Poison

Chapter 1: Happy Anniversary

"Why are you like this?" Ruggie said with a calm voice. Too calm. Scary. "I don't know what you're talking about." No, Leona knew exactly what he was talking about. And for once he was ready to face the consequences.

"Bullshit! I can't even go near my phone because of all the messages I've been getting because SOMEONE decided it was a good idea to tell the whole world we're dating WITHOUT informing me first!" Ruggie's calm voice turned into an irritated and high-pitched one. Leona smirked. "But it was a good anniversary gift, right? I've got donuts too."

"Are you trying to fool me with do-"

"I also called your grandma, I'm gonna cook. What do you want?" Leona pulled Ruggie into a tight hug. Ruggie wasn't mad at him for telling everyone else, he was mad at Leona for not telling HIM! But it was a surprise, right? Though, Leona understood it was dumb as soon as he did it. "Meat..." Ruggie murmured.

"You could've been more specific, but I can work with that. Finish your work and get ready before 5."

It had been peaceful, it had been nice. Leona moved out of the Royal Palace as soon as he graduated, which even he didn't know he could. As a prince, he had his duties and he thought he'd always need to be present around the palace. But turned out that wasn't the case. Azul ended up 'accidentally' finding a way for Leona to keep his title and job as a prince and have a more free life than your average prince. The cost was a little bit much, as was everything when it came to Azul. Even though he and Ruggie mostly had the same motivation, Azul had two giant eels besides him to do the job more professionally. He had become an actual mafia boss after graduation. (Not that he ever openly said it, but everyone knew.)

So Leona ended up using his advice and move out. One year later and Ruggie immediately moved in like it was a given. Nothing had changed ever since. Just that they were both actual adults now. Leona left his room to attend meetings at the royal palace and help Frena. Ruggie would sometimes come to pick him up if he was early and play with Cheka to pass time. The guards let him in freely and almost everyone in the palace knew him. Did they know? Of course they knew! They dating publicly since forever. It's just that it was never official official. Never 'I wanna spend the rest of my life with this hyena and I don't care about your royalty shit' official. But now they were.

But Ruggie had to work really hard. He worked two jobs after graduation and continued studying business (again, Azul suggested it, and Ruggie accepted because M O N E Y) he earned the respect of people inside and outside of the palace. If anyone had a problem they would tell Ruggie to tell Leona and Leona would bring it to Frena if he couldn't deal with it himself. Leona decided to stop being the bad guy for Ruggie, and Ruggie tried harder and harder to proudly stand by his side.

"Is it okay for us to be this happy?" Ruggie once said while drunk. Leona stayed silent as Ruggie fell asleep in his arms. But he continued thinking about it every day and realized that they needed a change. You'd either challenge life or life brings you misery out of pure boredom. Or that was what Ruggie's grandmother once said.

Leona is still amused by her. She's like a weird combination of Ruggie and Frena's wife and it intimidates Leona.

"So... are you still mad?" Leona put his head on Ruggie's shoulder, trying to look as innocent as possible. "Stop that! It's already weird that you turned from someone who tried to kill people twice to a saint, don't you dare using puppy eyes! But no... I'm not mad anymore. You can't disappoint me if I don't have any expectations for you. You'll still be a lazy ca- OUCH!" He pushed Leoa's face away and yelled. "What the hell? Why did you bite me?!"

"Because I have no self-control. Now stop bitching and go finish your homework or whatever. I'm going to go get some stuff for tonight." Leona smirked.

"Who are you and what did you do to my Leona-san?"

"Shut up, if you go out now they just gonna exhaust you with questions. At least I'm intimidating."

About 15minutes later and Leona realized his miscalculation. He was intimidating, but he had also helped the old ladies in the neighborhood enough for them to not be intimidated anymore. As soon as someone recognized him, he was showered with questions from the old ladies and anybody else who had found the courage (again, thanks to the old women) to approach him. Nobody did this before even though everyone knew they were living together, mostly because people didn't know if it was illegal to question the second prince about his love life on the streets. Now it was just considered gossip and journalism to some degree.

That's how Leona got home two hours later, super tired and just DONE! He could sleep for days. His jaw ached from all the talking and biting his lips to keep himself from yelling at everyone; he walked to Ruggie's room and found him completely focused on something on his computer. Ruggie's room was just a room they put every document in. Ruggie just started using it to work and study after some point, so Leona bought him a new desk that suited the room better. (Ending up with Ruggie screaming at him for throwing money away, even though he loved it.) Leona preferred to do work in bed. Even better if Ruggie was sleeping next to him. His smell helped him concentrate.

Leona hugged him from behind. "I'm back." He could hear Ruggie's smirk. "Did the old ladies eat your brain or something? I can't believe you think you're more intimidating than an old tiger who raised three kids all by herself."

"Yeah, I might've underestimated them." Leona smiled, remembering how they complimented Ruggie and said no one was better suited for Leona.

"Did you get me a beer?"

"I got whiskey. Don't drink right now, we're gonna have a guest and I'm not letting you sleep early."

Ruggie turned away and stared at him for a while. Then they both started laughing.

'Is it really okay for us to be this happy?'