Tangled with You.

Chapter-2

I flinched and took a few steps to my right. 

"Sorry, I am going now." Reyna said and bowed as she went. Why does she always leave in this kind of critical moment?

"Please don't leave me here." I said mouthing, but she mouthed a sorry and left us. I will not spare you the next time I see you.

"Please don't ask this kind of questions to me Prince Ivan." I said with a smile.

"I won't ask, but I am curious. Wood with a mix of cherries is a rare smell, right?" He said. Again! What is he? A maze where he talks about the same thing again and again? Now, I will obviously not tell him that dryads smell like this.

"It's a perfume that I customized myself." I said confidently with a smile.

"Can I get that perfume?" He said with a warm smile. He is crazy!!

"Your highness, you shouldn't ask this to a lady." I said with a smile.

"...Okay. Now please do something to make my princess come to me." He said with a smirk. Please burn yourself on fire so that she comes to you.

"Why don't you tell her that you like her yourself, TODAY?" I asked.

"That won't make my proposal special." He said. I rolled my eyes. He is nothing but a psycho.

"You don't need to make it special cause an... 'I like you' is an 'I like you'." I said, not feeling how it actually should be. Yes, I am... really empty in that place. It made me this way... so I can't feel it. I will never know how it actually feels when you say those magical words. I will never know...

"It's special. You will understand when your turn comes." He said and placed his hand on my shoulder. He is wrong.

"I-"

"Are you guys in a relationship?!" Liam cut me off.

"No! Are you crazy?!" We shouted at the same time.

"Okay, I won't say anything to anyone I promise." Liam said. Oh, my gosh! The gossiper misunderstood our conversation.

"Prince Liam, you are getting us wrong." I said, not wanting him to make a big scene out of it. No way do I want him to think of something gross about us.

"BANG!" I looked to my right and took a step back. What the heck. Ivan was holding Liam with his collar and pushing him in the locker. ON MY LOCKER! I have to clean my locker cause I don't want someone else's smell lingering on it! I looked around. No one is here, thank goodness!

"I don't know what you are thinking about this, but if one word crosses your mouth then, you. Are. Dead." Ivan said. That's why they say he is the bad boy at this school. Brittany's bad boy. Poor him. Brittany will just play with him for a bit and throw him like her used tissue.

"I-I won't." Liam replied in a begging voice. "I won't t-tell anyone." He said, and Ivan spared him. While Liam ran away, Ivan looked at me with an intense gaze.

"What?" I asked, looking into his eyes. Ivan pursed his lips and nodded his head.

"Your highnesses please come to the field for practicing the bow." They announced. For the first time in their life, they announced it at the right time.

"Wrong timing." He said, following a grumping sound. I smiled.

"We will meet soon Princess Roseulka." He said with a smile and went away. He is handsome. I started walking towards the ground.

"Okay, now grab your bow and pull it. Shoot." As soon as Mr. Arindes said all of us shoot our bow towards our target.

"You did excellent, Roseulka, Anna, Ivan, Tirana and Reyna." He said, as our entire bow was at the point of our target. I gave him a smile.

"Thank you." All of us said at the same time.

"Brittany and Serenity, you missed the whole target. You should try harder." He said and Brittany rolled her eyes.

"I improved!" Anna whispered beside me and I giggled.

"Your giggle is like a song in my ears, oh my beloved." Prince Asher whispered. How much I want to shoot that bow on him.

"Shut up." I said in my neutral face.

"Come on." He said.

"Get out of my site." I said.

"Ouch, that hurt." He said, holding his chest. Nothing big. He is just a dramatic playboy who once did things like these with Anna and right now, it is me. I want to punch him in his face.

"If you disturb us again, then I will give complain to the professors." Anna said, and Asher went a bit farther with an irritated face.

"What a jerk." Anna muttered.

"May I come in?" My head maid said.

"Yes." I said and some of the servants came with our food.

"Thank you." Both I and Anna said.

"Do you know big news?" Anna asked.

"What big news?" I asked. She has all kinds of news under her sleeve, doesn't she?

