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'It's Arthur's coronation ceremony.'

There stood a Young prince as two butlers dressed him up from an outfit to an other.

"Would you like it down , Your highness?" Asked one of the butlers, as he brushed the prince's platinum hair.

Luv gazed at his reflection in the mirror then turned his head over his shoulder to say

"mn." He played with a strand of his hair.

Arthur stood up from his seat , the sound of his shoe heels clunking against the tiled floor echoed through the spacious room as he walked towards His younger brother, placing his hands on the smaller shoulders securely whilst looking at him with the usual frown on his face.

Luv contemplated their reflection in the mirror

"We grew up a lot." He muttered to himself.

Although he thought that his brother wouldn't have had necessarily heard him, the soon to be king gave him a light nod.

His eyes followed his older brother's hand as he took out his father's necklace from a jewelry box that seemed to be exclusively made for it.

Isaac held the young prince's hair up as Arthur clipped the key necklace around Luvian's neck, slipping it underneath his shirt.

The butler then brought a selection of Rings with a Pleased smile, they all looked very vulnerable, every ring had different colored jewels with different shape and even texture, nonetheless they looked too bulky for The younger prince's taste.

Luvian's eyes stared down indifferently as Arthur took ahold of his hands, trying The Rings on his fingers.

Luv's eyes landed at the extra shirt in front of him, it was the bareback one that they had bought the other week. "Why is this here?" He questioned as he already is wearing a completed outfit, he glanced at his finger with a raised brow when he felt the cold of the metal on his ring finger.

The soon to be king cleared his throat as he slipped the ring off of his fingers only to put an other on. "There is this tradition.." Arthur began to explain after he motioned Isaac to give them a little space.

"In which the sovereign , I to receive My crown."

"it is to be done twice, and separately , once in front of the mortals, and once in front of the immortals." He paused holding up Luvian's fully jeweled hand and studying it with admiration.

"-This tradition comes in with the immortals, they would show their true nature as a sign of Respect, featly, trust and submission to their new king." He'd sigh when he saw the younger one bluntly take the rings off.

"For example, People who have horns or tails are to show them, Ones who are originally beasts are to attend as beasts..and lastly For us ,we are to show our wings- however, You are an exception of course." He gave him a light nuzzle with a serious face as he said "Since you're to take the title of the Crown Prince today, it's unnecessary to follow this tradition." Arthur said , in attempts of making it seem normal and not an act of partiality, because he was fully aware that Luv would feel pressured to do it , if he knew otherwise.

Needless to say, He of course wished to see Luv show off his strong white wings proudly.

For he was also knowledgeable of the mistakes he made in the past and regretted them terribly, nonetheless regretting it now won't change anything.

in the past he thought that raising Luv the way he was raised would work the same 'fear would protect him of what he fears.'

He felt devastated when he saw what he actually caused, and unfortunately he realized it too late.

He caressed his younger brother's cheek deep in thoughts before stepping back to his seat.

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Luv was in the middle of dressing his big kitten up, when he heard the noise of the crowds and carriages.

the people were already arriving.

He walked towards the window with grace, watching the guards spreading around the main palace that they were now in.

in a hurry he slid Xi's shirt on, and tied the white hair, asking him to lower himself down so that he'd get a better look at his face, almost drowning in his Aqua colored orbs for a second, before Isaac had broke him out of it.

"-Your highness, we should head down soon." Isaac informed while standing by the prince's side.

And so they went on their way , outside and to the palace's first entrance.

Despite how calm he looked, Luvian felt very nervous 'what if I make a mistake..' he thought to himself, as they arrived to the end of the hallway and headed down the stairs.

the young prince would go back and forth in his head, between comforting himself and imagining the worst possible scenarios as they kept walking from a hallway to an other spacious one , and down to more stairs.

when they had finally stepped out of the palace, Luv got noticeably more calm than before, the clean air that he could never get used to , nor get enough of, seemed to be of much help.

"Your highness, the sun is quite strong, would you like me to hold up an umbrella?" He questioned after he already opened it , and positioned it above the prince.

Luv quietly gave Isaac a glance and a soft nod before dragging the white haired male next to him, as he was more likely to get skin damage.

The closer they got to the second walls, the louder crowd becomes, of course and the higher protection level became, the guards were just for looks, Arthur's Protection spells are worth tens of thousands, of soldiers.

