Crimson

Bling !

A not so long time ago somewhere in the world , there was a small country .

It had a king .

The story does not mention the existence of a queen , so , let us just pretend to be unaware .

Anyways , despite the lack of a queen , there was still a daughter , the Princess .

She had grown up with only her father as a guardian , several male guards and even male nannies , so , she had developed some sort of a daddy complex .

The princess was used to an extravagant lifestyle and was constantly being showered with jewellery .

As time went on , her father the king began having issues with managing their country .

This was majorly because he was addicted to opium and the bossoms of women . Preferably multiple women subsequently .

Despite her father's lack of management skills for his country , he was still a very great father and he was very concerned with his daughters impending need to marry .

However , his daughter had no use for her father's concern and only wanted more and more jewellery which was increasingly harder to get as the country was fast losing funds .

One day , her father was contacted by a man .

This man was well known as a matchmaker , truth is , he was well known and well disliked .

He was called Walt Disney and had brought the king a proposition .

One that he had given a lot of fathers around the world , the perfect love , marriage and everything after .

The king was overjoyed and they immediately began to prepare for the princess's ever after .

Walt had the perfect guy , A street boy that was a thief , love reforming him was supposed to be the end of the story .

The boy had a monkey that was his partner , the lookout and an escape vehicle , their magicked mat . A deadly trio .

Meanwhile , the princess was not aware of her father and Walt's planning because she was knee deep ( throat deep , really ) in her father's Adviser's robe .

The Adviser was a rich , older man and showered her with lots of the jewels she liked to wear .

The Adviser had also developed feelings for her and hoped to ask her father for her hand , in time .

The matchmakers had been trying to get the princess and the criminal to meet coincidentally .

But , this had been impossible as the only place the princess wanted to be was her older lovers house .

Frustrated , the king eventually brought the thief along with his monkey to the palace to meet the princess .

It happened to be the same day his adviser had decided to tell the King of his undying lust for his daughter , of course without informing said daughter .

The problem had begun when they all met up in the courtroom .

The criminal had been instantly smitten by the Princess's aesthetics , his monkey had not been impressed .

The king had just told his adviser what he had been up to recently , the Adviser was furious .

Walt could see that for the first time his match might not get a happy ever after , he was heartbroken .

The Adviser was not one to give up , he immediately told the king of his intentions .

The criminal and Walt were shocked and tried to have a say too , reminding the King of their plans .

Amidst all this , the Princess stood off aloof and bored .

When the argument turned negative with her Lover suddenly showing his dark side by putting a hex on the king and the criminal and Walt facing him as defenders of the kings honour , the Princess had finally had enough .

She climbed atop the magicked mat and flew into the air , when she was high enough , she sprayed holy water on the fighting people .

They all stopped their fighting to look for the source of the downpour .

When she had gained all of their attention , she cleared her throat .

" I am asexual " .

They looked on , waiting for the actual news .

The princess sighed and beckoned on a page boy by the side , he came forward and gave a detailed description of asexuality .

The Adviser laughed .

" But, we made love " , he said .

The princess rubbed her eyes .

" No , you had fun while I worked hard to secure the box ".

She had succeeded in shocking her father and the whole nation .

All the contenders eventually dispersed , albeit disgruntled .

The palace was missing a lot of artifacts by the end of day but life went on .

The princess eventually became queen and had no children , just before she died she decreed that her country be made into one , big harem .

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I had changed with the help of one of the dancers , a beautiful brown skinned woman .

I was wearing the most jewellery I had ever worn at a time and I was on a thrill .

I had worn silk trousers that were large and danced even without the wind .

The shirt was unlike my usual shirts , it was sleeveless and opened down the middle .

When I had complained , I had been assured that with the number of dancing people , there was no way I would be cold .

The opened shirt put me on display .

It showed the drawings the dancer had put on my skin . She had wanted to draw on my skin and I had agreed as we had nothing but time on our hands .

Now , I loved the drawings too much and had spent the past minutes staring at my skin .

I had also thrown together all of the jewellery that Ali had given me .

Different coloured beads and pearls on my waist and ankles .

I had worn a tight, plain , gold band on my neck and small gold hoops on my ears and nose .

She had also dressed my hair filling it with gold rings , now , when I moved , my whole body shimmered.

Ali had someone bring us something to eat earlier but I had been too excited to eat and I was feeling the toll now .

I went out of the room , searching for Ali .

The Fest was in full swing with different bejeweled dancers on small stages that littered the spaces .

The people like always were in different stages of undress with drinks everywhere .

The lights were really dim and the lights from the reflective paints that they had used on their bodies was what everyone depended on .

I found Ali standing on the small porch up the stairs , he was watching the events with an undecipherable look .

I crept to the side of the walls and stuck to it , it was hard because every step I took no matter how quietly , a faint jiggle sounded .

I still managed to creep up the stairs , behind him .

I was about to do something when I noticed the faint smile on his face , I groaned .

" It's a great night for a party , isn't it ? "

One of the dancers on the small stages gave a battle cry and jumped into the crowd , they caught her and held her up .

" It is ".

I nodded , acknowledging the atmosphere .

He had removed his coat and shirt from earlier and was shirtless , he had also added accessories to his hair and let it down , times like this made me wonder how someone could be so blinding .

He turned and caught me staring .

It had been a part of our relationship for him to suddenly catch me staring , we never talked about it.

He gave me a once-over , starting from my head and stopping at my feet .

He looked back up to my face and his eyes took on a weird look .

" I know I look good ".

I had been expecting a barrage of compliments , he always did that .

" That is your problem , you look good ".

I didn't know if that was a compliment or an insult , so , I chose to glare at him instead .

One of his men came up the stairs , he was holding a tray .

On the tray , there were two glasses filled with red liquid , he gave each of us one and left with his tray .

I swirled my drink in my glass , the viscosy of the liquid was terrifying .

" It's called Rage ".

I turned to Ali who had downed his glass of rage informing me of it's name .

I downed mine too and instantly realized why it was called Rage .

It burned .

It had exploded in my mouth , hot and thick . It had then travelled down leaving a trail of burn .

I opened my mouth and began to swallow air .

I was in the middle of swallowing air when I noticed that Ali was glaring at something .

I followed his eyes to where the brigadier , Vita sat .

He was not in character .

He was not wearing a shirt and was whispering something to one of the dancers that was currently stuck to his chest instead of doing what she was paid to .

One of his hands held a drink , the other supported the shaky dancers body and his eyes watched us .

I spotted his partner , Nero on another of the dancing stage , naked and using the pole that the original dancer and abandoned .

I could tell that Ali was furious .

His fury would only leave a big stain on the party's atmosphere , so , I grabbed his arm and pulled him deeper into the porch where he would not be able to exchange death glares with Vita .

Satisfied that they could no longer see each other , I turned to him , my hands on my waist .

" Remember what this night is about ?"

He looked miserable for a second and then nodded .

" Stay with me , drink with me till we don't remember our names , we will deal with the possibility of getting caught tomorrow ".

He gave me a look .

" That is a terrible plan ".

I smirked .

He smiled then .

My plans had always worked regardless of how unfathomable they had been , it was a mystery to both of us .

I grabbed his hands , intertwining our fingers .

We walked back to the rails of the porch .

The night was still young and I would make the most of it .