His Queen

Resolution {part.2-unedited}

Darius' POV

  I watched as Ziya stormed out of the room in a huff, it was quiet after she left. I didn't like to see her upset especially since her anger could be lethal. No doubt I would have to be the one to try and reconcile with Hayden. The kid held on to grudges like no other.

"Okay so here is what we're going to do," Taylor spoke up. "You two are going to stay in this room until you work it out, you don't need to be best friends...just cordial," he said.

Caspian, Peter and Taylor left the room and only I and Hayden remained.

I sighed inwardly and looked over at Hayden, he avoided my gaze and made it very clear that he didn't want to talk to me. I had half the mind to remain in silence and stay rooted to my spot. But an image of a very pissed off Ziya forced me to think otherwise.

  I had no clue how I would resolve our issues; without a doubt, I know that the strain in our relationship is my fault. I won't even try to make excuses, but I also know that I'm not much of an apologetic person. If anything I had hoped that enough time would pass and we would naturally just go back to how we were. But Hayden was holding out on his grudge against me quite well.

  "Hayden I—," I started.

  "No," he cut me off.

  "What the hell do you mean no!" I exclaimed.

  "I said no, don't try to give me some half assed apology and then expect me to accept it and move on," he said.

  Hayden and I have never had the best relationship, even before this incident we were always bumping heads as kids.

  "Listen, I want out of this room and in order for that to happen, you and I need to talk. So, lets talk," I said. He remained silent and stared at the wall in front of him. "Fine, I'll go first. I can't stand you sometimes; with everything that I do, you always have to make some sort of comment. There can never be an easy conversation between you and I because it always ends in an argument," I said.

  "Oh I wonder why? Maybe it's because you're selfish as hell, you don't think about others," he spat.

  "You're right...I don't. I don't have time to worry about everyone's feelings or opinions. I'll take them into consideration, but at the end of the day I will do what I think is best," I said.

  "Was it for the best that you spent a week, drunk out of your mind and shirking your duties? " he snapped.

  "EVERYTHING, I have ever done was in the name of Afisa, everything. Taking up the crown after father went ill, enduring every last bit of training that I had, protecting you and our brothers from the vultures in the royal court. Everyone came before me in every aspect of my life. But this time, I put my grief first and I have never done that before. I wasn't just grieving Ziya's loss, it was so much more than that" I said calmly.

There was a slight pause in the conversation before Hayden spoke up again. "And no one is saying that you're not allowed to grieve. Far from it, it would have been much more troublesome if you hadn't reacted at all. The problem big brother is that your grieving stage was explosive. We were all there for you during the weeks that you decided to be a shut in. We all took turns taking care of you. Caspian went to your room everyday with your meals and swapped out what you hadn't eaten. Peter and Taylor got rid of the countless empty bottles of alcohol you had littered everywhere. I stayed with you all night to make sure you didn't choke on your fucking vomit. Do you understand how scary that was for us all? To watch you drown like that," he asked. "Then you finally come out and act like you didn't just put us all through hell. I don't know what it's like to have a mate, nor do I know what it's like to lose one, so I don't know your pain. But that doesn't give you the right to treat your family in the way that you did," he said.

I couldn't even think of a response to say to him. More than anything I was embarrassed about how I reacted. "You're right," I said quietly. "What I was going through didn't give me the right to act the way that I did. I am grateful for all that you did for me and all that you put up with. I should have said that the day I came out of my room instead of now," I admitted. "I won't ask you to forgive me, because that wouldn't be fair. But I want you to know that I'm truly sorry for the trouble I caused you," I said.

"Thank you for apologizing," he said.

There was an awkward pause in our conversation. Like I said before, Hayden and I never really had the best relationship and hardly ever talked about serious topics not related to the thrown. So, this was a new experience for the both of us. I spoke up pretty quickly because the awkwardness became suffocating.

"Now that that's done with, do you think it's time to get out of here?," I said.

"Yes, I think it's time," Hayden said welcoming the change in direction of the conversation.

We moved towards the door and tried to open it, but it was locked.

"Did they seriously lock the door?," Hayden asked.

"Peter, Taylor, open the door," I called out.

From the other side I could hear a muffled response.

"NO! Not until the two of you made up and love each other like real brothers," Peter said.

"It's fine Peter open the door," Hayden said.

"Do you love each other?" Peter asked.

"Enough of your games Peter, just open the door," I shouted.

"Not until you two say that you love each other," Peter said.

"PETER!," Hayden snapped.

"HAYDEN!" Peter called back.

Hayden closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose before muttering under his breath. I couldn't hear him clearly but it sounded like "I'm gonna kill that boy" to me.

"Fine, let's just say it and be done," I said already getting a headache. "Hayden, I love you," I said quickly.

Hayden looked over at me and whispered back, "me too," he said.

The doors swung open and on the other side was my dopey looking younger brother and both Caspian and Taylor standing with a smirk on their face.

"Awww...that wasn't so bad was it?," Peter asked with a smile.

Hayden reacted before saying anything and put Peter in a headlock. As for me, I pushed past Taylor and Caspian and walked down the hallway. I didn't get very far before the two of them shouted.

"We love you too by the way," they said in unison.

I didn't give a verbal response and instead waved my hand towards them in acknowledgment.

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Y'all this chapter was mad hard to write, I don't apologize often so I didn't know what to say.