Folks. Again, I'm sorry if I fooled you. I always wanted to do that.
lol
•••
"Look at this. I never thought I'd met you like this," Niji said, walking towards the blond. The blond man, the person who Luffy adressed as Sanji, took a step back.
Al narrowed his eyes, trying to understand what's going on between them, eyes turning from Niji to Sanji. This isn't good, he thought, taking a step in between them. "I don't know nor care what happened between you two but if you're going to fight. Don't do it on my ship."
Niji clicked his tongue, hands in his pockets. "Seriously, Althalos? You're friends with these people?"
"Actually, alli-"
"Yeah, we're friends!" Luffy shouted.
"Just shut your mout, Lu-"
"What're you going to do about it?"
Al sighed.
"...nothing, for now at least. The name's Niji."
"Niji...?" The Orange girl haired asked, furrowing her brows. "As in Niji the Vinsmoke Niji?"
"Well, yes." He slightly nodded.
"From Germa 66?" she asked again, not believing what she was hearing.
"Yep," Niji said, popping the p. "That's me."
"I thought Germa 66 was just a myth?"
"Darling, it's real."
Sanji grabbed her by her wrist, pulling her behind him protectively. "Do not call her 'Darling'." He glared at Niji.
"Yeah. Don't call her 'Darling'," you finally joined in.
"You called another girl 'Darling' in front of my sister and me?" Al asked.
"Uh, wait. I didn't mean it." He glanced to both you and your brother.
"Stop talking shits, you fucking donkey-"
"Althalos, language, please," You sighed.
Al joined to sigh. "Right."
"Luffy, In my opinion, we should get going," a voice spoke up. A man- wait, a moving skeleton? He? It? It walked to Luffy, this skeleton, wearing a suit with curly hair, was living and walking. Wow.
"What's that...?" you whispered to Al, taking a step back to stand next to him, pointing at the you-can't-see-everyday-phenomenon.
"Oh. That skeleton? His name's Brook. Part of the Straw Hat Pirates," he shortly answered, sharing a look, a small smile appeared on his lips. "Unusual for you, huh?"
"Kind of, I mean, I don't see that walking around my kingdom." You grinned.
Brook took notice of you as he bowed. "Morning, my lady, I want to ask if I can see your panti-"
Three punches was blown towards Brook, one from Nami, one from Althalos and another from Niji. "Say that again, you're dead, wet sock," Al stated, dark energy started to appeared on his right arm, a black sword appeared, red energy swirled around it.
"How dare you..." Niji growled. Lightning started to appear on his hand.
"Don't ever try to harass women like that again," Nami said, cracking her knuckles, getting ready to give Brook another punch.
"I'm sorry," Brook said as he bowed again. You don't know whether to laugh or get mad because of his action, but you put on a serious face.
"C'mon, Luffy!" another man yelled. He has a green hair, almost looked like Yonji.
"Y-Yonji?" you asked yourself.
"Huh?" the man asked. "The hell's a Yonji?"
"Aah, no, nothing. You just look like someone I know."
He narrowed his eyes and slightly shook his head.
"Well, Al, I guess this is goodbye. See you when we see you," The orange girl said. Al nodded. She dragged Brook and Luffy with him, while Sanji followed close behind.
•••
You stood next to your parents' coffin. It felt kinda weird. You don't know what should you do. Maybe you should cry? But you just couldn't, knowing that they're not your real parents and there's a chance that they killed your parents, your real parents.
Niji wasn't there, maybe he was with his siblings. But, Ray was there, he knew that they weren't your real parents so he just patted your back and talk to B/N. Leon and Al were there, too. You noticed Al's hands were shaking, maybe because their faces are exactly the same as your real parents, before Leon came and somehow could calm him down.
•••
You and B/N stood next to your parents' grave. Well, not actually related to blood. There were only people that are allowed to be there were there. Like B/N, you, Ray, Leon, Al, Perce, Niji. Judge, Ichiji, Reiju and Yonji came. And few others general can be seen were there, you didn't know them, you didn't care either.
You glanced at B/N, curious about whether he is sad or not. He wasn't crying, of course, he need to look tough in front of many people there, he was frowning. You didn't wanna cry too. After a few moments, people starting to went off from there after saying 'Sorry for your loss' to you and B/N.
Reiju approached you and patted your back, stroking your back. "How are you feeling?" she asked, you could see she was concerned about you. The look on her eyes, they were sincere. Haven't seen them for a long time.
"I'm not sure..." You shook your head. "Is it weird if I'm not crying?"
"No, it's not, at least for me. They didn't cry when my mother died." She glanced at his brothers. You nodded. "I'll be going, now. Sorry for your loss, Y/N. If you need anything just tell me." She gave you that warm smile of hers.
