The Lore

The Lore Chapter 4

Roland and Lang's POV: 

(STUPID! SO STUPID! YOU'VE HAD ALL THIS TIME WITH HIM AND YOU'VE MADE NO PROGRESS! HE'S KNOWN HIM SINCE THEY WERE KIDS?! HOW DO I COMPETE WITH THAT!? WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?! THIS IS STUPID, THAT GUY IS STUPID. EVERYONE IS STUPID! *mental sigh* I'M stupid...) This was all Roland could think for the past... few minutes? It felt more like hours to him till- *Knock* *knock* "Hello? My prince? It's me Lang... Can I come in?" Lang asked. "Yeah sure..." Roland said unenthusiastically, Lang slowly came in studying Roland as he got up from lying face down on the bed, Roland tried straightening himself until he caught a glance of Lang's stare "What" Roland said flatly, a bit uncomfortable by his staring. "I'm sorry," he said bowing in the processing "it's just-" he continued " you left the dinner early and your sudden outburst worried me," he said and was about to step forward but decided against it. Roland saw this action and patted a place next to him at the end of the bed. It took Lang a while until he accepted the prince's suggestion and joined him on the bed, silence was held for a while. "Is... everything alright? My prince?" Lang asked, "I..no.. no nothing is fine!" And just like that Roland busted into tears which surprised Lang and himself for the very least "I- I'm sorry" Roland said trying to stop himself "Hey! Hey! It's fine!" "You can talk to me, I am your personal guard," Lang reassured. Roland suddenly grew very red. "Well... there is something I want to get off my chest" "But I'm not sure I should tell you" Lang replied "I won't judge you no matter what you tell me. Your secret will be safe with me, that is unless you tell me you murdered someone." Roland let out a small awkward laugh. "OK, I'll tell you, I... HAVE A CRUSH ON KEVIN" Roland said quickly then covered his head with a pillow. "I know" Lang replied curtly. Roland pulled his head up at an alarming speed and screamed "WHAT?!" "Calm down Prince Roland, literally everyone in the castle knows..." "Including Kevin???" screamed Roland "... Let me finish... except Kevin cuz he's stupid" Lang retorted "HEY! He's not stupid! And I'm not that obvious!!" "Aren't you though" Lang interjected...."Sure he can be a bit oblivious at times but he takes time to understand all the while doing his dreamy face and gentle touch and-" Roland stops halfway "... OH MY GOD I AM OBVIOUS;-;" Lang mentally slaps himself (Now you notice?) "O NUUUUU DO YOU THINK MY FATHER KNOWS???? OR THE ADVISORS OR SERVANTS or My BROTHER!!!? WHAT WILL THEY THINK??? I KNOW I STARE AT HIM OFTEN BUT-" Roland pauses "But?" Lang questions. "I'm dooooomed, it's official, my father will ban me from seeing him and lock me in a tower where I'llneverseethelightofhisdreamyfaceeveragain... O WOE IS MEEE" Roland says overreacting sprawling back onto the bed and screaming into his pillow. Lang reassures by him saying "Calm down, no one will tell your secret... and who says 'woe is me'?" "No I won't be alright, AND my parents forced me to take a class on royal etiquette that was 1000 years old!!" Roland says in a bit of a mocking tone. "I mean not everyone can know right??" Roland asks frantically " Sir, I highly doubt that someone-" "AHA!" Roland says abruptly raising from his place catching Lang aback "ODOM!" Roland says looking at Lang as if he's discovered something "... well... Odom.. is Odom..." Lang says implying "yeah he wouldn't catch something like that.." Roland says feeling more down as his blood pressure calms down. Lang sees this and decides to place his hand on his back and pulls him into a hug and lets him lean on himself despite their statuses, and this helps Roland, making him feel better as he puts on a weak smile. "Hey... Look on the bright side..." Lang says out of the blue and Roland curiously peaks his head the side on Lang's shoulder in curiosity "at least Odom can use common sense... Sorta" Lang's comment makes Roland giggle then they start to tell each other jokes making them laugh and unaware of how close they snuggled together and making Lang unaware to check his surroundings...

Kevin's POV: 

(The prince left really abruptly, I wonder if something is wrong. I should probably go after him.) thought Kevin. After finding where he had disappeared to, he could see through the crack in the door and caught sight of him. Kevin was about to walk into the room when he heard a burst of laughter stopping him in his tracks. When he peaked a little more in, he saw Roland and Lang snuggling close together. Lang then fully hugs Roland. Kevin was perplexed and became pale, but suddenly that surprise evaporated and turned into jealousy and spied the two for a while until "You know, it's rude to stare." "GAH!-" Kevin was caught out of his trance and pulled back out of the door's view by someone who covered his mouth. "What was that?" Kevin heard Roland's voice from the door "Maybe it's just a servant, here I'll go check" And he could hear Lang's footsteps coming closer and then opening the door. Lang opened the door and look side to side catching no one in his view and shrugged then closed the door fully shut. Kevin relaxed then quickly turned around as the hand went loose from his mouth, to see the perpetrator, about to attack but decided against it until he saw it was Julianne! "Princess?" Kevin asked then quickly bowed "Oh, there's no need for that! I just wanted to see where you went.." She waved her hands and smiled awkwardly then looked worried at the last part, which Kevin caught "Oh, is something wrong??" Kevin asked mentally sweating "It's just... you seemed... So deep in thought, but I guess that isn't my business isn't it?" "..." "Sorry I didn't mean to ruin the mood! But.. Do you wanna talk about it?" "Nah, it's fine. Sorry to worry you, my princess" He said with a fake smile on his face and leaned his head down. And Julianne placed her hand on his shoulder and put her fan down to reveal a genuinely patient smile "Alright, but just know you can always talk to me... I'll wait" Kevin smiled at the gesture and put his hand on the one she placed on his shoulder "Thanks, I appreciate it.." and then returned to their postures and took forward in opposite directions till Julianne stopped and said "Oh, and Kevin? Can I ask you one last question?" which made Kevin stop and turn around at her as she still faced forward with her fan up "mhm, sure what?" He asked "... Do you actually scream like that?" she glanced with her head a bit to the side making the side of her mouth a little visible, as she held a sly grin. Kevin sputtered then blushed a little and ran away to the knight barracks and loosened his armor so it'd be easier to take off in the room. He took what she said into consideration and smiled at her attempt to cheer him up until the image of Roland and Lang came to mind... "They're dating, They're dating, They're dating" Kevin repeated in his head. "This isn't supposed to happen, Roland is supposed to see me and that servant together, get jealous, come to me and tell me about his feelings, and we both get together!!" Kevin pushed past all the other knights then slammed the door to his room, then burst into tears