Mizuki walked with his heart beating out of his chest as Eren, Rin and Emilio followed him, all three also dreading what was about to happen.
He hadn't expected them to show up so quickly. Deep inside he was hoping for them not to come at all and leave Eren here, with him. He knew it was selfish of him to hope that they would forget Eren because it would solidify Eren's thoughts of no one caring about him over there but he couldn't help but want to keep Eren with him because he knew that he would give Eren all the care he wanted.
They finally reached the doors that led to the throne and Mizuki pushed his hand behind him and he felt some kind of relief when Eren grabbed it with his fingers and gave him a small squeeze before letting go.
Mizuki sucked in a sharp breath and then he pushed the door open and they walked in. Rin took a few steps forward so she stood next to her brother while Eren and Emilio stayed behind them.
Mizuki ran his eyes over the people in the room and he immediately recognized the strangers in the room. His gaze stopped at the man who looked to be a year or two younger than him and he immediately knew who it was.
Aslan.
Mizuki didn't know who he was expecting when he thought of Aslan but what was in front of him was a man with sheer blond hair that was tied as a man bun and he was much bigger then what Mizuki was imagining as well. If Mizuki was right then Aslan was 18 but with the way his body was he could very well be 25.
Next to him was a woman.
Queen Marcella Acosta.
She was wearing a dark red gown and Mizuki was surprised to see a tiara sitting on top of her head. She was looking down at her lap with her hands folded together and Mizuki's brows furrowed. Her hair was also blond, the same shade as Aslan but Mizuki couldn't see anything else.
Finally, his gaze landed on the older man.
King Augustus Acosta.
Mizuki knew that this was the person he wanted to slaughter the most. The man was looking straight at him, his dark brown eyes boring into Mizuki's. His hair was greying at the roots, a sign of his old age and Mizuki wished he would just die.
"Sit down." Mizuki's father said and Mizuki moved forward, clearing the path to see Eren and Aslan could clearly see him from where he was sitting and his face shifted into a disgusted sneer and Mizuki had to control himself from not jumping across the table and knocking the boy down.
Instead he continued to walk as Eren and Emilio followed and he sat next to his sister making sure to leave the seat next to him empty for Eren to sit.
Eren somehow managed to force his legs to move and sit, keeping his gaze away from his family. Emilio stood behind him along with the Royal Guards.
"I want my son back."
They all turned to stare at Augustus who was looking at Eren with an expression that revealed nothing of what he was feeling and Eren raised his head to look at his father.
They held a tense eye contact that was broken by Hiroshi's terse voice that rang around the room "We want to make a deal with Yarisha."
"What kind of deal?" Augustus asked.
"We want to stop the war. Permanently. We're willing to sign a peace treaty and hand back Eren." Hiroshi said and Mizuki held his breath as he waited for Augustus' answer.
"No."
"We will kill Eren." As the words left Hiroshi's mouth everyone's head snapped to him and Mizuki started accusingly at his father.
This was not part of the plan.
"You think that killing the crown prince will stop anything? Do you think that killing my son will make me back off? I will ruin you Hiroshi." Augustus hissed as he clenched his fists that were on the table.
"Then what is the problem? Why won't you accept to make peace?" Hiroshi asked.
"You are a vile country that let your women fight and your people love people they should never be allowed to love. Your people are disgusting." He hissed and Mizuki tried not to sneer back at the old man.
He felt his sister's hand cover his own under the table as she gave him a comforting squeeze and he knew she was telling him to trust their father.
"Then Eren is not going anywhere." Hiroshi said and Mizuki saw Aslan smile in satisfaction.
"And." Hiroshi added. "The truth will be revealed to everyone."
Mizuki saw Augustus shift in his seat and he felt his own smile of smugness climb on his lip.
"What truth?"
"The truth that the oh so beloved Aziel was in love with a man. And not just any man. The king of Rivania. They were in love and they wanted to stop the war." Hiroshi told them and he saw Aslan's eyes widened in shock and even Marcella's head raised in surprise but one look from her husband made her return to her previous position.
"You have no proof to even suggest a repulsive thing." Augustus said, his voice finally hinting at some panic.
Hiroshi smirked and grabbed the copies of the letters he was hiding, showing it to his enemies.
