You're the princess of the West kingdom & you're arranged to be married to a prince of the North-kingdom. Your father hires bodyguards to help you through your long journey.
One man catches your eye from the group of men, Jotaro Kujo. He's cold & d...
As you laid in your bed, your eyes hazed over as you left yourself in a depressed daze. You didn't want this life nor marriage, but your thoughts kept pestering you as it began to bring up your father & your people being killed repeatedly as villains & ungodly creatures entered inside, murdering everyone in sight.
You clenched the sheets in your hands, not wanting any of these images to mess with your mind. But, this was all you could think about if you decided to blurt the truth out to Jotaro & run away with them. If you run away from Dio, your whole village would face his wrath.
You heard a knock on your door as you looked over at it immediately, fearing it might be the devil himself, Dio. You gulped as you pulled the blanket over you, "c...Come in."
The door opened a maid walked inside. You soon recognized her. She was the one who showed you where poor Iggy was. She looked at you as she held a dress in her arms, "Wake up, Princess (Y/N). Dio wants to see you & he requested for you to wear this." She walked over to you as she neatly laid out the beautiful dress.
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You stood up as she looked at you, smiling a bit, "It's his way of apologizing. Accept it."
You gently touched the dress, shocked as you thought of this of his way of saying sorry for hurting you. This man, why is he like this? You couldn't even tell who he really was. Was he cruel or was he just a gentle guy who can't express his emotions?
You then realized the dress was red.
Red?
Why red?
You couldn't help but question it. You soon realized why red.
The red represented blood.
Blood.
Your blood.
You paled a bit as you gulped, growing worried as the maid looked at you, touching your shoulder gently, "Princess, are you not feeling well?" You looked at her as you couldn't help but feel like you wanted to cry. No, you didn't feel well at all, you're marrying a blood-thirst monster. You smiled weakly as you nod your head, "Mhm, I'm okay."
She looked at you as she held the dress up, "I'm sorry, I forgotten to introduce myself. My name is Akane. I've been a maid for our Lord Dio for a long time now, so I know about his wretched temper. But, he really doesn't mean any of it, he just doesn't know how to truly act with a female."
You looked at her as you frowned.
Excuses.
You looked at the dress as you looked at her. She looked at you, exhaustion written on her pale face, "Please, wear the dress & go meet him outside. He wants to show you something." You looked at the window & realized it was still dark outside. You raised a brow as you looked back at her, "What time is it?" She looked at you as she sighs, "It's 3am right now, Princess."
3am? Why so late? Even though you could barely sleep, you didn't want to walk outside at 3am. Isn't that dangerous?!
You take in a breath as you let it out, rubbing your fingers between your temple, "Fine. I'll wear this & go."
"Good. Come, we have to freshen you up as well. You look like a mess." She turned her back towards you as she went over to your dresser that was covered with brand new cosmetics & perfumes. You narrowed your eyes at her as you began to change into the dress. You walked over to her as she helped you zip up.
Soon, your hair was fixed & your makeup was done naturally, your plump lips colored in red.
You stood up & followed her, your black heels clicking against the marble stone floors.
You soon stepped outside into a beautiful garden that was filled with red roses. You looked around in awe as you soon saw the blonde male standing in it, his back towards you as he stared up at the sky. You couldn't help but feel a bit mesmerized by him.
Akane bowed as she spoke, "Lord Dio, I've brought the princess as requested."
He turned around as he opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out as he stared at you in awe. He was silent as he spoke softly, "Thank you, Akane. You may go."
She nods her head as she looked at you & have you a small smile, leaving.
You watched her go as you turned back to look at Dio, he was now standing in front of you, causing you to jump out of being scared, making you lose balance. He caught you before you could fall, his muscular arms wrapped around your thick waist. You blushed as you looked up at him, his red eyes that resembled blood staring into your (E/c) eyes that meant purity to him.
He lifted you up slowly, but his grip on your never prevailed, holding you close to him as he mutters out, "You look beautiful."
You couldn't help but feel your face heat up, looking away shyly, "Thank you."
He smiled, but this time, his smile was more kind & gentle, not malicious & evil.
Maybe...maybe he can change?
You couldn't help but want for him to change his ways, if you have to drop everything & marry him, then he has to change his attitude...maybe, you can grow to love him. But, all you could think about was Jotaro. You couldn't do that to him. You just couldn't.
You couldn't help but hold back tears of frustration. You blinked them away, not wanting for him to see you cry.
He slowly let you go, leaning down as he pulled a rose off from the garden, holding it out to you. You looked at it as you looked up at him. He smiled softly, "For you. This whole garden is for you." Your eyes widen as you looked at all of the roses, "...why?" you looked up at him once more, tears breaking free as they rolled down your chubby cheeks that were as red as the roses, "why? Why are you doing this?" He looked at you as he looked at the single rose in his hand, "because...I wanted to show you that I'm sorry..for hurting you..& scaring you."
You looked at him as you furrowed your brows, "S-so, every time you hurt me, you think gifts will solve the problem!?"
He looked at you as he clenched his jaw, trying his best to hold back his growing anger, "Look," he brushed his fingers roughly through his blonde locks, "can't you at least thank me or be happy? I've given you some thing I've never even thought of ever giving to anyone! I thought about you all night, I know I can be harsh, but I want to love you...I want to know what love is!!" He was breathing heavily as he looked away, embarrassed. You, however, was left in shock, you stared at him as you were incredulous.
"You...you don't know what love is either?"
He looked at you as his eyes widen, watching you as the tears rolled down your cheeks. He reached out for you, pulling you into his strong, but gentle, embrace. He hated it. He hated seeing you cry. At first, he loved it, because he couldn't help but watch how adorable you looked. But, at this very moment, he didn't even want to see those tears coming from you. He saw pain. So much pain in your eyes.
You cried into his chest, your soft gasps for air as you breath shook.
Maybe he's like you if he doesn't know what love is. Just maybe...you two could get along in this forced marriage...maybe, he can help you when it comes to giving up on Jotaro.
Jotaro.
I'm so sorry. But I have to give my love up to another man.
I have to love another man, but my heart belongs to Jotaro Kujo.
