You can't have him

chapter 9

When  the princes came out of their room they saw only Arjic. "Where's Maverick?" Prince Kapa asked.

Arjic shrugged. "Last I knew he was still drinking with that woman."

Kapa sighed. "I gotta go find Maverick darling. He's probably drunk too much again, and I'll have to find a way to sober him up." He gave Menju a quick kiss then went to go find his friend.

"Did you have a fun night with them last night?" Menju asked.

Arjic blushed. "It was eventful." He said, as one dare in particular went through his mind. Bessie had dared Maverick to kiss Arjic and he thought of the gentle way he pressed his lips up against his at first, then deepened the kiss wanting even more. Arjic had pulled away first afraid things would go too far, and Maverick pouted a bit.

"I would imagine with those two." Menju said. "What all did you do?"

"We drank and played truth or dare."

"Sounds like fun." Menju replied.

The two of them went downstairs, and went to the table to eat. The king was sitting next to Gabe when they walked in and he asked, "where's my idiot son at?"

"The prince has gone to get Maverick, and he is not an idiot." Menju said.

The king shrugged, and continued talking to Gabe. Realizing he was unwelcome Menju left the room with his guard following. When Menju was gone the king said, "I want you to find a way to get rid of him tonight! You've told me you'd take care of it, but you're not even close and your own father gave him a guard as well."

"My king I will take care of it tonight. I know exactly what I need to do, but I will need you to help me out just a bit so we can ensure that your son will see me with." Gabe replied.

"Anything you ask I will do." The king said.

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When prince Kapa got to the top of the guard tower he found Maverick snuggled up next to Bessie, and Bessie was snuggled up next to an empty bottle of whiskey. The prince lightly kicked Maverick a few times until he opened his eyes. He put his hand to his forehead and moaned then.

"Oh boss, I don't feel too good today." He whined.

"I told you not to drink so much, now get up. I'm going to have the cook force a few of her hangover remedy connections down your throat."

Maverick gagged. "You're going to make me feel even worse boss."

Bessie stretched then and said, "you guys are being way too loud. How's a girl supposed to get any sleep with you yelling like that?"

"I knew it was a bad idea to let you guys come up here drinking. At least the only sensible one was Arjic. He didn't drink so much that he couldn't work." Kapa said as he pulled Maverick up.

The two of them went to the kitchen with Maverick whining every step of the way. When they got there Maverick flopped down on a bar stool while the prince talked to the cook. She mixed a drink up then handed it to the prince. He handed it to Maverick and said, "here drink this. If you need more let me know. Streva is getting you a plate of food too."

Maverick drank it down quickly and handed the glass back to Kapa.  "I'm sorry boss. I wasn't thinking last night. I just wanted to get to know more about him is all."

"Did you find out anything?"

Maverick shrugged. "I can't remember much of anything that happened with this damn headache. Can I have a refill?"

Kapa took the cup and brought back another one. Maverick drank this one slower with the meal that the cook had brought him.

"Next time I tell you not to drink so much, you better listen to me." The prince said.