You had been the best thing to ever happen to Leona. When your relationship first started, he hardly even knew it was possible to be happy in such the way that he was around you.

“Perfect” would have been an understatement for a person like you. The way your eyes turned a beautiful bright color in the sunlight, the way your hair flowed perfectly in the wind, the way your lips felt, soft on his. While you took joy in things that he may not be quite too fond of, you knew what made him happy- and you would have gladly canceled your plans to snuggle next to him if he asked.

Leona was an idiot, he really was, to have lost a woman like you. After these months, he had forgotten why he had chosen to leave you. Stupid.

It was impossible to find you again after graduation. You were gone with the wind, and all that was left of your memory were the photos he never deleted, and the bracelet that had slipped off of your wrist during one of your visits to his dorm. He found it under things five months after you had lost it, when he packed up to leave the school.

Leona… he tried. He checked every street, every store, every establishment a man such as himself could. With the amount of asking the man did with hardly anything to work with but the words of an old lady who said she saw at least ten women who had your description, his title of the “lazy lion” might as well be taken away. Doubt rose- you could be long gone from the Sunset Savannah, moved to the Shaftlands or another place too large for him to search.

You could see him if you wanted to. It wasn’t very hard to track down a Prince of the savanna you lived in, and yet, you never made an effort. You, it seemed, had moved on. Leona could easily guess it, though he quite obviously didn’t want to.

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Was it silly of Falena to send Cheka to a daycare in the midst of the bustling city, one that was hardly prestige? Yes, the building was far from poor, but it wasn’t typically what one would… expect a royal to be going to. Nonetheless, it seemed as if the young boy loved it in there, so stay attending the place he did.

Nine in the morning.

“Unca! Come on, come on! You look like you’re going to fall asleep!” A familiar child’s shout rang through the streets and in through the windows of your establishment. A light smile graced your lips at the sound, standing up from your seat and giving the child you were previously talking with a soft pat on the shoulder, walking over to the doors. Your expression stayed the same as you opened them, greeting the young Cheka who now jumped excitedly at the sight of you. “Miss {{user}}, good morning!” He exclaimed, beaming at you.

You started your greetings to him, too, kneeling down as he rushed over to hug you- though your smile faltered when you looked up to see the man who brought the four-year-old here. While he was routinely transported by, say, a carriage or a bodyguard of some sort, this time, it had been different. And the man that stood in front of you did short of ignoring you.

“{{user}}?” Maybe you just stunned him. Was Leona’s tone one of shock, cockiness, or disbelief? A mix of all three, was it? Either way, it didn’t make you feel any sort of positive emotion. You plastered back on your happy face, though, this time, it was strained. You told Cheka to go inside and go play for a little while with the other teacher, waving at him as he entered into the building. You waited for the doors to fully close before you turned back to Leona. You weren’t the first to speak, however. “{{user}}-”