210 Can't Let It Go

(From Blue's Perspective)

Our tonight's date was canceled. Dem said it was good for me to stay in my room and rest. I insisted, but he did not listen just like always. 

I started to review some documents in the meantime. Dem had gone out for a while, perhaps to meet Luc. He said something, but Sapphire was meowing too much so I could not focus. 

"Your Highness, shouldn't you take some rest?" Ruby said. "You have been working for three hours now."

"Dem works six to seven hours at a stretch. And I only worked for three hours," I said. 

"His Highness has got accustomed to it. But Your Highness should take things slow," she pointed out. 

"Ruby, go out and play."

"Your Highness is not listening to me."

"Why don't you stop bothering me and think about what you are gonna say to Luc? You have to give him an answer, right? You can't make him wait too much. It's not okay for him," I said. 

"That's true..."