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A/N: Wow, I'm impressed with the reviews and amounts of favorites. Anyways, I'd like to start off by thanking LilyPika, mythicalprincess15, wolf princess julie, Soccer-chan, lilac09, guardianranger, and daydreamer writer. I'm glad a lot of people are interested in this fic! Please continue to read and review! Anyways, since there are a lot of reviews, I must update! *doesn't know when the next update will be though*
Chapter 7 – What's With This Jealousy?
An angry aura filled the room; Mizuki wanted to run, but her legs were frozen stiff to the ground. Besides, she kind of needed Rio's clothes, she reminded herself.
"Mizuki…." Rio, who knew that Mizuki must be up to some worrisome activity, said very slowly. "Hai?" Mizuki answered meekly, afraid of her friend's temper. "Your hair, your clothes…what the hell?" Rio's eyebrows twitched madly.
Mizuki motioned Rio to sit. "It's going to take a while to explain," Mizuki proceeded to convince her. Rio tapped her hands on the desk hurriedly, waiting for Mizuki to give a valid explanation of why she cut her hair, wore guy's clothing, and most importantly, is posing as a guy. Once Mizuki was done with her heartfelt tale, Rio sighed. 'Geez, one can't help but worry about this girl' Rio thought sadly. 'This girl is just like before, acting without thinking of the consequences – she's even dressing up as a guy now.'
"So…you called me here to get clothes because your brother's coming?" Rio clarified again, already feeling a bad headache coming. "Yes," Mizuki shouted cheerfully, glad Rio finally understood her. "And what happens if he finds out?" Rio wondered.
"He won't," Mizuki reassured. 'Can I really trust this girl?' Rio continued to ponder. "Just give Mizuki-chan cute clothes," Hokuto said. "Aren't you worried about this girl?!" Rio asked her brother.
"I think it's amusing," said Hokuto, wondering how Mizuki would actually get out of her predicament. After all, he's just an observer. "You are useless!" Rio exclaimed, throwing her hands into the air. "Rio?" Mizuki tried to get her attention. "Hai, hai. Here's the clothes you asked for," Rio said, motioning to the clear blue bag she set on the chair near the door earlier. "Thanks!" said Mizuki, already taking off.
"Don't you think Prince Izumi and Mizuki make a great couple?" Hokuto asked Rio.
"A great couple of idiots," Rio muttered, then smiled. It would be great if Izumi could indeed forget the past. Perhaps, Mizuki could heal him.
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Mizuki ran down the stairs hurriedly and rushed out the castle's doors. Izumi wondered where the girl was going, and out of concern for Mizuki, no out of curiosity, he followed her, of course not before he changed into his commoner's attire. He saw her go into a nearby restroom stall; she changed into a nice flora sleeved top and white knee length skirt. 'So she really is a girl' he thought. 'Wait, why the hell am I following her? I'm not a stalker' he tried to convince himself. 'But why is she in a skirt? She can't be on a date…could she?' Before he could finish the rest of his thoughts, a man with blond hair picked Mizuki up and twirled her around. 'Why that man, assaulting Mizuki like that' his hands clenched tightly without his noticing. Izumi watched secretly from the small green bush. "Mizuki!" the blond man yelled cheerfully, hugging her tightly. 'Why am I so attracted to her? I don't even know her at all. But this feeling; it feels like I've known her forever. That man is also annoyingly familiar. I wonder why?' Izumi turned to see the man and Mizuki in an intimate position, or what seemed to look intimate from his viewpoint. At this point, steam started burning his ears. "Achoo!" Izumi sneezed accidentally, quickly covering his nose, but not before Mizuki heard the slight sneeze.
"Eh?" squeaked Mizuki, looking around. "Did you hear something brother?" Shizuki shrugged. "Meow! Me-eow!" Izumi managed to imitate. "Weird, I wasn't aware that there would be a stray kitten here," Mizuki frowned. "Are kittens even capable of sneezing?" she wondered. "Let's go eat some lunch. I have something to talk about with you," Shizuki told her. 'Phew, that was a close call' Izumi thought. Why he meowed, he didn't know, but he was grateful for his quick thinking; it wouldn't bode well if his personal chef found out he was stalking her. 'Well, at least I now know that's her brother…'
"Come home with me," Shizuki repeated, staring at the food in front of him, then picked his fork up to take a piece of it. "No," Mizuki replied, sipping her coke again. "Why?!" Shizuki retorted while Mizuki choked on her soda. "You already came to your fiancé's kingdom; surely you've met him right?"
She wiped her mouth clean and said, "Well, yes I did, but…"
"But what?" Shizuki asked her. "I want to know more about this kingdom and expand my cooking skills," Mizuki admitted, which is partly true.
"You can do that back at home," he pointed out.
"But everyone knows who I am there," Mizuki stated quietly. "Anyways, I want to stay here," she stated firmly with determination evident in her eyes; she's serious about this.
"Why are you really here? You can go anywhere, and yet you chose this place. You are up to something aren't you?" Shizuki eyed his sister suspiciously. "Nothing!" Mizuki waved her hands back and forth, quite unconvincingly. "I just love the scenery here! Seriously!" she told him. "Hmm…." Shizuki said, not really convinced.
Izumi strived to hear their conversation, but only got bits and pieces. Something about a fiancé, and wanting to stay here. 'Wait. Fiancé?!' his mind did a flip turn; somehow, he managed to forget that he himself had a fiancé too. 'Shit! They are already leaving!' he continued to follow them until they said their goodbyes. "Bye brother. Say hello to mother and father for me!" Mizuki tiptoed and kissed his cheek. "Make sure to visit something alright?" Shizuki told her. "Or else I'll come pick you up myself."
"Hai!" Mizuki saluted then skipped back to the palace. She looked up and down. 'Aiii I forgot to change!' She quickly slipped into an unoccupied room and changed into her regular attire; an old sweat pant and dirty black t-shirt. It's what she usually wore while she's not in the kitchen. Mizuki smacked herself in the head; she forgot the prince's lunch again! Hopefully he's too occupied doing other princely duties. She crossed her fingers.
A/N: Ah, it's quite short and lacks details, but hopefully not too bad right? I'll make it up with the next chapter, when the cooking show down begins! Please comment! Even a critique is fine! I know there should be critiques! For one thing, this chapter is very short, lacks good details….um I'm kind of rushing this so sorry! I apologize again! But tell me what you think of this chapter!