Hidden Feelings.
[Ace POV],
*Knock* *Knock*
I was about to read the other texts below when I heard a knock on the door.
Seeing this, I discarded the panel in front of and turned to face the door, waiting for whoever was on the other side to enter.
When the door was opened, a familiar figure entered the room.
"Emma, What are you doing here?"
"I ca to talk"
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[Adara POV],
'Ugh,' I muttered as I slowly opened my eyes to see a sowhat familiar ceiling after taking a rest.
I prepared to get out of bed and move to the door as I thought back to what had happened yesterday.
I must check on Ace!
I'm not sure when it started, but I rember when we first t.
It was at my 13th birthday banquet.
Coming from a royal family, the number of 'real' friends I have can be counted on one hand.
Everyone else seems to be interested in my identity as the empire princess, except for my family.
My princess this, my princess that, princess, princess, princess!
It irritates every ti I hear that form of address.
I sotis wish I didn't have the identity of a princess, but not all wishes are granted.
People may think that being an empire princess is sothing to be delighted about, and I'm not sure about other empire princesses, but I wasn't.
I've even caught so of my 'friends' talking behind my back not once, not twice, but several tis.
And what they were talking about wasn't good.
I was the object of many people's envy and jealousy, which I did not want.
All I desired was to have soone to call a "friend."
A 'friend' who is unconcerned about my status as a princess.
I just wanted to be treated like a regular person.
It's strange how you can have everything in the world but not have what you really want.
Everything changed when I t Ace.
I saw his face for the first ti at my birthday banquet because my father wanted to introduce to him.
He only does this to people my age on whom he has a favorable impression.
I've never t Ace, but I've heard of him.
But when I first saw him, the only thing that could describe him was a block of ice.
When my father introduced to him, I was expecting the usual flattery words when I saw him open his mouth, but he never said anything else besides introducing himself back.
At first, I assud he was playing the cold hard-to-get, or hard-to-impress type.
After all, he wasn't the first guy I'd seen attempt this. I was expecting him to 'co out of character' when my father left us to attend to other people, but who would have guessed that right after father left, he also left in the opposite direction and ignored as if I were any other ordinary person on the road.
Seeing this, I assud he didn't realize I was a princess.
Though I dislike my identity as a princess, my pride was still hurt, so I put him on my blacklist at the ti.
Even though I had him on my blacklist, I was intrigued by him because I knew his other identity.
He was Brian Blaze's stepbrother.
Brian seed more like a tsetse fly to .
I don't hate or dislike him, but I don't appreciate the fact that he likes .
Unlike others who are more concerned with my identity as a princess, Brian is more concerned and sees as soone he likes.
He also calls by my first na without adding princess.
I didn't stop him because I didn't care, and there was also the fact that he was soone my father liked.
We've also known ourselves since childhood.
He was also the grandson and nephew of an outstanding vassal kingdom under my father's control.
And he tried to use this as an opportunity for him to get close to which was sothing I made him fail miserably at.
Even though I pretend to despise him, I consider Brian to be a friend. After all, he was one of the few people who didn't care about my identity as a princess and was more concerned with my identity as 'Adara.'
This made wonder what kind of person Brian's elder stepbrother is.
Thinking about this, I looked in Ace's direction and saw him serving himself in the area where the food was placed.
Seeing this, I went in his direction and pretended to want to take sothing myself, while also asking him so questions to which he gave simple answers.
Unlike other boys, even n, who would have been pleased that I was talking with them, Ace had no expression and just kept eating and responding to my question with short words.
I kept asking questions to see how long he would continue with his act.
In the end, I was able to give his face an expression. Though it was subtle and almost impossible to notice if you don't look too closely, I did notice an expression on his face, but it was not what I was expecting.
His expression was one of slight annoyance and irritation.
I was surprised rather than angry when I saw this.
I don't like the title, but I am still the princess of an empire, and that ans sothing.
Even if he was attempting to impress, he should be aware that doing this will only backfire on him.
Thinking about this, I looked in his direction just to see he wasn't there again.
Yes, he ignored and left standing in the middle of my own banquet.
I tried to find him, but I didn't see him again, so I assud he had either gone sowhere far away or had already left the banquet.
Though it left a bad taste in my mouth, it piqued my interest in him. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see him again until the start of a new high school term.
Since I begged my father to stop hoschooling because I was sick of it, and he agreed, allowing to study at the Royal Academy for a new term.
I was excited because I would finally be able to leave the palace more often, et new people, and possibly make so friends. It was just a sha and a disappointnt that even though I was in a new location, the treatnt remained the sa.
Everyone was concerned about the 'princess.'
At least Brian was present, so I wasn't completely suffocated.
I assud school would be the sa as it had always been for in other places until we had a general class and I saw soone I hadn't expected to see.
Ace Blaze.
When I noticed he saw and ignored , I was surprised and angry.
I was so agitated that I forced my way into a seat next to him.
At the very least, this jerk should know how to treat a noble lady.
I'm pretty sure he's single.
When we were sitting close together, I kept asking him random questions, much to Brian's chagrin, but Ace showed no interest in anything I said until I accidentally asked him about sothing related to what the general teacher in class was teaching.
Seeing this, I continued to ask him more questions about what the teacher was saying, and we moved on to broader topics, even silently arguing about a theory he disagreed with.
That's when I realized this block of ice will only show interest and respond to what he's interested in.
What was good, I think, was that even though we mostly talked about theories and topics related to it, I had a good ti.
Ace beca sothing of a theory buddy after that, and from there we began discussing subjects other than theory, and despite his lack of interest, he listened.
I'm not sure when it started, but Ace gradually turned into another male I could call a close friend aside from my father, brothers, and Brian.
After I told him to address by my na because he was so stiff in his posture when greeting , he beca the only person besides my family who cared about the identity of 'Adara' as a person rather than the identity of 'Adara' as a princess.
It was purely a friend relationship until I started having feelings, but that idiot never paid attention or noticed and would occasionally ask if I was sick when I acted 'weird' to him.
I could only hide my emotions.
I was already in front of Ace's residence as I thought of these things.
I saw Chris in front of the building and noticed he was deep in thought about sothing, so I didn't bother him and went inside.
I wonder If Ace is awake.
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[Ace POV],
Looking at Emma, I asked the blonde-haired girl in front of with brown eyes what she wanted to talk about. Without replying, she made her way to the seat Anna was occupying before pulling an object from her robe and showing it to .
It was an orb.
When I saw this, I focused on it and checked its information with the primordial chronicle.
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[??? ???]
Bound to Ace Blaze.
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'What is this?' I thought this when I couldn't see the na on the orb.
It should be noted that, unlike the white, blue, orange, and green orbs I've seen, this one was a different color.
It was pitch black.
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