Stuck with you

Chapter 3

Hisui watched as the world slowly passed by outside of her bedroom window. It was now mid-afternoon and Natsu Dragneel – her husband and future king of Fiore as of one month ago – had just left the palace along with his friends from Fairy Tail.

As part of his ascendance to the throne, Natsu was required to learn about the history and laws of the country within the palace walls.

It was a very lengthy process. So lengthy in fact that Natsu would have to come to the palace for a week every two months for a grand total of three years in order to be sufficiently prepared to become King.

Hisui thought back to the first week of classes, and could not help but smile softly. It was certainly an interesting experience.

As Natsu's closest friends, his team was given the honorary title of his knights upon his ascension to the throne. It was sort of a peace offering to let Natsu feel more comfortable about his future position. It didn't work on him, but his comrades seemed to take the title seriously.

Lucy, Erza, Wendy, and Carla all listened to Arcadios' lecture during "class" with the utmost attention.

Gray appeared to be paying attention when Arcadios looked to him, but Hisui - who despite knowing most of the procedures had to attend classes in order to learn certain rituals only a Queen and King could do together - knew the ice wizard had no interest in the history and politics of the country. She had also caught him stripping to his underwear more than once. It amazed the princess how swift he was at undressing. It was almost hypnotizing in a way.

When Hisui looked to Happy, she noted that the Exceed found his feet much more entertaining than the laws of diplomacy between Kings and foreign leaders.

Her husband – the word still left an off taste in her mouth – slept almost the entire time, filling Arcadios with more than a little anger. Eventually the Captain of the Holy Blossom Knights gave up on him and asked Lucy to take notes on his behalf. She agreed with a reluctant sigh.

Hisui didn't show it then, but she was actually amused by Natsu's disrespectful behavior.

She also found Arcadios' lectures more than a little overbearing when she was younger. So it was nice to know that she and Natsu at least had that in common. But even with that small similarity, Hisui could not find the perfect opportunity to talk to Natsu the entire week he was in the palace.

Whenever she approached him she felt this uncomfortable air radiate from him that she just couldn't help but be intimidated by. Natsu had put up a wall between them, and Hisui had no idea how to begin breaking it down.

When she brought her concerns to his friends, they each answered with variations of "he'll come around". That didn't really give her the answer she was looking for, but at the same time she understood his plight.

It must be difficult for him to attend these courses at the palace. She thought, her eyes now fixed on the palace gates. If I recall correctly Lucy told me that Natsu gets extremely motion sick while in vehicles. As Hisui contemplated this, her eyes began to widen.

"That's it!" she stood up and raced out of her room.

Briskly making her way through the palace halls, Hisui came upon her father's throne room in the middle of the hall. The guards standing outside were surprised by the Princess' rather aggressive approach.

"Princess Hisui, what's the rush?"

"I wish to see my father, Roland. Please open the door." Hisui's determined smile was almost completely undermined by how out of breath she was.

The guard – Roland – complied and opened the door the chambers, allowing the princess entry. She made a beeline for her father.

"Hisui, what's going on? Why are you so out of breath?" the King questioned with concern.