The Prince's Captain

[A remorseful traitor]

"Cadenza, can I come in?" Laurance called out, after knocking twice on his older sister's bedroom door. 

There was no response. He knocked again, a little louder this time, before he slowly opened her door, peeking inside.

The girl sat on her bed with her headphones on and her eyes shut. It took her a moment to notice the brunette standing there, before she lifted her head, and smiled.

"Hey there Laurance, how are you?" She asked sweetly, taking her earphones out and placing them aside on her bedside table, "How was soccer practice?"

"Busy... I'm holding A team trials right now so it's just watching everyone play."  Laurance responded sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head with his free hand.

"Yeah, it's pretty much the same for me." Cadenza assured him, "Hockey division 1 trials started today so I was taking notes on all the players." Laurance sighed, "The life of being sport captain, am I right?" He chuckled, to which his sister quickly agreed.

"Anyways, did you need something Laur?" The older girl asked, tilting her head to the side. Laurance shifted uncomfortably where he stood.

"Well..." he began, looking at the ground for a few moments, before he finally spoke again,
"Garroth was watching the training today." He muttered quietly, scratching the back of his neck. He glanced up at his sister for a moment, expecting her to react in some way. To his surprise, she just blinked in confusion.

"Garroth was watching your soccer practice? Why?"  She asked, genuinely confused.

"I don't know, he was there with Katelyn. We made eye contact actually, it felt like he was staring at me." Laurance replied, looking over at Cadenza with an odd expression on his face.

"How do you feel about Garroth these days, Laur?" Cadenza asked, her curiosity piqued. "He was your best friend for a long time." Laurance let out a sigh and sat on the edge of her bed.

"...I dunno...." Laurance mumbled quietly, "It's kind of hard to explain."

"Try me." Cadenza insisted, gesturing for him to continue.

He sighed, "...Sometimes... I miss him more than anything. Other times, I want to rip my hair out when I look at him." He admitted helplessly. Cadenza hummed in thought, looking thoughtful.

"I mean, isn't that normal when you're close with someone? Last year we didn't talk for 2 months out of spite, but now we get along well." Cadenza suggested, causing Laurance to raise his voice back at her.

"I'm not close with him though, I've done nothing but insult the guy for the past 6 months!" He retorted.

"Okay? You two were still inseparable for a year and a half before that. So yeah, you're close with him Laur."

They spent several moments in silence, before Laurance let out a sigh once more. "I mean, I don't hate him or anything. But it's annoying how everyone freaks out if we're so much as in the same room."  The brunette grumbled.

"Yeah, they really love the drama between you boys." Cadenza  giggled lightly. Laurance shot her a glare, causing her to laugh even harder.

"What? They do! It's crazy how you guys are treated like the kings of the school. Last year, I saw some girls make a line of honour for Garroth as he was leaving school!"  She laughed. 

Her brother rolled his bright blue eyes as he tried to hide his growing grin.
"Yeah, I can believe that." He said with a smirk, which faded when he eventually added,
"It's hard sometimes knowing that they love me so much that they would do everything they could to please me – it feels like I'm some big celebrity or something now, you know?" He explained, looking up at the ceiling.