A timid girl

But it was not like that everyday. Some days, they couldn't come for various reasons, those days were very slow, and painful of princess Angelica to bear.

"They are not coming today huh..." She sat beside the window to pass her time, with a novel book in her hand. She had been reading a lot of romance novels lately, and her imagination was cloudy.

Today though, she saw something unusual. There were the children beside the river as usual, but there was another person. A man with a cap who was sitting beside the river. He looked some kind of artist, he was drawing with a canvas on one hand and a pencil on another. The princess watched in wonder.

"What might he be drawing..." she wondered.

The hours went by and she was still watching the random painter— he was Kouta, the lead actor of the story— draw the canvas with a sketch of the riverside. It was distant so she couldn't see it properly, but o e thing for sure, it turned out to be beautiful. Because the children who were playing were already sitting beside the artist before he could even realise, and they were cheering after he had finished his drawing.

But he seemed happy with the young watchers of his work. He was playful with them and having a good time.

Thats when he turned around to see another watcher of his work, though she happened to be a bit far away. They glanced each other for a few seconds before things got awkward. The princess quickly locked her window in embarrassment of getting caught and jumped to her bed.

"Hey, do you know what miss from that mansion?" The Aritst asked the children.

"Oh, Princess Angelica! She is the Princess of this land and the daughter of the duke. People say she has a sickness and can't leave her house though. She always looks out that window and watches us play here."

"Is that so?" The Artist gave a little smile.

The next day too her friends didn't come. Apparently they had to go the royal capital. They were nobles too, and they had an urgent meeting with the King and the Prince of the country.

The princess stayed in her bed this afternoon, after she peeked and saw the man, the Artist was here again today. She was embarrassed by what happened yesterday. She was reading a new novel that her friends gave her before they went out.

"What a timid girl" The Artist said.

As she closed the book for a brief second, a breeze flew through the window. A paper plane had flown into her room. Maybe it was from the children playing outside. But she was curious about what was inside it. Maybe it was just a blank page, but she wanted to find out herself.

"Ehh?! What.. is this?" As she opened the page, its contents made her flustered and shy out. Her face went red.