I walked down the hall with the small group that we had run into while we were waiting for the other Kings to arrive. I couldn't help but to glance out each window we past. It was almost as captivating as Yato's eyes...Almost.
"Ney, where are we going?" I ask looking out yet another window.
"I would be wise of you to get aquainted with the castle." Kazuma says. "There's no telling how long you'll be here. I will have to get a more permanent room sent up for you as well."
"Oh..." I hum, looking at Grell trying to con Sebastian in to something.
"Please please ple~ase." The grown man whines.
"No." Sebastian answered flatly, obviously getting more and more annoyed by the second.
"Well, where are we going first?" I ask, stepping between the two men as if it were my job to stop Grell from pestering Sebastian. Then my stomach growls.
"Apparently, the kitchen." Kazuma says, glacing at me out of the corner of his eye.
"Sorry. I don't know how long its been since I've eaten. I know it was before I ended up here and before I returned home from work." I tell him as I rub my stomach.
"You worked in your world?" Kazuma asked, surprised.
"Well, yeah. I live alone and the only way for me to be able to do that I had to work. Living exspences don't just fall out of the sky." I tell him. "There were bills that needed to be paid and food to be bought. If things here are anything like they were in the anime I had seen you in, I guess it would be closest to yours and Izaya's kingdoms. Rin would have the same, so I guess it would be close to the same. Itachi's world was set in kind of like a past type world, but had modern tid bits." I rambled. Kazuma stared at me, taking in everything I said.
"So I guess it's not so different there as it is here after all." He says pushing up his glasses.
"Maybe. I haven't experienced much of your world to give an accurate opinion." I say with a smile.
"Kazuma-sama." A man dressed as a butler calls out from a split in the hallway. "The guest's have arrived and his Highness is requesting your presence as well and Lady Alice's."
"Thank you. We will head there now." The young man says quickly turning around the corner. I pick up my pace, almost jogging to keep up with him. Toshiro, Sebastain and Grell are all able to keep up with him just fine.
"Awh..." I whine placing my hand over my stomach. "But...Food...Hungry...There goes the food idea I guess." I say in a low voice with a pout. Then I hear someone let out a giggle. I look over and see Grell smiling down at me. He gently pats me on the head then picks up his pace, catching up to Kazuma. "Kazuma san. Please slow down." I pant continuing to jog behind them.
"Kazuma-sama has arrived, Your Highness." The old man announces as we stop out side the door. Oh my god. I'm about to actually meet my favorite anime characters. I what should I do? I definitely don't want it to be like it was when I met Yato. Maybe I should stay quiet. Yeah. That's a good plan. Stay quiet. I'm so nervous. I'm probably sweating bullets. I should have worn more deoderant. What if they smell me sweating? Do they even have deorderant here?
"I apologize for the wait, Your Highnesses." Kazuma bows. Eh? We're going in all ready? I follow in behind the rest of the group as the royalty before me starts to talk. With out thinking, I hide behind Toshiro and grab the sleeve of his shirt. Am I supposed to even be here? The butler guy did say Yato wanted my presence. Toshiro looks at me out of the corner of his eye and then back to the idle chatter going on at the table.
"Why are you hiding?" He whispers, keeping his eyes forward.
"Because." I whisper back to him, shifting my hiding spot to behind Sebastian.
"Because? Because why?" He asks calmly.
"What if I say something stupid? I don't want my favorite people to hate me because I put my foot in my mouth." I respond.
"I think you just did." He says turning his head to look me in the eyes.
"I just did what?" I ask.
"Said something stupid." He smirks.
"And why would you say that?" I fire off another question.
"Lady Alice." Yato calls to me, folding his hands under his chin with a smirk. I jump hearing his voice call my name. I looked over at him and smiled sheepishly. I felt like a kid who just got caught passing notes in the back of the classroom. Then I realized Everyone in the room was now looking at me. Man, why couldn't I have been born a snail? I could have just hid in my shell right now. I shrunk back farther behind Sebastion and when he stepped aside to reveal me, I slipped behind Grell. Of course, Grell also tried to move, but I grabbed the back of his coat and pressed my forhead against the center of his back, whispering my pleas for him not to move. He stood still for about a moment.
"I'm sorry Lady Alice." He whispered over his shoulder after Yato shooed him to the side with a guesture from his seat. Once again, my shield stepped aside. Leaving me standing there out in the open for everyone to see.
"Is that her?" Rin asked, peeking around his seat.
"Ah." Yato nodded.
"What a pain. She's kind of plain looking. You'd think she would have put some make up on that ugly face of her's before coming to a meeting with the Kings of anima." Izaya snorts, resting his chin on his palm and turning away.
"Izaya, your preferences are too narrow. She's in a new place, of course she's going to be awkward." Rin tried to defend. Izaya is right. Though his words sting. I lower my gaze. I know Im not pretty. I know I'm not skinny. I know I'm imperfect all around. But having someone I admired point them out hurt.
"Look. Now she's going to cry. Boring. Send her back and see if they'll choose some one new." Izaya say waving me off. I clench my fists and grit my teeth then march right up to him. Before I even realized I had let my anger get the best of me, the sound of my hand connecting with his face rung out and echoed through the room. Everyone looked at me with wide eyes and their mouths haning open. All except Itachi, who was stone faced as ever, and Shizuo, who began to chuckle. Izaya's hand rose to his cheek as he stared up at me in shock.
"You may be someone important here, but where I'm from you're just a fictional character doodled on a piece of paper. I know that there is nothing special about me but what right do you have to point it out? What right do you have to be rude to someone you have just met? You know nothing more about me than my name. I know everything about you. About your ego. Your twisted personality. The darkness in your heart. The joy you got from manipulating people. And even through all that I respected you and admired you. Now I regret it." I growled at him. Just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, Itachi cleared his throat, casting us all into silence. Then Izaya smirked turning away from me again.
"I guess she's not as boring as I thought." He admitted.
"I totally didn't see that coming." Rin admits while Shizuo is still having a fit of laughter.
"I like her." Shizuo laughs. "It's about time someone knocked him down a peg."
"Mind your place Knave." Izaya warns, glaring at the blond man next to him.
"It was going to happen sooner or later." Namie says, scribbling something down on to a pad of paper on a clipboard.