(Y/N) : your name
(L/N) : last name
" " : dialogues

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((Y/N)'s POV)

Today started like most of my other days. My eyes shot up at 4AM in the morning. I wandered off to find the bathroom and took a quick bath before gearing up. Once downstairs, I made a quick breakfast which comprised of just rice and eggs. With that, I'm ready to go.

That is until...

"(Y/N)-kun, is that you?" I hear the queen's voice.

"Yes, your majesty. I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" She then walked over to me.

"It's fine. I was about to wake up and make breakfast anyways." She then went to the fridge. "Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"Yes I have, your majesty."

"Oh, you seem to be on a hurry. Why leave so early?" She asked while preparing some food at the same time.

"My professor wanted to meet with me. He told me it was urgent, so I have to get to campus."

"Campus, but isn't it Saturday?"

"I guess it can't be helped." She chuckled at that.

"Don't work too hard." She said with a smile.

"I won't, probably. And by the way, thank you for the coffee yesterday." She responded with a look of confusion.

"What do you mean?"

Wait, didn't Aoi say that she told her to make the coffee for me?

Oh well, I probably misheard...

"It's nothing. I'll be going now, your majesty." I then walked to the door.

"Be careful on your way there!" She said as I left the house.

(Satsuki's POV)

And so he left. (Y/N) (L/N), is he really my nephew? When Sou-chan suddenly told me about him, I couldn't believe it. To think that Kouichirou-san actually had a son that we didn't know about. It's unbelievable, yet every time I see his face, he looks more and more like him.

"Satsuki, you're already making breakfast?" My husband suddenly walked in with a yawn.

"Yup, come and sit down." As he sat there, I made him a cup of coffee. "(Y/N)-kun already left."

"Did he? That kid sure is a morning person." He simply said.

"When are you going to tell him?" He then stopped his hands before taking a sip. His eyes just stared at the cup, with a faint smile on his face.

"Do you remember the first time you brought me to your family?" He suddenly asked.

"Of course I remember, it was super awkward." He chuckled a bit at that.

"I was different back then." He said.

"Yup, you were so empty when I first saw you. All I saw was the loneliness in your eyes back then." He only smiled at that. I guess my words brought back some memories.

"Eating dinner with your family changed me that day. Before then, I never really felt like I have a family. My parents were gone, and my brother was always busy, being a king." His expression changed so suddenly. "He never had time for me. I guess that's why I felt so empty back then. He would always be away with his work to 'change' this country. Doesn't that sound familiar?"

"He's just like (Y/N)-kun." I said as he nodded.

"Yes, that's right. That kid has been working himself halfway to death ever since he was a kid. His reasoning was probably that it would be 'worth it' when the time comes. My brother thought the same, and sacrificed his happiness to his work... yet he was gone before he even finished." I can almost see a tear, edging away on his eyes. "I don't want that kid to be like Kouichirou-niisan."

"He's not ready for the truth." He said before taking a sip.

"I see... then if that's what is best for him, I will trust you with this." He then smiled.

"Thank you, Satsuki."

((Y/N)'s POV)

I'm tired. I went all the way to campus and it turned out that the chancellor of the university himself wanted to speak with me. Well, it was more like an interrogation, with him asking about my past and whatnot. Probably some formality for the scholarship or something.

Right now, I'm walking through the town on the way back to the house. Yet while I was peacefully strolling through the streets, I felt an ominous presence...

Then a hand suddenly grabbed my shoulder...

"S-S-Shuu-chan!!! P-Please help me!!"

That voice... isn't that Akane-sama's? She probably mistook me for Shuu again. I then turned around and...

"Holy Chtullu!! What the hell?!?!"

I was so horrified that I accidentally fell down with her on top of me.

"I-I-I'm so sorry, Shuu-chan!!!!" She then immediately stood up before helping me up.

"It's fine, but I'm not your brother, Akane-sama." She grew immediately red after she heard what I said.

"E-Eh?!?! (Y/N)-san?!?! I-I'm very sorry!!"

For a shy person, she's very loud. I guess I should help her in this situation.

"Akane-sama, you seem like you need help." I then saw a grocery bag on her hand. "Are you getting groceries? I can help you with that."

"I-I-It's fine! Y-You don't have to help me. I-I'm fine." She's struggling to spew out words.

"Weren't you just yelling for help, princess?"

With that, she surrendered to her shyness and sighed in defeat.

"F-Fine... t-thank you, (Y/N)-san..." She's speaking so quietly now.

"Your welcome, princess." I then took the grocery bag and continue walking with her beside me, trying to hide from people.

Can a person this shy even be king? Is that even remotely possible?!?!

"Um... princess, may I ask you a question?" She was a bit startled, even though I was speaking so softly.

"Y-Yeah, sure..."

"Are you always like this when you're outside the house?"

"N-No... it's just that I was on grocery duty on my own. And when I was going back, I realized that the cameras switch places again." Her face is basically showing a look of despair as she explained.

"I see... so that is why you're hiding. It seems that your shyness is on a whole another level, princess." I joked as she just looked down in despair. Seeing her sorrow filled expression somehow makes me chuckle.

"Y-You're making fun of me..."

"I-I'm sorry, princess. You're very funny." She just glared at me for that.

"And don't call me princess, i-it's embarrassing..." once again, she's making me laugh. I just can't help it.

"H-Hey! Stop laughing!" She's lightly hitting my shoulders now.

"Anything can embarrass you, it seems. I'm very curious to see how you will be as king." She's just pouting at this point.

"I'll show you! When I'm king, I'll be the most confident ruler of all time!"

"Is that a wager, Akane-sama?" I said with a smug, much to her annoyance.

"It is! You better believe it!" Wow, she's actually sounding pretty confident, quite different from how she was a few moments before.

"Oh, so you believe you can overcome your shyness before the election ends, huh?"

"Of course! I'll show it to you!"

"I doubt it, Akane-sama."

"And what's with the sama?! Just call me Akane like you call Aoi-neechan."

"Well well well, you don't seem to be quite embarrassed anymore." It would seem that my words are fueling her arrogance as a smug appeared on her face. "I didn't know that you can talk so normally."

"Haha, I told you that I can do it!!!" She proudly declared... while also attracting the people passing by.

"Um... I think you're being too loud."

As soon as I said that, she immediately looked around to see a lot of people looking at her.

Unsurprisingly, she exploded and died out of embarrassment as she quickly dashed to hide behind me before grabbing my hand and used her power to fly us away.

"Wow, your confidence didn't last long..."

"W-W-Whose fault do you think that was?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

Ah, she's back to normal...

END of Chapter 4

Well, it looks like we won't be curing Akane's shyness anytime soon. That's not necessarily a bad thing, I guess. Hehe...

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BYE!!!!!!!!