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When Fai woke up, it was several minutes before he realized where he was. At some point during the night he'd been moved onto Mangetsu's still made bed and now he watched as Sylvia attempted to pull a brush through Mangetsu's thick white hair. There was much muttering and discreet cussing that went along with this task and Fai assumed that that was what woke him.
The reason Sylvia was having such a hard time was that, not only was Mangetsu fighting her, she was also fighting the two servants, one at each hand, filing her nails and the servant at her back tightening her corset.
Slowly, he pulled his legs over the side of the bed, dropping to the floor.
"Mornin' Mang-mang."
"Actually," Sylvia strained as Mangetsu greeted him, "You're on 'Maitresse Seether time'. It's two in the afternoon."
Fai balked.
"Two! Who sleeps until two in the afternoon?"
"Oh I don't know," Sylvia chopped at a knot, making Mangetsu yelp. "Mostly people who go to sleep at six in the morning I assume."
She gave up and dropped the brush on the vanity.
Mangetsu flicked her manicurist away before grabbing her silver tiara off the counter and flipping her upper half upside down, leaving her hair to skim the floor. She gathered her hair on the top of her head, brining the front and back pieces of the clasp together creating a wide, flat ponytail when she straitened. She took the silver wand off of the vanity and as she brought it closer the hair in the ponytail moved on its own, collecting itself into three buns that tightened around the wand. One of the ribbons that flowed from either end of the ornament was caught in the style and she hooked her pinky in the loop and pulled, letting it fall even with its partner on the other side. They trailed in a wide arc as she turned to face him.
"I hope you feel like making breakfast, 'cause that's exactly what you're doing."
Fai sighed, shifting from foot to foot. He stood in the center of a whirling ballroom. It was loud, dizzying even, but it still managed to be boring. He watched faces he recognized ignore him because he wasn't with King Ashura. King Ashura had once introduced him to all of these people; Generals, Lords and their Ladies, Court Magicians. They'd all fawned over him, and treated him so nicely. Now that King Ashura didn't keep him at his side, all the kind words disappeared. It was common gossip that King Ashura was a little paranoid about Lords plotting against him for the kingship. Nobody did anything that might make them look suspicious and that included talking to someone who had fallen out of favor. They had only treated him that way to please their ruler. Now that he was no longer needed for that, he was no longer needed at all.
It was a decidedly lonely feeling, but he felt that he deserved it. Lately, he'd been experiencing more happiness than he had a right to.
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