The audacity
Yes, no shit, Sherlock.A lady with dazzling light pink outfit came in the room with three more ladies, the fair skin she had and the choice of colors. She is damn fine."The audacity you have for not bowing down in front of a princess." She smiled.Well, what can I even say. A bitch? Yeah, no."Apology princess, but I'm not quite in a shape to bow down.""That's why I say, the audacity." Is she crack or what?Her smile is like a typical girl who thinks that she is above everyone. But do I give a damn?"I still wonder how that poison didn't consume you? How you are sitting here totally fine when my brother himself put your body on fire."Ah, she is talking about Maya Suryavanshi. How can I forget about such a crucial part that me and Maya Suryavanshi look same. Why the hell I made queen to look like me?"Mind to correct you princess, it's called funeral."I don't know if that devil thinks me as his late wife."Impudence, you are talking to a princess, lady." Her cheeks flared. Did I say something wrong; I was just correction her vocabulary."Yes, a princess, not a God. And humans do make mistake. It's not your fault that you don't know how to explain a funeral." I smiled oh so innocently.And did I tell you that I'm not having good vibes from her? Oh, I know about this character very well, a pretentious bitch who thinks that she is in charge of whole kingdom, while it's her brother. Duh."Anyone-"Do you think, you can throw a guest of your brother out? I don't think you had the permission or position to." I breathed gently and looked out the balcony. I know what you are up to bitch. I know you very well.But what caught my attention was her bitter laugh."I think the poison has consumed your brain instead.""I beg to differ.""No, I'm quite right. I don't know how a sweet meek girl became such a wild creature in such short period of time." Her face came really close to my side."I can gauge your eyes out." She whispered. I guess she is offended that I'm still looking directly in her eyes, while it's very common for others to look down while talking to royalty."I can do the same." Instead, I smile."You better pray that I don't tell this to my brother." She suddenly leaned back and went out of the room with a huff.Childish much.Maya Suryavanshi, who was the former queen and wife of Aprajaya Suryavanshi died due to poison given by one of the jelly lovers of his.Their marriage was nothing but a political alliance. Her father who is also the chief head of the army, decided to 'sell' his daughter for benefits, and she being a sweet sweet girl agreed to her father's wish only to treated like a shit afterwards.Aprajaya never liked her meek personality that's why he seeked assistance of bold women who he thinks was capable for him. But time changed and he started liking Maya, but his biggest regret was that he could never tell his feelings before she died.And now, me who has same face and name as her, seems a perfect target to bully.I never thought what would happen to that girl who poisoned the queen. Maybe Aprajaya killed her? But my story ended with the death of his lover. And I never started the sequel.The beautiful girl who helped me in the washroom the first day whose name as I recalled was Chayya came in with a tray of plate."Hey, sorry to trouble you, but can you help me stand up after I finish this?" I held acceptance."But lady, your-"If I continue to lie here until I'm fine, I don't think so I can walk ever with straight posture." I chuckled."As you want, lady.""Just call me, Maya. There is no need to be so formal with me."She flinched and took a step back."We can't lady. That's our Queen's name and no one in this kingdom had permission to call this name without respect."Oh, I see."But I'm not your queen. So, feel free to call me by my name." I smiled but she didn't reciprocate."You will be." She muttered."What do you mean?" I frowned."Nothing lady, you should eat first then we will take a walk." Her smile was abnormally sweet today. I'm pretty sure that this lady also speaking the language I understand, but still, I didn't understand what she meant by the other statement.Whatever, that doesn't concern me.I slowly ate a very simple food which had two roti and a side dish. It was good.Chayya skillfully swept the plate and went out.To get up I first need some motivation and muscle stretching. It's not like, I can't hold such injuries. But this time I don't know why; my body is refusing to even move.I managed to get up from the bed but taking a step ahead seems to be a lot of workout. Thankfully, Chayya came in on time and immediately got a hold of my arms gently."Take a step ahead slowly and don't pressurize your other ankle." I did what she said, but it was very difficult not to put pressure on my other ankle."You should put half of your weight on me, it will be helpful."I nodded and slowly started leaning on her. Her one hand was tightly wrapped around my waist and other hand was holding was non-injured arm.This is the first time I got out of this chamber and woah, the place was lavished. I bet if any luxury suite or even 5-star hotel can reach up to this level. The walls, are they coated with gold??"Hey, is this Gold?" I asked Chayya who was waiting for me to make a step forward."No lady, this limestone was mixed with Sulphur which gave the walls luster." I made an o shape with my mouth. That's something new to me."They are beautiful."She snickered and I looked down at her. She is really small, compared to my body."Wait till you see the other things." She grinned at me which made me chuckle.I again took a step ahead and we soon reached the stairs."Uh, I think we need one more assistance to get you down from this." She voiced out my concern."I think it's enough for today, we will get down some other day." I huffed and we changed our direction back to my room."What are you doing?" a familiar voice captured my attention. I snapped my head back and saw the devil coming at our side. I felt Chayya going stiff."I wanted to take a walk and Chayya volunteered to help me." I smiled as gently as I can.He momentarily gave a glance at her and soon his attention came to me. Unconsciously I gulped."Leave her to me and you see other things."Chayya cowered and with a meek yes, she started loosening her hold on to me. It happened so quickly that I had no time to stop her. She let go of me and the half weight of mine which was holding.A sharp pain surged through my ankles which made me wince.But before I could fall or sit down, a sturdy pull took my whole weight off from my feet. I snapped my head only to get my nose bumped with something hard."Urgh, my nose." I rubbed my nose gently."Apology." He whispered. I opened my eyes and measured the distance