I woke to the sun, the gleam of its bright surface blinding my eyes. I groggily placed the back of my hand over my face to shadow the sun. Wait? why am I in a bed?

I looked down and saw I was in a white-sheeted bed, my leg was covered in white bandages which were carefully wrapped around my thigh. I grazed my fingers over the covering and looked down, a lady sat at a desk in the corner of the room writing down something on a pad.

She had dark grey hair which tangled into a high bun. "W-Where am I?" I croaked as I sat up rubbing my eyes, "Oh! My dear!" she cried getting up quickly leaving whatever she was previously doing to help me, "Please sit back down you are too weak to stand" She said.

I stood up perfectly and looked at her, she had an astonished look on her face. To be honest, I'm used to pain like this, I have a strange endurance so I can handle it.

"How did I get here?" I asked She looked at me for a moment then explained. "You were taken in while one of the princes were going through the forest", I nodded "And the other princes helped take you here, if it wasn't for them you could have been more than badly harmed" She explained, "Where are the princes? I would love to thank them" I said.

"Well the closest Prince is just down the hall and to the left," she said pointing down the hall. I nodded and was about to go down the hall until she stopped me. "Miss! Please put some other clothing on" she said pointing to my clothing, my tattered (F/C) shirt and dirtied jeans. "I have some clothes you may put on over there" she explained gesturing towards the curtains in the corner of the room. I nodded and got changed.

After I left I went down the long corridor was painted with different patterns, flowers turning into animals turning into coils and ribbons all painted in a darker shade of pink than the wall.

Then there was a large door, twice the size of me. It was white and had golden trimming along the dips of the door and the nob. I grasped the nob and twisted it open, as the door cracked open I could hear the laughter of girls.

I poked my head into the room and saw a long haired blonde cuddling on a couch with a group of girls, he was flirting away while the girls swooned over him. I groaned 'Please say this isn't the prince' I hoped.

He looked up from one of the girls and looked at me "Hello? And who may you be?" He said with a flirtatious smirk, "Um... are you one of the princes who saved me?" I asked. He gasped and smiled "You're the girl from the forest!" he exclaimed standing up.

~Litch's POV~

The creaked open and a girl poked her head into the room, she had long (H/C) hair, it went down to her hips, her hips... they were perfect actually she was the perfect body type. She looked at me with bright (E/C) eyes. A long strand of her hair was coloured (F/C) strange...

She looked to me and She explained that she was the girl Leonhard had found yesterday in the forest. She was wearing a show white dress and black tights, along with a denim jacket over her shoulders and some black flats.

"I just wanted to say thank you," she said while slightly bowing, "I'll take my leave now," she said going out the door until I ran up and grabbed her wrist before she could leave. "Please, a lovely lady like yourself should join us for some tea" I smiled. she looked at me all the other girls would blush or swoon but she just looked reluctant to do so.

I pulled her in and sat her on the chair next to me, "SO what's the name od the beautiful temptress in front of me?" I asked She didn't look at me "(Y/N)" she spat, turning away. Wow, she's different to all the other girls I've met.

I kept trying to flirt with her but she still didn't react in fact she seemed a bit annoyed but that can't be because I'm the least annoying person in this place.

She put my arm around her shoulder and scoot closer to her but she didn't flinch, she cupped her hands around her tea cup tightly as I rest my chin on her shoulder, "You're a beautiful girl you know" I whispered into her ear. Then she did something very unexpected.

She stood up and slapped my arm away, the teacup had knocked over and her eyes were shadowed "I'm sorry for my rudeness but I do not find pleasure in you harassing me and whispering in my ear" she spoke sharply. "I'd rather you understand my space," She said looking into my eyes.

She walked out the room leaving the girls hissing in anger and me sat in shock, a girl has never talked to me like that. Usually, they swoon or treat me like the most important person in the world! I should be managed but for some reason, I can't be. she seems so fubar to me in a strange way.

~(Y/N) Pov~

I walked out the room with a huff, I hate guys like that, I know he's the prince of this region but if he knew who I was he would be bowing down on his knees. I hate people like him who think that all he needs to do it wink and all the girls will fall for him.

I regained my train of thought then realised I was lost, all the halls were empty and the only thing was a long corridor leading to a door similar to the other prince's room.

I walked towards the door and turned the nob. I peered into the room and it was glorious, shelves reaching to the top of the tall roof lined the walls and there wasn't a single empty space in the howl place.

In the middle of the room sat a large lavish table with someone sitting at it. They had a parchment and a lamp pointing down to it. "Hello?" I spoke, the boy looked up at me "Who are you?" He questioned.

