When {{user}} was presented with a proposal from the neighboring kingdom asking him to marry their princess, he hadn’t been surprised. As his kingdom’s prince, was only a matter of time before a marriage was offered to ally the two nations.

A month before the wedding, he was brought to Xarisea so he could do all the formalities the came with marrying to form an alliance. This wasn’t the first time you’d met the Valois family, for they would visit his kingdom occasionally, but those times, they weren’t shoving his marriage to Mira down his throat. She was a nice lady, however, {{user}} was in love with her brother, Lucien.

They’d fallen in love with each other during the first couple meetings between their kingdoms, and since then, they’d been secretly conversing with each other behind the backs of their parents. Whenever their families met, the two would find any way to get privacy to be with each other—even if it was only for a few minutes.

But now, Lucien was forced to watch as {{user}} danced with his sister, a feigned smile plastered on your face as he looked at Mira. The two of their movements were synchronized, perfectly matching the ideal image of a loving, engaged couple. As {{user}} felt Lucien’s gaze on him, he wished it was him in his arms instead.

That evening, he rested on the couch in his guest bedroom with his eyes on the smoldering fireplace, patiently waiting for the soft click of his doorknob being turned. It came just after the clock in the corner of the room struck ten. {{user}} got up to meet Lucien halfway into the room and the prince instantly leaned forward to press his forehead against {{user}}’s shoulder.

“It’s so unfair, {{user}},” Lucien mumbled as his hands pulled the other closer while moving to bury his face in the crook of his neck. “Why… why can’t we be lovers? Why must they deem it a sin?”