Kingdoms Apart (Dukexiety) *on hiatus*

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"Wake up bitch!"

Roman shoots up, his hand over his chest as he tries to calm his racing heart. His childhood best friend is lying on the ground cackling, waking up Roman's neighbours no doubt.

"Remus, what the fuck is wrong with you?"

"A lot of things"

"What do you want?" Roman grumbles while rubbing his temples

"Oh yeah! Your sugar daddy wants to see you"

"I don't have a - really Remus? The King isn't my sugar daddy"

"You keep telling yourself that. Oh, you might what to hurry it up, I was meant to get you an hour ago but I forgot. Byeeeee"

"REMUS!"

~~~

Remus was bored so he decided to go to the woods to see if he could find an animal carcass or if there was an animal he could turn into a carcass. He has been walking for a while now and yet to find a dead animal, however, he stumbled across something else.

There are two people asleep in a tree. Not the strangest thing Remus has ever seen. Based off of their clothing they were from Caelum, they wore light pastel colours compared to Lethe's dark clothes so they can blend into the dark woods better. Remus knows that he should just turn and walk away, that he's not supposed to be here. He's too close to the border and is forbidden from even setting his eyes on these people, but he couldn't help it. He's never seen anyone from Caelum in real life before. One of the boys catches his attention and he can't take his eyes off him.

His dark brown curls stands out against his skin which almost seems unnaturally pale. He has freckles randomly scattered across his nose and cheekbones like blood splatter patterns. He looks like a small innocent birdie up in the tree but for some strange reason, Remus doesn't want this particular birdie to be violently and hilariously mauled by a wild animal. It is strange, Remus normally has no regard for anything's life and takes pleasure in their death. Why is this boy different?

They began to stir so Remus dashed behind a tree, out of sight from the Caelum citizens but not so far that he couldn't still see and hear them.

/// Virgil's POV \\\

I slowly wake up with a smile, feeling the warmth of the sun on my face. I'm surrounded by something warm that I snuggle deep into only to freeze when it moves. I shoot up to see that I was asleep on Remy and let out an exhale of relief. I stretch out my body the best I can while still sat on the tree.

Wait. It's morning. I fell asleep and it's morning now. I'm so dead.

"Remy! Remy wake up!"

They shoot up and almost smack our heads together

"What?"

"We fell asleep! My parents are going to kill me!"

"Holy shit!"

We scramble down the tree and full-on sprint back to the palace. I told Remy to go back to their house, they're an only child so it's not fair for their bloodline to end with them. I told Remy that we'd meet in town if I'm still alive.

I approach the front doors and the guards give me a sympathetic look as the let me inside, telling me to go to the throne room.

I walk inside and get two very different reactions. Pops looks about ready to murder me, while Father looks relieved. Father runs over, well I say run more like that speed walk adults do instead of running, and hugs me.

"Too tight. Can't breathe."

He lets me go but then slaps me on the back of the head,

"Don't just disappear on us!"