The White Queen || f.s. (DISCONTINUED)

nine | 感情

感情 | emotion

Dinner with the Captain consisted of formal talk and manners. It was a bit uncomfortable at first, but after a few drinks it was more than a fun conversation.

"Have you met the Red King?" He asked her.

"Anna? I went to HOMRA with Saruhiko before I came back here." She answered.

"You and Fushimi-kun are already dropping the honorifics with each other." He noted.

"It felt more friendly of me to call him by his name." She told, "Even though he's not as friendly."

"He's had a hard life, and not many come out unscathed when have gone through such things." He mentioned, "I have high hopes for him, and he seems to be improving quite a lot with his humane traits, such as being able to care for others more openly, and befriending people a little more calmly."

The aura between them became quiet once more, and Yuki thought of the Slate once more, and how it was dangerous of it to be unprotected after the Gold King had been keeping it safe for years.

"Reisi." She called, and he looked up to meet her eyes, "We could destroy it, you know. We wouldn't have to go through all this suddenness if we do."

"Why the sudden thought?" He questioned, "It could be dangerous if it were to be destroyed, and even more so, your Sword is the only one not connected with the Dresden Slate." 

"It's just a thought." She told him, "It's the last resort."

"I believe, in a way, that is up to the Silver King. He is the First King." Reisi remarked, "Until he returns, we have no choice but to protect the Slate."

"He'll come back. Soon." She told him.

The two continued having dinner and once it was over, he walked her out and to her quarters, leaving her in the enormous bedroom with big windows and luxurious bedsheets.

"This sure isn't like the hut." She said to herself, but instantly falling asleep once she fell onto the bed.

-

When the next day came, Yuki woke up to the sudden realisation of something.

The Silver King has returned.

Looking out her window, there was a Silver Sword in the sky, sparkling brightly and everyone seemed to notice that as well.

She ran out of the door, still in her nightgown, rushing to the Blue King's office, only to find him staring out the window with Saruhiko.

"Reisi!" She called out, and he turned to look at her, rather surprised that she was still in her night clothes.

"I know." He told her, "I have to arrange a meeting with Adolf K. Weismann this afternoon. We have a few things to discuss."

Saruhiko noted, and  he looked over to Yuki. She gave him a small smile before returning to her room to freshen up and get changed.

She put on a white dress and a pair of flats. Once she headed downstairs, she saw the usual members of Scepter4 hard at work.

"Good morning." She greeted one of them.

"Good morning, Your Excellency." He formally said with a bow, "I'm Benzai. Please let me know i I am able to be of existence to you."

"We don't have to be so formal with each other, Benzai-san. You can just call me Yuki." She told him with a flustered smile at his mannered actions.

The two began to talk for a while, before Saruhiko walked down, not in his formal attire, which shocked his colleagues.

"Fushimi-san! You're not in your uniform!" They stated.

"Am I not allowed to have other clothing?" He cynically questioned, "Lets go."

Yuki nodded as she followed him, a little excited at where they might end up.

She followed him out of the home base, and as they were going about Shizume, they came across the Red Clan's clansmen once more, along with their King.

"Anna-chan! Good morning!" Yuki greeted.

"Good morning, Yuki-chan!" Anna said back.

"Misaki, good morning to you too!" Yuki said, and Yata, who was known to be anxious around girls, began to flush. It humoured Saruhiko to an extent.

"How do you know my name?" He asked, shyly.

"Well, Saruhiko kept calling you Misaki every time he told you to shut up. So I just thought it'd be your name." She answered.

"I'm Yatagarasu." He corrected her, "Don't listen to anything that dumbass tells you. He's not right in the head."

Yata looked at the two of them and analysed their clothes, how casual they were and how Saruhiko wasn't in his Scepter4 uniform.

"Eh? Saru, where are you two off two so casually. I never thought you'd be the type to date, considering how depressing you are." Yata said.

"I'm not on a date, you moron. I just have to take her somewhere." Saruhiko stated, rather annoyed.

"Where are you two going, Yuki?" Anna asked.

"I don't know. I'll have to wait and see for myself. How's Mikoto and Totsuka?" Yuki asked, and Anna showed her the fuschia sphere, before it revealed the two men in it, smiling.

"They seem happy." Anna said, "I'm glad."

The two walked off, leaving the Reds to their activities. When they finally stopped walking, they reached a park that seemed abandoned, but was in good condition. It wasn't in the good side of town, so she reckoned that's why it was so quiet.

"Why here?" She asked.

"Just because." Saruhiko answered, "I grew up here."

He pointed to a window that had worn out curtains in a building that looked as if it had been there for ages. "Right in that room."

All of a sudden, Yuki began having a vision, and she saw the place she was in, but it was completely different.

"What if I told you I love you?" A male's voice came on.

"I'd say it took you long enough." A woman's voice responded.

The vision was once again unclear, and yet it was dear to her.

As she came back to reality, Saruhiko had a shocked look on his face at her sudden change of state.

"Are you, alright?" He asked her.

"I'm fine." She assured him, "My abilities aren't the most stable. They can be triggered by anything."

"I see."

"I don't remember much about my childhood, nor how I received my powers. I just remembered them always being there, and Yuto being there for me as well. I just wanted to see how it felt like to be able to go back to somewhere you can remember." She told him, "I'm sorry if I brought up any bad memories for you these past few days."

Saruhiko didn't know what to say to her, only the fact that she didn't have to be sorry, and that it wasn't her fault.

"You can't change my past no matter how hard you tried. So stop worrying about it so much, idiot." He said to her, and suddenly placing a hand on top of her head, brushing her hair gently.

It was the first time Saruhiko had ever done such a thing, and he never noticed how soft her hair was, and it was the first time Yuki had felt such intimate kindness, and in the middle of everything, snow began to fall to the ground. Light snow, the kind that enchants you.

As she was enchanted by him.