Sephi: Woohoo! Another relatively long chapter!
Rune: Uh… Yay??
Sephi: I'll just let you read it since I don't really have anything much to say right now.
Rune: And neither do I.
Sephi: And my title for this chapter sucks, by the way.
Chapter 8- Several Months Later
Haku's POV
"Haku-chan! I'm going outside!" Again?! That's like, the eighth night in a row that she's left me to be with him! Sure, I'm happy for her. Her boyfriend was only like, the handsomest guy is like, the world, but still, I'm starting to get a bit lonely sometimes. However, apart from that feeling of loneliness, there was a feeling of unease.
Why did I feel as if everything would go wrong from here?
The doorbell rang. Miku-chan rushed to get the door. The extraordinarily handsome man was waiting outside the door.
"Miku-chan, wait!" I cried as she turned to leave. I ran up to her, with my present wrapped in cloth bouncing from the effort. I was never athletic.
"I'll be waiting, Miku-chan." The Prince of Blue said gentlemanly before he left, leaving the two of us alone. I was surprised to find that Miku-chan wasn't that upset though. Hmm…
"Here, take this with you. It's just a little present." I shoved the bundle into her hands.
"What is it?"
"Negi-flavored ice-cream."
Miku-chan smiled, as I knew she would. That girl was just obsessed with negi. Plus, she had already told me how much her lover adored ice cream. The ice cream didn't taste that bad…hopefully. I wasn't too much of a negi or ice cream fan to try it.
Man… those two lovers were certainly taking their time. They better not be doing anything inappropriate…
"Haku-chan~ I'm back!" Miku-chan exclaimed happily as she entered my room.
"Hey. How was it?" I asked casually.
"Oh, he proposed to me. And thanks for the ice cream! We loved it!"
"Whaaat?! He proposed to you?! Congrats, Miku-chan!"
"Yeah." She said. Hey! She had just been proposed to by the Prince of Blue. Shouldn't she be a little bit happier? Maybe she was shy.
Miku's POV
"Yeah." I answered her. I knew that I should have sounded more excited. But I just… couldn't. I knew I didn't love him, although we've been courting for many months. Every smile that I had smiled to with him were fake. I knew that. But I just couldn't honestly love that ice cream freak. He was kind, handsome, and courteous, but I didn't love him.
Oh, and speaking of ice cream, the negi ice cream Haku-chan made us was great! I loved that negi. But the freak only seemed to like the ice cream part.
I sighed internally on my bed. Haku-chan was already asleep. I had to love him, right? If only for this dying kingdom, Haku-chan, and Mikuo, I had to love him, right? But I just…couldn't.
Len's POV
I re-read the list of things that I had to do in the Blue Kingdom again. Of course, this was all for Rin, my dear sister. I was dressed up to disguise myself as a commoner. I frowned. One of my tasks on my list was 'Keep an eye out for Prince Kaito and any girls that might dare to be close to him'. I sighed. Well, at least Rin was being girlish. This meant that the cruel Queen wasn't all there was to her, right?
Suddenly, my hat was taken off my head. "H-hey!" I yelled out in indignity.
"Hehe. Sorry. I'm just messing around with you. Here's your hat." I spun around to see a very pretty young girl, around my age, holding my hat out. She had very long, green pigtails, and a very nice smile. It reminded me slightly of Rin's old one. I liked it. I really did.
"Hehe. Well, here's your hat. What's your name? I'm Miku!" I felt myself blush as she placed my hat gently back on my head.
"I'm…L-len."
"Oh. I see. It's a very nice name you have." She smiled one of those dazzling smiles of hers again. I hope I didn't look like a tomato.
"Uh… th-thanks…" Our eyes met. It was that moment when I knew. I had fallen in love at first sight with Miku.
Miku's POV
"Miku-chan! What's taking you long?" I mentally rolled my eyes. Ugh. Of course, he just had to ruin the moment.
"Well, bye then. Maybe I'll see you again one day." I told Len-kun reluctantly.
