The announcer cleared his throat and yelled loudly. "The Kingdom of Spades welcoming the King of Clubs and his Queen." Some of the servants of Spades began to look around for the Jack. Because of the long journey by boat to Spades, only a bit of the officials and servants came along and most were on foot. Ivan stepped out of the carriage with Elizabeta and immediately gave Alfred a chilling smile while he waved. "Hello new prince!"

Elizabetha however was not so gleeful. She gave her iciest glare to Gilbert who merely winked at her. "Lovely to see you again Alfred, a pleasure to be here." She smiled at the boy, but it was half forced.

The King sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Oh please, let's put diplomacy aside for today as we have for any other occasion during the past wars" Everyone around the room seemed to be in agreement and then the silence was broken by casual talk.

The most recent war that had occurred in Spades' history and It was against Clubs and it drained the land this putting it into its current famine, though as much as these kingdoms hated each other. They would always make time for the joy of the people and traditional social gatherings.

Arthur was now asleep upstairs with his head rested on a pillow though he was still sitting up as to not ruin his appearance. It'd be a shame if he had to. Yao was reading a book and enjoying some tea. A servant was gently rubbing Arthur's shoulders. Even though he was asleep he would groan from time to time. Though he was woken from his slumber by the sounds of loud horns.

He made a noise of surprise and then turned quickly to look out of the window. It was a really sparkly carriage. An oval shaped one with diamonds everywhere. Even on the top sat a huge, yet decorative, diamond. White and honey colored steeds elegantly trotted to the castle. Suddenly Arthur began to feel like he wanted to throw up and just return to sleep. Crap he was nervous.

This time, the carriage opened from the inside and a man with a great figure and long smooth locks flowed to his shoulders but was tied behind him in a golden ribbon. He flipped his bangs from his face and pompously walked to the other side of the carriage where he opened the door and gently held out his hand for another. A white gloved hand gently grabbed onto his and came out of the carriage. She, like Sakura, had her hair cut short. But it was wavy and way more chestnut. Her clothes were a bit loose, similar to Arthur's own, but definitely made for a woman. They too, disappeared into the building.

"I hate him already." Arthur

Yao sputtered on his tea and quickly set it down on the saucer. Dabbing his face with a napkin he stood up. "You can't really mean that, Francis is super nice."

Arthur chuckled. "He's from the Latin district. I am sure I can befriend him but I'm sure he will annoy me to know end. That always happens.

Yao sighed. "Doesn't everyone who is anyone annoy you Arthur?"

The prince nodded. "That sure is."

Downstairs, Gilbert was laughing up a storm. "No wonder you took so long. Keeping your steeds in trot!" He laughed louder and slapped the Frenchman on the shoulder. "Did you bring your entire kingdom, Fran-OOF!"

"Hola!" Antonio looked at his friend who was still rubbing his shoulder. "Ow!- hey, Toni."

The king was pitching the bridge of his nose and the queen was giggling behind her hand. Ludwig took this moment to whisper in Sakura's ear and Alfred glared. Ivan was simply smiling and his queen was being teased by the 'bad touch trio' as nick-named by lovino when he was young and constantly teased.

Sakura smiled and then took a few moments as to not look suspicious. "I need to freshen up, Alfred would you be so kind?"

Alfred beamed and looked to his mom. "I will catch up with you in the meeting hall! I'll show Princess Sakura the bathroom."

The queen nodded. "Okay, but bring a servant with you!" She called after them.

Antonio kept picking on Gil as the rest of the royals began to head to the said room slowly. That is, until he saw the Ace of Hearts and practically glomped him.

Behind a few hallways, Alfred found the bathroom and gently showed her the door. "Here you go."

"Thank you Alfred."

Alfred gently rubbed the back of his head, "sure don't mention it...hey, I'm...you've been acting strange. I saw the way you looked at Ludwig. You have seemed distant and won't kiss me like you did before you became queen. Are you okay?"

She smiled and nodded. "Of course." She lent up and kissed him on the corner of his mouth, only then realizing that he saw Arthur's face there, and felt sick. The main question was, why?