Title: "Late"
Fandom: Sailor Moon
Characters: Endymion/Kunzite/Beryl (yes, I said it; is randomly and completely deservingly struck down by lightning from heaven)
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon and am making no money here.
Theme: Delay
"You were late to your own coronation!"
"I was delayed."
"What was it that time?" his father, the king, asked skeptically.
"Well, with all the visitors in the palace we had a new maid and she wandered in on us and shrieked and ran out. And of course none of us knew where Beryl's dresses were, so she started looking for the one she wanted for the coronation, not a stitch on. And I couldn't resist, especially when she—"
"Spare me the details of your sordid love life."
"So anyway then we were all exhausted. And had to bathe. Kunzite and I eventually got Beryl's dress on right, but I can't imagine how just one maid can handle that thing. Between the two of us we could hardly manage it. Then we had to get our full ceremonial armor on. So, we were late. Not like anyone was going to start without us."
His father finally exploded. "You're having an affair with your chief guardsman and your half-sister!"
"Illegitimate half-sister. No one knows she's not Nephrite's full-sister."
The king lost it. "Get out! Go find someone even less appropriate and marry her!"
He certainly wasn't expecting Prince Endymion to obey him for once.