It's been like 5 minutes but siah and axle still cant take their eyes away from the king's face, the king felt their stares so he looks at them with his usual expression

The room filled with silence when axle suddenly hiccuped, siah panicked a little and gave axle a glass of water

Axle drank it slowly while siah pursed his lips trying to hold back his laugh but axle is clumsy since he's still a child, he filled his mouth so full that it starts to pours. Siah laughed his heart out but still cleaned axle and helps him up

While the two doing their own business, the king stood up then went straight to his bathroom to shower

After cleaning himself he went to his wardrobe while still in a topless, siah and axle doesn't mind since they're all guys

"Your highness--" siah was interrupted by the king's sudden response that makes siah frozed on his spot

"Call me by my name"

"Your highness, what--"

"My name" the king glared at him

"Why?" The only words came from siah's mouth

"You'll be his caretaker now"

"But still--" siah stops when he saw the king's stern face

He wondered why the king allows him to call him by his name but he shrugs it off because he knew the king wont answer him if he asked it

In the king's mind, he also doesn't know why he allowed siah to call his name, he thought maybe it's because his son is close to siah he allowed him to

Siah drank a glass of water and cleared his throat then looks at his highness

"Zach, when will we leave?" Siah hesitantly asked

Zach, the king knitted his brow "you want to leave that badly?"

Siah shooks his head, sign of disagreement "of course not! I mean, well i think it's better to leave early so you can continue your work without worries" he said sheepishly

Axle only looks at them, unbothered at what's happening in front of him and continues his business which is playing around with his food

Siah saw axle not eating properly so he picked up the spoon on axle's hands then feeds him while talking to zach

Zach hummed in response then walks near towards them, he leaned and opens his mouth

Siah looks at him in bewilderment then he saw zach staring at the spoon then he realized that zach wants also to be fed

Siah's hand trembled for a second as he was feeding zach, he munched his food and left the room silently leaving siah in a daze

Again with axle's tugging habit, he tugged siah's clothes to gain his attention. Siah gained back his consciousness then helps axle at his breakfast

Time passed by and they decided to look around of the palace first before going back

As they were walking around, the maids and butlers are following them. Axle is used to their presence since the day he was born he was already surrounded with so many people but siah is uncomfortable with it

Siah's POV

It's really uncomfortable with the gazes coming from the people surrounding us, it feels like we doesn't have any privacy

I clenched my fist lightly unconsciously when i suddenly heard a groan beside me then i saw axle with his teary eyes

I suddenly remove his hands on mine, i felt guilty i held it too tightly for a child. I looked at axle with worried face then apologized on him

I felt dark gazes towards me again that sent shivers on my body. I dont like crowd, it makes me feel suffocated

I didn't realized i was in a daze when axle noticed my reactions "papa" is the only word came out from his mouth

I heard another gasps around me, i know it's from the maids who likes to gossip but i didn't care. All i want is to leave now, leave from their gazes

I stopped walking then knelt down in front of axle "should we go home now?" I asked hesitantly but it seems axle knows im not comfortable so he agreed

The time passes by again and we're now on the house, my pounding heart already calmed down and i felt my anxiety lessened

As we entered the house i felt tired, we went straight towards the balcony and sat down

"Witch sama, what happened?" The bunny cautiously asked, the fox nodded as if he's also asking what's the matter

"It's nothing, it's just that im tired. Im sorry we're not here yesterday, we're in the palace and stayed overnight because of the rainfall" i said sincerely

They nods at me "it's okay!" I know that they still want to ask me but it seems they're considering my feelings so they decided not to ask

I love the palace, it's really beautiful and the surroundings is really refreshing. I also like how the king's handle things and im amused at his other side, i thought he was cold as ice and also fiercy but i guess not maybe it's only a rumor, you really shouldn't trust a rumor huh

While my mind is still flying everywhere i felt axle leaned on me then yawned

I looked at the time and saw it's already late at the evening, the time really went passed by so quickly that i didn't even realized that it's already time to sleep

So many events happened only in two days, now i really felt my self tired and getting sleepy

I stood up while carrying axle towards the bedroom then laid him on my bed with me leisurely

I heard the door closed lightly, i guess the bunny and fox closes it for us. I cant thank you now since im already sleepy, ill make something delicious tomorrow for them as a thanks

I stared at axle's angelic face then kissed his forehead "goodnight" i greeted him softly while closing my eyes.

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My left brain: you should make zach as cold as ice!

My right brain: bruh... clingy zach is da best! You cant change my mind

And then they argued permanently... i guess