They can have the world,we'll create our own

Theft makes for a good meet-cute

Ruggie sighed in relief as he shut the door closed.That was..astronomically lucky on his end.

Lucky that the turn in the hallways of the palace was so sharp.Honestly,he should've just not tried to rob the royal palace in the first place.It was suicidal.And as confident as Ruggie was in his skills he knew he wasn't that good.

But it had been a year since that fountain was built and the situation had not improved since the day it was made.So,could he truly be blamed for doing something so drastic?

Legally?Yeah he was a goner.But only if he got caught.Which he wasn't gonna be.The hyena sighed again and took a good look at the room.It was the room of one of the royals.

Well..Shit.

Not of the king though,thank God.Not that that was much of an improvement,but still.At the very least it wasn't the room of his baby son.The screaming would get the guards there immediately.

So,it was the second born prince's room.Though in certain ways that was even worse.Nobody knew anything about that guy.Well aside from his appearance and the
fact his unique magic was turning everything to sand.

Though,Ruggie could make his assumptions.Probably broody with daddy issues and some inferiority complex in regards to his brother.That's all they were though,assumptions.In truth he knew nothing,which made the risk of trying to get anything from this room way too high.

Besides,the hyena's bag was already full.So,he made his way towards the  window.

Except there was a tiny problem.He tripped on a folded up edge of a carpet.Biting down on his lip to stifle the pained groan,Ruggie began to pick his loot back up as quickly as he could.Finishing,he looked up.Only to see a pair of glowing green eyes staring back at him.

Leona had weird dreams often.One time he dreamed he was chased by a steak.So this was pretty tame,all things considered.

There were plenty worse things than dreaming about a small,blonde,blue eyed hyena boy staring at you in fear.Maybe it had some symbolic meaning he'll ask Kifaj about tomorrow.But right now he just wanted to go back to bed.Then,there were plenty of loud knocks.

Leona scrunched his brows.Weird,he nearly never dreamt of knocking.Mostly cause it was loud and obnoxious.Stretching his arms above his head,the prince got up and opened the door.

"Your highness,we're sorry for waking you up-"
"You should be.This better be worth it."
"Have you seen a thief around here?He went down this hallway so we were wondering if you heard anything?"
"Let me think about it..Did I,a person who you knew was asleep until you knocked,hear anything?Tough one."
"Sire,please try to take this seriously."
"I assure you,I'm taking it very seriously."

The two women glared at him,Leona rolling his eyes.

"Fine,fine..Who exactly should I be looking for?"

With every new descriptor,Leona was less and less sure that the boy who he saw was a figment of his imagination.The prince hummed and nodded,as if he was thinking really hard about it.

"Understood.If I spot someone like that,you ladies will be the first to know."
"Thank you-"
"Yeah,whatever.Anyways,I'm going back to bed,see ya."Leona said,slamming his door closed.

He groaned in annoyance and turned around,the boy was gone.Leona yawned and fell onto the bed.Farena will be pissed.Tomorrow morning's gonna be fun.

-
Ruggie had never believed in the saying
"Karma is a bitch.".It simply sounded stupid.Not to mention it was blatantly untrue.Rich people were awful and nothing bad ever happened to them.Ruggie committed theft many times and it had never caught up to him.