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I can't believe this. To think that Keith would hang out with this kind of people, especially that Laura. I know that I shouldn't judge his friends, but to see him not stand up for a commoner and ignoring them isn't something that I could ignore.

I crouched down to the little girl, crying for being yelled by Laura. The grandmother was sitting beside the child. "Are you okay?" I softly asked, trying to stop the child from crying. "Please, it's alright."

"Waaah!"

"Make that brat shut her mouth!" Laura yelled angrily. "She ruined my dress! I should be the one crying here! I can put them both in jail for this!"

"You better shut the fuck up." I glared at Laura, who flinch when her eyes met mine. I don't have any mercy to people who are selfish and being a bitch.

"Excuse me?!" Laura glared back at me, but her glare didn't faze me.

I looked at Prince Keith, standing beside some of his friends. When his eyes met mine, he quickly looked away. I'm disappointed. He won't do anything. Does he care about his statue as being a prince that much that he wouldn't even stand up for two innocent people?

I stood up and glared back at Laura. "Who the hell do you think are?" I asked, taking a step towards Laura. "It was your damn fault for not looking where you were walking. So don't blame this child for your mistake. You know I'm so close to hitting that ugly face of yours." I said coldly as I clutched my hands into a ball. "You may be beautiful, but you're one fucking ugly lady in the inside."

"How dare you!" Laura ran to me and raised her right hand up. What a stupid lady. Fine, I'll let her hit me.

When her hand made contact with my face, I felt a sting and something wet. "Are you done bitching?" I asked as I wipe the blood off my cheek. Damn, she has sharp nails. Too bad, it only makes her even uglier. "My fingers are itching to leave a mark on your face, ugly."

"Let me do it for you." A voice said from my back. I turned around to see Aiden, in his casual black butler suite, walking towards me, his blue eyes were cold and deadly as he stared straight at Laura. "What the hell do you think you're doing injuring a princess, bitch?" He asked, his eyes narrowing into a slit. "Raising a hand to a princess will get you thrown in jail." He stepped towards Laura. "I can kill you for hurting my little sister."

"!" Laura stepped back and quickly looked back towards Prince Keith, hoping that he would help her fight off the rude man standing in front of her. "Keith! Do something! And what is this man talking about?!"

Prince Keith only glared at Laura. "You're causing a lot of trouble for me."

"Would you like me to tell you who this young lady that you slap moments ago?" Aiden asked. "I can tell you and then I will throw you in jail and let you rot in there."

"Aiden, you don't have to." I said as I looked back down to the old lady and the child. "Let's just leave them and bring these two back to the castle." I can't leave them here.

"I was wondering what all the commotion was all about." Another voice said. I know that voice. I sighed a little. Why is father out here? I slowly turned around and saw father walking towards me. The people around him all quiet down as father and his bodyguards passes them. Father doesn't look happy. Not one bit at all.

The moment Laura saw King Noctis, her face lit up. "Your Majesty!" She run towards King Noctis but was stopped by one of the bodyguards. "Your Majesty, these two commoners tried hurting me! I was just out here, spending some quality time with Prince Keith when these two showed up!"

"…" King Noctis stared at Laura with cold eyes. "Young lady, have you've been living in a cave?" He asked. "You have no right to talk to me with that kind of attitude of yours. It's disgusting."

"!" Laura almost lost her strength to stand up when she saw King Noctis looking at her with cold eyes.

Father looked at me and when he saw the scratch mark on my cheek, he sighed and walked over to me. "Oh, Lucian. Your beautiful face." He said sadly as he wiped the remaining blood off my cheek. My cheek is still bleeding but I didn't care. Father then looked back at Laura, changing his expression back to being cold. "You know, you've hurt my only daughter, the princess of Aracelis. Not only that, you also insulted my two children, who I love so dearly. Insulting my children is the same as insulting me. That's three strike. I will make it four, you've also made a young child cry for something that is not her fault. I do not tolerate seeing a citizen of my country cry, especially a little girl cry." Father took another step forward, making Laura fall down to the ground on her butt.

Laura looked back at me and then back to father. Seconds passed before she came to a realization. She'd heard the news of the princess of Aracelis returning, but she thought that it was fake. That it was only a rumor, nothing more. "Y-Your Maje-"

"You dare to even look at me in the eyes?" Father's eyes narrowed. "You have guts. Pleading won't get you anywhere. The only place you'll go is a prison, where you'll stay there until I decide what punishment to give you. Don't worry, I'll think of the worst punishment to give you, young lady." Father turned his body back and looked at one of the bodyguards. "Take her away. I do not want to see her face ever again."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The bodyguard bowed his hand down before walking up to Laura and yanking her up roughly. "Let's go."

"W-wait!" Laura shouted. "This isn't right! Prince Keith!"

Father then walked over to another bodyguard. "Give her the first punishment. For hurting my daughter is a big mistake." I couldn't hear what he said to the man as the man bowed his head and walk away, following the other that took Laura away. But I did see a smile on the man's face.

"Hey, are you okay?" Aiden asked, nudging me from the side. "Does your cheek still hurt?"

"A little. But don't worry about me." I said. "I want you to take these two back to the castle."

"Okay." Aiden said. He then glared at Prince Keith before taking the old lady and the child with him.

Father returned to my side and touched my cheek. "I'll be in the car." He said and kissed my head softly. He knows that I still need to talk to Prince Keith. I watch father enter the back limousine a few yards away from me, and when he got inside, I turned my head back to Prince Keith.

