Gilbert's P.O.V.

"Want to go to the mall?" Natsu suggested.

"Sounds like fun. Wait, don't we need an escort than?" I ask.

"Nope. Come on, we're sneaking out." Natsu pressed a finger against his pale pink lips. I smiled and we got our shoes on and grabbed our wallets. We snuck out. When we were a good mile away from the castle, I turned towards Natsu walking backwards.

"How did you know how to get out so easily?" I question.

"Me and Savannah used to sneak out to go places we normally couldn't." Natsu admits. Those two were close, that's cute. We continue our walk, chatting about random nothing's until we reach the big mall nearby. We walk inside and are met with a burst of warm air. We didn't mind, it was nice. We headed towards Hot Topic, because Natsu knew where one was.

"This is a big store." I muttered seeing the large store filled to the brim with an emo's dream. I am not even fucking kidding you.

"Oh, hey Natsu. Who's your friend?" The clerk smiled brightly. The girl had blue hair that was shaved on the left and cascaded past her shoulders in the right. Here eyes were green and she wore all black.

"Hey Luna." He greeted. "This is my childhood friend Gilbert." He introduced and I smiled.

"Nice to meet you. You sure are attractive." She winked at me and I felt a little uncomfortable. To be fair, besides Sam, I had very little female interaction growing up. Besides, this women was obviously over twenty one. *cough* cougar *cough*

"You are married." Natsu snorts as we browse the shop. I was half tempted to buy an attack on Titan jacket. Season two was the best thing ever! Okay, I bought it. Natsu got a lot of things that I did not see. I just know that a lot more black was added to his closet. We then headed for the game stop on the top floor. Entering, Natsu made a beeline for the games. 4DS games of course. The peak of human technology is here! Kidding.

I joined him and grabbed a Pokemon game that just came out. Natsu bought a bunch of crap..... again..... After this adventure, we traveled to the food court to get ice cream. Why? Because fuck you, that's why.

"Can I have a medium dipped vanilla cone?" Natsu questions.

"I'll have the same." I grin. The person behind the counter rung us up and I paid, despite my friends annoyance. They handed us our ice cream and we started walking around the mall, eating our ice cream. Natsu was eating his, the chocolate outer layer already gone as he worked on the rest. Droplets of melting vanilla slipped over his fingers, but he didn't seem to mind that much. I don't think he noticed. We kept up our walk until a few girls walked up to us.

"Hi?" I greet questionably as the three girls approached us. The first one was a ginger with bright green eyes and a very freckled face. The second one was a pink haired girl with blue eyes and a freckle, no, a mile right abover her upper lip. The last girl was a blonde with hazel eyes. She was quite tan.

"We noticed you and we just wanted to say that you two are really attractive." The ginger comments.

"Thank you, that's very kind of you." Natsu grinned.

"But you three look like Greek statues carved with the finest marble." I smile, a little white lie escaping my lips. The girls smiled and walked away, blushing tremendously.

"You sure no how to play then Gil." Natsu joked and I shrugged.

"It's not like it will help me in the long run." We finished up our ice cream. Natsu finished before me. "Natsu, you have ice cream on your nose." I informed. He just looked at his nose at the white substance on his nose. I lean over and lick the ice cream off his nose.

"What the hell Gil?" Natsu fumed.

"Too slow." I smile and finish my ice cream. We continue our walk around the mall, making various stops. We eventually stumbled upon this Asian Arts store which was mostly anime. But, upon entering, we saw Savannah. Yeah, and she was with someone, clinging to their arm, their faces flushed as if they had been in the freezing cold. The guy had messy white hair that spiked a bit and gray eyes that seemed laced with ice. Giving his eyes this cold blue look while being gray at the same time. He wore a black long sleeved sweater and black skinny jeans. They looked about the same age. Though, for some reason, I had a strong guy feeling that Savannah was over.

Not wanting to meet the two face to face, we head to somewhere else in the store. Lord only knows what would happen if Savannah saw us here. She definitely wouldn't like the invasion of her privacy. Though we tried to avoid them, we ended up buying a lot of anime stuff. Both of us ended up with like ten bags of stuff. Yeah, we're Otakus. We also got a bunch of different flavored pocky. By the time we had got to the register, Savannah and the guy were gone. We bought our stuff and headed back, not wanting Savannah to catch us.

