[ one on one; adoraтιon and ᴋιтsuтensнι ]

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{ Alright. cx It'll be interesting to see how this'll go! }


People who caught criminals? And helped civilians? Wait, did the four eyed peasant think that they were mere civilians? Standing up with a 'hmph', she crossed her arms and looked at Yata. Despite the fact that he had even been kind enough to answer, she still refused to show an ounce of kindness in return. The two men there were lower than her, anyways. "I'd like to let you know that I'm not a mere civilian," she scoffed, holding her ground. "I don't need some help from some overrated group deemed to be called the 'police'."

As the blonde royal spoke, Hikiro couldn't help but glance over at her slightly. Of course, after they had managed to get one of the two girls to calm down, the other one just had to go and throw a fit. Wherever these two were from, he couldn't help but wonder how the people they lived with thought of the two.

"Oh, so you have a thing for women that appear out of no where?" he said after his friend's suggestion, slight amusement in his tone, despite their current situation. Several times he had set his friend up with girls, but he always seemed more interested in a Sudoku book than one of them. When a knock could be heard on the door though, he pushed away the thought, as his gaze travelled over to the door, where the voices of their friends were echoing. "I guess that should do for the moment."

Mihi was silent as she listened to the two, though there was a frown on her face as she looked over at the door as well. Why were these two wanting to hide them from whoever was behind the wooden object? Letting out a huff, she headed over to the door and reached for the doorknob, guessing that's what would open it as she said, "Who's so important that we shouldn't be able to show our faces?" Whoever these people were, she wasn't just going to cower away in fear.

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Yata ignored Mihi's outburst; honestly, there was no way he wouldn't be used to it by now. Thankfully the other had quieted down, she was sitting there with her back turned away from the rest of them and looked like she was fiddling with the string of her robe; was she sulking? Would the blonde one randomly get depressed as well? Shot out of his thoughts by Hiro's playful question, Yata shook his head with a small smirk. "I'd rather spend hours completing extremely easy puzzles." He retorted. How he hated very easy puzzles! It was like copying instead of actually thinking.

It was when they heard their friends' voices in the dorm hall that things started going downhill. The blonde noble had headed straight to the door, with no fear of being found out, and grabbed onto the doorknob. Throwing his pride out the window, he had quickly gotten up from the couch and was literally ready to beg her if this didn't work out. He crossed the room in a few swift strides and grabbed onto Minako's arm. "Please, my lady, you can not allow yourself to be seen by these people. It is of the upmost importance that the both of you stay hidden, and I beg of you, please cooperate with me." He said in a low, urgent voice. Yata had even crouched down to his knees, hoping she'd understand; he didn't know how to properly show respect to these girls, but hopefully she'll accept this gesture. It was only after he had kneeled down that he remembered that Hiro was watching him, or at least may have been watching him. Not only did he suddenly feel foolish, but now he felt as though Hiro was going to remember such an embarrassing act.

Kari glared darkly as she watched the scene play out, before quickly turning away from them with an angry growl. Sitting with her legs crossed, she crossed her arms as well. How was this fair!? Why does Minako get to act up, then get begged to stop! So what if the guy didn't bow, well at least not properly, Minako was always getting fussed over. She always acts like she's so cool! Just wait until I pull that yellow hair of hers! Kari's thoughts stopped when she realized that she had been playing with the golden string that is used to tie the top parts of her robe together. Staring at her hands, she realized how lonely she felt. Here she was, in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people and her rival, and said rival was getting fussed over by those unfamiliar people, meanwhile she was sitting here pouting. Obviously the fault did not lie in her, it was Minako's fault! It's always her fault...always.

Yata was about to panic; he had heard the furious growl of that other girl, but when he shifted to glance at her, he had just caught her turning her head away. What was she thinking now; was she going to throw a fit? Oh dear, Yata would forcefully give himself a heart attack if she had a fit because there was not enough time to calm her and hid the both of them away. If things went smoothly, he needs to ask about this feud between them; it didn't seem healthy. He shoot a pleading glance at Hiro; it was his turn to do something embarrassing to calm these strange girls. Yata was secretly greatful that the blonde one had walked over to the door, he felt the other girl would severely hurt him if he tried to stop her. Once everything calms down, I should ask them their names.

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{ Yup, Yata's right. Hiro's definitely never going to forget that. }


At Yata's little act, Mihi definitely didn't hold back the look of surprise on her fact. Not to mention, Hiro was equally astonished at the hilarious request of his. Well, it was reasonable all right, just... did he really have to kneel down? If he had the chance, the blonde boy would've already pulled out a camera by now and snapped a picture of the unfolding scene. It was as if they had just jumped a thousand years back into medieval times, and his four eyed friend was playing the role of a knight.

