"Sorry, but who are you?", the oranged-haired boy inquired.

"Oh sorry, that was very rude of me, but... uhm well you see, that's not important right now… eh heh heh, you see I am being forced against my will to accept an arranged marriage. I do not wish to wed, especially not right now anyhow." Orihime looked downcast as she heard her own words, she felt guilty for abandoning the country her brother had dedicated his life into.

There was a short pause, Orihime would not look up, she could not face the man for she was ashamed of begging him of such a strange request. The boy on the other hand, debated weather or not her would help this suspicious figure. It was dark and for all her knew, she could be some murderer conning him with a sweet voice.

He broke the silence, "I can't help you miss, I have troubles of my own already, plus I am running late. I think you'd better find some security around the castle they could probably help you more." He began to take as leave as she grabbed onto his arm.

"Pl-please, I beg of you… g-get me out of h-here." Her voice was shaky for she was on the verge of tears. This was shameful for a princess of her stature; good thing the dark sky was hiding her face.

He felt her shaking, and noticed her hands were tiny, maybe they were the size or Rukia's. He reached to grab them only to notice they were soft unlike those of Rukia's. "Okay, but I will call you hime for I am beginning to receive a princess aura around you."

Her head shot up quickly. Her mood had become quite high, she hugs the boy much to his surprise. "Great! You can call me anything as well, it does not matter to me, but let's leave while it's still dark, then there shall be less suspicion."

The two teens fled the palace as quickly as possible; they had no destination in mind, only the goal of breaking out.

As the two reached the town, the Prince escorted his company into his estate, he didn't want to, but had no other real area in his mind. Luckily all his men were out drinking, and his nosy, over dramatic father was still preoccupied with the mysterious Princess of the castle, or so he assumed. He was still holding her tiny hand as they entered the manor; finally her identity was revealed in the light. In his eyes he saw a radiant human-being none the less, he could not fathom if she was human or not, for she was perfection. Her skin was fair with adorably flushed cheeks, her lips were pink and full, her hair was long and luscious, and her other assets were far beyond his expectation.

"So Hime, you must be hungry right? You can stay here, until maybe the morn. My father will probably arrive later tonight only to be enraged, but ignore him please he is a quick temper sort of man." He spoke thoroughly for he did not want to stumble and look like a fool.

"What should I call you then? Since you are calling me Hime, can I call you Hero-sama?" She asked quite curiously, sadly the other party took it as flirting.

"Don't get attached to me Hime." He said bluntly.

'What a strange fellow, his face has been in a scowling position. I wonder if his eyebrows get tired, they're always bent. Would he be considered handsome, I feel like I love his face, it's warm, and not scary. Eep, what are you thinking, Orihime, you are almost a married woman, don't fawn upon this nice man.' She was lost in thought, debating among herself, but was brought back down to earth when the boy spoke.

"Hey, are you that hungry that you can't speak or move? What do you want to eat? I think we have mutton and stew. I don't really know if a princess like you will eat that though…". He trailed off, wanting her to rebuke him.

"Sure. Anything is fine, Hero-sama." She replied with a soft smile.

He then proceeded to find her some food, he began to compare this current hime with his unrequited love, Rukia. They were almost opposites in the context of personality, Rukia would be a cynical lover, where this hime-sama would be an obedient catch. ' Did I just compare Rukia to Hime… Ugh, snap out of it Ichigo, Rukia's long gone… her heart was never mine anyway.'

"Ahh that princess sure is taking long… I wonder if she's okay. Hmm and where on earth is that idiot. He should be here by now, I hope he's doing okay as well." The worried man told Momo.

"Uhm sorry sir… the truth is the princess has gone missing, we were frantically searching for her but she's not in the garden, as for your son, he was seen having a quarrel with someone. His whereabouts are unknown at this time as well." The maid informed as she bowed.

"WHAT?!" Isshin screamed.

"Hero-sama, you live in quite a nice place."

"No, it is nothing compared to the palace, uhm… I mean it could be a lot nicer, this isn't where I usually live. I can't get used to it."

There was a small pause of nervousness. She fiddled her hands for she wanted to awkward silence to pass. She finally spoke.

"Sorry, for listening to your conversation earlier as well, I truly did not mean to eavesdrop, I swear!"

"No. It's nothing, do not tell anyone as well, or I won't let you out alive." He threatened.

"Don't worry I don't have many friends, so I can't tell them, well I had one friend, but he left me to marry some lady. Uhm and there is my maid, she's not a good listener though, so I won't tell her neither. I also have a potential marriage candidate, but he hardly talks, so I have to fill up the air with stories so there won't be silence. Lastly, there is you, Hero-sama who is the subject of this gossip so I would not need to inform you." She said, as she gave another smile.

"Good, I hope it stays that way." His brief response would end the duo's conversation.

She could not tell what he was thinking of but assumed it was that girl he argued with. His facial expressions did not give one clue to her, she was curious, even if she knew it would be better not to get attached. She ate in silence, there seemed to be a wall build between the two entities.

Perfect for them, tomorrow would be a whole new day.

Gomen~~~ I hope you all enjoyed this chapter :c I tried to work on this story more but I never found the time to. I recently found a new baito (part-time job) ^o^*
Honestly, I was having trouble writing a romance because I just ended my own romance :c it was very messy and left me in no mood to think about any romances. Sorry for being so selfish! I hope you all can forgive me.
I was also in HK the whole summer~~~ it was so hot, and the weather was so scary! There was a typhoon that was a 10 ! I hope all of you are okay though :)

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