You weakly smiled back at her. "Thank you."
She nodded and walked away with her green-haired brother, except, she left Ichiji with Niji. The two talked to each other, Niji glanced at you before walking away with Ichiji. Almost everyone had already leave. Leaving you there with B/N and Al. Al shook his head, it seems like he was just thinking about something.
He walked to B/N. "...sorry for you loss," he said. He offered his hand. B/N nodded and shook his hand. Both locked eyes. Al didn't let go of his grip and squeezed B/N hand instead. "I'm really, really sorry for you loss. They died lying to the whole world. You better tell the world the truth before you die." Al smiled, he let go, nodded at you and walked away.
Leaving B/N dumbfounded. "What the hell did he say?" he asked himself, glancing at you, confused.
You slightly smiled. "I'm not sure. He's always that cynical to everyone." You shrugged. You turned to him. "Hey. I'll be going now."
"Sure." B/N nodded, shrugging.
You walked back to your carriage, heading back to the Castle. You walked to your room and lay on your bed. Today was an exhausting day. You close your eyes, slowly falling asleep.
•••
You groaned as you looked at your breakfast in front of you. You were eating alone, Niji and B/N wasn't here, while Al already went back to Judgement Castle. You rest your head on your hand, playing with the food. You weren't even hungry.
Everything was so boring and quiet, Zeith's people freaked out 'cause the king and queen are dead, they still don't know that they were killed, they thought the King was sick and the Queen got into an accident.
You stood from your seat. Walking to the kingdom's garden, sitting on a bench. Leaning back to the seat and stared at the morning sky. Birds were still chirping. You took a deep breath and closed your eyes, thinking about all the things that just happened in your life.
When suddenly you felt something warm was pressed to your lips, you opened your eyes and saw Niji, that just kissed you, he was standing behind the bench so he can easily kiss you.
Blushing, you straighten your back. "W-What are you doing?" you stuttered. You cover your mouth with a hand.
He hummed and also covered his mouth with his hand. "Let's never kiss in that position ever again. That doesn't feel right." He grinned. "What're you doing here?" he asked as he jumped over the bench to sit next to you. "Aren't you bored?"
"Bored?" You let out a flat laugh. "Yeah, I'm bored."
He looked at the sky, before looked back at you. "What if we go on a date?" he asked.
"Date?"
"Yeah. We never actually spend our times together, right?"
"To be honest. I'd love to but it's too fast. The fake King and Queen just died."
"Right. I completely forgot about that." He stared at you, placing his hands behind the bench.
"Oh, wow. You forgot about that?"
"I was busy." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Oh, well. I would love to spend every minute of every day with you, but today I actually have to get stuffs done, so..."
"Yeah. Sure. I'm fine just chilling here if you want to meet me again." You smiled at him.
•••
You stared at yourself on the mirror, you were wearing a simple magenta dress, with a large, full skirt. It also had a full corset, of plain design. The sleeves of the dress went to the elbows, then split off into lace. Ribbons adorned on the sleeves.
It's been weeks after the King and Queen died. Almost a month. Everyone moved on, except for the polices, especially the superintendent.
Tonight, is B/N's coronation as the new King. Too fast? Everyone thought so, but somehow B/N could immediately became the new king. There was a ball in your Castle, before the coronation.
You walked out from your room, walking to the ballroom. Almost everyone were there, except you, you stood in front of the ballroom door. The guards opened the door for you. As you walked inside the ballroom, people inside gasped.
Maybe because you were wearing such a simple dress, since you were a princess, maybe they expect you to wore something glamorous. But you feel like it would bother you. This is just an ordinary ball, well, he's not the rightful heir so you just can't feel happy for him.
Althalos and Leonid said they'd do something because they can't accept the fact that it was supposed to be Al's coronation, not B/N's. You feel kind of nervous for that.
You can see women in large colorful dresses in the ball. Laughter and conversations floating around the room. You looked around the ballroom. It was an expensive ballroom laid out in front of you. A glistening dance floor gleamed under the feet of couples, who danced the night away.
In a well lit corner, a small bar was set up and a buffet. The entirety of the ball was lit by a massive chandelier that hung on the ceiling, as well as smaller candelabras clinging to the walls.
You saw Niji talking to Ray at the small bar and decided to approached him. As he noticed you were coming his way, he turned all his attention to you. He wore a new-looking blue coat, the brass buttons gleamed in the light of the chandelier that lit the room. You had to admit that he looked dashing in his uniform.
"Y/N." Niji said as he smiled, he have a glass of wine of his hand. "Ray, if you don't mind." He turned to Ray.
Ray grinned, taking the glass of wine from Niji. "Surely."