between us. One step more and we will end up kissing.I was so engrossed in the moment that I didn't notice when he lifted me up in his arms. My shoulder stings."Oww...""Apology, lady.""You seem to ask apology a lot." I giggled and he went down the stairs."Let me show you the garden, you will love it there." His voice lowered. I wonder if he also thinks me as his wife, but on a second note he knows I'm not from here. And his wife can't get so mature in such a short period of time even if she reincarnates.We reached an empty lawn, whose ground was covered with wildflowers and weed. The fresh air nuzzled through the lawn making the grass shed the water from night.It's a perfect area to walk with your naked feet and feel the freshness under your feet."Let me down."He slowly put me down but held my waist in his hold. Now, that I think, he is being way too touchy with me, when he can just order someone else to hold me. Why take such pain?Just as I put feet on ground, the giddiness filled inside my stomach, the grass was so fresh that I could sleep on it, if it were dried.The pain was forgotten when I chuckled feeling the grass.Since, I couldn't manage to stand too much, I squatted to sit down. His hold didn't loosen even once, which I was glad."Did you like it?" my sight captured his face.He looks at me like a child look at something they love, with innocence.Oh God, please no.Anticipating my answer, he continued to look at me."Yes, it's beautiful." I looked down and picked up a strand of grass."To tell you the truth, I love wildflowers. They show the true nature of this universe.""How so?""When the soil is hard, a gardener saw no chance of having any plant over there. But he is forgetting it's a soil, it meant to held life. But still neglected. And in those harsh conditions you see a flower, you see a plant which grows in that hard soil.""It's same with human life, harsh conditions make beautiful flowers.""Then what about the plants the gardener had taken care of?""They are also same, but while wildflowers are free to do whatever they want, those plants which we grow inside tend to be weak. You see sometimes a flower is even grown between rocks and the plants you have grown inside, will wither just with small shift in environment."He didn't say anything but stared at me blankly. Maybe I had ranted unnecessarily.I awkwardly coughed and again picked a strand of grass. On a second note, why don't I try making crown out of it, just like I did in childhood. That would be fun and bring back some locked memories.Now that I had an idea and an awkward company, I picked up some small white weed flowers and started threading it with other strands of grass."That's an amusing way to use these plants, what are you making by the way?" he shifted closer to me and locked his sight on my hands, which were weaving the accessory."Patience, my king."I swear, I see his lips twitch upwards from my peripheral vision. What seems so funny here?Though I don't get to know what he found so funny, but the grass tiara is done. And how adorable it looks, good job Maya. You are a professional tiara maker now."What is this?" the curiosity held by his voice didn't get unnoticed by me."It's called a Tiara, you put it on your head." I twirled it around my hand, and slowly put it on my head."See? Like this." his eyes twinkled in astonishment. I snickered; he looked like a wolf who is looking at a butterfly that accidently sat on his nose. Adorable."Do you want one?""Can I?""Of course. I will make yours full of flowers." I smiled and picked up some wild orchids and oh, daisies, they are beautiful and my favorite."If you don't mind, can I ask you something?""Sure, go ahead." Just a little twist on the end of the stem and a node will create. Fantastic."What did you tell, Mayura?"Who is that now? And what did I tell her?"Who are you talking about?" I looked at him while still twisting the stem of daisies with grass."The princess."Oh that. News got travelled faster than the smoke."Nothing special. I just told her that what she is explaining, is called funeral.""She told me, poison had consumed your brain. Really? I was never poisoned on the first place get your facts checked first lady. And then I also told her that she held no position to throw me out as I'm her brother's guest." I rolled my eyes at the memory. The audacity she had."Haha."The hell? I just kinda insulted his sister, and he is laughing? That's the latest news."You are brave.""Not to brag but, 9 out 10 people had defined me as terrifying. 3 women, 6 men and the other one was blind.""I'm willing to see that side yours someday.""You will probably not see, because I hardly get pissed off and here, I plan not to socialize with anyone. The less people I meet, the less chance it's for to piss me off.""If I didn't know, you are from another world. I would have laughed at your audacity."I knew that verse of him, it means, if I was from here, I would have been 6 ft under. But for some reason I didn't feel intimidated.But what did I even say for him to feel like killing me? Whatever.With a last node, I completed the King's tiara and showed it to him."Here, take it."But instead of grabbing it, he bowed his head down slightly. What that gesture supposed to mean?I looked at the tiara and then his bowed head, and I don't know what came over me, I put that tiara over his head.My fingers brushed over his hairs, and I swear, the softness and silkiness I felt. What did he use for his hair?"A grass crown for the gold cladded Emperor.""For me this is the priceless crown I can ever get. It's not even at comparison the gold one I wear."What wrong with this? Why is he talking like this? And most importantly, why am I... blushing?He looked up and a daisy fell off from the tiara and got stuck between his curly hair. I forwarded my uninjured arm to his head so that I can take off the flower from his hair, but he suddenly grabbed my wrist."Let it be lady." He smiled and lowered my arms and eventually let go of it.I frowned and picked up one more daisy. I looked at daisy and then looked at his smiling face. But then, I might be crazy because what I did after that might not be favorable for my life.I stuck the flower at his hair like a clip. I freaking did that.But instead of shaking it off and unsheathing his sword at me, he laughed."I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.""I don't know what you said just now, but it might be an apology. Isn't it?" he snickered, and my blush deepens."Yes, I apologize." I lowered my head slightly to hide my embarrassment."Don't be lady, I made a habit to cherish the things my queen loves. Even if it means to decorate it on my head." And now it caught me off guard."What do you... mean?""Marry me."