A/N: OH MY LORD! I got reviews already ;-;. I feel so happy! I'm glad you guys like my story . I hope it is good enough. I'll try to update it as often as possible, it just depends on the amount I have during the day :3. I just hope I don't put it off for a while.
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Chapter 2
"EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?" I shouted.
The man in front of me was the prince of this kingdom! When I was younger my mother would always tell me stories about King,Queen,Prince, and Princess who lived in the castle. Due to my lack of having a long attention span I would usually doze off when she talked about how they each look, so it isn't really my fault for not knowing how the prince looked like. The prince gave me a look and shot out a charming smile.
"Well I guess since you lived in the rundown part of town I guess it is not your fault to not know how I look like", he came closer and bowed while grabbing my hand in the process, "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Lelouch Lamperouge, the prince and heir to this kingdom" he kisses my hand.
I turn away at the sight of it. I could feel the piercing stares from the noble women who were currently on this street. I didn't like having the attention, whether it is good or bad. I could have sworn I heard some people saying, "She's a peasant living in the rundown part of town, why is she getting special treatment from the prince", or something like that. In turn, I took my hand away from Lelouch. He got up and gave me a glare and shot me another charming smile, however I felt like this smile was just to cover a hidden mask, it kind of scares me.
"You took away your hand while I was kissing it, how rude of you", there was suddenly a dark aura around him, "Are all peasants rude like you?", he shot me a quick glare.
"Rude? He thought I was rude?" I thought to myself.
"Peasants aren't rude at all!" I yelled at him, "It is you nobles that are rude! We come from the same village and yet you guys look down on the poor peasants who live in the southern part of the village, you guys don't even bother to come and help us once in a while and yet make fun of us" I said that in one whole breath.
The servant looks at me and gave me a mad stare, "You shouldn't talk to the prince like that!", he starts coming towards me, however Lelouch stops him.
"Servant, stop! We don't want her to think that we nobles are even more terrible than she thought", Lelouch raises his hand and the servant stops.
"Yes sir" the servant looks down and goes back to the carriage.
Lelouch then looks at me, "Miss, just so you know we aren't terrible whatsoever".
"You would only say that because you are a prince. You have been treated nice and fairly your whole life" I quickly argued.
He gave me a sly smile, "Well being a prince has its perks and that treatment comes with it", he looks at me once more, "You should learn to keep your mouth shut when talking to royalty Miss".
I can feel the anger inside of me fueling. He first comes and apologizes to me and now he tells me to be quiet. How rude and arrogant of him.
"He thinks he's so great just because he is the prince" I thought to myself.
"Well Miss I must bid you a farewell, I hope we meet again someday", I felt the sarcasm in his tone of speech.
Lelouch went inside his carriage and wave me a goodbye along with his smile. The carriage soon took off and the girls that were in the streets soon went back to their daily routine. I look at the package of bread he gave me. The more I look at it the more I feel with disgust. Soon I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Suzaku.
"I heard a commotion from the bakery so I came outside to see what's up" he told me, "Did anything happen?".
I gave out a loud groan, "I met the prince".
Suzaku's eyes widen, "The prince?",he then yells at the bakery, "You guys, Kallen met prince Lelouch!".
In an instant I saw Milly and Rivalz running towards me and Ohgi was just behind them walking casually (as usual). Milly gave me a wide smile, "YOU MET PRINCE LELOUCH?".
I can see the sparkle in Milly's eyes. Do all girls act like that when they hear or see the prince? I don't really see anything special about him, however he was attractive I must say.
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"Yes I did, he thought I was rude" I looked away, trying not to see the sparkle in Milly's eyes.
I could feel that she was in shock and Rivalz was just confuse as Suzaku was. Ohgi didn't really care about the fact I met the prince, which felt like a relief to me. I don't need more people to crowd and ask me questions.
"How could the prince think you were rude! You're so polite" Milly responded.
"Most of the time" Rivalz coughed.
It sucks for him that Milly heard that statement and she ended up slapping his back (yet again). You could hear Rivalz's shriek. Suzaku began to chuckle at the sight of it.
I started explaining, "Well he came out of his carriage and apologize to me, he then grabs my hand and kisses it, and out of impulse I took my hand away" I took another breath, "He then told me that I was rude and questions me if other peasants are 'rude' are rude like me and on another impulse I called him rude and told him that peasants were more polite than the nobles who lived up here" I finished explaining.
"Why did he have to apologize to you?" Milly and Rivalz asks in unison.
I gave a small chuckle at the two, "Well when his carriage came, his servant ran out and pushes me into the puddle right there" I pointed at the puddle.
"And that explains why your clothes are dirty" Suzaku jumps into the conversation.