It was slightly lighter out when we headed back the air was crisp and nice, making me happy, it wasn't ridiculously cold and it wasn't blistering hot. It was just right. We made it back to the castle and snuck in the same way we snuck out, getting to the room and dropping all the stuff we bought.

"We just blew a lot of money." Natsu jokes as we took everything we bought out of the bags. I shrug.

"Probably, but it didn't even dent our wallets." I say with a sigh.

"That's fair enough." We put our stuff away, I put mine in an empty suitcase Natsu gave me, then we watched anime for the next half hour. We thought we were in the clear until a certain someone burst into our room, extremely red in the face.

"Natsu! Are you kidding me? You know not to leave without me or someone else escorting you! What if someone tried to kill the both of you?" She fumed.

"Who was they guy you were with?" Natsu questions back. Savannah sighed and seemed to slowly relax. She still was slightly pissed off.

"With all due respect, I'd like to keep my love life to myself if you don't mind." Savannah mumbled.

"We understand. Natsu shouldn't have been so intrusive." Natsu looked slightly betrayed at my sharpened tongue.

"Don't throw me under the bush!" He pouted, his eyes flaring with amusement.

"Honestly. You two are forgiven, but...." That's never a good sign.

"But what?" Natsu questions.

"You have to share all the pocky you bought with the others." The glint in her eye gave me a clue that she had something more devious in mind. But, not wanting to die at a young age........

"Fine." I falsely sounded defeated, Natsu did the same, though he sounded sincere. We grabbed all our pocky and marched down to the dinning hall. Everyone else was there. Besides Iris and Dani. This helped further my belief something was wrong. Marianna was gone too, so was Joslyn. The rest were there, splitting us in half. Pretty much equal number of males and females. Well,  besides males had one less man.

"I feel like we're all about to be punished." Olivia joked. I liked her blonde hair and green eyes.

"No, we're going to play a game. The ones who aren't here are the ones who are either too young or are in a closed relationship. I shouldn't be here either, but my boyfriend liked my game." Savannah smirked a little.

"What is going on in that evil little head of yours?" Oliver questions.

"Don't you see the pocky? And if you think you can leave, the doors are locked and I'm the only one with the key." I see. That's her plan.....

Natsu's P.O.V.

We were playing the pocky game.

"I know you already know the rules Gilbert." Savannah looked over to the white haired male. He, in turn, held a hand over his heart and pretended to look heart.

"We only met yeast stay and you already claim to know me." The two seemed to be silently at war.

"Anyways, in order to demonstrate, Gil?" Gilbert Wales over and grabbed a price of pocky, placing an end in his mouth. Her looked for a victim and picked Savannah. She expected it. The two continued the silent war as they slowly ate their end of chocolate. When a few centimeters were left, Savannah pulled away.

"And it looks like I win." Gilbert smiled.

"Because I'm not kissing you." Savannah rolled her eyes.

"But you seem to love white haired males? I guess I'm two hundred years too young." Savannah scowled at him.

"Okay, let's play." She frowned.

"Look, I know I literally told you a few minutes ago me and Natau have no right to interrogate you, but I know what you're planning. When you lie you shift your feet and when you're holding something back, you look away from someone." We all watched with confusion in our eyes.

"I see that the United Kingdom has a wonderful king. So, based on what you saw, what can you assume about who I was with?" She questions. What was going on?

"You knew each other well, trusting each other completely. I could tell by the way your entire nature seemed to change. You seemed much more relaxed. He's younger than you, even though he looked your age. But, I know that you wouldn't date someone who'd eventually leave you. So, that made me think that this person is just like you, immortal." Huh?

"He is. Though he's not a noble, can you guess why?" Wait, there's an immortal who's not a noble?

"Because everyone thinks he's dead. He's your last love, isn't he?" Gilbert questions.

"You are absolutely correct. His name is Lyon. We've been dating for over two centuries now." The other nobles and Oliver looked shocked.

"He's alive?" Olivia asks.

"So is his brother and his brothers husband. Though, they are allowed their privacy." Savannah shrugged.

"Why don't we invite him to the game, he's in the castle, isn't he? In your bedroom, most likely." Savannah turned red.

"Shut up!" Savannah exclaimed.

"Oh my god." Ben said.

