Chapter 18

We managed to get back safely to the village.

We are on the ship now so we can go home, Breatrice seems a little fine now. And Finn was glad that she"s alive, Breatrice handed over Flint"s knife collection.

"Why are you glaring at me like that?" Art replied to Jasper.

"I hope you will get hit by something and will knock you unconscious." Annoyed Jasper said.

"What? Did I do something again? " Jasper just continued glaring at Art.

"You didn"t help with the packing! That what you"re doing. Where are you going?" - Jasper.

"Hey bro, I can knock him unconscious if you want." Jayden

"Hey, I just realize we'll graduate next week." Gray whispered. Wow time flies by so fast.

"Next week? Immediately? Why? " Art asked in shock.

"I don"t know ..." Gray sighed. "They said the top students will graduate first. Alistair"s going to be crowned soon. The King probably rushed some stuffs. "

"Damn, I can't wait to get out of school." I said again. Wait, so does this mean that the Queen Candidate will start soon?

"Hey, can I rest in your shoulders? Also can you take care of this thing for me? I can"t get any rest because of this dragon. " I laughed at what Al said, I tapped the seat beside me.

"Come here." I also took the dragon on his head, it was his favorite spot. This dragons seems to get along well too.

"Oh, isn't that all?" Art replied while teaching us.

"Because you're ugly so no one comes near you." Said Jayden.

"What? Do you want to kiss-

"Try and you'll die." -Gray

"Why are you all ganging up at me ?!" Art exclaimed. "Kay Breatrice-

"Do you have a death wish?" Jasper glared at him, Breatrice was busy sleeping at the corner.

"POTA-

"Art, someone"s sleeping. Shut up." I said while patting both of the dragon"s head.

They all fell silent. A few hours later I fell asleep.

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"Hey, wake up. We"re already at school. " I immediately woke up when I heard what Alistair said.

What? At school? Weren't we just on the ship before? Who did it to me? Don"t tell me…

"Wow sana"ll, well he did you earlier. You're asleep because there are two more dragons on Alistair's shoulder. Don't be all strong. "

"I will punch you once I'm done, Art." I don't know but it seems like the first time I saw Alistair angry with Art.

"Awe-

"Welcome back students." Sir Leo greeted us, teacher Mariam already guided Breatrice in the school. "Congratulations on the mission."

"Yieee ser we worked hard for that. there must be rewards. " –Art

"Rewards my ass, all you did was complaining." –Jayden

"Yeah, you don't know how to drive on the carrier." - Jasper.

"You burned the backup bag and you set the cabin on fire." –Gray

"I HATE YA"LL" Art shouted

"The feeling is mutual" they all said in unison.

"Welcome back, you all will have an early graduation as a reward for bringing Breatrice back. The King requests us to do so, because it"s gonna be his birthday. " The headmaster greeted us.

Art immediately clapped.

"Great cause we almost died." He chirped. The headmaster just sighed

"You all will be leaving next week to work under the crowned prince"s station. The Queen's candidacy will also be announced soon. Thank you for being the top students in the school. Feel free to do whatever you want to do this week. "

After that we went back to his dorm, aaaaaaaaa ~ I missed my bed.

I missed everything in my room, my pillows, books every-

*KNOCK*

Damn it I need to rest!

"EEYYY JUNEEE ~" I got up lazily and opened the door.

"What?" I will ask. Andon Gray and Art

"There will be a small gathering at the council said Sir Leo, don't worry it's just us." Gray said.

"Later? I'll be there. I will sleep first. " I said once the door closed.

I fell asleep afterwards.
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"Nghh." I awoke to a faint knock. What time is it? 6?

I stood up and rubbed my eyes. I opened the door and saw Gray in front of me.

"H-hello Princess. It"s time to go to council. " I just nodded and went with him.

We walked towards the council together, it"s not that far tho.

"Are they all there yet?" I asked skanya.

"Yes." His answer was short.

"How are you Gray?" I didn't want to ask, I just woke up.

"Fi-fine I guess." He answered.

"Are you going to stay at Alistair"s side? You"re a good friend, and a trusted one. " I complimented him, I don"t know why but he looked down. Is he sad? Why?

"Th-thanks." He looked at me, even though I can"t read eyes like Jayden I can see that he"s regretting something. what was it?

We're here at the council door, "Looks like we're here." I chirped

"I'm sorry."

"Ano-

"HEY YA"LL ARE LATE!" Art shouted. "Goddammit Jayden stay away from me!"

I saw them Art, Jasper, Jayden don. Jasper is already lying on the table, Jayden has been holding Art

"NO *Hic *You son- *Hic" Jayden shouted while hugging Art from behind. "Love meeee"

I feel some intense awra on my side. Aaah… good luck Art? I don"t know Jayden would be like Alistair when she is drunk.

"Hands off…" Gray said with a taut voice.

"Why is this my fault ?! He's the one holding me- let gooooo. " Art exclaimed he seems horrified.