Niji looked back at you. "You look beautiful tonight," he replied, smiling back at you, taking your hand and planted a kiss on top of it. Both of you locked eyes for a moment, you could feel some sort of tension between you two, as if some magnetic force were pulling you two him.
"Oof! Can you feel the sexual tension between them?" a voice asked.
For a split second you glanced at them before looking back at Niji. One word for them. Attractive. Of course, as always in every informal nor formal occasion where they don't need to wear their suits, they'd match. Yes, just like some 6 years old kids.
Al was wearing a red unbuttoned shirt with black suit, a black tie was hanging around his neck, though, untied. A plus point, he tied his hair into a ponytail. Leon was pretty much the same as Al, the only thing different was he didn't use a tie and his hair is messier than usual.
"Wait, is she blushing?" Leon tilted his head teasingly. Ray chuckled, while Al, looking uncomfortable with everything, glared at Leon, probably for teasing you. Leon laughed. "You're so cute, Y/N. Too bad you're taken." He winked at you.
"That's enough." Al pulled him by the back of his collar. Making Leon staggered back, Leon grinned, letting himself being pulled away.
"Ignore them," Niji said, pulling you with him, away from them.
"Just go get a room, you two!" Leon shouted.
"Don't shout!" you shout-whisper back, glancing at Leon while Niji keep pulling your hand, smiling.
"Oh, wait." Niji stopped.
"What?"
"Leon's right. What if we get a room?" A smirked appeared on his face. He was definitely playing with you. You smacked his arm playfully. Making him chuckled. "I'm serious." He stared at your eyes.
"Oh, shut up." The two of you keep talking when the music started to play. You looked around and realized that people were standing few steps away from the two of you, making place for you and Niji to dance.
Niji sighed. "Oh, well, I guess we have to dance." He put his wine of glass in a nearby table. "Where's B/N, though? He should be dancing here, not us."
"I don't think he has a partner, Niji."
"Oh, in other word, single. Then, Y/N, shall we dance?" Niji asked, offering you his hand.
A blush creep on your face, you nodded. "It'd be my honor," you replied, taking his hand. "But, Niji. I don't know how to dance," you sheepishly whispered.
"No need to be embarrassed. I don't know how either," he said as he kissed the top of your hand.
"Then we're going to embarrass ourselves."
"We embarrass ourselves together."
You let out a small giggle. "Whatever you say." He put his hand on you waist, while you put your hand on his shoulder, the other hand holding each other's. You and Niji end up awkwardly dancing with many people watching. You can heard many people snickering. In one time you even heard Al and Leon laughing their asses off.
When Niji said he couldn't dance, he was serious. He stepped on your foot about four to five times, while you, you're pretty sure you stepped on his foot double times of what he did. People started to join the dance, dancing around you and Niji, because there were many people there. You started to feel calm. The music started to get slower and slower.
You and Niji decided to stop dancing and get some drink, you, of course, agreed and he led you to the small bar. Holding your hand all the way. "What do you want to drink?" he asked, still holding your hand.
"Uh, Niji. My hand?"
"Oh, your hand looks heavy so I hold it for you."
You slightly laughed. "That sound weird, but, okay."
"What about wine?" he asked, pointing with his other hand.
"Sure." You smiled at him.
"You look happy tonight." He stared at your face, tilting his head, he asked, "Did something happened?"
"Can I just smile if I feel like it?" you asked.
He chuckled. "Alright."
"Break it up!" Al shouted, suddenly appearing behind you as he run his hand in between your and Niji's hand. Making him have to let go of your hand.
"Hey!" Niji protested.
"Shut up." Al glared at him.
"Ignore him. Stop ruining these lovebirds' night, Al," Leon spoke up, placing a hand over Al's shoulder as his emerald eyes land on Al's blazing red orbs.
He glared at the blond man. "I said shut up."
"Whoa, dude, chill. Why are you like this? Let me guess. You want chilly dog, don't you?" He playfully grinned.
Al stayed silent, making Leon laughed. "Man, you act like this just because you don't have your chilly dog. Lemme get some for you." Leon nodded at you and Niji before walking away.
"Seriously, Al?" You sighed. "You act like this just because of chilly dog?"
"Well, yes. Chilly dog is an important thing. We need food to live." He defended himself.
You sighed. "Relatable. I can guess you like chilly dog?"
"For God's sake, Y/N. I love chilly dog."
"Sure."
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" a voice called out. "It's the moment you've been waiting for!"
Al looked around. "Where's Len?" he asked himself.
"Wait, Len?" you asked him back. "Who's Len?"
"Leon, I mean. You know, nickname and all that shit." He waved his hand as he disappeared to the crowd.
"Prince B/N's coronation!"
The crowd cheered.