A/N

(Okay, the layout might be a bit different to the last chapter, 'cause I'm now experimenting with PoVs :D Hetalia doesn't belong to me. BTW I'm writing this in the 'Edit/Preview' feature on on the Doc Manager bit... In other words, this might have typos!) EDIT: Just edited the last bit by a bit. Nothing big, and added a 't' to 'not'... Why I remeber this is beyond me.


In which Lukas sees a (Royal) Carriage.

^Lukas' PoV^

"Hej Lukas!"

"Goodmorgen Elva" I replied. Within ten seconds of walking into the small bookshop I was greeted by Elva, the owner's daughter, and the usual smell of old books. Today I had to work, I liked working in the bookstore, it was fun in it's own way. "Hey, you do know today's you're day off right?" I asked, I usually worked on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Today was Tuesday, meaning she didn't have to work.

"Huh? Oh... I'm just bored y'know?" she sighed and rested her elbow on the small wooden counter by the entrance. Puffing out her cheeks and trying to look as bored as possible. That meant that her father would expect me to take care of her if she was 'just bored'. I sighed.

"Well, I don't think standing around in an old bookstore will help." I said whilst looking through books that were left on the counter overnight to be put back to their respctive shelves. "Why don't you try going somewhere, like to the beach or something...?" I got up from my seat behind the counter and walked through the aisles with a few old, leather bound books in my hand, trying to find where they belong.

"Nah... Too lonely" she sighed.

"Shopping? Girls usually like to do that." I was on my tiptoes trying to put a book on the top shelf of the 'Documentry' section. Sometimes I wish I was taller, just a bit.

"Stop being so stereotypical! Can't I just help out at the Bookstore?" I laughed, Elva was a nice girl, but she didn't really like being put on the spot. I think messing with Elva's head was another plus to my job, just like being able to read any book I want whilst I work. "Sheesh..." she huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. Her grey-blue eyes were slightly narrowed and looked very unimpressed, her sandy blonde hair hanging loosely down to her shoulders. She was only about 16, but she didn't really have many friends to hang out with, hence why she helped out in her father's bookstore and always said that she was 'bored'.

"If you want." and I returned back to my seat and Elva smiled and moved to the back of the bookstore to read, probably, and I settled down with a book I found in the 'Drama' section. It was fun to have some variety sometimes. It was comfortable working the 'Tale Bookstore', I liked it a lot. I loved to read and I guess getting a job revolving around that was a good idea.


I was getting into the story when crowds of people were leaning by the side of the bookstore's glass windows. Lukas was leaning in the inside of the windows, reading, so he could hear all the whispers and mumbles very clearly. "He's coming..." "I've never seen him before!" "Apparently he's pretty..." "Woah! He's really cool! Seriously!" to say that the townspeople were excited was an understatement. I looked behind me, through the window, to see crowds of people on either side of the cobbled main road of the town and with palace guards holding them back. It seems like there's some sort of event going on with some guy who's 'pretty'... Then Elva came running to me from wherver she was hiding.

"Hey Lukas! Have you seen all the people out there?" No Elva. Of course I haven't, I've only sat here right by the window and not heard their chanting and squealing. "Well, I hear that royalty is coming into town! Isn't that cool?" Royalty huh? I wonder if it's that prince who's turning 18 soon... And filling practically every newspaper article in the meantime. Elva sighed dreamily, "Wouldn't it be cool to be a prince or a princess?" she held her hands together underneath her chin and acted hopeful, she always wanted to act...

"No." She quickly shot me a glare. Her hands lowered to her sides, and she scowled.

"Geez Lukas, just 'cause you don't want to be a prince doesn't mean that other people don't." It was obvious that everyone wanted to be royal or famous, with conditions of being a 'peasant' (or 'commoner') anyone would do anything to be well-known and famous. Like the prince. And his family. The Royal Family. Elva quickly opened the door and stepped outside, Damn, if Marcus (the owner) found out Elva went missing I'd be in for the sack for supposedly 'not looking after her properly', she was such a kid sometimes. I quickly ran out and followed her. She had ran near the front and was looking towards the direction of the castle, at the very end of the main road. Except, I couldn't see the castle, instead there was a large carriage with an open top which -I assumed- held the royal family. I grabbed her arm as people started cheering madly, a fanfare started. "Hey Elva, don't you ever do that again. You're dad would get me arrested or something for getting you lost." She only waved it off, and she was cheering herself, the carriage was pulled by two white horses, side by side, in front were two guards with rifles, the carriage itself was grand. It had gold designs and the wheels were large and made of a black coloured metal, there was a coachman at the front dressed similarly to the palace guards holding the crowd back, and behind him sat the prince. Dressed in white with a red cape, a small crown placed in his messy blonde hair, his blue eyes shone in the sunlight. He was waving to everyone and everyone waved and cheered back. The King and Queen were sat behind him, together, both laughing and smiling, their crowns catching the sunlight. Then more guards dressed in red, white and gold were marching behind them.

When I first looked at it all, I was speechless. It looked so perfect, so happy. I looked down, it's a shame that won't happen for me in a long time... I felt sadness creeping in, right now everyone's happiness alienated me, I looked back up at the carriage, it was making it's way closer to me and Elva, and the people were cheering louder than ever. I turned around and made my way down the main road to the beach. At least it would be quieter there, besides, Elva could always look after the store whilst I'm down here.

