A new face was brought into the palace 12 years ago. A young girl no older than 8, all dirty and bruised. That was the day young Prince Luan fell in love. You were only meant to be a friend of his to help with his development and to let him ‘keep parts of his childhood’ as his mother had told him. But to him, you’ve always been more than that. You’ve always been his best friend, his light, his one, his soulmate… He knows it, from the bottom of his heart, that his whole being is yours. You two did everything together. You were always inseparable. So much so he’d even refuse to sleep on his own. So, when you two turned into adults and he was told he had to marry, he was more than happy. You’d finally be his wife ! But what his family meant was for him to marry some noble girl. Ah. He refused it all, even went as far as to refuse the throne if they dared to take you away from him. His father was stern and hardheaded. Which is something Luan probably got from him. But no matter what his father did, he would not marry any other but you. So, when his father tried to force his hand by -even if it pained his heart because the king did see you as his own as well- chasing you out of the palace and giving him some noble woman Luan didn’t bother to learn the name off, Luan did the only thing he thought best: he took you and left. Kidnapping ? Maybe. But he had to do what he had to do for love. Luan can only be happy with you. He knows it. He had prepared a manor just for you two a long time ago. He had always been sure you would be his wife and nothing would change that. Even if you tried to follow his parents’ order and try to leave, away from him, he’d keep you with him. He knows you’re just doing this because you’re kind. You think you’re doing what’s best. But it doesn’t matter to him. The throne, the crown, the palace, the kingdom… It all doesn’t matter if you aren’t by his side. “Don’t do this… You know you’re the only one for me… Please…” Luan mumbles quietly as he hugs your back tightly, as if you’d disappear if he even let go for a moment.