Sonia softly sighed, lithe fingers absentmindedly flipping through another page of the book she was reading. It was about a secret occult in Greek and Roman worlds.

She was bored.

Earlier this morning she had woken up from her slumber at the usual time. She couldn't help but regard the other side of the bed to see no one and the sheets looked like they haven't been touched at all. She had then commenced to her regular morning routine and prepared herself for the day. After that she had proceeded to the large dining room, finding her way there using the instructions given to her the day prior and cheerfully greeting the maids that were stationed there. She had taken her breakfast alone with still no sign of Tog- Byakuya (She has to remind herself to call him that from now on). She was all but tempted to ask the maids if they had seen him but opted to keep it to herself instead.

After taking her breakfast she had gallivanted around and decided to visit the library. The library was large, just like all the other parts of the manor. Shelves filled with books as far as the eyes could see, towering over her petite form. There were a wide range of books in a variety of fields and subjects. It didn't go unnoticed by her that there were also some top-secret books and files that were difficult for people to get their hands on after accidentally opening a well-hidden section of the library while she was rummaging through rows of books. She had of course chosen the tomes about the occult and serial killers throughout the years, and didn't think twice about plucking a bunch of books from that section.

But now here she was, bored with nothing else to do.

"Princess Sonia," A stern voice from behind her almost made her flinch, snapping her out from her trance.

She gingerly turned around, her chair squeaking at the slightest by her action.

Her gaze took in the sight of a stern-faced aged man with pale blue eyes in a butler suit. His fairly white long hair had been combed backwards and had an equally white beard gracing his visage, from his temples across his chin with a thin grey moustache.

"Oh good morning..."

"I am Aloysius Pennyworth, the Togami household's main butler," He bowed rather calmly at her," I had approached you to inform you that lunch had been served. The maids and butlers had trouble looking for you, Princess Sonia. I see you've found the secret compartment of the Togami library."

"I hope that you do not mind me prodding through these tomes," She lithely gestured at the books and articles laid out in front of her.

"Of course, Princess Sonia, these books are yours to indulge in from now on. Now that you're part of the Togami family that is."

Sonia nodded, smiling she proceeded to speak," Though I do prefer it if you opt to refrain from calling me Princess. As of now I am no longer in Novoselic."

"Very well, Mistress Sonia."

But before said girl could even open her mouth the elderly butler had already uttered his next words.

"We shan't be delaying lunch further, shall we Mistress?"

With a slight nod of her head she nimbly got up from her seat and wordlessly followed the butler out the door. She was left staring at her dainty hands gingerly intertwined as one questioned demanded to be vocalized from her mouth, the nagging thought bothering her at the moment.

"Young Master would be coming home tonight," Aloysius spoke calmly as he strode in front of her.

She looked up at the man in front of her. How did he-?

"You need not worry, Mistress. I am sure the young master is faring similarly to you in this ordeal."

"No," She faintly shook her head, tendrils of hair dancing at the slight movement," I am sure Byakuya is coping fairly well in comparison to me as far as I have observed."

No further words have been exchanged after that.

After lunch had passed, the main butler had abruptly vocalized something towards her as she left the dining room.

"The book shelf by the first window to the left."

This had left her befuddled, wondering what Aloysius had meant by those as she found herself walking back to the library. Her feet crossed the room in strides as she headed towards the shelf by the window.

Her hand had instantly tugged on a certain blue book without even reading its title first. Her seafoam green gaze examined the words etched on the cover of the book.

'Byakuya'

Dainty fingers had then flipped through it only for her to discover that it had been an album.

On the first page of the album was a photo of Byakuya as an infant. Why the butler had directed her to a piece of information concerning her new husband she would never know but she was glad nonetheless. She had also found something to consume her time as of currently.

She had forgotten to keep track of time when she had been scanning yet another album.

"I see you've decided to indulge yourself with some of my old albums."

Sonia automatically spun around to come face to face with her dear husband.

She smiled, taking note that it had already darkened outside from the sight through the windows," Good evening, Byakuya."

Byakuya just nodded in acknowledgement," I presume Aloysius had been the one to cause this."

"Yes, Mr. Pennyworth had indeed directed me towards these collections," She smiled, her seafoam eyes practically sparkling in that cheerfulness she had been accustomed to," You were quite adorable as a child, Byakuya. I could not help myself. I apologize for rummaging through these albums without your consent."

"There's no need to apologize for something so trivial," He casually pushed back his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

She doesn't know how to respond to that so she doesn't and they wordlessly head to the dining room. Dinner had had been permeated with silence and devoid of any conversation between any of the newlywed couple. Byakuya looked like he couldn't care any less so she doesn't try to engage in one anyway.

"So this is how it's going to be, I don't have to like you and you don't have to like me. Even if we marry each other nothing's going to change between us. You'll leave me to my own devices and I'll leave you with yours."

She remembered his exact words that day, had been the constant thought in her mind that painstakingly reminded her of where she stood.

She couldn't help but think that she was treading on fragile porcelain grounds with him and it seems that no matter what she does one way or another it would just result with Byakuya being exasperated (He did look like he was always exasperated with everything all the time).

This was the thought that ran through her mind as she laid in bed, the other side cold and unoccupied (she doesn't know if she should be happy or sad about this).

After dinner Byakuya had quickly excused himself to tend to some paper works in his office. She hadn't seen him since then.

'So this is married life?'

She scoffed inwardly at that because scoffing out in the open wasn't proper for a Princess like her.

Sonia had still been wide awake when he did return. She almost stiffened at the first sound of his steps and the sound of the door opening. She opted to close her eyes, thinking that feigning sleep would be a better option at this point.

She heard him shuffling with the sheets but not getting into bed," Pray tell, Princess, what you might gain in feigning sleep? Or did you think I wouldn't notice?"

He really wasn't making this easy for her. By this point she had opted to gingerly open her eyes and smiled at the man in front of her.

"I was simply ruminating on something, Byakuya," It wasn't completely a lie. She had been pondering over things before he had entered.

She regarded him as he got in to the other side of the undeniably large king size bed, laying with his back to her.

"Good night, Byakuya."

"Hn."

They slept with their backs to each other that night, a distance between them. However she would be lying if she said she got much sleep. She willed herself to sleep (she tried) while Byakuya lay asleep at the far side of the bed, unmindful of her presence.

Author's note: Sorry for the long overdue update. Thanks for reading and feel free to tell me what you think