Obscure episode 38
OBSCURE 🏚️ 🗝
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BY RUTHIE LEE 🌸 🌸
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CHAPTER 38.
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Asking about love in the middle of the night, was one thing Rosanne never expected from the crown prince.
“This letter speaks about nothing less but love, from your own perspective, what do you think is love?” the crown prince had asked.
Rosanne looked down at the letter in her hand and looked back up at the crown prince.
“What do I think love is?” She sighed. “I don’t know how to really put love into detail, because it really isn’t what you can explain, it’s mostly what you feel” Rosanne smiled.
“What you feel, then how do you feel it, what does it feel like.?” The crown prince asked.
Rosanne blinked rapidly. “Sorry for asking your Highness, but may I ask why you’re curious about this.”
“Because it annoys me for a reason” The crown prince replied.
“Why should love annoy you, it should excite you instead, have you ever loved someone, if you have then you should know how love feels even without listening to an explanation about it” Rosanne’s quiet voice filled the wh0le room as she explained.
“Why do I have to feel love, why does anyone have to”.
Rosanne scoffed. “Your Highness, being able to be loved and to love is a blessing, it’s one of the greatest thing in the world. Love, it shouldn’t annoy you your Highness” Rosanne beamed.
“You love Garam don’t you.?” the crown prince asked.
“Yes of course we both share a mutual feeling of love”.
“How beneficial is it, being able to love or be loved by another.” the crown prince asked, his curious eyes lingering on Rosanne’s face.
Rosanne sighed. “Your Highness, I do not know how to explain this to you, I don’t know if my explanation will make you understand, why do you think love is a blessing if it’s not beneficial. And just to be clear, you are loved your Highness, I’m sure you’ve learned to love someone or something before.” Rosanne shrugged.
“I am not loved” The crown prince shook his head.
“You are” Rosanne defended.
“And by who?”
“Your mother and father” Rosanne smiled…
“Nonsense.” The crown prince spat. “They do not love me”.
“And how are you sure about that?” Rosanne retorted.
“Because I know they don’t”.
“But what if they do?”
“They don’t” The crown prince yelled angrily.
Rosanne sighed. “if they didn’t love you, they wouldn’t have sent a servant to your aid, your mother wouldn’t have looked like she wanted to come with me, the day I was on my way here”
“Lies. I believe I am loved by no one, and therefore I shall love no one. Loving someone or being loved by someone is a waste of time.”
“What? Your Highness. It is not, when you’re loved by someone, it’s the best feeling. Because you know, no matter what you do, no matter being you, or doing you, you’re loved, you have people behind you, who sees you and love you for just living, I have my father for instance, he loves me and the thought of him loving me is blissful, and I know my dead mother loved me before she died”. Rosanne smiled.
“Why are you so positive about everything? The crown prince seemed angry.
“Why are you so negative about so many things your Highness? I can help though, can you tell me what you love, I know it can’t be a person, but anything at all, like food, or maybe the sunset, or maybe you know, anything at all” Rosanne shrugged.
The crown prince paused for a moment, thinking about what he loves, and Rosanne gave him an assuring smile.
“I hate it when it rains.” The crown prince stated.
“Something you love. Not something you hate” Rosanne almost rolled her eyes.
“I love it when… I love it when… It’s dark.”
“uhm… Okay!” Rosanne was speechless. “So does darkness makes you feel happy?” Rosanne asked.
“No it makes me feel Dead on the in,side” The crown prince spat.
“What?” Rosanne felt like slapping him across the face. “Then why do you love it?”
“Because it’s dark.”
“I give up” Rosanne muttered under her breath.
“You know what, just stick to hating everything else. I’m sure one day you’ll learn to love someone or something reasonable” Rosanne shrugged.
“Then, can I love you?” The crown prince asked, taking Rosanne by surprise.
“What? That’s an awkward question” Rosanne laughed nervously. He wasn’t really very smart.
“Well yes you can but when you put it like that, it’s weird your Highness.” Rosanne shook her head.
“I’m trying to love someone or something, you should love me too” The crown prince ordered.
“Sure your Highness…” Rosanne Blinked rapidly.
“I have to go to bed now your Highness, good night” Rosanne added, and immediately the crown prince left her room.
Closing the door and staring at the floor. Rosanne almost laugh at how weird their conversation just went, the crown prince looked so funny asking to be loved.
Rosanne got on her bed and after turning off the lantern, went in for a good night sleep.
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The next morning, as the morning rose up to the sky, horses and carriages could be seen in front of Castle Orrander, guards and best swordsmen guarding every carriage, as the Queen slowly made her way out of the castle, with the king by her side, being esc-rted by female servants as she stepped into the carriage.
“Be careful. My queen” the king smiled.
“It is my son I’m going to visit, not a beast, what’s with the swordsmen?” The queen asked angrily.
“Oh, you never know Adalind please, let them be your esc-rt” The king sighed.
“Fine but just two swordsmen are enough” The queen spat.
“So, shall it be” The king sighed.
“Open the gates for her Royal Highness” Announced on of the guard.
Slowly the castle gates were lifted and the Queen closed the door to the carriage, saying goodbye to the king as the horses started moving, the Queen couldn’t wait to meet her son.
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T. B. C
BY RUTHIE LEE 🌸 🌸