𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲

Remaining

"what happened?" i asked y/n as she got out of her fathers office with red eyes. she looked at my eyes and that was enough for me to understand. i was about to pull her into a hug but in that moment Leopold got out of the same room y/n walked out some moments ago, with his emerald eyes locked on me. i retake my position and y/n turned to find his blond brother behind her

"you can do nothing and i hope you understand already" the king said to his little sister and gave her a satisfactory smile, "it's better if you do it now" he looked at me once more before leaving

i haven't took a decision about Leopold's offer, but no matter what my choice will be, I'll end up losing her

after the king left, his little sister turned to walk towards her room, followed by me. "i tried" she cried the moment it's just my ears the ones that listen, "i don't want to marry Tewksbury" she turned with the same red eyes she left the previous room, "I'm tired of other people deciding my life" it breaks me every time i see her this way. this time there was no one to stop me from hugging her. "i want to love you not only in the shadows" her broken voice spoke next to my heart

and it hit me. a terrible but perfect idea

"what if we run away?" i said and her petite body got rid of my arms so her teary eyes look at mines. "let's run away together" i clean the water on her cheeks, "let's create a life together" i locked my eyes on hers. already visualizing our life together

"no" her crushed voice spoke

"what?" the smile i had faded

"no, Tom" she cleaned the last tear that left her eye

"why?" i questioned. "i thought you-" she interrupted me before i could finish

"because i can't" she looked away

"why?" i repeated my questioned. no answer. "why?" i claimed for her eyes on me

"i can't leave knowing that the reign is falling apart" the red color on her eyes slowly vanishes, "knowing that they are doing nothing" now it's me the one who broke the eye contact. she placed her left hand on my check lifting my face, "i love you so much but i can't do that" even my face is up my eyes can't look at her. i can't look at her knowing I'm going to loose her. "i have a duty here and i don't want to hide the rest of my life. and as i told you, i don't want to love you only on the shadows"

"you know we can't be together" her eyes finally caught mines

"we'll find a way" i stepped away from her and shook my head

"there's no way!" i exclaimed, "there's no future where we are together outside the shadows and there is no future where you don't have an arranged marriage" for more that it hurts, we need to face the real world

"there is no written future" i wish i could think like her

before another word could be said the door went open "i interrupt something?" the kings voice asked, y/n said no with her head. but he knows he did

"what happens?" the princess asked her older brother

"actually I'm here to talk with Mr. Holland" that leaved her shocked and the emerald eyes turned to find my hazel ones and invite them to exit the room

"i assume you took a decision" his voice spoke the moment we left, no wasting time

"yes, sir"

Y/n of England

i know everyone thinks it's impossible to love someone as royalty, but i love Tom. and i also know he thinks that being together is impossible but nothing is impossible, only challenging

runaway is not the correct answer. i know that that way we would be for sure able to love us anytime but i also know what is happening out there, and I'm the only one decided to do something. you can't see something happening and ignore it when you know you can do something to change it, and yes, it will take time, but I'm not giving up. not on my reign, not on him

the next days Tom was distant. something is going on but he won't tell me and i won't force him. everything was fine. we were perfect. but something changed, for bad

"can we talk?" he decided to break the silence. i hope he tells me what's going on. his chocolate eyes stare at mines for a moment, taking courage to speak. "i can't continue with this" he finally spoke

"what?" i felt like if someone punched the organ inside my chest. "don't say that" i won't let this happen

"just look at you" he admire me from toe to head until his eyes are again on mines, "look at me. you deserve everything" it breaks me that he thinks he is not enough for me, "you are royalty and I'm just an average guy"

"is this about the stupid titles?" annoyance started growing inside me. where you were born do not define you

"of course it's that, Y/n" he exclaimed, "no matter what you think, the world will never see it other way" sadness and wrath collided in both of us. "i know just what to do when it comes down to me and you and i hate to have this happen"

"then don't do it" we can always find a way

"what i thought was perfect matching was a perfect mismatch" my heart is loosing the fight and it hurts, "and i think i owe it to you, to set you free cause you will be better off without me" water started going up to my eyes just of listening how he thinks about himself. "we need to get real and leave this alone. we don't go together. we are so wrong for each other" his eyes started getting shiny. "you are a royal ghoul and I'm an average joke, we need to understand we can't be together, we are so wrong and not perfect. and everybody knows it" i can't take what he is saying

"i don't care what they say, i want to be with you" i just want him to understand and see what i see

"you are just to good for me and i know that's a fact" our eyes got locked for a second, "i should get going" he broke the eye contact, "I'm better of leaving you alone" he turned and started walking to the door

"don't back away from me!" i called out and reached for his arm to force him to face me once again, "what's gotten into you?" we were perfect, none of us has thought on a negative form since we made it official, until now. "i don't care what others have to say about us and neither should you" if we are happy it doesn't need to make sense for others

"we don't go together" he insist with that, "this is over" a tear left my eye. it hurts so much inside me

"why do you think this is the way it has to be?" i know he loves me and that he doesn't want it this way. "we are not breaking up, you are perfect for me" why can't he see it. "you and I were meant to be as one" destiny put us in each other path for a reason

"I'm really sorry but we are done" and my heart broke. he broke it once again

he left. he left me there crying at the mercy of the night. lonely in the big chamber. just me and a broken heart