Sorry for the long wait i've been having a pretty busy summer.
As the time for the ball was quickly approaching, Dom rushed to get ready…
Knock knock
Dom opened the door and in came a rather flustered servant.
"I'm sorry to bother you sure but I have an urgent message. Ah haha cough cough"
"oh that's fine just leave it on the bureau and sir…"
"Yes?"
"You may want to do something about that cold"
"Oh yes um cough cough i will"
And he slams the door as Dom reads the note
Dear Domitan of Masbolle
Don't forget a nice warm robe for the ball tonight.
"Why would i bring that? And its unsigned. That's strange. It must be those little pages up to their tricks again. Well.. time to go"
And the ball begins…
Kel and Yuki are having a quick conversation before they enter
"but Yuki.. What are people going to think .. I'm so nervous!"
"Don't be, your beautiful. Just think of Dom.. and how he is gonna look" she said giggling
"haha your right. This should be a fun thing"
And they were just about to walk through the doors when a servant rushed over.
"Lady Kel, the King would like you to enter through the stair where the honorable guests enter"
"B-but why?"
"To formally thank you for the work you did in the war, of course."
"Not exactly the way i planned to show everyone my new look" she whispered to yuki.
"And Now announcing Sir Keladry of Mindelin who greatly assisted us in achieving peace. Without her, who knows where we would be."
Blushing slightly, Kel gracefully walked down the stairway just in time to see Dom walk through the door walking right into a server who was holding a tray full of glasses of red wine who was 'conveniently' placed by the door as if waiting for him
CRASH! the glasses broke all over the floor and Dom was completely soaked in red wine, ruining his clothes. He looked around stunned, everyone's eyes were on him. But after a few seconds they just laughed and everything continued as it was.
Kel walked over to Dom and snuck up behind him and said
"I told you to bring a robe, so you can't say I didn't warn you"
"wha-what? Who are you and what did I ever do to you…. Wait Kel? Is that you?"
"uh yeah who else would i be."
"you look… different." He said, he seemed in shock, full of awe
"thank you I guess you look different too… kinda red"
"Oh oh right" he said snapping out of it
"what am i gonna do now? At least i didn't do anything to you in public!" his voice was rising and people were starting to stare
"I know I'm sorry but you deserved it, you did start it how bout we have a truce?"
"I have a better idea, how bout a time out until were back out on the road? So no more public humiliations"
"Okay i can agree to that and at least i was nice enough to bring you a change of clothes, well actually I had neal do it so go find him"
"Okay thank you for that, and Kel? You look nice" and then he walked away to find neal who was talking to yuki and raoul.
"hey you guys can I borrow neal for a sec?"
"Sorry but were having a good conversation here, can you wait about five minutes?"
"I need to talk with neal!" said dom much more forcefully this time,
"Okay cousin I'm coming lets take a walk outside"
They wandered out to the garden
"so what's the matter cousin? Are you hurt you seem a little… bloody"
"Shut up! Why did you let Kel do that meathead although I guess that explains it"
"Don't forget all those tricks you played on me when we were younger! I thought you deserved it. Your other suit is behind that bench over there."
After Dom got his suit on neal seemed to be getting a little fidgety
"Dom I have something a little more serious to tell you"
"what is it?"
"Can I trust you won't tell anyone?"
"Yes of course you can trust me"
"Ok well um Yuki and i well were um getting married the same day as raoul. I just have to tell you because I want you to be the best man."
"wh-what? That is serious! It would be an honor to be the best man. And i wont tell anyone. But who will the made-of-honor be? Please make it someone cute!"
"I don't know and i can't make it anyone, its yuki's choice but thank you, im just so excited its really hard to keep it to myself." Neal said smiling.
Inside the ballroom Kel was having a great night with so many people to dance with. While getting a drink with yuki as the night was winding down…
"Kel you don't usually drink liquor, how much wine have you had?
"Umm i don't remember." Kel said giggling sillily
" uh oh Kel i think you may have had too much"
"No don't worry mommy yuki Im just having some fun!" she said with more laughter
"Attention guests" announced a voice it is now time for the final dance of the evening. Everyone if you would please, find a partner. Kel was looking around when Dom walked up
"Kel do you want to dance?" he asked "…just to finalize our truce of course"
"Uh sure" replied kel "I would love to" and then she giggled some more
And the dance began, it was a slow one, Kel and dom went through the most part of the dance without talking. Thankfully the drunk kel wasn't really talking Then…
"I'm glad you at least brought me an extra suit. I don't know what I would have done otherwise"
" hahaha its no problem i wouldn't be that mean" she said
" well I would have been too embarrassed and hiding out in the garden. And i would have totally missed my chance to dance with this pretty girl" he said with a smile and walked away as the dance ended.
It was crowded as everyone was rushing out, Yuki headed right over to Kel
"I saw that last dance, he couldn't keep his eyes off you the whole time before that either. I think i did a good job."
Kel just giggled then they got to the steps and Kel suddenly tripped and fell down. Yuki rushed over with Dom not far behind
"what happened?" he asked
"I don't know, I think she had a little too much to drink" replied yuki
"She did seem a little funny when we were dancing but i didn't realize anything was wrong"
"it looks like she's just sleeping now. How am i going to get her back to her rooms?"
"Oh don't worry I'll carry her." Said dom
And of they went, dom carrying kel and yuki walking along side and trying to lead them to halls that were less populated so not many people would see.