HENRY WOKE UP IN THE MORNING with Anthony his my arms.
Anthony was like a pillow. Comfortable to be with and fits right in his arms. He couldn't dare to move so as to not wake Anthony up. He slowly removed both his arms from Anthony. After the success, he checked the clock and it was already 10 AM.
He shook Anthony waking him up. Anthony groaned and turned to the other side, clearly not waking up. Henry sighed. He stood up and made his way to the kitchen. He saw Eric and Athena talking non-stop and clearly invested in their topic. He opened the fridge to start cooking breakfast.
"Brother, can I have milkshakes for dessert?" Athena turned to Eric, "How about you?"
"I'll make coffee for myself, and Anthony," Eric added. "That reminds me I'll wake them soon."
"Urgent business?" Henry asked.
"No, it's a routine."
"Oh, How about Alejandro?"
"He doesn't like what I make" Eric replied, "He always makes it himself."
Henry started cracking eggs and cooking them in the pan. It took him no more than 10 minutes to finish breakfast and started walking towards Elijah's door. He didn't really think anything of it before he got in. There laid a naked top Elijah and naked top Alejandro, clearly snuggling with Elijah's arm above Alejandro's waist. It was difficult to react to. Should Henry be shocked? not care?
Whatever was planned, he didn't do it. He shouted, waking both of the naked top men. Elijah groaned, getting up from the bed. He lifted his arm off Alejandro and scratched his ruffled hair still closing his eyes. It took a while for Elijah to see Henry on the door and when he did he was frantically trying to explain what had happened but it didn't stray far from what Henry thought happened.
"So you like him," Henry concluded.
"No, I don't but it just happened." Elijah was edgy, clearly wanting to explain what had happened but unable to. Henry didn't really care who Elijah dated as long as the person was good to him, and since it's Alejandro, it'll be fine. Henry informed Elijah about breakfast and went to his room to wake Anthony once again. He opens the door slowly to see if he is awake or not.
He sees Anthony still sleeping, surrounded by all the fluff from the blankets. He moves closer and crouches on the floor beside the bed to see Anthony's face clearly. His clear skin, soft-looking lips, and eyelashes longer than women. Henry imagines if this person ever has flaws. He raises his hand, placing it on Anthony's head and caressing his hair. His hair was as soft as it looked.
His hand travels slowly from caressing his head to stroking his cheek with his thumb and the others behind his ear, it looked like he held his cheek. He stroked it once, twice, before moving to his lips. He brushed it, watching it keenly. He hadn't paid attention to what he was doing but came back to his senses when Anthony made a sound.
Anthony giggled. Henry pulled his hand back as Anthony opened his eyes. He rubbed them, then closing it again but grinning this time.
"Are you not going to continue?" Henry was tongue-tied. He didn't know how to respond, was Anthony flirting? He thought. He looked intently on his lips, moving closer and closer. Anthony also seemed like he wanted to. So they did. Their lips touched. Anthony closed his eyes and placed his hand on his cheek, thumb on the cheek, and the rest behind the ear, just like how Henry held his, pulling Henry deeper and deeper. Henry hesitated, imagining the consequences of his actions. Anthony must've known because he drew back, panting in between the small space between them.
"Do you not want to?" Henry felt the anxiousness in his question. He felt Anthony's hand release from his face, understanding that they would stop kissing, he felt a throb in his chest. He pulled Anthony once again and kissed him. He felt a clench in his heart when Anthony placed his arms over his shoulders. They clearly wanted more, so they did.
Henry slowly stood up, still kissing Anthony. He moved onto the bed, on top of Anthony, straddling over him. One arm on the side, supporting him and the other traveling from the face to the chest, waist, and back to his face. Anthony moaned when Henry's hand traveled throughout his body. He made a sound when Henry held his waist and pulled it towards his.
They separate. Feeling the closeness of their faces and feeling each other's breaths, they started again. Henry's hands made their way underneath Anthony's clothes, slowly trying to feel his bare chest, wanting to pull the shirt off and take it off of him. Anthony clutched Henry's hair, playing with it. Anthony groaned when Henry pinched his nipples. Pulling it, rubbing it, fondling it, groping it, anything Henry could do only this one time.
They were interrupted when a large crash sound came from the room of Elijah. Anthony and Henry stopped before their faces turned red and looked away from the other person. Henry stood up from the bed, still red, and ran to where the sound came from. Athena and Eric came running too.
The door was closed. Henry knocked on the door and tried to turn the handle. Athena kept asking what happened. Eric was holding a coffee mug and looked anxious. Anthony, slouching, came walking out of the room and towards the door. Henry moved to the side, thinking that Anthony can open the door.
Anthony stopped. He stood up straight and crossed his arms.
"Alejandro," His voice hoarse, not like what Henry heard earlier. A rustling sound came from the other side of the door. A few seconds later Alejandro opened the door. His hair came flying in different directions. His clothes looked like he was in a fight. His face looked frantic.
"You called?" He answered Anthony, clearly anxious.
"You didn't wake me up," Anthony staggered, "Where's my coffee, Eric?"
Eric handed him the coffee mug he held. Anthony took a sip and exhaled loudly, everyone stared as Anthony raised his head and looked wide awake. Eric and Alejandro sighed in relief. Henry and Athena were confused but didn't bother asking.
"What happened here?" Eric turned to Alejandro whose face flushed, clearly reminded of whatever happened in Elijah's room. He brushed it off as 'nothing' and wanted to have breakfast. Eric, Athena, and Alejandro walked off to the living room. Anthony turned to me, wanting to say something but unable to.
