It's Up To You [Kitkat and Fairy_Tale] DNP
 

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(That's fine. Mine isn't either..... It's the dark haired one in the front.)
Prince Adam sighed. "She'll be here." He reassured, his foot tapping against the floor. His throne was cushy, a perk of being a prince. You'd think being a prince would be easy and fine and dandy. It wasn't. He had to know everything that was going on with the kingdom, write letters, take complaints from people within the kingdom and so on and so forth. It was horrible. A very busy job. And yet some people complained. There was only so much he could do! He was only one person, and his father had the easy job. His father just passed everything onto him "So you'll be a good King son." Which was a bunch of crap. Sighing, his eyes fixated on the big double doors. His gaurd was not only his bodygaurd but a commander and she should know better than to be late. He would have to talk to her later about this, provided she came at all. She'd been the daughter of the best of the best and now she was the best. A girl or not.

Most didn't like seeing a girl being a commander, Adam found it entertaining. Especially because her voice and looks said nothing of a commander at all. Finally the doors opened and he let out a breath he hadn't known he'd been holding. He nodded. "It better not happen again, Commander Richards." He stood uo. "How about we get this started!" He said loudly, gaining a cheer from the knights and such. He sat back down and raised an eyebrow at Malinda. "Are you ready for the meeting? Or shall we wait another hour to begin?" Most who knew him knew it was mostly a joke, and it was with a big part of the truth. He wasn't just the prince because he was born to it. He had earned it.

(I'm guessing you mean the picture, so thank you on behalf of the artist. :3 lol)

The meeting began, and it was a long boring meeting about improvements, and war battle placements, and yadda yadda yadda. Even Prince Adam hated this meeting, and he did most of the talking. Soon enough though, it was over and he shook hands with everyone before they took their turn to leave. The last one left, and Adam closed the door. He moved back over to his thrown, and stared at Malinda. He couldn't say that he had never thought about kissing her, because he had, but she wasn't in a position where he could possibly think of her that way. Especially since they were going into battle and the last thing he needed was to be worrying about her, even though she was his bodyguard. Adam finally sighed, and decided to get the chastising over with. So, he opened his mouth.

"Why are you late Malinda? This is maybe the fifth time in two weeks. You are a Commanding officer and my bodyguard, this is unacceptable." He told her strictly, before waiting to hear why she was late, again. A couple of times, he had let it slide, but now it was getting ridiculous and some were questions his power over her. If he couldn't keep a girl in check, how was he to lead their kingdom into battle, and all of that stuff. "Powerful" men could be so annoying sometimes he just wanted to throw them into the dungeon. Yes, it was that bad. They thought they knew how they'd rule the kingdom better, and questioned his authority, and tried to go against his order or decision. It was horrible really because they in the end just got killed for not doing what he said. Not by him or because he ordered it, but because of the mishappening of events. He knew what was best for his country, and their ideas as proven were not the best.

Adam frowned feeling bad now. He sighed. "Why are you having troubles sleeping?" He asked, concerned for her welll being. He didn't want her to be tired when they went out into war. And he certainly didn't want her feeling bad at all. He cared about everyone of his soldiers and workers, unlike some princes he knew. He made sure they were all well fed, and had a nice bed and sheets and such. He would just feel terrible if one of his workers died, and a month ago one had and he hadn't had the heart to hire a new one to replace him. The poor man died of a horse accident. He hadn't come out of his room for a whole day. He would've stayed for a week if he could, but he was the prince and had duties to attend to. But he had had a very nice funeral for the man.

His father had held a ball two weeks ago, it'd been a wonderful ball and he had even danced with Malinda for a song. It had been a nice change to see her in a ball gown instead of her normal Commander uniform. Adam had to say that Malida was very pretty and sometimes took his heart away, if only she dressed in more feminine clothing more often.

