it was an undoubtedly a cold Winter day.

Shirayuki spends her days gathering herbs,but in winter,they're hard to get,so she spends alot of time in the castle,unfortunately for her,Winter,is the time when Zen falls asleep from overworking,

so,she's usually with Kiki,Shirayuki had walked to the front gates as the soldiers greeted her.

"Good-Morning Shirayuki-dono."

"We are sorry,but even if we know you,we still need to see your ID."The second soldier said politely,

Shirayuki gave a slight giggle,"that's okay,here!"she took out her ID and handed it over to them.

"ahah,you're clear to go,Shirayuki-dono."the soldiers stepped aside letting her pass,as she was walking away,she heard one of them shout "make sure to say hi from me to his highness!"

she didn't look back,just gave a slight was walking up to the herb garden,she noticed a shadow in there,

'someone's early!' she thought to herself as a ball of excitement raised inside of her,Shirayuki ran inside seeing the 12 year-old boy she's partnered with.

"Ryuu!" she ran towards him.

Ryuu looked at her in surprise "Shirayuki-san!" he was looking at the herb called 'Hakka',it's a type of mint you'd often use for medicine..guess he just really likes the smell of it.

"Good-Morning!what are you doing so early?" she asked him cheerfully."Just came to look around-Shirayuki-san..are you okay?" he asked in a calm voice

Shirayuki looked at him,"yeah!i'm perfectly-..uh.."before she could finish the sentence,Ryuu had looked at her on the ground in shock,not realizing what had just happened,then,as quickly as he could,

he bent down in fear feeling her forehead,"she's cold!-" he ran outside to get some help,a few minutes later soldiers came barging in,

" i'll get some medicine!" Ryuu said running off

the soldiers carried her inside the castle, while they were running, Zen had just came out of his office with Kiki and Mitsuhide,Kiki was the first one to notice the soldiers running up the stairs

"what's all the commotion?"she whispered,loud enough so that Mitsuhide and Zen could hear, bothof them looked at the panicked soldiers,

"what's wrong?" Zen asked surprised.

"Y-Your Highness!-Shirayuki-dono seems to be ill! she doesn't look to well!"

The three of them gasped

"wh-what!?" Zen ran towards the soldier that was carrying her,he noticed she was breathing too fast,"..You can bring her into my room!The infirmary cant be used at the moment"

"S-Sir!"

the next night,when Shirayuki woke up

as she opened her eyes,she looked around the room,then felt a little heavy on one side of the bed.

it was Zen,fast was covered in around four blankets,but she still felt very cold

"Z-Zen.."she whispered in a shivering voice.

it seemed like he couldn't hear her,so she poked his shoulder.

then he opened up his eyes little by little and seen Shirayuki in his blurry vision

"S-Shirayuki..are you-" he stopped for a second seeing her try to stop shivering.

"i-i'm..cold.." she whispered again.

he stood up in an instant running for another blanket and brought one that was white and puffy,he covered her up in it.

"Rest well..Shirayuki."he said in a sad tone yet still trying to sound sat beside her watching,

"Zen.."

"yeah?"his soft voice was the cutest thing ever

"Thank you.."

"for what?" he smiled,

"for staying here with me..waiting until i recover..-no..i'm glad,i got to meet you.."

"The first time when i got to see you..you looked like an apple tree from above,y'know?"The white haired boy gave her a giggle

"but..that's what made you look special..to me,you look like a green field filled with apples and a warm summer breeze.."

Shirayuki smiled,"it's the opposite for me" she looked straight at his strike-blue eyes,"you remind me of a cold winter city that never stops snowing..your eyes are a little sad but pure.."

"Shirayuki I-"

"Zen..really,it's okay,get some rest,you don't have to watch over me,i'll be fine soon.."

"I disagree..i'll stay here until you get better,"

"you need your rest-"

"Are you saying you're against the Prince?"

she gave him a weak smile.."Understood..Zen-sama."

she had falllen asleep "goodnight..Princess.."