I wouldn't have called us greedy. We really weren't. At least, that wasn't why we stole. The rest of them stole because the king was corrupted. I stole because I was in love with the prince. When the self-proclaimed rebels saw my strength, they knew that I would be perfect for their team. I, on the other hand, knew that I would be perfect for those stunning green eyes. That thick, pale blond hair. That slim body. Those dumb, oversized eyebrows of his. Arthur was perfect for me just as I was for him. I could just imagine his hands running through my honey blond hair, his lips gently meeting mine, before we would pull away and look into each other's eyes. We wouldn't just look, though. We would gaze into each other's eyes, very obviously in love. He would bring his face closer to mine, moving his head slowly until our foreheads were touching. We would kiss again and—
"Alfred!" I was startled from my fantasy by Ludwig's voice, "Pay Attention!" "Yes," I replied, "Yes, sir!" We were on a trip to the castle. Night had just fallen and I was in Ludwig's group. Ludwig was the leader of the rebels. He called all of the shots. He was like our general. The king went on a trip to some other kingdom, so we decided it would be the perfect time to strike. I was in the group meant to distract Crown Prince Arthur from the group going to break into the vault. We would get Arthur's full attention on us. I would get Arthur's full attention on me. I would get Arthur's full attention on me. I blushed at the thought alone. Ludwig, assuming that I was nervous about the mission, patted my back and awkwardly attempted to reassure me, "There There, Alfred. I can almost guarantee that none of us will die." "I know," I replied, leaning on his shoulder. He shifted uncomfortably, murmuring, "Feliciano's group, however, may end up worse off than ours." I sighed sadly as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders, an attempt to comfort me that just resulted in us thinking about the other group.
The vault mission was much more dangerous than our mission. Ludwig stared off into the distance, thinking about Feliciano, who I had recently learned was his boyfriend. They were cute together, at the very least, even if Ludwig was constantly worried about Feliciano. The only thing that upset me about being in the distraction group was the fact that if Arthur connected us with the vault getting robbed, then we would be arrested. Ludwig; his brother, Gilbert; Gilbert's good friends, Francis and Antonio; and lastly, Ludwig and Feliciano's good friend, Kiku. We would all be arrested. More specifically, though, Ludwig and me.
To explain, most of our people went on the vault infiltration mission. After all, without the gold that he overtaxed the people to get, what would the king have? I, being a true hero, volunteered for the distraction group. It has nothing to do with the fact that I'll get to see Crown Prince Arthur in person. It has even less to do with the fact that I'll get to see if he's shorter than me- Short people are adorable!- and if his green eyes are as radiant in person as they are in picture or on camera. Most of the people in the distraction group would stay in our carriage and look hungry and tired, while Ludwig and I would knock on the castle doors and ask if they had a place that we could stay. We would tell Arthur that we didn't have homes, and our parents died of the plague. The second of which was true. Everyone in the resistance had dead parents. Ludwig recruited all of us. The first was kinda true. We lived in Gilbert's basement. He had a hidden cellar beneath the house. The members of the resistance lived there. Seeing as Arthur would say no- He was well known for his stubbornness and the fact that he never likes any of his possible suitors, so of course he would deny poor villagers his castle.- we would've wasted enough of his time for the vault group to get in and out. If the mission went south, Ludwig and I had suicide pills. The rest of the group could escape without us.
"Alfred," Ludwig announced upon our arrival at the castle, "We're here. It's time to start our mission." "Right, Ludwig," I replied with a nervous smile. We told the others to stay in the car, then approached the castle doors.
