Bodyguard to a genius.

Chapter 7

"I...lost...?" She stood up "Let's go again, there's no way I'd lose to you or anyone, "Ivy's eyes still looking bewildered couldn't raise her head while speaking.

"I'm not fighting you again, the rules for this were, one match, and one hit decides everything, so I won't be fighting you, again, Miss Ivy, please humbly accept your first defeat and let me work here," Ivy.

Ivy stood up and dusted herself off.

"You're sure you don't wanna fight me?"Ivy spoke while still avoiding eye contact with Kenneth.

"I'm sure. And what's my new position again? Your bodyguard, you said?" Kenneth said.

Ivy looked at him still wide-eyed then walked back to the mansion without saying a word.

He wore his shirt, tidied up the mess they'd made, and went back to the mansion.

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[5 Days later]

[In the kitchen]

"Have you noticed something about the mistress of the house?" Maid#1

"You mean how she's talking even less and looks like she's always thinking about something?" Maid#2

"Yes, she also had appointed that Kenneth boy to be her bodyguard, why would she pick him of all people?" Maid#3

"I heard that they fought and he beat her," Maid #1

"He fought with the mistress?! And is still working here as her bodyguard?!" Maid#2

"Strange times we're living in, where a servant goes against a master and is given a promotion," Maid#1.

"How did the fight come about?" Maid#2

"Even I don't know, but ever since that day the Mistress always seems to be looking at Kenneth whenever he passes by, maybe she plans on doing something unspoken to him," Maid #1

"But the young mistress isn't like that, she wouldn't right?" Maid #3

"It's still under probability, we still have to remember she's a genius, and things she does might be above our understanding.

Come let's stop the chatter and prepare breakfast for her," Maid#3

Ivy walked into the room.

"Good morning, Miss Ivy," They all greeted.

"Hm? Oh, yeah, good morning, whoever you are," Ivy said then walked towards her large fridge and took out a big bowl of apples.

"Won't you have anything else, Young mistress?" Maid#1

"I'm fine with the apples, thanks," Ivy

They got shocked at the polite response they have never heard before.

"Are...you coming down with a cold?" Maid#2

"Beatrice!" Maid#1

"What? It was a question, Lorin," Beatrice (maid#2)

"If she felt sickly she would have notified us, she is no longer a child," Lorin (maid#1)

*Sigh* "I'm fine, I won't be having breakfast today, just have the apples so you don't have to cook anything for me" Ivy.

She picked up the bowl and left.

Ivy's POV

I heard everything, those hags said, but I couldn't care less. I don't feel like eating anything today, but apples are something I can't live without.

She went up to her room and went to take a shower, then lay on her bed to read a book while eating her apples.

*Knock-knock*

"Who could it be...do I have to guess? *Sigh* Come in Kenneth, you're the only one brave enough to knock on my door," Ivy didn't look up from her book.

Kenneth walked in.

"I apologize for interrupting your activity but I wanted to clean your room, if that's alright with you, " Kenneth said.

He was holding a mop bucket and some cleaning supplies.

"Why? My room is not that messy, " Ivy.

"As graceful as you are miss Ivy, you might be impervious to cleanliness, "

"You've got a lot of nerve, Kenneth," Ivy still stared at her book.

"I apologize for phrasing it that way, but you have some ice cream stains on the floor, your bedsheets are scattered, and here smells like an apple...(somehow the only good thing)" Kenneth said politely.

"Go ahead, clean, I don't care, "Ivy took a bite out of the apple.

Kenneth began cleaning, he made the bed with her still on it, folded her laundry, and vacuumed the ground before he started moping.

After 30 minutes he was done.

"Why did you do this in the first place? This isn't your job anymore, remember? You're my bodyguard, "Ivy.

"I felt inadequate just standing around and doing nothing, and since I am now assigned to you(by you) I thought I'd do something to help benefit you, "Kenneth.

"Can't stand around and do nothing huh? You could be doing nothing and still get paid, was that a bad deal?"Ivy put her book down and took a bit out of her last apple.

"No... it's not about being handed money, it's about not working to get the amount given, which somehow doesn't sit right with me...no matter how much I'll need it, I'll either work hard to repay that debt or work hard to earn it," Kenneth said with a solemn look on his face.

Her gaze was fixated on Kenneth, he went to open her windows, the light of the sun brightened up her room and a cool breeze blew in.

"Well that's all for today, I'll take my leave," Kenneth packed up his cleaning equipment and went for the door.

Ivy threw her finished apple on the floor Kenneth sighed and went to pick it up, as he was about to reach for it, Ivy grabbed him by the wrist and pinned him to the wall.

"What are you doing?!" Kenneth.

"You may have beaten me in swords but physical strength goes to me,"

He grabbed her wrist and flipped positions with her and pinned her on the wall.

"Wrong, It goes to me as well," Kenneth.

Ivy grabbed his wrist and flipped him over again, this time she interlocked fingers with him so he couldn't grab her wrist anymore.

"Looks like it goes to me," Ivy.

Kenneth couldn't break out of it.

"Fine, you win, could you please release me?"Kenneth.

"No. I like you, "Ivy.

"Huh?!"

"You heard me, I like you, is that a problem?"

"What... do you mean...?"Kenneth.

"I... don't know how to explain it...but, since you beat me five days ago, I've been growing a certain attraction towards you," Ivy.

"Stop this, what you felt must have been frustration not attraction,"

"Don't belittle my intelligence, I know what I'm feeling, it's an attraction, not frustration. So...what do you think about me?" Ivy looked him in the eyes.

"I... don't know, I still haven't forgotten how that I hated you...but this is a side I've never seen before...I don't know what to think, "Kenneth.

"Hm..."

Ivy drew closer to Kenneth, closed her eyes, and then kissed him.

Kenneth's eyes opened in shock.

He wanted to kiss her back but couldn't...

"There, now I've given you something about me to think about, "Ivy.

She released him.

Kenneth didn't say a word, he walked past her, took the cleaning kit, and left.

"Was he that upset about it? His face was bright red," Ivy went and lay on her bed, she touched her lips, "What did I just do?"