"Good for you!" Hazel smiled.

"It's not like that, she's still a virgin." I informed shyly.

"How would you know that?" Cheyenne questions.

"Because I told him I was saving myself for marriage and he should do the same." Savannah informed and I nodded.

"You're saying he hasn't proposed?" Heather questions, a short blonde female who works in my castle.

"No. Sorry bought that." That was a new voice. A white haired man appeared besides Savannah.

"You must by Lyon." Gilbert smiled.

"And you must be a pain in the ass." I liked this guy.

"Now that's, that, let's play the pocky game. Lyon brought a bottle. Sit in a circle."

Gilbert's P.O.V.

We were all in a circle, a green bottle in the middle. The two princesses sat beside me and Natsu, both wearing tight jeans and shirts. But Hazel wore a low cut blue shirt that showed off a lot of cleavage and Rose was more conservative, a long sleeved black turtle neck. Rose was definitely a b cup, her sister a definite double d.

"Gil, how about you go first?" Savannah suggested, pushing the bottle towards me. I shrug and spin the bottle, the hum of air leaving and entering the glass bottle giving us warning to when it would stop. The hum soon became dull as the glass opening of the bottle faced Rose. The girl blushed as I grabbed strawberry flavored pocky, placing the non strawberry flavored end in my mouth. She took the other end.

We bit slowly, one inch at a time, taking turns. When we got closer, our bites got smaller, I guess in desperate hopes for the sweet contact of soft lips to never reach each other. Don't want anyone to get a wrong idea, now do we? She tilted her head to avoid our noses bumping together, then, she backed out, with half an inch left. She was blushing as she spun the bottle.

"No reason to be shy." I smirked. Don't get me wrong, because I know what you must be thinking. 'He's a player, he toys with women's hearts.' This is untrue, in fact, I respect women, though I'm quite bad with them. You wouldn't be able to tell unless you knew me well.

The bottle kept spinning until it landed on Lyon. The two put both ends of pocky in their mouth, but Rose backed out a second in. She was shy, I could tell. But why had she allowed it to come so close. I looked over at Natsu who seemed to be slightly uncomfortable. While the game went on, I turned to Natsu.

"What's got your boxers in a bunch?" I question quietly.

"Well, besides a single kiss in our elementary days, I haven't really kissed anyone." Natsu admits with a blush.

"Neither have I. But don't worry, it's not going to be the end of the world." I gave him a reassuring smile and turned back to the game, Savannah and Lyon were happily engaged in a game of pocky. I tuned it out, knowing they were going to kiss. I was correct in my assumption. This full game went on with a few people tying and Hazel eventually spun the bottle, the tip of the bottle whizzing around in circles until it landed on my pink haired friend.

Hazel placed a mint pocky in her mouth, allowing Natsu to take hold of the other half. The two inches towards each other, and each time they got closer, this uneasy feeling settled over me. It made me restless. Was I jealous of Natsu? No, I couldn't be. It was impossible. But then, why did I hate how close they were getting. Natsu seemed so uncomfortable while Hazel made herself right at home. An inch was left and I was wondering if they were going to kiss. The contact nearly happened, but Natsu backed out. He knew Hazel wasn't going to.

"Don't want to kiss a princess?" Liam questions teasingly.

"Shut up." Caleb elbowed Liam. Natsu, still flustered, spun the bottle. There were so many possibilities. It could've landed on anyone; yet, it landed on me.

"This should be entertaining." Sam comments.

"I think it's awkward." David responds. I faced my friend as he stuck a piece of pocky in his mouth. His face was about as pink as his hair.

"Natsu, you know I won't bite." I teased and my friend glared as I took the other end of the pocky. We inched towards each other, both too confident to back off. But, the closer we got, the more we screamed at the other to back off and to stop, begging, but we did so with our eyes, netting the same response.

One inch left, Savannah smirks.

Half and inch left, we prepare for the worst.

That's when I kissed my best friend. A little zap shot through me as we blasted apart,scooting away from each other, red in the face.

"We ran out of pocky, so I guess we're done. You guys can go back, we'll call you for dinner." Savannah got up and unlocked the door, allowing us to leave. Natsu got up, and ran out. Thinking he was embarrassed, I got up and sighed, hurrying after him.

"NATSU!"