Another way (Young Royals)

The fish

Time went by fast and before we knew it it was holidays and we were supposed to go home. It was Halloween and all saint's day over the weekends. I was in my bed at Hillerska, cuddling Simon who was laying next to me in bed. My mom would pick me up later that evening.

"I will miss you so much this week, Simon," I said. A whole week apart, when we usually saw each other every day. I smelled his neck and took his scent in, deep into my lungs.

"Come and see me then?" Simon asked me with a little smile. "If you are not busy with your prince duties of course," he teased. If I could see him once that week it would probably be more bearable. I had Erik, so I would not be completely alone with my parents the whole week. Thank God. Nothing about me was enough to my parents. I was a problem walking on two legs. Someone they had to solve, so that I would fit in in the perfect puzzle.

"I would love to see you over the holidays, Simon," I replied before I kissed him. We layed like that, in each other's arms under my duvet until we both dozed off. We were both tired. It had been a long week in school. A lot of exams that the teachers wanted to get done so that they had something to do when we were not here. I was woken up by someone banging on my door.

"Wilhelm!" I heard through the door. It was my mother's voice. I thanked God that I had locked the door behind me when I sneaked Simon into my room earlier that day. If mom had found me sleeping in his arms she would have more than one question.

"Wait a minute mom," I replied and tried to wake Simon up.

"What do you want from me, pretty?" he said drowsy. His eyes were still closed and his arms were still wrapped around my torso.

"My mom is here so we have to get up," I whispered. He gave me a look in disbelief.

"Oh fuck," he said and sat up. "I wanted to cuddle you some more," he whined. I laughed.

"Well you better get your shirt on because you are about to meet my mother," I told him and made him stand up so I could remake the bed. When we were both decent I opened the door to my room and my mother walked in.

"Oh, you had not told me you had company by a friend, Wilhelm," my mother said.

"I forgot to mention that he was staying until you came to pick me up. This is my friend Simon," I said and gestured towards Simon.

"Pleasant to meet you, Simon," she said and reached out a hand to shake his hand.

"Pleasant to meet you too, your majesty," Simon said politely. We had a very formal conversation and then we all went outside, where the car was parked. Simon gave me a big hug before he had to catch his bus. I would have wanted to kiss him before he went. But I could not do so. I got into the backseat of the car.

"That was a pleasant young man. His name was Simon, did you say?" my mother asked.

"Yes. His name is Simon. We have gotten very close since I transferred. He is in my class and he is also on the rowing team," I replied.

"See, I said Hillerska would be good for you," mom said. I smiled to myself. It was after all thanks to her I had met him. If she only knew that she had met my boyfriend that day. I hoped that Erik would not make any mistakes by mentioning that he indeed was more than a best friend to me.

"Could I see him during the holidays?" I asked her. I did not know how I would make it a whole week without him. I was sure we would talk on the phone and text a lot, since that was already what we did when he was at home and I was still at Hillerska.

"I don't see a reason for you not to see your friends during the holidays, so of course. I am sure a driver can take you wherever he lives," she said. I had imagined that she would not allow it, as I had to take on my duties as a prince now. But apparently I had been a good boy and had not gotten into any more scandals since transfering to Hillerska, which she apparently wanted to encourage. I was happy she did not see us topless in bed. It would not have been a good first impression. And our secret relationship would not be so secret anymore. When we got home I rushed in to search for Erik. He was in his room. I had missed him a lot since we had seen each other over that weekend when Simon joined us. I jumped on him and hugged him.

"I have missed you so much," I said and squeezed him even harder.

"I can tell that, Wille. Can you please let me breathe?" Erik complained and tried to get out of my grip. I did as he said, but still hugged him.

"So how are you doing?" he asked.

"I have been at school, Erik. It is not that interesting," I replied.

"Not that interesting, huh? What would Simon say if he heard you say that?" he teased.

"I like Simon. Not school. There is a big difference," I laughed.

"So when is lover boy going to see his lover next?" he asked.

"Wednesday. I am leaving you with all the work," I said.

"That's unfair. I also want to have a secret lover to run away to when work gets too boring," he laughed.

"Then get yourself a girlfriend," I teased. "Simon is mine," I laughed.

"Yeah I noticed when the two of you were at home last," he said.

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I was standing outside Simon's front door. I felt my heart race when the door opened and I saw him standing there. He had a wine red shirt and blue jeans on.

"Hi," I said. He smiled big.

"Hi, Wille," he replied and let me in through the door. I took off my coat and scarf and Simon offered to put them away in their wardrobe.

"Hi Wilhelm," I heard Linda say from the kitchen.

"Hi Linda, thanks for having me over," I replied politely.

"Do you want something to drink?" Linda asked, looking at Simon. He shook his head.

"I think we are fine. We are just going to play video games," he said. I smiled, because I knew that was probably not true. Simon led me to his bedroom. I looked around. It was cosy.

"You have a cosy room, Simon," I said. He giggled a bit.

"It is what it is," he replied. I saw a few fish swimming around in an aquarium. Simon stood in front of it.

"Are they your fish?" I asked.

"Mhm," Simon replied.

"What are their names?" I kept asking. I noticed that he was a bit nervous. I stood close behind him, breathing against his neck.

"They all look the same, so you can't really tell them apart," he said. "But one is called Olle." He smelled so good. I just wanted to kiss him.

"And one is called, uhm, Oski," he continued. I wrapped my arms around him and slowly kissed his neck.

"And the third one is called Felle," he said. I thought it was cute that he had named his fish. I wondered if he made up the names on the spot, because I sensed that he was nervous. I had never experienced him being nervous before. He turned around to face me, so that he could kiss me. He pulled me closer and kissed me. And then I helped him off with his shirt, and kept on kissing each other for a few seconds more. Then he acted as if he had forgotten something important and turned around. He put on some video off a video game. I got scared when there were loud noises.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"So that they don't hear us next door," he explained.

"Does this make you horny, babe?" I teased. "Huh?" He once again wrapped his arms around my neck.

"Shut up and kiss me, handsome," he replied and leaned in to kiss me.