"Exactly" I nodded my head.
Rivalz pointed at the package of bread I had in my arms, "Then what are those?".
"When I fell into the puddle, one of my loaves of bread fell into it too so I ended up throwing it away" I gave out a huge sigh, "What a waste,however the prince offered me this package of bread in return for the load that fell" I explained. Since I didn't know who the prince was, I felt like this package of bread was a way to get even with me. The more I look at it, the more it looks unappealing.
I open the package of bread and began handing it out to my friends. I gave Suzaku,Milly and Rivalz the round bread and I gave Ohgi a loaf of bread. That just leaves me with a loaf of bread the baguette.
"Kallen are you sure you want to give this to us?" Rivalz questioned me.
I gave him a nod, "Of course, this is more than enough so why not give it to you guys" I gave them a smile afterward.
Ohgi came up to me and pets my head, "Thanks Kallen".
Milly and Rivalz came up to me and gave me a huge hug. The force of the hug was too strong so we all ended up falling onto the floor.
"THANK YOU KALLEN!" they both cried out and gave me a huge smile.
Suzaku came towards us and bends down, "Thank you Kallen" he shot a smile.
I look at the four and I could feel the warmth of their thanks to me. My face heated and I gave a smile, "Your welcome!".
We all started laughing. We could also feel the stares from the nobles who were passing by on this street, but we didn't care. We are peasants and that doesn't change us who we are, but we don't despise our way of living either.
"What a lively group for being such poor people" I thought to myself and then I gave a small chuckle afterward.
We all got up from the floor and started heading home. It was a mile back to the southern part of town. The kingdom consisted of the castle which was located on top of the hill and a half a mile walk reaches the northern part of town. The village that the nobles lived in was pretty big if I do say so myself. I had vague memories of the area I used to live in. Going further out of the northern part of the village is a bridge. The bridge was about a mile walk down to southern part of the kingdom, which was filled with peasants and the poor who can't afford to live a noble life. Further down the south village was the forest, which was also another path for neighboring kingdoms to come and visit our kingdom. I couldn't really what our kingdom was called though so I ask Milly.
"Milly what is our kingdom's name?" I turn around and ask,
Milly gave me a facepalm, "First you don't know how the prince looked like and now you are asking me the name of the kingdom we ALL lived in?".
"Well I don't really think it matters to me. A name is just a name and a prince is just a prince" I told her.
She gave out a huge sigh, "Well the kingdom we live in is called Vi Brittania".
"Ah I see" I mumbled to myself, "Hey how big is our kingdom?".
"Our kingdom consists of the castle,north and south town, and the forest that is out of our village, which is a pathway to our kingdom" Milly explained.
"Just as I thought" I was told myself.
"Hey what are you guys whispering about?" Rivalz came into our conversation.
"It is none of your business" Milly turns away.
"Milly are you still mad that I couldn't choose an outfit for you back at the store?" Rivalz scratched the back of his head.
I gave out a small laugh, "I'm assuming she still is, but we were just talking about how big this kingdom is".
"Thanks Kallen" he then turns to Milly, "Milly look, I couldn't choose an outfit for you because I thought they both look nice on you, please don't be mad".
Milly turns to Rivalz, "If you can't decide on an outfit for me, how could I trust you to decide anything for me!" she gave an angry pout.
"What do you mean by that?" Rivalz sweated a bit.
"Well let's just say I ask you to be my boyfriend, how would you even decide on that!" Milly started to speak faster.
Out of impulse I started laughing at the fact Milly just asked Rivalz to be her boyfriend. Suzaku and Ohgi started chuckling at the sight of the two. It was only Rivalz who was dumbfounded at the current situation.
"I uh..." Rivalz began mumbling.
Milly gave out a groan, "Did you even know what I just asked you?", she started rubbing her temples.
"Yes" Rivalz responded.
"Huh?" Milly looks at him.
"My answer is Yes" he looks away blushing.
I couldn't stop smiling at the current change of events, "I guess Rivalz isn't so thick-headed" I thought to myself.
I could see the tears swell up in Milly's eyes and she came running towards Rivalz. She gave him a huge hug. The force was strong enough to push them both down.
"De ja vu" I thought to myself.
Milly and Rivalz were on the floor laughing and crying their hearts out. Suzaku, Ohgi and I began laughing ourselves.
"Ah young love" Ohgi sighed, "When am I going to get that special someone?".
Suzaku pats Ohgi's shoulder for reassurance, "It's okay, you'll find her someday", Suzaku then laughs afterward.
