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Obsessed!Cooler x CReader Pt. 4 'Mine Alone'

You disposed of your underwear the second your legs felt steady again after Cooler left, and you used your ki to burn them to ashes.

As you flushed those ashes, you tried not to panic.

It had been wonderful...exciting...

But his words were likely meaningless. Why would a prince be so interested in you to begin with? True, your family was rising in influence and importance, but you weren't exactly court people.

Then again, you thought, this was just a fling. A bit of fun. People did this all the time. A bit of fun never hurt anyone, right?

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Three weeks had passed.

You'd had four performances in the last two days and to be honest, all the practicing and whatnot had left you rather tired. You came home from that night's show and tried to head straight to your room...or at least, youwould have gone there if it hadn't been for the giggling you heard from the kitchen.

You walked over to see what was going on.

"(Y/n!)" Hiemal said, "We're glad you showed. We've got something very, very important to tell you."

"I can't believe it!" your sister appeared from behind him, still giggling, "(Y/n), you've done so well."

"I thought you were the one who went on about wanting love? And what do you mean? What's all this about?"

"I do, it's just...you must be in love if you've already--"

"(Sister's name)!" Hiemal said, "Calm down. Now, (y/n), we just wish you'd told us what you were doing. We'd have helped you."

"Well," you said, looking away and trying to feign knowing what the hell they were talking about, "I...I wasn't sure how you'd take it."

"Wasn't sure how we'd take our little girl becoming engaged to the prince? Wasn't sure if we'd give our consent?"

You stopped cold. "W-what?"

Engaged? He'd said NOTHING to you about it. He hadn't even given you the slightest hint. Not the first idea of your tryst having meant anything more to him than it had to you. How could he have just...why would he have...? It almost enraged you, that he would do this without so much as asking you what you thought of it.

What the hell was he doing?! You barely knew him! He hadn't said a damn word to you, hadn't even taken you out on a second date...and he was jumping straight to marriage! Was he that desperate for company? Were you the first tolerable woman he'd come across?

"Because we most heartily did!" Gelid grinned widely, and gave you a huge hug. "Ah, my little girl! I can barely believe it, my little girl a princess!"

You hugged him back, still a bit stunned. Engaged. He'd set this up already. Asked your fathers' consent.

"It was a bit shaky there for a while, (y/n), you know. But you came through for us. And this'll throw your sister in the way of other highborn changelings...ah, the good you'll be doing for this family!"

You bit your lip. Some part of you was screaming that no, this was a horrible idea, that this couldn't possibly be as good as they were saying, that it wouldn't quite be the paradise that they thought it would be. But...

...it wasn't like you'd get any other offers now, right? And how could you say no? Despite your contempt for your fathers' social climbing, you were aware of how badly their, and your, life could get if you were to outright refuse Cooler's...offer. The King often regaled your father with what he'd managed to do to some business associate's entire life when the man had double-crossed him.

One man's wealth had been slowly siphoned away. His family were, in some form or fashion, ruined in the eyes of their peers. Their reputations were shot--so badly that they had trouble finding even the most entry-level kind of work, let alone living with the luxury that they had been accustomed to.

You shuddered to think of what might happen to your family in such a case.

"Now we're only waiting on the King's consent, but I have no doubt that he'll do so. He's likely just glad that his son actually took enough interest in anyone to actually get to this point with her."

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Needless to say, King Cold's consent was eagerly given.

Cooler came to visit a few days afterward to give you the traditional Arcosian sign of engagement--a silver bracelet with two gemstones--one red, and one blue, obviously modeled after your respective biogems.

"You...you could have told me first," You murmured, as he fastened it around your wrist.

"What fun would that have been?" he asked, smiling a little as he looked back up at you.

"I just...thought...you were supposed to ask me first."

"Then I suppose I should ask, so we can get this..." He reached up and placed a hand on your cheek, "...show on the road, as it were."

You started shaking. You weren't sure why...but...but there was something about the look in his eyes that was unsettling.

"Will you marry me?"

Your heart skipped a beat.

Every fiber of your being was yelling at you to say no. You cringed slightly as Cooler's hand clenched (albeit gently) at your face.

"Y-yes. I will."

"Then you are mine," he said, and kissed you.

Mine, and no one else's.