Author: "Here's the rewritten of "You're my Everything."
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Looking at Nobel Michel, Prince Wilfred wonders why Zain would enter the private room when the meeting was still going on. He knew that Zain would never in his mind enter the room where the princes and Nobel Michel meet when they are having a meeting, so why now of all time? All Prince Wilfred heard were "His Majesty," "King Noctis," and when Nobel Michel's face lit up, Prince Wilfred was able to put the two together easily. King Noctis, the king he admires, is here in the castle.
But why is King Noctis here? Prince Wilfred thought. His Majesty rarely comes here so why now? With this thought in mind, he watched both Nobel Michel and Zain walk out of the room but not before Nobel Michel telling him, and the rest of the princes that their room is already prepared, if they wish to stay at the castle for the night.
Should I stay here for the night? Prince Wilfred asked himself. But I have work to do back home.
"So! Are you guys going stay here for the night?!" Prince Roberto asked excitedly. Even if the princes say no, he would still stay. He has been working a lot for the past few weeks, and a little break would not hurt. Prince Roberto also wanted Alberto to take a break from his nagging. "I'll be staying here!"
"That's nice." Prince Glenn said, his chin resting comfortably on his palm. "I can't stay. I have to return home."
"Me too," Prince Keith said. "The king and queen are leaving for a business for two weeks and Catherine is going to be alone. I can't let that happen."
"Brotherly love," Prince Joshua mumbled and rolled his eyes. He did not see Prince Keith as the caring type prince anymore. He did once, back when Lucian was still around. Back then, when they were young, Prince Keith used to be the fun, loving, and playful brother when he is around Lucian, but now, he does not show it, even to his own sister. Prince Joshua used to be the same as Prince Keith, but he was not that playful when he was around Lucian. He does care for Lucian and he still does today.
Prince Roberto turned his head to the side and smiled at Prince Joshua, "What about you Prince Joshua?"
"I'm busy." Prince Joshua replied.
"Ohh." Prince Roberto nodded his head once, and he then turned his head towards Prince Edward, "How about you, Ed?"
"I will see. I have to talk to Louis first." Prince Edward said.
Before Prince Roberto could even turn to Prince Wilfred and ask if he would stay, Prince Wilfred was already getting up from his chair. "Huh? Wills?"
Prince Wilfred looked at Prince Roberto and opened his mouth, "I'm sorry. I can't either. I have a lot of work to do back home. It was nice seeing you all again and Happy New Year's." He pushed the chair back and walked towards the door. He really wanted to stay, and see if King Noctis is really in the castle, but duty calls.
"Bye Wil." Prince Roberto said. "Guess I'll be the only one staying."
Once Prince Wilfred was out in the hallway, he went off to the direction where his butler Claude is at, and the only place that he knew where Clade would be is with the other butlers in one of the waiting room of the castle.
But before Prince Wilfred could even go to where his butler at, he stopped in front of a door that was slightly open. He knew where the door leads, it was the play room that him, and the prince along with Lucian used to come to, back when they were young whenever they visit Nobel Michel. It was one place that he never went back to after Lucian was kidnap, thirteen years ago. Feeling curious, Prince Wilfred walked up to the door, to see if anyone was in the room.
Taking a peak through the little gap, Prince Wilfred's eyes grew. Inside the room was King Noctis, standing in front of a coffee table, place in between two white sofas, in the middle of the white covered room. Surprised to see the king, Prince Wilfred did not notice that he had pushed the door forward until King Noctis turned his head back over his shoulder, and called out to him.
"Prince Wilfred." King Noctis softly smiled, and he placed the picture frame that he walk holding back to the coffee table, and Prince Wilfred saw the picture, it was a family photo of Lucian being carried by her mother, Queen Aria, and Aiden being hugged by King Noctis at a young age.
