TWACK!! "HOW MANY TIME HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO PLAY WITH THAT BRAT?!" A voice echoed the large bedroom of the castle.
"It hurt.."
The man sigh in frustration while his rough fingers brushed his hair back; "Listen, I don't even care wether you're hurt or even suffering, all I want is for you to be a better prince and learn about the whole aspects of this castle! How can you be a perfect Emperor in the future if you keep playing around and not even paying attention to your studies?!" The man shouted before he stood up and grabbed onto the little boy's arm harshly as if it would break. The little boy wince in pain when the man threw him against his study table making his back hitting the edge of the wooden desk. The little boy could only bit onto his lower lip to hold back his whine.
"From now on, no food or resting without 10 hours of studying, every single day!" The man said strictly before his figure disappeared out of the large door of the bedroom.
A week has passed; "..ugh..." A groan escaped the little boy's mouth as he rest his cheek onto his palm. His eyes still glued onto the large book in front of him. My eyes are heavy...my head hurt..when will this finally end? Will it stop if I finally became the Emperor? What if I made a mistake? Will I ruined the whole-
CLASH!
The little boy's eyes immediately darted towards the cause of the noise. With a frown on his face, he immediately recognised the face that appeared on his balcony, still struggling to climbed upon the brick fence of the balcony. The other boy looked at him with a guilty expression; "Um..sorry I slipped"
A view of a broken flower pot with its water and flower scattered on the floor catch the little boy's eyes. How do I explain that to Ms.Erie- no, more importantly how and why did he even have the courage to climbed onto my balcony?
"It has been a week already, I've been waiting at the Orchid Garden for you, but you've never showed up," the other boy slowly took a step inside the little boy's bedroom, his dirty shoes leave a trail of mud onto the floor.
"Hey, your shoes-"
"I missed you, when will we play together again, my prince?"
"Don't call me that"
"But I like that better, calling you 'Your Highness' is a little too formal"
The little boy sigh in exhaustion when he turned towards the large book in front of him again. Ms.Erie will be suspicious if she saw those trail of dirty footsteps; "Leave my room please, my father will get furious or beheaded you if he found out"
"I don't care" the other boy's words took the little boy's by surprise; "Let him beheaded me if it meant to keep you company"
The little boy look at him in disbelief and... relief? How can you say that so confident? To someone like me?
"You're stubborn"
"I get that a lot, my prince"
The rest of the little boy's study hour got replaced by some kind of Q&A from the other boy who kept trying to distract him from focusing to his studies. The little boy sigh softly when he thought in his head; This idiot, when will he stop speaking and stay quiet for once?
His thought said so, but his heart thought the other way;
For the first time, my head felt lighter than usual. It felt warm and calming..? Why's that? Usually it felt cold and empty in this large space. But with this boy's presence beside me... It's soothing for some reason. How's that possible?