He fidgeted and exhaled.
"I'm sorry that I kissed you," Anthony apologized. Henry was confused on why he did, he wanted to explain that he also wanted to before being timely interrupted by Elijah who came out of the room. He stopped and looked away. Anthony left to eat breakfast with the others as Henry asked what happened.
"It was nothing," And with that Elijah also went to the living room. Henry followed after. They started to eat the breakfast Henry made for them. Small talks surfaced as soon as Athena told everyone the similar hobbies she had with Eric. It was already 11:45 AM when everyone finished eating breakfast and just talking to each other. And of course, they talk to each other in pairs.
Alejandro exhaled and stood up.
"We have to go now," He stated. "The cafe opens in 15 minutes, we have to be there within 5." Eric hated the thought of having to leave his new friend so he pouted and looked away. Alejandro understood his feelings but they needed to earn money.
"And besides don't you have any royal duties to attend to?" Henry and Elijah looked at each other. It was like they forgot about their duties.
"For a while, we don't have anything to do but we are still on guard," Athena said. "There's a situation actually but we shouldn't have the need to worry." If anything sounds convincing it was not Athena.
"How about we go to the cafe? and you know, help out?" Athena hopefully asked. Henry didn't seem to mind it, Elijah too. Eric didn't seem to mind it as long as he spent time with Athena. Alejandro hesitated but saw no harm. Anthony refused.
"It's not like I have anything against it, it's just you guys are royal are you sure you want to come to our cafe?" Athena explained that it was no worries. The King and Queen would actually love to see their children being friendly with the commoners.
And the decision was made.
...
Anthony felt conscious every time he faced Henry.
It was fine and all when they were talking at breakfast. The car they rode on was Elijah's because he offered. The car was a 5-seater; Elijah and Henry sat in the front seat, Athena sat in the edgy, between Eric (right) and Anthony (middle), and Alejandro at the left. Anthony sneaked glances at Henry by the rear-view mirror.
Alejandro noticed what he was doing and asked what happened. He explained what happened that morning, thinking that maybe he made a mistake and was overthinking it. Alejandro admitted to what had happened this morning. Eric and Athena joined the conversation.
It was quite a silent riot in the backseat. Conversations overlapped once they had an opinion. They quietly talked about what to do and a plan was made. Anthony was not excited at all. Eric encouraged him. Alejandro, not wanting to talk about his feelings, stepped back from the conversation.
The plan was set and started when they arrived at the cafe.
Eric opened the door and got in. The others followed right after. Athena made her way to the book corner, took a book, and sat down. Eric talked to her about the drinks and went to make it. Elijah and Alejandro fidgeted. Alejandro looked at Elijah and looked away, Elijah did too. It was like watching a high-school love story. Henry made his way to the seat he sat in last time he was here. He turned to Anthony, calling him.
"Do you need anything?" Anthony asked, "I'll make you a dark chocolate drink after we place the stand outside." Anthony was held back as he went to place the stands, Henry had pulled him back.
"We'll do it for you," Henry suggested. Elijah went into view and agreed. Alejandro called for Anthony and they started readying the cafe for customers.
...
Henry and Elijah went out and started to place the stands and arrange the chairs for the customers. Elijah started a conversation about some business in the castle.
"It seems like they found out who it was." Henry froze. They had finally caught whoever was stealing information from the family. Due to the information being completely classified and only knowledgeable by the King and Queen, there have been lots of activities around the Family. The culprit who was hired into stealing from the Family never left any traces of forced entry, they were forced to think it was an inside job. The culprit's whereabouts were completely hidden from the Royal family, it was difficult even for private investigators to find the truth.
"So," Henry replied, "Who was it?" He was prepared to find out who it was. He was the cause of his Father's distress and sister's sadness. He could never forgive them.
"The culprit is Lord Timothy," Elijah lowered his voice, "It was actually an inside job and all the security had to do was find out which one and that part was tricky. The hired burglar was a member of the Queen's Guard." Henry trembled. His heartbeat getting faster, his face was still resting but slightly tensed.
"It's okay Henry, despite the Queen's Guards allowed to kill somebody, that person didn't" Henry sighed in relief. The thought of someone getting killed in the palace, whether it was the maids or the guards, he could never see everyone the same.
After a few minutes of talking about the situation, they had finished putting up the sign and arranging the chairs. Looking up at the signboard above, they heard a squeal. They both tensed up and turned behind them. Henry positioned himself to defend himself, before looking at a squealing woman.
The woman had thought she saw someone else but she made sure and it was them. "Kya! It's the Prince and the Prince of Tamarine!!" The woman's squeals attracted people and walked to what she was talking about. Once they realized it really was them, they would ask to take some pictures of what they were doing here.
"Sorry, we are here helping out some friends," Henry asked them to visit the cafe whenever they had the time and sweetly talked to them more. The women were obviously pleased with the sweet-talking he did and suggested that they all would go to the cafe to those who had time, and they all did.
Anthony was surprised when they got back there and was completely surrounded with women. Alejandro was pleased with the amount of customers we got.
"Thank god for prince playboys" Elijah took Alejandro's joke seriously earning him an earful, and ending with the two just bickering.
"Thank you for gathering these customers," Anthony took their orders one by one, while the others just talked and surrounded the prince's. Eric gave Athena her drink and she sat there clearly uninterested in what was happening in her surroundings.