Looking back at King Noctis, Prince Wilfred slowly stepped inside the room, and bowed his head down. "Hello, Your Majesty." He said. "I apologize, I did not mean to-"
"Don't worry about it, Prince Wilfred." King Noctis said. "This room hasn't changed one bit." King Noctis said mostly to himself, his eyes gazing down on the picture frame.
"Um, Your Majesty, may I ask why you are here?" Prince Wilfred asked. "Please excuse my rudeness for asking, but I am just a little curious to know why you would come here when you rarely visit this place."
King Noctis softly chuckled and turned his body towards Prince Wilfred. "I guess you would be curious to know why I'm here today since I only visit this place once a year. I'm here to see how Mike is doing, and I wanted to show someone this place again."
"Someone?" Prince Wilfred blinked. "Who is this "someone" Your Majesty?"
"You'll find out soon." King Noctis's eyes softly narrowed.
There was a moment of silence before Prince Wilfred remembered something important. "I just remembered something. Where is Aiden, Your Majesty? He is usually with you if I remember correctly."
"Oh, I don't know." King Noctis replied. "He said that he was going to walk around the castle."
"I see."
"Anyways," King Noctis turned his head back to the picture frame. "It's been more than thirteen years now, hasn't it Wilfred?"
Prince Wilfred lowered his head down, "Yes." He did not want to talk about it; he never did like talking about that day with anyone. He blamed himself for Lucian getting kidnap, though no one blamed him, because there was no reason to put the blame on him. But Prince Wilfred still blames himself today. If only he agreed to let Lucian sleep with him that night when he visited Aracelis, she would have not been taken away. All she wanted was to sleep with someone because she had a nightmare, and she did not want to wake her parents up in the middle of the night. Lucian could have went to Aiden to sleep, but she knew that he was tired because he had butler training that day, so the only person that she could go to that night was Prince Wilfred.
King Noctis looked at Prince Wilfred from the corner of his eye. "Still blaming yourself?" He asked.
"I'm sorry." Prince Wilfred whispered. No matter how many times he apologizes to King Noctis, he could never get rid of the guilt inside him.
"Wilfred, stop blaming yourself. It's not your fault. Okay." King Noctis kindly said to the blonde prince. He knew how Prince Wilfred felt, everything, he knew. King Noctis stepped towards Prince Wilfred, and patted the prince on the shoulder. "You have to let go of the past. Blaming yourself when it's not your fault won't get you anywhere."
Prince Wilfred looked up at King Noctis, his face showing confusion. "How could you just say that? Your Majesty, you want me to forget about Lucian? I can't forget about her."
"I'm not telling you to forget about Lucian, Wilfred. I don't want you to continue feeling guilty for something that isn't your fault. If Lucian was here, I'm sure that she doesn't want you to put all the blames on yourself."
"…..but she's not here." Prince Wilfred lowered his head down, his blonde bangs covering his eyes. He just wants his little princess back.,
"She may not, but that's what she'll be thinking." King Noctis lowered his hands back down to his side. "You may not know this, but you're Lucian's prince. I know that she wants her prince to be strong, and you are strong, Wilfred." He then laughed, "Aha, I don't even know why I said those. Maybe I just wanted you to feel better. I'll see you later." King Noctis walk pass Prince Wilfred, but stopped when he was at the doorway. "You should stay for the night. I promise you that it'll be worth your time, but if you can't, then that's okay, too."
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Prince Wilfred sat quietly in the back of the car; his eyes looking through the glass window, watching trees covered in snow passes by him.
Another year without you, Prince Wilfred thought. How many more years will I have to be alone just to see you again Lucian? How many times will I have to blame myself? I hate this.
The limousine of Prince Wilfred stopped next to a park for not making through the green light. Prince Wilfred turned his head back to the side, and watched two young boys, running in the park, throwing snowballs at each other. Just then, another figure appeared, wearing a gray sweater and underneath a white shirt, gray jeans, a pair of white boots, running after the two little boys, surprising Prince Wilfred because this figure looks exactly like Lucian, but this one was older.