"The younger brother of Prince Ivan is coming here. You know the one who is a mysterious figure. Everyone is saying that he will come into the royal ball. I am not showing it, but you don't know how excited I am for him. I want to see who he chooses as his dance partner! It will be damn exciting!" She squealed, and I giggled.

"Yes, I know how much you are excited about it. And who knows, maybe he is your soul mate?" I said even though I don't believe in it. What can I do other than this for her?

"I don't think he will be my one and only, but I hope he finds his one and only!" She said in a loud and excited voice.

"Slow up or not, you will choke on your food." I said, as she was eating.

"Hmm." She said and was going on eating like she did a few moments ago.

"You will never go on the right track." I said, chuckling.

"Where is Reyna?" I asked.

"She is in the library. You know how much she likes to read books." She replied, following with a chuckle.

"Should I bring the water and soap here?" My head maid asked.

"No, I will wash my face on my own." I said with a smile. The birds are chirping and it is making me happy. Another new day with more new headaches.

"Miss, what do you want to wear today? These are today's selection." She said.

"I would like to wear this." I said touching the blue color gown.

"Okay." She said.

It is spring. One of my favorite season. I went to the oak tree.

"How are you today?" I murmured as I put my forehead on its trunk.

"I am also feeling good." I said. I sat down under it.

"I always think about it every day. It is so weird that how I can communicate with you and how I can feel everything that you can feel." I whispered.

"If something happens to you, what will happen to me?" I said again. What will happen to me?

"They assigned you to me and I will protect you at any cost." I said, smiling.

"So how did your conversation went?" Reyna asked.

"Which conversation are you talking about?" I asked. Is she talking about the conversation I had with Ivan yesterday?

"I am talking about the one yesterday." She said, only for me to send her a deathly glare.

"Sorry." She said.

"It's okay..." I said, frowning, and at the next moment I smiled.

"What conversation are you guys talking about?" Anna asked with a smile.

"A normal conversation that I had with Ivan." I said as I don't know yet if I have to keep it a secret or not.

"Oh." She said. "I am curious but I won't ask anything more." She said again and grinned. That is what I like about Anna. She never keeps anything hidden from us. She says what she thinks loudly. Anna is a Banshee and Reyna is a normal person. Even if Reyna is normal, she is talented in everything.

"I am so much excited for the ball. Who will ask me for the dance?!" Reyna squealed excitedly.

"EEKK! True! I am also so much excited!"

"Not me... but I am excited for you two." I said with a smile and both of them looked at me like they haven't seen a human for months and I shrugged.

"You will look beautiful like always." Anna said to me, and I grinned.

"Huh! No one will look prettier than me!" I looked to my left and saw Brittany gossiping with her minions. Fake friends don't last long. Brittany looked at me and smirked.

"I hope you will not look bad like you looked in the previous ball." She said, looking at me with a smirk hanging on her face. I want to say something on her face but it is a shame because I can't.

"At least I-" I stopped as a sharp pain got into my right hand. What is this sudden pain!? I want to scream.

"What happened?" Anna and Reyna held me with my shoulder.

"N-Nothing." I said and started running. I shouldn't be running, but I will not sit by because I know something is happening to the oak tree. The pain isn't stopping! I-I h-have to stop it.

"Why is she running?"

"Isn't she that Roseulka?" The whispering was continuing as I ran, and the pain wasn't stopping.

I stopped and nearly fell off from my position.

"Who the heck are you?!" I said as the person was doing something with the tree. He turned around. What was Ivan doing with my tree?!

"What were you doing?" I asked, as I huffed. The pain wasn't leaving my hand, but neither was it going away. The pain that I am feeling right now... It would be better if I just died instead of feeling this pain.

"A-Are you okay?" He asked as he was about to come near me.

"Get away from my sight!" I shouted.

"W-What?" He said cluelessly.

"Did I do something wrong?" He asked. I am feeling dizzy...

I went closer and slapped him hard and held my hand again as he was looking at me with shocked eyes.