𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄

─ 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐡

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒

━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━

WORD SPREAD THAT Schlatt was hosting a masquerade ball, for everyone to come and enjoy. Of course, word had spread to the four of them and it was all Wilbur and Tommy would ever talk about. At first, it was them discussing their disapproval of the idea of a ball. Then it further evolved into them saying how they would be interested in going for some unknown reason. Alas, it had been a day or so since the topic was last discussed and since then no one has spoken aloud. It was odd, yes, and even more so that the only conversations anyone ever remotely heard was behind walls. Most of the time she couldn't tell if the conversations were about the ball or not but sometimes they were so intolerably annoying that she would have to escape the walls of the cavern to get peace of mind.

So it was no surprise that as Azalea walked past a room she heard voices. Except for this time they were yelling at one another in a fit of disagreement. At first, Azalea was going to walk past it, not give another thought, but what she heard drew her attention. The voice of Wilbur could be heard shouting and the equally as upset voice of Tommy shouting back. She knew it was none of her business, and she would've walked away and left it for they had not mentioned her name. Curious, she stood in place and listened to Wilbur shout,

"Tommy, you and I both know why we are here and what we wish to achieve, and I see no reason why we shouldn't take this opportunity-"

"Wilbur, do you hear yourself? You sound mad!" Tommy retorted, "I'm aware of what we lost-"

"You don't understand Tommy, you never have,"

Tommy could be heard scoffing and from the distance, in the room, she could also hear Techno sigh.

"You may have lost your seat as well as I have, but we both know that I lost not only my seat but the nation I helped start-"

"Wilbur what about our dad-"

"No Tommy," Wilbur snapped, "he made his choice and left me to build the nation, my nation, he left me to be the head of the court, and look where I am! Overthrown and rotting away..."

The world around for a second, and suddenly everything made sense, everything. From the simple necklace around her neck all the way to the exile to the guards. She knew something was hidden from her and from the start she knew what but she couldn't bring herself to admit it. It was too much of a coincidence that the two showed up the exact same day the head of court was overthrown. The guards were after them, not because of the exile but because they posed a threat to the new government, Schlatts government. The one thing she had never wanted to get involved in, and to realize that the man she had begun to grow affection for was the one who was the leader of said thing. Azalea reached for the wall behind her, but her hand slipped.

The conversation stopped once they heard the rocks fall off the wall where her hand slipped. Techno came out of the room first and looked at her. He didn't give her a look or concern or worry, no he had a look of knowing on his face. He knew she had found out by the look in his eyes. Wilbur and Tommy came out next, each one having a look of confusion painted across their face.