A short time after Miss Secura leaves a silence goes over the room, except for the sounds of staff working, as both occupants don't know what to say to each other. Anakin starts to feel uncomfortable in the silence as he doesn't know how his father is going to react.
Qui-gon watches how his son reacts in his presence and is sad at the continuing nervousness in his posture. He is unwilling to discuss the upcoming changes with Anakin in a room where the staff can overhear them. He considers the options at his disposal and decides to explain everything to Anakin in one of the empty offices in the embassy.
"Come, Anakin. We will talk in private" he says as he stands up and holds out his hand to Anakin. At the nervous look he receives from Anakin he smiles reassuringly to which he gets a uncertain smile as answer. Anakin nervously takes his hand and backpack and stands up from the couch. Qui-gon takes them both to an empty office on the first floor where he sits down at the couch with Anakin sitting down next to him on his right side after he tugs on his arm.
Anakin looks around the room his father brought him to as he enters. It looks like an office for an important person as there is only one desk in the room and most of the rooms he saw had multiple desks and were also larger than this room. Around the desk stand multiple chairs. Before almost every wall stands a closet with books in it. The only wall that doesn't have a closet before it is the one where a couch stands before. As he looks above the couch he sees a painting hanging over it which displays his father and an unknown woman. His father wears an uniform with an expansive cape over his shoulders. He has a crown on his head and holds a scepter in his hand. The woman wears a dress with a similar cape over her shoulders. She also has a crown on her head and wears a lot of jewelry in Anakin's opinion.
When Anakin feels a light tug on his arm he looks to his father and sees that he has sat down at the couch. Anakin looks embarrassed down and quickly puts his backpack down before sitting down next to his father on the couch. He makes sure that there is enough space between them as he isn't sure if his father is alright with him sitting close to him and doesn't think it is polite to do.
"You can sit closer to me, Anakin" Qui-gon says and has to smile at Anakin's behavior. He is relieved when Anakin slides closer to him.
"I'm sure you have questions and I have promised to explain to you why people are so protective of me. But before you ask me any questions you have, I want to know if you know my name and your own full name"
"Well mommy always called you Qui, but I don't think that it is your full name. I always believed that it is a nickname and my full name is Anakin Skywalker, but you should know that" Anakin says and looks confused at his father for asking the question.
"Qui is indeed a nickname of me. My name is Qui-gon Jinn and Anakin your full name is Anakin Skywalker Jinn. I'm not surprised that you don't know that as Shmi and I agreed that we would let you grow up with a partial name. It would be safer for you if no one knew we are related and we had planned to tell you when you were eighteen. Unfortunately Shmi died and I have to tell you now because when you will be living with me you will be known as Anakin Jinn" Qui-gon explains "But enough of that, ask me any question you have"
"Father, why did Miss Secura call you your majesty? As far as I know only royalty is addressed" Anakin asks
"I'm royalty Anakin, so are you. Because I'm a king it is protocol to be addressed as your majesty by almost everyone in public. In private my close friends call me by name. My family addresses me as they like and in public they address me politely" Qui-gon explains and sees that Anakin work through what he just heard.
"But. But. That would means I'm a prince" Anakin says flabbergasted.
"Yes, you are a prince. To be precise you are my heir apparent and as such you are the crown prince of Naboo"
"Is that the reason why people are so protective of you?" Anakin asks and gets a nod as answer "Why did you never visit? Didn't you want me?"
"Yes, that is why people are so protective of me. They will also protective of you when they know that you are my son. As to why I never visited, that was because you could get in danger when people who mean me harm figured out that you are important to me. It is not that I never wanted you, I did but I also had to think about your safety" Qui-gon explains.
"Do I have family I don't know about?" Anakin asks and sees his father taking a photo out of his wallet and shows it to him. In the photo Anakin sees the woman from the painting together with a baby. He looks questionably at his father.
"This is your stepmother, Tahl and your baby sister, Ahsoka" Qui-gon says and he points at the people in the picture when he says their name "you also have an uncle called Freemor"
Anakin is surprised that he has a stepmother and stepsister but always knew that there was a possibility when he learned that his parents had divorced. He has to think back to all the stories he heard about bad stepmothers and wonders how his will be. He hopes that she is kind.
"Anakin. What is wrong?" Anakin hears his father ask worriedly and suddenly notices that he was staring into the ground and brooding. He knows that his mom always worried when he did that.
"Nothing, just thinking about how my life will be after today" Anakin says as he doesn't want to admit that it is the thought of his stepmother that is making him brood. He is afraid to discover how his father will react, as he doesn't know him, and doesn't want to be in trouble with his father so soon after meeting him. Still as he thinks about his stepsister he is happy as he always wanted a little sibling. He looks at his father and see a doubtful look on his face. He wonders why he now does shows his emotions and before when Miss Secura was there he didn't so asks his father
"Why didn't you show emotions when Miss Secura was here?"
"That is because I was nervous and I learned when I was young to never show my emotions in public. My friends always call the face you saw then my 'diplomatic face'. I deeply regret it if I made you nervous or gave you a wrong impression about how I am, that was never my intention" Qui-gon explains and has to smile at the question which he should have seen coming when he realized that he was nervous and he drew on his instinct.
"But enough questions for now. I have some work to finish before supper and you can do your homework in the meantime"
"I don't have homework as it is the last week of the year. That reminds me I have something I want to show you" Anakin says as he pulls his school report out of his bag and shows it to his father. He looks at him s father to see what he thinks about his report. The grades on it are similar to what it always has been. He hopes that his father is pleased with his grades and is relieved when he sees that his father smiles when he is finished with reading the report.
"These are good grades, I had expected them to be lower after everything that has happened" Qui-gon says and at the confused look on Anakin's face he explains
"Shmi always send me copies of your school reports and photos so that I would know how you were doing"
Anakin now knows why his mother always made copies of his reports and send them to someone, this someone is his father, just as she did with many pictures taken from him.
"If you don't have homework what will then you do when I do my work" Qui-gon asks.
"I can draw a bit or get some of my toys to play with" Anakin suggests and waits for his father to make the decision as he doesn't know what he is allowed to do.
"Your choice, you can leave your toys in here as I will use this office this week until we go to Naboo Saturday afternoon"
Anakin nods and then decides to get some of his toys as he will have to pack everything later this week. He stands up and wants to walk to the door when it opens and the dark skinned man from before walks into the office with one if his boxes in his arms.
"Your majesty, we have already put the prince's belongings in the trunk of the limousine"
"Thank you, Mace. You always think about things before I can do so" Qui-gon answers the dark skinned man, Mace. Mace puts the box in a corner before one of the closets.
"That is my job, Qui-gon, and you know that. I don't know what you would do without me or Tahl to help you" Mace teases and Qui-gin laughs but wisely refrains from answering the bait his friend threw at him. Qui-gon looks to see where Anakin has moved to as he wasn't at the couch anymore. He sees that Anakin has walked to the box and has started to search for his toys. Qui-gon decides to use this time to work through his workload so that they can have a nice evening together.