* Azalea's POV-
Is he an idiot? Oh Aza, what kind of question is it? He is already an idiot. The question should be- 'What kind of idiot is he ?'
But the meaning is the same. He is an idiot!
He said that he loved me, and when I said no we were not going to be peaceful, then he became silent. What kind of lover is! Really an idiot and a weirdo. I don't really believe myself now, as I used to love him crazily. I am really an idiot too.
I just hope that I will get out of this cursed prison easily and also from this so- called Kingdom Gesha.
But this stupid idiot person in front of me is making me lose my angry temper again. He might even get a punch by me to knock him down. All because this idiot is just standing with a poker face in front of me.
This silence is eating me up from inside. Maybe I should really say something. Yeah, maybe. Should I? Yep, I am going to say...
"Just serve and make happy that rude girl of yours. You must be very happy together, right? Go ahead, go to your wife. So she won't get angry and break your bones." I taunted him, but it sounded more like sarcasm.
"No, why would I even go to that woman? Because the girl, the girl forever in my heart is... You. Please just agree already to be in my heart officially, and try to understand me and let go of the past," he said.
Oh my God! How can I try to understand him and let go of all the heartache which has been caused by this crazy boy? This boy is really from a different species of animal. I just hope I will get rid of this boy as early as possible.
But I won't lie, my heart skipped a beat and my stomach was tickling me.
Is this what they call butterflies? I don't know. But I have no reason to feel this way. I don't even love him or anyone anymore.
I still don't know if these were those butterflies they call. All I know is, this made me smile, but I didn't.
"Hehahehaha... Nice joke, huh! I already knew that you were an idiot, but I really didn't know that you were also very good at joking. I really didn't know. Ahh... Maybe that girl must have taught you how to crack jokes, right? I teased him, pretending to be amused while still laughing out loud. He didn't say anything, so I added.
"Your that so -called girl in that heart if yours, might be me now, but before me too many girls must have entered and left that stupid heart of yours. But maybe they just wanted your wealth, so now when you are left all alone and a heart - broken person, you want me to enter your heart! But no, you are not welcomed. I am never going to enter that stupid heart of yours," I said to him in a serious, mocking tone.
Now, I can clearly see the anger and pain in his eyes of his poker face, but anger hid all his pain. Then slowly, his rage faded, replaced by a smirk slowly forming on his poker face. He must have been overthinking all the possible ways of having negative and positive thoughts.
"Alright, you won't this time. As you wish you want, but... We both know that you have already entered my heart once before. So you really wanted all our wealth. So that was really the reason behind our so- called rai-" Iris was speaking, but I cut him off again.
"You bastard!" I shouted.
I immediately got closer to the vertical bars of the prison and pushed him a bit harder and immediately followed by a strong punch by me with all my force and might. He lost his balance and stumbled backwards. I held the vertical bars of the prison and started shouting at him, making sure to register each and every word in his brain.
"How can you even think like this about me? You also have the nerve to say that I am greedy even after everything we both went through together, and even everything you did to me. All we had between us was true and real, not like the relationship between you and that rude woman. Oh yeah, right! I just forgot that if I love you with loyalty, it doesn't mean that you were loving me with loyalty too."
I screamed again, tears streaming down my face because of the hurtful words said by him. It really stung too hard this time. Maybe because the one who said this was really important and once, mattered to me a lot. Or maybe the things which were being accused of me are hurtful even when they are not true.
Yep, that's the only reason for my tears, which I quickly wiped with my bare hands.
Iris started walking towards me. That's when I saw his face. It was usual. Poker and a lifeless face. There was even a bit of blood trace near his lips, dripping down from his chin. He quickly wiped it when he saw me observing him.
"Shoot! That hurts so much. You still pack a punch. Nothing has changed about you, but there is the only thing you need to understand," he said, and I just waited for him to continue, even though I already know where this is going.
"... Why can't you just understand that it was all a simple misunderstanding? I didn't tell you because your safety is the only and the most important thing to me. All we had between us was true love. Just understand it already. I was not allowed to do anything. You actually just don't know anything about me. All you only know is how to blame others. Yep, you heard it right. You really and only know how to blame others!" Iris shouted just as loudly as me. But his eyes welled up with tears.
"Even if I don't know anything about you, and only know how to blame others, then what do you know about me, huh? What do you take me for? A use and throw thing?" I shouted again, tears streaming down my face.
"Oh wow! So it is fine if you don't know anything about me, but when the same comes to me ,then I am wrong. Wow, I really mean wow. But since I wanted to clear up all those things between us, I will tell you. I even send you messages, telephone calls, text, and even letters and notices with our dry - messenger. You were the one who sent him back and blocked all our paths. You made the sign of 'no entry' on each and every route for us to reach you. You don't only blame others, but also shut them down from your life like a chapter. What about it, huh? What are we then, huh? Just a chapter of your book and life? You didn't even spare our dry - messenger." Iris shouted again, tears streaming down his face too.
"If you say that you have your own reasons, and my safety was the most important thing to you, the same goes to me. Just like you, even I too have my own reasons. You just don't know about them. Other than you, I have many more and much worse problems which are much bigger than you could ever think! You should just go with that rude woman of yours. And don't make all the worse problems of mine the worst problems, just like before." I screamed more loudly than before now and my tears were still streaming down my face, too.
"What problems?" He asked irritably, which made me irritated.
"So many problems, and if you truly love me, and you say that I am the only girl in your heart, you would never let me see the prison from inside. The same promise which you made. The Iris which I met was very different from the one which is in front of me right now. I don't think that you are the same Iris whom I met 22 years ago. I should have understood it earlier," I said, frustrated, but the softness and exhaust was clear in my voice.
