Nobody spoke as they waited for Marius to return - it didn't take long. Aria stood as he heard Marius approach, his heart beating fast as he waited for the reply. "His Highness will meet with you," Marius said, and Aria felt both overjoyed and sick at the same time.
Marius led Aria into the house and took him to the drawing room. "He will join you shortly," he said. "Good luck." The guard left and Aria waited. It wasn't long before a figure stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. "Aria," Narim greeted, his voice betraying none of his emotions. "Your Highness," Aria replied, his voice shaking as he turned and bowed to Narim. "This is a surprise." Narim came further into the room and stood by the fireplace, whilst Aria fidgeted nervously. "Why did you come here?" "I... I miss you, Narim.... " It was all the answer Aria could give. "As I miss you, Aria, but our time has passed." "...What happened... I didn't mean for it to... I've come for your forgiveness..." Aria murmured. "Oh Aria, you know I can't do that," Narim replied, casually. Aria was hurt by the lack of feeling in his tone. "Please, Narim, I love you so much..." the blonde began, trying to take Narim's hand. The man snatched his hand away. "Don't touch me!" he snapped. "I know all too well where those hands have been!" Aria froze and drew a deep, shuddering breath, the hurt too much to bear. He used the back of a sofa to support himself and bit his lip to keep from sobbing. ".... I tried to stop them... I tried so hard...." he murmured. "Evidently not hard enough," Narim sniffed. "I only agreed to meet you so I could tell you myself that you are never to try and see me again, do you understand? Do you have any idea how much you humiliated me? After all I have done for you. When I took you in you were a street urchin and this is the thanks I get for trying to help you?" "...I'm sorry.... plea..." "I never want to see you again. You're disgusting and dirty and nothing will ever change that now. I won't have other people touching my things, you know that. Now, get out," Aria looked up at him, his eyes pleading with him to show some mercy, but Narim's returning gaze was icey and cold and void of any sympathy at all. Aria nodded, slowly, wiping his eyes, then he hurried out of the room, hugging his arms around himself, his head bowed low.
As soon as Aria left the house and passed from the view of the guards he found a tree to sit under and started to cry.
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Aria stood as he heard Marius approach, his heart beating fast as he waited for the reply.
"His Highness will meet with you," Marius said, and Aria felt both overjoyed and sick at the same time.
Marius led Aria into the house and took him to the drawing room. "He will join you shortly," he said. "Good luck."
The guard left and Aria waited.
It wasn't long before a figure stepped into the room and closed the door behind him.
"Aria," Narim greeted, his voice betraying none of his emotions.
"Your Highness," Aria replied, his voice shaking as he turned and bowed to Narim.
"This is a surprise." Narim came further into the room and stood by the fireplace, whilst Aria fidgeted nervously. "Why did you come here?"
"I... I miss you, Narim.... " It was all the answer Aria could give.
"As I miss you, Aria, but our time has passed."
"...What happened... I didn't mean for it to... I've come for your forgiveness..." Aria murmured.
"Oh Aria, you know I can't do that," Narim replied, casually. Aria was hurt by the lack of feeling in his tone.
"Please, Narim, I love you so much..." the blonde began, trying to take Narim's hand.
The man snatched his hand away. "Don't touch me!" he snapped. "I know all too well where those hands have been!"
Aria froze and drew a deep, shuddering breath, the hurt too much to bear. He used the back of a sofa to support himself and bit his lip to keep from sobbing.
".... I tried to stop them... I tried so hard...." he murmured.
"Evidently not hard enough," Narim sniffed. "I only agreed to meet you so I could tell you myself that you are never to try and see me again, do you understand? Do you have any idea how much you humiliated me? After all I have done for you. When I took you in you were a street urchin and this is the thanks I get for trying to help you?"
"...I'm sorry.... plea..."
"I never want to see you again. You're disgusting and dirty and nothing will ever change that now. I won't have other people touching my things, you know that. Now, get out,"
Aria looked up at him, his eyes pleading with him to show some mercy, but Narim's returning gaze was icey and cold and void of any sympathy at all. Aria nodded, slowly, wiping his eyes, then he hurried out of the room, hugging his arms around himself, his head bowed low.
As soon as Aria left the house and passed from the view of the guards he found a tree to sit under and started to cry.