"Broken Boys" - A Young Royals Continuation

Chapter Ten

As Simon heads towards the right wing of Hillerska with his suitcase, Wilhelm sprints after him, still laughing after the "Wille- Wilhelm- His Highness" incident.

"Simon- Simon, Simon, SIMONNNNN," Wilhelm says loudly, grinning. He caught up to Simon and put a hand on his shoulder to stop him dead in his tracks.

Simon's shoulder was soft under Wilhelm's touch. It felt right. Wilhelm heard Simon's breath hitch at the feeling. Wilhelm smiled, knowing the subconscious effect he had on the smaller boy in front of him.

"What?" Simon said listlessly.

"It's just that... our dorm is that way," Wilhelm replied quietly, pointing left.

"Oh." Simon would never admit it, but "our" sounded really good in Wilhelm's mouth.

Wilhelm offered Simon a now shy smile. Simon did not return it. Wilhelm felt his heart break a little more within his chest. Nevertheless, Wilhelm grabbed Simon's perfectly warm hand with his own and started to drag Simon in the other direction, towards the dorm.

Wilhelm steadily increased his and Simon's pace until they were practically running through the hallways. Wilhelm was chuckling as Simon was struggling to keep up since Simon was still carrying a heavy suitcase.

Simon began to giggle. "What are you doiiinnngggg?" He said between short gasps of air.

Wilhelm threw his head back and laughed, running with Simon up a long flight of stairs that spiraled up to a white door. Wilhelm's door. No- their door.

And outside that door was a certainly unwelcome visitor that wiped the wide smiles off of both Wilhelm's and Simon's faces.

"What the HELL are you doing here, August?" Wilhelm asked, voice full of fury. His and Simon's moment was broken.

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Simon, too, hated August. But Simon didn't understand why Wilhelm was so mad about seeing him.

'Oh well, at least other people are finally realizing what a little b!tch he is...'

"The headmistress has asked me to remind you that the choral group will be performing a song momentarily, and it is recommended that you attend," August replied to Wilhelm, looking straight at him.

"I DONT GIVE A F*CK WHO ASKED YOU TO BULLSH!T YOUR ANNOYING A*S UP HERE. NEVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN."

Both August and Simon jumped back from Wilhelm, stunned by his forceful words. Simon couldn't help but wonder what August did to Wilhelm to get him this angry, but he didn't ask.

"Oh SH!T! Choral group! I have to run..." Simon explained as he sprinted down the stairs away from the fuming Wilhelm and the crusty, musty August.

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Wilhelm began to walk past August heading for the staircase, but before he started the decent, he pulled his right hand back and slapped August across the face. Hard.

When Wilhelm arrived at the ceremony, the chorus had just started their first song. Simon, of course, had the main part.

It was a song unlike anything Wilhelm had ever heard before. Sad and melancholy with meaningful words. One of the lyrics particularly spoke to Wilhelm. It went:

"Oh and I found love where it wasn't supposed to be. Right in front of me. Talk some sense to me."

Wilhelm had certainly found love right in front of him. Simon was just standing there, teasing Wilhelm from afar. Wilhelm could just run up to the stage and kiss him if he wanted to. Who was he kidding, of COURSE he wanted to. But he was too scared.

The whole song perfectly reiterated the Wilmon love story. Yes, Wilhelm had come up with the ship name "Wilmon." He was so f*cking whipped.

The song continued its melody, Simon's otherworldly voice cutting across them all, strong, loud, and perfectly clear. Wilhelm made eye contact with him. It held for a few short seconds before Simon looked away and kept singing to the back of the room. This brought tears to Wilhelm's face. Or maybe it was just the beauty of the song.

Voices intertwined with each other, making unearthly sounds as they mingled in the air before reaching the ears of the Hillerska students. Slowly the heavenly music faded out to silence.

The room broke out in polite applause. Wilhelm didn't applaud. He was crying his heart out.

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Author's Note:

Hey my lovely readers! Did you notice that I used one of the S2 pictures as the banner and incorporated it into the story? Let me know if that's something you would like me to continue.

The song Simon was singing is called "I Found" and it's by Amber Run. It's in my Young Royals playlist because it sounds like something Simon would sing to Wilhelm, and it does reflect their love story.

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