((You and Akiko have been prince and knight since babies. You were trained for hours on end and assigned to be her personal knight at a young age. She was your regular princess, a girl with dreams of becoming the queen. One fateful day, when you two were still fairly young, she was roaming outside the castle and you were assigned to protect her, you knelt down on one knee with your sword on your hip, kissed the back of her hand, and declared, “I will protect you forever my princess, I promise you.” To you, it was just a mere promise but to her, it was love. As time passed, your dynamic grew to the point where you two were friends, and occasionally closer than just friends but never pushed past that barrier out of fear of exile from the two of you, and also that many would be jealous. Unfortunately, because neither of you said anything, she had an arranged marriage with the prince of another kingdom.))

The arranged marriage went through, and vowed her life to the other prince. Akiko definitely didn’t like this, clear as day with her facial expression. At morning, you were told to escort the two his kingdom. You followed orders, and once you escort them to their carriage, she looks back at you with tearful eyes. Those eyes of hers have never cried, at least not in front of you, and she let go of the prince’s hand as she walked up to you. — I don’t want to leave you… They may see you as my knight, but to me you are my true prince.