[Yeah, Henry's totally not bad at this.]

TAKES PLACE A YEAR AFTER TOPPAT KING

Requested by @GFfangirl , tysm :>

(So Henry's your adoptive father and you're nagging him... Basically it lol // Your 2nd POV, mostly comedic, you're a 2nd year, Hope you enjoy!)

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   Although he may be Toppat King, that adoptive father of your's can be one helluva strict parent. No playing until your homework is done, no eating snacks unless it's Sunday, no YouVids, and no playing with other kids?! Is he crazy?!

  Lately, you've been trying your absolute best with convincing him to let you at least-- AT LEAST have a sleepover with your new girl best friend you met on the playground with carrots shoved up her nose. Well that part doesn't matter, but you've always wanted to sleep over with her since she was a rich kid!

   Maybe you could get mommy to help you with convincing? But mommy is busy at work, doing her 'Right Hand Lady' job. Maybe a presentation? No, you could barely even figure out which application on your father's computer was a presentation maker. Maybe you could bribe him? No, he'd probably just shrug it off...

   Convincing was definitely not going to be easy without the help of mom. You may be an adopted Princess/Prince in the Toppat Royal Family, but that doesn't mean things can be easy for you. So you'll just have to either wing it, or brainstorm...

   And since you've barely began your 2nd year in primary school, you decided to just wing it.

  "Papa!" You called out as you ran through the halls of your father's mansion. "Papa, come here!"

   When Henry and your mom, Ellie, brought you home, you weren't expecting to hit jackpot and become rich and royal. But here you were, from orphan to Toppat Prince/Princess.

  "Hold on Y/N, I'll be there soon." Your father responded loudly from upstairs. You sighed and pouted, he was always late to things. Sometimes you wish he was as fast as your favorite video game character, Cinos the corn dog lover.

   Only minutes later, a footsteps could be heard patting the stairway quickly, and soon your father came into view. Normally, when your father was going to work, you would see him in a very dark but leader-like outfit with a Top Hat. But since he's only relaxing at home, the only thing he seems to be wearing is a dark blue hoodie and knee-length shorts. You found it funny how he would go to work fancy, but at home, he would be wearing something casual.

  "Papa, I want to ask you something!" You said cheerfully as you ran up to him as he got down from the stairs. "My friend wanted me to a sleep over at her house, and she's verrry rich. Can I go?" You asked, putting your hands behind your back and looking up at him as innocently as you could.

   That was normally what you would do to convince your old caretaker back at the orphanage for more food. Don't blame yourself, they only gave you a sandwich to last the whole day!

  Your father hesitated for a moment, but shook his head. "Look Y/N, If I could, I would let you hang out with that friend of your's, but I can't." He responded, empathy gracing his face.

  You pouted. If he could, he would? What does that mean?! "But I want to hang out with her today!" You said angrily. "You never let me do any fun stuff!"

  "Y/N sweetie, I can't let you hang out with your friends because-"

  "Just let me hang out with her! Just ONE TIME!"

  "No, you cannot!"

   You flinched for a moment. You were not expecting your father to snap so suddenly! Just what was with him? His face began to show a sign of shock, before he looked down in shame. He seemed to feel... bad. Did you maybe trigger something? Then again, you don't know what trigger means.

  "... I'm sorry, Y/N," He began at first, soon locking eye contact with you. "The real reason why I can't let you hang out with your friends is because... I am a criminal."

   Criminal?! Your father's a criminal?!

  "Crim-in-null?!" You said, shocked. "So you steal stuff just for money and stuff!"

  Henry kept eye contact with you. "...Yes. We have to, we can't exactly turn ourselves in either."

  "So you're evil...?" You asked him, your eyebrow raised.

  Henry nodded, "So is your mother. We've been 'evil' from day one." He said, worry deep within his voice.

  "That's...."

   There was a long silence between the two of you. Although the mansion was huge, the space between you felt even bigger. But then again, it could be different. The way your father-- Henry Stickmin-- looked at you, was a face of regret and a hint of pain. It was unusual to see him so... Pleading.

  "That's... so cool! I've always wanted to be a criminal prince/princess!" You said, your happiness betraying the tension within the air, blowing it away like it was never there.

  "Since we're criminals, I gueess we can lay off slumber parties for the sake of our super cool secret identities. Buuut, we will have to do them soon! But don't worry, because we can make fake identities! Our fake identities would be..."

   While you were talking, Henry couldn't help but look at you in shock. He wasn't expecting for you to react so positively to this... In fact, he was expecting for you to immediately begin to hate his guts. But hey, if you were happy with this, then he was.

  "Why don't we set up an online face-call instead of a sleepover?"

  "What's that?"

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958 words! Hope you enjoyed!