"Yeah… Maybe…"
I turned around to leave, trying to keep a straight face. I would have liked to talk to him more, that Len-kun. It was the first time that I had smiled like that to anyone. It had been a genuine smile, 100% from my falsely colored heart. I would have liked to get to know him better. I wonder where he was from, that Len-kun.
But Kaito-sama had to ruin the moment anyways. Oh, excuse me, I meant my ice cream loving fiancé that annoys the hell out of me.
"Was he somebody you know?" He asked me, concerned. He would be…
"No. I only just met him. I was just poking fun at him." Which was true.
"Oh. I thought he looked a bit like Len-san. That's all." Wait. Len-san? Did the ice cream freak know my cute Len-kun?
"Who's Len-san?" I asked him.
"He's from the Yellow Kingdom. To my understanding, he is the Daughter of Evil's twin servant brother. I was told that he became her servant as a punishment or something like that."
"So that would make him the Servant of Evil?" This time, I was only fooling around with him. Something that I picked up that he enjoyed. I didn't though. It made me feel stupid.
"I suppose so. The Servant of Evil? That's a funny way to put it, Miku-chan. But that's one of the many things about you that I love."
I blushed. It was a fake blush. Inside, I was actually saying, 'And that's one of the many things that I soo don't love about you, ice cream freak'.
"You remind me about someone I knew. He was a close friend of mine. If I remember correctly, he had a very distinct love for negi too."
"Was?" I asked, trying to be cute.
"Yeah. He passed on a while ago. You probably knew who he was. He was the Prince of your kingdom, Hatsune Mikuo. Come to think about it, the two of you look alike too."
I felt shock cross my face. He knew Mikuo? Then again, Mikuo always used to tell me about a friend of his. It must have been Kaito-sama. A teardrop fell from my eyes.
"Miku-chan?" I stared at him, seriously.
"Kaito-sama, you can keep a secret, right? You must absolutely never tell anyone!" He nodded.
"My name is Hatsune Miku. I am Mikuo's twin sister."
Kaito's POV (a while later)
I still can't believe that Mikuo-kun and Miku-chan were sibling! How small this world is!
"Prince Kaito…" A small voice interrupted my thoughts. It was Gumi, my maid.
"What is it?"
"A letter was sent to you. More specifically, a marriage request."
How am I not surprised? "Who's it from?"
"…Her majesty, Rin of Yellow."
I nearly groaned out loud. "Refuse it."
"But Kaito-sama, you will need a valid request to decline her majesty's request."
"I have a fiancé. This is true. That is why I've stopped interviewing all of those girls."
"I… see…"
"Refuse the marriage invitation immediately. Be sure to be polite."
"I understand." And she left.
I groaned, out loud this time. Why did I get the feeling that things would soon start to go badly wrong?
Rin's POV
"Uh… Queen?" I looked up. It was Len. I smiled.
"What is it?"
"We received a response from the Blue Kingdom." Oh! It was Kaito-sama! I may get married to him soon! "What did he say?" I snatch the letter from him.
To the fair Queen of the Yellow Kingdom:
We are sorry to inform you that the Prince of Blue has rejected your request,
As he already has a fiancé whom he truly loves.
We apologize for any inconvenience that may have been caused.
The best of wishes,
THE BLUE KINGDOM
My hands trembled. How? How? HOW?! How could he refuse my marriage request! What foolish girl dared to steal his heart from me?! She will pay. If anything, she will pay.
T o my surprise, I started crying.
"Queen, Queen? What's wrong?"
"Go AWAY!"
"Queen, please tell me. As your brother, I'll listen to what you have to say."
"L-len… I was rejected…" And I continued to bail as my brother wrapped his arms around me, trying to comfort me. I hadn't needed it for a long time.
Sephi: This story will only have like, five more chapters or so left to go. Aww…
Rune: So please review it! C'mon, people… you know you wanna… (glared at Sephi) Kay, I've said those freaky lines that you wanted me to say… now what?
Sephi: Luneth Irving! You weren't supposed to tell everyone that!
Rune: Oh. Oops. R&R anyway folks, so that I don't get murdered by her…please…
Sephi: (rolls eyes) And vote on my poll, please!