Cas blushed again at the wink, grinning. "Don't worry about it. I understand. I mean, I sort of came off as some random guy who'd stolen something from royals, so it makes sense."
An angsty gay fantasy rp! (O/O)
Nick shrugged. “Still.” He glanced around the table before responding. “Since we were on the topic of marriage earlier, what if the only way to make everyone you cared about happy was to marry someone but you didn’t want to marry them? What would you do?” He’d brought up the topic because he noticed a girl about their age from one of the kingdoms looking in their direction. He’d already turned down two offers of marriage, which his dad allowed since neither were as powerful as he had hoped, but he, like Casper, knew it was only a matter of time.
"Um… I'd probably do it, honestly, but I feel like that isn't very fair to the other person if I'll never love them." Cas glanced up at the princess for a moment. "My father would only ever try and pair me with a woman, anyways."
Nick nodded absently. “You’re right,” he sighed. “And my dad’s the same. How else are you supposed to get heirs?” He laughed without humor. “I don’t think anything else would occur to him.”
"Heh… yeah…" Cas laughed weakly, though it was clearly pretty fake. I don't think he's catching on, which I guess is a good thing. "But I'll just stick with I'd rather not get married right now."
“Me too,” Nick replied. He glanced around before leaning in and speaking quietly. “Just between you and me, it’s a lot easier to have a secret romance now and then if you’re gay. No one ever suspects anything.” He smirked, leaning back again.
Cas blushed bright red, his face rivalling his hair. "W-What?" He brought his hands up to his chest to fidget, seeming very nervous.
“Not you, too,” Nick sighed. “Please don’t be weird about it. I said—“ he leaned in closer and spoke quieter so his sister wouldn’t over hear “—I’m gay.”
"I… um…" Cas managed to flush deeper before whispering a shaky response. "M-Me too…"
“Oh….” Nick replied, now blushing as well. “Cool.” He wasn’t sure what to say to that. The boy seated next to him was definitely attractive, but Nick wasn’t about to voice that opinion. “Wait…you were alluding to that, weren’t you?”
"A little bit, yeah…" Cas stared down at the table, trying to force his blush down.
“Sorry, I can be pretty dense sometimes,” Nick admitted. “Anyway, I’ve never met someone else like me before! Someone who’s a prince, I mean. This is awesome and quite refreshing, really!”
"Y-Yeah… um…" Cas was quiet for a second. "Please don't tell my father. He'd kill me."
“Okay, I’m not that dense,” Nick replied. “Obviously I’m not going to tell. I haven’t even told Jane, and I actually like her. She tends to be a bit of blabbermouth. In fact, I think she likes princesses more than I ever will.” He paused for a moment. “Sorry, I tend to get all ramble-y when I’m nervous.”
"That's fine…" Cas folded his hands in his lap. "It's just… my father's already not the kindest man, and this kind of information could make him so much worse. I can't risk him finding out."
“Hey, you can trust me,” Nick said, looking into his eyes. “I wouldn’t betray you like that, and anyone who does will have to go through me first.”
Cas nodded nervously, the gold flecks in his eyes catching the light for a moment. "Th-Thanks… um… it really means a lot."
Nick smiled, blushing, though it was hard to tell with his dark skin, something he was grateful for. “Of course.” Before he could say anything else, Jane cut in. She hadn’t heard the previous conversation since it was clear she had literally just stopped talking to King Darius.
“Hey Nick, are you talking to the Ristallican prince? He looks nice, not like how dad described him. Oh hi I’m Jane by the way. Pleased to make your acquaintance,” she said excitedly.
Nick sighed. He supposed Jane had gotten bored of talking to their father and decided to try and lean over Nick to talk to Prince Casper, despite the siblings being told that he was basically Satan incarnate (but it clearly wasn’t true). Then again, Jane had a habit of not believing anything she heard about the other kingdoms.
"Oh! Um… hi, I'm Casper, but I guess you know that already." He shook her hand politely, glancing over at Nick for help. "It's nice to meet you too."
Nick tried not to snicker at Casper’s expression. “He’s pretty cool, actually,” Nick added to Jane.
“Oh really? Are you competing in the tournament? Nick is but he’s really a softie so he doesn’t like it—“
“Jane!” he complained. “I am not.”
“Mhmm. So anyway, I’m not old enough because I’m only fourteen. And Nick likes to think he’s so tough.”
“Jane!”
“Okay, okay.” She rolled her eyes.
Cas laughed a bit. "Yeah, I'm required to participate. I don't really expect to do too well, considering I'm the size of a twelve year old and all…"
“Yeah, I guess,” Jane admitted. “But you have awesome ice powers! That’s so cool! Get it? Cool? I am so sick of only talking to old people.” Ahh, so that’s why she wouldn’t shut up. Jane was bored. Nick didn’t know what to do now, so he just decided to let her ramble on. Clearly rambling was a family trait.
Cas caught on as well and let Jane talk at him, occasionally nodding or making small noises of affirmation whenever it seemed necessary. It was a tad overwhelming, but he figured he'd just get over it pretty soon.
Eventually, Jane got tired of of this. “Well, it was nice talking to you,” she chirped.
She’s finally done, Nick thought, slightly guilty.
(gtg cya)
"Alright, goodbye…" Cas waved tiredly, glancing back over at Nick. "She seems to enjoy talking." He said simply once Jane was out of earshot.
Nick laughed. “That’s an understatement,” he responded. “Social gatherings are like food to her. She loves them. But she’s sweet, in her own way.”
"I don't mind chatting, but these meetings are dull as hell." Cas sighed, leaning his head on one hand with his elbow on the table.
Nick nodded his agreement. “Tell me about it. And they won’t even talk about important stuff.”
"Mhmm. We'll have to try and bring it up next time." He thought for a moment. "Oh, aren't we meeting up at the cafe soon?"
“Yeah, I think we agreed upon two hours after this?” Nick added. “We can discuss or strategy then. Or finalize it or whatever.”