"Is that enough proof, your majesty?" He mocked and the colour drained from Augustus's face as he read the loving words his uncle had written.
"Everyone in the kingdom knows the writing of the king by the engravings in the walls." Hiroshi said. "If this gets released your whole country will find out the truth behind the death of their loved King."
"And if that happens you will start receiving doubts from your people that you have been lying to them for years. If we add the fact that Aziel and Akio wanted to stop the war and that so many people lost their lives over such petty things then what do you think will happen?" Hiroshi said and he let Augustus process his words.
"I'm sure that some people in your country have the same belief as us and feel as though they're stuck in hell in Yarisha. If I open the door to anyone who wishes to come and settle here and offer them the safety and freedom they crave then I'm sure some will take my invitation. You will start to lose the trust of your people and then they'll leave you.
We also can't forget the fact that if you refuse to sign the treaty and leave Eren to die here the citizens will know that you can't even protect your own son. If you can't protect your son then how are you supposed to protect them?"
"You will not release anything." Augustus bit out and Hiroshi leaned back in the chair as he pushed another document to Augustus.
"Then sign the treaty and I won't say anything, pinky promise." Hiroshi said with a teasing smile, enjoying the anger that Augustus was emoting and even Mizuki had to bite back a smile.
This could actually work.
"We don't need Eren, dad." Finally another voice spoke and everyone in the room turned to Aslan. "Everyone at home knows how fuckign weak Eren is and I'm sure more than half the population would be glad that he's dead. I mean, he was stupid enough to get caught so he should just die."
"Aslan." Augustus warned.
"If I'm so weak then how am I still alive?" Eren said, his voice loud and clear and Mizuki rolled his lip into his mouth to prevent him from saying something stupid like that's my sweetheart in front of all these people.
"Oh, so you speak?" Aslan said with a raised eyebrow. "I thought you lost your voice from the fear you must have faced when you were stuck here without your dead mommy's picture to stop you from crying like a little shit."
"Shut the fuck up." Mizuki hissed and Aslan turned to him with surprise. "Have some fucking respect, can't you see they were talking?"
"Aslan, stop talking." Augustus cut in before Aslan could say anything and the older man turned to Mizuki with an inquisitive look but then shifted his gaze back on the documents.
"What does this peace treaty entail exactly?" He asked.
"No more sending warriors out to kill each other. No more weapons being thrown in each other's territory. The middle ground will be free to both countries but a law of no violence between both parties shall be issued and if not reappeared there will be a punishment. To enter the other's country you need permission to be granted first. If we manage to do this then I'm sure our lives will be much more peaceful, don't you think so?" Hiroshi said and Augustus clenched the papers in his hand.
"Fine." He breathed out and Mizuki released a sigh of relief as he felt Eren do the same.
He found Eren's knee under the table and gave it a soft squeeze of victory and he felt Eren rest his hand on his.
"Dad!" Aslan roared.
"Aslan, we don't have another choice." Augustus harshly whispered.
"Eren is the fucking idiot who got himself caught in the first place! Why should we listen to anything they say?" Aslan exclaimed and Mizuki scoffed under his breath.
What an idiot.
"Eren will be punished for his foolishness." Augustus said darkly and Mizuki tensed as Eren's hand tightened around him. "But for now we have to do this."
Augustus grabbed the pen and signed the documents in front of him while Hiroshi did the same on a copy and then they exchanged to each keep a copy.
"We're leaving." Augustus declared as he stood up with his document tightly fisted in his hand. "Eren, let's go."
Mizuki turned his head to see Eren already staring at him with wide eyes, begging for something that Mizuki didn't know if he could give.
"Dad." Mizuki whispered. "Can I have a minute?"
"What?" Aslan laughed in confusion as he stared at his half brother who was too busy looking at the prince of Rivania to notice.
"Eren and my son will join us in a minute. In the meanwhile I will show you out." Hiroshi said as he stood up and Augustus too stared at his son in anger.
"Eren." He hissed but Eren didn't listen.
"Let's go, they will join us." Hiroshi repeated firmly and Mizuki thanked his father a million times in his head.
With one last glance at the two boys who were staring at each other with crestfallen expressions the room cleared out and everyone left.
Mizuki stood up as he kept his hand in Eren to pull him up with him.
"Ere-" Mizuki stopped talking when he saw the tears that were pooling in Eren's pretty honey eyes.
