Note: KHR Rare Pair Week Sky Day, entry 10. Pairing: Tsuna/Ricardo. Prompt: Royalty AU.
Warnings: With All Due Respect Your Highness™.
Disclaimer: Don't own KHR.
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Tsuna peeked into the throne room and, when he saw that there was no one around, scurried inside with a bucket in hand, already filled with water and paired with a cleaning rag. He was on window cleaning duty today.
Starting from the window nearest to the unoccupied thrones, he got to work.
Footsteps alerted him to someone else's arrival, and he stiffened, wondering who it could be, before the door to the room opened, and prince Ricardo entered.
"Your highness!" Tsuna squeaked as he dropped the rag in his hand into the bucket and awkwardly bent his body into a quick and stiff bow.
"Rise." Tsuna could hear the prince sighing, "You don't have to bow; it's not like I'm a prince anymore."
Tsuna slowly straightened, eyes going wide before they narrowed, "With all due respect, your highness, what is that supposed to mean?! Are you saying that you're not the Great King Giotto's son and heir? Are you saying that you're not inheriting the throne? And what would happen to the kingdom then? Huh? Answer me!" Tsuna crossed his arms and stared at Ricardo, Unimpressed.
Ricardo stared at him with wide eyes, and Tsuna almost faltered, he… hadn't gone overboard, had he? Reborn was always teaching him to get himself a spine, and now he insulted the prince himself with his unwarranted boldness.
"Um. I'm sorry, your highness…" Tsuna ducked his head in shame.
"It's alright." Tsuna almost startled when he felt a hand drop to his shoulder, and he raised his head to see prince Ricardo smiling at him fondly, "You're right. You're absolutely right."
Tsuna stared at the prince's smile, and blood rushed to his cheeks to stain them a brilliant shade of red, and he ducked his head so that Ricardo won't see the blush.
Darn, why did the prince have to be so cool and adorable?
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End