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Adrian didn't have the time that he would have liked to process what just happened because his family, Amelia, and Erik all came into the room soon after Daniel had left. They all surrounded him asking him if he was fine, considering he was still weak looking and his voice was still scratchy from not using it for so long, so even he wanted to answer them, he couldn't. The best he could do was smile and nod at any of their questions, he soon forgot about the kiss that happened between him and the prince.
It was nearing nightfall by the time he convinced his family to leave and come back over the weekend. Once the door to the room shut Adrian lets out a long, heavy sigh. He loves his family, he really does, but they can be a handful most of the time.
"Well, that was an interesting event." Amelia doesn't raise her head from the hilt of her sword. She had sat down in the corner of the room on the floor not long after they arrived, letting his family have the first go at talking to him.
"I agree," Erik stands from his chair, "they were a little too," he puts his hand on his chin, thinking of the perfect word to describe Adrian's family, "extra."
"I know, I know," Adrian waves his hand at them. "They can be 'extra', but that's to be expected after I have been asleep for three months."
Silence falls throughout the room and something that Adrian had forgotten about resurfaces.
"Hey, guys," both Amelia and Erik look at Adrian. "How was the prince acting while I was asleep?"
They both look at each other, contemplating what they should say to each other, and to Adrian.
"He was wandering around like a lost puppy." Amelia smiled to herself, remembering something that had happened in the few months that Adrian was sleeping.
"The only thing that I'll say to that statement is that is a very rude way to address him, other than that, it's pretty much true."
"Really?" Adrian raises a brow to the comments being made. "A lost puppy?" He chuckles to himself at the image that pops into his mind, although he grows silent not long after. Adrian runs a hand through his dull and limp hair, thinking about what he's going to do to be able to talk to Daniel.
Adrian reaches to the other side of the bed and pulls the IV stand around to the side of the bed that he is getting off of. He doesn't make it very far though. He walks maybe four steps before he starts to collapse under his own weight. Amelia catches him in time though and picks him up under his knees and back.
"This just got awkward," Adrian mumbles under his breath, looking down in shame.
"Is the little man embarrassed? I bet Daniel hasn't seen that face yet." Amelia looked down to Adrian, before moving him into a wheelchair that Erik had pulled out of the closet that Adrian couldn't see due to the fabric divider, and hangs his IV bag on the chair.
They both back up and take in how he looks. They scan from his still sunken-in face, then imagining what he could look like underneath his hospital gown, then their eyes see his legs and how thin they are. Amelia just silently grabs a blanket and covers his legs.
"Thank you guys," Adrian looks to both of them. "I really hope that when I can get up and around again we can have a day to ourselves. I'll even take you shopping." A light smile appears on Adrian's face.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Amelia grabs the chair and pushes it towards the door that Erik is holding open. "When I go shopping at other people's expense I go all out."
"That will be perfectly fine. I just want to spend some time with everyone again."
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The Butler and his Prince
Romance(Completed) Adrian has been bullied for all 23 years of his life, but one day when his work peers want him gone they push him into the royal parade. He hits the 3rd prince's car and is about to be executed, but fate has another plan for him. In a wo...
