Twenty Minutes Later

Ruki's P.O.V

Lucy was mad at me but I kind of liked it. To see her emotions other than her obedience to me seemed better nowadays. I guess she really wasn't much of a lost puppy. Lucy walked back into the living room and looked at me before she started to walk towards the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Out"

"Why?"

"You told me not to make breakfast so I am going out for breakfast." 

"Lucy"

"Yes, Master?"

"Choose a restaurant"

"Huh?"

"Choose where you want to eat breakfast."

"What are you in the mood for?" So she was basing it off of what I wanted? Why else did she think I told her to choose a place to go to? Not for my convenience but hers'.  

"Soup" She nodded.

"Okay" She led the way. As soon as we got to the restaurant and grabbed our table outside Lucy stared at the menu. I looked at the menu to see that it had been in French. Why would she choose here if she didn't understand it? The waiter came up to us. Lucy ordered in french causing my eyes to widen. What did she just order?

"And for you sir?"

"I will have what she is having." He nodded causing Lucy to arch a brow.

"I thought you wanted soup."

"I do but I can order that later." She nodded. 

"Do you want me to order it for you, master?" That cocky smirk she had now, she knew, didn't she?

"How did you-"

"It is my job to learn about you. Even if you are an emotionless prince." I arched a brow.

"Emotionless prince?" Her eyes widened while her cheeks began to color with red. 

"W...w...what soup do you want for me to order?" So that was how she thought about me? For someone who seemed to stare at me like a lost puppy, she somehow saw me like a prince? Maybe I should punish her, just like how she did to me. I smirked at her.

"You look at me like a prince?" Her cheeks darkened. 

"How can you appear so emotionless with that smirk."

"I am the emotionless prince after all." I guess I had fun. "How did you learn to speak French?" The waiter sat two teacups down and poured our tea before leaving. Lucy took a sip of it before she spoke.

"It runs in my family." It made sense. Her last name was Heartfilia which was French. 

"Where are you from?"

"Somewhere far from here. What about you?" She seemed distant now that I wanted to know about her home. With Natsu and Gray, even the red-headed woman and the blue cat, she seemed happy so why was thinking about it now, bad?

 Her having a tutor, the way she spoke, and acted at times, especially with the tea just now, even though she had a guild it seemed like she had a life before that. Was she from a rich family as well? "Master?"

"How was your life there, before your guild?" Her eyes widened before she looked at her now empty cup. The waiter poured more tea before Lucy looked at me.

"We are out of basil you know?" I arched a brow. She was avoiding the topic. I poured sugar in my cup before I stirred it and let out a dry chuckle. 

"You are not allowed to disobey my orders. You are to speak only when I say you are allowed to and if not, you know what will happen."

"Master"

"Speak"

"It is something not easy to talk about. We may have known each other for three months but-"

"If you continue to go back you will never learn to be happy again, remember?" She blushed of embarrassment.

"You are using my words against me." She said in embarrassment. 

"Tell me, I order you to." She picked up her spoon and began to stir her tea before she spoke.

"My father was a hard-working man. To keep his estate he worked but he made time for us. After the death of my mother..." She froze in her sentence and looked at me only for me to arch a brow. She knew she had no choice. Looking down, she continued, "He changed, he was neglectful and as I got older I realized that it was better to run away than to stay. One day I fulfilled my plan." 

"When you stopped being homeschooled..."

"Was when I ran away."

"When did you became apart of your guild?" She took a sip of tea and nodded.

"Was a year after I left. Everything was fine, that was until he found me. To get me to come back he hurt them and me as well. Eventually, I came back home and told him off before living my life." Her eyes began to water but she smiled. "Time sure passes by in seconds. Before I knew it he was gone and even though I thought I hated him, I couldn't...How could I? He was my father after all." She was hiding her emotions with ones that didn't fit her now. She was hurt and didn't want to show it. I wasn't going to allow her to do that anymore.

"Look at me" Her eyes widened but she slowly followed my orders. "Stop smiling" She stopped only for her tears to fall more rapidly. 

"I'm sorry" She was about to wipe them but I stopped her by grabbing her wrist. 

"Stop apologizing for showing your emotions."

"Ruki-kun" I found myself moving my hand from her wrist to her hand and enclosing it in mine. I stared at her in her eyes causing her to blush which seemed to make that happen to me as well but I ignored it. 

"That is an order." She smiled and nodded. 

  "Okay"  The feeling I had for her, returned. It ached to see her cry but had been a rush seeing her smile. Seeing her this way made me wonder if these feelings were the start of something I tried to fight. 

"Love" 

"Huh?" My cheeks reddened again before I looked away from her. 

"It's nothing"