Prince and the Peasant (Oumasai Royalty AU)

Chapter 5

(A/N Sorry I haven't updated this in a while! I kept forgeting to finish writing it. Also I really like the designs of this persons royal ver. of Kaito, Shuichi, and Maki.)

Shuichi's P.O.V

Why am I so nervous?

I sat in my room, fiddling with my fingers. My elbows rested on the desk, as I stared intensely at my notebook subconsciously. I was spaced out, worrying about something so little, that it's stupid to even be stressing out about it. I'm just simply spending time with a boy I met in town. I mean, it was my choice, I shouldn't be worried, right? I should probably talk to someone about this.

Knock, knock

"May I enter?" I heard the voice outside my room say. "Yes, you can come in Keade." I replied to the voice. She opened the door, walking in with a pile of recently washed clothes in her hands. She seemed to struggle holding onto them and closing the door behind her. As she was about to drop the clothes onto the dusty floor, I swiftly ran over to her and caught the clothes in my hands.

"Thanks a lot Shuichi! It would've been rather pointless if I dropped the clothes on the dirty floor right after they'd been washed. Heh~" She thanked me. "No problem! It's just in my nature to help people, I guess-" It probably wasn't the best thing I was so willing to help anyone. Of course I'd help Keade, because she's my friend! But even if I don't know the person, I help them anyways. One day, I might end up helping the enemy of the story...

Keade then spoke up, snapping me out of my trance. "Hey, you say that like it's a bad thing. It's most certainly not! The world needs more people like you. Willing to help those in need, and in general be kind to people. No matter where they came from, or who they are now." She paused to take a breath. I cracked a smile, she's always gives me these kind of pep talks when I'm scolding or think bad about myself.

"Seriously though, you shouldn't be thinking down on yourself for being kind to others! It's the right thing, which is something people need to do more often." I wish I had her enthusiasm. She seems to see the good in any ones flaws.
Even mine...

"Thanks a lot, Keade. I needed that a lot, heh-" I gave her a genuine smile, as she grabbed the clothes out of my hands. She sat the neatly folded clothes on my bed. "Don't mention! Is there anything else you need?" She asked, about to leave the room.

"Actually..." Should I tell her? It's nothing big, I shouldn't bother her with my problems. Well, too late now-"There's something I've been stressed out about. It's nothing big, but I just need to talk about it to someone and get it off my chest..."

I had already told her about the village boy, or Kokichi, a few days ago. So I didn't need to explain that to her. What she didn't know is that he worked here. I explained that the whole thing to her. She had mentioned hearing about a new person coming to work here, that presumably being Kokichi. She hadn't been able to meet him yet though. I told her all about what happened yesterday, she slightly giggled at the story.

"He promised to not tell My Uncle about me sneaking out, thankfully." I finished my story with. She had a slight face of relief, clearly nervous that he'd snitch on me. She proceeded to take a seat next to me on the bed."-But, I wanted to make up for accidentally pushing him over. Soooo, I asked if he wanted to hang out today, to apologize for what happened. For some reason I'm really nervous and stressed about it."

She giggled a tiny bit. The kind of giggle when you're laughing at how nieve someone is. I felt kind of embarrassed for being stressed out about something so small. She put her hand on my lap in an attempt to comfort me.

"It's fine to be nervous about this! You're probably just worried about making a bad impression. But how can anyone get a bad feeling from you? You're too kind and innocent to ever give off a bad vibe!"