The partying continued well into the night, with many of the youngsters retiring to their rooms as they had become quite tired. Misaki however had long since slipped out of the room and made her way back towards the fountain that they had been in earlier that day. She once again sat on the edge letting her feet dangle in the water. She looked up at the sky and stared at the stars. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't hear the person enter behind her.
" Oujirou I know you're in here. Oh miss Misaki, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but have you seen Oujirou?" wizard asked the young girl. She shook her head.
" I haven't see him since we were in the ballroom," she answered him softly. He noted the sadness in her voice and saw that her eyes were brimming with tears. He sat beside her.
" If you don't mind me asking, but what is wrong? You look quite sad," he asked concern lacing his voice. She smiled but never ventured any information.
Misaki just continued to stare at the sky, before closing her eyes and letting a tear slide down her cheek. The sight tore at Wizards heart as he looked on helplessly. He felt so sorry for this young girl yet he didn't even know her and he felt that he needed to take away her pain.
" Misaki?"
" It happened a year ago, tomorrow."
" What did?" wizard asked confused. Misaki sighed and looked at the statue. More tears starting to dwell in her eyes.
" The accident." Wizard looked at her confused, he wasn't quite sure where this was heading.
" What accident?" he asked. Her tears started to fall more freely, as she cupped her face in her hands and sighed.
" The accident I caused that cost my father his life," she said softly as she began to cry. He looked at her in shock before he placed his arms around her and tried to soothe her tears.
" Its ok Misaki. Please don't cry," he tried to comfort her, but knew there was nothing else he could do to help her. So she cried into his shoulder as he said comforting words to her.
Unbeknown to him, there were two other people watching the scene before them. Hikaru stood rooted to her spot as tears also fell from her eyes.
" I can't believe I forgot about tomorrow," she whispered angrily to herself, for letting her young charge deal with the pain herself.
On the other side stood Oujirou. He wasn't quite sure what to do or say so he had remained where he was, he had never seen wizard so torn before. He could see it in his eyes that he didn't know what to do and that he was angry because he couldn't fix Misaki's problems. But that was how wizard was. He always thought that no matter what it was he could always fix it. And it had taken a young girls pain to make him realize that not everything was fixable.
" I hate to leave you alone like this Misaki, but I must find Oujirou before the queen puts my head on a stick. And I think that you should also return to the castle, I don't want you sitting out here by yourself," wizard said softly as he got to his feet and turned towards the young princess. She shook her head no.
" No I want to be alone for a while, cant let my mother see me like this," she said trying to force a joke but wizard knew otherwise.
" OK but promise me you will return soon, I don't want to have to come out here looking for you as well," he said as he began to leave the hedge. She nodded.
As soon as he had gone, Hikaru made her way towards Misaki. She sat beside her and pulled the girl into a hug, neither saying a word. Hikaru stroked the princesses back as they both let the tears fall from their eyes.
" I'm so sorry that I forgot Misaki, I wish I had taken more notice of the day but I was so caught up in the excitement that I got carried away, I wont blame you if you are angry with me" Hikaru whispered softly. Misaki pulled away and looked into her eyes.
"Its ok Hikaru, I'm not angry with you. I never said anything because I don't want to dampen anyone's mood. I want mother to have a good time and if I pretend all is fine maybe she won't think of it either," Misaki told her friend. Hikaru snorted.
" No matter what you do Misaki, the queen will always remember it. He was after all her husband and she loved him deeply. She probably thinks the same as you. That if she doesn't say anything that maybe you wont think of it either," Hikaru reasoned with her. Misaki smiled slightly.
" I guess we are just the same aren't we?" Hikaru nodded her head.
" Now come on let's go back to the castle, we don't want your mother to worry about you as well," Hikaru said as she pulled Misaki to her feet and lead her out of the hedge.
They walked up to the castle in silence. Hikaru made sure the princess made it to her room before she left and made her way to her own room. Misaki sat on the windowsill and looked out at the sky. She said a little prayer before finally climbing into her bed, and falling into an uneasy sleep.
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Oujirou had stayed at the fountain after Hikaru and Misaki left. He felt quite saddened at the fact that Misaki had just lost her father and he was about to gain one. He had no idea that it had been a year ago. His mother had told him that a king had just died, when it had happened and expressed to him how sorry she had felt for the wife and child that had been left behind. He had no idea that it was Misaki.
He felt himself racked with guilt at being happy, while she was silently crying. He also felt angry, yet he knew not, for what. He eventually made his way back up to the castle, he had realized that was indeed very late. As he walked down a corridor, which passed by Misaki's room he stopped outside her door. He wanted to check in on her, but knew that it wasn't appropriate to enter without her permission. He was about to walk away when he heard her call out. He rushed to her door and opened it.
" Misaki are you alright?" he asked as he walked slightly into the room. She sat up suddenly, looking around at her surroundings, not realizing where she was.
" Misaki, are you ok?" Oujirou asked timidly as he walked up to her. She looked up in surprise, and then smiled sadly. He sat down beside her. Silence reigned between the two. Neither knowing what to say to the other. Finally Oujirou spoke.
" I was walking passed your room when I heard you shout, are you sure your ok?" he asked again. She nodded her head.
" Just a bad dream," she said softly.
" About your father?" he asked. She looked at him startled.
" I heard you talking to wizard, about the… well… what you were talking about. I'm really sorry Misaki I didn't realize," Oujirou stammered over his words. Se just sighed.
" Its ok Oujirou, no one really knows except our court. So you don't need to be sorry ok," she said as she turned towards him smiling slightly.
" But thank you for you concern." He just looked at her. Then all of a sudden wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly.
" You know you can always talk to me if you need to Misaki I will always be willing to lend my shoulder," he said as he laid his head upon hers as he felt her body slacken within his embrace. He then felt her sobs as she once again began crying.
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" Shouko, do you realize what tomorrow is?" Shuuko asked her sister, as she brushed her long hair in front of the mirror. Shouko looked up and frowned.
" Yes Shuu I do," she replied looking at her sister sadly. Shuuko sighed.
" Misaki is going to have a tough day dealing with it," Shuuko whispered sadly. She stopped brushing her hair and stared at her reflection in the mirror. Tears started to well in her eyes.
" I cant believe its been a year Shouko, it feels like it only happened yesterday. And poor Misaki, she stills blames herself for what happened even after we have all told her that it wasn't her fault," Shuuko sighed sadly.
" I know Shuu but maybe Oujirou will be able to keep her mind off it. I'm sure Hikaru, Tamayo, Hatoko and Kotarou would be willing to distract her," Shouko tried reasoning with her sister. Shuu smiled sadly.
" I hope so, for Misaki's sake."
" Trust me Shuu, Misaki has plenty of people who love her and would gladly keep her from remembering what happened," Shouko replied as she pulled her sister into a hug.
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Well I know it's a short chapter but i thought I would just post what I had done so that you could read it… lol so please update…
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