Shocked and confused by what just happened, you ran back to the hotel to relax and think about things. Who was that? Why did he ask that? What did he mean by the palace?

Oh! Was he a distant relative? Maybe that's possible since he looked exactly your father's side of the family. You grabbed your phone from your bag and immediately texted in your family group chat.

You: Hey... Does anyone know of a relative that looks like Nagi and has something to do with the palace??

 Nagi: Someone that looks like me? Everyone there looks like me... Beautiful!

Mom: If it's someone that is from the palace, there might be one person that I know... but I'm not sure if I can tell you.

You: Wdym?

Mom: Dad just told me that it's fine to tell you already... so I'll just say it.

Nagi: Oh, you're talking about "him".

You: ...?

Mom: You most probably met your older brother who is currently the crown prince of Northmarea but he's still our son...

You: Hey mom I'm not five anymore- there's no way imma believe that ya know

Mom: If you don't believe me, visit the palace later tmr. He will tell you everything.

You:  Um... okay...

You lazily slumped your phone down on the couch and stared at the ceiling with your half-lidded eyes, wondering why your loving family kept such a secret from you.

Slowly closing your eyes, you drifted to your dreamland. 

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"-op it..."

"Stop it.."

"Stooooop!"

"STO- oh, hi Gaku."

You were groaning in your sleep because Gaku was poking your cheek, trying to wake you up for dinner, and you woke up relieved that it was Gaku and not a random stranger.

"Good morning, I thought you were gonna kill me if I woke you up, y/n. Haha, you were scary for a sec there.", Gaku chuckled and walked back to the dining table with the reassurance that you were awake from your deep sleep.

"O-oh shit! How long was I asleep?", you panicked and rushed to sit down next to him at the dining table, with his favourite handmade soba laid in front for both of you.

"Hmm, around three hours? You looked like you were having a nice dream, haha. Anyways, I've woke you up because I'm not lettin' you miss dinner. Especially if it's my hand-made soba!", he answered your question, but his eyes were sparkling(drooling?) as he looked as his dinner.

"Oh, okay! Um, but, why are we eating soba? We are outside of Japan, you know?", a drop of sweat went down your neck as you looked at Gaku with a confused look.

"Sorry, I don't think I can live without this," Gaku said with an apologetic face and continued, "maybe we can have some of the local food here for tomorrow's dinner..."

"Gaku! You don't have to be sorry! There's, um, nothing wrong with eating soba! Yeah! It's totally fine!", you panicked as you felt somewhat guilty to see his beautiful smiling face go into a frown.

"Hehe, thank you Y/n. You're such a great friend!", he said that so casually, but it did make you smile a bit.

"Your welcome. Let's eat, I'm actually hungry...", you said as you slurped your delicious meal up, and Gaku did the same. After that, he casually started talking about how lucky he had you as his friend and how much he appreciated you, but seriously, he says too many corny things too casually.

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You woke up to remember what an important event was going to play in your life today, You rushed out of bed, got ready, and got out of the hotel as quietly as possible so Gaku doesn't ask where you were heading.

Luckily, google map existed, as you managed to find your way to the castle, which seemed unapproachable at first, and you walked up to the guard standing in front of the gate with a bit of nervousness and fear.

"Excuse me, my name is Rokuya Y/n, and I'm here to meet somebody...", you softly asked the guard, in fear of him lashing out on you and calling you an imposter, or some shit.

"Ah, yes, you are Miss Y/n! You must be here to meet the prince. We welcome you humbly.", the guard said in an unexpectedly nice tone and turned around to shout to the other guards near him, "An important guest for his royal highness, The Prince, is here! Please be prepared!"

A tall-looking butler dude walked out from the huge doors and took your hand gently, and led you to walk with him to the main palace. You just followed his footsteps and walked at his pace.

Wait. The Prince? His royal highness, The Prince? What the fu-

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eyyyy we are done for this motherf chapter! Sorry for the long hiatus, needed a break from the storm of shit going round my head. Hope you enjoy it!