forum Cinderella AU // OxO // Closed

Started April 17, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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"Mm… what's going on?" Lloyd asked weakly, his voice still ragged from coughing.

Ellis glanced at Anton, then Nathaniel.

"Hello?" Lloyd sat up a bit and coughed.

"I…don't think it's my place to explain." ellis replied.

"Damn right it isn't." Anton mumbled.

"Basically, Anton was being an asshole and insulting me and making fun of me for being a cripple." Nathaniel clung a little more tightly to Lloyd. Lloyd seemed pretty taken aback and looked up at Anton questioningly.

Anton rolled his eyes. "I was not making fun of you."

"You were making fun of me! You said I'd never be able to king even if I wanted to because I'm crippled!" Lloyd was definitely confused now, and held Nathaniel close to himself to comfort him. "Anton? Is this true?"

Anton frowned. "Well, yes, but not really." he replied.

(Lloyd: Did you bully my brother? Anton: Well yes, but actually no)

(Lmao)
"What do you mean by that?" Lloyd asked tentatively.

"I merely spoke my mind. I was under the impression that that was allowed here."

"Not when you're bullying a crippled child??"

"I wasn't bullying him, good lord."

"If you're telling him that he can never be what he's literally been raised to be because he's crippled, yes, that's bullying."

"No, you're the one that's been raised to be king. He's just the spare."

"A spare? He's a person, Anton. He's received almost the same training as me."

"Right, but he's still not the heir."

"So what? That doesn't mean you can treat him like he's worthless. He's just a kid, Anton."

"I didn't treat him like he was worthless, don't twist my words."

"You're not treating him like an equal. You're treating him like he's less than you because of his injury."

"And?" he arched an eyebrow.

"And? What do you mean, and?" Lloyd was still taken aback. "You don't do that, Anton! You can't just insult people because they're injured!"

He blinked at Lloyd for a moment, then shrugged.

"How do you not see anything wrong with this??"

He shrugged again, eyes roaming around the room.

"Please, explain to me why you think that's okay."