Royal Blue | IwaOi | Fantasy/Royalty AU

Chapter Two - 【I know he knows】

Hajime's POV:

God... It's so tiresome here. And I'm so hungry! The door opens, and Ushijima walks in. Wait. Ushijima? What is he doing here? Is he supposed to be here? How did I not see him on the ball?

"Hey, I don't remember him being on the 'participating kingdoms' list," Bokuto says quietly and looks at me with a questioning look. So I'm not the only one. "I'm surprised too," I whispered back.

Ushijima talks to Kuroo, and then they both go and sit at the big table in the middle of the room.

The door opened again, and two Silvas walked into the room. Their dresses are always so pretty, and they look comfortable too. They are talking without minding us.

The King of Fikas walks into the room with his wife. We all stand up. They walk to their chars, stand in front of them, and the King says, "I am Nimue Meroli, and this is Nimue Ceto, my wife." "We are very honoured to have all come together to discuss funding for our deep-sea research." The Queen says. "We all know each other by now so, let's start the meeting." He says as he sits down, and we all sit on our chairs.

"As you know, last year we made a huge discovery about Legaroms. As you all know, Legaroms are enormous creatures full of grease but, we found out that with proper processing, their bone dust has a strong healing ability." The Queen states. "We are still in the testing phase but, it doesn't have any side effects so far." The King adds. The meeting is going fine, just like the last one. They give us a few reasons to fond them, and we all do. The six of us -plus the host- are the wealthiest kingdoms in the whole Empire.

"Ok, Let's have a 30-minute break." the Kings says as he stands up and leaves the room. "Hey! Iwaizumi! There will be Fukurōdani games in two months. I invade you as a special guest. What do you say?" Bokuto almost squeals. He loves these games. He always participates. "Ok, I will come but only if I can join too. I want to make them all regret participating." I say with a slight smirk. "Will there be arm wrestling?" I ask. I love arm wrestling. "Of course! I know you love it. Jousting and other horse games will be there too!" He squeals. I don't like horses. It's not like I'm scared of them. It's more like... I just don't like them.

Tōru's POV:

Akaashi and Kenma are alredy inside. I'm here alone with the wind in my hair. What a calm atmosphere. I hear the balcony door open by my right side. That means someone from the room Hajime is in just walked out. I open my right eye slightly to see who it is.

"What a pretty sunset, am I right?" He says in a soft voice as he leans against the balustrade railing. "Yes, pretty indeed," I say, keeping my eyes on him. "Even though it's pretty, I wish we were somewhere where no one, not even the sun, could see us." He whispers into my ear as he puts his hand on my butt and squeezes it, and my face twists in disgust. I take his hand off my ass and say, "Could you please stop? It's very uncomfortable for me, and I already have a husband." as I always do, and he never listens. We are at the blind spot on the balcony so, no one can see this. "Oh, come on." He says with a slight smirk and a deep voice that gives me goosebumps. He gets behind me, wiggling with his hips a little against my dress. "No one can see us here." He puts his right hand on my outer thigh and slides on my inner thigh. "This is the blind spot after all." He whispers as he lightly grabs my chin and turns my head back, and tries to kiss me. "I asked you to stop," I hiss, and I take a step back. I'm facing him, and my back is facing the meeting room. People in the room should be able to see me. This atmosphere is far from the calm one that was here just a few minutes ago.

"Oh." He lifts his chin and looks down at me. He takes a step towards me, so now we're like 20 centimetres apart. "Someone's talking back again, huh?" He continues. It's hard to breathe. My stomach contracts and, my breathing is heavier. Is it because of how angry and disgusted I am? Because this situation is too uncomfortable? Or is it because the corset is too tight? I need air or, I will faint. Or puke I'm, not sure what will come first. I'll risk it and go back inside. I would rather puke and faint than be in this situation one more second. But I need to walk past him if I want to go back to Kenma and Akaashi. I just need to go. Don't think about it and go. Why am I not going? He's scary. He's taller and much more powerful than me. Well, I can at least say something. I look up at him and open my mouth but, nothing comes out. What am I supposed to say?

No?

Don't talk to me ever again? Stay away from me? No, I've already used these.

Stop? That didn't work out before.

I close my mouth. I can't run away nor say anything. Nothing will work. Maybe if I stare long enough, he will go back into the meeting room. I stare at him for a couple of seconds. That bastard. I want to punch him so bad! "You like what you see?" He says with a big grin. No, I certainly don't. Why can't I say that out loud? "You could see more if we were..." He smirks as he looks down at me. Ge gets to my ear and whispers, "...somewhere else. You know..." Ew, just ew. "...alone," he whispers into my other ear. This didn't get any further than just inappropriate touching and some kisses. It's not like I like it. Well, actually... I was his princess a few times but, he commanded me to do that. I need to move! I feel that weird, almost sour feeling in my nose and, my vision starts to blur. 

DON'T CRY. DON'T CRY. DON'T CRY!

My breathing is even heavier than before. I need to get out of here.

One...

Two... Two... Two...

Ugh, why am I like this?

One...

Two...

Three!

I take a step forward and another one behind it. I'm going away. I'm almost behind him when he grabs my arm. "You should at least say goodbye, don't you think?" He says softly but also so sharply. I don't look at him as I say, "It wasn't a pleasure to meet you. Enjoy the rest of the meeting." After that, I swiftly leave the balcony.

Another traumatic experience by him. I hate him so much. In times like this, I'm glad I chose Hajime. Both of them wanted me, so I was the one deciding. The only decision I ever made. Almost every time we meet, he tells me that I should have chosen him. Hajime is horrible but, this is too much. I'm so sorry for Satori. I know he knows.