Chapter Two: The Engagement
It was a partly cloudy afternoon, but the sky showed no
signs of rain, so Rin decided to visit her mother’s grave. Len had something to
do, but promised to meet up with her later. It was the very first time Rin went
there alone, but she could manage. She’d managed to get this far without
breaking down and it was all thanks to the prince.
Rin’s POV
“Len-sama really is a nice person. He never gets mad at me
when I make mistakes,” I said, facing my mother’s grave. “Even though he’s
busy, he always finds time to talk to me.
Mother, I don’t really understand this feeling, but whenever Len-sama’s
with me, I feel safe.”
There was suddenly a soft breeze and I know that wherever
mother is, she’ll still continue supporting me. I
smiled. I don’t feel the endless pain I felt
days ago.
I always thought that when my mother dies, I would never be
healed, but I guess I thought wrong. My life
was so simple when my mother was
still here. I would just occasionally help with cleaning and stuff. Now,
my
life is much more complicated, but with Len-sama with me, I’m going to be fine…I
hope.
“I need to go now,” I said, standing up, “Len-sama says he
has something urgent to tell me.”
I left with a smile on my face.
Normal POV
“Rin…” Len said, looking down.
“What? Hurry up.” Rin said, getting impatient, “I have
several chores to do. I also have to—“
“I’m going to be engaged soon.”
Rin looked up at Len. There was this sad look in his eyes
that made Rin think he didn’t like the girl. But still,
Rin had to support him
in whatever he does. She wants him to be happy. She knows he can choose for
himself and he has the ability to reject the offer if he didn’t want to do it.
And so, Rin smiled at him and said, “That’s great! Who’s the
lucky girl??”
Len was disappointed. He didn’t want to marry the girl, but
he didn’t have any valid reason to reject the
engagement. But still, he doesn’t
want to show Rin that he’s sad. He wants Rin to be happy, so he needs to
smile
too.
“Her name’s Miku, the princess of the neighboring kingdom.”
“I know her!” Rin said, “I saw her picture somewhere. I heard
she’s really nice, too.”
“Yeah, she is.” Len said with less enthusiasm in his voice,
“We’re childhood friends.”
“That’s great!” Rin exclaimed, “I can’t believe you’re
getting married to a princess! Well, it’s not really
surprising because you are a prince, but if it’s me, I wouldn’t
have believed it. Congratulations, Len-sama!”
“Woah. Woah,” Len said, “I think you’re taking things too
fast. I’m not even married yet.”
“Sorry,” Rin said, “I just can’t believe it.”
“Yeah, me too.” Len looked down suddenly
For a while, there was an awkward silence between the two of
them. Both of them were afraid to talk due
to different reasons. Rin didn’t
want the hurt to increase. The moment Len said ‘I’ and ‘engaged’, she
suddenly
felt an unexplainable hurt in her heart. Len couldn’t find anything left to
say. He was afraid to face
the truth. He didn’t want to face the truth.
As the days went by, Len and Rin grew more distant. Len had
stopped visiting Sachiko’s grave with her. Rin
would often hurry on to do
different chores when he approached. They didn’t understand why, but they both
needed some time alone.
One day, while Rin was buying some things the castle needs,
she bumped into a blue-haired guy.
“Sorry.” Kaito said as he helped the blonde girl up, “I wasn’t paying attention to where I was
going.”
“It’s…Okay...” Rin said, as she collected the fruits she
dropped due to the fall. Kaito helped her.
“I’m Kaito, by the way.”
“I’m Rin.” Rin said, awkwardly.
“Hmm…” Kaito said, rubbing his chin, “I know practically
everyone here, but I’ve never seen you before.”
“Oh, well. There must be a really logical explanation to
that,” Rin said, obviously hurrying.
“And what may that logical explanation be, Rin-chan?” Kaito
asked. Rin flinched at the honorific. Only her
mother calls her that.
“Just Rin. Please,” Rin immediately said.
“Why?”
“Why do you need to know?”
“Because I’ve got nothing else to do—Hey, you come from the
castle, don’t you? “Kaito suddenly asked.
“Yes, why do you
need to know?” Rin asked, rudely.
“Just curious,” Kaito said and winked at her.
“Don’t you dare stalk me,” Rin warned. According to Kaito, she’s so cute!
“Why would I do such a thing?” Kaito asked in a teasing
matter.
Rin growled at him before proceeding back to the castle.
‘Interesting’ Kaito
thought.
As Rin walked back to the castle, she suddenly felt like
someone was following her. After a few more
minutes, she knew there was somebody there.
“Who are you and why are you following me?” she demanded. Of
course, if it was any other girl, they would
have run away by now, but Rin was
Rin, and that’s how she responds when somebody follows her.
Suddenly hands covered her eyes and mouth and she felt
dizzy…
I think I forgot to put this here before, so here it is! I was sick when I made this, so it may not be very good.
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