^Søren's PoV^

I waved and looked around. It was great! Being on a horse pulled carriage and being able to see everyone, who I would rule over one day. I loved it, everyone was cheering and even mom and dad were laughing. I smiled and took a look around, we were almost halfway down the main road now, but then I saw a guy with his head down. I wonder what he's doing, then he looked at the carriage with sad, watery blue eyes. All I could do was just look at him, I don't think he saw me, which is good 'cause I probably looked like a pervert if he saaw me staring. But he was sad, and I mean really really sad. I wanted to get off the carriage and see if he was okay but, I turned to my parents who smiled at me, I smiled back, it would break their hearts if I did something so stupid on such a perfect day. I looked back and I saw that he was making his way down the road through the crowd. I made a mental note to try and find him later. I watched him walk, his light blonde hair bobbing up and down (slightly) as he walked past crowds of cheering people, his shoulders slightly hunched and his arms by his side as he weaved about the townspeople.

"Sør? Are you okay?" My parents must've noticed the little frown on my face,

"Wah- Oh, I'm fine" I grinned and faced forwards and looked at the people again. The boy never leaving my mind, I wonder why he's so sad...


The small celebration thing we had went on til about 5 in the afternoon, by then I was able to go down to the beach and see if that guy was still around. It was highly doubtful, seeing as I saw him walk away at about 2, but he might still be there...

I walked through the cobbled allways, trying not to be spotted by the townsfolk, I pulled up my hood to my white coat-thing. I told Adriaan that I was going somewhere, just not where. And hopefully he would cover for me before dinner. I quickly walked through various allyways, until I reached the coast, it had a small cliff -which I was standing on right now- and staircase leading down to the sandy beach below, the sea was as pretty as ever. It sort of shone in the sunlight, but not too much since the sun was covered by a few fluffy white clouds. I looked down to see the whole beach, with all it's little rockpools and light sand glimmering in the faint sunlight. I smiled to myself, I never would've thought that (the Kingdom of) Denmark could be so, pretty? I sound like such a girl, 'pretty'? Adriaan would never let me live that down if I used that word in front of him. Then again... he likes tulips and bunnies, so I guess it'll be even, if the subject was to ever come up.

I walked down the staircase, the waves gently rolled onto the shore. I think it's low tide, not sure. I shrugged, I was here to look for that boy, maybe if I walked the length of the beach... Then I'll call it a day -the guys back at the castle, including Adriaan, would start getting suspicious. My leather shoes sunk into the sand, the sand was kind of wet and soggy, I looked behind me to find my footprints left in the sand. I chuckled slightly, and kept walking and keeping an eye out for the boy. It was nice to get out for a bit, the seagulls were flying overhead now, the clouds slowly making their way across the clear blue sky, being pushed along by the little ocean breeze. I gave up looking for the boy after walking for ten minutes, instead I kept looking around me. The cliffs started to grow higher than they were at the end of the mainroad, and it was made up of stone and soil. Unlike some cliffs that I heard travellers talk about in a country called 'England', where the cliffs were white. I imagined what the cliffs looked like if they were white, that would be pretty...

The sun was starting to set now, and I still hadn't found the boy. I guess I could always cheer him up the next time I see him. I sighed and put my hands in my pockets and walked up the staircase with my hood down. There weren't many people out now since it was time to get home, have dinner and spend time with family then get a good night's rest for another working day. I've always wondered what it would be like to be 'average' or a 'commoner' as some stuck up, posh people would say. Some even called them 'peasants' but we don't live in that age anymore, and I find it rude to call them that. I reached the top of the staircase and turned around to see the orange sun setting, the clouds were now a pinky colour and the sky was a flaming orange with hints of blue still left. I sighed and closed my eyes, hoping to be able to remember the view. I opened them again and walked back towards the castle. The large clock on the front of the castle said it was 5:12pm now, I should really be heading back...

I walked through small cobbled allyways (practically every road in town was cobbled), then I accidentally bumped into someone whilst I was trying to walk faster. "Sorry! Are you okay?" I asked. The blonde man, who was shorter than me by about an inch or so, looked up at me. His cobalt blue eyes meeting my light blue ones. We stood there looking at each other for a moment before he bent down to pick up his books which must've fallen when I bumped into him. "I'm fine..." he mumbled. Was he the guy? From earlier? He looks it... I noticed a gold cross beret in his hair, pinning the left side of his bangs back. I had one like that... Funny. "You sure? I mean, do you want help with those?"

"It's fine, I can carry them." he said, whilst trying to balance three large books in his arms.

"Here, you missed one," I bent down to pick one up that was still lying on the floor. "You seem to be a large fan of books then don't you?" I laughed. He looked away, "So?" we were both silent for a bit he whispered a small "Thank You..." and looked back at me, "Goodbye" and nodded curtly and made his way down the little road towards -what I guessed was- his home. I stood there for a moment, then I looked back, then I looked away, then back. That guy... I smiled. I hope I see him again. I chuckled and made my way back towards the castle.


A/N

Woo! \o/ I thought I lost my muse for this, but turns out I haven't *dances* Anyway! I hope you enjoyed this! I tried to make it extra long since the last chapter was... miniscule... So! Please tell me your opinions! Did I make things happen too slowly? Are things too vague? Is it bad? (Please review and tell me ;A;).

Okay, just another note, after writing the last chapter I was kind of sad, since realization hit me. And I realized I can't/don't know how to write yaoi. Which sucks. Isn't basically normal romance? But with a 'he' instead of 'she'? Good... 'Cause I'm working on this boyXboy thing... If you could help me by giving a few tips it would really help ^^; I hope you like this chapter! I already know what'll happen next (since I wrote a plan =3=+) but I like it when things are spontaneous... Like this chapter! (I never planned this chapter, this chapter wasn't even supposed to exist!) But yearp... Stay tuned! 8D Please?