Unkept Promises

Protect

Y/N's POV:

I woke up to fairly new surroundings. After rubbing my eyes, I realized I was in Ranboo's room. How did I end up here? I thought. Shortly after I remembered what had happened that previous afternoon.

I wouldn't say I'm mad at Wilbur, I'm just scared that I'll lose my best friend.

After a few minutes of just thinking, I could hear Puffy's muffled voice outside. Something along the lines of "Sorry it took so long to find me, I should've said I'd be preparing dinner." That's when the door opened. I was still laying on my side but instinctively turned towards the light coming from the door. 

I saw Ranboo and Puffy. I guess he was looking for her to carry me back to my room. "Ah, Y/N, you're awake now. Sir Ranboo here asked me to come get you your majesty," she explained. I yawned and smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be on my way now," I said.

Did he not want me in his room?

Puffy left and Ranboo came in. "How's your arm feeling?" he asked. "Not too bad," I laughed. "How long did I sleep?" I asked this time. "Not too long, just about an hour."

Eventually I said my farewells and made my way to my room. There, I showered and got ready for dinner.

Timeskip

Apparently there was some tension among the surrounding countries, so we would have to rush the decisions of who would be the future king of Raynome. To speed things up, I would be eliminating two people today. I had thought about it before making my way to the dining hall.

I will eliminate the colorblind boy and his blonde friend. Nothing against them, I just think they'd be better together than I would be with either of them.

I quickly took my place between Ranboo and Wilbur at the dining table, seeing as the guys were already there. My father took his seat at the throne and began dining. We had lasagna, spaghetti, garlic bread, and tons of classic Italian dishes. I had a great time seeing as though I liked the food, in particular, the garlic bread.

Tonight, Ranboo did the same as always, hanging the mask in my direction. I knew he was insecure, but I couldn't help but imagine how gorgeous he must be under the mask. At some point during the dinner, one of the table's legs cracked, startling everyone. It was comepltely unexpected. We quickly got over it, but while I was fixing my napkin, I noticed Ranboo's mask fall.

The panic that rushed across his face was very noticeable, but he was absolutely beautiful. I didn't realize, but I was staring at him. He looked uncomfortable and insecure. "I'm sorry you had to see that," he muttered. "What do you mean? You are the most handsome man in this room, in this kingdom, in this world. I swear," I whispered while grabbing his hand in mine. I intertwined our fingers, him complying and doing the same.

I swear I could see some sort of pink showing up just over his mask, but who am I to tell?

Dinner was over and my father was announcing who would be sent back to their kingdoms. "I'm terribly sorry Prince Clayton and Prince George, I hope you have a good day. Send warm wishes to your families from us," he smiled and we watched them being escorted to the front door where a carriage would take them back to their palaces.

Timeskip

It's been a few days, almost a week, since Clayton and George were dismissed. I'm down to Ranboo, the other blonde boy named Tommy (who I will say is quite obnoxious to be the ruler of a kingdom), and Wil. Wilbur was obviously a no. I love him! Just not in that way. Tommy was simply irritating, however at times he was an amazing friend and I can't bring myself to see him as anything more. And as for Ranboo, I'm not too sure... I like him, that's true, but does he like me? And what I have for him is nowhere near enough for me to let him rule over my kingdom.

I was still confused about my feelings, but I knew one thing. Over the past two days, the kingdoms bordering the southern part of Raynome began a war. We were awfully close to the main battleground and the palace and largest cities of Raynome are in the south. If I really felt like it, I could probably ride a horse and reach the borders of those countries within a day. I knew Wilbur was worried too. His kingdom is more of a large island less than 150 miles off our coast. Chances are, we'd both be affected by this.

Tommy, the prince of Pogtopia, didn't mind too much. In fact, I don't even think he was aware of the mayhem going on in the south. After all, Pogtopia was just a small little island, similar in shape to Wilbur's kingdom. The only difference apart from size, was the fact that it was very far north. He most likely wouldn't be affected.

I was pretty overwhelmed when my father mention that he had sent soldiers to the border because there were rumors about one of the kingdoms invading us. Kingdom Alastor. They were a handful... Well now they planned on invading us. I was terribly overwhelmed so I made my way to Ranboo's room.

I knocked on the door twice. He would know it was me. He opened the door, quickly letting me in. I hugged him. That was it. He hugged me back, of course, but I then felt him kiss the top of my head. I looked up at him and noticed he wasn't wearing his mask again. I questioning why he had done that... Why he had kissed me.

But then I realized, I would've too. I stared into his stormy grey eyes. I knew he was worried he had done something wrong.

But he hadn't. He just lit something in me, he made me realize something.

Still maintaining eye contact, I start leaning in, getting on my tippy toes slightly, I started shutting my eyes, him doing the same, when we heard a sound that I could imagine were the front doors being completely taken down. And I was right.

"WE ARE THE WARRIORS OF ALASTOR, SURRENDER WITHOUT A FIGHT!"