The Prince (WMMAP FanFic)

Ch 74 : First Dance

"May I have the honour of your first dance, Your Highness?"

"That's-You-"

Lucas gripped his hand and whispered, "The rest of them see me as a girl."

Arius almost fell to the floor with relief, but Lucas gripped his hand tighter to bring him back to reality.

"Are you sure they see you as a girl?" Arius whispered.

"Yes."

"So why can I see you as-"

"Because, I made it so you would."

"Why?"

"Can you stop asking questions and dance already? Your father is glaring at me. And I've also abandoned my post."

"Just so we're clear, Lucas, you are dancing the women's part."

Lucas smirked, "Let's find out." And thus the two were now standing some steps away from the Emperor and Athanasia.

The music starts and the four begin to dance. Lucas and Arius messed up. Completely.

Arius hadn't practiced dancing with him, and Lucas kept on doing the men's steps and the number of times they stepped on each others feet is uncountable.

Arius's anxiety was enough to make him faint, but Lucas reassured him saying he placed an illusion spell to make it look like they've been dancing better than Claude and Athanasia on the side.

Speaking of the father daughter duo, they seemed to be having fun, Athanasia stepped on Claude's feet about five times, but hey, Athanasia was smiling and laughing and Claude too unexpectedly had a smile etched on his face as they danced.

Back to our ravenette duo, Arius stepped on Lucas's feet for nth time and Lucas's feet were now too sore to keep dancing. He stood frozen with pain, while Arius whimpered around him with worry, "Hey! Keep moving! It's almost over!"

"Y-You're not even gonna apologize?"

"It's your fault for not coming to practice with me, AND to be mixing the steps! Now hurry! Move!"

Arius slapped Lucas on his arm, but Lucas still stubbornly remained glued to his spot. And then he began shaking, with his head low.

Ah, does being stepped on hurt that much?

Arius leaned towards Lucas's face and whispered, "Hey, just a little longer. . . Lucas. . . Hey are you alright-"

Lucas raised his head and Arius saw Lucas suppressing his laughter. Immediately all worry he had for Lucas evaporated and he smacked him real hard.

"You sounded so worried." Lucas teased as he finally continued the dance.

"Shut it, the illusion spell is working right? You're sure?" Arius asked looking at the crowd of people.

"Yea, I'm a hundred percent sure. Nobody saw you hit me. Nobody knows your cruel side."

Arius rolled his eyes and the dance continued. Despite the amounts of times the two of them messed up during dance, broke out in laughter over each others clumsiness and endured the pain in their feet, it was fun.

Arius was more than relieved to know Lucas placed an illusion spell to make sure they can dance with ease. Without realizing it, Arius was smiling at the end of the dance. He was tense at the start for no reason.

Right after the dance ended, the ravenette duo stared at each other. "Now you're gonna return to your post?"

"Yea, do you want me to stay?" Lucas asked, his red eyes glowing slightly.