Shihna dashed up the stairs leading towards the castle. "I'm late! I'm late!" Oh, why did she have to sleep in? She almost tripped and fell flat on her face on the last step.

"Hey! You there!" She ignored it the first time, thinking they were calling someone else. "Hey!" She stopped and turned around. "Shihna!" They knew her name? She had never seen this person before. How would they know? Or had she? Oh, right. She was one of Zelos' groupies. The blonde one with the really squeaky voice. Riiigghht...

What did she want anyways? It wasn't like she liked Shihna or anything. It was the exact opposite. Shihna sighed. There was no way she was going to be on time. "Stay away from Master Zelos."

"What?" Shihna looked at her, wondering if she had heard correctly. "Stay away from Master Zelos," the other girl repeated. What was her name again? Jessica? Patricia? Oh, wait. Now, she remembered. Portia. What was with rich people and giving their kids strange names that looked really weird when you wrote them out anyways? "And you want me to do that...why?" Shihna asked, her eyebrows raised. "H-he doesn't even like you," was the reply. "Huh?" She didn't have time for this! Shihna turned around and started walking towards the castle again. "He's only with you because of your body, you know." She stopped walking. What was with people and talking about her body? "Everybody knows that he likes good looking girls. You know that too. That's the only reason why he says he likes you. He wouldn't be interested in someone like you."

Shihna couldn't find a response. Sure, Zelos was always teasing her and saying perverted things, but...he liked her, right? Not as anything special...but she was his friend, wasn't she? There was no way he could pretend he understood her. "You're nothing special. You're not smart and you don't come from a good family. What does he see in you anyways?" She had heard so many insults for so many years...but they never stopped hurting. "Does that matter?" someone asked. Shihna turned to where she heard the voice. "Zelos?"

"M-Master Zelos!" Portia exclaimed, surprised to see him standing there, smiling like the cocky idiot he was. "Should I be hearing this from someone who says they like me because of my status?" he inquired, staring at her straight on. "I-I uhh..." Portia stuttered. She couldn't say that she didn't. All three of them knew it would be a lie if she said she liked Zelos for more than his status and power. "The reason I like Shihna is because she treats me like a normal person. She doesn't look at me just because I'm the Chosen. She's friends with me because she likes me for who I am unlike the rest of you." He grabbed Shihna's hand and started walking up the steps to the castle. "Then...why are you so friendly with everybody?!" Portia demanded. "It's my duty as the Chosen," he said, cheerfully. "Of course...I'm not really the Chosen any more but I'm still a gentleman aren't I?" He started opening the doors to the castle. "Is it really okay just to leave it like that?" Shihna asked. "Yep," Zelos replied cheerfully. "Perfectly fine." He sighed. "But now we have to apologize to the king for being late." Shihna sweatdropped. "Yeah..."

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Shihna sighed. "It's finally over!" She stretched her arms as they walked down the path to Zelos' house. "That meeting was so long!" It had lasted till the sun had almost set. Along the edges of the sky orangey-red tints of the remainder of the sunset. "It was so boring I almost fell asleep," Zelos commented. "That's not something you should be proud of," Shihna said, hitting him on the arm. She hit him less hard than usual though because her thoughts were still on what happened earlier. "Still thinking about what my hunny said?" Zelos asked. "Eh?" Zelos repeated his question. "Oh...uhh..." Shihna hesitated. "You don't like me...for just my looks, do you?"

Zelos covered his mouth to hold back his laughter. "What?!" Shihna demanded. "Did you actually believe her?" Zelos asked, snickering. "O-of course not!" Shihna exclaimed. "Th-then...don't ask!" Zelos said, bursting into laughter. Shihna hit him in the head. "It's not funny!" she yelled, which only made him laugh harder. It took a while for him to calm down. "Jeez, Shihna. You can be so clueless sometimes," he said. "Huh?" Question marks floated above Shihna's head. "You'll always be my favourite hunny," he said, placing his hand on her head. "And it has nothing to do with your looks," he added. Shihna's face reddened. "Does that answer your question?" She nodded. "Good." He pulled his hand away and started walking again. Shihna followed. "Hey...Zelos." She had to ask him one more thing. "Hmm?"

"Aren't you going to lose your fans?" Shihna asked. "You prefer having competition?" was the answer. "W-what?! That's not what I meant!" Her body temperature rose again. "It doesn't really matter," Zelos said. "They're not anything special to me." He reached into his pocket for his keys. "Are you staying over tonight, Shihna?" She nodded. He opened the door and stepped inside. "What do you want for dinner tonight?" he asked. "It doesn't matter."

"Of course it does!"

"Anything's fine."

"Then...you'll be fine with my warm embrace."

"That's not edible! And I don't want it!!"

I want to be with you, the person who likes me for being me. I want to be someone special, even if it's only for one person. I want that one person to be you.

SakuMeiMei Says: There was...a bunch of weird sentences in this one. Really. XD I'm sorry. (I've been saying sorry a lot lately.) The "encounter with angsty fangirl" should've been longer. When I was thinking of this one...it wasn't so short but when I went to write it I totally forgot what I wanted to write!! I'm sorry! (There I go again.) The ending was iffy too. Eh heh.