The next day, she woke up like usual and stretched herself awake. Viva rubbed her eyes, walking down the stairs of the large castle. There in the kitchen stood her father, humming and preparing some of the usual breakfast, waffles. Peppy was making them like he always did. She always liked her dad's cooking.
Her eyes looked over to baby poppy, who was noisily scarfing down her waffle in her highchair . "Morning poppyyy," Viva chuckled, ruffling her baby sister's hair. Poppy didn't react as she was too busy eating her waffle.
It was pretty silent in the kitchen other than poppy's babbling, and viva finished her breakfast fairly quickly, leaving a few bites of her waffle behind. (Which, poppy happily ate)
The king cleared his throat and spoke up, still frying a pancake, "Any progress with the mission yet?"
"I guess.. but i-" Viva paused as she was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell to the castle. It rung through her ears, as her father gave her a glare. "I'll get it."
"Be careful." Her dad spoke. She knew she needed to be. She was the princess after all, she had to be cautious too.
Viva lazily opened the door, and there he was. Clay was standing there with a slightly-confused smile on his face- "hello!!!!"
"C- clay?" Oh Lordy. She wasn't expecting him to just show up here. Especially at like, 10 in the morning. It was a surprise to see him again so suddenly, and Viva slightly panicked. There were so many hints he could see just if he came inside. She wouldn't be surprised if her dagger was just laying out in the open somewhere. "you- you came back."
"Yea, I wanted to see you, remember?" He laughed a bit, rocking on his feet. "I thought I might have had the wrong place."
The wrong place..? She thought. "The.. the royal castle?-"
"Anyways, glad I didn't!" He exclaimed. Viva creaked the door open fully let him in. And her first thought was, I can't kill him , he's literally in my house.
"So what happened after last night.?"
"Lots of yelling, lots of John screaming at me." Clay listed while thinking, "which is pretty odd, because he was like 'YoU cAnT be AloNe with GirLs BlaH BlAh and ThaT wAs tHe PriNceSs!!!.' Like duh, obviously. and it's no fair cuz I always see him running off with girls too!!!!!"
"O- oh."
"Yea, and then they told me I had to do like a blood test or something, cause I was acting all 'odd'. They said I had something like uhhh — row, uhhhh.... hype something.
"You— mean rohypnol???"
"YEA THAT!" He pointed, "I actually don't think im allowed to be here right now. sorry— am I talking too much???"
Viva laughed, pausing out of confusion. The princess took a breath. "no.. not at all. Want some waffles?"
"YES PLEASE!!!!!!"
She led Clay to the kitchen, and he quickly gaped around at the large room; admiring all the white counters and luxury, royal-like embellishments that were on the walls and dining table. Even baby poppy's high-chair was patterned and royal.
He looked around, "woah."
Then the king turned around and saw him, his eyes widening. Viva saw her father's expression which made her nervous. "Clay."
"whaaaaaaaayyyyyuuuuuuu..." he dragged out his mumbled words , "your- your majesty. It's an honor."
"Oh, well.." The king chuckled, a little unsure, "it's alright.. uh.. you're welcome here always." He promptly glared at Viva, in a look that only she could understand. But this time she couldn't tell if he was trying to say don't kill him or kill him soon.
Well, getting rid of him now would be pretty obvious. When he was dead, they'd see the last place he'd visited was the royal castle. That's not suspicious at all.
"Would you like a waffle?"
"Yes please!!!!" clay's ears happily perked up. The troll's attention was quickly caught by a babbling noise from behind him, and he turned his head to the baby in a high hair, "AAAA! another princess..."
"That's my sister, princess poppy."
"Awww, she's even cuter in real life!!!!!"
"Yea, she is." viva chuckled softly, as her sister was still giggling in her chair and reaching for clay. King Peppy handed viva a waffle, who she handed to clay. "uhh, why don't I show you around?"
"Cool." He gave a thumbs up, and viva glanced one last time to her father as she left the kitchen. The king's stare gave a chill down her spine. She didn't wanna think about her father anymore.
"This place is so cool," he looked around as they started walking through an elongated hallway, and Clay took a bite of his waffle. Viva observed clay, who scanned his eyes over the various paintings that were on the wall. "I mean- you're so cool."
"Thanks." She walked, "what even brings you here?"
"I just wanted to see you again." He smiled brightly, "is it a crime to want to get away from my job?"
The princess sighed, shrugging. "Nah, I get that."
"I think it counts as child labour,"
"Probably," she took in his opinion, not thinking about it too much. It wouldn't matter in the long run. "do you.. like being a singer?"
".. yea. I do." He shrugged, and viva noticed his unsure expression as he spoke. Was he upset? She didn't mean to make him upset. "but it's difficult too. Lots of writing and planning and shtuff.. although we actually have a writer and planner. She's cool." He kept going, "but I have to perform. And be with my brothers all the time. I never really get to be away from them— and I don't even think I'm supposed to be here right now."
"Yea. I understand that. And um.. it's fine, you can come here whenever." she found herself laughing too, "that sounds really difficult. I couldn't do it."
Then the thought crossed her mind, and she remembered: she was supposed to kill this boy. And she found herself asking again; why would somebody want to kill him? Why did she have to kill him? Did she want to kill him?
Maybe this 'getting closer' thing wasn't a good idea after all. Maybe this was what her father had warned her of. Getting attached. But he was only being charming and sweet to her, even if it was a little odd. so what was going on? What company did he threaten? Who could he possibly hurt? Why did they want him dead?
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