Third person P.O.V.

King Rick was getting ready for the ball in his room as Yami was guarding the gates, waiting for the carriage to come while humming a tune.

King Rick, fully dressed, walked out and stopped next to Yami.

"Hey, Ms. Knight. Is the carriage here yet?" He asked sweetly.

(He does know her real name. He's just playful)

"Right on time." She replied with a soft smile. He smiled back as the carriage rounded the corner and stopped in front of the two.

"Alright! Will you do the pleasures and be my knight in shining armor at the ball?" He asks.

"Alright! Sounds like a great idea!" Yami says, smiling.

Yami walked over to the carriage and opened the door, bowing down. "Royalty first!" She said with a grin.

Rick walked up to Yami and stopped, then bowed. "Hehe, right. Thank you." And then walked into the carriage.

"Your welcome." She replied. Yami followed in after him and then closed the door. Yami knocked twice on the barrier between the driver and the back of the carriage where they sat. The carriage began to move. Rick sat down and Yami sat in front of him. There was awkward silence until Rick broke it.

"So what made you want to be a knight?" Rick asked Yami.

"I don't know. I guess I just wanted to protect honorable subjects..." She replied, looking out the window.

"Hm.... Well I would consider myself honorable... I think everyone is, though."

"You really think so?" She asked, looking at him.

"Yeah... I mean when my parents passed away, I was next in the throne... I didn't really earn it, though. It was just because I was born royalty." He replied.

"W-wow... I'm sorry... I never knew knew my family... I grew up with my older brother. He's gone now... He left the kingdom, and I can't find him. But that's it." She says, looking down at her hands timidly.

He smiles softly and looks at her, placing a hand on her knee. "Well... I'd be glad to help you find him, if you'd like."

She looks up at the generous King. "Could you really?! That would be amazing! I'd love that!" She smiles brightly at him.

He chuckles. "Yeah, that's one good thing about my job as a king. I have many chances to help others." He says, smiling back.

She hugs him and cries tears of joy. "Thank you so much! Thank you! Thank you!" She realizes that she invaded his privacy and let's go. "Oops, sorry."

He chuckles again. "It's alright, I don't mind. And your welcome." He replies, wiping her tears and smiling. She blushed at his touch.

He chuckles once more. "Don't worry, we'll find him." He says, getting up to get a drink.

She stays in her seat, as the carriage holts to a jump and then continues. "Oof!"

"Ah!" King Rock fell on top of Yami and she blushes. "Oops, sorry. Hehe." He shows her the drink. "Want some?"

She nods. "Yes please."

He smiles. "Great." He gets off her and pours her a drink. He hands it to her. "It's wine."

"Thanks." She takes it from him and takes a sip.

"Your welcome." He takes a sip as well. She takes a few more sips and her cheeks get pink. This was her first time drinking wine.

"Um..... Are you okay?" He asks, looking at her and taking another sip.

"Yeah! I'm fine!" She replies.

"Oh. Okay!" He smiles and finishes his wine. She finishes hers as well and her cheeks are a bright red.

"Wow... Um... Are you drunk?" He asks, laughing. She giggles. "I'll take that as a yes." He smiles.

"Yeah." She replies.

"Want more?" He asks, pouring himself more.

"Yessir!"

He pours her more. "There ya go." He laughs a bit and takes another sip from his cup. She gulps down her wine and her cheeks get darker.

"Geez, Yami. I don't think I should, give you more." He giggles, finishing his wine. She was fully drunk. He waves his hand in front of her face. "Can you at least hear me?" He asks.

"I can hear you alright!" She managed to reply between hiccups, grinning.

"Awww, geez. You sure get drunk easily." He smiles. She grins wider.

He giggles. "Woah." The carriage hits a bump and he jumps a bit. She giggles. "Why are you giggling?"

"Its a bumpy road!"

"Yeah, I know. But I think you should rest." He has a smile plastered on his face like an idiot.

The driver managed to open the barrier just a crack without them noticing.

