The Thing that a Man Must do
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One of the faces belonged to Faiza and the other was Senzu.
" Why are you fighting?" Prince asked.
Faiza did not prepare any answer and was thinking about what she should say but Senzu did not wait for her as she ran to the prince while crying, and pointing towards the clothes on the ground "prince look, look".
" This junior first threw all my clothes on the ground "
" and when I asked her the reason, she...."
Senzu sobbed.
"She poured the sauce on them and began beating me without giving out the reason"
Senzu was weeping while occasionally making "oooo" sound.
Prince was thoroughly enraged, he never expected Faiza to be a woman like this.
" General Faiza, is it true? "
That damn two-faced! Tina cursed inwardly while watching everything from afar.
" prince, this is not like this, please listen to me "
Faiza requested.
" I am asking, whether did you do it or not? Did you pour sauce on her clothes?"
Prince's voice was loud without giving her any chance to explain herself.
" Yes, I poured the sauce on her clothes"
Keeping her head down Faiza accepted her deed.
" Sigh"
The prince sighed.
" I did not expect it coming from you "
Prince seemed to be disappointed.
" Apologize to her right now"
With a strong tone of voice, the prince said.
" But..prince, listen to me first "
Faiza begged the prince.
" There is nothing to listen, Apologize her right now "
The voice was much louder than the previous one, it even travelled to the outside.
Senzu who was crying a while ago stopped her tears.
Although everyone in the room knew that they were crocodile tears except the prince, no one dared to reveal it and the majority supported it.
" I...I am sorry"
Faiza said while hesitating.
Senzu moved towards her while saying "I don't want to accept it first but as a senior, I should forgive my junior, so I accept your apology"
By pulling Faiza towards her, Senzu hugged her and while moving away " Serves you right b***h " she whispered in the ears of Faiza.
Putting her hands on her eyes, Faiza turned around then ran towards the toilets.
" this" Tina followed after her.
" what the heck is wrong with her?" Prince uttered in confusion.
"Prince, don't bother about her, look some of my dresses permanently damaged, let's go out and buy a new one"
Senzu suggested while picking the clothes on the ground.
Prince did not refuse, it means that he accepted, the prince went to the market with Senzu and came back with a bunch of bags in the evening.
He did not just buy clothes for Senzu, but for everyone, especially he did buy more than two sets for Faiza after he remembered she probably did not have any personal spare clothes.
He distributed the clothes to all the women but he could not find Faiza.
Noticing that Faiza was not in the room at all, the prince asked: "Where is Faiza?".
" She has been in the toilet from since you left with Senzu"
While glaring at Senzu, Tina said.
" I asked her to come out several times but she is not listening "
Tina explained the ordeal.
Xavier did not understand why she was behaving weird but he did not forget the original purpose of coming here again, that is to bring her the news.
Xavier took the bag containing the clothes he bought for Faiza and was heading towards the toilets.
" prince you should not go to such a place, wait I will go, I will give them to her"
Senzu blocked the way of the prince.
If it was some other time, he would gladly have given the bags to Senzu, the prince was not perverted to barge into ladies toilets.
"No Senzu, I have something to inform her, I have to do it personally"
Prince refused her help as he moved towards the toilets.
The toilets were arranged in a line, each has one door in a room opposite to the kitchen.
Prince hesitated once before going in, the prince stood at the outside of the first most toilet and said: " Faiza, I know you are here"
Faiza who was weeping while sitting on one of the toilets surprised to hear the prince's voice.
She fingered her ear to know to check whether something was wrong with the ear.
" I brought clothes for you, I will leave them here before I go"
When she heard the voice of the prince the second time, she knew he was here, in the ladies toilet.
But why did he come here? Did he come for me? Did he come to apologize? thinking about the various reasons Faiza's cheeks turned red.
But her excitement was short-lived as she heard " I came here to tell you that be ready tomorrow at early morning, we will be leaving for Gurukul, it's a royal decree from the father "
Gurukul? Is not it the hell on the earth? why must we go there? She had several questions to ask, so she pushed the four open and rushed out.
However, when she came out, she did not see the prince, there was the only bag of clothes, she felt dejected as she kicked the bag while muttering "so he did not come to apologize ".
Xavier was sweating when he came out of the brothel, he never felt as much as ashamed as he did today, in front of women he went inside their toilets.
So every second he spent in the toilet made him sweat for an unknown reason.
What's wrong with her? Why is she behaving like a kid? Xavier had doubts.
I should ask the mother, Xavier decided to talk about it with his mother.
Prince sat on his horse and departed to the palace.
A little far away two men who were spying on the brothel, when saw a man coming out from inside.
" Isn't it the prince? He looks as if bathed in sweat"
One man said.
" Today must have been very hard for him, brother looks like the brothel offers some very solid services"
Dropping saliva from his mouth, another man said.
Xavier directly went to his mother, the queen's chamber as soon as he returned.
The queen, when heard his son arrived forced all her maids to go out.
" Mother" Xavier was not the mighty prince before his mother, he acted just like any other son as he hugged her.
After a while they have separated and the first sentence his mother asked was " Xavier, Aren't you eating well? you have lost weight ".
" No, mother I am eating well" Xavier replied.
" That damn Alfred, first he sent my son to the dangerous battlefield, now he wants you to go to a more dangerous place"
" Xavier, you are going there tomorrow right, please don't go, listen to me, listen to your mother"
The queen persuaded and only in the whole palace she was the only one who could curse the king and call him directly with the name.
" No mother, but I have to go, I am going there not because of father's word but it's my wish "
Xavier explained his willingness.
" You brat, you never listen to this mother"
The queen complained.
" Mother look, I have something that is bothering me"
Prince finally decided to ask about it.
" What's is this? What's bothering my son? Tell me? Tell it your mother " The queen asked in concern as soon as she heard something bothering her son.
Starting from the fight between Senzu and Faiza, Xavier explained everything to his mother.
A few minutes later...
" Mother, how could you do this to your son?"
Xavier was kicked out of the queen's chamber.
" Go and apologize to her right now "
Queen's voice sounded from the inside.
" But mother, why should I? I did not do anything wrong "
Xavier refused to back down.
"Then get out of here right now"
The queen yelled.
Xavier did not want her to make his mother more angrier so he left the place"
why should I apologize to her? What did I do wrong? No, I did not do anything wrong but mother asked me to do so.
Me, the prince apologizing to someone without making any mistake? Impossible.
Xavier's thoughts wandered.
I should consult the big brother Vintage! Why did not I think of it sooner?
All of a sudden, the prince remembered his big brother and went to his room for his advice.
Even though prince Vintage was a priest and spends all his day in the cathedral, he was allowed to return home during the night.
Xavier approached his big brother and explained everything.
" Big brother, do you understand?" Xavier asked after completing his explanation.
" No, I don't" Vintage replied.
" Yes, I don't understand either but mother asking me to apologize to her without knowing my fault"
Xavier complained.
" Listen, little brother when the matter involves women we men must compromise something"
" We must be ready to apologize to them even if we are not at fault or we don't know the reason "
" This is something that a man must do"
Vintage advised Xavier while keeping one of his hands on the shoulders of his little brother.
- Writer
