Ellis walked with Nathaniel.
Cinderella AU // OxO // Closed
They soon approached the infirmary and Nathaniel tentatively went in with Ellis.
Ellis walked with Nathaniel. Anton was still sitting in the chair.
Nathaniel eyed Anton warily, gripping Ellis's hand a bit tighter. The knuckles of his free hand were still bleeding a bit.
Ellis held onto Nathaniel's hand, looking at Anton.
Nathaniel hesitated before climbing back onto the hospital bed to lay with Lloyd.
Ellis let him go, still watching Anton.
Nathaniel kept his eye on Anton, waiting for him to say something.
Anton looked at Nathaniel steadily.
"You going to start badgering me again?" Nathaniel asked weakly.
"I wasn't badgering you, don't be ridiculous."
"You were being an asshole."
"Again, don't be ridiculous."
"You told me I'd never be able to be king, even if I wanted to, because I'm crippled! And then proceeded to badger me about being crippled and how 'special' you are!"
"You're overreacting."
"I'm not overreacting! You're making fun of me for something I can't even control! I'm just a kid! What the hell am I supposed to feel about that??"
Anton rolled his eyes. "You're still overreacting."
"I just want you to see how much of a dick you're being!"
Ellis was quiet, shaking his head a little bit.
Anton scoffed.
"You're making fun of a crippled eleven year old! Who does that?!"
"You started it."
"How did I start it?! I was just sitting here and you were like 'so, you're the younger brother?'. I wouldn't have talked to you at all!"
"Hm." was the only response he gave.
"Why can't you be the bigger person and accept you were wrong?! As you like to remind me, I'm pretty small myself."
He shrugged a little bit.
"You're an adult and you can't even bring yourself to apologize when you're clearly in the wrong! How the hell are you going to be a king of any value at all when you can't even do that?!"
"Well, as you reminded me, Lloyd's the one making all the decisions, so it doesn't matter."
"He's not ruling alone! You're supposed to be an a advisor of sorts and I can't imagine you being good at that."
"I can be an advisor."
"No you can't! That has to do with important decision making and you make horrible decisions!"