Letting out a small huff, Mihi gave the door a glare, before yanking her arm out of Yata's grip and crossing her arms. Why hadn't he just shown such respect from the first place? Maybe, unlike Kari, she would've actually listened to something they had said. Averting her eyes off to the side, she muttered, "If it's of that much importance..." She didn't finish her sentence though as she let go of the doorknob, and trailed off, her eyes narrowed out of irritation, despite Yata's polite request.

When Hiro was given a pleading glance from his friend, he could barely hold back the sigh that slipped out from under his breath. Though he wasn't going to put up some whole fancy act like Yata, the least he could do was try to get the other royal to cooperate as well. He was more of a ladies man than his friend, anyways.

"What my friend over there said is right," Hikiro said after a pause, going over to Kari and holding a hand out to help her up to her feet. As a light smile- which looked quite sincere -spread across his face, he crouched down, so he didn't have to look down at her. "We'll need you two to hide for a bit, since we have some rather... unruly people coming over." Gesturing over at the door, where loud voices could be heard, most which were complaining about how long the two were taking, he soon after continued, "Will that be alright with you?"

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((Just wondering, do they share a room or do they have separate rooms?))

For a moment, Kari glared at Hikiro. If he wanted her to cooperate, why wasn't he, at least, getting on his knees like the other guy? He should be addressing her as 'my lord', just like Minako had gotten called 'my lady'. If she relate this to food, she had gotten a slice of bread while Minako was munching on cake. It wasn't fair! Why did Minako get treated better!
But she then remembered she had just felt, sitting here, feeling like an outcast, like she didn't belong, which was totally one hundred percent Minako's fault. At least the guy came over and was smiling at her; it was way better than the nothing that she had felt when she was sitting alone.
Kari's glare had softened into a small frown and she firmly grabbed his hand. It was obvious that she was still sulking over what was apparently Minako's fault considering that she was strangely subdued. "Fine, but please don't feed me to the police people." Kari had mumbled as she stood up, her voice had been low just so Minako wouldn't hear. "Promise you won't?" She asked and, without real knowledge as to why she had done so, she stuck out the pinky finger of her free hand and held it out to him.

When Hiro went over to make sure that the other girl would cooperate, Yata quickly got off the ground and dusted off the imaginary dirt that he was sure was on his pants. What a completely embarrassing experience! But at least the blonde one decided to stay way from the door. "Please stay quiet when you are in the room. Since I can use my headache as an excuse, I will be staying in the room with both of you. Meanwhile, Hiro will be entertaining a group of guys, who will not, ever, find out about what had happened." He explained as he headed over to the bedroom doors.

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{ I'm guessing they'd have separate rooms. c: }


Hiro watched the girl's expression softening, as she took his hand and he carefully helped her up to her feet. And when she asked him to make a promise, he couldn't help the small hint of amusement that slipped up onto his face. Did the girl really think that the police were animals or something? And if she did, why did she think they would do such a thing?

Pushing the thought aside, he twined the pinky of his other hand with hers for a second. He was glad that she had agreed, since if she hadn't, he probably would've had to put up the same act that his four eyed friend had. "I promise I won't," he reassured her with a smile. Seeing that she was still frowning though, and would probably only be happy if he said something related to her being royal, he mentioned, "Since you're royalty, it seems we don't have any authority to do such a thing, anyways."

Minako silently listened to Yata, before her attention was turned over to Hikiro when the muffled sound of a ringtone filled the room. Letting go of Kari's pinky, he reached into one of his pockets and pulled out his cellphone, before answering the call. Of course, it was from none other than one of the people from the small group waiting outside the door. A blur of 'What's taking you two so long?' could be faintly heard from the small device, along with a few other voices.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll open the door in a second," he said, not holding back the fact that they were making them wait. They probably would question him later about it, but at the moment, it didn't matter much. Hanging up the phone, he put it back in his pocket, before starting to usher Kari and Minako in the direction of one of the bedroom doors. "Like Yata said, he'll entertain you two, but don't try to make too much noise. The group coming in shouldn't be here too long, anyways."

Once the trio were in the bedroom, he shut the doors, before approaching the door. After only a few seconds, rather loud voices could be heard from the living room, most of which were questioning the delay.

Mihi glanced around the room after the doors were shut, not paying much attention to the voices outside. "What a small room..." she commented, before going over to the bed and cautiously laying a finger on one of the pillows. At the realization that it was fluffy, and rather plushy, her eyes lit up with curiosity. Completely forgetting that there were two others in the room, she picked up the object, before starting to carefully pull at the corners, observing it.