"My name is (Y/N)... Are you one of the princes who saved my life yesterday?" I asked, he placed his quill down and nodded "Ah! You're the girl from the forest my brother saved I assume" I just nodded.

"Well I didn't do much my brother Leonhard was the one who fond you" He explained, "I'm just working on my studies," He said looked back to the paper.

I walked around and slid my fingers over the dusty spines of the books, I stood behind him and looked over his shoulder, I read the sentence he was writing.

'Life in France 1468 was an easy and peaceful life, people had lots of money and easily negotiated with each other'

"That's wrong" I spoke up "Pardon?" I questioned looking at me, "well I mean in 1468 in finance it was horrible, a disease was going around and so was the cold war having the government split between peace of the people and safety of their own lives" I explained.

He looked at me shocked and quickly flipped through some pages and paused. "You are correct... I thought I knew this part already and it was irrelevant to look into it" He mumbled, "How do you know this?" He questioned, "I've... travelled to France before and heard tales of the hard times they had gone through" I explained.

I mean that was half true. Once I went out and escaped to France where I became a combat general for the army at the age of 14. He nodded and re-wrote what he originally wrote.

I looked on his desk and sat on the desk a large blue covered book labelled 'The state of requirement' over the front. "Oh! I love this book!" I exclaimed pointing to the book, he looked at what book I was talking about and smiled lightly "Oh you enjoy the book too, I love the relationship between--" "The count and the lady Janis!" I exclaimed.

He looked at me with wide eyes "You said your name was... (Y/N) correct" He said and I nodded, "I like you... I would love to have a meeting about your opinion on the book if you are free" He smiled.

"I'd love to!" I exclaimed with a smile, He went back to his work and I skimmed through the books he had, he had a large range of non-fiction books but some books that were on the corner where love and romance books, "Do you enjoy romance?" I asked, "I have no time for those kinds of books" He spoke sternly "But you like them?" I smirked.

He paused for a moment, "I mildly enjoy the content" He said. I smiled and went back to the bookshelves, all lines with gold and polished enough to see my reflection.

"Ow" I heard him whimper, I looked over and saw him holding his hand and his quill rolling to the side of the table, "Hand cramps" He mumbled.

I walked over and took his hand "What are you doing?" He questioned. I rubbed my thumb over his palm, "Ow.." he squeaked slightly as I squeezed a sensitive spot. I massaged his hand until he was sitting cross-legged normal as he watched me doing it, he wasn't frustrated or bored he was very calm and was now acting interested in the way how I calmed his hand cramp.

"There is it better?" I asked. The prince nodded with no words, he just took in the beauty of the girl. she had some freckles along her cheek bones and had smooth (S/C) skin. her hands were warm and small compared to his.

she looked up to him, something dazzled in her (E/C) eyes making the princes feel a strange feeling in the depths of his stomach, something he had never felt before.

"S-Sorry" she mumbled backing away, she was sweet but had a tinge of mischief to her, "I should be going now, sorry for intruding on your studies," she said sheepishly. she went to the door and opened it, just as she was about to leave Prince Bruno realised what she was doing and called out to her "Wait!" holding out his hand.

She looked at him with confusion, "I'd... like if you would come back... maybe we could talk about our opinions on the relationship between The count and the lady Janis" he spoke slightly nervously. she gave him a kind and heartfelt smile with her eyes closed "I'd love that" she smiled.

She shut the door behind her and the feeling Bruno had felt seemed to expand but he didn't know how to react to it, it was like his heart lifted out of his chest. He shook the feeling out of his head and went back to his parchments.

~With You~

She skipped down the hall, she came past a large door leading into the garden, a path of rose bushes came into view making her curiosity get the better of her, she found herself stepping outside to look at the roses, each bush flourished a different colour rose.

she walked around the large garden until she found herself at the foot of a tree, she looked around and saw a body on the floor, wrapped in a jacket and snoring. She walked over and looked at the character and saw his stormy white hair lay across his face.

she reached down and moved the small strand from his face, suddenly he jolted awake and grabbed her hand causing her reach and grab his wrist, pulling hers away and nearly striking him but pulled back "Sorry! Instincts!" she cried.

he opened his eyes and looked at her, he had a hard and stern glare as he looked at her, normal people would have cowered under his gaze or run away but she looked into his arctic blue eyes and saw kindness.

she gave his a sweet closed-eye smile making his confused, usually, when people wake him up they run away but this girl was smiling at him.

"Pre... Pret..." he tried to speak, she tilted her head and looked at him "Pretty" he finally spoke, she looked down sheepishly and looked back at him. "H... Handsome" she spoke.

She reached up and brushed her fingers through the boy's hair. his sharp gaze was no effect on the girl because she was fearless but she also could see that the boy had kindness smothering his eyes.