Trigger warning: Mentions of child abuse and neglect near the end (I put a notice when it is).
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"Grimm!!!" The prince soon found him reading a stone slab "Those who fall below the King in treachery have very little time left" Grimm's hand was about to open the door next to the slab and- "Stop!" Grimm was pinned against the wall "You do not want to open that door!" his words were sharp and cold, much more than Grimm had ever seen from him before "Woah, calm it your highness" he pushed his hands on his chest. Hollow saw the fear in Grimm's eyes and crumbled "I'm sorry...I'd rather just keep you alive. That's the king's private room, all who enter are executed".
Hollow's arm twitched, Grimm only now seeing the painful scar from his collar bone to the halfway point of his forearm. "Did he-" Grimm put his hand on his wound causing the prince to wince "Did he do this to you?" Grimm tone grew annoyed as the princes nodded solemnly "I was in the wrong place at the wrong time". Grimm looked over the wound "It has barely healed, he never let you recover after this did he?" once again the prince shook his head "That short little piece of-" Hollow pressed his hand over the performer's mouth, his warm breath brushed on his hand "Shut up! Do you want to be killed?!" He shouted. Grimm shook his head and the prince let him breathe properly "Do you have anything to cover up with?" he asked, Hollow didn't want to say anything to Grimm until he calmed down so he handed him one of his robes, which of course was too big for him but Hollow though it was cute to watch him in his robe waddling about.
When the two emerged from the room the water was already prepped, with a window overlooking the city and two glasses of wine ready for them. A strong smell of lavender hit Grimm and good god, it was heavenly. "This is fancy as hell, even more so than what even I've ever seen" Grimm gawked at the view a little more before throwing off the robes and slipping into the lovely, warm waters. A slight jolt of pleasure shot up his body, all of his senses were getting some stimulation (Less so sexual).
Hollow was about to get in, having already taken off his towel, before stopping with a blank look on his face. He clutched one of his eyes as if he was holding onto a pain deeper than the mask he wore. "You alright Hollow? Are you trying to show off to me?" he teased, the prince chuckled and let go of his eye and slipped into the water (Only 3 feet apart) "You wish" he teased back. The sweet smell of the wine really pulled in the scarlet spectre, he loves some good wine "So about earlier-" he started "Why did the king do that to you?" He spoke before sipping his glass. Hollow grumbled and grabbed his glass "Fine, I suppose you deserve to know.
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Warning: The section you might want to skip is past this warning, if you want to skip it it's lovely you've read this far. See you in the season 1 finale~
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It happened when I was still a little boy, I had found one of my father's private rooms. Containing strange moulds scattered around. He caught me though and grabbed a strap from his pocket and beat me half to death. Most of them healed but this one on my neck got it the worst, hit four times on that wound so it never got to heal" he lightly rubbed his neck "My mother didn't do much to help, just saying that 'I'll live' when I was hurt. My father always forced me into my room and locked the door, forcing me to strip down so he could hit me with that same strap just so he could see I was 'Emotionless' and I had to play along for years. He saw me as no more but a vessel".
Grimm listened carefully and soon wanted to pound that midgets face in but he felt upset as he knew what it was like to have a pressuring dad. His dad would casually talk about how his son would make another child before being consumed by the heart just as all his ancestors. His dad was hardly around, always entertaining or working on paperwork and other tasks that he never spent time with his son. Grimm had to be an entirely self made man due to his father, who saw him as no more then a vessel.
Grimm shook his head "Fathers are really bloody awful sometimes, 'specially when our mothers couldn't care less" Hollow raised his glass "Cheers to that!". With their two glasses hitting each other with a light *ting* their two pasts united and a their passion for each other only grew further.