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((Sorry I hadn't posted sooner ^^ I had to finish this typed lab I procrastinated on))

Kari smiled thoughtfully when he had finally mentioned her royalty; he had even said it while smiling, in Minako's face! What Hiro had said was true, he really didn't have any authority to feed her to any of the police. Which means Minako couldn't do it either since Kari was a king and kings have authority over queens! Snapping out of her thoughts of pwning her rival, Kari watched as Hiro pulled out a thingy that made noise and she heard actual voices when the boy put it to his ear. Curious, she had reached for it and managed to poke it before pulling back. It hadn't tried to eat her afterwards, which was good.

When he was done with his call, Hiro started to guide them to the room that Yata had disappeared into. Even though she agreed to this, Kari was having second thoughts. For one, Minako was going to be there. What if she tried to feed her to police when he wasn't around! Yata hadn't promised to make sure she didn't get eaten. Not only that, but she wanted to know what the talking thingy was. She didn't even get the chance to ask him if she could play with the thingy in his pant, they had reached the door before she even thought to ask.

"Please stay quiet, we don't want them to hear you." Yata reminded when the loud voices of his friends were heard through the door. Against on of his walls were two large bookcases, in the middle was the door to his closet, both bookcases were filled with books. For a moment, he watched Minako play with his pillow and Kari crawl under his bed, before walking to his bookcase. He had no trouble getting to the bookcase, he kept his room clean, his floor clear, and even under his bed was free if clutter as well. "I don't believe we introduced ourselves. My name is Yata; I hope you don't mind telling me yours." He mentioned suddenly, skimming through the many books he had. "My name's Kari, but you should call me King instead, Emperor or My Lord is fine too." Came a reply from the girl under the bed and Yata frowned. He didn't even want to know what the girl was referring to herself as a boy.

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{ It's fine. ^^ My replies might be a tad bit on the slower side this weekend, since I have quite some work to do. Just a heads up. }


As Hiro's voice could be heard talking to the other ones outside of the room, Mihi payed no mind to them, nor to Kari, who was crawling under the bed. She was practically mesmerized by the pillow, as the smallest of smile started to grow on her face. It was like... a cute animal, or something of the sort. Just, without a face and all.

Tempted to just hug the thing to her stomach, she tore her gaze from the white object, and looked over at Yata when he introduced himself. Before she had time to reply, she found herself having to listen to her rival's own introduction. Rolling her eyes at 'King', and all the other nicknames Kari had in mind, she soon spoke herself.

"My name's Minako." Wait. She didn't actually have to tell him her real name, did she? He had no idea that her name was actually 'Minako,' at least until she had recently mentioned it. And, there were no royal advisors around to pressure her about saying her real name, instead of her nickname.

That meant no 'Minako, use your real name,' or 'Minako, you have a meeting at five.'
With a small flicker of excitement brewing in her chest, the blonde royal realized that this might actually be a little chance for her.

Pausing, she quickly added, "People call me Mihi. Or, if you prefer, you can call me your Majesty." Unlike her rival, she wasn't going to just go around asking people to give her male nicknames.
Finally giving the room a glance, after being completely interesting in the pillow, she soon saw that there was nothing much but the fluffy objects that interested her. And, something seemed missing from the room... or was it her, out of place?

Without a care in the world, the royal flopped down face first onto the bed with the pillow in her arms, seeing that it didn't seem to do any harm. Kari was under it, anyways, so that made it feel as if she was above her, though she didn't need a bed to show such a thing. And, though the warm covers felt cold and unfamiliar, she couldn't help but feel slightly drowsy. Whatever had happened to her memories had definitely given her a headache.

{ Sorry that this isn't that great of a post. I'm tired, and it's late, since I couldn't squeeze in time for a reply earlier in the day. Anyways, since their friends will most likely be over for a bit, like an hour or two, maybe longer, should we be skipping to later soon? Such as, the most reasonable option would probably be to when they left, late in the night. }

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((I don't mind timeskipping soon. Would you like me to do it, or do you have something interesting in mind?))

Kari was having fun by herself, under that bed, but, well, she wasn't alone. After crawling under the bed, she grinned mischievously. She suddenly felt like...she didn't know what she felt like, but she could describe it as an animal in a hole made of rock. It annoyed her to no end how small her vocabulary had become; she knew of the animal, and yet nothing came to mind. Her attention drifted and soon she was staring at the many books on Yata's bookshelf, her gaze glancing over each spine. One book in particular stood out to her, it was a light, dull blue book, but what caught her eyes was the black silhouette of an animal; if only she had known it was called a dog. It's ears were pointy, and it's tail was straight; a perfect representation of a German Shepard.

Kari wanted to reach out and touch it, to feel how deep an indent the silhouette had made, but Minako had just flopped on the bed, causing it to creek. And so she stayed under the bed, startled by the noise it had made and afraid it would get mad if she moved. As she continued to longingly stare at the silhouette, she wondered what it would look like with eyes, maybe with a little movement. Kari blinked, the dog was gone. She blinked a couple more times, hoping it would come back and she wasn't just imagining it; it never appeared back onto the book. Suddenly, she felt something nudge her finger and there it was!

