Slaine's Day!

Slaine had reached his point of not caring. With the approaching wedding of Asseylum and Klancain, the silence on the successor, and the increasing tension of the Orbital Knights, Slaine was done dealing with people and emotions. Christmas eve and New Years had been really fun with Inaho, Rayet, Harklight, and Yuki. Of course it bothered Inaho that all her friends were too scattered that they didn't come to see her, or want her to see them. He was half tempted to drag him there, but that would only upset Inaho more.

He stared at the increasing papers that the emperor signed without reading. It was Slaine's responsibility to ensure the viability of the Vers empire, even though it was already fallen. If the UFE wanted, they could've forced the Versian royalty to surrender their aldnoah. But for Inaho, that would've already happened.

Slaine stared at the documents realizing that some were from the UFE, specifically from the African branch. Slaine remembered the African branch leader, Unathi Solarin. The man didn't look like he cared for the peace treaty or for the usefulness in the Vers. It only made sense since the continent had been decimated because of its size. Many major cities had been taken over. The document had something to do with a relief mission in reinstating the continent into its former glory, if not better. The man's government expected a miracle or war.

There was no way Slaine could ignore the blatant threat. A lot of countries demanded reparations from them as if they had anything to offer them. The demand was childish and in direct violation of the peace treaty agreement -that still wasn't completed. And now wasn't the time for repairing countries when the EB could easily destroy all that and more.

Slaine leaned back at his desk, staring at the ceiling watching his eyes adjust to something not on a computer screen. He rubbed his eyes and regretted it as they burned from being open for too long. He really hoped that the princess' announcement wouldn't be as dire as the emperor implied.

Slaine crawled out of his chair onto the bed. His face hit the pillow, and he immediately relaxed. He knew it was later than he usually went to sleep. Inaho would be asleep by now. He felt horrible for not even eating or speaking with her since his meeting with the emperor. He knew that if he explained, she would understand, but he didn't want the emperor's drama to become a habit that interfered in his relationship.

Slaine gave up trying to understand anything and fell asleep.

Slaine woke up to something poking him on the head, and something on his chest. He opened his eyes to see Inaho nudging him and Junko on his chest, spinning around in circles while rolling around because of her pudgy body. He glanced at the amber furred puppy that wouldn't stop trying to lick his shirt off his skin, and stared at Inaho in one of her nightgowns that he swore was see-through, but Inaho never believed him.

"Good morning, Slaine." She said softly, picking up the hyperactive puppy.

This was his life. Someone who cared about him, waking him up with a smile. This was all he'd ever wanted: to be comfortable with someone. At first it'd been Asseylum. Now that he thought of it, he only ever wanted that desire with Asseylum. And now he had it from Inaho. It was strange how he never had to ask for anything but Inaho just gave it to him. This was why he tried so hard to make himself worthy of someone as amazing as Inaho.

"Good morning." He said, but his voice was gravelly. He must've gotten a lot of sleep because that rarely happened.

Inaho stood up and gave a small smile. "Do you know what today is?"

He didn't even know what yesterday had been. "No idea."

She frowned a bit. Was he supposed to be somewhere? He couldn't have forgotten a date. He always remembered those.

"It's the 11th."

"Yeah."

"Of January."

"Uh huh."

She huffed, and looked away from him completely. "I know I'm horrible with dates, but at least I remember mine." She mumbled, but set Junko on the floor. Inaho went behind the door, and pulled a plate off of a cart. Why they owned a cart in the first place was beyond him. He instead focus on the small plate with the decorated cupcake and Reddi whip topped mug.

Inaho set them before him, and he finally got a look at the items. It was a large cupcake -that could rival a full-sized cake. The cupcake had sprinkles and whipped icing on it. The icing was pink and smelled of strawberry. He didn't know what flavor it was, but he could tell it was going to be delicious. The mug was warm and smelled of cotton candy. It had marshmallows in it and Reddi whip on top. It smelled mouthwatering. But he didn't understand why she had gone to the trouble of making it. She did have a knack for making something to celebrate occasions. Perhaps something went successful at work?

"What's the occasion?" He asked, but instead of a smile, he received a small glower.

"Are you being serious?" She asked.

"Very."

She shook her head, and smiled. "Happy birthday. Don't you remember your own birthday?"

He wouldn't tell her that he didn't bother to remember it because it was a worthless date. Yes, Asseylum had celebrated it, but the celebration had faded as she became increasingly curious in Earth. His father didn't even remember to eat; so something as trivial as a birthday was definitely forgotten. He didn't want to ruin her happiness with a truth that was unpleasant to remember.

"Thank you." He set the plate beside him. "Share with me?"

Her face carried a small blush. "Sure. I haven't gotten you a present though?"

"There's no need. All of this is great present enough for me." He said with a smirk. He wouldn't be the one to remind her for the thousandth time that the nightgown she loved was especially see-through.

I'm still working on the two chapters, so they'll be later, and I'm going back to class next week. So I'll be busy, but I'm never to busy to work on anything but homework. Just know that the next chapters will be great!

Side note: My brother and I are going to Dance Gavin Dance and CHON's concert this year, and I'm super excited! Now I will go back to playing video games, and writing. Have a nice week, everyone.