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Kashi gave a whine, taking a step or two back, but it wasn't enough, Tsume soon glaring down at him, or it seemed that way. "Y-Yes. My brother Ipo told me to." But then Tsume was right there, sniffing him and kashi felt his legs go weak, reaching behind him to touch the wardrobe, keeping his balance. This guy was going to eat him! Kashi knew Ipo would try to kill him off but this was more crude then he expected! Well his brother wasn't smart enough to kill anyone. "Yes, I'm Kashi." he murmured, a tear rolling down his cheek, thankful his bangs hid his bandages. "N-No!" he tried to yell, but it was too soft and weak to even scare a fish. "I'm-I'm Kashi! Th-The left side of my face is bandaged! Ipo has his-his right!" and wiped his eye, patting the bandages underneath his bangs and sniffling. "I need to wake up the triplets. Please excuse me." and walked out quickly to the bedroom door and down the hall, knocking on the triplets door.

"We're not ready!" came Annabelle's yell, leaving the quiet twin to look fearfully at Tsume's door.

"Well please hurry, today's breakfast is a fruit tart with cream. Your favorite." he said weakly.

Ipo nodded at Leo. "Yea, breakfast." and looked inside at how scared Nix was, chuckling. "That's fine. Prince Elliot is in the bath." he said, letting the other disappear. He moved away, watching his brother move out of Tsume's room quickly. "Kashi?" but his brother ignored him and he saw his brother's ears lower some more in defeat. "Kashi what happened?!" he exclaimed, hugging his twin, letting the other sniffle and cry on him. "Was that big bad wolf being mean? Tsume! You made my brother cry! Oh ignore him, Kashi, he's an idiot."

"Well it wasn't something important at the time!" Ipo yelled back, stroking his brother's hair.
"It's actually very important." Kashi murmured, looking at his brother.
However Ipo was enjoying this, he had a token against Tsume. The anger had just melted from his face and the hare was giddy. "See Kashi? He's nice, he even apologized."
The teen looked at Tsume from behind his brother's shoulder, still not believing it.
"Come on, he lost a bet to me. Let me be prideful! C'mon he's just a puppy!" but the wolf left, leaving the two standing there. "Oh well."
Kashi let go of his brother, frowning. "he lost a bet?" and Ipo nodded and Kashi moved away. "Keep an eye on the girls!" and moved down the stairs to catch up with Tsume. "E-Excuse me! Mr. Tsume!" he called, turning to catch up with him. "Y-You can't go for a run. We have to eat breakfast before setting it up!

Ipo smiled. "Oh yea, I'm good." and turned back to Nix and Leo, knocking on the triplet's door. "Are you three ready?"

"No! Give us a few more minutes!"

Ipo laughed, looking at Leo. "Tsume made Kashi cry." he said simply. "Are you ready to meet the princesses, Nix?"

Kashi gave a nervous smile at Tsume's own smile. He was scary, that was the scariest smile he'd ever seen. "Th-That's fine. My brother rubs a lot of people the wrong way. He-He actually annoyed the king when they first met." and nodded. "Um, we need to eat breakfast, and then everyone is dining together. To socialize." and nodded. "Fruit tarts with cream fore their breakfast. W-Would you like some as well? There is always some for us."

Ipo chuckled. "Don't worry, they're just as scared. Are you redy yet?"

"No..." was Annabelle's weak reply.

"Sister's you've been dressed for a few minutes." Was Emily's voice.

Martha huffed. "C'mon you can't stay there forever! Move! We're wearing the clothes Lily made us! Move!"

"Yea he thought he was me." was the response. "And we're eating in the dining room. There's a lot of us now so we're eating together to be introduced and get to know one another." And watched the puppy as the girls tried to quietly bicker behind the door, knob rattling as the tried to open it. Ipo moved and leaned against the door frame. A scream made him jump and turn, watching a blonde woman run across the hall. "what on earth?" he questioned. "Miss!" he called, door opening so the triplets could all look out.

Elliot had just exited the bath, freshly dressed and ready for breakfast, drying his hair when a scream echoed. His first through was Leo and he moved out of the bathroom. "Leo?!" he called, spotting the Falian out there, what surprised him was a blonde woman coming at him. "Excuse me! Excuse me!" he said, moving in front of her.

"Lewis?" the king called, moving around the corner. "Everyone seems to be awake. Good morning. Lewis, Lewis you're scaring El."

"Th-This is the Prime Minister?!" he exclaimed, backing away from the man further. "Y-You're cross-dressing! Prime Minister! Augh!" he yelled, lamps flickering to match the other's sudden anger. "Why are you dressed as a woman?! I haven't had breakfast yet and you've already gone and made me angry!"

The hare nodded his head shyly, nervous smile turning soft, though he was still a little frightened to be alone with him. "It's on the main floor of the house, which has been around for five generations." he explained, pausing when a scream reached his ears. He knew that scream. "Um, our prince's great-great-great-great-great grandfather had originally lived in the hustling city of Loslith when our borders were much larger, however he married into the royal family and moved the capital to here within the mountains for protection. The roads are known only to those who live here and there are secret passages which disappear into the mountains in case we are attacked." he continued. He hoped the prime minister was all right. "This is the dining room. A lot of the paintings in here are from back then but the furnishings are ten years old and frequently polished. They're made of an arctic wood that we grow and harvest far up north by the Kota border. The kitchen is this way." he was confident having to just spew facts, made him sort of forget Tsume was there sizing him up and imagining how he would eat him.

