Ace
I wake up to see Aiyana sleeping peacefully. Her nightmare was about me dying which brought her to tears. Is it bad that I'm actually kinda glad she cried over me? Yeah Probably, do I care if it's bad? Not really, should I care? Eh...yeah. But that's beside the point. I really only care about the fact she cried over me. She cares about me. Which for me, is an accomplishment for the fact that I love her.
She stirs in her sleep and unconsciously scoots or rather rolls closer to me. Does she even know that she's doing that? I think about waking her up but decided against it. She really needs her rest. I watch over her and chuckle over her little movements and mumbles she makes as she sleeps. How is she so cute? Hours later her eyes flutter open and her gaze locks on mine.
"Ace," she says breathlessly. I grin.
"Aiyana," I say. She smiles softly at me.
"Can we just stay in the hotel today?" she asks. I nod.
"Sure," I answer. She must still feel shaken up about last night. Aiyana sends me a gracious smile before burying her face in my chest. I look at her in surprise. "Aiyana what are you doing?" As if suddenly realizing what she was doing, she jumps to the other side of the bed.
"Sorry!" she apologizes quickly, "I don't know what I was thinking. I just thought that-" I laugh cutting her off.
"It's alright Aiyana, I was joking with you," I assure her, she sighs in relief and goes back to our original position. Overall the day is relaxing. We mostly just sleep. As the week progresses I watch as her mood lifts. She becomes happier and more alive. She lets me see who she really is. She drags me all around London looking at all the sights she saw childishly. Not that I mind of course. She's happy that's all that matters. As of right now, it's dark, music is playing people are dancing.
"Come on Ace!" she giggles and pulls me to dance.
"I don't dance," I shake my head. She rolls her eyes and continues to drag me.
"Dance," she orders. I smile as I watch her move. She's amazing. I take her hand and twirl her around. She squeals with delight and I chuckle. After a while, we decide to go back to the hotel. And then...the day arrives where we have to leave. Aiyana wakes up happy. I have a bad feeling she's going to ask me something that I have to turn down. She sighs in content as we lay in bed.
"Can't we just stay here forever?" she asks. I frown. This isn't going to go down well. I take her hand in mine and kiss the top of it.
"I want to Aiyana, I really do but..." I trail off.
"But what?" she asks and squeezes my hand tightly her expression filled with hope, "We could stay here and forget our mess of a world. We could live happily here," she pleads me, "Ace! Please, here I can be truly free, you and I can be truly free," a smile presents itself evident on her lips and I sigh. I'm so sorry.
"I'm sorry, no Aiyana," I tell her. Her once happy demeanor darkens, hurt and betrayal flashes over her features, her hand slips from my grasp. Of course, he chose his parents over me. I should've known. My heart clenches at her thought. He doesn't care. Aiyana pushes me away. "Aiyana wait," I try to get to her as she gets out of bed but I can see her guarded look. She's shutting me out again.
"No, I get it Prince Ace, you're this important prince of your land and would never be caught dead running away with a servant like me," she said calmly, but I could hear the bitterness in her voice. I cringe at the formalities. I hate it when I'm addressed with my title especially when she addresses me that way.
"Aiyana that's not what I meant I-" she cuts me off.
"I get it , I do I'm an inconvenience sorry, let's just go," she says bitterly. That's not true! I want to scream. I'm sorry. I messed up, horribly. Now she won't even look at me.
"Aiyana-"
"Don't!" she snarls and leaves the room slamming the door shut behind her. I frown and cover my face in shame. Everything that I had worked hard for is gone, her trust, gone, her caring about me, out the window. I hear sobs coming from the hotel door. Aiyana, of course.
How could I have been so naive? Did I really think he would ever chose me over his loyalty to his parents? God I'm such an idiot! I should've known better than to trust him, than to to let him get close to me. Than to think he actually cares for me. I back I away from the door holding my head her words or thoughts putting me in pain. Stop Aiyana! That's not true! He sees me as a foolish servant just like his father. THAT'S NOT TRUE. Her sobbing immediately stops and I freeze in place. Shit. I think she heard me.