The dog was flat, not even two inches tall, and felt hard, but it was the dog on the cover! It even had eyes! As she laid her head down on her arms, she watched the dog awkwardly inch backwards. Being two dimensional with only two feel must be hard, so she imagine it with four legs and a three dimensional figure, and, without knowing how it happened, the dog expanded and grew two extra paws, one in the front and one in the back. Now it looked like a miniature, black German Shepard. She added a few extra features to it; it now had a mouth, soft fur with a brown-ish tint, it grow to about 5 inches tall, and it could even make noise too! Since she didn't know of dogs, she didn't know of the sounds they make, so she gave it the ability to growl, which seemed like it naturally fit, and it barks. Except the bark wasn't a bark, it was a very quiet 'Aru', it was quiet enough for only her to hear.

Naming it Aru, after the noise it made, she played with it. She had it do tricks; when she poked it, it nipped her finger and bounced away; when she held out her finger, it licked it and nuzzled her. If she could remember, she would've recognized that Aru resembled one of the dogs at her palace. Playful, energetic, and kind, Aru acted like one of her favorite puppies from her father's preferred breeder who breed fighting dogs; that puppy was to be her first dog, one that she would train to fight along side her in battle. But no memories came as she played with the dog, and so she enjoyed her time with her new companion.

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{ Ah, I didn't have anything particular in mind, but I can still do it, if you want. This post might not be too long though, considering I'm getting ready to leave to go to a certain event. }


Mihi had refused to sleep during the time Hikiro had been out messing with his friends, which, though it seemed like an eternity, only lasted around three hours. Still, it was a long time in her mind. Yata wasn't too entertaining, considering all he had in his room were two shelves full of books. Most of them were strange puzzles anyways, and she didn't want to spend hours straight trying to figure out some puzzles when she could barely even figure out where she was from.

Rolling over onto her back on the bed, a pillow clutched to her stomach, she stared at the door to the bedroom as the voices outside faded down, until they were completely gone. Narrowing her tired eyes, she stared at the wooden figure, willing it to do something. Anything. And, after a minute or two, it did.

"They left," Hiro said as he opened the door, standing in the doorway. By the look of it, Minako looked as if she was going to die from lack of sleep, while he couldn't even find Kari. Wondering where the brown haired royal was, he looked at Mihi, and opened his mouth to speak, though he was cut off before he could.

Stubbornly closing her eyes, and lying straight through her teeth, she said, "I'm not tired," guessing that the guy was going to point out her exhausted look. All she got was a raised eyebrow in response from Hikiro, though he said nothing more. Glancing over at his friend Yata, he spoke.
"How'd it go?"

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((I hope you had fun at the event! I basically did nothing this weekend, my favorite thing to do on weekends C: Sorry my post was a little late, I have absolutely no excuse, hehe.))

Yata glanced up from his Sudoku puzzle book when Hiro opened the door; they left a little sooner than expected, he'd thought they'd stay another hour or two. Maybe his absence had something to do with it, but the thought was quickly discarded. Even if he was out there, he would basically be doing the same thing as he was in his room, sitting there with a puzzle book half listening to them chatter.

Ignoring Mihi's random outburst, which was obviously a lie, Yata stood up to stretch, raising his arms in the air. "Surprisingly, everything went well. They didn't fight like I predicted." He answered, placing his book on a random spot on the bookshelf. "I also had the pleasure of learning their names. The one on top of my bed it Minako, she said we could call her Mihi if we liked. The one under my bed is Kari. The nicknames she had listed were completely unreasonable, not even worth mentioning." Yata had mumbled the last part. "Also, I didn't bother mentioning your name, considering it's not my job to introduce you." He added.

Upon hearing her name, Kari poked her head out from under the bed and grinned at Hikiro. She was in a good mood because of her new playmate, so she didn't mind when Yata hadn't told Hiro her nicknames. Her crown was not on her head, it was on the floor under the bed. She had put Aru in it so it wouldn't run away. Unfortunately, the dog vanished when Hikiro opened the door to the room; it had appeared back on the book, looking as if nothing happened.

"Assuming that Minako will be sleeping on my bed, she looks like she's about to fall asleep and it would be rude to request that she move, I will be sleeping on the couch tonight. I don't know about Kari though." Yata said before glancing back at the girl under his bed. She blinked twice before speaking. "I'm hungry, get me a snack." Kari demanded and Yata sighed tiredly, she didn't follow their conversation at all. "You heard her, Hiro, she wants a snack." With that, the boy walked past his friend and slumped down on the couch, grumbling about how he had to clean up in the morning.