The Devil's Bride

Chapter 7: "It's forced anyway"

~Miracle's POV~

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Its been a few months since Luci came along. I would take care of him. Nothing too special. I was walking down the hall, to bring Luci his clothes for the day. 

I finally make it to the bathroom with Luci's clothes in hand. I knock on the door and wait for him to give me consent to enter. "Come in!" His voice was soft and high pitched as ever. I turn the doorknob and walk in. Luci had a towel wrapped around his shoulders, covering his body completely. He was sitting on the toilet with his head down. 

I set the clothes down on the sink's counter and take my leave. I stop at the bathroom door. I turn my head towards Luci. "You okay?" I ask. Luci looks at me and nods. I smile and continue leaving the bathroom so he can change. 

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Me, Luci, Queen Asagi, Hiro, and Zero were at the dining table eating lunch. Luci was sitting beside me on the right while Hiro sat on the left. Queen Asagi was sitting at the end of the table and Zero sat in front of Hiro.

I finished eating and grabbed my dishes. I walked to the kitchen and rinsed off my dish. I began to leave the castle. Queen Asagi, stopped me. 

"Where you going, Chica?" Queen Asagi asked. Apparently Queen Asagi is mexican. And I'm half mexican.  So she started calling me "Chica", still don't know why. 

"Oh, I'm going out to get Luci some clothes. He's out." I responded. My attention went to Luci. "Hey Luci, stay in my room 'til I come back. You can watch TV!" I shouted. 

"You don't have to go. I can tell one of the servants to go for you. Besides, it's not safe out there. Especially since you're a princess." Queen Asagi said. I looked at her soft eyes. 

"I'll be fine, Mom. Besides, I can take care of myself!" I said reassuringly. She gave me an empathetic look. Hiro, stood up and began walking towards me and Queen Asagi. 

"I'll take her." Hiro said. I narrowed my eyes, and shook my head. "I said I'm fine." I said, this time more sternly. Hiro sent me a glare and grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the castle. 

"Bye, Mother." Hiro said as we left, me still being dragged.

We finally made it to the entrance of the castle. Hiro let go of my hand and turned around to look at me. He took off his sweater and wrapped it around me. He zipped up the sweater around me. He then, pulled the hoodie of the sweater over my head. The sweater was a bit big on me but I didn't mind much. 

Wow.. it smells like him... I thought. 

It took me a few moments to realized what I had thought. I felt my cheeks start to heat up. I shook my thoughts out of my head. 

Hiro nodded to himself and grabbed my hand. He started walking to the market place. I had no other choice then to follow him.

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"Okay, what size is Luca?" Hiro asked. I glared at him and sighed. "His name is Luci..." I said. Putting emphasis on Luci's name. Hiro rolled his dull eyes. I simply sighed. "He's a 6T." I said. Hiro gave me a confsed look. 

"Isn't he 9 years old?" He asked.

"He's a very small kid, just get the damn clothes." I responded.

Hiro turned on his heels and continued to search for Luci's clothes. While Hiro was searching for Luci's clothes, I decided to get some groceries. 

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I was waiting at the exit of the market. I saw Hiro searching the market frantically, his eye's filled with worry and annoyance.

"Prince Hiro!" I shouted. Hiro's head snapped towards me. His eyes widened at the sound of my voice. He stomped over to me and slapped me upside the head.

"Owww!" I whined. What'd you do that for?!" I shouted. Hiro just stared at me with cold eyes. If looks could kill, I would've died a long time ago.  Hiro simply sighed and walked out the market.

I scrambled my feet to catch up with Hiro. We were walking in a comfortable silence. Hiro decides to break that silence. 

"Oi, Sparky." He says. I give Hiro a confused glance. 

"who's Sparky?" I ask. Hiro looks at me and smirks. "Why, that's you, of course" He says in a mocking tone. I try to punch Hiro, but he catches my fist. Hiro's smirk turns into an annoying grin.

"This is one of the reason's I call you 'Sparky'." He says. I yank my fist back to my side and I let a sigh escape my lips. "One of the reasons? What's the other" I ask. Wondering if I even want to know. 

"Well... the other reason is because you're short. Yup." Hiro says nodding to himself. An irk mark appears on my forehead. Barely keeping myself from slapping Hiro's face off.

"Yeah, you're short. But, you're also a very violent. So, short and harmful. Like a spark of fire." Hiro explains. He gives me another one of his infamous smirks and continues walking. I mumble a string of curse words under my breath, before catching up with Hiro. 

"What did you wanna tell me?" I ask.

"What? Oh, I wanted to tell you that after we're married and we moved into our own place, you're free to date whoever, or do whatever you want" 

I let out a "Huh?" in confusion. Hiro looks at me then chuckles. 

"What do you mean I can date whoever I want? Aren't we getting married? Wouldn't that be cheating?" I ask. Hiro stops in his tracks, with me doing the same. Hiro turns to me and smiles. 

"Well, I have a girlfriend. Her name is Svana. Now, the reason I said you can date whoever you want is because I have no attraction towards you whatsoever. I will admit you are pretty. But, my heart belongs to Svana. Besides, the marriage, it's forced anyway." Hiro explains.

My eyes widened and only get wider as Hiro finished his explanation. I guess he is correct. Our marriage is forced. I didn't like Hiro in that way, and he doesn't like me. So, I guess the marriage wouldn't be one-sided. I nod, letting Hiro know I understood. Hiro continues walking to the castle. 

Well, at least my freedom wasn't taken away... was my only thought as we ventured back home.

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