I'm baaaaaaaaacccckkkkkkkk!
You miss me?
Cause I missed y'all.
I have been having a rough little while, but overall I'm feeling better than I was when I started the break. Feeling much less burnt out.
I wasn't sure how this chapter's gonna go, but hopefully it's to your liking.
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It was a very immediate and noticable change.
There wasn't a single person who didn't notice the rise in affection between Kai and Cole.
And, honestly? Kai was happy about that. He wanted the whole world to know how much he loved his soon-to-be husband.
He and Cole were very touchy with each other. To the point where Skyler had actually told them to get a room at one point.
They did tone down the PDA after that.
But in private... They just got even more touchy as time passed.
It was now late November. It had been around a month since they had confessed to each other.
They had begun going over plans for the wedding, and it was just as mind-numbing as Kai had expected, if not more.
Everytime they came back to their room Kai would collapse somewhere, the bed, his desk, the floor, anywhere.
And Cole just laughed. He found Kai's antics very amusing.
And honestly, Kai couldn't be mad.
Everytime he turned to glare at Cole for laughing, he would see Cole's smile and any and all anger he had would melt away.
He was hopelessly in love.
He could not wait to marry Cole.
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Only two more months.
Kai repeated it to himself as he sat staring out the window.
Only two months until he was getting married to the love of his life.
He was so lost in thought he didn't hear the door open and someone walk in.
"That's a real nice window, huh?" Came a voice, startling Kai out of his thoughts.
"Cole!" Kai exclaimed. "Don't do that! You scared me."
Cole just laughed unapologetically.
"Sorry, Firecracker." Cole said, placing a kiss on top of Kai's head as he sat beside him by the window.
"I'm serious though, what's got you so distracted? You were staring out that window when I left too." Cole asked, looking at Kai questioningly.
"Ah, it's nothing much. Just... Thinking." Kai replied.
"Thinking about what?"
"The wedding."
Cole smiled.
"Are you just that excited? That you'd think about it for like... Three hours straight?" Cole asked with a laugh.
Kai rolled his eyes.
"Of course I'm excited. But... I dunno. I keep getting this... Foreboding feeling. Like something bad is gonna happen." Kai explained.
"Oh. It'll be okay. I'm sure of it. And if anything happens, we can deal with it. We're strong, we'll be okay." Cole said in an attempt at comfort before wrapping an arm around Kai and pulling him close.
Kai leaned on Cole's shoulder with a smile. His words had helped slightly, but he still felt like something bad was going to happen.
"Thanks Cole. I hope you're right."
"It's no problem. Don't worry, Firefly. If anything goes wrong, we can handle it. We got this, okay?"
Kai smiled.
"We got this."
"There we go. There's the smile I love so much." Cole said with a bright smile, and he placed a quick kiss on Kai's forehead.
Kai laughed a little and kissed Cole on the cheek before leaning against his chest.
"I love you." Kai said quietly as he grabbed one of Cole's hands, intertwining it with his own.
"I love you too." Cole said, giving Kai's hand a loving squeeze.
They fell into a comfortable silence as they cuddled against each other and gazed out the window at the earth being slowly covered in a layer of snow.
In Kai's opinion, this couldn't be more perfect.
They could worry about everything later. Right now, they just wanted to be together.
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"My lord..."
"What is it?" ???? snapped.
"The preparations for #$&¥®$!@$%© are coming along nicely." The first voice hissed.
"Good, good. Have we managed to infiltrate the castle?"
"We have. Our spies are mapping out the castle as we speak. As well as recording the typical routine of the royal family, and the fiance." ??? stated proudly.
"Mmmm... Wonderful. Do they seem to suspect anything?" ???? asked ???.
"No. Though the fiance does appear more on edge than usual, he doesn't seem to have realized."
"Wonderful. This is all going perfectly according to plan. They won't know what hit them." ???? said with a confident laugh.
"We shall forward our goal of destroying the monarchy. And we your genius plan, we will be able to take down two royal families at once." ??? Praised.
"I know. I truly am I genius. You have done well with executing your tasks, I knew I wouldn't regret taking you as my right hand." ???? said in a form of almost praise.
"Of course my lord. What kind of general would I be if I didn't preform as expected of me."
"Oh don't bother with calling me "my lord". Just call me-"
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Kai felt a shiver go up his spine.
Cole felt Kai shiver and gave him a concerned look.
"Are you alright?" He asked worriedly.
"I'm... I'm fine. I just... I'm probably just being paranoid. It's fine." Kai tried to brush it off.
"Are you sure?" Cole asked sceptically.
"... No." Kai admitted.
"Kai... Talk to me." Cole prompted.
"I dunno, I just... I'm just really worried. I don't know what it is, but I just know something bad is going to happen. I'm worried about what it might be." Kai explained anxiously.
Cole frowned.
"Kai, trust me. It will be perfectly fine. Whatever happens, we'll deal with it." Cole said reassuringly.
"But if you're really that worried, we can go take some precautions. We can do some interrogations of the servants and the soldiers and we can search the castle for anything suspicious. We can even up security if that would make you feel better." Cole offered with a smile.
Kai gave a small smile back.
"Yeah, that might help. Thanks Cole."
"It's no problem, really. Just let me know if anything is bothering you. I'll do my best to help." Cole said, placing a kiss to Kai's temple as he pulled him in for a hug.
Kai sighed happily.
"Thanks Cole. I will."
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Despite having no clue what to write for this when I started, I actually really like how this chapter turned out!
I hadn't originally planned the change in perspective in the middle, but I decided I really wanted to add it. We need some ✨drama✨
And who doesn't love a good bit of foreshadowing?
Hope you enjoyed! See you next chapter!