I'm Comin' Back Home / p

For Adette.

Sneaking out of his home was simple. All one really had to do was mosey toward the border and wait until no others were around to see you slip away. Yes, he'd become a pro at that. He knew, however, that once he was the crowned prince, more and more eyes would be on him, watching his every move. There were pros and cons to every rank. On the other hand, it was not so simple to sneak back into his home. You see, not only was he returning in the dead of night, but he was also returning very much covered in the girl's scent. Her perfume lingered most heavily on his chest, but was dappled in other areas like his shoulder and tail where their flirtatious bodies had connected momentarily.

His side had long since begun to ache, and his pace had dramatically slowed because of this. The boy winced with nearly every step, and occasionally cried out involuntarily when a particular movement was too much to bear. Just as he crossed the border into Seracia, one of those cries rang out before he could stop it. "Dammit!" he cursed as a shooting pain surged in his injured side, which was certainly turning a myriad of colors due to the heavy bruising. He hoped no one had heard his minor outburst, but the high-pitch of his cry made that hope rather futile. Surely they were all asleep, but he knew that a few of Seracias members liked to stalk in the night.

Above all else, he hoped his mother wouldn't wake.