Ivana was still in shock of what just happened between her and the princess. How come she couldn't resist herself and ended up kissing the princess first.
What just happened shows that, she can't keep ignoring the princess even though she tried and still keep on trying. She sat on the bed with her face buried in her palm...
Rama entered her chamber then quickly closed the door behind her. She hits her back on the door running her hands through her hair. She's still burning up from the kiss Ivana gave her and she couldn't help but run quickly away from her.
She moved her hand slowly and touched her lips while looking at herself through the mirror. Her face turned red as soon as the the thought of her kissing Ivana flashed through her head. "will I be able to resist her again?" She asked herself and kept touching her lips.
A knock interrupted her from the world in which she was. She quickly gain composure and sat in the chair beside her bed. She picked the book on the table, pretending to be reading.
The door swung opened and Uncle Zeke entered. His eyes rolled up and looked at his niece who was sitting Infront of him. Rama didn't even flinched to look at him since she wasn't in the mood to talk to him.
"Your highness, can I have a word with you?" He asked but Rama didn't mind him and kept reading. "I won't take all your time, just some few minutes" he added and this time, Rama closed the book and raised her head and looked at his direction.
Uncle Zeke smiled but his eyes widened the moment Rama looked at him. He noticed Rama's hair was messed up and her lips looked smuggled. He moved closer, raised his hand towards her head but stopped. He thought touching the princess without her permission isn't appropriate so he stopped.
"What happened to you?" He asked "Nothing happened, why do you ask?" Rama answered and asked. "You look messed up" He added. Rama took a look at herself in the mirror and realized what her uncle was talking of.
"It's nothing, Uncle! I might have messed myself up with the reading" she said and her uncle nodded. Who is he to continue questioning her niece so he brushed that question off and told her why he came to see her. "Princess, the meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow and I trust you will make your presence there?".
"What meeting is that?" Rama questioned crossing her legs with her eyes closed. "About the meeting with the other state so we can start preparing for your coronation" He reminds her and Rama seems to forget about it.
Uncle Zeke knew something was not right with his niece. What could that be because off late, she's been acting strange and avoiding everyone including him. His mind drifted to Ivana and the thought of it makes him sick and panicked.
He hopes she didn't tell the princess that he was the one who asked her to stay away from her (the Princess). Rama watched him wondering what was going through his head "Uncle, is there any problem?" She said bringing him back to himself. "Yes!" "Excuse me.." he said and left the chamber.
"Strange" Rama said to herself. She quickly straighten her hair and looked presented. She's glad her uncle didn't notice much. She starts spacing up in her room then within a short while, Yha entered.
She greets her and stood there watching her highness still spacing up in her room. "My prin... I mean Rama, is everything okay with you?" She asked her and Rama nodded. "You don't look okay. Is there something bothering you?" She asked again.
Rama stopped spacing up and sat down "Do you think I'm ready to become the ruler of this kingdom and the other states?" Rama said getting Yha confused. She knows the princess was ever ready and prepared to take over so why is she asking her that question at this moment.
"And why do you ask, your highness" "Because... I... because..." Rama became confused because she only had one thing on her mind. What if she doesn't become a good ruler at the end. What if she's still not good enough to carry the administrative work her parents left behind.
Yha look at her and saw how tensed she was. She didn't know why but felt like holding the princess and say something cheering to her. "Look Rama, you are good enough and you are the only person who can continue what your parents couldn't finished" Yha assured her and smiled. "Besides, you have your uncle who will always be by your side always and.... you have Iva..." Yha kept quiet.
Rama arched her brows because she knew what Yha was going to say at the end but she still wants to be sure of what she was going to say "I have my uncle and who?" Rama asked. Yha's lips twitched because there's no way she would lie to the princess. "You have her..... I mean Ivana beside you also".
The mention of Ivana's name put a little smile on Rama's face and Yha saw that sudden change in her. How can just a name make their Princess that much.
She asked herself but didn't dare ask her. "Do you think she's going to stay here with me forever?" Rama asked bringing Yha from her own thoughts. "For that, I can't really assure you on it but..." She became quiet processing what to say.
"If you tell her you want her to stay and help you rule the entire kingdom... I mean you ask her to stay and be your personal guard, I'm not sure she would decline your offer" Yha suggested.
Rama gave it a thought trying to reason with the idea Yha just gave her. Would that be good enough to keep Ivana to herself and also have her stay in the palace as well. As a matter of fact, Ivana would soon leave as soon as her training with her is over and she can't afford to loose her to someone else.
Yha watched her quietly then cleared her throat "Your highness, I think you should tell her about it before your training with her is over" Yha suggested again and this got the princess nodding in agreement. " I will certainly do that...but I have to tell my uncle about first before telling her" Rama answered.
"Okay... that would be great" Yha said and smiled. "Thanks for the suggestion" Rama smiled at her. Yha excused herself and left the princess alone since she requested for it. She would come back later and prepare her bath for the evening.