Notes: You didn't think Robin was just a simple prince, did you?

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"Hey, do you want to go on a mission?" Shining with the joy of the past few days, Robin asked his friend.

Even though Will didn't want to spoil his happiness, he was still worried about the situation. "Are you sure you want to take that risk?"

"I wouldn't fall in love with the queen of the kingdom where i am a guest if I was afraid to take risks."

Robin stripped off his princely clothes and donned a cloak and cloth that covered half his face. The two friends managed to get out of the palace and into the town without attracting attention.

Finding people in need was often the hardest part of his assignment, but luckily this time he had someone who knew the kingdom very well with him.

The famous Robin Hood, who learned from Will that it was a mansion whose owners had not visited for a week, packed all the valuables into a sack and quickly left the house. The value of the materials he collected satisfied him.

When they arrived in the village in a short time, the foreigners were greeted with great curiosity. On the dirt road that divides the houses in two sides, Robin slowed down a little and quickly untied the sacks he had tied, and left the heavy sacks on the floor and scattered the gold in his pockets.

A few immediately rushed forward and snatched the golds. "It's Robin Hood!"

He smiled when he heard his nickname. Although he wanted to turn and chat with them, he accelerated his horse, not to communicate with anyone so that his identity would not be revealed. Fortunately, the grateful voices behind him were enough to make the prince of thieves very happy. The Enchanted Forest finally met Robin Hood.


Regina had spent the whole day giving her son signs that she was not happy with her life. She gave enough information that wouldn't make Henry uncomfortable, but at the same time he would stand by his mother when the time came. She had even told him a story of a child not having parents together, and it was certainly not an unhappy story. Henry was extremely fond of the idea of the story's protagonist having two separate rooms in two separate houses.

This situation, which would leave no trace on her little prince, was still enough to make her peaceless. All this time she had tried to keep him out of everything, but that way she couldn't get what she wanted. It was the only way she could ensure that she would not lose her son when she got rid of her husband.

She looked everywhere for the man with the scent of the forest, whom she had not seen since morning, to ease her mind a little, but when she could not find it, she decided to wander through the forest. It was getting on her nerves that she missed him so quickly, but she didn't even think of complaining.

Hearing the voices of conversation, she slowed her pace and formed her usual safety precaution, the fireball.

When the two horses came out of the trees, they recognized the queen, just as the queen knew them. "Your Majesty?" Will greeted her as his position permitted.

Regina was clearly shocked to see Robin and Will in their shabby clothes. "Will, Prince Robin? What are you doing here?" She extinguished the fireball in her hand.

"Will needed to get a few items from his house." Robin explained immediately. He posed the question to her to distract her. "What about you, Your majesty? Another forest excursion?"

Meanwhile, he gave Will a quick glance, telling him that he should leave them alone. Understanding the sign, the man moved his horse. "I have to let go of the horse, with your permission, my queen."

When they were finally alone, Robin jumped off his horse. His usual sullen smile adorned his face. "When are you going to stop doing this?" He said while pointing her hands.

"When you suddenly stopped appearing in front of me." She didn't reciprocate his sincerity, it was not possible for her to do anything to give him more hope yet. They shouldn't have communicated any further until the Leopold problem was resolved.

"It's okay with me, I like to watch you cast spells, but Will scared." He winked his one eye. "You can keep doing it while we're alone."

It should have pissed her off that he talked like they were being alone all the time, but instead she fancied it to come true and was happy. "Who said I wanted to be alone with you?" She said sarcastically. Yes, she actually wanted like crazy.

"I can read your eyes." He stared at them for a long time, as if all her emotions were written on chocolate spheres.

Regina laughed to keep from trembling under his gaze.

He took another step and closed the gap between them, laughing like her. "You think you have the perfect mask. That's right, but there's something that pierces that mask, Regina, you forget that."

She tried to close the height difference between them by keeping her head up high. This move she made so as not to cast a shadow on her magnificence, only brought their faces closer together. "You're overconfident, Robin. People who walk with their noses are in the air don't look ahead. Be careful, don't stumble and fall."

The man gave her one of his most captivating smiles and stepped back, leaving her alone with emptiness. "I'm so glad to see you too." He took a few steps towards his horse. He held out his hand as Regina struggled with the cold of his departure. "Let me escort you to the palace."

"The two of us? On the horse?"

"It would be an honor if you prefer me to hold you in my arms again."

She rolled her eyes. "The horse is fine, thanks." She accepted, but without holding Robin's outstretched hand, she jumped onto the horse in one motion.

She was more and more affected by him with each passing day. She was unlike any queen, any woman he had ever known. There was something about her that no one else had. He didn't care if he couldn't name it, but if he had asked anyone else, they could easily have said it was love.

"Do you want to be in front or behind?"

"I'm not stupid enough to leave control to you."

"Okay, my queen. You're in command." He sat behind Regina. He gently wrapped his arms around her waist and clasped them over her stomach. He felt the brunette tense at his touch. His balance too good to fall if he didn't hold her, but he had no intention of letting her go. They couldn't always capture this moment, of course he would enjoy it. "You don't want me to fall, do you?"

"If I wanted to, I would do it without the need for a horse." She set the horse in motion. He wasn't riding fast, on the contrary, she was making sure that it went as slowly as possible because she was extremely satisfied with their position and moment. If it were possible, if Robin's arms were always wrapped around her, and he would always make the queen feel like in heaven.

Robin was no different from her. Feeling his arms around her slender waist, burying his nose in her hair and filling his lungs with her wonderful scent... There couldn't be a better moment than this.

They were so busy feeling each other's bodies and etching that feeling into their minds that they didn't say a word the entire way.

