"Run away with me" (OxO closed)

Alec tried his best to keep up when it came to sword fighting, still, even though he knew he wasn't the best at it, he tried his hardest to give them a tough time. His high horse suddenly came tumbling down when he saw the smile on the other's face. This was nothing to them and they were only being generous with him as he was the prince. The realization hit him like a brick. He knew they served the kingdom but he never thought they would hold back. Maybe his father had instructed them to do so. He gritted his teeth as he was thrown back, sliding slightly on the marble floor. Alec quickly got up and tried his hand again at taking the other down, but it only came down to the same result.

The majority of the time, Alec would not let up. He didn't want to do any other exercises until he at least saw the other struggle. He didn't need to beat him, though, he would have liked to, but that was far from his control right now. He would need to practice a lot more if he wanted to be just as great. For now, though, he would be satisfied if he at least wiped the smile off of the soldier.
Once it was over, and the entire time had been spent fighting, Alec sat down on the floor, tired from exerting his muscles. He looked over at Azami who seemed to be lost in thought, then got up and headed back to her.

"Do you think I have time to change? What time is the next thing on my schedule?" He questioned. His clothes were white, but they were not proper and he needed to look right when consulting with his father about kingdom matters.
Alec's face was flushed from the exercise and the clothes stuck to him with the minimal sweat he had shed. He wanted to get out of the clothes fast as he was not a fan of feeling wet while having clothes on. It was a texture thing that made him want to crawl out fo his skin.

(All good! it's late over here so my reply will be short as well since i'm very tired, but hopefully, i'll reply with longer responses after this)

Alec nodded when she confirmed that he had time. He didn't say anything else as he felt like maybe he was intruding a little too much into Azami's personal life, besides it wasn't his job to ask about their personal lives, his father would have wanted it that way.
He sighed a little but kept a sort of tired smile on his face.
When they got to his room, he immediately got out of his clothes and took another shower. This one was a quick shower as he was used to showering multiple times in the day for different occasions. Once out of the shower he put on more proper clothes that showed his status as royalty.
He had Azami wait outside for him as he wasn't the biggest fan of someone looking at him even after he had gotten out.
Alec messed with the cuff of his sleeve as he came out of his room.
"Do we have time to spare, or is it time already?" He asked. He thought maybe taking a walk through the garden with Azami might be nice, though, it seemed like she did a lot of walking on her own, but maybe the company would be nice.

Alec gave an awkward smile at her comment.
"Yeah, I suppose I do shower rather quickly. I rather leave baths and longer showers for when I'm in more of a relaxed state." He said humming softly afterward.
Ah yes. The meeting with his father. How could he forget? It was the one thing that stood out to him about the entire schedule, something he was dreading.
"An hour and a half…hmmm…" He thought for a moment. "Perhaps you can show me to the kitchen? And we can make something small and quick while we wait? I would very much like to know to make Amandine desserts, they're my favorites" He said, a smile now on his face as he thought about eating pastries. He loved pastries, not going overboard with them, he didn't like sweetness that stuck to the back of his throat and made it itch. But Amandines was the love of his life. He'd have them for breakfast lunch and dinner if he could.
When Azami mentioned accompanying him to meet the king he froze. In a way, he didn't like that idea at all. He wanted to protect her even though she wasn't Vixen. It would get a lot of getting used to not comparing the two. It felt disrespectful as they were two different people, but he couldn't help it.
"If you would like to accompany me that would be fine" He lied. He didn't want her accompanying him, but it was her decision if she wanted to. He wouldn't put the rules of a dead girl on top of Azami.

(you're all good! i'm not quite sure either)

Alec watched Azami, noting every movement and the ingredients she picked out. To be honest he had no idea what any of them were but he tried to remember the names on the bottles. He figured that if he did at least that, it might stick and he could do some by himself later.
When Azami spoke, asking if he could reach something from the top of a shelf, he stifled a laugh.
"Yes, of course," He cleared his throat to cover up the fact that he thought it was slightly amusing to him to see her struggling.
After bringing it down he kept watching, looking at everything that was laid out in front of them. Bowls and spoons of different sizes- those seemed a little confusing as they had weird numbers on them, he had never been good at math and it seemed like cooking required it. He had read several books on cooking back when he was younger before his father had taken them away from him and there was a lot that went into it, he figured it was the same with baking, just a little more delicate.
Alec got a little closer to Azami when she started to instruct him on what she did.
"Wish I could take notes, but I think I'll have to memorize everything…" He muttered to Azami, though he was mostly talking to himself. Alec seemed concentrated as he watched how Azami did things, when, and how she poured things in.
In a separate bowl, Alec copied Azami, it came out a little sloppy and he was a mess by the end of it, but his batter looked similar to hers, except for the fact that he forgot to add one simple ingredient, something that had slipped him when he was busy mixing everything.
What Alec didn't realize was that he didn't have time to change after this and being covered in flour and other things were not ideal when meeting the king. He had gotten too caught up in his own excitement to notice or even care to be careful.

Alec thought about it for a while. Did he want to take a shower? He had just taken one so he thought maybe just changing his clothes would do just fine.
"I don't think I'll take a shower, but I will go change very quickly," He said, starting to walk towards the door, but being stopped by Azami's request to put some of the ingredients back. Alec complied and shelved the rest of the things that needed putting away.
"Okay, I think that should be it…" He said trailing off. He looked over to Azami and noticed she hadn't made such a big mess as he had, he mentally cringed at the fact that he was new to all of this.
"And sorry for the mess, as you can tell I'm not very good" He smiled awkwardly. "Thank you, I'll be back in a bit," He said, then hurried off to his room to change. Washing clothes was left up to others but it slightly bothered Alec that someone had to get the stains out. He should have been more careful.
If it were up to Alec, he would be washing his own clothes because it felt a little weird to be served. All his life he had been thought that he deserved to be treated as a king, which one day he would eventually become, he was taught to look down on others, but somehow it had never stuck and he had his mother to thank for that. His sweet lovely mother who he loved with all of his heart.
When Alec reached the door to his room he noticed it was slightly open. He frowned. Had he not left it closed?
Alec hesitated, then opened the door all the way, and just what he feared came true, there, in all his glory, stood his father.
"Where have you been? I heard you finished your morning routine so I came to discuss some things with you, but you were not here." He turned to Alec, freezing at the mess that he was in.
"What is that?" He asked, already disapproving. Then, as realization hit him, a disgusted look formed on his face.
"What have you been doing, Alec?"
At this moment Alec regretted coming back to his room, he should have waited a little while and talked with Azami a little more. How was he going to explain this one to him? I've been downstairs cooking with the new hire. Yes, because that would go down nicely. He just prayed Azami waited in the kitchen for him, he'd lie his way out of this mess.

(you're okay! i can only reply when it gets later in the day because i'm busy, so no worries!)

(i'll do you one better, how about we make a different rp and start fresh? i kind of lost track of where this one was going and i may have sort of kind of scrapped the character i was using for this rp lol)
(also don't worry about being gone for a while, i took a small break of my own for like a month. life happens you know? no worries here with me :'))

(sounds good! you'll have to give me a moment to think about some prompts though, if I don't get back to you in three days feel free to dm me and remind me)