Kiana's eyes widened, feeling something warm against her face. A warmth quickly flushed through her cheeks, pressing harshly on Ace's chest and pushing him away. He just... She furrowed her brows. "What the hell was that for?!" she barked angrily. Ace replied with a simple 'hm' noise. "So that's what a kiss feels like~ a lot better than I thought it would be," he finished with a small smirk. Anger, frustration, and confusion were surging through her, grabbing a plate near her and tossing it and it's belonging's at the male ahead of her.

Ace could only blink as the pastry made contact with his clothing. "Kitten, why would you do that?" His tone of voice and facial expression were almost completely opposite one another. His tone sounded of amusement while his expression looked semi-confused. Her brow twitched, narrowed eyes leering daggers through the man's entire being. He was going to die and it would be by her hands. Well, he would die by being smothered by pastries... One plate after another went soaring through the air. He eventually picked up on this and began following her lead, laughing the entire time.

Before Alice could say or do anything to stop the two, she was desperately hiding from the flying food. In a flash of red, white, brown, and peach Alice saw everything slowly settle down. Kiana was lying on her back, in between Ace's legs, who was currently on top of her, both of their clothes covered to the point of almost being unrecognizable from the different food. Both female's eyes widened, Kiana's cheeks a soft red as she wiggled underneath the knight. "G-get off of me! Disgusting, filthy, pervert... Off!" Ace's red hues widened in thought, leaning close to her face so their noses were millimeters from each other. She could feel his warm breath against her lips, face heating up quickly.

"Hm? What's this? Is the little kitten blushing? Does that mean you liked our little kiss earlier?" He eyed her curiously, not budging. "N-no way in hell!" she protested, squirming violently underneath his body. "Silly kitten, you can't deny it~" he cooed, arms wrapping around her waist to pull her into a tight hug. She whimpered, embarrassed. "Let go of me!" He leaned his head further down, letting his breath brush against her neck. "Just keep making these cute little noises and see if there are any consequences~" Alice, over protective when it came to Kiana, balled her hands into fists. "Let go of her Ace!"

"That is quite enough." Alice's eyes widened, noticing that Vivaldi had come down recently just in time to see Ace's antics. A scowl was placed on her face, very displeased with her knight. Ace frowned, leaning his forehead against Kiana's shoulder. "Aww... Do I have too?" he murmured, barely audible. "Yes! Get on with your duties, knight!" Ace sighed, letting go of Kiana and heading upstairs. He was obviously going to get cleaned and redressed before going on to do his duties as the knight of hearts. Vivaldi scowled at the maids, barking orders at them to clean up the mess made by the two when they began arguing. She soon turned her head, smiling sweetly towards Alice and Kiana.

"Why don't the two of you go upstairs? You can get cleaned up and rest here for the night." Alice blinked, slowly nodding. Helping Kiana up, they briefly watched the maids start cleaning the remaining food on the ground. Alice took a hold of her hand, dragging Kiana up the stairs and into the bath room. It was large as most in Heartland were. It fit perfectly with the rest of the castle. It smelled of roses, live roses resting around. Some where in vases while some were resting on the ground, no stems attached to them at all. Kiana began peeling off her pastry-covered clothes.

"It's a shame Ace had to do that. All those pretty roses you gathered were ruined," Alice said, starting to take off her own clothes. "I know! That bastard owes me some new flowers!" Silence crept up as they put their dirty clothes in a pile for the maids, slipping into the rose smelling water. The days were beginning to pass so quickly... Kiana couldn't remember the last time she had a bath here. The warm water with the scent of roses was always relaxing to her.

Kiana's POV;

"Have you heard?"

It was one of the maids whispering outside.

"No… What?"

"Her highness plans on throwing another ball…"

Alice and I blinked, looking at each other.

"Doesn't she only hold one a year…?"

"Normally, but I over heard her making plans for it, saying due to recent events she wants to hold another!"

The maids quickly stopped their conversation when they were called to do something. The two us were both quietly thinking over the subject. Alice was washing her arms while I dove underneath the waters in attempts to get the cake out of my hair. When I returned to the surface I felt Alice put shampoo in my hair and started washing it. It was nice...

