Hello everyone! Just decided to write this one-shot. I'm not sure what a song-fic exactly is, but I'll just call this a song-fic cause why not. I'll write when you should start the song at.
Hope you enjoy. Cue the disclaimer!
(Disclaimer: I do not own Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatte Iru Darou ka)
Princesses Don't Cry
The sun rising from behind the mountains in the distance, its rays making her hair shine even brighter.
The Sword Princess was perched upon the city walls surrounding Orario, seemingly in deep thought.
It's only been six days since the Knossos Subjugation… Most of us safely returned, but what's really troubling me is this thing I felt when I heard the grand bell…
Thinking back, I've felt the same thing several times now, haven't I? When had I felt it for the first time? Was it when I saved him from the minotaur? …No. When he ran out of the Hostess of Fertility? …No. Was it when I trained him on the walls? …No. Then was it when he almost kissed me when we were training? …I think so. What about when he stopped me from saving him from that Irregular Minotaur? Yes. I'm sure I felt it when he saw me while bath-that's too embarrassing, skip that one… when he won the War Game, and again when we… danced. I also felt it in Edas Village, and when I fought him… No. Not then. I just felt… hurt? I definitely felt it again when he fought that… Xenos. Asterios, was it? Then there was the time when he returned from that expedition half-dead… walking dead? I felt even more of hurt that time…
Why does it comfort me seeing him act so heroic?
Why does it hurt me seeing him injured?
I know that Bell and I have grown closer to each other as… friends? But I… may have become closer to him than I realized. Closer than I should have let myself.
He's changed me. I've never cared about anything other than fighting monsters and getting stronger… but he changed that.
I… care about Bell?
Yes. I definitely do…
I've become attached to him… haven't I?
…
Do I…
Do I… like Bell?
Hmm... I wouldn't talk to him if I didn't…
No… this is something else…
Is this…
…Love?
Do…
Do I…
…
I do…
But… does he love me back?
I… I should go and ask him!
(I suggest listening to the song "Princesses Don't Cry" by CARYS on a loop from here on until you finish reading. Not required, but it's a nice song, and I felt like it fits quite well with this one-shot as well.)
I don't know how I made it back to my room in the Twilight Manor without breaking down…
It hurts…
It hurts almost as much as back with the Xenos incident…
I don't understand… I thought he loved me back…
We were in Bell's room at the Hearthfire Mansion…
"Bell! I-I love you!" I exclaim.
A beaming smile creeps onto his face, but it disappears as soon as it appeared. I'm confused…
He is about to speak, but then stops himself. When he does speak, my world shatters.
"Two weeks…"
"Huh?" I ask, not understanding his words.
"If you said that to me two weeks ago, I would've been the happiest man alive, Miss Aiz," he says with a pained look on his face, which further confuses me.
"I… don't understand," is all I can manage.
"I…" He pauses, then sighs. "I loved you… until two weeks ago."
"W-What do you mean by that?" I ask, afraid to even hear his answer.
"Somethings happened… and I'm in love with someone else… Ryuu Lion."
Tears start to form in my eyes.
Tears? When was the last time I cried?
"I'm sorry. I… cannot reciprocate your feelings anymore…" He gives me with an apologetic look, and I give him a nod of understanding, not wanting to stay there for another second.
"…I understand. Can we… still be friends?" I don't even know why I ask that… won't it just hurt seeing him with someone other than myself?
I can't cry. Not here. Not in front of him.
He gives me a genuine smile, "Yes, of course."
I manage a half-hearted smile, hoping that he doesn't catch it, but he most definitely does, because his smile disappears for a second, before he attempts to cheer me up.
"Miss Aiz, you're everything someone could ask for in a woman," he says.
Hearing the first part, I am filled with happiness, until it all comes crashing down with his next sentence.
"I'm sure you'll find someone."
"T-Thanks…"
"…"
'Don't… cry…' My body does not listen to my wishes, and I break down almost instantly as I crash face first into my small bed.
'Stop… please. Stop… STOP CRYING!'
As if the world itself is toying with me, the tears that had lessened flood out with even more ferocity than before in a never-ending stream, soaking the pillow I'm weeping into.
Hours pass in silence, the only audible sound being my sobbing, my ears having filtered out the rest of the world.
By the time I can think rationally once again, only his two words resonate in my mind…
'Two weeks.'
'…Two weeks.'
'…Two weeks…'
'Why am I so… indecisive?'
'Why did I not… notice it?
'All the gazes he sent my way when he thought I wasn't looking…'
'All the sleepless nights I spent, thinking if we could stay as friends even after I almost killed someone who he cares for…'
'Why?'
'Why am I so… airheaded?'
'Two weeks.'
'That's all the time it took for me to lose my hero…'
'A princess without a hero…. deserves to cry, right?'
Well, it was short, but hope you liked it.
Take care and stay safe!
–OmniscientReader
