(YALL THIS STORY IS GONNA CHANGE FROM THE CINDERELLA STORY- like 👀 bruh, I had ideas.

Funfact: if I had a male oc for Ryushot, his name would probably be Navy.)

The hunting ended soon after Shinya went missing for a moment. The guards had already killed the animal and were most likely going to do something with it. Probably eat it.

"Shinya~" Keigo said in a weird wiggly voice. How the hell did you make a voice wiggly? Keigo caught up to him while he was thinking.

"Hm?"

"Who was that girl you were talking to? Shinyyaaaaa~" he whined. Shinya was starting to regret being his friend. Jesus Christ.

"An acquaintance. She's very nice."

"Do you know her name? That's kinda important." He teased Shinya, slowly irritating him. "But like seriously?"

"No, she called herself Princess."

"Pfffft! You believe that? She was probably messing with you."

"I don't doubt that." Shinya replied. The ride home took a moment but the entire time, Shinya told Keigo about the "princess" and Keigo just listened. He didn't know much about her but it was amusing to lie a bit.

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(LMAO SOKKA AND YUE ARE OTP DONT FIGHT ME-)

Arriving at the palace was fun. Shinya and Keigo put the horses in the stables before going inside though. When they got inside, Reiko was sitting on the window sill. She was looking out at the palace grounds, admiring the black roses she asked to be planted.

"Did you slaughter anything?"

"A stag. And," there was an and? Reiko's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as Shinya pulled out a small flower. It was a pretty dark blue, one of Reiko's favorite colors. "I knew you would complain if I didn't bring you something."

"Yes. Yes I would have."

"You're a brat and you know it."

"I'm very aware of my behavior, I just do not care."

God, sometimes he hated Reiko. Such a little brat. As he glared at a child, someone tapped on his shoulder. He turned around to be greeted by a butler.

"The king summons you, your highness."

"Ah. I'll be right there." Shinya thanked the older man and began walking to the dining hall. Before he reached the hallway, he looked back at Keigo and Reiko.

"Don't worry, I won't strangle her! Even if I did, The guards are right here." Keigo said. Reiko looked up at him and kicked him in the shin. She was wearing heels as well.

"Love you too Keigo!" Reiko smiled. She was bad at pretending. Her smile looked forced and she said that through gritted teeth. She and Keigo had a weird friendship.

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(Ahaha I'm not good with politics so I probably did all of this wrong.)

"You wish to see me father?" Shinya closed the door as he walked in. His mother and father were at the other side of the table, just staring at him.

The lighting wasn't as ominous as he thought it would be. The room was lit up so that he could see the look on his parents faces. Both of his parents looked quite happy. His mom had a bright smile, his dad had a smaller one. He was looking oddly pale.

(Me forgetting Recovery Girl is his mom- Y'all i- I'm done- My favorite oc- B R U H.)

"You summoned me?" Shinya asked.

"Right! My son, how do I explain... After Princess Fuyumi's death, the council has been having a debate. With our final decision being that you will be able to wed anyone you please." The queen smiled. She seemed happy about this.

"Is that all?" Shinya asked.

"I thought you would be... more excited." The king paused.

"Oh, Was I supposed to be happy?" Shinya asked, his eyes blinking quite fast.

"We have more news about this ordeal." The Queen giggled. "There are a large variety of women in our kingdom. Most of them are very well mannered and would make for a very good queen. So..." she stopped her sentence so her husband could continue it.

"So, we'll be hosting a ball so you can socialize with our citizens."

"You sound like I'm not capable of meeting a pleasant woman by myself. I met one today in fact. Well, she may have been a tad bit crazy but she was nice." Shinya reminisced to what had happened less than an hour ago.

"See! You're already at a great start!" Chiyo said. She got up and patted her son on the... leg... and left the room. Haha she was short.

(😌 you know when you feel accomplished for completing sm? Yeah I don't feel that rn-)

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When Shinya returned, he saw Reiko in a headlock, not one that could hurt her, but one that wouldn't let her move. Keigo and Reiko were feisty with one another, for no reason either. They both knew when they crossed the line though. Reiko knew not to talk about his dead wife, he knew not to talk about the kid she was engaged to.

"Keigo." Shinya's rolled his eyes. Reiko was immediately released and she kicked Keigo in the shin again.

"You ok brat?" Keigo asked. Reiko nodded and ran off. The rule of their game was "if Shinya says your name, it's over." Shinya didn't understand it but whatever.

"One of you are going to get seriously hurt." Shinya said.

"Nah, she just kicks me in the shin and I put her in a safe headlock."

(Y'all I'm my household, fake wrestling exists and it is hilarious-

Next chapter should be better- I can't promise, especially because it's me, but 👀 maybe. Oh and this story took a turn from the happy Cinderella story I wanted at first-)