"You don"t love me? * Hic* Wh- "Gray immediately rushed over and grabbed her. "NOOOO LET ME GOOOO. MY LOOVEE HELP ME "

"ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME KILLED LADY ?! STAY AWAY FROM MEEE! " loud shout of Art.

"Shut up bastard!" Jasper replied while throwing the dagger at Art, it's a good thing Art escaped.

"WHAT!"

"What is going on here?" Alistair just arrived, he looked at me.

"A-ahhh I don't know." I replied. "Oh have you seen my dragon? Si Yang? He hasn't been in my room before. " I told him.

"He probably went back to your tattoo, they can"t really stay long in this realm. They can drain your energy. " I nodded, so did I fall asleep quickly earlier?

"My princccceee help meee." Art was in the middle of war with Gray, Jasper and Jayden.

Jayden didn't even want to let go of Gray, while Jasper, even with his eyes closed, was still throwing daggers.

"* Hic* don"t touch me you- you! Waaaaaaaaaaah! * Hic* you already had someone you love! Stay away from me! " Jayden shouted and Gray had earlier grabbed his arm.

Gray was surprised by what Jayden said. It looks like the grip loosened so Jayden ran. She went to me first and hugged me.

"P-princess! Help me get away from this guy! " she cried once running outward. I was stunned…

"Sh-she's crying." –Gray

"Of course she is-

"Because you gave me a drink!" –Gray

"He drank on his own ok? It's my fault again ?! " –Art

"Can't you two fucking shut up!" –Jasper "If twinny is crying, chase him!"

I was amazed how Jasper is still with us even though he is very drunk and even with his eyes closed he still knows what is happening.

"She"s crying, what do I do?" –Gray

"Go comfort her." - Jasper

"How do I do that?" –Gray

"Go chase her and start with hugs." –Art

"With what?"

"Just… just go chase her." Art is stressed by what is happening now.

Gray immediately teleported and went somewhere we don"t know.

"Hays I'm not really going to force Jayden to drink." He said while sitting down.

"Where is sir?" I will ask.

"He let us just get drunk and party here. I almost died because of Gray too. " He replied.

Alistair and I sat on the side. I got some food and ate… I saw Alistair staring at the beer.

"Al, you"re so not drinking right now. You will be king "I replied to him, I could see that he sniffed a little…

"H-hi!" Suddenly someone came in, it was Breatrice. "I just want to say thank you for saving me."

"No problem, you should pay us back-

"Hey, stop talking to her." whoa it looks like Jasper was just knocked out. He would have stood up in case he fell down again, he was still able to close his eyes.

"A-ahh yes." Breatrice just approached her, this girl isn't really that bad. She might be older than us but she acts like a child.

"Eat right there Breatrice." I said, she just smiled and nodded.

"Yea, don't drink like this mofos." Art stepped aside from him. "I have some question. Where are your from? "

Oh my god is Art seriously hitting on her? Jasper"s gonna kill this guy if he heard him. Jasper was asleep fat.

"Here and there" Breatrice replied with a smile, since we got here. He became more modest and always smiled. She"s acting like a princess again.

"What do you do?" –Art

"This and that." -Breatrice

"You ever-"

"Now and then."

"Boy, you're full of information." Art said with a flat voice. We just laughed, Breatrice knows how to answer well.

"Oh by the way June. You free tomorrow, like around 7 am? " I just got slapped on my forehead, have you ever met the human version of headache? Yes, this is Art.

"Yeah." My answer.

"How about you Al?" Alistair glared at him. he was still smiling and I saw him wink

"Don't call me that and yeah I am free." –Al

"Great! Because I"m not. You two go on without me and enjoy your date. " He announced once again going to Breatrice.

"Did he just-

"So should we go? We need a gift for my father. " I sighed and nodded. Friendly dates should be fun.

I just realized that the King died on his birthday. I forgot he died in his birthday! Why did I forget that?

I'm here in my room, I want to take a nap now, but I can't sleep because I also slept earlier.

I heard a knock in my door. What's up-

"H-hi, c-can I sleep here tonight?" I saw Jayden in front of me. She seems fine now, but her eye is swollen. Umiyak ba sha???

"Sure, come inside." I"m not gonna ask her anything about this. I'll just wait to see if it opens or not.

She went inside and just sat on the sofa. Is she ok?

"Are you ok?" I asked to sit next to him.

"He liked me." I was surprised by his answer, Gray? Why does she look disappointed?

"Oh? Isn"t that great? " She glanced at me with some little hope in her eyes.

"I loved him." I was stunned, Jayden doesn"t have any crushes before. Jasper told me that too

"Don"t worry, just continue what you"re doing and he will fall for you. Not now but maybe, soon. " I said while hugging her. Did Gray have someone he loved before?

(Jayden"s POV)

* Hic* I just realized what I fucking did and I regretted doing that to Art. I'm here now by the lake, when June and I went there before. Why did I drink that many?

