Chapter 13. A few hours without you and I'm already dying.
Retasu cried in her room. She knew she couldn't meet him again.
When suddenly Masaya stepped into her room.
"Retasu?"
Retasu took a vase and threw it straight to Masaya, but Masaya easily dodged it. "Stay away from me! I hate you! You and all the other people who planned that stupid trap!"
Retasu continued to cry and shout.
The king stepped in the room "Now.. now Retasu, that was for your own good!'"
"What do you mean!" Retasu shouted. "My own good? You think that marrying someone out of my will is for MY OWN GOOD! Stay away. Stay away. STAY AWAY FROM ME! LEAVE ME BE! LET ME LIVE! For once in my life I was loved by the person I loved a lot and WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU TOOK HIM AWAY FROM ME! What else? What else do you want? WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!"
By these words the king stepped back and walked away. Masaya stepped in and saw Retasu, spilling her tears on to her pillow, in anger and frustration.
Masaya walked slowly close to Retasu, and as she was crying, he grabbed the pillow she was crying in.
"Ma-masaya?" She said as she swung her hand to slap Masaya
But Masaya caught it half way. Then he closed his eyes and kissed Retasu.
Retasu broke the kiss by biting Masaya's lip and pushing him back. Masaya looked at Retasu solemnly with an angry look, Retasu looked back scared.
Then Masaya licked his lips. He came closer to Retasu and whispered "I'll make you my wife, even if it means to kill my best friend. So be ready"
Retasu couldn't stand it anymore. She cried. She was angry but at the same time scared.
Retasu once again swung her right hand to slap Masaya.
Masaya caught it. He pulled Retasu closer to him and licked her neck and whispered "And don't go telling the king or else Ryou will pay."
"Keep away from me, Masaya!" Retasu used her left hand and slapped him .
His cheek turned red.
He walked away and left Retasu crying again.
She thought "Oh Ryou, ... if only you were here.. "
At the same time Ryou who was banished was walking around the marketplace, eating an apple, when he thought about Retasu... her sweet smile, the way she looked when she told her feelings to Ryou, the way she was so happy around him.
He sat down under a tree and looked at the blue sky.
He saw Retasu image, smiling at him, saying "I love you Ryou." in the sky.
He wanted to see Retasu again.. more than ever now.
He started to think about a way to get Retasu to be his wife and take her out of that palace.
Retasu and he thought the same thing at the same time 'If only you were here... It's only been a few hours without you and I'm already dying'
