The Broken Prince

"That's the suit that Queen Fera had made for you isn't it?" Zoren looked at me with a very joyful smile and teary eyes. I nodded at him and looked at the suit once more with admiration.

"I knew she was very picky about this one judging from the way the details of this suit speak to me like I was a much lower and insignificant life form from it." He spoke as he wiped a tear away. I snickered at his comment which he was quite shocked as I too am. It was the first time since mother's demise that I have felt this energized.

"Well then, now that the time has come, let us start the revival of this kingdom who shall not fall into its doom of ruins, just as how it's previous king is rotting in his."

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I blinked for a few times and realized that I was blankly staring at the window for who knows how long.

"Zoren to Hade? Your majesty? Are you there?" My mouth opened but no words came out of it so I just sighed. I never did want to go back down memory lane as there were too many unhappy thoughts and memories inside me.. Bringing them back would only make the feelings return which will not happen again. I have started to forget them and I shall not bring them back.

I took a sip of my drink and then stood up to do my routine. When I got in the shower, I stripped naked and turned the shower on. The water drizzled down my body which made me feel at ease. I took my time to shower and when I finished, I did my usual routine before going out.

"You look more muscular than me now." Zoren commented. I have been working out whenever I am not in class or whenever I have time. But I what he said is not true. He had more muscles than me.

"Yeah, you tell yourself that." My hands went through my collection of clothing which are mostly black and occasionally, I will find something white or red. I never did like flashy colors as they bring too much attention. I slipped into my clothes for today which are basically a black fitted shirt and shorts. I need to practice as the clash is now fast approaching and I shall not loose to anyone other than myself. Dianne and I will practice with our elemental resonance.

Since she can make trees grow out of nowhere, I can use that to our advantage and spread fire more efficiently and when fire spreads, the others will be forced to come out as there is a chance that their shelters might get caught up in it.

"I have to go now. Will you be staying?"

"Well, your father hasn't given me orders yet so I assume I will be pestering you for a while. I get to sleep in the bed too, I don't like the couch." Zoren spoke as he washed the dishes.

"Suit yourself, I'll be at the training room." With that, I headed outside the hallway and was about to go by my way when my vision caught a boy who made my blood boiled when we first met. He was standing outside his door and was talking to his aide, Nathaniel. I realized he was wearing the same attire as me, only, he's wearing sleeveless shirt and tight short shorts.

Something in me began to spark as I looked at him without a sound. His hair was disheveled and covered his eyes, his nose looked very pretty and he had the face of an angel. Pretty ocean eyes and rosy pink lips. His skin where fair and white as the pearls found at their kingdom.

I realized that my chest was beating quiet fast which I am confused. Is it because of Alexander looking so goddamn pretty? Hell no. I was about to walk away when he turned his gaze towards me and our eyes met. A chill ran down my spine as his icy blue eyes pierced right through mines.

He looked taken aback because of my presence but composed himself immediately. He always do that whenever we see each other which sometimes irritates me. It's not like I'm going to kill him here. I said here. Maybe I gave a very bad impression. Then I remembered the thing that I did when we first met. Well I guess I did gave him a bad impression.

"Hade, are you going to train?" His voice made me snapped out from my trance as I looked at him before nodding absentmindedly. He gave me a smile that made my chest thump even faster. He was walking towards me and then my eyes went down which I regret as my chest was thumping so hard that he might hear it and I was trying my best to control my breathing. His legs looked very flawless. No signs of scratch or even manly hair. I refrained myself from staring and looked back up to meet his gaze head on.

"Well then I assume that's good." He spoke once again his voice sounding so very soothing. When we first met, I wanted to hate him so bad for he is the son of the person who killed my beloved mother but no matter how hard I try, I always end up failing miserably as he is just too pure despite being feisty. He reminds me of someone who I hold close to my heart. It's been thirteen years since we met each other.

"What about you. You look like you are trying very hard to train. Still want to beat me." I said intentionally wanting to sound rude. The thing is, no matter pure he may seem, he will always be that person that holds the blood of a murderer. I heard him sigh before speaking.

"Again, I am not trying to compete with you or the others. I just want to last long in that arena for a while." He looked and sounded very defeated. What he said made me feel sad for him but I suppressed it for I won't allow myself to feel any form of empathy towards him.

"Well too bad, I'm going to make sure that you end up with broken bones in the first minute you are in there." My heart felt a pang of guilt as I said those words which only worsened when I saw his expression changed. He looked like he already accepted my words.

"Well you might never know Hade, maybe it's you who's the one to end up with broken bones. I should go now. Good morning." He went about his way after saying those words to me. He wanted to sound strong and feisty like he always used to whenever I try to come for him but his eyes always say otherwise. I could see how sad he is with his situation every time his orbs did open up. I do not know but I can read him like a book that it's as if we have already meet somewhere but I know that it wasn't the case. Maybe he's just an open book.

The heaviness in my heart did not go away for the whole day despite training so hard.

"Hade, you look like something is bothering you." Dianne spoke as she looked at me curiously. I was breathing really hard from all of that action and my body was covered and was drenched in sweats.

"It's nothing Dianne, let's just take a break." I spoke and took of my shirt as I felt very icky then I turned around and saw the person that I talked with this morning, none other than Alexander.

It looked like Dianne invited here as Kaval was here too but no signs of Apollo. I oddly then felt quiet satisfied by the lack of his presence here. Something about him just irks me. I was sitting on the bench with my elbows on my thighs as I looked at Alexander who was busy conversing with Dianne.

Wanting to speak to Kaval, I walked towards them and then I saw Alexander noticed me. I immediately saw the blush that formed on his cheeks which made me feel something I want to deny and bury deep inside me. But his stupid action made my heart jump. So he gets frazzled seeing me like this huh? I was smirking as I looked at him. He blushed even more and pretended to have been looking elsewhere.

Feeling the urge to tease him more, I walked towards them and and greeted Kaval who greeted me back. He was busy munching on some food which he had. I swear he never stops eating. Then I looked at Alexander who had his face fixated and locked towards Dianne. I released a silent chuckle and Kaval looked at me with raised eyebrows but I just shook my head.

"You guys can go sit on the bench, just one more practice then we're done." Dianne said and started to walk to the middle of the room. Alexander being already frazzled, hurriedly walked away from me but then he tripped. I caught him in my arms just in time. He looked at me with wide eyes as I looked at him with mine. I could feel his heart beating fast and I tried very hard for mine to not do the same. Why is this happening to me?