I have no idea what happened. I somehow put a chapter from another story into this one when I was correcting Wilfred story after I was done. It's so embarrassing *screaming* */*... Since I don't have part 6 anymore, I have to rewrite it so it might be different. Again I'm so sorry!
Wilfred Part 6
It was a few days after the incident and I was walking around trying to clear my head when I saw the children playing outside with a strange man. I quickly found a door to the outside and ran towards them.
"Excuse me, what are you doing?" I asked the man standing in front of the kids in a protective pose.
"I'm sorry, are these your kids? I didn't mean to scare them." the man apologized. He was tall with brown hair and he almost looked like Wilfred. It surprised me to similar they looked.
"Aunty, we are fine! We forced him to join because he looked sad!" Haru tugged my shirt.
"Sorry, I should gotten permission from you first…" the man said with a awkward smile. He didn't seem that bad of a guy by that look so I decided to let it slide.
"It's fine. I was just worried that's all." I smiled. "I'm Marika." I said stretching my hand for a handshake.
"Stephen." he smiled back and shook my hand. "It is very nice to meet you."
"Stephen…" a voice called out to him. We both looked over and saw Wilfred there with shock. I haven't seen him Since the audience with his parents. I tried to follow him to talk but I lost him in those maze-like halls. I have never seen him so surprised before as he stood there.
"Wilfred!" Stephen said cheerfully and hugged him. Wilfred awkwardly hugged back with still a surprised expression.
"What are you doing here, brother?" Wilfred asked. 'Wait, brother? That's his brother!'
"I was in town and decided to visit!"
"What are you doing out here? With Marika and her children?" Wilfred asked all of the sudden. The way he spoke was actually kind of scary. 'I wonder what is wrong with him?'
"Her children invited me to play! They are such sweet kids, Marika! You raised them well!" he complimented me. I blushed a little and looked away. 'Wow, what a sweet guy…'
"Can we play now?" Haru pulled Stephen's pants leg.
"May we?" he asked me.
"Don't play to hard okay." I said with a smile and went back inside with Wilfred following behind.
"So that's your brother?" I asked.
"Yes. He left to become a doctor so now I have to take the throne." he blurted out. He seemed angry but I couldn't leave him. "Marika, let's go somewhere." he said taking my hand and dragging me through a secret passage that led us outside.
I took only half an hour to get into town. It was not crowded today so we won't be interrupted. He was holding my hand tightly like if he let go I would completely disappear. It made heart beat faster and my stomach filled with butterflies. 'It is almost...like a date…', and with that thought it made feel so embarrassed and self-conscious.
"So what would you like to do?" he asked stopping suddenly.
"Didn't you have something in mind?" I said. "You did drag me out here because you wanted to go somewhere." He froze up like he remembered what he said and then looks down embarrassed.
"I did, didn't I." he said looking away with a tomato face. I giggled and looked around to see if there was anything to do. My eyes caught sight of my favorite chain of crepes. I told him to wait at those steps while I went to get some crepes.
I totally forgot to ask him what he wanted so I ended up getting mini banana cream crepes. I am an A class idiot. I gave him his crepes as I sat down next to him.
"I hope you don't mind banana cream. I forgot to ask you what oh wanted." I giggled awkwardly.
"I don't mind." he smiled at me. "I will try anything you like." He takes a bite of one and his eyes lit up. "This is amazing…" he said in awe.
"Oh thank God! These are the best in my opinion but I didn't know if you would like them or not."
"I love them!" he laughed. His face made my butterflies flutter. He is so handsome when he smiles like that.
After finishing our crepes we strolled around town talking, laughing like it was just two of us here. If felt like no one was around. When the sun was going down we noticed that we were too far from the palace.
"We are in so much trouble when we get back…" I could see Claude's angry look now. He is going to kill me.
"I know a place where we can stay." he said grabbing my hand. He takes me to a fancy hotel nearby. When we went inside he told me wait right here in the lobby. He goes up to the desk and has a pleasant conversation with the man. It seems like they know each other. Then the man gives him a key and Wilfred motions me to come over. I got up to him and he takes me to our room.
"I come here every now and then to escape the life of a prince. So the manager let's stay here as much as I want." he explained.
"That's nice of him to do that." I said and he nodded.
"Unfortunately there aren't any rooms left so we have only one bed." he said.
"I can sleep on the floor. I'm used to it so you take the bed." I said.
"You're a lady so you should take the bed."
"Um no, you take the bed." we began to argue about who gets the bed but it led to nowhere. I sighed and I decided to shower.
After we both took showers we sat on the bed. Ugh, great now we have to fight again. 'This is so stupid.' I could hear Naru's voice in my head. I smiled thinking that he would really say that in a situation. I was starting to miss the kids.
"You miss your children huh." Wilfred spoke up suddenly like he read my mind.
"Yeah...I do. I was thinking about our argument about the bed and having Naruki's snarky remarks in the mix like he was here with me."
"You're very close to them aren't you?" he smiled sitting closer to me.
"Yeah. I am their only relative and vise versa so it makes me happy that we can be so close."
"What do you mean?" he said looking at me curiously. I guess I have to tell my life story. I smiled sadly at my memories and took a deep breath.
"My mother died of cancer when I was around the twins' age. My father that I have never met came to me and took me to Charles and left me to his wife. But he left right after that and I have never saw him again. His wife was nice to me and raised me as her own but I felt there was a distance because I am a illegitimate child of his dead mistress. But my brother Oscar was the only person to me who made me feel like I was family. He got me gifts and he talked to me and give me advice and played with me when I didn't have a single friend. I loved him very much but since he was way older than me he wasn't around much.
"He got into the military, got married, and kids of his own so I didn't bother him as much. Then his wife left him for her boss who was way richer than us. Right after that his mother had an aneurysm and passed away so I moved in with him. He was depressed for a long time but when he started to become bright again, he died in an explosion on the military base."
"The one with that man shouting about a conspiracy within the military right?" Wilfred asked and I nodded.
"He died in the hospital so then I became the guardian of his kids." I felt heavy and Wilfred wrapped an arm around me and pulled me close to him.
"It must have been hard for you…" he whispered.
"Well nobody said that life was going to be easy and I don't mind it. I love my life the way it is. Yeah I am a college dropout, a Broadway star wannabe, single with kids workaholic but I wouldn't change it for the world." I said smiling. He wipes the tears off my cheeks and hugged me until we both fell asleep.
