Ren was rarely hurt, but the look on Haruka's face when she heard about the wedding broke his heart. He couldn't stand the idea that he didn't manage to convince Saotome to cancel this. If not for him, for Nanami. They were walking down the hallway to their rooms. The silence between them was awkward. She looked as she was going to cry, it was clear that she was shaken by the news. Why would they be so cruel and do this to her? She was the most innocent and beautiful person he had ever met and they wanted to kidnap all her happiness. She was clearly not good.

"My lady!" Ren shouted at her, but she didn't hear.

She was so affected that she wasn't conscious of the world around her. With every step ahead, the words that Saotome had said were repeating in her head. A wedding? She didn't do anything bad to deserve what was happening to her in this moments. How could she marry a man who she didn't love? To marry a person who was like a brother… in her head this sounded like an incest, that was how she felt. Her life she had been dreaming to find prince charming, to find her true love, her soul mate. She wanted to fall in love madly and deeply with that person and have a bright future with him. And now her dreams were crushed, she wanted to say "no", but she knew that it wouldn't change anything. She needed to embrace her fate and start to fulfill her duties as a princess. Nanami had never dreamed that she could be royal. She had always thought she was just a little girl and not a princess who will rule her kingdom one day. This was so odd for her…

Ren started running towards Haruka and placed his hand on her shoulder. She turned around and looked angrily at him. This was not a good moment to try to reassure her. But he didn't let her fierce look to hold him back, he needed to try to convince her that he would not let this wedding happen.

"Nanami…" he whispered. "I want you to know that I won't tolerate this. I will fight until they will let you marry whoever you want."

Haruka sighed. She knew that Ren will try everything, but it was all in vain. They were planned to marry, their kingdoms and their parents wanted this marriage. They couldn't do anything. She didn't want to disappoint anybody, like always. She was ready to accept this.

"Ren, stop fighting. It's not useful. Accept your fate and move on. We can't disappoint our parents. It's hard to believe, but I think that our parents know the best." she said with no emotion in her voice.

For the first time, she seemed helpless and hopeless. Her eyes were lacking emotions, she looked like a ghost, a body without a soul. That wasn't her usual self, she was changed, she was shocked. Ren felt a little pain in his chest and he wanted for a moment to kill everybody who hurt her, who made her suffer. He needed to bring the old Nanami back, the girl who would always laugh, who would be happy for no reason, like a child. The person he fell in love with.

Without knowing, Ren hugged Haruka tight. She laid her head on his chest and started crying. The warmth of Ren's embrace was so comforting to her, she felt good hearing his heart's beats. It was strange for them to be so close, their bodies to be so close, to feel each other. Ren put his chin on the top of her head and closed his eyes. It was so good knowing that he could protect her, that he could be there for her when she needed a shoulder to cry on. He loved her so much.

All of a sudden, some steps started to hear at the end of the hallway. Ren and Nanami broke the hug instantly and waited until they saw who was coming. The boys showed up there, with concerned looks on their faces. She couldn't stand to see their faces anymore, so she ran away, going to her room. She just didn't want to see the looks on the boys' faces when they would hear the news.

"What happened?" shouted Ittoki very loudly. "Did that man said something rude to her? If he did, I swear to God…"

"Don't swear in vain, Ittoki." said Ren very calm. "But it is a big problem that I don't know if we can fix…"

"What?" asked Masato calmly, like always. "What can be so problematic that it can't be fixed?" he said rolling his eyes.

"Well…"Ren started to talk. "I and Haruka are planned to marry."

All of the six boys were shocked by Ren's words, every single one of them. Ren started to tell them the whole story, how Saotome said they had royal blood and were planned to marry. The other ones were listening carefully, feeling sad for Nanami. Everybody had been dreaming to marry her one day, but it looked like Ren was the lucky one.

"And now, what will we do?" asked Cecil. "We can't let this wedding to happen!"

"We can't do anything. There is the fate of the two kingdoms in the game. We could arouse a war. There is only one thing to do: to stay and watch while Haruka is getting married." Masato said.

"But…No!" shouted Cecil with tears in his eyes. "I was going to propose Haruka and she was going to be my wife, not his! But I wanted to wait until we were a little bit older…"

"Let's be honest. We all love Nanami. But she sees us like her brothers. I just say to give her a little time to think. It's a lot to process." affirmed Syo. "And Ren?" he continued.

"Yes?"

"Take care of her. If she is going to be your wife, you need to protect her. Don't let anything bad happen to her"

"I will" promised Ren.

But what all the boys didn't know, was that Nanami was listening after a closed door with her heart beating fast. She had just found out how caring and sweet were all.