1. Love is care. (Alex and Phai)
The young prince looked at the bruise on his cheek and sighed. It was getting darker and there was no way he could hide it from his mother.
He took a deep breath, entered the dining room and sat at his usual seat. His mother's yell came almost immediately when she saw his face.
"Who dared to punch you, my little Achilles?"
"Nobody, I was distracted and walked onto a door" he replied while biting a big piece of roasted boar in order to avoid any further explanation.
He would never tell his mother that his Phai had hit him accidentally when they were in their wrestling practice, that the thin brunette had beaten him once again, but Alexander did not worry too much about that.
The young Hephaestion had apologized immediately after the hit and then, when they were alone in the baths, he had looked after Alexander by washing his face with extreme care and kissed the bruise better repeatedly.