Isaac escorted his beloved Prince to one of the high buildings of the nine , Luv guessed that this will be where he's to be seated, and it was indeed as he had predicted.

"Do I have to wave at them or a light bow?" He referred to their people as he questioned carefully stepping up the stairs, thankfully he had drank enough stamina potions and listened to his older brother this morning.

"unequivocally not , your highness." Isaac responded with closed eyes and a smile "a prince is only required to sit on his throne, other than that , he's to be free of what he wishes to give." He explained as they finished walking up the not endless after all stairs.

Isaac would open the door, which caused the crowd to get quieter, he waited for the young prince to enter, as it's inappropriate for a servant to arrive before his master, especially in such situations.

The younger prince stepped forward with modesty, his eyes looked down at the crowd that seemed small from this height and distance, that made him feel more ease.

All heads turned up and towards him, eyes with different ages , different colors and shapes watching with anticipation.

Isaac had blocked Xi with irritated eyes when he was about to walk in too soon.

'Just smile and nod, Luv.' A shadow would whisper, whose voice felt hoarse but gentle and warm at the same time.

He'd smile and nod At the crowd before getting seated on his throne. When he turned his head around, the shadow was no where to be seen.

it appears that Luv wasn't able to recognize him, and haven't met him before.

'could he have been..a king or a prince?'

The People then started to cheer, it was thankfully a positive response, to which the younger prince seemed Relieved to , some would even call out "Prince ian." Which was a first to him.

Though Luv felt a wave of relief fall upon him , he still felt a little awkward and weirded out.

it was an odd sight to see people that he doesn't even know of their existence, doing all of that and looking sincere, at that. -so did they properly use to think about him too , non existent.-

Both of the males now stood to his side, one to his left and the other one to his right.

"Isaac, step back into the shade , Xi too." Luv would whisper over his shoulder.

'The sun was indeed too strong.' He'd squint and use his hand to cover his eyes when it hit him.

"I'm afraid no can do, Your highness-" Isaac would lean forward to say, before standing straight up when he heard the horns.

"Heads up, mylimasis , there is our New king."

Luvian's shoulders perked up as his two toned orbs began searching for his older brother, gently falling back down when he caught him in his sight.

He saw him stand out with that long Red robe of his, 'He looks all handsome and majestic..he's my brother after all.' Luv thought to himself in daze as he rested his cheek on his hand.

'Also..This chair is so uncomfy..!' he'd shift ever so slightly whenever he got the chance to.

The Younger prince wasn't expecting it to take this long, the Person who is supposed to place the crown on Arthur's head, is still giving his terribly long, and boring speech.

He didn't understand a word that he was saying but he appreciated him taking his time to read it, that was the most he can do.

He then came to notice a couple of people seated on thrones just at the floor that's beneath him.

he'd cross his legs, and cover his mouth as he turned his head over to his butler "who are they , Isaac?" Luv Questioned In a whisper.

"They're kings, and Queens from other Realms, and kingdoms, your highness." Isaac would answer and Luv would let out a curious hum in response before Isaac continued "-It's inappropriate to chat during a speech , Your highness." He respectfully scolded.

His lips would turn into a soft subtle pout "..they can't hear me , nor is anybody watching." He'd state with mild confidence, until Isaac's eyes aimed at the mountain of people who were trampling over each other to see him, not to mention a couple of nobles who were shamelessly using their binocular glasses, nonetheless most of them would avert their sight when they saw him looking.

'At least they're trying to hide it.' Thought Luv to himself, immediately turning his attention back to his older brother once he heard the speech come to an end.

he watched the Crown land on his brother's blonde head with twinkling two toned eyes.

Wincing at the sudden loud applauds that caused a terrible ache in his ears, golden confetti falling magically from the sky.

He watched one of them fall close to his hand before Isaac teasingly pushed it away with his own gloved hand, he'd tilt his head up and give him a "seriously?" look.

then would take a glance at Xi who's dozing off against the wall. 'No wonder he was quiet.'

He once again looked at Isaac as if asking whether he's to stay seated, Isaac politely gestured that it's alright to get up with his arm.

And so he stood up from his throne in a calm manner, and they began heading back to the palace, as they still had some time left to rest before moving to their next destination.

unaware of the higher eyes that were curiously looking out for him.