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I groaned lightly at the pain that is still in my head and mentally cursed Cor for doing damage. Damn him! Damn him! Damn that Immortal!! I'm getting frustrated that I couldn't beat Cor when I can and slammed my head on the table. I'm with Noctis today in the Kinglavies lunch room it seems. I just came inside without knowing and needed to think. Thank Etro for self-healing nanotech. My body is recovering however, it leaves me sore for a while. Noctis has been with me;tending to my bruises after my fight with Cor for the 3rd day of the week.
"Alice...you ok?" Noctis asked as he placed the second ice pack on my head, his fingers ran through my hair and I replied,
"Fuck no I'm not ok, vegetable hater."
"...I take it you are still mad at Cor?"
"...." I snapped as I stood up with the ice packs felling from my head and shouted,
"Damn that Immortal basterd!!! Next time I see him...I'll..dammit..." I lost my energy so sudden as I fell back on the chair and my body limped on the table. Noctis picked up the ice packs from the floor to only place them on my head again and said,
"Take it easy, Alice. You were facing Cor, he's a tough person."
"I don't give a rat's ass that he is tough, vegetable hater. He should die."
"....If you are going to face Cor again, please rest first." Noctis said as I continued to mumble curses, his friends found us and joined at the table we sat in.
"Miss Alice, what were you thinking going against the Marshal?" Ignis ask as if he is scowling at me like a child
"Sorry four eyes, I needed to see if I could beat him." I replied as Ignis sighed at my respond, Prompto and Gladiolus chuckled at my answer as if it was excepted of me.
"Well, I have to say, missy. You held your ground well against the Marshal. Heck, I have trouble with him being my sparring partner." Gladiolus said
"Hmmm.....dammit...my body feels weird..."
"That's because you fought Cor, missy."
"Silence, tattoo man...groan...." I said as Gladiolus snickered at my response, Noctis began to massage my shoulders and I felt a small relief in my shoulder blades. Prompto is grinning like a fool along with Gladiolus and Ignis stared at us as if not believing what his eyes are seeing.
"What you fools?" I asked
"Alice, how long has Noct been with you?" Prompto asked still grinning
"Since this morning, the vegetable hater says I need rest and I ignored him. However, he has been tending to me throughout the day."
"Damnit...Alice..I hate that nickname..." Noctis mumbled but I ignored him and he continued to massage my shoulders.
"You don't say, missy?" Gladiolus raised a brow, he smirked at Noctis and I feel a shyness energy over Noctis. His aura is making me...feel something? That's impossible! But...is it? It feels strange as his energy mingled with mine, our auras are somehow connecting and I felt hot under our auras connection.
"Noctis tending to your health, Miss Alice? I find this...interesting." Ignis said as his eyes were glaring at him as if he did something wrong
"Yeah, real interesting. What else has he done for you, missy?"
"He keeps changing my bandages when I ask him not to, massages me when I feel tense and gives me bottle of water when I need it." I replied as the three men listened carefully, their grins widened of what I told them and Prompto gaves Noctis a playful nudge. Noctis whacks him on the shoulder to leave him be but fails as Prompto continues his actions and Noctis replies,
"What, Prompto?"
"Nothing, buddy. I'm just surprised you are taking of Alice." Prompto smirking
"What's it to you?"
"I would take care of her in a heart beat but it seems you beat me to the punch, buddy. You're getting bold in your actions lately." Prompto said
"I agree, Prompto. Noctis the young king taking care of Alice." Gladiolus smirked widened when Noctis's aura grew in power causing my hands to twitch in annoyance. If his aura keeps growing in power, my body will go crazy!
"Vegetable hater, I'm thirsty. Can you get me water?" I quickly asked as he stopped massages my shoulder, he quickly leaves the table and his crushing aura eased my power. I sighed in relief quietly as the boys were grinning like gossip girls expect for Ignis who is still staring at Noctis as if he did something wrong.
"What's wrong, four-eyes?"
"Hm? Nothing, miss Alice." Ignis replied as he avoided to answer my question, Noctis came back with a cup of water and gave to me. I gulped down all the water and sighed. Damn that Immortal....
I was about to get up from my seat but my pain got the better of me. My body was about to fall until Noct caught me from falling and asked,
"Why are you getting up? You're still sore from the fight, Alice."
"Shut up, vegetable hater. I...can..stand." I said as my body still felt heavy, Noctis took my arm around his neck and leaned my body closer to his. I felt the heat rising from my hands as if I needed him. No...don't think that. His friends gave him funny grins to which I don't understand and lead me away from them. We went to my guest room as we entered, Noctis placed on the bed carefully and sat next to me. The guest room is a cozy place unlike my living quarters back home. In here there is colors that are unique that I didn't know existed. The bed is a queen sized bed with green and brown colors. He sighed heavily and I raised a brow in confusion.
"What's wrong, vegetable hater?"
"Hm, oh nothing."
"I call bullshit, your face is a mess, goth." I said as he chuckled a bit, he scratched his head and fell backwards to the bed.
"Sorry Alice, I have a lot on my mind."
Noctis said as I joined him
"Such as?"
"...myself."
"....again, bullshit."
"What?"
"You heard me, vegetable hater. Bullshit. Your worried about wise beard man." I said as he became quiet, my instincts were correct and continued to talk,
"I see it in your eyes. What is he to you?"
Noctis looked at me funny as if I didn't see it.
"Are you being serious with me, Alice?" Noctis finally spoke in shock and I tilted my head.
"Hell yes, I'm serious. What is he to you?"
"....my father."
"Father?...oh, four eyes told me about family relationships. I wondered why you and wise beard man look alike." I said as Noctis just looked at me as if I crazy, he sighed and answered,
"The King is my father. He's...a strong person."
"...So, what's wrong?" I asked as I got up from the bed
"Sigh....we had an...argument..." Noctis replied as he followed my action
"About?"
"...Arranged marriage." He said as my strange feelings began to stir into...something hateful and anger. I brushed off mental in my mind as my hands flicked his forehead and he gave me a 'wtf' look.
"You two were arguing about something stupid, vegetable hater."
"Wha-" I cut off
"Listen you, goth boy. You should be talking to your father about food."
Noctis just started at me with a blank face.
"Forget about this arranged marriage shit. It's confusing as hell to me. You should be spending time with wise bread man about food and hanging like, uh, what families do. Yeah! That's it! I command you to spend a day with wise bread man!" I pointed a finger to him as he continued to give me a blank face then he started to laugh hard and fell back bed.
"Hey goth boy, I'm serious."
"hahahaha...Ok, I can't take you seriously after that speech. You want me to spend a day with my father? On top of that, you command me? Haha..." Noctis said as he continue to laugh
"...So be it."
"Huh?" Noctis said as he looked at me
"Let's ask wise bread man to spend to day with us." I immediately got up and started to walk to the door. I still feel pain but nothing with stop me from asking wise bread man. Luckily, my energy is almost back to normal to fight, yes.
"Wait! You really going to ask the king, Alice!?" Noctis said as he started to panic
"Hell yeah, I am, goth boy." I said as I left my guest room and Noctis followed.
I want to thank all my readers for waiting on this update. I finally took a break from work to upload this chapter and there is more to come.