Royal Pain // Victuuri Au

Ch. 3

When he stepped out he looked up to see a boy leaning against a black car, his hair was done nicely and he looked pretty well put together, as expected given he was the Royal Driver.

What he hadn't really expected was for him to be so... young. Most royal drivers were practically dinosaur fossils, having served the royal family for generations. He looked like he was twenty, maybe twenty-one or twenty-two. He scrolled on his phone looking rather bored, as if this was a daily thing for him. Surely he knew the prince was missing?

Victor cleared his throat and the boy's attention moved from his phone to him "Guard of the day, huh?"

This made Victor feel slightly offended but more shocked. Was the prince really as bad as everyone made him out to be? Surely, he didn't actually have guards quitting on daily basis.. that was just crazy!

"Victor Nikiforov." He replied, recovering from his surprise.

"Phichit Chulanont" he turned and walked around to the other side, only peeking over the top of the car to find Victor glued to his place "Well? Get in."

He did as told.

The car ride was a little awkward as first, but Phichit soon broke the silence.

"So, there are a few basic things you need to know about Yuuri while you're his guard."

Victor nodded and the boy continued.

"He gets nervous quite easily and is pretty jumpy, so no scaring him, please. He has this punching reflex thing, as cute and dainty as he may be, he punches hard so I recommend you try to avoid that." He quieted slightly as some rude driver pulled out in front of him and slightly angrily honked his horn at the other driver "Yuuri has a little bit of a thing about privacy so don't go snooping through his stuff. Uhm..."

He trailed off in thought before he spoke again "Oh and whatever you do, don't mention boyfriends."

Victor tilted his head slightly "he swings that way?"

The dark haired boy nodded "Mhm. Word of advice, just don't mention love or romance in general. It's always been a real touchy subject with him."

He nodded along, taking mental notes of everything the boy said.

"This is Ashford, the little town that surrounds the castle.."

Victor looked out the window, expecting to see marvelous mansions and such because it was so close to the castle but was surprised to see simple houses with little kids running around. It looked like your average neighborhood.

"We're heading up to town square, this is just the residential area."

They drove in silence for a few more minutes before Victor noticed the houses had turned into shops and little community garden areas, Phichit slowed the car down to where it was practically crawling down the street and a normal person's walking speed, which Victor could understand because the people and children here just seemed to walk around wherever they wanted.

He smiled softly.

"Yuuri is almost always goes here when he escapes the castle, so always start here when you're looking for him. It may not look like-"

Phichit was cut off as the back door of the car was suddenly ripped open, making both of their heads whip back to see what was going on.

A boy with raven hair suddenly dove into the car, something big and pink in his arms, almost yanking the door shut on his foot as he screamed "DRIVE, FUCKING DRIVE, PHICHIT!"