THE PRINCE AND I

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Benedict laughed as Xavier missed the target with the small bean bag.

"I'll get it in this round trust me" says Xavier as he slapped $20 on the counter. He threw the three bags and still failed.

"Tsk tsk, let me show you" Benedict says. He paid up and hit all targets in his first round.

"Give me the wolf plushie"

Xavier huffed in annoyance.

"It was rigged"

"It's okay to lose sometimes but you're still a winner in my eyes baby" Benedict says and kissed him on the lips.

Xavier deepened the kiss as he tightly held on to Benedict's lower back making the man moan in his mouth. Their tongues met halfway and danced in sync. The clearing of a throat made them pull away from each other.

"Wow....that was....that was hot" says Skye. His face flushed red, he had never seen his brother like that before. Benedict smiled at him.

"Enjoying the sho-"

Bang.bang

It all happened in slow motion, Skye watched the smile on his brother's face wash away to be replaced by pain and confusion. He watched him fall to his side making his eyes widen in shock.

"Benedict!"

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Prince was in the loo relieving himself. He flushed and washed his hands. He chuckled as the memory of Skye came to his mind.

Bang.bang

He ducked for a second. That was a gunshot. He made his way out running towards the direction Skye was. He could hear his fiance's cries get louder and louder as he approached the scene.

He saw Xavier standing there, blood splattered on the left side of his face. Skye on his knees shaking Benedict's unconscious body.

"Xavier? Xavier?!" He says shaking the man back to his senses. It seemed to work as Xavier finally snapped out of his shock.

"I'm going to kill! I'm going to kill him! Let me go!" He yells, his eyes looked bewildered, like an dog foaming at the mouth.

Prince was pushed to the ground and Xavier ran off. An ambulance that was called by the amusement park staff arrived. The paramedics immediately took over from Skye.

A few squad cars then arrived as well.

"Your highness?" The officer says to the prince.

"Officer" says Prince with a nod.

Skye got to his feet, his bloodied hands making Prince to grimace.

"Lets go wash those hands before anything babe"

"He....they were just kissing and....and he smiled at me Prince....he smiled.....like it was the last-"

"No, don't think about that. Benedict will be fine okay? Trust me"

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His car sped through traffic as if it was driven by a maniac. The car stopped in front of an apartment building. The place looked run down and abandoned.

He took a few deep breaths, his knuckles turning white from gripping the wheel tightly.

He looked at the small bag he had taken out of the boot. He opened it and disabled the safety of the pistol.

The front door fell to the floor once he kicked it inside. He looked around before yelling,

"Enriqué! Come and face me you bastard"

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"Did you see anything else?" The officer asks. Skye shook his head.

"No....it all happened so fast, the two bangs were also loud"

The officer frowned.

"Two bangs? The victim has one gunshot wound though, thank you your highness"

Skye watched the forensic team start searching the scene. A hand on his made him look up.

"I spoke to the paramedic, Benedict was shot in the stomach and a graze wound on the side of his head, we can follow the ambulance if you want"

"Okay but....i should tell mom and Jonny before they see it on the internet and the news"

He nods.

"Okay, let's go"

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Xavier found his father sitting on a set of stairs. His left hand bandaged up. He aimed the gun at him.

"Why?"

Enriqué chuckled. The cigarette bud in his mouth was dropped to the floor, he stood up and stomped on it before looking up at his son.

"So you'd kill me because of that retarded thing? I did you a favor"

The grip on the pistol tightened. He placed a finger on the trigger.

"Is it because of that stupid twink? I told you I don't want no walking stereotype and I also told you that I was in a relationship"

"Well he's bound to die today so I think you should move on. Just marry the twink and I'll be free from my debt"

"Do you even hear yourself? Why don't you marry the twink? Oh yeah you're not like me or are you?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

He scoffed.

"Don't you think i know why we moved the first time? You and that gay drug lord got caught by my mother so she left your ass. I mean you could've just told her you're bi"

"I am not a fag! I did what I had to do to make sure you had food on the table while that bitch was just at home wasting away!"

"Don't you dare say that about MY mother! She worked many jobs and had some vicious woman babysit me. Why? Because you were not there!"

Enriqué chuckled.

"Is that what you remember? Fine but I'll not apologize for what I did "

"Are you insane? Another woman's child is in the hospital because of you!"

There was a moment of silence betwen the two. Enriqué took a step forward towards his son. He embraced him tightly.

"I understand why you're angry. I  take accountability for that, but i will not be apologetic for saving your life as well as my mine"

Xavier nodded. He placed the mouth of the pistol on Enriqué's chest.

"Then today....you and I will die here, like father like son. Right?"

Enriqué tensed up, he looked at his son who gave him a chaste smile.

"Wha-"

Bang.bang

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"You should also get checked out, i can tell you're stressed." Says Sarah.

Everyone was now in the waiting room. Sarah and Jonathan had arrived minutes ago.

"I'll take you there" Prince says helping him up.

"Where did Xavier go?" He asks.

"He said something about killing someone. I wonder whom"

Skye paused.

"Could it be that....he knows who did this?"

Just then a group of nurses ran out towards the ambulance emergency entrance, a stretcher was wheeled in and Skye gasped.

"Xavier"