"Why didn't you do anything?" I asked. "Why, Keith?"

"…." Prince Keith didn't say a word as he avoid my eyes.

"You could've help the child. I know you're better than that, Keith, yet you didn't. So why?" I can't just ignore this. I want to know the truth from him. I watch the whole scene, everything that happened from the beginning. The child drinking her cup of juice that her grandmother bought for her, and Laura chatting with one of her female friends and not looking where she was going. When the girl bumped into Laura, Laura started yelling the child and the grandmother. I watch from the back of the group of people, hoping that Prince Keith would stand up. But he didn't. He only watch as he stood beside his group of friends.

"….ner…" Prince Keith said.

"What?"

"She was a commoner." Prince Keith said, a little louder this time.

"!" What? Prince Keith didn't help the child, because she was a commoner?! How dare he?! "Keith, I grew up as a commoner! I told you that the people below you are not any different from you! You should respect them. Is it because of your statue that you decided not to help the child?! Did you think that it would embarrassed you if you help the little girl?!"

"…" Without answering my question, I knew what his answers are.

"Fine." I said. "I won't date a man who only cares about himself. I'm sorry, but I shouldn't be the one apologizing. We're done Keith." It's hard for me to say these words. I love Prince Keith and we only started dating, but, this isn't what I wanted.

"Lucian." Prince Keith's eyes grew wide open. "No…please." He step forward but I took a step back. "Hear me out."

"I have nothing else to say to you, Keith. Goodbye." I turned around and quickly walked towards the limousine. I ignore the people bowing their head as I pass them. I don't want to stay here any longer. I can barely hold my tears from spilling out.

"Lucian, wait!" Prince Keith tried to run after me, but was stopped by the bodyguards, blocking his way. "Lucian!" He glared at the bodyguards. "Get out of my way!"

"We're sorry, Your Highness." One of the bodyguards said.

"Get out!"

When I got inside the car, I saw father looking at me with sad eyes. "It's okay, father." I said as I sat beside him. "I don't need you to feel sorry for me."

"Oh, sweetie." Father pulled me into a hug and that's when I couldn't hold my tears any longer. "It's okay." He softly stroke my hair as I cried in his shirt.

"Aaaah!" I buried my face onto father's shirt. I can't take this.

"Oh, my little angel. Everything will be alright." Father softly whispered, hugging me tighter in his arms. "You have me and Aiden….as well as the other princes."

~…X…~

It's past midnight and Prince Keith had send me another message. He already send and called me over twenty times now. I don't want to answer him. Can't he understand that I don't want to talk to him?

I picked my cellphone up and placed it inside one of my drawer. "I need to sleep." I dragged my feet towards my bed, but before I could lay, someone knock on my door.

"I'm coming in." I didn't have time to say anything when Aiden walked in, already in his sleeping clothes, just a plain, long sleeve, black shirt, and a black sweat pants. "It's late, Lucian." He said as he made his way over to me.

I sighed and plopped myself down to my bed. "I was just about to go to sleep." I raised my head up to Aiden, already sitting on the edge of the med, next to me. "What about you? Why are you still awake?"

Aiden smiled a little as he reached his right hand out and began playing with my hair. "How can I sleep when my little sister is heartbroken? Father told me about what happened between you and Prince Keith this afternoon after I left."

"Oh…" I lowered my head down to my pillow. I don't want to think about that right now. It'll only make me cry.

"Are you sure about this?" Aiden stopped stroking my hair with his fingers. "You and Keith only started dating two months ago. Do you think that you're making the right choice?"

"Yeah….I thought that I know Keith but I was wrong. I don't know the current him, I only know the kid part of him. When we met…I saw him turn back to the little kid I knew. I saw him smile….but that's it."

"Lucian…a lot of people change as they grow older." Aiden said.

"I know. I was a fool to think that the Keith I knew would never change. I'm really stupid. I didn't consider that Keith is a prince, a true prince who will one day be a king."

"The other princes also changed." Aiden added. "Except for Edward."

I laughed a little and looked back at Aiden. "Actually, Edward changed too. He became more of a romantic prince."

"Wasn't he always like that, even back when he was a kid?" Aiden raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but Edward went to a higher level of being romantic." I smiled, remembering the day when Prince Edward met me again, how he started saying things poetically.

"You finally smiled." Aiden said.

"Huh?"

"You look better when you smile, you know that." Aiden softly pinched my cheek. "It pains me to see you hurt. I'm sure father is feeling the same. You don't have to keep it in, Lucian. You can cry if you want."

I hate it when Aiden knows how I'm really feeling, but, I like it at the same time. He knows when to comfort me. "I'm done crying."

"Really?" Aiden leaned down on me and wiped the tears slipping down my face. "Then what do you call this then?" He asked. "I'm pretty sure it's tears." I didn't even notice that I was crying. This is only making me worst. "Don't hold back your tears, Lucian. I'm here for you to cry on." He smiled down at me. I hate it when he does this. "Scoot over. I'll sleep with you tonight." I did what Aiden said. I moved to the other side of the bed and Aiden laid under the blanket and pulled me to his body. "I'll be here for you, Lucian." He kissed my cheek as he wrap his arms around me. "I'll always be here for you."

I don't know how long I cried, but I ended up crying myself to sleep in Aiden's arms.

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Author: I might make this longer. Thanks for reading.