"Come here you brats!" The said figure shouted happily. She'll teach those kids not to ever throw snowball at her face."You'll regret ever throwing snowballs at me!"
"Stop the car!" Prince Wilfred ordered, his eyes never leaving the young female running after the kids, who are enjoying being chase after the young lady.
"Your Highness, the light is about to turn green." Claude said from the front.
"Stop the car, Claude." Prince Wilfred said in a serious tone. "Now."
"But Your Highness-"
"Forget it." Prince Wilfred quickly unlocked the door from his side, and ran out of the car. Who cares what Claude says. He's not missing this chance to meet the young female running after two little kids at the park. She might be Lucian.
"Your Highness!" Claude shouted, his head sticking out the window. "Where are you going?!"
Prince Wilfred hurriedly ran to the gates of the park, not caring if the citizens saw him. He just wanted to see of the young lady running in the park is Lucian, his Lucian. Please!
"Ahaha! Big sis can't catch us!" One of the little boys shouted happily.
"Oh yeah." The young lady smirked. "You better run faster than that, brat!"
"Lucian!" A voice shouted from the back, making the young lady stop from running after the kids.
"Huh?" The young lady turned her body back, only to see a handsome young man charging after her. "Wha-ah!" Before she could even move out of the way, Prince Wilfred locked his arms around her body, and pulled her for a hug. "!" Her eyes slowly widen. This man just hugged her and she does not know what to do.
"Lucian." Prince Wilfred closed his eyes, thinking if this was a dream, and if it is, then he hopes to never wake up.
The two young boys stopped when they saw Prince Wilfred hug their big sister who they just met an hour ago. One of the boys recognized the blonde prince, and he ended up dropping the snowball from his hand that he planned on throwing to the young lady.
"Y-you're Prince Wilfred!" The boy shouted and pointed his index finger to the prince of Phillip. "No way! This is awesome!"
Prince Wilfred, the young lady thought. "B-brother Wil." She softly whispered, and she felt the arms around her loosen up a bit.
Prince Wilfred opened his eyes and pulled his face away from the young lady. There is only one person that ever called him brother Wil, and that person is Lucian. He looked straight at the young lady's eyes. "Lucian?"
The young lady gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. "Oh my god. You're Wilfred." Tears clouded her eyes, and for the first time again, she got to see her prince.
"Big sis, I didn't know you know Prince Wilfred!" The boy said. "That's so cool!"
Prince Wilfred ignored the two little boys standing beside him as he wiped the tears slipping down Lucian's face. "Aha, I can't believe this." He said. "You're alive."
"Wilfred!" Lucian threw her arms around Prince Wilfred. "Big brother!"
*Wha-pk*
"Ow!" Lucian pulled her head back after being hit by a snowball. She turned her head to the side and glared at Aiden who was leaning against a tree. "Aiden, what the heck was that for?!" She shouted, not quite happy that her big brother just ruined the moment.
"Oh, sorry," Aiden said as he casually walked over to the two. "I was aiming for the brats but you were in the way. But don't worry, the snow blends in well with your hair."
"Aiden," Prince Wilfred smiled. "I didn't know that you would be here. His Majesty told me that you were in the castle."
Aiden looked at Lucian who was still wrapped around Prince Wilfred's arms before looking back to the blonde prince. "Lucian wanted to play outside so I brought her here." He then softly pinched Lucian's nose, "I didn't expect for us to see Prince Wilfred here. Aren't we lucky?" He smiled. He really didn't expect to see the prince of Phillip. Before leaving the castle, Zain told him that the six princes were in the castle, having a small meeting with Nobel Michel.
"I see."
Aiden then turned his head to the two boys, "Alright you two go back to your parents and don't tell anyone about this. Got it?"
"Okay. Bye guys!"
"Bye big sis!" The two boys' wave goodbye, and ran out of the park, to find their parents.
Aiden's eyes narrowed when he saw a certain butler that he dislikes, running towards them with a frown on his face. Great, it's the robot butler. Will I have to hear him nag again? I freaking hate that about him.