* Hic* did he chase me? I hope not, I'm back to my senses. I don"t want to embarrass myself any further.*Hic*I slowly wiped my tears, why is it falling? Why is my chest sore now?

"Hey."

"Fuck me!" I shouted in shock, he raised an eyebrow at me.

"Are you asking for an invit-
"N-NO, I didn't mean to say that." I panicked, who wouldn't be surprised.

"Oh are you sober now?" he approached me, but I stepped away. I don"t know why but I think it"s getting hotter. I immediately fanned myself.

"Y-yea" I just said and bowed. "Why are you here?"

He sat down near a tree.

"I was looking for you. Why do you drink? Why are your crying? "He asked. "And btw. Do you like Art? "

I just got depressed out of nowhere, as if I didn't want to drink anymore. I'll definitely hit Art later.

"A-aahh." I scratched my head and bowed down.

"I love you." I immediately looked at his eyes, and I was disappointed.

"Lying isn't a good look for you." I faked a laugh. Why is he saying those stuffs? He didn"t even mean any of those.

"Then I like you." he whispered. I sighed and turned away, I looked back at him for the last time. He was staring back at me.

This time, his eyes wasn"t lying.

You like me, but you love her. I lose.

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It"s already morning, Jayden told me everything last night. But he didn"t say who Gray really wanted. She"s still asleep right now.

I've been dressed since we supposedly had a friendly date. I already told Jayden yesterday that I have a walk so she can rest here. even if there is a class now, we can take a walk since the Headmaster said so.

When I open the door, are Alistair… and Gray in front of me? What is he doing here?

"Ah hi, good morning." I said.

"Hello, Gray's here for your firend." Al greeted me back. I raised an eyebrow at Gray, uh no way.

"She"s still asleep, she probably don"t want to see you know too. You know what happened. " I said and waved my hands. "Al let's go."

I pulled him away, Gray just remained on the door of my room.

"Hey are you mad? You looked mad. " Al started. We walked towards town. Students often buy here.

"I'm not mad." I answered.

"Your face is screwed up like you're mad." –Al

"I'm perturbed, not mad." I answer again.

We were just walking towards town, and there is a few moments of silence.

"You still look mad." I sighed and glared at him, he was still holding my hands tightly.

"I"m NOT mad! But I will be soon. " He just kept his mouth shut. I sighed and walked slowly. I was dragging him because. We are already in town, there are only a few people.

"Want some muffins?" he asked me when we stopped. He was handing me one, I feel my eyes shining. "It's your favorite flavor too."

I immediately grabbed it. And looked at him, he was emotionless.

"Sorry, and thank you." I just sucked and ate it. He saw him smiled a little. "Oh should we go to the arena? There are some fighting techniques I want to learn. "

He laughed at what I said.

"Yes sure, want to go on a one-on-one right? We won"t go extreme. " He suggested. I immediately nodded my head again and again. He patted my head, he"s supportive as ever.

I remember having a fight with him but I always lose when we were young, he will immediately apologize and I would just laugh because everytime I lose he will just apologize

We stopped at some store first to buy some gifts for the King, it"s almost noon too.

"You can go inside the store, I'll buy you food." He said, I just nodded since I was already in front of the store.

I went in there, I didn't see anything good-

"Why are you buying clothes? I thought you two are on a date. " Art replied, he was there buying something.

"We"re gonna buy some gifts for the King, and this is a date. We will go to the arena later. What date are you talking about? " I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Uhhh like going out in a park and eating something delicious? Or some slow dance somewhere? And what arena? What are you gonna do there? " Art asked.

"Uh fight? Duh what are you going to do don? " his eyes widened and he was slapped on his forehead.

"What ?! How unromantic. " –Art

"Unromantic? This is just a friendly date. " I said

"What"s friendly? Any kinds of date are romantic, best friends, friends or lover. It"s still romantic. " Art proposed.

"What are you doing here Art?" Al asked, he just arrived. he has some foods in his hands. Great coz I"m hungry.

"I can"t believe you two! I will teach you how to date! " he exclaimed.

"Huh?" he pulled us both out, we saw Jasper and Breatrice. They didn"t see us though but they look good together. "See that? That"s what I"m talking about. Not going into some Arena to have a fight. Who does that? "

"Uh us?" we said in unison. Napailing iling nalang si Art, he dragged us and went inside some kind of restaurant.

"First is you both need to sit down and eat, with a lil bit of music and everything." Art"s been acting weird lately. "Now eat."

We have no choice but to do what he said. We ate and talked of some kind of things and never realized the time. Art did everything, he set up some food, music, everything.

This isn"t so bad, then we go to the park. There was a sunset, this feels nice. I heard some violin at the back, I"m sure it"s Art

"Mhmm… since when is Art a romantic kind of person?" Al said

"I don"t know, but he knows better than us. I don"t know dating was like this. " I just said, I mean in my previous life. I never get to do anything like this except chasing. "It feels nice."

"Yeah." he smiled while looking at me.

To be continued...