My King (Noctis X Reader)

Chapter 18

After leaving the hotel, Noct and I head for a gondola station. One is already waiting for some passengers. The man greets us and asks where we would like to go. I request a ride to the closest station to the estate and we step in, sitting on opposite sides of the gondola and avoiding eye contact. The agonizingly slow ride made me wonder if walking there would have been a better option.

I would occasionally would steal a glance at the Prince only to see him staring off into the distance with sadness in his eyes. After finally arriving at the right station, the man that brought us gave us directions to the estate.

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I waited outside the building for almost an hour before Noct finished his business with Camelia Claustra. Without saying a word to each other, we made our way back to the gondola station. Before I could ask the man to take us back to the hotel Noct made another suggestion. 

"Could you take us to a good place to get dessert?" he asked.

I raised a brow at him. "What are you doing?"

"What? I'm craving something sweet." he said as he stepped into the boat.

I sighed and reluctantly stepped inside. We ended up going to a small cafe. I tried to just stand guard while Noct found an outdoor seat. However, he insisted I sit down with him. He ordered a generic pastry while I requested a glass of water. 

"You don't want to eat something?" Noct asked. I shook my head as I leaned back in my seat with my arms crossed. "Are you sure?"

I sighed. "Honestly, I just want to go back to my hotel room."

His face fell as I said this. "Don't you want to enjoy ourselves? It's still early and who knows when we'll be here again?"

I rubbed my face with both hands and tried to collect my thoughts. "I know what you're doing, Your Highness."

"Don't call me that." he interrupted.

I could feel myself growing more and more frustrated. "I know you want to pretend nothing happened, but I can't do that."

He sighed. "I don't want to pretend nothing happened. I just want to talk about this."

"There's nothing to talk about, Your Highness." I was almost shouting at this point.

He raised his voice back at me. "Stop. Calling. Me. That. You wanna be mature about this? Then let's just talk about it."

I lightly slammed my hands against the table. "Fine! You wanna talk? Why the hell did you kiss me if you don't even like me, huh?" I yelled while pointing accusingly at him. We were beginning to draw attention to ourselves, but I didn't care anymore.

"I do like you, Y/N!"

"Oh yea? Then what was with your reaction after you did it?"

He covered his eyes with one hand and took a deep breath. "Y/N... I wasn't trying to hurt you."

"Well you did, Your Highness." I stood up and tried to walk away, but he grabbed my wrist.

"Please," he pleaded, "Stop. I'm sorry." He couldn't look up at me as he said this. I felt a twinge of guilt in my heart, but being cold towards him was the only way I could ignore my feelings.

I pulled my wrist out of his grasp. "Can we just go back?" I began walking away without even waiting for him to respond.

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It took forever, but we walked all the way back to the hotel. This seemed less awkward then sitting in a gondola together. Noct trailed behind me in silence. I wasn't sure if the guys were still out or not and neither of us had received a text from them.