The Werewolf King's Bride

\'Yes, yes, I can. But it\'s so embarrassing now that you\'re saying it like that...\'

"Calm... down, Ruby...," I sighed.

The medicine truly worked. It had been two days since I had been taking the medicine. And I had been feeling a bit better lately. And what I meant by better was that I could drink water by myself.

\'Very well, huh?\'

"I should tell His Highness!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Calm down..."

"Your Highness can even talk almost properly!" Ruby exclaimed happily.

It was true that my throat hurt less and I could move my body a bit. But she was making a huge fuss about every single thing. Now it was getting embarrassing. She was even screaming excitedly very loudly. What would others say if they heard that the queen had finally been able to hold a glass by herself and everyone was congratulating her about it?

Even thinking about it made me want to crawl inside a hole.

"I will go and tell His Highness about it right now! Please wait one moment, Your Highness..."

"Wai..."

But before I could stop her, she was already out of sight. I let out a sigh. I would not be surprised if Demetrius came back running. It took a lot of effort to get him out of the room since he did not want to leave my side at all. But to do his work properly, it was important. I nagged him as much as possible and finally, he gave up after two days.

I heard he talked to Luc about all the things as well. And he said that they had a plan. But it could only proceed if I got better even just the slightest.

"I heard you can hold a glass, love!"

"Ah, you\'ve c-come..."

I was right. Dem had come running. His reactions to every little thing were not even surprising anymore. I kind of felt like I knew what he was thinking.

"Her Highness even talked without stuttering! And Her Highness said that her throat does not hurt as much as before," Ruby said from behind.

She looked like a rabbit. It was hard to believe that she was a werewolf even though I knew she was. And she was way too adorable to even get angry at. In the end, I could not bring myself to even glare at her.

Before she was scared to even look at Demetrius; now she could even talk like that to him. Perhaps it was because she had seen Dem acting like a child with me. Though Dem was careful not to be like that in front of others, he did not mind Ruby since she was trustworthy and she was always with me as she was my personal maid.

But it was a trouble for me since Ruby would blabber about it all day and keep telling me how much Dem loved me.

"Get out!" Dem suddenly barked at Ruby. None of us were surprised anymore. It was common for him to suddenly yell at her to get out. I told him a lot of times not to yell for no reason, but he never listened to me. Now I had given up.

"Yes, Your Highness..."

As Ruby went out of the room and closed the door on the way, Dem grabbed both of my hands as if seeing how much strength they had gotten.

"Hey..."

"You\'re getting better...," he muttered.

\'Am I really?\'

"... Yes..."

I only could agree... because I did not want to see him sad. That look on his face these days, I did not forget it neither I wanted to see it again. It was painful to even look at him if he had that look. It was as if more than it was paining me, he was hurting more.

"That\'s good... If this keeps going on, there won\'t be a problem. You will get better in no time," he said. "And we will be able to be like before."

"Hmm...," I nodded.

"We will go on a date then... and I will get you a lot more clothes..."

\'There are already enough... You keep buying me tons of them...\'

"Dem... I don\'t... need m-many things... if I g-get... better... J-Just make sure t-that...

you a-at least care f-for our... child... T-That\'s all I need..."

"Our child?" he mumbled.

"Yes... our c-child... Even if you d-don\'t want... it, you have to c-care... It n-never wished to be... made," I said.

"S-So, make sure... this... I don\'t n-need anything e-else..."

He nodded. "Alright... I will," he said a bit reluctantly.

"It\'s a promise that y-you made... to m-me. S-So, never... forget i-it..."

"I won\'t," he said and pressed his forehead against mine. "I will never forget it. Though I don\'t know how to care for it, I will try with my all."

"You care f-for me, right?" I said. "Just d-do the... same... for it..."

"The same? You mean giving it as much love and care I give you?" he asked.

"Y-Yes... It\'s our... child...!"

"But that is exclusively for you!" he protested.

\'What\'s up with that now?\'

"What do y-you mean...? There is n-nothing... exclusive a-about it... I mean, I would m-mind if you like some... other person... like t-that...

But it\'s a-about our child. Y-You should... love and c-care for it a-as well..."

"... I will try..."

I chuckled, though it still hurt my throat a bit. He was being really cute. I cupped his face and kissed him on the nose.

\'So adorable...\'

"What\'s up with that kiss now? On the nose?" he asked.

"Y-You do it all... the time..."

"That\'s because you\'re really cute. Everything about you is cute. Even your nose is cute," he said.

"S-Same goes... for y-you... My h-husband is cute too..."

"Again?"

If I was not sick, he would surely do something indecent by now and call it punishment for calling him cute. I missed those times, but now, all that mattered was getting better... though I was not sure if I would ever be able to truly get better from this kind of sickness. Sometimes it felt like my breath would stop and I would die. It was scary.