𝑅𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 || 𝑀𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐿𝑎𝑑𝑦𝑏𝑢𝑔

"I'm getting married."

I found it very hard to try and sleep this night. Never in my life had I even gotten the idea that I would have to marry. And the worst part was that, I didn't even know what for. Or, whom to. These question swam in my head, not letting my thoughts be at rest.

Why me?

What were so exceptional about me, I was indeed just a normal. I am sure the king knows way more beautiful women. And for him to not even give an explanation had been truly cruel.

My parents had explained to me further into the situation. The supposed 'engagement' party/announcement would be held the next week. I had no idea how I would put up with it. It's basically a whole sham, that me nor my parents would benefit from. I would admit, I cried somewhat all through tonight, and by 'somewhat' I meant that I had puffy red eyes at this point. The only reason for me not balling my eyes out at this moment was that nothing would spill out anymore.

And here I was, lying on my bed, wondering when my life had went downhill. This would be a long night, I don't think I could sleep after knowing what's going to happen next week. I would be announced as 'engaged' to a stranger, I mean, what if he's an serial killer and wants to murder me in my sleep. Oh my, I could only hope it didn't come to even having to be alone with him. What if he's an older man, those types of marriages were very common. And I just knew they weren't willingly set up. I shook the thoughts from my head.

This was outrageous! I just couldn't go through with it. Who knew the king could be so barbaric and egocentric! It was wrong to just order me to marry someone without giving me even the slightest bit of reasoning or information about this man or hell, it could be a women. He gave no explanation whatsoever, and I knew he could very well do as he pleased but I had no idea he would!

How could I even focus tomorrow at the university? Could I tell Alya about this, could I fill in that it was arranged and that I were being forced into it? But then, I didn't believe the king would appreciate that. But who cared what he liked or not! He fundamentally ruined my life with a letter! And to think I considered his 300 sizes too big palace to be beautiful, well it wasn't, I tell you, it was hideous! From the uniquely designed walls to the marble floors up to the diamond chandeliers, all unsightly.

I turned to look out the small window that casted a glow to my room. Would it be selfish to wish that other women were going through this too? It just wasn't equitable. What would I do in such situation and how long would I be put into it? Those unanswered questions filled my head like a tank full of water. My questions didn't seem to be getting answered anytime soon, and I guess I would have to just wait. And in order to wait, I needed rest, I had to be strong, I had to wait till the day came. With that I reached down to pull the thin blankets over my figure, letting my head sink deeper into the pillow. There were a bunch of twisting and turning but I managed to fall into a warming sleep.
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My eyes slowly fluttered open, taking in the golden glow the early sun casted through my window. How could anyone be in such a bad mood when the light looked so mesmerizing? Well I can.

With a groan I swung my legs off from the bed and slowly stood up. I stretched my arms wide in front of me before making my way into my bathroom. I looked up at myself in the narrow mirror, I yelped and took a step back. That was quite a jump scare, I mean, from the puffy eyes, to the dark circles underneath, the tear stains dried up on my pale cheeks.

For a moment I did consider going through my mothers cosmetics and snatching a simple under eye concealer and eye drops but I figured she wouldn't be too appreciative of me not using manners and asking like a 'decent human being', as she would say. So with that, I washed my face and threw on my uniform and did my best to not look like I had gotten mauled by a bear.