You like Emily,don't you?

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After Emily left,Prince Xavier and Ezekiel strode to their room and upon getting there Ezekiel cut Infront Xavier with a smirk,a mischievous one.

"For a second there,I think you forgot about your Red-haired imaginary girlfriend." Ezekiel said with a grin.

"What do you mean?" Xavier asked taking off his shirt,he was ready to go shower before going to bed.

"I saw you two earlier,you were lost in each other gazes, and eye contact is the first step to falling in love." Ezekiel said jumping all over Xavier.

"You know all that and yet you don't have an experience in love." Xavier said with a smile.

"Don't change the topic Xavier...You like Emily,don't you?" Ezekiel asked blocking his way to the bathroom.

"Not at all." Xavier said nonchalantly.

"Lies, I saw it today,the intense stare,you two were about to kiss if I hadn't distracted you, and it looks like she likes you too." Ezekiel said but Xavier was silent,just staring at him.

"Come on, I told you long distances don't work, Eat the food while it's still hot." Ezekiel said and Xavier burst out in laughter.

"Were you just trying to speak in parables." Xavier said holding in his laughter,but it was almost impossible.

"Maybe, but that isn't the point." He said rolling his eyes,knowing his parable made no sense.

"What I meant was Emily is here right now and I know she has feelings for you, I can feel it deep in my bones, do not let this opportunity slide because of your imaginary girlfriend." Zeke said.

"That was cute" Xavier said with a smirk, referring to Zeke's attempt to speak in parables.

"It wasn't meant to be cute,it was meant to install knowledge into your thick skul." Ezekiel said poking Xavier's head.

"If I say yes then would you please step out of the way?" He asked.

"Yes,"

"Then yes,"

"I got what I wanted, but now it feels like I forced you to say it," Zeke said and went to lay on his bed.

Xavier took off his clothes and turned the shower on,he stood there, letting the cold water drown him in thoughts.He hate to admit it but Ezekiel was right,he seemed to have taken a liking to Emily, But how could he not, She was nice to him, always setting him through the right path in the temple, always there when he needed help, smart and everyone loved her.

But yet again,Athena was all of those things and more. He still loved Athena and he also remembered her face vividly,but what if Ezekiel was right,they had been apart for long and there was no chance of seeing her anytime soon,so what if what they had was just childhood love,what if Zeke was right and she had indeed moved on.

He quickly shooked his head to shrug off the thought,he shouldn't use that as an excuse to break his promise to the love of his life and what if she had not moved on and is still waiting for him,then he would be betraying her. Right now there was an angel and a demon on his shoulders,one trying to keep him sane and the other trying to drive him insane.He had never had a tough battle like this before with his own mind.

He turned off the shower and tied a towel around his waist,using another one to dry his hair,he went back to the room and saw Zeke sound asleep and snoring,waking him up to have is bath will do no good cause Zeke was a deep sleeper.

He changed into something suitable and tied his hair up in a messy bun,then laid on his bed while his thoughts were still disorganized and then slowly drifted to sleep.

The next day, Ezekiel frustrating singing voice rang in Xavier's ear, He does that every morning, and he was not good at singing,it was torture. He was singing the Alpha land's anthem and hearing him sing it made Xavier hate it even more than he already does. If his voice was an alarm, it would rank first in most desperate alarm in the continent.

"Oh you're awake." Ezekiel said when he glanced at Xavier and saw him staring at the ceiling probably thinking of ways to murder him.

"You should thank my beautiful voice, it woke you up in time for training." Zeke said with a smile and Xavier looked at Zeke and saw him wearing his uniform.

"Shit,"Xavier cursed under his breath and ran into the bathroom,knowing in a few minutes they will start their trainings and he was still in bed.

At the temple's field, The students all coated in blue and white attire lined up in a row while six monk-looking teachers stood in front of them and one explained the rules and regulation like they did every morning, then when they were done,they unsheathed their swords and gracefully swung it through the air per the teacher's command and following his every step.

"Now pick a sparing partner," The teacher said Xavier looked through the crowd for either Emi or Zeke,but unfortunately he was interrupted by Carigan,with a devilish smirk on his lips.

"There are some rules and you must follow them," They heard the instructors say, but Xavier knew Carigan, he was not the type to fight fair.

"I don't need you to spar with me." Xavier said turning to leave but Carigan cut Infront of him, blocking his way with his sword pointed at Xavier's chest.

"It's not an option, Foreigner." Carigan said and Xavier,who hated being called a foreigner angrily took matters into his own hands, swinging his own sword, he sliced off Carigan's head and it fell to the ground with a thud while the warm blood sprayed on him,causing chaos in the temple's holy ground.