Young Royals: the story continues

A fairy tale

Chapter 42: The First Date

Simon

I stared at Wille after the last thing he said.

That's how it was supposed to be... Yes.

Happier than ever, on an Autumn afternoon, starting to lead a normal, quiet life. Beginning what would be the most prosperous (and unbelievably), least complicated stage of our relationship.

When I was very little and discovered that I liked boys, I really thought that I could never find something like this.
Ago so intense and true.

And just look at me, living (literally) in a fairy tale....
But what's a fairy tale without a villain?

I could even tell that the knight in armor was not afraid to swing his sword for his prince, for after all, trouble lurked in every corner of the forest and was quite common, so he would not hesitate to fight one more battle for his great love.

He could tell it like that, but of course, one never knows what awaits around the corner.

Because even though I had grown up mentally prepared, these were not the complications that a 7 year old would ever imagine.

All my life I grew up fearing that I wouldn't be able to find someone with whom I felt honest with myself, with whom my nature was accepted and without trying to fit in to please them. That's what I feared the most, yet that doesn't even come close to what I have to face, not at all.

Our reality as a couple was different.
Something completely unexpected happened to me, and that is: falling in love with the future king of my country.

Yes, my villain was not the fear of pretending to be someone I am not in order to live the love story I was looking forward to, but the family of the person I was in love with... among many other inconveniences.

Wille immediately fell asleep on the freshly changed blankets, in the middle of the bed. He collapsed completely exhausted after that and I don't blame him, it had been a great afternoon. I smiled. The previous times we had done it in a way, you could say a bit more traditional, but today I wanted to try something different and it happened.

- ...our second first time," he said before falling asleep with a different smile, less playful, more intimate, "Thank you, because it was you.

I smiled the same. I couldn't have been more comfortable and happy that it was him I had done it with for the first time, and that he had left me in total control of the situation.

- That you trusted me fills me so much.

But if life wanted our love to go through all those little stones in the way, I accepted it because without them I could not say today that we have grown, and that we did it together.
Nor could I say that the happiness we experienced a couple of hours ago is unlike any other. Special.

I tucked Wille under the sheets after a few minutes and stayed by his side contemplating the serenity of his features, in the most divine silence, until I too became infected by his deep sleep.

I feel the weight disappear from my side, I turn and the sun hits my eyelids directly with its rays.

- Good morning," Wille pronounces, returning from the bathroom, "How did you sleep?

He gets under the covers again.

- With you, just fine," I smile at him. Wille nods, "How are you?

- Sore," he blushes.

- Oops," I reply apologetically, "I take all the blame.

Wille laughs and hugs me, putting his left arm behind my back. I smile too, then look down at his neck and blush.