With Jakob and Niles knowing sneaking around became easier for Leo and Corrin. They had made love every night and spent the days together learning about one another. Leo decided to send a message back home that he was going to be staying at the castle because it was quieter for his studies. His family would believe that because he was always yelling at Elise to pipe down.
Everyone was merry at the northern fortress, even Felicia, who had seemed so alone. Her and Lilith had been getting a lot closer, and she was spending more and more time in the stables.
Everything seemed perfect until Camilla came flying up to their picnic lunch. Corrin let out a loud squeal of excitement to see her, but Leo knew this would be bad for them. Camilla would be curious of why Leo wanted to spend time with her, since Leo generally hated being around people.
"Corrin Darling!" She smiled and dropped down of her wyvern. Corrin sprinted towards her and hopped up into Camilla's arms.
"I'm so happy to see you, big sister!" She laughed and snuggled her close. Leo grimaced, he knew that Corrin would not be on board with trying to get Camilla to leave early after seeing her happiness to Camilla's arrival.
"I brought you all kinds of presents from the festival, dear sister." She then looked over at Leo, "Are you enjoying the north fortress little brother?" Her eyebrow arched with curiosity.
"Yes, I don't have the distraction of all of my noisy siblings that home has." He smirked at her, trying to remain as calm as possible.
"Oh, but Corrin can be quite noisy." Camilla said and started tickled her sides.
"Stop!" Corrin giggled and laughed.
"Yes, she can." Leo responded, thinking of her screams in bed, dropping his book on his lap, so his erection wouldn't be visible. "But one loud sibling is easier to take than three." He teased Camilla.
"I suppose that makes since." She laughed, "And how has Leo been treating you dear sister." She stopped tickling her to let her respond.
"Oh great!" she smiled genuinely, "He's been teaching me so much." Leo couldn't help but smile, knowing that she wasn't speaking about the books they read.
"So you are tutoring her then?" Camilla asked, "We were very curious to see why you would want to stay here, but I guess that makes sense."
"Everything I do makes sense, Camilla." Leo teased.
The rest of the day was passing with ease. Leo was hoping Camilla would be satisfied with him tutoring Corrin as his reason for staying. It seemed to work. He was admittedly jealous of the Camilla. She had been building a relationship with Corrin for years, as he avoided her. He tried not to focus on that. He couldn't change the past. He could only look forward to the future.
Leo sat at the dinner table, next to Corrin, across from Camilla. They discussed the festival that Camilla attended at length, and Corrin talked about the places that Leo had been showing her in books and how she dreamed of going there.
"It seems like you to are getting along well. I've actually have never seen Leo flow with someone so well." Camilla commented.
Corrin nodded, "Leo and I will be best friends forever." She looked over at Leo with a smile.
His heart started to pound and he blushed. He had to act cold or Camilla would know something was up, "Or we will be forced to because we are siblings." He made his snide remark with a heavy heart, and watched Corrin's smile fall.
"Is that so?" She said her red eyes filling with tears. Before he could think of a saving grace, the first tear spilled down her cheek.
"Leo! Why would you say that?" Camilla snapped, "Darling, ignore him." She spoke to Corrin but growled at Leo.
Corrin sprinted away from the table. He wanted to chase her. He wanted to comfort her. He wanted to apologize, but knew he couldn't.
"You're a real asshole sometimes, Leo." Camilla snapped at him and chased after to Corrin.
After he heard Camilla's boots start clicking up the stairs, he put his face into his hands and cried himself. He knew he was going to hurt Corrin when he had said it. He just had hoped she would know he didn't feel that way.
He started to walk up the stairs and saw Camilla standing outside of Corrin's door and approached. "She won't open it, thanks to you, asshole."
"I was only teasing her." He said loudly, so she would hear him, "Like I do you and Elise."
"She is more sensitive and sweet that us." Camilla said. "You're an idiot." She raised a hand and smacked Leo across the cheek.
"Fucking seriously?" He growled and grabbed his face. The door swung open, and Corrin looked at Leo with glassy eyes. She immediately pulled his hand away from his cheek.
"Are you okay?" She looked into his eyes, he could see the anger had dissipated. Only concern filled her crimson eyes.
"Yes, Corrin. I'm sorry." He answered, "I didn't mean what I said."
She nodded and then turned towards Camilla, "You will never hit him, again." Her tone fierce, her chin pointed in the air, and her body ready for combat. Leo put his hand on Corrin's shoulder, she would hate herself if she actually went at Camilla. Corrin was a lover, not a fighter.
