"Give me a few minutes to think about this"

"Of course"

Once lady Portia left the room, Skye sighed. Liam stepped forward.

"What is his Highness thinking?"

"That director needs to be in jail for stealing government money and at the same time, he needs a more severe punishment" Skye said.

"Then why not both? You can punish him and send him to jail, after a trial of course"

"How long will the trial last?"

"A few hours, depending on whether the king is quick to make a decision"

"Then we'll wait until the king has returned. In the meantime we can just place the director in jail"

Liam nods.

"I shall call back Lady Portia"

Skye sighed and looked at the toddler next to him, Sam was busy playing a game on Skye's phone.

Portia returns and Skye stands up.

"As the Queen consort, I cannot make a decision on this matter. However, as the of the moment, His Majesty left me in charge so my decision is to place the director in a cell until the king has arrived to make the formal decision."

Lady Portia gave Skye a curtsey.

"Understood. Thank you your Highness"

He sits down and sighed. Prince's job was hard!

"Oh your Highness, your mother is here"

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"A little bit to the left, one tiny bit to the right. Perfect"

Xavier stepped down the ladder and smiled when he looked back at their framed photo. It was the picture from their date at the amusement park, eventhough Benedict got shot later on that day, the couple agrees that this date was their favourite.

"How is it?" He asked and Benedict gave him a thumbs-up.

"Perfect"

They sit down on the couch and look around. During the day, the movers had helped them move in. Xavier's furniture was in a guestroom on the first floor.

"I can't believe my whole apartment furniture is a single room in this house"

Benedict laughed and lays his head on Xavier's shoulder.

"Don't worry about that. Did you see our neighbours? We have a lesbian couple on our right"

Xavier chuckled.

"Really? I didn't notice as I was carrying a couch."

"Well if you didn't knock me up I would've helped you" Benedict retorts making Xavier laugh.

"Well you know what, I Don't regret it"

The doll bell rings, the sound echoing inside the house. Xavier sighed and stood up, Benedict following behind.

Xavier opens the door and frowns when there was no one on the other side.

"Pranksters?" Benedict asked, he had seen a bunch of teens riding bikes during the day so maybe it was them?

"Maybe" Xavier says and closes the door. He enters the password for the alarm system and they make their way to the kitchen.

"What are you cooking today?" Benedict asked as he cat on the counter. The marble was cold against his exposed thighs.

"How do you feel about fried rice and chicken?"

"That's perfect."

Xavier turned around and gave his bunny a kiss.

"You know, we can skip dinner and....christen the house"

Benedict smiled and held Xavier by the chin.

"I'd love to but I'm really hungry daddy"

"Okay, I'll be quick, then we can have some fun"

Benedict sighed happily, legs rocking back and forth. His phone vibrates in his hand and he looks at the screen.

Skye- I'm bored! 😕 Are you busy?

He smiles and texts back

Benedict- I'm about to get my ass pounded😙

Skye- slut😑😹

Benedict- for Xavier yes😝

He doesn't get a reply and he knew Skye had dropped his phone whilst laughing.

Skye- I'll go spend dinner with mom then. See you tomorrow❣

Benedict- bring Sam! I miss his cute face😞😝

Skye- 👌🏼 alright

He sets his phone down and watches Xavier cook. Suddenly he felt like he was being watched so he looked to his left, starring into the darkness. He frowns and walks over to the window wall.

"What's the matter?" Xavier asked.

"I don't know, I felt like someone was watching me"

Xavier frowned and stood next to Benedict. He looks around and didn't find anything.

"We need curtains. We'll get them tomorrow"

Benedict nodded and followed Xavier back to the kitchen, not noticing the figure from the far left.

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"So as I was zooming down the street and just when I was about to make it, I bumped into a dog"

Jonathan gasped.

"No"

Cameron took a sip of his lemon water and nodded.

"Yep"

"And what did you do after?"

"The dog owner was shocked but she apologised. Then I got in the bus and blushed through my embarrassment"

"Aww" Jonathan cooed and laughed. Cameron shook his head as he also laughed.

After a day of hanging out, Cameron had let his guard down and he was sharing stories with Jonathan.

"What about you? Do you have any embarrassing stories?"

Jonathan took a sip of his wine and nodded.

"My mom is a single parent, so to keep us occupied she enrolled us in extracurricular activities after school. Benedict had cooking classes, Skye dancing and I used to play the cello. So one day, my mom thought it'd be best to have me play at Benedict's graduation party. I played terribly because I was so nervous and one of the strings snapped and slapped me right in the face."

Cameron gasped

"No"

"Yep, I even have a scar but you have to look closely" Jonathan says as he showed Cameron his left cheek.

Cameron saw the small scar and he giggled, ending with a snort.

"This is the smallest scar I've ever seen!"

"Well it almost ruined my face okay? I mean look at me, I'm like a greek God. Look at it in detail, you can see how deep it was" Jonathan says as he leaned closer.

Cameron laughed and pushed him away.

"You're dramatic. That scar isn't even visible from a far distance"

"Fair enough."

"So do you still play the cello?"

Jonathan shook his head.

"I haven't played it in about seven years. I only know one song and that song makes me sad now"

"Past relationship?" Cameron asked and Jonathan nodded.

"Something like that"

Cameron held Jonathan's hand, thumb brushing over the knuckles.

"How about this. You help me get back to painting and I'll help you get back to playing the cello"

Jonathan looked at their hands and he smiled.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, let's do this together"

"Then you have yourself a deal"