Royal Reject

The Meeting PT. 2

Damien P.O.V

I hear the loud bells ring as we are instructed to work. I heard the steps of everyone getting up and getting ready. I hear my friend comes towards me.

    "Hey Damien, another day of royal duty, are you excited?" said Max. He was my best friend since we've entered the royal guard. Really the only friend I've ever had. He's more of a funny guy when we're off work, but when it's time for work, he gets serious. That's something I admire about him.

    "What day is ever exciting in this job," I said blandly.

    "Whatever, come on. I want to get breakfast before it's all gone," said Max, dragging me while I was putting on my jacket.

We arrive at the kitchen and are served by the castle chefs. We sit down with a couple of other guards;

    "Hey that's the cute girl from yesterday!" said Max,

    "Don't think about it, you are out of her lead," I said eating;

    "Jeez dude, you'll be in my shoes one day, I bet." max said playfully.

    "Doubt it," I said; we continue eating and talking with the rest of the castle guards. We clean up and head for training in combat.

        ~Time Skip~

We finished training and head for lunch. Max is overdramatic when it comes to training. He acts like he's gonna die after one lap. Sometimes I wonder why we're friends sometimes. 

We head to the cafeteria and eat lunch. After we eat, I'm dragged out by my captain for a talk.

    "Damien, I believe that you are one of the fastest learning recruits and I really believe you are one of the top guards." said the Captian;

    "Thank you, sir," I said;

    "That's why I'm assigning you to be a bodyguard to the royal family." said the captain.

    "Sir, are you sure that's a wise decision, what if something happens while I'm guarding them?" 

    "Don't worry you'll be fine, now you must hurry. They are in the throne room with the girl who's the descendant," said the captain.

I follow my captain's order and headed down to the throne room. I arrive there and see the Royal family leaving. 

    "Your majesties," I said while bowing.

    "Oh, Good Afternoon Damien." said the king.

They continued walking and I'm left alone with the queen's assistant.

    "Hello, Damien. What are you doing down here?~" She said while twirling her hair. 

I can't stand her; in only a matter of weeks, she's somehow found a way for me to hate her. 

    "I'm here attending business, aren't you suppose to be next to the queen right now?" I said,

    "She won't mind me hanging around with you for a few hours~," she said touching my arm.

I don't get how girls think this is supposed to make us feel nervous or make us stutter.

    "Please stop touching me, this is highly inappropriate," I said, taking her hands off me.

    "REBECCA!" said the queen.

Rebecca picks up her books and heads to the queen, she turns around one last time and blows me a kiss. It's like she can't take a hint.

As I walk to the door, I see Prince Kyle open the door. 

    "Damien meets Princess Maze," he said.

Wait, where have I heard that name before? Soon, a young lady walks out and I recognize her.

    -The girl from the bakery. Well, this got a lot more interesting.-

Maze P.O.V

    -Why does everything pile against me nowadays?-

Kyle snaps me out of my thoughts.

    "Maze, This is Damien. He is one of the royal guards, but as of today will be acting as your bodyguard," he said.

I can't believe this is happening. We begin walking back from the throne room. It was quiet, so I started talking to Kyle.

    "So Kyle, how old are you?" I said, nervously.

    "I'm 22, what about you?" he asked.

    "Oh, I'm 22 too. Guess we have something in common." I said smiling. I could tell behind his mask he was also smiling. 

    "If you don't mind answering, why does your mother not let you speak?" I asked.

He looked a little sad, but then answered,

    "Because when my fate was told, I wasn't told I'd be king. Instead, fall in love with a commoner and start a family with him," he said.

I was a bit shocked. With such a high profile, I thought he would be king.

    "And the one I was destined to love was my first friend, a guy."

    "You're gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that." I said nervously.

    "It's fine. And yeah a guy. He was always there for me and never judged me. But, my parents made me forget his face so I wouldn't go looking for him and are forcing me to marry soon." he said daydreaming. 

I felt bad for him, he would probably never find his other half.

    "Don't worry. I'm sure your knight in shining armor will save you soon." I said reassuring.

He looked at me and laughed softly.

    "Thank you." He said.

We continued talking about our different hobbies and likings. Not long after, we reach his chambers.

    "Well Maze, I hope we can continue to hang out some other time." He said.

    "Sure I wouldn't mind," I said.

We said our goodbyes and he left. Leaving me alone with my bodyguard.

Now, how am I supposed to survive with him till we get to my room?