The Bright Princess Loses Her Sun

Full Moon

"... I like you, would you please go out with me!" the young man lowered his head, and exclaimed his love.

The person in front of the young man stays quiet. The room that they are in fall silent. The young man's heart kept on thumping, and thumping. He wonder if the one he confessed to could hear his beating heart right now. Honestly, it's weird. This is the first person to make the young man heart act this way.

It was when the young man was injured from his way out of the bamboo forest. A snake has bitten his ankles, venom has seeped into his bloodstream. Luckily, he was saved by a walking apothecary. She brought the young man back to her home, and he was treated by the doctor there. After a thousand thanks to the doctor and the apothecary (who wears bunny ears), the young man decide to make his leave. But, before he could do so, he saw a figure in one of the rooms. Curios, the young man decide to look into the room and see the back of the figure, sitting down. The figure has long, silky black hair that reaches her back. The young man unable to make out her figure except for her hair. He worries that he has been staring too long. As to not be labeled a creep, the young man slowly and quietly try to make his leave. Unfortunately, lady luck was not at his side, as the young man fumbled and tumbles to the ground. He quickly gets up, hoping that the person didn't notice of his action. He turns his head to check the figure and then, their eyes met. The young man and the girl stare at each other for a few seconds, before the doctor came in to break the silence.

"There was a loud thump. Is there anything wrong?" the doctor asked. The young man sheepishly said that he only fell and said that he is fine. The doctor sighs and remind him to take care of his body more. The young man embarrassedly laugh and he glance at the girl to see she gives a small smile. Seeing that made the young man heart thumping loudly. The sight of the girl smiling, the young man could watch that all day. The young man wanted to get to know the girl, but he knows, that today is the only time that he'll have this chance. To meet with the girl. He need a more concrete way of meeting the girl. More chances to see her. Then, the doctor starts to turn away and that gives the man an idea. Before the doctor leaves, the young man clasps her hands, and ask one thing,

"Would you mind making me your apprentice?" The doctor look at the young man, confused. She asked him the reason as to why he wants to study medicine. "It's because I want to help people just like how you help me," the young man lied. He lied on his reason as to why he wishes to learn. He only has his eyes on the girl inside the room. But this is a necessary lie. As this is the only way for he to learn more about the girl. The doctor sees that there's no reason for her to turn the man down and she now took him under her wings. The young man thanked the doctor again: for giving him a chance, to get closer to the girl.

And so, the young man comes back and forth to the girl's residence, Eientei. Despite his intention originally were to only know the girl, he diligently learn the tricks of medicine from the doctor. He also help the peddler to sell the medicine that the doctor created. The doctor's medicine is the work of miracles. The young man sees it before his eyes that the doctor's medicine is the real deal. That is to say, it works every time. The young man has now profound respect for the doctor and the peddler for the help they have given to the Human Village.

Now, as for the girl, she is wonderful. The time that the young man spends with the girl was priceless. Her dainty figure, her graceful air, her perfect looks that rivals any girls from the Human Village. There is no one that can compare to her. The way that she smiles as bright as the sun, the way she articulates her words logically, the way she laughs, her smell. Her everything. The young man wonders, what it would feel like if he managed to hold her in his arms. How her warmth would feel like. The relationship that they have now is now turns to friend. He can't see her as only a friend anymore. The young man has turn greedy. He wants more. He gather his courage, and laid it bare to the girl,