"Why?! I'm not tired!!" She replied.

"Well," He sits next to her. "You need to rest, your too drunk, dummy."

She turns away from him, her arms crossed, pouting. "I'm not a dummy! Humph!"

He hugs her. "Okay, okay. Sorry! Forgive me?"

She hugs back. "Yeah."

The driver looks at them. "You two are so odd.. I've never seen royalty have such a friendly relationship with a guard, or a knight, whatever you want to call it." He facepalms.

"It?! Excuse me?! And focus on the road! Are we nearly there." Rick asks.

"Long way to go, your majesty." The driver replies. Yami snuggles Rick.

"Alright great, now give us privacy if you would be so kind to do so....." He says, as the driver closes the barrier once more. "Well then... That is one weird guy..." Rick says, smiling at Yami. "Well, now that we have got us some time, take some time to rest, will ya?"

Yami nods and closes her eyes. Soon, she falls asleep, cuddling him in a tight grip.

The king sighs. "You are such a cute girl." He whispers, laying down with Yami. Rick tries to get out of Yami's grip. "Jeez! You're really holding on tight!"

"Zzzzzzzzz....."

The king shakes Yami. "Wake up and let me go! I'm getting closer and closer to your face, you weirdo!" He struggles to get out.

"Zzzzzzzz...."

The king sighs and decides to go sleep as well.

~~~~~~~~~ A few hours later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

King Rick is snuggled up close to Yami while snoring. Yami wakes up. "Mmmmmm." She runs her eyes with her free hand.

The king keeps snoring as his arms are wrapped around Yami. Yami plays with his hair. The king wakes up a bit.

"Mmmm?"

"Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to wake you." She says.

"It's okay... Are we there yet?"

Yami looks out the window. "Yeah."

"Dang..." He puts his crown on. "Are you ready?" He asks, nuzzling her hair and smiling. Yami blushes and nods. King Rick picks Yami up.

Yami smiles. "Shouldn't I be the one carrying you?" She asks.

He chuckles. "Not for the next few days." He smiles at her. "Tomorrow you will be the one dancing with me at the ball." The driver stops the carriage when they reach the entrance.

Yami blinks. "Dance? In front of people?"

"Yeah, why not? Who cares if you have armor on?"

"Fine."

"Great." He smiles and kisses her cheek, holding her bridal style as he gets out the carriage.

"Aren't I heavy?" Yami asks, blushing and smiling.

"No." He replies. "We should go to the hotel to change out and get ready." He tell Yami, seeing many Kings and Queens arriving.

"Yes. The sounds great." She replies.

Rick takes her to the hotel and Yami hugs him. He hugs back as he walks into their hotel room and closes the door.

Yami hops out of his arms and locks the door. "Privacy! Finally! At least they have locks." Yami laughs.

Rick laughs with her. "Of course! You wouldn't want me to be kidnapped now would you?" He asks, taking off her crown.

"I wouldn't know what to do if you were kidnapped. I'd black out and have a heart attack." She replies, smiling and putting her sword down.

Rick takes off his robe and shirt. "Hm.... So do you like fighting or not?"

"Yeah. I only fight guys. One time I fought a girl and she almost died...."

"Oh jeez..." He takes off his pants. "Well that's why you are such a great knight! You fight the males!" He smiles. Yami blushes.

"Man... I am still a little tired." He runs the back of his neck and lays down on the bed. Yami removes her armor, wearing clothes underneath. "Well, I'm going to rest a bit...."

"Okay." Yami sits next to bed, on the floor, leaning on the wall and thinking.

"Lay down up here, silly!" He giggles.

"Oh, okay!" She goes to lay next to him.

"Much better." He smiles.

Yami cuddles him and he chuckles. He kisses her. She kisses back, in shock.

He pulls away. "S-sorry. I just needed to do that." He giggles nervously.

"Its okay... That was my first kiss...." She blushes.

And stuff happens! Blah blah blah. Next chapter is the next day.