"Prince Wilfred!" Claude shouted his face clearly shows anger. "Please do not ever run out of the car! And who is this young lady?" He asked, looking down at Lucian under his cold blue eyes. "Excuse me miss, but why are you hugging His Highness? Please keep in mind that you are in the presence of a prince, young lady."
Technically, Lucian was not hugging Prince Wilfred, it was Prince Wilfred who was hugging her instead, but Claude sees it as the other way around.
"You better not give the same look you give to everyone to this girl, Claude." Aiden said. "She's under my protection so knock it off with the glaring." He didn't like the fact that Claude is talking rudely towards Lucian.
"I wasn't talking to you, Aiden." Claude said coldly.
"Aiden is right, Claude." Prince Wilfred said. He was still hugging Lucian, and he is not planning to let her go any time soon either. "You will show your respect to this young lady for you are in the presence of His Majesty, King Noctis' daughter, Princess Lucian of Aracelis." Prince Wilfred's eyes grew serious as he gazes at Claude.
Upon hearing the title of the young lady in front of him, Claude immediately bowed his head down. He just did something so bad that would embarrassment the prince of Phillip in front of the princess of Aracelis. "I apologize, Your Highness. Princess Lucian, please do forgive me for my rude behavior." He knew that Princess Lucian was kidnap thirteen years ago, but he never thought of seeing her again. He is happy to see that the young princess is alive and doing well, but he still does not know if the young lady in front of him is truly the princess, but with the glare Aiden was giving him right now, tells him that the young lady being hugged by His Highness is truly none other than the Princess of Aracelis. He also knows that he will get scold later by Prince Wilfred.
"Um, it's fine. You don't have to bow." Lucian said, and knowing that she has been in Prince Wilfred arms for too long, she pulled away, only to be pulled back in a tight hug. "Wil."
"What?" Prince Wilfred looked at Lucian with an innocent look.
"Mind letting go of me?"
"No." Prince Wilfred smiled. "
"Hate to break the two of you apart, but Lucian and I have to return to the castle." Aiden said. "King Noctis doesn't know that Lucian and I went out."
"Oh," Prince Wilfred pulled away from Lucian and smiled at her. "Then I'll bring you both back." This is a nice chance for him to spend time with her, and a chance not to return to his country.
"No, that's okay." Lucian said. "Don't you have somewhere to go?"
"No," Prince Wilfred said bluntly. He does have to return back home, but right now, he does not care about his work or anybody else but his Lucian.
"Huh?" Claude looked at Prince Wilfred confusingly, "Your Highness, did you not say that you had work to do back home?"
Prince Wilfred moved his eyes towards Claude, the smile on his face gone. "No, I didn't."
"But-"
"Give your prince a break, Claude." Aiden said as he turned his attention back to his princess. "Let's go, Lucian." He grabbed Lucian by the wrist and walked away, leaving the two men. He did not want to be there any longer because Claude was irritating him. He never like Claude because Claude always follows the rules and he is strict with his prince.
"But…" Lucian turned her head back and looked at Prince Wilfred who was looking back at her. "…what about Wilfred?" She wanted to stay with Prince Wilfred a little bit longer before he returns to his country.
"He'll be fine." Aiden said.
"Wait." Prince Wilfred said and he went after the two. Seeing Prince Wilfred running towards them, Lucian stopped and pulled her hand away from Aiden, making him stop as well.
Seeing that Lucian would not leave without Prince Wilfred, Aiden sighed and looked at Prince Wilfred. "Okay, fine. You can accompany us back to the castle."
"Really?" Prince Wilfred smiled a little, happy that he will get to spend some more time with Lucian.
"But we're not riding in your car. We're gonna walk."
"Okay."
"Thank you, Aiden!" Lucian smiled and hugged the young butler.
"Yeah, yeah," Aiden patted Lucian on the head, but his eyes were locked with Claude, standing behind Prince Wilfred. I don't like you.
