Another solemn day. Anhuri closed his eyes, listening as not but water's ripple echoed through the palace. The Queen Emuishéré had been being bathed by her female servants in the pool centered within the Queen's quarters. She threw on her gown and approached the much younger boy after emerging from her bath, rows of maidens following around the woman.
"You're my servant... Anhuri, aren't you?" She smiled as the boy's eyes met with great intensity towards his majesty's.
Anhuri looked down, a little timid towards the lady, though responded with respect-- "Yes, your Highness. I am Anhuri."
The Queen smirked, "You know, my dear, I have many male servants beside you, yet, you are about the same age as my daughter, your Princess." The Queen took a pause, pondering the notion of sending a boy out for her daughter, who had been most recently depressed due to her curiosity on the subject of 'love' and 'sex'.
She looked away for a moment before turning back to the boy.
"Do you like my daughter, Anhuri?" The Queen asked the servant.
The servant was a bit confused, though would never lie to his majesty, even at the cost of the truth, "Of course, your Highness."
"Even love her?" The woman dragged on.
The boy gulped, a faint blush ripening his beige skin.
"Yes..." He swallowed, his word fading into his exhalation.
The Queen sniggered, taking Anhuri by the hand and leading the boy of only sixteen past her quarters.
"Good then," She smiled, "Then you can do your beautiful Princess the favor of making her feel good, no matter the task, and I know you've had your training as a servant and know how to please a lady, especially one of royal descent, have you not?"
Anhuri's eyes widened as he noted her every word. 'Please the Princess?' He had thought to himself. He had thought nothing but since she was adopted behind her "mother's" crown only a few years ago and since had yearned for the girl; had this been the boy's blessing for all the hard work since childhood he had to go through as an orphaned slave?
The servant nodded, "Y-Yes, your Highness..." He stammered, still by the Queen's hand as she lead him through the royals' personal den.
The Queen halted before a curtain cast down from the threshold of a room.
"Then you better treat my daughter like a lady, boy." She glared for a moment, followed by a slight simper before pushing the boy through the curtains. He almost had fell the floor, though caught himself against the side of a wall. Anhuri looked beyond him at a figure sitting upon a luxurious bed, looking out towards the opposite way.
It had been the princess.
Anhuri slowly approached her before addressing himself, trying to get the girl's attention.
"Excuse me... your-your highness..." He stuttered, "My name is Anhuri, a servant of the Queen's collection. She has sent me too... make you feel better." He blushed, though kept eye contact as the girl turned towards him.
"You're my servant... Anhuri, aren't you?" She smiled as the boy's eyes met with great intensity towards his majesty's.
Anhuri looked down, a little timid towards the lady, though responded with respect-- "Yes, your Highness. I am Anhuri."
The Queen smirked, "You know, my dear, I have many male servants beside you, yet, you are about the same age as my daughter, your Princess." The Queen took a pause, pondering the notion of sending a boy out for her daughter, who had been most recently depressed due to her curiosity on the subject of 'love' and 'sex'.
She looked away for a moment before turning back to the boy.
"Do you like my daughter, Anhuri?" The Queen asked the servant.
The servant was a bit confused, though would never lie to his majesty, even at the cost of the truth, "Of course, your Highness."
"Even love her?" The woman dragged on.
The boy gulped, a faint blush ripening his beige skin.
"Yes..." He swallowed, his word fading into his exhalation.
The Queen sniggered, taking Anhuri by the hand and leading the boy of only sixteen past her quarters.
"Good then," She smiled, "Then you can do your beautiful Princess the favor of making her feel good, no matter the task, and I know you've had your training as a servant and know how to please a lady, especially one of royal descent, have you not?"
Anhuri's eyes widened as he noted her every word. 'Please the Princess?' He had thought to himself. He had thought nothing but since she was adopted behind her "mother's" crown only a few years ago and since had yearned for the girl; had this been the boy's blessing for all the hard work since childhood he had to go through as an orphaned slave?
The servant nodded, "Y-Yes, your Highness..." He stammered, still by the Queen's hand as she lead him through the royals' personal den.
The Queen halted before a curtain cast down from the threshold of a room.
"Then you better treat my daughter like a lady, boy." She glared for a moment, followed by a slight simper before pushing the boy through the curtains. He almost had fell the floor, though caught himself against the side of a wall. Anhuri looked beyond him at a figure sitting upon a luxurious bed, looking out towards the opposite way.
It had been the princess.
Anhuri slowly approached her before addressing himself, trying to get the girl's attention.
"Excuse me... your-your highness..." He stuttered, "My name is Anhuri, a servant of the Queen's collection. She has sent me too... make you feel better." He blushed, though kept eye contact as the girl turned towards him.