"M-Mizuki." Eren's voice cracked as the tears fell. "I don't want to go, Mizuki."
"Please don't make me go."
Mizuki's heart broke as he watched his sweetheart ask him the one thing he couldn't do at this moment. He felt his own eyes fill with burning tears as his chest constricted with gut-wrenching pain.
"Eren-baby, you know I-I can't do that." Mizuki whispered as he cupped Eren's face and a broken sob left Eren's lips.
"P-please. I can't-I can't go. I w-want to stay here with you Mizuki. Please." Eren blubbered as the tears continued to fall down his face with no stopping it.
"Eren, please don't do this to me." Mizuki pleaded as he watched his love fall apart right before his eyes.
"I-I love you."
"What?"
"I l-love you Mizuki." Eren cried as he tumbled in Mizuki's arms, his face hiding in Mizuki's chest as he sobbed. "I d-don't want to leave."
"Eren-sweetheart what are you saying?" Mizuki whispered, he felt like his world stopped as the words repeated in his head over and over again.
I love you, I love you, I love you Mizuki.
"I love you s-so much and I don't want to leave you." Eren whispered in his chest.
Mizuki pulled him away from the hug and cupped his face, making his face tilt towards his.
"I love you, sweetheart." Mizuki whispered as the tears he had been holding in all this time finally spilled and a whine left Eren's lips.
"But you have to go. You have to let me go."
"No-no I don't want to." Eren begged and Mizuki gave him a wobbly smile as he closed his eyes and lent his forehead against Eren.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry baby." Mizuki whispered their nose brushing against each other as tears streamed down their faces.
"Mizuki." Eren whimpered.
Mizuki leaned towards Eren and pressed his lips against Eren's trembling and wet ones. They held onto each other so tightly as their hands shook barely hanging on to the thread that was so close to snapping.
They pulled away only to lean back in, so terrified that if they let go now they would never get the chance to hold each other ever again.
I love you
Eren thought as he threaded his fingers through Mizuki's dark hair for one last time.
I love you.
Mizuki thought as he rubbed his thumb against Eren's wet freckles that he might never get the chance to look at again.
I love you.
They thought as they pulled away from each other.
"You have to go now, sweetheart." Mizuki said as he wiped Eren's tears and kissed his cheeks.
"You have to be strong for me, okay?" He softly whispered, his voice broken. "You have to be strong and not let them bring you down. You have to fight them, Eren. Don't give in to them."
"You're so so beautiful Eren. You're the strongest person I know and you can get through anything. You will prove them all wrong. You'll become the most wonderful king that has ever existed." Mizuki told him and a painful moan left Eren's lips as he shook his head.
"But I need you."
"You don't need me baby. You don't need anyone." Mizuki told him. "You can do this."
"M-Mizuki." Eren whimpered.
"I'll try to come back to you, okay?" Mizuki said and Eren looked at him with hope.
"You'll come to me?"
"I'll try." Mizuki promised. "Just-just don't forget me, okay?"
"I-I won't ever forget you." Eren promised.
"I love you, sweetheart." Mizuki told him as he wiped any remaining tears on Eren's face.
"I-"
But before Eren could tell him he loved him one last time a knock came on the door and they hurriedly let go of each other as Mizuki turned around to hide his own tear stricken face.
"He has to go." Emilio's uncomfortable voice rang out.
"A few more seconds." Eren said.
"I'm sorry-I can't leave the room, they're right outside." Emilio said sorrowfully.
Eren took a step towards Mizuki and hugged him from behind, not caring for their audience and Mizuki held Eren's hands that were pressed against his stomach.
"I love you." Eren told him, his voice muffled against the back of Mizuki's shirt and then he let go and walked away and towards Emilio.
Mizuki heard the door close and then his legs gave out and crumbled to the floor, letting out a painful cry as the love of his life walked out of his life.
Hello!
Thoughts?
Did you guys expect this? I feel like some expected a fight to happen now but nope.
Ps: Mizuki didn't hear the last I love you bc Eren's voice was muffled :)
Pps; Eren and Mizuki were initially a very very slow burn couple and their first kiss was suppose to happen now. Mizuki would have said sorry and then he would have kissed him and they would cried more because they finally accept their feelings but they have to let go of each other :)
-till next time <3