forum Cinderella AU // OxO // Closed

Started April 17, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

tune

(Shh)
Nathaniel kept running, watching over his shoulder as he went until he ran into Ellis and tumbled backwards onto the ground.
(Prolly jumped a bit lmao)

(lmao alright)

Ellis looked down at him, stumbling back and setting the box he had been carrying down. "Ah, Nathaniel!" he exclaimed, crouching by the younger prince. "What happened?"

"U-Um… I may or may not have punched Anton?" Nathaniel explained nervously. He glanced down at his knuckles, which were bleeding a bit.

Ellis's eyes widened. "You…why?"

"He was being an ass! He kept telling me that I couldn't be king even if I wanted to because I'm crippled and I'm short and he kept talking about how s-special he is because he got chosen and he just wouldn't shut up and he was pissing me off!" Nathaniel was holding back tears by the time he finished and was trembling a bit.

Ellis nodded a little bit, reaching out to help Nathaniel up. "Yeah. He's…an ass."

Nathaniel hugged Ellis tightly and hiccuped a bit. "I-I could be king if I wanted to! I d… I d-don't need to be able to fly to be king… a lot of kings can't fly…"

Ellis hugged him back, rubbing his back gently. "Damn right you could be king if you want to."

"And I'm not that short… I-I… I'm gonna grow… I'm only 11 after all…" Nathaniel hiccuped again and clung tighter to Ellis.

"Of course you're going to grow." Ellis soothed softly, rubbing Nathaniel's back still and holding him close.

"And he's not special… he just… h-he… he was picked randomly or something, and just for political stuff, and… and he's mean…" Nathaniel sobbed quietly as he collapsed in Ellis's arms.

"Shh, I know, I know." Ellis soothed, holding onto Nathaniel. "I know."

"H-He made fun of my wings…" Nathaniel drew in a few harsh, shaky breaths and wrapped his quivering wings around himself.

Ellis gritted his teeth for a moment. "Yeah. He's a bastard of the first degree, and I'm sorry you've got to deal with him."

Nathaniel nodded weakly. "And… a-and Lloyd couldn't help because he's unconscious right now…"

"I'm sorry." he said softly.

"After you left, Lloyd started coughing a lot and he coughed up blood so Anton had to go get the doctors…"

Ellis sucked in a breath. "Is he going to be okay?"

Nathaniel nodded a bit. "Yeah, the doctors say he's stable, but I'm still worried about him… he's not doing great."

He nodded. "Yikes."

"He eventually kinda passed out and then Anton started badgering me…"

"That's really terrible. I'm sorry."

Nathaniel hiccuped again. "W-Why's he gotta be so mean?"

(why you gotta be so ruuuude / dontcha know i'm human toooo i'm sorry i couldn't help it)

"I don't know. Maybe it makes him feel better about himself."

(Lmao)
Nathaniel was gradually beginning to settle down a bit, growing tired from the crying. "He deserved a punch to the face… I don't regret it…"