~Kingdom Celebrations~

~Chapter II~

The celebration happened later that evening, guests from all around powering into the ballroom awaiting to get just a glance at the new prince. Axel had entered in with his family but soon found himself alone in the crowds. True there were other children around his age but they were mainly girls that were either whining for their mothers or giggling obnoxiously with each other. He hated girls with a passion, not that his sister counted, but they were just icky and gross and he could never understand what they were thinking.

He shock off the thought of the different species before looking around trying to find someone to be with or talk to. The young redhead finally walked out of the crowds, having to push his way through, only to realize that he had again ended up in front of the queen. She was sitting at her throne, the king's absent one beside her but in-between the seats was a hand carved bassinet which lightly rocked back and forth.

Axel walked forward, the queen watching him out of the corner of her eye, before he reached the small cradle and looked inside. There was the blonde prince, now with no blankets covering his face just his legs to keep him warm, sleeping peacefully as his mother hummed to him. The redhead couldn't help but smile again. He didn't know why he was so taken to his small human but for whatever reason he was, he wasn't going to argue it.

"You really like him, don't you Axel?" The queen asked with a small innocent smile as the boy only nodded to her question. He had then reached down into the crib wanting to touch the child, feel him beneath his fingers, but instead Roxas had grabbed his finger holding it tightly. He squirmed a little in his sleep making small gurgling noises before he had settled down again, never letting go of Axe's hand. The queen and redhead were taken aback for a moment then the queen covered her mouth trying to silence her laughter so she wouldn't wake her sleeping son. She stop, the smile breaking her face again, when she noticed the redhead just smiled and squeezed the small hand that was holding his.

"Well, would you look at that?" Reno interrupted the King who was going off about swords, and looked to where the queen was sitting, smiling as he saw his own son with the baby. Cloud too turned and looked, surprised at what he was seeing.

"What do you know? I didn't think Axel would be so attached to Roxas." The younger blonde commented as he looked upon the scene with a small smile appearing on his lips. Reno nodded in agreement before chuckling.

"You know Cloud, we've been talking about truly joining our kingdoms together for a while now. Well there is your answer." The royal family leader snapped his head towards his friend so fast that his head almost broke off his neck.

"Yes but when we're talking about that I could have sworn you possibly meant your daughter and my son, not your son!" Cloud answered with a stern stare.

"What's wrong with my son? Look at him, I've never seen him act like that toward a girl in his life, there is obviously a connection forming." Reno retorted as he crossed his arms over his chest, meeting the blonde with the same look.

"My son was just born, Reno, and you're asking me to give him away to the first person that has shown him some affection. You're asking the impossible, besides even if I did want to agree to this, what about an heir?"

"That's what orphanages are for." Reno said smugly before dropping it and sighed. "Look, I'm not saying betrothed them together, but don't you agree that it would be nice for them to become friends and assure that there is continuous peace between us."

Cloud nodded slightly at that looking back to the crib and his wife, sighing as he still saw the little emerald boy staring at his son.

"Yes, it would be nice. I don't see why they wouldn't be friends. Our kingdoms do enough together that something is to connect them in time."

"And if that connection is love?" Cloud glanced back at his friend over his shoulder, his eyes hard but not cold.

"We'll cross that bridge when it's built."

Reno smirked happy with the answer, for now. He knew something was going to happen involving the two sons. So in the back of his mind he began to plan. He thought of so many things for his son. He could tell right away that his son was going to be like him. He and Tifa were betrothed together and truly their marriage never went past friendship. It was a royal secret that the king was smitten with his personal guard, a heavily built man named Rude, while Tifa was heavenly attached to Zack Fair, the main housekeeper of the castle. With that in mind he had no doubt that his son would have no trouble at all having feelings for the younger generation of the Strife family.

Things were going to get interesting.


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