A/N: This chapter is a bit messed up, due to the fact that my brain itself is currently messed up.
Summary: Shirayuki gets used to her new duties, and receives a pleasurable moment with her husband.
Chapter 24: Sighs of Pleasure
"I would want a full truthful report on the investigation. These reports would directly be given to His Majesty. I also expect the declares in the upcoming three days." Her Royal Highness, The Grand Princess of Clarines, Princess Shirayuki gave her last order to her private cabinet members.
She rose up from her very-comforting chair. Her private cabinet members immediately rose up as well.
"That's it for today", she ordered less fiercely than her previous order. "Pardon me." She excused herself.
Shirayuki walked out from the room as few reports were in her hands; reports from her previous research completed by one of her cabinet crew. She ambulated past her aide, Obi. He followed behind. They met Alyne, Shirayuki's senior attendant on their way.
"Take these to my office," Shirayuki said handing few reports to Alyne. Alyne took half of the researched reports, curtsied to her princess and left.
The most important researched papers were still in Shirayuki's hands as she didn't want anyone to touch them, except for the King.
Shirayuki had asked her cabinet members to investigate an imported request given to her by the King himself. Of course, she had let Obi secretly used his assassination moves to secretly research too. The reports the cabinet had given her was slightly different from Obi's. Her aide's resulted research was the correct one.
Shirayuki outspokenly demonstrated the cabinets' lies in front of them, making them have shamed-faces as they weren't expecting their two-month Princess to be courageous and mind-spoken. They had obviously apologized as they didn't want their Grand Princess to acquaint with the King, as they were testing her abilities of capability.
Shirayuki had warned her cabinet for the first and last time that she will not tolerate any falsehood in her rule. They had immediately accepted their fault and reconciled with their Princess.
Shirayuki had then become very scrupulous about everything she does inside and outside the walls of the castle. She had slowly and unexpectedly developed a very fastidious and attentive character to her personality, due to the test and lie her private cabinet had firstly provided.
Shirayuki walked amazingly fast inside the familiar halls. She had been desperately and secretly waiting to see her husband ever since yesterday morning. He had arrived late yesterday evening and woke up early. They had then agreed to have their short break together, even though they know they're supposed to be facing yet-to-be-signed papers.
Her aide watched her princess walk faster than usual as he could see the small tint of desperation on her Mistress' face.
They turned to the final hall as Shirayuki and Obi immediately caught Kiki's violet-blue and Mitsuhide's golden-brown eyes. They smiled at Shirayuki. Kiki slowly nodded her head, bolstering Shirayuki's desperate mood. Obi stayed outside the door with her fellow co-aides.
Shirayuki gently closed the door after she entered Zen and her private lounge. She immediately spotted Zen sitting on his knees, his back facing Shirayuki.
"Now, who's the good boy?" Zen said in a childish way. A sound of a child was heard. "So, it's my turn again? You better run fast else I will catch you." Zen said tickling the toddler. He shifted his position, Shirayuki also quickly moved her body from the door, making sure Zen doesn't see her.
"I'm counting. 1, 2, 3..." Zen started counting. The child didn't know where to go as he had already used all the hidden places. Using them twice is an easy way to get caught. As he looked for hidden places to hide, his deep blue sapphire eyes met with emeralds.
He fastly ran towards her, but running seemed slow to the baby, he started crawling incredibly fast. He gestured his hands up, his blue eyes and face requesting to pick him up. Shirayuki, without a second thought, lifted the child and held him on her waist with one arm supporting the baby from falling whilst the other still held the researched papers.
"...8, 9, and 10! Monster Zen is coming! So beware!" Zen warned. Zen started crawling in search of his missing hero. The child in Shirayuki's arm couldn't help but giggle. The noise of his giggle was heard by Monster Zen. Monster Zen immediately turned around and saw his wife standing there with their nephew in her arm.
Zen was a bit surprised to see his wife already standing there with Seiji in her arms. He sat on the floor crossing his legs, looking a bit relieved.
"Monster Zen, huh?" Shirayuki said raising her eyebrows, smiling at her husband's nickname. "Quite a name", she added teasingly. Their nephew was still giggling.
Shirayuki turned to her-now nephew, the King's and the Queen's son, Prince Seiji. Shirayuki had always wondered, how possible for a child prince like him to look just like the father, but with an opposite personality. Seiji was livelier and shy, a personality that doesn't run in the Wistaria Royal Household.
When mini-Izana had first encountered with Shirayuki, he was fascinatingly shy. But now, whenever he sees Shirayuki, he becomes happier, just like whenever he sees Zen, his uncle.
The young Izana is the main reason why Shirayuki had secretly become baby sick for some weeks.
