A Gain, A Loss

He glanced at Henry, he was a real numb skull for not knowing that it’s Arianna. But to be honest, anyone could be deceived by her looks. He almost fell for it too.

“Why are you smiling?” she gave him a puzzled look and asked. Was her game up? Did he already know?

Rob’s grin broadened, which made her even more confused than ever. He was going to make her crack, sooner or later. But there was still something he didn’t understand. Why did she want to kill him? He just couldn’t wrap his head around that. He wanted to ask her, but not just blurt it out. He needed the right moment.

To be frank, his love for her had made him forgive her instantly. He just wanted her back, back where she belonged. With him.

Diana definitely knew he had spaced out, so she snapped him out of his trance.

“what are you thinking about?” she asked quite amused. She wanted to know what was going on in his mind.

“oh don’t worry Arianna. You’ll know soon enough.” he smirked as he said mentally

“it’s royal business. Too complex for you.” he lied. Diana cocked her brow,

“okay then, Eat.” she gave him a bunch of grapes. He looked at them,

“thank you. But I’m not hungry.” he stood up. He wanted to leave. His mom did say he shouldn’t be back late.

“Are you leaving so soon?” Diana asked, kind of sad. It was the first time she’s seeing him in three years.

“yes. I have some important business I need to attend to.” he could see the sadness in her eyes. He smiled,

“don’t worry. I promise to come to visit. Maybe tomorrow,” he continued, “or I have a better idea.”

“and that is?” she cocked her brow with a smirk,

“you can come live with me. You’ll have a bed and you can eat good food and meet good people.” he listed on. She laughed,

“I’m sorry but I have to deny your offer. I have a family here. I can’t just leave her for a better life.” Rob was confused. So she stayed with someone? Arianna has really made a life here.

“um, what’s her name?” Rob asked out of curiosity.

“Rava.” she smiled. Rob scratched his head, unsure of what to say next. So he just gave Henry a nice kick in the behind, making him wake up.

“ow! Couldn’t you have hit me anywhere else?” he whined, rubbing his sore butt.

“sorry. But it was so smooth and irresistible.” Rob joked making Dian laugh. She still laughed the same. She could never change. Not in a lifetime.

Henry stood up and yawned. He stretched, his bones making some popping sounds.

“okay your majesty, Shall we?” Henry was somewhat mocked. He walked around, as the two said their farewell. Just as they were leaving, Rava came.

“OH MY GOD!!! WHAT IS A TIGER DOING HERE??!! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!” Rob almost fainted on seeing her. He hid behind Henry, he wasn’t ready to die yet.

“Hey, girl!” Henry waved. Rava’s attention was on Rob. She licked her lips and pounced on him,

“Please don’t eat me!! I’m just twenty-four! And I have a family! And I’m too young to die!!!” he was almost in tears while Henry burst out in hysterical laughter. Diana laughed so hard, she was crying.

“Rava! What have I told you?! No humans, only animals” Rava whimpered at her strict tone. She timidly got of Rob and went to her sister. She nuzzled against Dian’s leg. She bent down and scratched behind her ears earning a lick from Rava.

“that’s Rava?!!” Rob shouted. Rava shot a glare at him and roared making him scramble to his feet and hide behind Henry once again. He almost peed in his pants, fear’s grip on him was tight.

“yes, She’s very friendly” Diana smirked at Rob’s situation.

“you’re calling that friendly?!!” he pointed a finger at her, clearly freaking out. Rava growled making his whelp.

“she likes me so yeah.” Henry chided. Rob looked at him with a menacing stare, he could’ve died. But did anyone care? No!

“come on your majesty, let’s leave.” Henry walked on further. Rob followed, he turned back to look at Diana. She waved goodbye and he did the same too. He would get her back. Soon.

Rob was exhausted. He walked tiredly into the castle, dragging his feet. He went to the throne room and saw his parents weren’t there. Maybe they were in their room. He badly wanted to tell them about what he’d discovered.

He went on to their room. He knocked on the door and waited for a response. He got none and decided to open the door. He entered the room and saw them asleep. He wondered why they didn’t change to sleepwear. It didn’t really bother him, he just wanted to tell them what happened today. So he decided to wake them up.

He knelt beside his mom and shook her gently,

“mom, mom, wake up. I have something important to tell you.” she looked so peaceful in her sleep. But this was really important. He tried waking both of them up, but they were fast asleep.

He smiled. Maybe he would tell them about it when they wake up. He cupped his mom’s right cheek in his right hand and noticed it was cold. He was surprised, he touched her hand and felt it cold. He panicked,

“Mom!!! Dad!! Wake up!!” He shook them violently. They were dead.

Rob couldn’t believe this was happening. Tears fell from his eyes down his cheeks. His parents were dead.

“someone!!! Anyone!!! Help me!!!!!” he burst into tears. He fell on his knees, crying. Life would never be the same ever again. His parents were gone forever.

He looked at them, tears stained his face. He noticed a paper on the bedside table. He took it and read it. It was a suicide note left by his parents. He didn’t understand. Why did they kill themselves? Why did they decide to leave him? Was he not good enough?

He let the paper fall to the ground and cried. He couldn’t do anything but just cry. He’s an orphan now. He had lost everything. Rob gave one last look at his parents and drowned himself in his sorrows.