I don't like you either. Claude ignored the look Aiden was giving him, and he stepped forward. "I'm sorry to have to say this. But it would be wise if Her Highness and Aiden join Prince Wilfred back to the castle using the car. There are a lot of citizens in the street at this time of the day, and I'm sure that no one in this group wants to get attention from them."
"Then you two can go back using the car." Aiden said. "Lucian and I will walk."
Feeling the tension between the two men, Lucian decided to cut in. "Okay, that's enough, you two. Aiden, it'll be faster to get back to the castle if we ride with them."
"…." Seeing that Lucian was pulling her puppy eyes, Aiden sighed. "Alright fine."
"Yay!"
Prince Wilfred smiled a little as he watched Lucian hug Aiden. He was feeling a little jealous that he was not the one being hug, but he knows that he will get a lot of hug from Lucian from now on.
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When the four returned to the castle, they saw the other princes outside with their butler, getting ready to leave, except for Prince Roberto. He was just there to see them off. Prince Roberto was the first one to see Prince Wilfred and he was surprised to see Aiden, but didn't notice the arms wrapped around Aiden since he's attention was mostly towards Prince Wilfred.
"Wil you're back," Prince Roberto said. "Did you decide to stay for the night?"
"Yes." Prince Wilfred smiled.
"That's amazing! I tried to convince Josh here but he wouldn't stay."
"I told you for the fifth time Prince Roberto that I am busy this week." Prince Joshua sighed.
"Whoa! Wil, you're smiling! Did something happen?"
"And you just ignored me." Prince Joshua sighed once more.
"Sort of."
It was Prince Keith who noticed the arms wrapped around Aiden, making him grinned. "Who is that behind you, Aiden?" He asked. "Your girl?"
"No, it's my little sister." Aiden replied, and he linked his fingers in between Lucian's fingers to give her some warmth. "Her clothes got wet from playing with some kids in the park not too far from here. They threw a lot of snowballs at her and she's freezing right now."
"Ahaha, I didn't know you had a little sister." Prince Keith crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's nice to see you again, Aiden." Prince Glenn said, and his eyes slightly narrowed when he saw a strand of silver white hair flowing behind Aiden. What the?
"Nice to see you, too, Prince Glenn."
"Um, who's-" Prince Glenn was cut off when a voice shouted out.
"Aiden!" Lucian shouted from behind. "I'm cold! I'm gonna freeze to death out here, and you're the one that threw snowballs at me the most!" She buried her face on Aiden's back. She had forgotten that her clothes got wet from the snowball fight with the two boys until she got inside Prince Wilfred's limousine. The heater was on while they made their way to the castle that the ice that was stuck on her clothes melted.
"That's what you get for not wearing enough clothes, dummy."
"Brother Wil!" Lucian pulled her face away from Aiden and looked at Prince Wilfred. "Aiden is being mean, and he won't let go of my arms! He's trying to freeze me out here!"
All five princes now had their attention to the person behind Aiden.
"Brother….Wil?" Prince Edward raised an eyebrow up.
"W-what?" Prince Roberto titled his head to the side.
Prince Wilfred softly chuckled at the two childish behaviors. "Come here, I'll warm you up then." He said, and he opened his arms out.
Aiden finally let go of Lucian's arms, allowing her to run to Prince Wilfred. Aiden smiled, loving the expression the other five princes were making. He wished to take pictures of the princes right now, but he did not want to risk being chase later. All their mouth fell as they watch Lucian snuggle to Prince Wilfred.
"Warm yet?" Prince Wilfred asked, not minding that his attire was getting wet.
"Not yet." Lucian said, burying her face under Prince Wilfred's neck.
"So?" Aiden turned his head towards the five princes standing in front of him. "Who's staying for the night here?" All five princes and even Prince Wilfred raised their hand high up in the air. There was no way that they will be leaving now that they have seen their childhood friend again. I knew it.
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