Royal 5 Seconds of Summer Imagines

#2 Prince!Luke: Royal Duties

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5 Years Later Perspective

"Are you sure you want to keep up with this your majesty?" you asked looking back at Luke as he tried to catch his breath. Luke looked at you with a determined face and sprinted passed you to keep going. You smiled slightly to follow his lead. This is how mornings started since you were assigned to protect Luke. 5 years ago around your second month of being his guard, Luke asked if you could keep him in shape. You couldn't refuse a request from the prince, and each day you helped train Luke to be strong and fit, he even grew to be a little less clumsy. "Oof," Luke says tripping over air. You rushed over to check on him and saw that he scraped his knee. "I'm so sorry," you said a bit frantic and started to clean up the scrape and bandage it. "Hmm, no tears? You've grown a lot Prince Luke," you said grinning, and he blushed slightly. "(Y/N), I am 18 years old, there is no way I would cry over falling," he says. "Of course prince," you said finishing your bandage work and helping him up. He stumbled forward a bit but balanced himself. You took a good moment to realize how much Luke really did grow. When you were young, you were always taller than him. When did he pass your height? Luke was slimmed down, and his personality started to open up compared to when you first met him. You were happy with the results of his hard work and smiled, "Okay, that's all for this morning. You should clean up and get ready for your lesson," you said. "What? Already? I can keep going," he says. "Yes, but if you overwork yourself, you won't be able to pay attention to your lessons now will you? Listen, I have some training to do with the other knights, I'll be leaving your side for the duration of your lessons. Behave yourself okay Prince? I'll have another knight guard the outside of the room in my place," you said before packing your things to get ready. "Eh, but I don't feel safe with anyone else but (Y/N)," he says pouting at you. You stared at his expression for a moment, and he continued, "I think it's best if I stay with you at all times. So, you should take me to your training lesson," he says. You kept staring at him and pinched his nose teasingly, "Don't say such childish things. If you stayed with me, then, you would be in danger. Besides, you have a lesson to learn, you must know how to rule this kingdom considering your brothers have left on their mission to expand the kingdom and make alliances. Not to mention Jack may be marrying a princess and help be the heir to her family," you said while putting on your armor piece by piece. "Being a prince is boring, it's not fun..." "You have a duty Prince Luke. This responsibility falls into your hands when King Andy and Queen Liz decide to retire at the end of the year," you said before picking up your sword and helmet. "Please go to your lesson. I won't do really well in training if my mind is constantly worrying for you," you said. Luke gave you a small smile. "Good luck," he wished, and you nodded. You were training right outside Luke's lesson room and spotted him glancing at you a few times as you sparred with your partner. When you finished at sun set, you came to pick up Luke who seemed energetic. The two of you stayed at the garden and talked about how cool you looked during training and how he wanted you to teach him. You chuckled tiredly but couldn't give him an answer. "(Y/N)?" Luke calls out. "I'm sorry Prince Luke, I'm a little worn out...The leader has decided to make us do practice this whole week so..." "You won't be by my side for a while?" Luke answers for you. "Just for this week Prince," you said feeling a bit guilty. "So training in the morning?" "Has to be put on hold unfortunately," you said, and Luke went silent and pouty. You smiled at him and told him to look at you, "You may think that being a knight is fun, but you know what, it's a big responsibility just like your royal training. Prince Luke, you must understand that we both have duties to fulfill. I can't have you do my job, if you do, then what use is me being your protector?" you said, and Luke sits up straight to try and understand. "While I'm gone, I want you to work hard in your studies while I do the same in my training...When things quiet down, I promise to train in the morning again with you okay?" you bargained, and Luke stubbornly agreed. You smile and stood up ready to retire for the night. Within the week, you continued to practice the tactics taught to you by your leader. You would glance up to see Luke have his full attention to his tutor and his books. You started to get used to the harsh routine you were given, and Luke would keep busy doing his work and would sometimes catch him dozing off. Even after your week was over, Luke sill continued to study even after the lesson was over. When you started your regular guard duties, you took note on how exhausted he started to look each day. You would offer for him to take a break, but he would brush it aside and say that he needed to understand a stack of material before the day was over. Even though Luke no longer met up with you in the morning to train, you were fine working out by yourself. While you were stretching, you saw Luke tiredly meet up with you in his loose work out clothes. "Prince..." you said looking a bit surprised. "I finished all my work last night so I could work out with you this morning..." he says rubbing his eyes. You lead him to the bench and made him sit down. "You need to rest. I will cancel your classes if you give me the permission to," you said. "I'm fine, I could do this," he says trying to get up, but you wouldn't let him. "When I told you to work hard, I didn't think it would be to the point where you are too tired to do anything..." you mumbled to yourself. "Being a prince is difficult, but being a king is way different...That's why I always slacked off because I thought the work was too hard. However, you asked me to work hard like you so I did..." he says with his head tilting to the side to look at you. He gave you a tired smile, and his eyes kept trying to close on him. "I'll arrange something. Please rest for today Prince," you said setting him to his side to lay down before you did your morning routine. Luke took a break from his studies and took his free days to catch up on sleep. The two of you had a new routine. You continued your workouts till sun set, and Luke would nap and patiently wait for you when he was done fulfilling his other duties that didn't involve studying. When you finished, it seemed impossible to wake Luke up from his nap. The servants could barely wake him up in the mornings. You nudged him to hold onto you, and you carried him back to his room with only a small struggle. Guards looked at the two of you wide eyed and confused. "Is she allowed to do that?" one guard asks, and the rest respond with shrugging shoulders. "Somehow, this was easier when we were younger," you mumble making your way inside the castle.