WINTER UPON THE SUN

CHAPTER III

The young prince, or princess as he is known, was behind his father, the king of Winter kingdom, who is talking to the head of the Summer kingdom. They seemed close, even if this is the first time he met them.

Skyler still hasn't met his betrothed and the mother of the Walton family, so it must be they're together. "Excuse my wife and son for a moment, Simon, for my queen has been sick these past few days. It must be the changes of weather. The prince is currently at her aid." He said with an apologetic but firm smile. Despite being kind and respectful to them, Skyler can still feel this intimidating aura, showing how powerful this man is.

"I understand. I hope you didn't had any trouble coming here." His father smiled at the other king, which was reciprocated with a warm smile. Must be because they had been a companion to each other for a long time. "None at all."

After saying that, the queen walks through the thick, heavy door of the palace with a teenage boy who's helping the queen to walk straight. It's the prince of Walton kingdom. His betrothed.

The other prince is maybe a little older than him and much taller than him. He has this dark feline, sharp eyes that kinda reminds Skyler of tiger's eyes, he's a little tanner than him and has this whitish hair that is almost covering his eyes.

"Ah.. my queen." King William smiled wider, showing his gums and aiding his wife to walk, letting his son to relax. "I hope you still remember my wife, Simon."

"Of course I do." Simon, king Martinez, beamingly said. Taking the queen's hand, kissing it on top. "Nice meeting you again, Charlotte." The queen smiled, saying it back. Despite her weak body, elegance is still being shown by the queen.

"And you must be little Ethan huh." His father looked at him with a smile. The other man, Ethan, bowed to show respect to the elder and king before smiling respectfully. "That is me, your highness. It would be much more appreciated if you, instead call me just Ethan, sir."

"You're not so little anymore, huh?" Simon chuckled, ruffling his silver hair, softly.

"My wife is the one who's preparing everything for tonight, so if you'll excuse her, she'll be able to meet us tonight for dinner."

Skylee just watches their interactions, quietly. Watching them laugh and talk. He can't help but smile. At least his soon to be extended family will be close to his own family. "Oh! This is my only child, Acacia Skyler."

After hearing his name being called, he turned towards them and curtly bowed, holding the side of his gown up to the other royal family. "Good afternoon, Royal Walton. Please call me Skyler, for short." He greets, with a smile. It's not that he's bothered that he's talking to another royal family, he has done that a lot when there's a celebration or when other royal families come to have a talk but it makes him a ton of nervous as they aren't just any royal family. They're here so that Skyler and their son will finally meet.

There's a lump in his throat that is stopping him from breathing straight. The father of his betrothed laughed a little, seeing his adorable nervous face. "Don't be so nervous Skyler. We're very glad to finally meet you." Charlotte comforted the young prince, princess.

He smiled at the comforting tone of the queen before nodding happily. Queen Charlotte walks towards him slowly, and he notices that he's a little taller than her. "My, my.. you've grown up to be such a beauty, little Acacia." She held onto Skyler's arm, letting the two kings talk more and follow behind them. Ethan's beside his mother, making sure she'll be alright.

"I'm flattered to hear that. My mother, the queen, is apparently the cause of that." He joked making the queen giggle, while he's turning red from the compliment. He always hears such things from other people but this time is different. This is the mother of the man he's gonna marry. "Oh.. you have a nice voice too! Don't you think so, son?" Charlotte turned to Ethan, who glared at her, she smiled. She knows his son's type of voice.

"Yes, she does." He mumbled, looking at Skyler for a moment before looking away again. His mother giggled once again, seeing a blush from Skyler. "Thank you."

"You know, Ethan here actually likes music. He plays piano and a guitar? Yeah that, and he's pretty good at it actually, maybe he can play it with you later." She rambled, smiling. The two younger ones were just listening to her.

"So how old are you again, child?" She asked, smiling at his way. "I'm 14 now, my lady."

"Ohh you're 3 years younger than my son! That's nice. Interesting." She smiled, and then started coughing, making Ethan and him stop walking to check if she's alright. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Maybe I've just been talking far too much." She waves her small, delicate hand.

They continued walking with the queen now with Skyler talking here and there with the two of them only listening and the queen still holding onto his arm, while Ethan holding her lower back, just in case.

"We're here, my lady." Skyler exclaimed happily, nodding and smiling at the guard who opened the door. That is something new for Ethan and he can't help but look a little longer at the other.

"You're finally here." Skyler's mother smiled widely at them. "Elizabeth!" Ethan's mother walks towards her as fast as she can before hugging the other queen. Ethan was left behind with him.

"Since everyone is finally here, let's start the dinner." Elizabeth smiled, excitedly helping her friend to sit on one of the chairs, no one sitting at the head of the table as they believe in a time like this, they're all equal. The two kings are sitting in front of each other and Elizabeth and Charlotte are sitting beside each other as they insisted on it, so Skyler and Ethan don't have much choice but to sit beside each other.

Although, they don't really mind.

Before Skyler was able to pull his own chair, Ethan did it for him, letting him sit before pushing it closer to the table. That made the younger smile and took it gracefully.

"Thank you, Prince Ethan." He softly said. Yoongi nodded, smiling cutely at his way before sitting beside him. "My name would suffice, my lady."

"Then please call me also by my name." Skyler chuckled, covering her mouth. The young prince can't help but to stare at the younger one once again. He really is beautiful, despite being a guy too. He expected a worst looking kid, but this is something he won't actually mind and would even agree to, without much fight.

"But I like calling you 'my lady' as it suits you." He grinned at the other, who just shook his head and laughed quietly, which is also a music to his ear.

There aren't many people in the room as the two royal parents want to have this moment to be private and at peace. Maybe just 3 people serving them what they want.

Their parents are talking but the youngsters are very much quietly eating their meals unless they are asked to. "You know why we are here right?" Ethan asked, voice a little lower so that Skyler's the only one who can hear him. The younger prince almost jumps on his chair after realizing that Ethan's talking to him again.

He nodded slowly. This is the day they're going to be engaged to each other, until they're at their legal age to have an official engagement party. "I know."

"So? How do you feel about it?" He asked once again, looking at Skyler in the eyes. "Well, my parents are gonna be happy and relieved. I don't mind this." He explained.

"I see. That's good."

They remain quiet for the rest of the meal until all of them are done eating and their parents asked them to go for a walk first while they're going to talk.

~TBC~