Adam watched her before nodding. "Alright. I trust you." Though a small peice of him still worried about her. He smiled and hair movement made him bite his lip and look away. He stood up and began on his way to start his Princely duties. He filled some papers out, fixed some problems that some town folk came to talk about with him, checked on his father, and so on and so forth. He barily payed attention to anything but his work. That was enough to think about already, he didn't need things distracting him. It was night time by the time he was able to enjoy himself and went to the horse stables. He mounted ontop of his horse after feeding him and rubbing his neck. He got off and fixed the saddle before climbing back uptop. He looked over at Malinda and smiled. She had to follow him all day, which he was sure must be such a boring task. He had to say he must be a very boring person. He held out a hand. "Coming for the horse ride?" He asked politely. Though if she wanted she could use her own horse, it didn't matter to him.

Adam nodded a little dissapointedly, and moved his hand back to his horses rope. He waited for Malinda, watching as she came back the first time and then back with her horse. He watched as she was gently with him and then got onto the horse gracefully. He had often done the same thing that Lynn had done. Except he had done it to hide from his princely duties when he was smaller. Now he just nodded. He was ready to ride around in the garden. He loved the garden maze. He had always loved different flowers. More than horses really. But he wasn't going to say that he didn't like horses. Infact he loved the garden maze most when he was riding through it on his trusty steed. And now he tapped his horses side and practically raced off to the garden which was nearby anyways.

It was around sunset time so it was the most beautiful time to go riding around the maze of flowers. He stopped at his favorite flower and got down from his horse. He picked a purple tulip from the garden maze wall and smiled down at it. Adam found it one of the most beautiful flowers in the world. He looked over at Lynn and held out a hand to help her down from her horse.

Adam let her look at the flower she wanted while he looked at his. He put the small flower in a small pouch that was attached to his horses saddle and then walked over to Lynn, seeing what flower she was looking at. He smiled. "It is a beautiful flower isn't it?" He plucked one and twirled it in his fingers. He looked over at her. Slowly, he turned her to face him, and moved a peice of her hair to tuck behind her ear before placing the flower to rest on her ear. He smiled, staring at her. Sighing he moved away and got onto his horse again. He had wanted to kiss her, but he knew he couldn't. Lynn was his bodygaurd and he was sure she didn't think of him as the kissing type for her. Especially because she was his bodyguard. And the last thing he wanted was to be pushed away and humiliated. Especially as a Prince.

Adam tapped his horses side once again and they raced off through the maze. The maze he had gone through many a times. Why was this one different?

(Lmao. When I said "Why was this one different?" I meant why did it feel different because he was with her. :3 But I see why you thought otherwise. Lol. Sorry.)

Adam rode out of the maze and to the lake, ignoring her question. He was a prince, he could go where ever he wanted to go. He didn't need to answer to her. His temper had come because he had felt like an idiot for not kissing her and trying. He was the prince after all, would she really have pushed him away? But then again, she wasn't like other girls so maybe she would have. Shaking his head his realized too late that the lake was coming up and there was no time for slowing down. He looked around and then jumped off the horse. He rolled and rolled falling into the lake while his horse reered and kicked his legs in the air stopping right at the edge of the lake, while Adam splashed into it.

Adam sunk to the bottom, holding his breath. He opened his eyes the water stinging and began to swin upwards, but his pants leg was stuck to a branch. He tugged at it, but it was pretty stuck and he was running out of breath. He tried to swin strongly up but nothing was working. He just hoped Lynn was okay and wasn't about to fall in too....

(Lol. No no it's my fault. :3)

Adam was still struggling when Lynn dove in. His eyes were drooping and he felt his strength beginning to give way, but she got him free just in time and he gasped for air, his throat taking in the air dryly. It hurt but he nodded at Lynn's question. He could feel her arm around his waist still and if he could have blushed at that moment he would have. Using the little strength he had to help pull himself onto the shore, before laying on his back and coughing terribly. It hurt so much. He was sure he had swallowed just a small amount of lake water but it tasted horribly and his throat was so dry it hurt. If he didn't get sick it'd be a miracle. He hoped the other side would take their sweet time setting up for battle. Especially if he got sick because the last thing everyone needed was a sick prince going out to battle. Though it would be funyn if the other side got sick because he coughed on them while they were injured. That thought made him smirk a little.