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Prince Ch. 3

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Adam's POV


"Good night, Adam..." Sauli said quietly as I was already walking away. I just want to turn around and go back to him and hug and kiss him all night. But sadly, I can't. He has to go home and so do I. We have to go to sleep in separate places and it's probably gonna be hard for me to fall asleep. Because I now know that he likes me. And I couldn't be with him for more than a few hours after he told me that. I probably sound pathetic, but I'm in love with him and I want to be with him as much as possible. I just really wish that he would be able to come and see me tomorrow... I thought while slowly making my way towards the castle.


Just as I was about to turn from a corner, I stopped and turned around to look at the shop, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. And I turned around just in time to see him turn around and head inside. He had been staring at me the whole time? Why? Wait a second... Maybe he wanted me to turn around and go back to him. Maybe he is in love with me just as much as I'm in love with him. No... It can't be... It just can't be. I turned around and started walking home again. It took me a lot longer to get home than normally, because I was so lost in thought that I almost bumped into a wall at least three times.


Once I finally got home, I told my parents that I was gonna go to bed early. Then I made my way up the stairs and into my room and changed into my pyjamas and went to bed, intending to fall asleep. But just as I predicted, I couldn't fall asleep. I tossed and turned for a few hours before giving up on falling asleep. I sat up with a sigh, running my fingers through my slightly dishevelled hair. After a while, I slowly got up and went to put on some clothes so that I would be able to go outside. I put on a long-sleeved shirt and kept my pyjama pants, since they were the warmest pants I currently have. Then, I took my shoes, but didn't put them on yet and tiptoed to the front doors of the castle.


Just as I was about to open the heavy front door, my dog Shadow came running down the stairs, wagging his tail like crazy. He failed on stopping next to me on the just-cleaned floor and would have hit the door if I hadn't grabbed his collar to stop him. As he regained his footing, he looked up at me and almost barked. But I silenced him with one stern look. "Be quiet, Shadow. I'm trying to sneak out here." I whispered, turning my attention back to the door. I slowly opened the door and sneaked out.


Right before I closed the door, Shadow walked out and stopped beside me, looking up at me with his brown eyes.
"...okay. You can come with me. Just be quiet." I said quietly, walking down the massive stairs and going into the garden with Shadow right beside me. I couldn't go out through the gates, because the guards would never let me out this late at night. So I had to go into the garden and go through a small hole in the fence, which I found many years ago.


Soon, I got there and crawled through the small hole. I'm starting to get too big for this... I thought while brushing the dirt from my clothes, being the prince I am, before continuing my way towards the shop and to Sauli.


And it didn't take long for me to get there. There were no lights on, so Sauli's mom had seemingly gone to bed too. I quietly made my way to the front door and almost knocked, but froze right before my hand touched the door. I can't just knock the door! Sauli's mom would surely wake up! And she might not let me in... I thought, taking a step back from the door. Then, I started to walk around the house quietly, looking in from every window, trying to find Sauli's room.


