You sat on Nikolai's bed waiting for him to come back. Looking around his room, you find some not-so-comforting things.  For instance, the whole room had a circus feeling to it which isn't bad on its own, but the mix of newspapers spread out on the walls, reports of deaths, explosions, and other terrible crimes, along with a tedious collection of weapons stored around the room, you felt less and less safe staying with him.

After a few minutes you decided to look around, you knew it was wrong but you were all too curious about the man you had hired. You opened a drawer in the nightstand next to his bed only to find a dagger, matches, and a book with big pink letters on the front titled 'DIARY'

You opened the book to the first page where he talked about feeling depressed, when, an anonymous person hired him. At first, you thought it was you, but hearing the name 'Decay of Angels' repeated, your mind started to race.

 Reading more, you found him mentioning his new friend, 'Fyodor'. It was slow and overall boring, even with his enthusiastic way of writing. You were about to close it when you read the word 'Murder' although you thought you had misread it since his handwriting was terrible and sloppy.

But looking over it again you realized he was talking about his first murder for the DOA. Death was nothing new to you, it was something you had to deal with time and time again, but your jester? You had no idea he worked for something so shady. You had never even heard of the DOA before.

Flipping through pages, you eventually got to a point where your name was being repeated. He had just been employed by the queen and was very excited. You smiled as you read how happy he was to meet you and your heart skipped a beat when he even went as far as to call you pretty.

You slammed the book shut and put it back in the drawer once you heard footsteps coming your way. Nikolai promptly opened the door with a tray full of snacks and set it on your lap.

"Here ya gooo~!" He smiled. You thanked him and he plopped down beside you. You examined the tray full of fruit and candy, and bit into one of the cotton candy-flavored grapes.

You talked for a while but when you changed the subject to going back home his smile disappeared.

"AWW But you just got here~!" He pouted. 

"I have my own responsibilities! I need to leave. I'm sure the men are gone now."

"One more hour, PLEEEEASEE!" He begged.

You sighed and popped another grape into your mouth, nodding along. He hugged you aggressively when you agreed, bouncing up and down.

You sat together eating candy in silence for a while before he spoke up.

"Y/N?"
"That's MISS Y/N to you." You held your chin up all royal-like and he busted out laughing. You were irritated by him, to say the least, but wouldn't let it show.

"Of course Your Highness ~!" He wrapped his arms around you again in a hug but didn't remove them. After a while, you got uncomfortable and tried pushing him off only for him to squeeze you tighter. "Why are there weapons everywhere?" You suddenly asked.

He looked around the room and let you go finally.

"Safety~!"

"It doesn't feel very safe."

"No one's gonna hurt ya! Promise." He extended his pinky out like a child and you did the same, shaking on it.