Author's note: I wrote this reeeeal quick as a birthday gift for Gakupo but I didn't have time to publish it earlier. I hope you like it. this could turn into a collection of one shots if it got any reviews

"Gakupo dear" his mother said, combing his beautiful purple hair into a perfect ponytail "What is it that you would like the most as a gift for your birthday?". She honestly had no clue. The purple-haired child seemed to only care about aubergines out of all things. Why aubergines? Surely, she couldn't just get him an aubergine as a present, although she had planned to make him an aubergine-shaped cake to satisfy his weird interests.

The child paused for a moment, frowning, as he thought really hard about the best present he could ask for."A princess!" Gakupo suddenly exclaimed. "I want a princess for my birthday for I am a prince myself!" The purple head said jumping up and down excitedly.

"A princess? as in a... doll?" The woman asked with a puzzled look, giving up on fixing her son's hair, and letting it flow like waterfalls over his tiny shoulders.

"No mother, a real princess! I want to marry a princess that suits a high-status prince like me". His mother couldn't help but sigh. this egoistic kid was definitely anything but normal, she thought to herself. Now where in the world was she going to find a princess for him...

Gakupo held back his tears as he recalled.

Today was the 31st of July, just like that day. A lot had changed in nineteen years, but he had still wanted his princess, and only her. So many things happened to take place on the 31st of July; today, he would become 25 years old, today would be the second anniversary of his engagement to Luka Megurine, and most importantly, today she would be in coma for the 365th day. She'd been absent for a full year, his heart ached at the thought. How he'd missed her smile that used to be his own northern star, which had guided him all his life long.

On his previous birthday, a precise year ago, his beloved princess had suddenly fainted. Doctors were unable to give the correct diagnose for her case despite all the analyses and tests they had conducted.

Gakupo used to visit her hospital room everyday; he would comb her hair gently, put it into a beautiful braid and decorate it with flowers of all colours; he would sing for her all her favourite songs, and tell her how much he had missed her, and how awful life had been without her; he would ramble aimlessly on his job, their friends, and basically everything he could think of; he would pray to God all day long to save her; and he would eventually leave a peck on her cheek before heading back home at the end of the day. Her parents wouldn't let him stay over the night at her room, only they were allowed to do that.

However, all of that was over; Luka had apparently been referred to a hospital in a different country, and her parents had moved away with her, not bothering to inform him about their whereabouts at all. He had known for a long time that he was not their favourite person in the world -they had always thought of him as an irresponsible man unsuited for their daughter- but he had not known that they'd go that far.
Where was Luka? Had she woken up? Was she still alive in the first place? All of that was unbeknownst to him.

Sometimes, Gakupo could almost hear his deceased mother asking him what he had wanted for a birthday present. "My princess!" he would say. "Mother up in heavens, pray to God with me for Luka to recover, to come back to me safe and sound-".

The knocking on his door brought him back to Earth. This was reality. His mother wasn't around anymore. He mentally slapped himself out of his daydream, and dragged his legs half-heartedly to answer the door. As it was slowly opened, he was surprisingly greeted with a charming pair of aquamarine irides, and the breathtaking pink hair of hers, which graced her tiny waist. The lady threw herself into his arms as both of them sobbed with longing and joy. His princess had returned. Forever he would thank God for the bless sent to him on his birthday.

I'm not much of a writer, and yeah, my English sucks, but I hope you enjoyed this short thing. if you'd like more GakupoxLuka one-shots kindly leave me a review. thank you for reading.