faded into a slumber.
"Today is a new day!" Fuuko stretched her arms and breathed in the smell of fresh air. She went downstairs and lively ate her breakfast, which was a piece of bread and a half a cup of milk, after that she bade farewell to her mother and father. Humming a simple tune, she met Recca on the busy streets of Divell.
"You seem jovial today" Recca said.
"Yes! Nothing could stop me from smiling!" she raised her fist triumphantly. "That reminds me, you work for Mr. Doe right?"
"Yes, down at the shop why?"
"I need a job"
The two went to Mr. Doe's. Recca managed to convince Mr. Doe that Fuuko could work in place of the other helper who died a week before.
"Could you start now? I need helpers; Recca could teach you how to handle things." Mr. Doe asked Fuuko.
"Of course, sir" she nodded. For the remaining time, Recca taught Fuuko how a blacksmith's work is done. Soon Fuuko was helping out with the chores while Mr. Doe and Recca worked with the metals.
It was already afternoon when the two left Mr. Doe. Fuuko was proud of herself; she was able to find a job to help her parents. Plus, that job preoccupied her from thinking of the prince or of the royal family.
Two months had passed and the royal family was Divell grew anxious of Fuuko's return. The king, especially the queen, missed her a lot but was unable to find her whereabouts. Tokiya's situation was worst. He never meant to make Fuuko leave. He needed her, as the person who would listen to his troubles. Unfortunately, there was no Lei or Fuuko in sight.
"Don't you suppose our soldiers are just incompetent? How come they found him before, but now he is nowhere to be." The king sighed and rested his chin on the palm of his right hand.
"Well, maybe there is a reason for him not to come." The queen replied.
"Indeed there is, two months without word or anything. I should have him killed for betraying the royal family!" the kind banged his fist on the throne.
"Father, mother, allow me to search for him." A voice entered and it was Tokiya's.
"No need, darling, our soldiers are on patrol to find him."
"on patrol? I don't see any progress, besides it is partly my fault that Lei left." The king and queen exchanged looks and after awhile.
"Very well, we cannot stop you. Do take care, son"
After getting his parent's blessing, Tokiya prepared his trip for tomorrow in search for Lei.
A/N: SORRY IT TOOK ME A LONG TIMI- E TO UPDATE! FYTokiya is not in love with Fuuko…yet.