"Of course it's allowed." "Mother. We have to continue with this marriage!" "But you've seen Marianna. I cannot be putting anyone into harm, she's uncontrollable. She's in love with herself and money more then anything else." "And me. She cannot bare to loose me. I'm already not her tutor she may be acting this way as a way of rebelling or the likes." Crystal huffed and sighed. "I am only trying to look out for you two." Suddenly a few green vines came in and handed her a tea tray. "OH thank you! Tea dears?" Evan nodded and made himself a cup. "Look mom, if we don't do this marriage there could be a war or the likes. If you pull out, we will have to loose all relations with Marius's family, which would break his poor heatr because he couldn't be around me." "True…then what do we do Evan?" He shrugged. "Good question."
Marius poured himself some tea and then just stared down into the cup while he listened to Evan and Crystal talk. He wanted to drink it properly, but… Crystal didn't know that he could actually do that yet. Maybe he could wait until a bit later… He snapped back to the conversation in time to hear Evan talking about him, then beginning to run his fingers around the rim of his teacup. True… I wouldn't want to be separated, but… I obviously don't want to marry Marianna either. I don't want to be around her, much less marry her or be forced to produce an heir with her. Neither of us would be prepared to be parents regardless of the circumstances.
Crystal nodded. "And your parents are of course against you adopting because it isn't the true royal blood line. I know how it is." She hummed softly. Evan looked at Marius. "You can take off your mask if you want love. I kissed him mom and his scars went away." "Really? How interesting. Anyways back to the matter at hand. How do we make everyone at least as happy as they can be without causing problems. Any ideas Marius?"
Marius flushed a bit and hesitated before removing his mask so he could drink his tea, avoiding Evan's and Crystal's eyes. "Um… it would be easier if Evan was actually related to you…" He sighed softly. "Then I could marry him instead and the whole alliance thing would still work. The problem is that the majority of your children are adopted… I'm honestly not sure what kind of compromise would make everyone the least miserable."
"Also your parents don't support gay rights I bet." Evan said with a sigh, as he stirred his tea. "Be careful of the tea, it's hot." Evan warned Marius, before leaning over and kissing his cheek. Crystal was staring at her tea for a moment. "Sadly the world doesn't turn the way we want it too. We must come up with something." And so they all sat in silence, drinking their tea, all deep in thought.
"My parents don't support much of anything, to be honest…" Marius sighed, closing his eyes when Evan kissed him. "I doubt they'd be alright with me running off to your kingdom. Or with me not wanting to get married… it's my duty to support the kingdom and to get married to produce an heir, and they won't hear anything otherwise."
"I know dear I know. If only the children didn't have to be blood related." Evan nodded as he put his head on Marius's shoulder. "What do we do about Marianna then?" Crystal tapped her chin, and yet again a hush fell as they all drank their tea.
Marius sighed softly as he drank his tea, seeming pretty unsettled and stressed. He had a lot of weight on his shoulders… "There's just… there's not really a good option. There's no compromise that will work well for everyone. Someone's going to be unhappy regardless, and I know it's going to end up being me…"
"Oh dear don't downtalk yourself so much." Crystal huffed. "You're with Evan which makes you a Rosethorn which MEANS I will fight for you if I have to, my little rosebud. Don't you worry none." Evan finished his tea and set it on the little tea platter, still being held up by a vine as a little table. "I just don't know what to do." Evan said quietly. "And I hate that feeling. It makes me feel sick."
Marius flushed a bit and huffed, looking away again with his hat tipped over his face. "I don't know what to do either… I just know that my opinion and feelings are the least important to my parents and to the kingdom right now. I have to do what's best for the kingdom regardless of what I want, and I just… I don't know what's best. What a shitty king I'll make, honestly…" He sighed.
"You'll have Evan as a steady hand and constant guide. I believe you'll be a great King." She sighed. "Still. Even with marrying Marianna, she needs to be calmed down, and no talking too or threats are doing the trick." "I am bad at punishing people mom, you know me." "I know dearest I know."
"How am I supposed to keep her under control?" Marius asked, tipping the brim of his hat back up so he could actually see Crystal. "I hardly know her, obviously, so I don't know what works for her… I mean, I can hardly keep myself under control."
"I will sit and simmer over this for a bit. You boys be off. I bet Marianna is at least wondering where Evan is, if not hemorrhaging about it. You know how she is." Evan nodded and got up. "I'll go find her. Marius you can come with me or you can retreat to your room, which needs a fixing anyways."
Marius sighed softly. "Well, it can just be destroyed for a while, then. I like it that way." He put his mask back on and adjusted it so it would be comfortable on his face. "I'll be retreating to the star tower for a while instead. Not much to see this time of day, but it's nice outside regardless." He left the library and headed up the stairs to the star tower.
(Should we skip to the wedding? Or to whatever Crystal decides lol)
(Wedding.) The wedding had come along. Evan did hours of makeup and adjusting the dress, accessorizing, planning and decorating. Always hard at work. He wanted it to go the best that it could. He himself wore a wonderful dark blue suit, with little golden stars at the edges of the tailcoat. He definitely knew how to dress for the best. He was to walk her down the aisle, in front of 2 kingdoms highest. The days leading up to the wedding was filled with royal travelers coming in and Evan being dragged everywhere by Marianna while she visits and plays Pretty and Nice. Which meant Mathias got no time with Evan.
Marius was miserable by the time the wedding rolled around, mostly from having no time with Evan, but also from the whole situation in and of itself. His suit was almost identical to Evan's, but a bit more expensive and with more tiny, unnecessary details. On the day of the wedding, he'd been cleaned up to royal standards. His hair was neatly combed, much to his disdain, and he wasn't allowed to wear his hat. He was allowed to have his mask on for the time being, but would be expected to take it off when he was to kiss Marianna. When the time came, he headed out to the altar to stand and wait.
(I'm gonna be honest here. I have interest. But I've also lost it just because I don't know where to go after the wedding or where to go currently yk?)
(Well, we could finish the wedding scene and move on from there? I'm sure Marius and Marianna will be a terrible couple and he'll just want to be angry and with Evan most of the time anyway to get away from Marianna. Then I'm sure she'd accuse them of being a thing, and y'know)
(Or, we could see how it goes and it could go a different direction as well)
