Desires Of The Heart

Chapter 11

Zackaya's POV

Rione ran towards the park tugging my hand in the process. He seems really excited.

As we neared the park, I could see a cluster of kids huddling around a table in which a middle aged woman was giving them treats.

"Mama!" Rione called out and ran towards his mother almost tripping in the process.

"Rione, where have you been? Haven't I told you to not wander around aimlessly?" She was a black-haired woman with green eyes.

"Servant! Come greet your Master!" He called out to me.

Guess I have to play along. " Yes Master."

I ran towards the duo and bowed. "Paying my respects to the Master." I may have been neglected for years, but that doesn't mean that I don't know basic etiquette.

"See mama? I got a servant!" He boasted to her mother. I felt a pang of jealousy. Just a little bit.

"What did you do now Rione? It's not very nice to make anyone your servant."

"But Mama! I want to be general! And if I want to be a general, I must have loyal servants!" He complained.

"To be a general, you must let someone serve you willingly, not forcefully. Now, take this basket to the bakery. I'm sure the kids will be happy in receiving that."

"But Mama!"

"No buts Rione. Now, off you go."

"Fine." He sulked.

"If you bear such a petty face, even I can't disagree that you aren't fit to be my master." Zackaya said, adding oil to the fire.

"My face is not petty servant!" He then started running.

"I'm very sorry for Rione's actions. I hope you forgive him." His mama said, bowing.

"It's fine. Sometimes, it's nice to play along."

"What is your name?"

"Zackaya, yours?"

"Olive. Nice to meet you Zackaya. What a coincidence, you have the same name as young miss."

That would be still me right?

"What do you think of the young miss?" It's not like I wanted to know what others think of me, I might need their sympathy later on.

What am I even saying?

"Young Miss is very beautiful. I once saw her in the library when I passed by. She looks breathtakingly beautiful and pitiful."

"Pitiful, why?"

"You know of the rumors circulating around her?"

"That her every birthday, someone she knows will get sick or die?"

Why am I even talking about myself?

"Yes. I pity her because of that, children tend to avoid her like plague."

That kind of hurts.

"But, I noticed that young miss changed these past few months."

"Change, how?"

"She would often seclude herself in the bedroom before. But now, I could see young master visiting her and some man."

The man would be Midnight right?

"I once saw her smile. It was very bright and contagious. I do hope that she will continue being like that in the future. She was very pitiful because no one visited her for years. I guess that she became independent."

"That would mean that you only pity her?"

"I guess so."

"So, you only pity me huh?" I muttered in a low voice before dashing off.

"Zackaya!" Olive became frustrated not knowing why she ran away.

"Leave her be Miss Olive." The man who always visits the young miss appeared before her.

"And who might you be?" She asked him.

"I am Midnight. One of Zackaya's Guardians. If I were you, you should have not answered that you only pity her. She is hurt. I guess that that would happen if she asked a random stranger of what they think about her." Midnight looked melancholic.

"She was the young miss?!" Olive shouted in shock.

"Mama, what's going on?" Rione asked, just arrived.

"Little kid, I think you need to chase your servant." Midnight patted Rione's hair.

"What? What did that servant do? Is she the reason why Mama is scared?!" Rione asked angrily.

"I guess you could say so." Midnight only smiled.

"I'm going to teach that lowly servant a lesson!" He said and ran.

"Rione, wait! Don't anger the young miss!" His mother tried to warn him but he did not hear her.

"Don't fret. Zackaya needs friends other than us. If she could not pass this test, then what should she do if we disappear?"

(A/N: I am very sorry for not updating last week. We currently have no wifi, and it is very heartbreaking. I guess that the updates don't have a fixed schedule. Hahaha.)

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