"I wonder why all of a sudden she wants to hold another one..."

"Who knows... Wait... We don't have to go do we...?"

"Most likely, I was forced to attend the last one."

I made a choking sound and fell into the water.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!"

I dreaded just the thought of wearing a dress... I mean, it was rare to see me in skirts let alone a dress! I groaned and put my hands together in a praying manner. I muttered repeatedly, 'please'. Alice just laughed and continued lathering the shampoo in my hair. "I think you look pretty in dresses, though." I stuck my tongue out. I took a deep breath and went under water, washing the shampoo out of my hair. Why... My hands roamed through my hair, getting the little bits of cake and shampoo out. It was a pain having long hair sometimes... My eyes widened and quickly shut. Stupid soapy water... I quickly resurfaced and gasped for air.

"No way, I am not wearing a dress even if I have to go. I will not let Ace see me in a dress!"

No one's POV;

Kiana and Alice eventually got out of the bath. They weren't quite sure when but a maid had left some night clothes for them to wear. Alice's was a silky blue night gown with matching undergarments, respectively. Kiana's was a fuzzy cyan night gown. It looked more like a winter jacket, with a hood and all, than a nightgown. Alice couldn't help but giggle while Kiana rushed to put it on. "It's so fuzzy~"

"Yeah, yeah~ Where are we going to sleep?"

"We're probably allowed anywhere that isn't taken, which is quite a number of rooms. How about we go... in this one~"

Kiana lead Alice to one of the empty rooms. They snuggled up into the bed and fell asleep soon afterwards.

Meanwhile...

The night crept up quickly and without warning as it usually did. Ace was currently speaking to Nightmare at the clock tower.

"You-"

"Yeah, yeah, I get it, rules n' stuff."

Nightmare leered towards the brunette but let him go with that. He didn't understand how he had lost the other one. He had given him another short explanation and let him leave to do whatever he was planning. Ace casually left and went on his merry little way to work. There were some clocks that were calling his name~ About half an hour later Ace was in the middle of the woods, covered in blood as he collected some stray clocks. Boris', who had been playing cat-and-mouse with Pierce, ear twitched. He lifted his head to see the familiar figure of the Knight of Hearts. What is he doing out here? He thought.

"Such a simple little plan," Ace began, holding up a small container full of liquid, "but when should it all take place?"

Boris tilted his head curiously. The last time he had seen Ace alone like this he was planning on killing Alice. What was he up to this time...?

"I wonder how willingly the little kitten will take this~"

Kitten...? Wait, did he mean Kiana? He narrowed his eyes. What was he planning on doing to her?! He snuck off towards the clock tower. Hopefully she was there and if she wasn't Julius would know where they were...

The next morning came rather unexpectedly, but that was still no surprise for the workers and inhabitants there. Kiana was curled up cuddling most of the pillows that had been set down on her bed while Alice was sleeping on her back. Outside of their window sat a pink haired feline, carefully opening it. He was careful not to make too much noise or else the maids might run in afraid that someone might be breaking in. Boris sighed. The two looked safe and that was a good sign.

"Kiana..."

Author's Note;

Yeah! An Update! Isn't that amazing?! I think it is... Erm, anyway! Sorry about the disappearance lack of a computer and internet is a huge bummer. I've got some MAJOR ideas in mind now, so I am hopefully going to be kicking myself into over drive to write them all out. (I got a huge idea that isn't for like at least another two chapters. ./sweat drop; )

Anyway! You know the usual, I like hearing your ideas of what's going to happen next or what you want to happen next. (I do take everyone's ideas into consideration, I love hearing them. ^^ Plus they may give me ideas. For example; LifeOfA_FallingStar gave a review on chapter seven. Some of the ideas are very, I mean eerily, similar, but there are some that I may use. ^^ So giving credit to them because they'll know the things that they suggest. xD Even if I planned it out already!)

"It's easy access! What if like Ace tried to rape me or something?"

"Can we help pick out your bathing suits?"

"Ace?! What the hell?!"

K, I'm done teasing you all. ;D