The man hugged Lewis, listening to Leo's explanation. "Shh, shh. It's not a big dog, look. It can be trained to be nice." he pointed out, knowing Lewis wouldn't care. A dog was a dog, regardless. "It's fine, Lily, no harm was done. Lewis look at me. "A Tibetian mastiff, how fitting for the mountains. And a farmer owned it? Interesting, you see those dogs more up north." And smiled at Nix. "Hello, Nix. You're just as beautiful as your sister." He had to correct himself, remembering his daughters were there. "You three, introduce yourselves."

Martha pushed her sister forward before smiling at the younger girl. "Hi Nix! You'r Leo's sister, huh? But why are you so white?"

"Albinism?" Emily asked, walking forward and offering her hand for the other to shake. "It's very nice to meet you."

For once Annabelle was at a loss for words, moving to hide behind her own father.

Elliot walked past the prime minister, frowning at him but moved Annabelle away. "And this is Annabelle. I can promise my sisters will be very nice, won't you?"

"Yes brother." they said in unison.

"Yes, actually." he explained as they entered the kitchen, the smell of food and cooking and people moving around cooking and eating. "Arctic wood doesn't shrink or expand as much as other woods or like the pines that supply majority of the country." he explained, looking at the food and thinking. Everyone was awake. "There's no point in eating beforehand. Mr. Tsume, take this cart. Fruit tarts for the girls, no, you're miss Lily's servant." and placed three fruit tarts, three small bowls of cream along with bread and jam. He soon grabbed another cart, carefully placing things on it and organizing what went where before furrowing his brow, adjusting the things on his and Tsume's cart. In the end, Kashi decided his tray carried the tarts and cream, Tsume would carry the pitchers of drinks, but he still wasn't happy with it, sighing. "It won't get better. Should we eat breakfast with them or would you rather dine here in the kitchen?"

"It won't eat you." and kissed his head, smiling. "I've never let them eat you before. Trust me." But nodded. "Let's go lay down, you can lay down in my bed, all right? We might not be able to attend breakfast, Ipo, everyone is in your care."

"Yes sir." and watched them leave before looking at the group behind him. "All right! Children walk in the front and chatter away! We must get to know one another! We're practically family!" he exclaimed.

Martha nodded. "But I don't want a fruit tart! Those are for sissies! I want ham! Can we eat ham?"

"No! You heard my darling brother, breakfast is a fruit tart!"

"But I'm a boy!"

"A wolf shifter?' Annabelle asked. "I don't know any shifters. Does it hurt?"

"I'm sure they get used to it. I want breakfast." and started to move ahead, holding Martha's hand, who in turn grabbed Annabelle and then grabbed Nix's, making a large train.

"We're behind you! You two!" and linked arms with Elliot and Leo. "You smell clean! How did you sleep, Miss Lily? Elliot stayed up all night working! And you were sleeping with Nix, why was that?"

Elliot glared at the hare, knowing he was prying. "I decided to do some work before I went to sleep is all. I wasn't aware how much it had piled." and saw something glisten on Leo, noticing the earrings. He gave a smile, happy but quickly looked away. The other didn't want to be around him, they had something, and Leo had made sure to make that obvious. Had. Past tense. He was probably wearing them just to be nice.

The king frowned, gently holding the other to keep him balance. "So you noticed it to? Well then, I shall interfere with my son's love life." he gently pecked the other's lips with his own. "You get some rest before the party." and kissed him again, smiling. "The odd things I leave to you and Elliot. I'll be talking to our dear Leo during that time." One final kiss was given before he moved to join the other,s cutting in between Ipo and Lily, linking arms as well. "What are we discussing?" came the cheerful question.

Elliot found it too cheerful for so early, and his dad blocked his view of Leo.

"We're talking about how Elliot and Lily didn't sleep together because Nix needed her sister to be comfortable!"

"I hope she's comfortable enough to sleep alone soon. She can sleep with the girls! They have plenty of room on their beds." The older man commented, recieving a nod from the hare.

Elliot tried to escape again, but Ipo had a strong grip on his arm. "Nix shall remain in Lily's care until she is comfortable enough. It is not something you can rush!"

The girls were unaware of the conversation, continuing their train. "I'll have to ask!" Annabelle exclaimed. "It sounds interesting! What color is he?"

"Are wolves stronger then lynxes? brother is a lynx." Martha pointed out.

Emily made a small noise of thouht, once again putting in her two cents. "Well brother is adapted for the winter due to his species. If Mr. Tsume is made for the winter or arctic as well they may have a similar advantage. if he is a forest wolf then he is at a slight disadvantage."

