The Broken Prince

"Even if this is a dream, I would still ask you. The boy who owns my heart, the boy who has all of my love and dreams, the boy who I fell in love with back then, the boy who enclosed me with his little hands and to the boy I would want to spend my whole life with, Fin, will you be mine forever and marry me?"

He looked at me while still crying. He childishly wiped his tears away as he kept getting choked up in his tears. My heart melted even more as he nodded. I smiled and took his hand. I slowly slid the ring on his ring finger. I stood up and cupped his face with both of my hands and closed the distance between our faces.

"May I?" I asked. He looked at me while blushing which made me want to kiss him more.

"Y-Yes please." He answered. I smiled at him before I continued to lean into him even closer..

He closed his eyes and so did I. Our nosed touched and a streak of electricity ran down my spine. My heart was beating so fast but everything went calm and in peace as soon as both of our lips touched.

His lips were warm and soft. They tasted like candy, the one that we would both eat back then. My hands fell down and encircled his slim waist as I deepened our kiss. I sensed that the both of us were running out of breath so I took the initiative to pull away. He looked very flustered and was breathing heavily. I smiled at him but he was feeling quite shy as he looked away from me but was now holding both of my hands.

I smiled and held his chin as I turned his face towards me.

"Why hide such pretty face Fin? Or should I say, Alexander?"

I opened my eyes and realized that I was still laying down beneath the same tree that I have been with since a few hours back. I was still at my mother's grave and it was already dark. Crickets were making sounds there and here, fireflies were flying around me and the starts dazzled above me. I sighed as my head started to hurt. I had remembered those things correctly including that dream but somehow, the faces and names, I tend to forget every time I wake up. Despite that, I still feel the same whenever those dreams comes around. They are like my break from my fucked up life.

I brought myself to my feet as I dusted my pants. The air was cold and everything around here is so serene. I looked at the grave yard and smiled.

"Thanks for visiting me ma, I'll drop by once the clash is done." I spoke with a faint smile etched on my lips before my back faced the yard where she laid.

Everything around me then started to become blurry as I started to sprint back to the academia. I went through the route that I used when I went to mother's grave. I might get in trouble if I was caught being off the grounds during nightfall given that rogues are still out there and out of the upcoming royals, I am the one that they have their eyes on since I already rose to being king and has defeated the hell spawn which is a great loss on the rogues side. How I fell back to where I am now? Another long story for another day.

As soon as I got inside the grounds without being noticed, I looked around and was relieved that it was still not curfew as many students were still roaming the grounds. Some bowed lightly at me to which I just ignored. My neck will break if I nod at everyone who does the same thing. I released a breath which formed a mist and turned my direction to where the royal quarters are.

As soon as I got down the hallway, I remembered what happened this afternoon. I just sighed as somehow, I kept feeling bad and guilty for mistreating Alexander over and over again but that is how it's supposed to go. No form of connection with him aside from viewing him as the son of my enemy.

I stopped at my tracks as I passed his door. I took a listen from what was happening inside and failed to do so. It seems that his aide, Nate put a spell on the whole room. Quite smart.

I then started to take a step further but then his door opened and I was met by a pair of dazzling eyes to which I think of meeting before. I tore my gaze away as my heart was starting to pump in a not so normal way. I noticed the disappointment in his eyes which oddly had an effect to me. Why do I care anyways?

I did not look back again and opened the door to my room. The aroma of food lingered in the air which means that Zoren is still here. I went straight ahead to my room and did a quick shower and changed into something comfortable. I only found my feet leading me to the kitchen where Zoren stood facing the stove with a flowery apron on him.

"You finally decided to come back." He said not sparing me a glance. I did not answer and just sat on the stool beneath the counter and looked at the food that he was preparing. It pork deep fried in oil. On the other pan he had some hand made noodles drenched in chicken soup. My stomach grumbled as I was hungry.

Zoren turned the stove off and started to plate the food before he sorted out the utensils. He looked at me with a raise brow to which I answered with the same expression.

"A little help here? Let me carry all of this in one go and the bacteria on the floor will be the one savoring the food for dinner." I rolled my eyes playfully and took the food that he cooked and sat them on the countertop. He got some rice on a bowl and some sparking water.

"Just like how mother used to prepare dinner." I said quietly, the somber feeling coming up again. Zoren looked at me with a sad smile for a moment before he playfully punched my shoulder.

"Well you seem to have forget that Queen Ferah does not allow sulking when in the presence of food." He said as he used a fork to point at me. I chuckled and looked at the food once more.

"Thank you for the food." I spoke and started to dig in. I got the rice on my plate first before getting some deep fried pork. It's not all meat but half meat and half fat with skin. A sigh of content escaped my mouth as I groaned in delight.

"I'll take that as a compliment." Zoren chuckled as he too started to eat. I ignored him and started to dig in even more. I only get to have dinner like this when Zoren comes over and when mother was still around. It taste like yesterday, when all was fine and great.

"There's something missing." I spoke as soon as I gulped the food that I chewed. Zoren looked at me with a questioning look before he realized. He was about to stand up but I motioned him to continue eating as I already got it.

"Were missing soy sauce and chili." I heard Zoren hum as I scrammed through the kitchen counter to find some. Thankfully there were still some unexpired stuffs in the cabinets. As for the chili, Zoren is the solution to that. I poured the sauce into a mini bowl and hurriedly sprinted back to my seat. Zoren stopped eating for a while and rubbed his palm and when he opened it, a bunch of chili were there. I got two and squashed them both with my spoon and mixed it with the sauce. I got a piece of the pork and dipped it into the sauce, the salty, sweet and spicy taste made me groan.

"Now we're talking!" I exclaimed. Zoren laughed and got a small bowl where he placed some of the noodle soup he made. I took a sip directly from the bowl not caring about proper etiquette as it does not really matter because there's only the two of us here. I was starting to sweat from the spiciness of both the soup and the sauce. I smiled mentally as this was one of the things I have came to look forward too since it only happens on rare occasions.

We both eat in silence but it was not the awkward type, the both of us would wipe the sweat with our arm and go back to eating.

I stretched out after I was done and that's because I could no longer eat as there were no food left. I looked at Zoren who was sipping on his sparkling water before saying;

"Thank you."