Nectar rubbed her eyes as she cursed at the sun and whoever was bothering her sleep. She'd being up till around four this morning - that included her adventure, her celebration and drinking and clean up when she got back.
Now the sun's up and someone was trying to get her up too. She held on tighter to the bed rest and mumbled " Five more minutes, no ten...alright give me an hour ". But Nectar wasn't able to close her eyes as someone suddenly lifted her off the bed.
She had terrible bed hair in her face as she grumpily looked down at Liam who had raised her up, hands in her armpits " Time to get up Qidu ". Nectar grumbled even more " I don't want to ".
Liam sighed as he placed her on the floor " You can get some rest later. Its almost time for your morning court ". Nectar crossed her arms " Then we'll call it afternoon court. I'm going back to bed ".
Nectar leaped for the bed but she didn't land on anything soft. Opening her eyes, she realized Liam was using his powers to keep her mid jump. She turned back to glare at Liam " What's the meaning of this? I'm your freaking empress, I command you ".
Liam rolled his eyes as he opened the door to the bath pool and rolled his eyes " Yeah, and I'm the empress's babysitter, deal with it ". Without much thought, he motioned his hand towards the pool in the center and Nectar was powerless to resist as she got pulled towards it and got soaked in the pool water.
Gasping for breath as she sat up in the pool, she beat the water trying to blow her wet hair out of her face, " You're insane. Look at me, I'm soaked "! Liam had a smirk on his face " I know right, so why not just take a bath huh "?
Grunting, she shook her head fiercely at him "Nuh uh ". Liam then rolled up the sleeves of his purple dress shirt as he walked in " Does the empress want me to help her take a bath "? Nectar suddenly stopped talking and turned red from embarrassment as she looked down at her silk robes that had clung to her body.
Falling deeper into the water till her head was only visible she looked up at Liam who had a wide grin on his face " Get out. I can do it myself ". Liam rubbed his chin, " You better be out in five minutes. Don't even think about falling asleep in there ".
Liam walked away and Nectar suddenly yelled, throwing water towards his direction " Dictator "!!! But Liam had quickly closed the door and the water met the door instead.
Nectar was out in five minutes and stomped out. Liam had already laid out a dress for her. Walking over to the dress, she examined it closely.
It was a short sleeveless white dress covered in snowflakes. Then a long sleeved silky long robe that morphed from white at the tope to the same shade of blue matching the dress.
There were white fur boots that looked comfortable to match. As usual, the jewelry was black but a bit laid back. There was a long chain with a rose shaped pendant and matching dangling earrings.
Though her hair was still damp and cranky from being woken up she wore the clothes [ Liam's still in trouble ]. Then ten minutes later, Liam came in to do her hair.
He'd insisted on doing her hair almost everyday when they were younger so they just went with it. As Liam raked his hands through her hair, blowing air on it, she wanted to get back to sleep.
But she forced herself awake several times when she saw Liam's mocking smile in the mirror. After drying it, he packed her hair into a simple bun and placed a rose shaped hairpin in the middle and placed little leaf shaped pins in her hair making it look like the rose was growing in her hair.
Nectar thought she looked better than usual today but refused to compliment Liam, " Don't think this will change anything. Your still in a lot of trouble ". Liam chuckled then placed his head on her shoulder " Yes yes. Now let's go, you can punish me later ".
Nectar rolled her eyes, pulling his ear as she got up " How will it be a punishment if you're enjoying yourself "? Liam smiled as he bent low so Nectar wouldn't pull of his ear, " That's your problem empress. I'm at your command, remember ".
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Reli could hardly sleep all night. Partially because her brothers were coming to the capital today and because she was up all night scolding herself.
Looking back now, meeting Eros had cost her a lot and would have cost her so much more if she didn't spend time with Nectar [ She's only a year older than me and a princess at that ] but she was so much more mature, even though she was quite playful.
[ What would a person have to go through to grow up so quickly? ] Reli slapped her cheeks, forcing her curiosity down, she was truly interested in Nectar but also valued her friendship.
Without her, she'd still be such a moody spoilt brat crying into her pillow all night for missing her family, wronging Eros somehow or feeling downright foolish.
But she had her warrior's heart back and now she was determined to make the best of her situation, and who knows, maybe she'd come to be as happy as Nectar.