28 The Second Prince

* *** Second Prince's Point of View ***

Watching Yuki with my sister was hard for some reason. I saw as he got down on one knee and kissed her hand. My stomach started to churn. A sick feeling welled up in my chest and refused to disappear.

I couldn't understand it.

[ Why did I have to go to that stupid festival?! ]

I remembered back when I had first met him, I was standing behind my brother as people make me nervous. Ever since I was born, I was always compared to my brother.

I would hear the maids talk about how skilled he was and how special he was….

I guess compared to my brother I was considered a disappointment. Everytime I would open my mouth someone would respond by talking about Leo.

Then my little sister appeared. The apple of everyone's eye. She had always been good at everything she tried. At only two years old she could already speak and by five she was learning math.

I felt like a child that didn't deserve to be a royal.

This was until I met Yuki. I remember how awkward he looked just being in the palace. My brother just wanted to play with him and fulfil his duty as the first son, so I remembered sitting next to him as he wrote that awful letter.

Leo can be so mean sometimes.

Not only did Yuki not get mad, he seemed just as scared as I did of the people around us all. Even my maid glares at me when I ask for anything. Then when Leo took the joke too far and Yuki collapsed I was so scared.

Yuki when he woke up didn't even seem to be upset when we apologised to him. Not only did he take our apology he even invited us back to his house to play.

Not once did he ask me about my sister, not once did he have that look in his eye that said he wanted something from me and for the first time in my life I had felt like I had made a new friend.

[ Why does it have to be Rosli?,Can't I just have a friend for myself? ]

I gripped my weapon and told him to come at me.

My heart wouldn't stop beating hard so I took in a deep breath.

He seemed to look at me with a complicated expression.

[ Did I say something wrong? ]

He started charging but he was full of openings, for some reason I couldn't bring myself to attack him seriously. I could have gone for his wrist but instead I jumped backwards.

He started to smile, his white teeth shone through his pink lips and his hair danced like fire in the wind. Yuki was normally just as reserved as I am but in combat he seems to be free.

[ I wish I could be free too.. ]

I threw my boomerang and blasted a water ball just to see what would happen, He smiled and side stepped before blocking my attack with his black sword.

Every stroke he made left a glistening trail.

Clang!

[ Shoot! I wasn't paying attention ]

I couldn't help but smile.

[ He can't hit me?! Maybe I am just a little bit special to him? ]

I shook my head as now wasn't the time to be thinking such things. I used Yuki's momentum to punch him in the stomach before running towards my boomerang.

I felt the cold wind of a weapon behind my back and shot another waterball behind me.

I then rolled on the ground and grabbed my weapon.

Bam!

My blade then seemed to hit something.

As I rolled I turned around to see Yuki holding his arm that was soaked in water. He seemed to be in pain.

"A..re.. You.. okay " I stuttered still clutching my weapon.

[ Why can't I just talk to him normally like brother does? ]

Self loathing seemed to pile up in my stomach.

" Mm I am just fine! " Yuki said smiling.

He flicked his weapon between his hands before he signaled me to come towards him.

All of a sudden I heard the stern voice of Yuki's father say "alright that's enough for today! "

[ but I.. didn't even get to finish my fight! ]

We all seemed to stop fighting and Yuki came up to me after he sheathed his sword.

" Umm can I ask you something " he said as he looked down at the ground.

My brain seemed to not want to respond as his stern blue eyes looked at me.

The best I could muster was a nod.

" Did you go easy on me today? " He said innocently

" uhh I didn't mean to if I did…"I replied

Yuki seemed to be in thought for a moment.

" I see.." Yuki said.

Yuki waited a moment before saying " I still don't have my magic under control yet and your brother and sister would not be the best match for me to train with... " Yuki said embarrassed as he rubbed the back of his hair.

" Do you think.. You could train with me some more sometime? I need to get stronger..It's okay if you don't have time, I know you are probably busy with prince things" Yuki said quickly.

" You mean it's something only I could help you with? " I spluttered.

" I guess you can think of it that way" Yuki responded.

[Something only I can do, something only I can do, something only I can do for Yuki! ]

That sick feeling in my stomach seemed to disappear quickly as I looked at him. His training uniform was covered in water. His hair was drenched and he was nervously looking at the ground. I couldn't help but stare at him.

" Uhh.. sorry I guess you don't have time .." Yuki said after a moment, his face going red.

I guess I hadn't said anything in a while. My face went red and I looked down at the ground.

" Uh no no! We can do that! Um training just the two of us !" I finally said.

" REALLY!?" Yuki said excitedly before he coughed.

[ I guess Yuki really isn't good at asking for help ]

Yuki mayke look stern but everyone who knows him knows he is a very gentle person. I couldn't help but think about how scary he would look to people who don't know him and giggled.

I watched as Yuki then came up and grabbed my cheeks, pinching them slightly. I can't understand why he did that but it made my heart feel very full.

He coughed again and apologised saying something about forgetting his place.

[ He can be really funny sometimes ]

I thought as I rubbed the spots where he had touched.

My mother had arranged a carriage for us to go home, so my brother, sister and I all said our goodbyes.

My sister and I looked out the window one last time as we left to head back to the castle.

" Did you two have fun today? " My brother said.

My sister seemed to look out of the window and sighed. I curled up next to brother and nodded slightly. Being next to him made me feel safe, especially from sisters temper tantrums.

" Why didn't Yuki spar with me today" My sister said out loud.

" That's because he was sparing with Nathan, you can't have him all the time" Leo said as he chuckled.

" I can! I just need to tell daddy and make him spend time with me! " Rosli said as she huffed her cheeks.

That sick feeling from earlier seemed to start to travel up into my chest again.

" y..y..you can't do that! " I said mustering all the courage I had.

Both my brother and sister stared at me wide eyed. I couldn't help feeling even more embarrassed as this was the first time I had ever said no to my sister.

My brother being the mediator of us siblings rubbed my back slightly.

" What do you mean by that? " My sister said pouting.

I clenched my fist before releasing it again.

" I just.. I just want to be friends with him too.." I said in almost a whisper.

Big brother started to laugh until his sides hurt.

" Sorry sis, looks like your brothers both like him too! You are going to have to share." Leo said.

" Hmph " Sister replied.

The rest of the carriage trip was spent with brother and sister sharing training tips and me hiding from the both of them.

[ Yuki…I can't wait to train with you!]