When they came the palace gardens, Regina sadly stopped the horse. Robin jumped to the ground before her, and held out his hand. She could have landed herself, but was so disappointed by the shortness of their close contact journey that she did not turn down the opportunity to hold his hand. She wanted more… She put her fingers in the prince's palm, but just as she was about to land, she suddenly found herself still in the air. She was in Robin's arms again. As a feeling of déjà vu swept through her cells, her heart decided to go for a marathon run.

"What are you doing?" She said, looking around in panic. She was both excited to be in his arms and filled with fear at the prospect of someone seeing them.

"Don't worry, no one." Robin said, smiling too. He tightened his grip as she tried to land.

"Put me down, Robin!"

"Why? You looked very satisfied that day. I thought you liked it."

"If someone sees us like this, you'll understand what the real satisfaction is. Let me go now, I command."

The panic in her eyes prevented him from insisting any further. Regina was actually frantically afraid of getting caught. Was she so afraid of Leopold?

Torturing her further wasn't even the last thing he'd do. He set the woman down slowly. "I just wanted to make it easier for you to get down. Don't be so nervous, Regina, it suits you well to laugh."


The royal family was having an ordinary end of the day when the door was opened at dinner the next day by someone in a panic. It was one of the knights who was about to deliver bad news, as evident from his entrance.

"My king, my queen…" He didn't neglect to greet, after all, he loved his head above his neck. "I know you don't want to be disturbed at mealtime, but Lord George wants to see you. He said it was urgent, there was a theft."

Robin's indifferent gaze suddenly turned to the man from his meal.

"Theft?" Fortunately, the queen's full focus was on the news, and she did not notice the prince's sudden change in behavior.

Leopold tossed the handkerchief lying on his lap on the table and stood up. "Take him into the interview room, I'm coming."

Repeating the same gesture with her husband, Regina had to learn the inside of this extremely rare event. It was extremely surprising that such an event occurred, even though she was sure that her people did not need theft. Such things would never happen in the kingdom, especially theft.

"Can I come?" Henry said excitedly.

However, he was prevented by his mother. "Finish your meal."

While the boy was making disgruntled noises, the king signaled the prince to come with them. Even if he didn't, Robin had to somehow find a way to get into that room and find out how much of it they knew. The man he hated most in the world had worked for the first time.

An old man was already waiting for them as they crossed a short corridor and entered a large room. He lowered his gaze to the ground, paying homage to the royal.

"We're listening to you." Leopold said without hesitation. He grabbed his wife by the waist to get her behind the desk with him, before moving to his seat behind the desk and sitting down.

The blonde man had to contain the urge to tear his hand apart.

"They robbed my house, Your Majesty. All my precious things, my gold, are gone." The man still kept his gaze on the ground. While the Prince of Locksley wondered why, Regina knew he didn't dare look up at herself. The jealousy of the king was obviously something the whole kingdom knew.

"I think you know that there is order in the kingdom that has not been broken for years and that such vile things have not happened." Leopold's suspicion was palpable.

Robin thought that what was really despicable was that the rich were increasing their wealth every day and ignoring the non-noble. What he did was certainly an honorable act, but what would he know about it?

"Sure, but... Rumors are that Robin Hood is in the Enchanted Forest."

"Who is Robin Hood?" The king asked.

It was his wife who answered him. "A famous thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor."

So she knew him. He had to bite his cheek to stop his smile. He wondered what she thinks about it. Did she consider it is despicable like her husband or an honor like himself?

"Robin, what do you think?" The king turned to the prince.

"He also stopped by Locksley a few years ago. We tried very hard to get him caught, but we were unsuccessful."

He felt Regina's eyes on him, eyeing him implicitly as if she knew something. He knew not to underestimate her intelligence, he didn't know how long it would take her to figure it out, but it wouldn't be long. He had to be extra careful and shake off her suspicion because he wasn't quite sure what she wanted to do, and there was a chance she might turn him in. He didn't think she would do that now that he knew she loved him, but he still had to reassure himself.

"Jack, get a warrant, put up posters everywhere. I want that thief in front of me."


Regina was watching the apple tree in the garden as Robin slowly approached her. He was a master at walking undetected, and he thought the queen didn't feel it either, but as always, she misled him.

"It is interesting, isn't it?" She spoke without moving an inch.

"What's interesting?" He said, standing right next to her.

"While there are so many notorious thieves in the kingdom and thwart them all, Robin Hood is able to make the biggest theft in years." She separated the chocolate spheres from her apples and brought them together with the blue ones.

The gleam in her eyes made his heart beat with both love and panic. "I guess they don't call him the Prince of Thieves for nothing."

"What does Robin mean?"

"Brilliant fame." He couldn't help his chest from swelling with pride. Hadn't he decided to be careful, for God's sake? Why was he revealing all his feelings now?

"A reputation for stealing isn't very brilliant. Isn't it?"

"Depends on what it's for."

"It's honorable to steal from the rich and give to the poor. It's true that there is a brilliant reputation for those who think so, but I don't think the same is true for those whose property has been stolen."

"Do you think it's honorable behavior?" Robin said. Did she appreciate his behavior?

"Yes." Regina said. "I know it's not fair for us to live in such luxury. I'm not the kind of queen is shutting her eyes on everything but her palace as you think."

There was a broken tone in her voice, but Robin had never thought she was the queen she had said. In fact, at that moment he felt that he had fallen in love with her again and that they were in perfect harmony with each other.

"I never thought you were. You are the most special person I know, Regina."

When she turned her face illuminated by moonlight back to him, he was captured by her smile and could not immediately decipher the meaning of her gaze. He would later realize that she had figured out who he was…


Notes: Regina knows who he is! (screaming) What do you think she'll do about it?