By the time we reach the rundown town the sun already set. It was dark and everyone went their separate ways. I began to chuckle a bit when I saw Rivalz walking Milly to her house. I went further into the village and made a turn. My home was in one of the alleyways of the village. I don't realy know how to describe it. As a roof it was a huge old blanket that covers my "bed". Holding the blanket up were old pipes and sticks, which kept it stable. There were old boxes surrounding my home which contain tinder and oil for the lantern to light up my home. There were also old tools and fabric. Most of the tools were used for cooking and the way we heat our food was to make a small fire. I came into the crevice of the alleyway which led me to my home. I saw my mother making some dinner for us.
"I'm back home" I shouted.
"Welcome back Kallen" she smiles at me.
I gave a small smile and took off my coat and put it on the old pipe sticking out of the wall. I look at what my mother was cooking. It was one of her delicious soups and it looks even better than the one she made before. She grabs an old bowl from one of the boxes and takes the ladel and puts some soup in.
"Here is your dinner" she hands it to me.
I took the bowl and drank the soup from there. We don't have a lot of spoons or forks so I let my mom use them as cooking or eating utensils.
As soon as I finish my dinner, I grab the dress from the bag and I showed it to my mother.
"After saving some money up I was able to buy you a new dress and some bread from the north village" I told her.
She started to tear up and to hide it she smiles at me, "Oh my daughter Kallen, thank you so much".
She grabs the dress and hugs me. I could feel the warmth of her hug and I returned the hug back to her. She puts the dress back in the bag and puts it in one of the storage boxes. She also did the same thing with the loaves of bread I got from the bakery.
"I'll put the dress on first thing tomorrow morning!" she gave me an excited look.
I gave back a smile, "Okay mom".
As the night crept closer my mom fell asleep and I just looked up into the sky in my home. It was such a beautiful night. In the north of town you can never see something like this since the street lanterns fill up the streets during the night. In this rundown town you can see the stars and how beautiful they were.
I got up from the floor and took the coat from the pipe and the lantern that was sat down next to the boxes. I made sure my mom was fast asleep and went out of the alleyway. It was a good thing I found some old blanket in the recycle box and used it as a door for the alleyway I lived in. It was for privacy and by using a blanket as a door people would know that the alleyway I lived in is currently occupied. I turned on the lantern, without it would have been hard to find my way in this town. It was basically pitched dark, knowing that at most people only have two or three lanterns (at the most) in their homes. I went a little further out of town and into the forest. I was going to the nearby waterfall that was in the forest. This kingdom's forest was also known as "waterfall forest". The name just gives it away the reason why it is called that. I came upon the nearest waterfall I can find. I took off my hat and coat and laid it near a bush. I reek of dirt and water because of that mud puddle that I fell into earlier (more like pushed).
As I was about to take off my shirt. I heard a splash in the water. I began looking at the water and I see someone struggling. I couldn't differentiate who the person was but I knew the person was struggling. Soon the struggling stop and the person began going deeper into the water.
"I think the person is drowning" I told myself.
I quickly rushed to the water and jumped in. I swam deeper and deeper and I finally got a hold of the person. As soon as I reached the surface I started swimming towards the shallow end of the river. I got up and drag the person along with me. I stop and I sat down. I was out of breath. I then look at the person. He seems so familiar. I turn his body facing and I couldn't believe my eyes.
"Lelouch?" I shrieked.
I started tumbling through my thoughts trying to figure out what was he doing in this forest late at night.
"Maybe he went for a walk and suddenly fell in" I thought, "Or he wanted to learn how to swim and couldn't?".
I laughed at the second reason, how could our prince didn't know how to swim. But then again if he did he wouldn't have been drowning. I gave another look at the prince.
"Wow, he's even more attractive when he's unconscious" I thought.
I shook my head at the thought of that. I could see my life flash before me if any noble girl saw me with the prince like this. He was pretty popular with the girls, even the people in the village I lived in would talk about how attractive the prince is. Not only the prince but I also heard that the princess was beautiful herself. I cam closer to him not knowing what to do. I stared at him for a while wondering what I should do.
"Maybe if I slap him he would wake up?" I thought.
I shudder at the thought of that. I wouldn't want to cause an injury the prince's face, but then again I want to slap him. He called me rude earlier and assumed how all peasants were just as rude as me. I started to feel the anger rushing up inside me, but I can't put my feelings in the way. I have to deal with the current situation I was. I looked at his face again. I could see how delicate and clear his face was compared to mine. He was royalty whereas I was an ex-noble now living in an alleyway. I couldn't even keep myself clean most of the time. Well I had no other choice. I raised up my hand and before I could even slap him he opened his eyes.
"What are you doing?"
I shrieked to the sudden opening of his eyes, "AHHHHHHHH!".
A/n: Too lazy to go on =w=.