Chapter III - Atsumaru Come Together
Michiru was practically singing with joy as she followed the man escorting her through the main entrance hall of the Moon Palace, carrying her small suitcase and violin case along. She was on her way to her new living quarters and had been informed that the princess of Uranus had all ready arrived about half an hour ago. She wanted to walk slower and take in the view, but having only arrived just a few minutes ago, she was also very eager to meet her future partner-in-crime. Of course she had read up on the great wonders and beautiful styling of the palace, but a paragraph from a book could never describe the real thing with enough passion.
They hadn't gotten very far when ne stopped. She was about run into him -lost in her own world- when she suddenly looked up, noticed he stopped, and was able to stop herself in time. Apparently he had noticed her sudden stop; he had a very amused look about his face.
"Would you like me to carry that for you," the man offered, gesturing to her suitcase and violin.
"No thank you" Michiru replied, "I can handle it."
He smiled at her and continued walking.
They had continued in a steady gait for what seemed like hours to Michiru. She was sure they were lost. They had taken so many twits and turns, ascended and descended numerous staircases, it seemed like it was to never end.
Eventually he stopped in front of a nicely decorated door.
"We have arrived at your new home, Neptune-sama," he stated with a slightly amused tone. Michiru couldn't tell what he was so amused about. Was there something on her face?
She smiled at him, said her thanks, and knocked on the door. The door wasn't answered immediately, and she was becoming more and more nervous the longer she had to wait.
Haruka sulked as she sat down in one of the many plush chairs of the almost overly fancy room and looked around. . .
The room, over all, was a basic rectangular shape. Where she sat now was the common room between Michiru's room and her's. The wall facing her from where she sat now was the wall that held the main door. In the corner to the left of that wall was a small little dining-like area; it had a reasonably sized table with only two chairs. Haruka took it that that was where their meals were going to be eaten. The other corner to the right was a small study type area. It had a desk, also with two chairs, and a lamp for extra light. The walls on either side of the room were lined with book shelves that stretched all the way to the end of the room, breaking only for a door on either side; the doors that lead to each of their rooms; they even took the care to label who's door was who's. Each side of the room was equipped with a rolling ladder in order to get to the books easier. Haruka was amazed though by all the books they had. They had subjects from just about everything she could think of and more. From cooking to even how to train horses. Haruka was looking forward to the reading ahead.
The last wall also had two doors, one on either side of a short stair case that went up through the middle of the wall. The door ways, when Haruka had explored them, lead to two separate bathrooms. Each person had their own shower and toilet, but another door from each of those rooms lead to a huge bath that Haruka guessed was always filled with hot water in a constant stream from a tiny waterfall that came out from the wall. The entire room, due to the hot water, had a steamy atmosphere, and had there been plants, it would have seemed like a personal rainforest.
The last thing Haruka had explored was where the staircase between the bathroom doors lead to. What she found there was to her liking, and she knew it would be her favorite spot during her two year stay. The stairs lead to a loft-like area. The floor was covered in a very soft and plush navy blue carpet with fluffy pillows scattered here and there. The best feature though, was the spectacular view. There weren't any walls to confine the space in, but huge windows instead. It was the perfect place to star gaze at night and to watch the rare thunderstorms that the Moon sometimes had. The only bad thing, in Haruka's opinion, was that the huge windows would let in a lot of light in the morning and Haruka was not a morning person.
The center of the room, where Haruka was still siting, was a comfy little 'get together' place that had a couch and two chairs surrounding a knee-high coffee table. The furniture had a floral pattern much to Haruka's dismay. It was a little too girly for her tastes.
Getting a little bored, Haruka's thoughts drifted else where. She 'assumed' that she wasn't going to be the only one staying in the suite. She was just beginning to question on what her roommate, Michiru, was like when she heard a knock on the door.
Michiru was beginning to question if her partner was indeed in there of not when the door opened. She nodded her thanks to the boy who had opened the door and walked inside, lugging her small suitcase and violin with her. She walked in just enough for the boy to be able to close the door behind her and set down her things. She panned the room in hopes of seeing/meeting her partner for the first time. Haruka, in the mean time, watched her and became amused. She knew exactly what Michiru was thinking.
It didn't take Michiru long to realize that the boy was the only other person in the room. She turned around to her left and took a second, more closer look at the 'boy' who had opened the door for her.
Haruka held out her opened hand. "I take it that you are the princess of Neptune." Haruka didn't really wait for an answer and continued. "Uh, it's a pleasure to meet you, I guess. Just call me Haruka. I don't really like all that formal stuff."
It took Michiru a short while to let the situation sink in. Quickly regaining her composure, she started to speak, "Ah, right. Sorry about that." She took Haruka's hand in her's and shook it confidently. "I don't really like all that formal stuff myself, call me Michiru." She smiled a friendly smile and let go of Haruka's slightly calloused hand.
"Let me get that for you," Haruka offered, taking Michiru's suitcase and violin before she could protest. She started walking towards Michiru's bedroom door to the left. "I'm pretty sure that your room is the door her to the left considering it has your name on it and everything."
Michiru giggled softly at her comment and began to follow her.
Haruka set down the suitcase from her right hand, opened the door, and walked in a little ways. "Where would you like me to set this," she asked.
Michiru quickly scanned the room for a place and settled on the bed. "The bed will be fine."
Haruka walked the short distance to the rose colored bed and set her stuff down upon it.
Michiru thanked her and soon an uncomfortable silence fell between them.
After what seemed like forever and a day, Haruka spoke first, breaking the silence. "I guess I'll go back to my room then. I still haven't unpacked myself."
She turned to leave and made it to the doorway before she turned back around and spoke again. "I almost forgot. They told me to tell you that breakfast is brought here at 7:00am, lunch at 12:00pm, and dinner at 7:00pm." She fidgeted slightly and continued. "Also, someone will be sent at 6:30am to wake us up, giving us a half-hour to get ready for breakfast and that after breakfast someone will be sent to escort us to our fist day of training tomorrow, I guess they wanted to start us off early." She grabbed the door knob and turned to leave and closed the door behind her.
Phew! This chapter was a long one! And not to mention I blew off my homework to write it too. I've been designing their room myself for the past week or so every night before I went to sleep. I hope I gave a good description of it. I figured that I should give a description so that it created a better visualization for future scenes and the sort. (I love the loft area) Don't for get to R&R to let me know how I'm doing and thanks to all of that have reviewed already. Especially Neptune Tears and Deathsoul-shinigami!