Seiji's blond hair, deep blue eyes, and stature of his father's childhood had always made Shirayuki questioned if her children would look just like their father, Zen.
Seiji gestured to be put down, which Shirayuki obeyed. He ran towards his uncle and laughed even more. Zen caught and lifted him up into the air.
How indeed a wonderful father Zen would be. Shirayuki just stared at them. Zen gestured Shirayuki to help him as he wanted to collect himself from the floor. Shirayuki took the baby from his muscular arms and Zen rose up.
Zen immediately wrapped his arms around Shirayuki's waist. He leaned in kissing her cheeks, lowering it down to the corner of her lips.
"Zen", Shirayuki said slowly, "there's a child here." Zen didn't mind. He still made it to Shirayuki's lips and kissed it, kissing it with passion. Shirayuki couldn't help but lean in too. The young child in their hands started giving unknown noises, which made the young couples break up.
"Seiji, promise me you won't tell anyone about what you just saw, especially to your father", Zen said lovingly, trying to bribe him. Prince Seiji looked at his uncle emotionlessly, due to what he had witnessed.
"Zen, he can't understand you. He can barely speak himself", Shirayuki chuckled, laying her free hand onto Zen's chest. Seiji still remained silent. Shirayuki requested, "Come on, let's have a seat."
They sat oppositely. Shirayuki still had Seiji in her arm. She placed the researched papers onto the table.
"What's that?" Zen asked.
"The research I was doing a week ago. Remember? These are the final results I would be giving to Majesty Izana", Shirayuki replied.
Zen nodded.
Shirayuki's focus was now on the child. He was blinking slower and looked tired. She changed the position of the child, so he could rest. She slowly caressed his full of blond-looking hair skull; an easier way for him to sleep faster.
"I will be late today, too", Zen informed. Shirayuki stopped what she was doing for few seconds but continued caressing after a while. She raised her head up to Zen, nodded at him, smiled genuinely and once more faced the-now sleeping, young prince.
Shirayuki was fairly disappointed. Of course, she knew her husband of two-months was getting used to the many duties of being the Grand Prince, but she hardly sees him. Not five days ago, he had left for an important meeting and an inspection, returning last two days.
Shirayuki emotionally misses him, but she can't complain. After all, she knew what she getting herself into. She can't even tell Zen how badly she has become baby sick for the past one and half months.
Zen moved from his seat and sat behind Shirayuki. He gently laid his cheek onto her clavicle, just a few millimeters from her side neck. He directed his wife's dress collar a bit down, showing more of her soothing skin. His eyes saw the fading love marks he had given to her before he had left for his last inspection. He slowly opened his mouth and started sucking and biting her neck, renewing his love marks. Shirayuki protested, but still relished it.
"Zen", she sighed in pleasure.
That pinpoint.
It had always been and always going to be Zen's favorite spot on Shirayuki's upper body. Unlike Zen, Shirayuki rather prefers her love marks to be seen on his chest.
Just by the fact that both of them had yet to copulate themselves, didn't mean they didn't do things like this in private; kiss each other passionately, with absolutely no break and sucking and biting necks and chests.
Zen wasn't any more just biting her neck, but kissing every spot his mouth spots. Shirayuki's breath became heavier and slightly louder. She successfully saw the clock and knew she had to leave.
Her sighs of pleasure were adding up. She roughed her hands in Zen's hair, trying to pull him away from her skin, which Zen for the first time obeyed easily. She turned to her husband with light pink cheeks and said, "I really need to go."
Zen carelessly kissed Shirayuki. He never minded whether she was holding a baby or not, but what he minded was the fact that he knew he was absenting himself from his wife and he emotionally misses her too. Kissing her always made him feel better.
"It's sad you have to go", Zen said quietly as Shirayuki was about to leave, her hand on the door's knob. She had placed baby Seiji onto the most relaxing sofa. She pulled her dress' collar, even more, higher just by the countless love marks she had received from her husband.
She looked at him with a smiling face and left.
Indeed, how he wishes it was night, he would have taken her here and now. After all, he secretly knows about Shirayuki's baby sickness. He just wants to give her time to reconcile in her new status, then do what he's supposed to do as a married man and besides he's trying to know how long he can last as by the fact that he wants her already.
A/N:
Hai!
So, I'm back! I wanted to write this rushy chappie with no sense after three weeks of not updating. Thank you for the patience. Really appreciate it.
So, about Izana and Haki's son. He's named Seiji.
Seiji wasn't a name I loved at first, but the meaning of his name will identify him in the future and in the future chapters.
His name simply means: lawful and just; governs head of State. Quite a suitable and descriptive name for the next King of Clarines.
Editing is still been held, the reason for a still slower update.
Hope you enjoyed this confusing, with no ink chapter ;)