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Her hands were in his hair and his arms were around her waist. It couldn't get better than this, as Alfred began to kiss along her jaw.

The princess sighed softly, brushing her fingers though the gold and feeling his lips against her skin. His hands just barely traveled under her nightshirt, hugging her closer to him. She wished he wasn't so nice.

They both agreed they couldn't go any farther than this, kisses that lingered and just wandering hands. It made sense. They could risk someone seeing them, or if she got pregnant. She couldn't hide a child from her parents.

It was moments like this when she didn't care about their previous decision. When they got a little out of hand and he fell back on her bed with her on top of him, her long hair tickling his skin and the kisses not stopping until they were forced apart by rules and expectations and royal blood.

When, for a split second, she met those eyes that said I love you, over and over until she would kiss him again. When she knew that no one else would ever look at her like that. No one else would love her as much as Alfred did.

Maybe if they went all way and something happened they could stay together. It was a long shot, but just maybe.

She was so desperate for some way out of her engagement she might even suggest it in the dark one night. Alfred would say no, just like he was supposed to.

"Alice." He murmured, stopping when her lips brushed against his. "Hey, we gotta stop."

She furrowed her eyebrows and pulled away, her arms still wrapped around him and his her. Their faces were close, noses just almost touching, sharing the same air. "Why?" The same question they already knew the answer to.

"You know why." The older pressed a soft kiss to her nose. "It's late, I need to get back to my room." An excuse he'd use instead of the truth. They both hated the truth.

"I'd rather you stay here with me."

"I'd rather that too, but that's not how it works."

"Why can't it?" She scoffed then sighed, looking away. They both knew why. Someone was getting married in a few months.

"Alice." She looked back to him. "No matter what happens, I'll always love you."

"I love you, too." Instead of getting up and letting him go she hugged him, pressing her face into the crook of his neck and hearing him sigh softly. A second later he was holding her closer and kissing her hair.

"I love you, too." The princess repeated.