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Touya had finally agreed to go with Princess Touko on her date with Prince N after being begged by Bianca the whole day. It was really annoying and getting between him and his work.
He really didn't want to go but it was for Touko's safety. He was now sitting on her bed as he waited for her to get ready. Touya was wearing his normal attire, a blue jacket covering his black t-shirt, black pants, a red and black hat, and red and black shoes. To keep the two safe they had to not attract attention and the best way was to fit in with the crowd.
'She's really taking a long time in the bathroom.' Touya thought. All of a sudden a yawn escaped his lips. 'Well a little nap wouldn't hurt.' Laying down on the bed and snuggling into the pillow, he closed his eyes causing his caramel orbs to disappear. Taking a deep breath, he could smell the scent of pecha berries and boy did it smell good.
It wasn't hard falling asleep on Touko's bed; it was like sleeping on a cloud. If only he was royalty then he would be able to sleep on this bed every night.
Slowly, he felt himself fading to darkness as everything around him disappeared. That was until Touko came out of the bathroom. Opening his eyes he found Touko in an outfit he had never seen before and a different maid by her side. The maid had light brown hair that was held up in pigtails and chocolate eyes.
"Who's that?" Touya suddenly asked, pointing to the maid. Touko looked to the maid before smiling.
"I guess you haven't heard of our new maid, Lyra." Lyra smiled at Touya.
"Nice to meet you, Touya." Touya being the nice guy he is smiled right back at Lyra. But when he looked back at Touko, he took a better look at her clothes. "I see you've noticed she's wearing something she probably wouldn't wear." Lyra spoke up.
Touya nodded. "Yeah, I've never seen her wear anything like this before."
"It's because she's borrowing my clothes! Luckily, we wear the same size." Touya raised an eyebrow. 'Was it really necessary for Touko to wear Lyra's clothes for her "date" with N?' He thought.
"You're probably wondering why she's wearing my clothes for her date with Prince N." Lyra put a confident smirk on her lips while Touya was just shocked. "Well it's because I want her to look cute on her date with N!" Touya suddenly felt like Lyra was a second version of Bianca.
"Um Lyra," Lyra turned around to Touko who felt like she was invisible.
"Yes your highness?" Touko really hated people not calling her by her name sometimes. It was aggravating.
"First, you can just address me as Touko." Lyra nodded. "Second, I don't really think you should make me look cute."
"Why not?" Lyra asked, tilting her head to the side.
"It's just not my style." Lyra gasped; never before had she met someone who didn't want to impress the person the like on the first date. To Lyra, she thought looking stunning on the first date was mandatory. She even remembers her first date with her boyfriend, Silver. Never once did she not try and look cute for him.
"Nonsense your highness!" Lyra said with her hands on her hips. Touko groaned before correcting her on the formalities.
It was hard to convince Lyra to let her go in her normal attire. In the end, it was utter complete failure. She was going to the amusement park wearing Lyra's choice of clothes. Not that it was ugly, it was just that it was something Touko couldn't see her wearing.
At least Lyra didn't force her to wear her pigtails as well. Touko shuddered at the image of her in pigtails. Everyone would probably laugh at her. Then she'd have to strangle Lyra for ruining her image as a beloved princess of the White Kingdom. Not that she cared; she just didn't want to be made fun of.
Touya tried to hold back that laughter that was caught in his throat. Now he knew why Touko didn't want to go through with Lyra's idea. The laughter was overpowering him. Even a few quiet giggles were able to escape from the prison cell that was his throat. He was just glad that Touko didn't hear it or he would have to come face to face with the wraith of one of Touko's black and pink combat boots. And boy did those suckers hurt when it came in contacts with you face.
Touko sighed as she looked into the mirror as Lyra brushed her hair. Déjà vu suddenly hit her. The last time she looked into this very mirror while a maid fixed her hair was when her life got harder and easier at the same time. That day was the start of a limited freedom. A freedom where she was able to see the outside of the castle that held the residents of Unova but it was limited when N wasn't around. Was this marriage the start of many challenges that awaited her? Was she forced into an arranged marriage so she wouldn't have to suffer the never ending work that would keep her up for hours? Was this marriage going to lead her to happily ever after ending that she always wanted? Questions filled her head. Questions that have no answers till she reaches the final page of her fairy tale called "Forced Marriage".
A sigh made its way past her light pink lips. Sometimes she wished she was a Celebi so she could travel into time and see what her story would lead her to, a happily ever after or a happily never after. Maybe if she wished hard enough, Arcues would grant her wish. Life could be so unfair as a princess.
"-ouko, Touko!" A voice brought her out of her thoughts as she turned to find Touya's hand on her shoulder and he was giving her a strange look. "Are you okay?" Touko looked into his caramel eyes, seeing concern. But while looking into his eyes, she was totally oblivious of his strong feelings for her, if they were even that strong. Those feelings start to waver every now and then. Not always were those feelings faithful for Touko which was dod considering he always tells himself he was in love with Princess Touko White or should he say Queen Touko Harmonia. No those words were disgusting to him but every day he began to notice those words begin to soften.
'The feeling I get around Touko disappeared again.' Usually his heart beats a bit faster than normally when around the princess but for some reason it kept disappearing. He didn't know what it was but his best guess was something he would have never expected in his life.
'Am I falling out of love with Touko?' That thought stuck to him like a needle. How did he truly feel for Touko if he wasn't truly in love with her from the beginning? Was it because he was starting to realize that he'll never have a shot to be with her or was it because he misunderstood his hearts feelings? Either one could be correct.
Maybe it was a sign for him to step down before his heart truly got hurt while he still felt love for her. He showed her many signs that he liked her but N was blocking the way into her heart. His words and actions of love never reached her. It always made him wonder, if fighting for her heart was worth it when there was a low chance of her even noticing he liked her.
"Yes I'm fine; I just had a sudden feeling of déjà vu." Touko strained a smile so Touya wouldn't worry. Touya sighed before removing his hand from her shoulder allowing Touko to get up. "Well let's get going or we're going to be late meeting N."