Camilla laughed, "Corrin dear, do you plan on fighting me?" She shocked her head, "I would never touch you."
"And you'll never touch him again." She growled.
Camilla smile fell, "I knew it." She shook her head, "You two know what you're doing right?
"What do you mean?" Leo said with a little fear in his voice. His hand pulled Corrin lightly back towards him.
"Father and Xander, can't know." She spoke grimly.
"How did you know?" Corrin asked as her eyes widened.
"A lot of reasons. Leo not wanting to leave, the way you both blush around each other, Leo looking like he was going to die when you cried. He makes Elise cry all the time and doesn't flinch." She shook her head, "Then you were about to hit me."
Leo slid his hand down and held Corrin's hand, "How can we hide it? You knew." He gulped, "How will Xander and Father not know."
"Father won't come here." She stated. "Xander is the issue."
"You don't think he will understand." Corrin asked.
"He will, but he will be to worried about how it will effect Nohr." She pinched the skin between her eyes, as if she had a migraine. She shook her head and lavender waves fell across her frustrated face. "He loves both you and Corrin. He would accept your choices, for many reasons, but he is a future king, before a sibling."
Leo shook his head, "Incest in the royal family." He gulped, "That would be the headline in every paper in all the kingdoms.
"But we love each other." Corrin whispered. Leo pulled her into his arms. She sobbed. "Why should anything else matter?"
"People are judgmental. I'll leave you both sometime to talk about how you will handle this. Leo, I need to speak with you later." Camilla nodded towards him gloom in her violet eyes.
Leo held, kissed, and comforted Corrin until she fell asleep in her bed. He pulled himself away from her and strutted towards the library, seeing light illuminating from the room, thinking Camilla would be there.
Camilla sat in the chair, that he sat in, when this all started for him and Corrin. He couldn't believe that was only two weeks ago.
"Now Corrin is asleep are you going to try to kill me?" He frowned. "I will not go down easily." He said pulling a tome from his side. It was not in Camilla's nature to not be passive and he assumed that she had put on a front in front of Corrin.
"Put your book away idiot." She snapped, "I would never really harm either of you." She shook her head. "I am going to help you both." She crossed her legs.
"Why would you do that?" Leo was surprised, Camilla had never been very helpful towards him.
"Because I love both of you." His jaw dropped. Camilla had always harassed him, but he knew that she loved him. His insecurities told him different most of the time, but deep down she knew.
"I love you too." He responded back.
She nodded, "Leo, what I'm about to say will change your life, but what I say can't ever be repeated."
He sat next to her, questioning her with his eyes. "Okay." He snapped his fingers and chanted, "Sound barrier." He informed her.
"Wonder what you had to learn that for?" She smirked at him. He smiled back. Then her face turned serious.
"Leo, Corrin is not our blood relation." She whispered.
"What are you talking about?" He huffed and looked at her like she was nuts.
"You were only a baby, I was really young, when father brought her to the castle."
"Seriously?" His eyebrow raised.
"Father had just killed the king of Hoshido and she is one of their princesses. He kidnapped her. "She explained.
"I have to tell her! We don't have to live like this." He almost shouted and stood.
Camilla stood and shoved him down into the chair unexpectantly, "No! You Fool!" She growled, "Father will kill her if she knows."
"Kill her?" He gasped and shook his head wildly, "But why?" Camilla gripped his shoulders trying to steady him.
"Think about it Leo." She frowned, "She is a Hoshidoan princess, and he's erased her memory and made her believe she was a Nohrian princess. He doesn't want her to know. She is not one of his real children, he would not be easy on her."
"I don't understand this." He could usually wrap his mind around most things, but this was eluding him.
"I'm not sure why he did it." She answered, "but he kept it secret. I only know the details of her kidnapping because Xander has to let out his guilt about knowing about it to someone. He knows a lot more about the situation. He loves her too, and fears for her. That's why he is constantly training her."
"I don't want to lie to her." He grimaced, "but what if she runs away? What if father were to find out she knew?"
"Father would find her. He would kill her." She stated his worst fears. "So just keep your mouth shut."
"Why have you never told me?" He asked.
"I never saw any reason too. I had no idea how you felt about her. You always seemed to hate her." She flipped her hair over her shoulder, "I had to protect her."
That's when Leo realized something, Camilla was in love with Corrin too. The worry in her face, her blushing around Corrin, the way she doted on her. This was more than sibling love. She didn't treat the rest of them like that.
"Thank you for telling me." He said, "I will protect her now too."
She nodded, "Tomorrow, I'm going to head back home. I will try to keep Xander away." She strode away from him towards the room she was sleeping in.