Kashi felt the man glare at him and started to subtly tremble again. Not a servant?! "I-I'm so sorry!" and bowed deeply. "P-P-Please g-go wait outs-side! Ad-Advisors should-should not be doing this!" and moved to pus hthe man out but paused, instead going back to bowing and staying like that, though hardly still. The trembles were obvious.

"Allergies?" Alvaro asked, watching the other start to blink furiously. "I did tell everyone to focus on the cleaning downstairs, so maybe they've forgotten to dust up here. That would be terrible." They were on the ground floor and in a sense, the king was leading the way to the dining room, aside from the children in front.

Ipo looked up. "But shouldn't they still do their cleaning despite being told otherwise? I didn't see any dust on the-ow!" Elliot had pinched his side. The hare frowned. "Well there was dust in your room." and muttered under his breath, forgetting the other's ears were just as sensitive as his own and got more pinches.

Elliot kept his finger tight on the skin, the hare stiff and being dragged by the two Nalenyrans. "Today is the girl's party after all. Perhaps you should have them dust up here, there will be lots of dancing and cooking, whichever ones aren't busy can clean up here." and finally let go, Ipo frowning at him before huffing.

Annabelle gave a noise of thought, it was Martha who spoke. "Wow, he must be really strong to not ride in the carriage!" She exclaimed. "He's obviously stronger then brother if he can run all the way here! Much stronger!"

"Wolves are twice the Lynx's size, however Lynx are solitary animals while wolves are pack animals." Emily adjusted her glasses. "Gray wolves are made for one season winter, ours lasts about two and a half. We have a very short autumn. But brother cannot transform. I've heard his mother could, but she passed on before he could learn."

Kashi was about to stop his bow when the large hands were placed n his shoulders and his trembling stopped, teen turning into a concrete statue as the sweat started to bead on his head. He didn't want to move but Tsume forced him to stand upright, the fear and nervousness now quite obvious along with his lack of color. "Th-Th-That's g-g-good." he said weakly, still unable to tremble as the hands were still on him. But the wolf let go and Kashi's shoulders sagged before a large tremor went up his spine to his ears, making them stand tall before flopping down again. Now that that was out of his system, "N-No servants? How odd." he murmured. Ipo must have had a blast there. "I-I've always be-be-been a servant. So I-I don't know any diff-diff-different." he explained, still trying to push down the fear. Those hands were huge! He could easily wrap one hand around his neck and break it like a toothpick!

Ears twitched as the dining room doors opened and Annabelle was heard questioning breakfasts whereabouts. "Just follow behind me." he murmured, focusing on the task at hand before rolling the cart out with a smile. His prince really did look tired.

"Nix sit by me!" Annabelle asked, placing the girl between her and Martha. "And then Miss Lily and brother have to sit together. No dad! You don't sit there!"

The king chuckled, having to trade spots with Elliot who, for a brief moment, look incredibly uncomfortable.

Elliot moved to sit next to Leo quietly, giving his father a weak smile as they passed. He couldn't look at Leo, it was painful. He was wearing the earrings to be nice, he held no affection so didn't look at him. He was just being polite now, no doubt Leo would have rejected the thought of Elliot sitting beside him had they not been at his home. He found it hard to swallow the knot which had stuck itself in his throat. Eating was going to be a difficult challenge at this rate.

The girls glanced over as Nix pointed out Lily's sickness. "You don't look very good at all, Miss Lily." Martha said, thanking Kashi as he placed the breakfast in front of her. "Are you sick?"
"You don't look very well either, brother." Emily said softly.
"I heard you get lots of tummy aches when you travel. Do you both have tummy aches?"

That's right, Leo was also sick. "Just a small stomach ache, Annabelle." the prince responded. "I didn't get a lot of sleep last night either, you guys are turning nine!" and faked his enthusiasm. It did little to curb the triplet's suspicion, but Annabelle quickly changed it.

"Yep! nine! Pretty soon we can wear heels like all the big girls!"

Martha was silent, eyes on Tsume as he walked around, looking so very out of place next to Kashi, and in those clothes. He was a manly man! How did she say hello? Did she say 'hey' or 'hello' or what? ugh she wasn't ready for this!

Kashi finished serving everyone, noticing the prince's ears weren't as high as normal. How he wished he could take the king's seat and ask what was wrong. His brother soon joined his side, taking the cart Tsume wasn't using and was ready to roll them out when Leo asked his question. "Well we haven't eaten." Ipo murmured.
"No we haven't."
"Should we?"
"It would be polite." Kashi responded softly, their ears touching each other as they whispered amongst themselves. "Elliot does not look sick."
"He isn't, I'll tell you later." And turned, abandoning the cart. "of course we'll dine with you! Kashi has extra fruit tarts for us anyway!" and sat down beside the king, Kashi soon joining him.

"I invited Justin to the party." Emily spoke up. "I wonder if he's still sleeping."

Elliot smiled, slicing off a small piece of his tart. "I'm sure he's debating which outfit to wear to impress you, Emily." a loud clang had Elliot turn and Alvaro laugh.

"For being twins you don't share a lot, do you?" he asked, looking at how Kashi was defending his plate from his greedy brother's fork.