"Aza, please... Let go of that. That stupid past. All you had then and now is just a complicated misunderstanding. I am repeating this to you again. Let go of the past for a better future." He shouted this time again, which made my exhaust run away and frustration come back.
"Hey you idiot! I have already let go of my past, by accepting my luck without any kind of regret. I am handling my present with all my might and confidence right now. And I will face my future without any fear, but maybe all alone this time." I shouted at him now.
We both became silent. My tears did not stop streaming down my face at all. While he was wiping his face with his bare hands. We both lost our cool before.
We are both staring at each other, but with soft eyes this time. I was the first to break our eye contact and I looked around all the prisoners who were staring at us.
I suddenly remembered all the argument and shouting we had made just now, and also the communication we did, before shouting and yelling, and, of course, before I punched him. He immediately wiped his blood with his hands when he caught me observing his face again. And I wiped my face, which was all wet from my tears.
I saw a woman running straight towards us, and wearing a soldier's suit. Her height was a bit short. I can bet that my height is higher than hers. She was quite pretty, but she suddenly gave me a weird look when she saw me. Really a weirdo!
"Prince Iris, my grandeur, are you okay? Is everything right? Nobody hurt you, right? Are you sure?" She asked.
She was even taking my glances secretly from me. What is her problem? If she had just looked at Iris directly, she might have noticed a wound caused by my punch with all my might and force. Such a dumb girl! Even her height is too short. She must be till my waist. I don't think that she is a soldier in real.
"I am okay, nobody hurt me, and I am even sure about it," Iris, the stupid idiot, said. That's when this woman finally looked at Iris.
"Are you sure? Then why is there a blood trace on your face and this part of your face, here? This is turning red."
She said and tried to touch Iris' face, near the lip where exactly my punch had landed on his face. But Iris' reflexes immediately kicked in. He immediately swept her hand away.
"That's nothing. An animal hurt me." Iris said, and I instinctively rolled my eyes, trying to find these fools' brains.
"Oh. Does it hurt?" This soldier - looking woman asked again.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...! When will this stop?
"No, why are you here? My order was clear to you, right? I have already told you to stay out of the prison. Look for the king. Then why are you here talking with me?" Iris, irritated already, asked that soldier woman.
"Ahh... You were shouting and yelling. All the voices were coming out. So we thought about checking on you, and why are your eyes all watery? Can you even see anything? I just really hope that... That this prisoner didn't touch you with her dirty hands. "
That stupid soldier woman, bombarded. And I just rolled my eyes at both of them. I am still finding their brains. That is very important for them.
" Oh that? Nope! You can go now, Lia."
Iris just said, still looking at this woman. I think that her name is Lia. Too short, just like her height. I secretly chuckled at my own insult of her. I now can't control it anymore. I started laughing out loud and add to that, my laugh was very contagious. Whoever listens or sees me while laughing, they also couldn't help but laugh too, because my laugh is too weird. I think that every beautiful person has something ugly. In my case, my laugh is contagious. I can feel that all eyes are on me again. I can feel her irritation now. I am starting to enjoy this now.
"Hehahehaha... You mean that, your name is Lia?"
I asked Lia, while trying my best to stop laughing. She nodded in response. I again couldn't help but laugh.
Shoot...!
"Hehahehaha... Lia, your name is too short... Very similar to something. Just like your name, even your height is too short."
I blurted out loudly and everyone listening here started laughing. I laughed even harder when I saw her turn red due to her embarrassment. Even Iris was laughing out loud.
"You were the only one with the dirty hands who was touching Prince Iris, and now his face has started bleeding. Am I right?" She asked, me clearly trying to change the tables.
"And even if I touched him or really yelled at him or did whatever I wanted to do with him, what could you even do with that? "After all, it's none of your business." I snapped back.
This is definitely going to be funny. She is definitely going to be embarrassed and insulted. It is her choice after all. Not my fault that I am very good at winning everything, every time.
"Huh? What did you say just now?" She asked me, clearly frustrated.
"I said, 'Whatever I will do to Iris, it's none of your business.' Here, I repeated it again."
I said very calmly, acting all innocent. Everyone laughed as Lia started to turn red again, except for me and Lia. I am really enjoying this. A teasing smirk slowly formed on my face as I watched her. And now, I can definitely tell her that she is regretting her decision to stay here and arguing with me.
"Excuse me wh-" She was speaking, but I interrupted her.
"Excused" I said to her with a smile.
"It's not too easy to win over her in any kind of way or means."
Iris said and gave that Lia girl a smirk with a little chuckle, signs of clearly enjoying it. Well, that's really true. He knows that because we were always together, very close to each other. We even used to compete with each other and mostly, I won't. Good thing that he let her know about it already. But she just ignored Iris.
"And who are you to tell me what to do?" She asked.
Suddenly, something happened in my mind. Like a bubble of mixed emotions broke in me, inside my mind.
"You really want to know? Huh, really? Are you sure you can handle this?" I asked her.
I don't know, but for any reason, I was getting angry. I really don't know why...
"Oh, yep. I am strong enough to handle it," she said.
"Alright, I will say this once, so this registered inside your little mind... If you all really live here, in this kingdom Gesha, then you must know me," I said and she nodded.
Oh shoot! I think I know where this is going. I should stop myself or else, I might create my own problem again.
But what slipped out of my mouth made me regret letting me control my anger again. Everyone in the prison gasped. Some even shouted in shock. And right now, I really have to admit at this time, my mouth really has a mind of its own. All because I said...
"You must have heard my name. I am one of the Dracoumis. Now, get out of here."