My King ✔️

Eight

There were several kisses exchanged between the two of us as we finished the movie rolling across the screen in front of us. It felt so good to be held so gently and so adoringly.

I let out a content sigh as the credits started to roll. "This feels so nice."

"I think so too." He said, continuing to run his fingers through my hair.

"I love my hair being played with like this. It's just so relaxing."

"I'm happy to do it for you then." He chuckled.

"Did you get to do stuff like this before? Like...I know we've been promised to each other since we were kids but...even in those moments when you needed a little intimacy, did you find it?"

"Kind of." He said, stopping his movements and trailing his fingers down my face. "I had a girlfriend for a while. Secretly of course. But I never told her about us. I didn't want to. I knew that it would break her heart but I always made sure to not keep her too close. I didn't want to allow myself to have feelings for her knowing it would never be something I could act on."

I looked up at him, his eyes soft. "I wouldn't have held you to your promise." I told him making him look into my eyes. "I would want you happy. I wouldn't have been offended or upset."

"Even so, it wasn't meant to be between her and I. She was a nice girl but she knew who I was. I never knew if she liked me for who I was or if she liked that I would be king someday."

"I'm sorry." I said.

"It's okay. I'm happy with the decision I made. What about you? What did you do when you needed a bit of intimacy?"

"Well, I never had an official boyfriend, but my dad was never around. There was a guy who would come to the castle and stay frequently that I had a crush on for a while. We'd sleep together every now and again but he was also betrothed. He was married before me, obviously. But if I ever felt a lone or needed someone...usually Kookie would be there for me."

"I'll have to thank him for that."

I laughed. "God, there were so many things I couldn't do. I couldn't just go outside if I wanted to. I had to tell my Head of Security I wanted to go outside and they would have to get someone to go with me. I was only ever alone in my room and in the bathroom and even then there were constant guards outside my doors." I looked up at him and his eyes looked sad as he listened to my rambles. "Did you have the same issue?"

He smiled. "Yeah." He said softly. "It was as if I was constantly trapped. Being the heir to the throne they never let me do anything by myself. When I wanted to see my girlfriend or my cousins I had to sneak around. It was exhausting."

"Exactly. I always felt as if couldn't breathe."

"I know the feeling." He said rolling his eyes. It wasn't until I actually took the throne a few years ago that I had any form of privacy."

"To be honest I'm surprised we have as much privacy as we do now."

He pursed his lips together before a guilt came over his face. "Um...well honestly we may not be followed by guards but there are cameras in here. There are cameras all over the place. The bedrooms have cameras too, but they are off and are only turned on for emergency purposes."

My eyes went wide for a moment as we stared at each other. I remember he told me that before so my eyes shifted up to the corner of the room before looking back at him. "So...whoever is covering surveillance watched us make out?"

"Yeah..." he said lowly.

We stared at each other for a few short seconds before we both busted out laughing. "Oh my god, who is working tonight?"