The Game of Time and Crown

Seven

I took slow but very deep breaths. As i felt myself calmed already, i took another brave step towards the end of the bed.

I almost forgot to breath when i saw his face. He was so peaceful while sleeping.

"D-dar--"

I stopped.

"Prince Darius?"

He didn't move.

Well of course he wouldn't!

"Hi, I'm Adelaide. My mom call me Laide, my Dad call me princess," i slighty laugh to ease my tension.

I scratch my head.

It's probably the first time someone talked to him for a long time.

"I'm just going to call you Darius, okay? It feels weird to call you Prince Darius, besides it's so long."

I opened my camera.

"I'm just gonna take picture of you. I don't know if you like that but since you can't speak i'm just gonna do my job here," i said.

As I look at him through the lens, i've had flashes of warm colored images in my head so i was slightly frightened.

What's with you, Darius?

It has been so long since this flashes of images stopped and only now, when you're near me, they're just back.

I pulled one chair and sat beside his bed. I looked at my watch to ensure i'm still in the time frame that is given to me.

The room was so silent that the beeping noise of the life support machine was loud enough. I looked at him and fought the urge to touch him.

"I don't know when was the last time someone visited you, well maybe that's pretty frequent because they need to take pictures and updates but if your room was open, I am sure a lot of people will visit you."

"Including your girlfriends." I laughed.

"The nurses will probably be having a daily teleserye scene if your girlfriends gets here on the same time. That'll be a hell lot funny," I continued to talk to him.

"You know it's weird talking to you because you don't speak, but you'll make a great listener."

There was a long pause of silence in the room.

"If you can talk, I'll probably ask you if you're happy." I turned to him.

"Are you?"

I looked at him intently and smiled.

There were no dead flowers in side, every single flower is fresh and that adds up to the scent of the room.

That is when i noticed a picture frame on the other side of his bed. I stood up to take a closer look at it and that is when i realized it was him, the king and Haleel in a formal event where both him and his brother is wearing a tux and their father, wearing his traditional white get up.