The fourth window I peeked through was the right one. I saw Sauli laying on his bed with a white ball of fur curled up next to him. I couldn't see if he was sleeping or not, so I lightly tapped the window with one finger. Sauli sat straight up on the bed as he heard the tap.
"Who... Who's there?" He asked, sounding a bit scared as he got up from the bed. The window wasn't closed, so I could easily hear what he said.
"It's me, Adam." I said with a small smile, looking in from the slightly-open window.
"Hi. What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Sauli asked, walking to the window and opening it fully.
"I'm here, because I couldn't fall asleep..." I confessed, blushing a bit. Because the only reason why I couldn't fall asleep was that he wasn't there. He saw me blushing as he lit a candle and set it down to the table next to the window.
"Oh. Would you like to come in? It's rather cold in there."
"Yes, I would. Besides, I'm wearing only a long-sleeved and my pyjama pants..." I said as he helped me in. Then, as a reminder that I hadn't come here alone, Shadow whined quietly from outside the window.
"What was that?" Sauli asked, turning to look at me.
"Oh. It was my dog, Shadow. He followed me here. Would it be okay if he'd come in too? I wouldn't like to leave him out alone."
"Sure. Let's just hope that he'll get along with Stella."
"Okay. Shadow, come here." I said to Shadow and he jumped in with no problem at all.
"And who's Stella?" I asked, petting Shadow's head softly.
"She's my cat. She's still probably sleeping on the bed." He said and turned to look at the bed where the white furball was laying with her eyes half-closed even though Shadow's nose was only inches away from hers.
"They seem to get along quite well." Sauli said with a smile, sitting down to the bed.
"They do." I said and sat down next to him.
"So, since you're here, what would you like to do? Because I can't sleep either." Wait, what? He can't sleep either? Wonder why...
"I don't know. Your bed looks comfy, though..." I said with a yawn. I usually never stayed up this late, so I was really sleepy.
"Okay. We can try to go to sleep." He said with a soft smile and laid down after moving Stella to the floor. I laid down too after pushing Shadow to the floor, since he had jumped up to the bed to get closer to Stella. As I laid down, Sauli snuggled closer to me and kissed my cheek softly. I smiled softly and pulled him even closer to me. He  leaned his head to my chest, noticing that I had a shirt on.
"You won't be needing this." He said, playing with the hem of my shirt.
"Yes, Sir." I said with a grin and sat up, taking off my shirt. He didn't have a shirt on either, so it probably was warm enough in here. Sauli chuckled and pulled me back down as I had taken off my shirt and dropped it to the floor next to Shadow and Stella. I laid down with a smile and pulled him into a hug. He leaned his head to my chest again and rubbed his cheek against it with a smile.
"Your skin is so soft." He whispered softly, drawing random patterns to my chest with his fingers. I shivered at the touch and closed my eyes, enjoying the moment. Though after a while, I yawned widely again.
"Let's get some sleep. You look tired." He whispered, kissing my cheek. Then he snuggled closer to me and put his arms around me, pulling me closer to him.
"Sounds good..." I mumbled with another yawn. My eyes barely stayed open as I kissed his forehead softly.
"Sweet dreams, Honey. See you in the morning." He said as my eyes fell closed and I let sleep take over my mind and body.


Next morning, I woke up to the sun shining on my face. I yawned and tried to stretch, but found that it was impossible, because I had two strong arms around me and someone leaning his head to my chest. I looked down to see who it was. I happy smile made it's way to my way as I recognized him. It's Sauli. So I did get up and come here last night. I'm glad that I did, though. I slept so well. Being with him is all it took for me to fall asleep. I thought while hugging him close softly, careful not to wake him up. Though I either failed at that or he was already awake, because he slowly opened his eyes and looked at me with a soft smile.
"Morning." He said and kissed my chest softly. I shivered and blushed a bit, trying to hide it by kissing the top of his head.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?" I asked as I hugged him softly.
"Yes, I did. How about you?"
"I slept better than ever." I said and kissed him softly, since he had turned to look at me. He kissed me back, putting his arms around my neck. I smiled into the kiss and deepened it a bit. He moved to straddle me, deepening the kiss even more. God, he's talented with that mouth of his... I thought while trying to suppress a moan as Sauli licked my lower lip.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and someone, probably Sauli's mom, said something in Finnish. Or at least that's what I think it was. Sauli broke the kiss and answered his mom with a slightly annoyed tone, turning to look at the door. I just laid there quietly with a small smile, playing with Sauli's hair softly. Sauli's mom seemed satisfied with whatever answer Sauli gave her and walked away from the door.
"My mom sure picked the best moment to come and tell me to get up and to get to work." He sighed and laid his head down to my chest again.
"What kind of work do you need to do?" I asked and kissed the top of his head softly.
"Be the cashier and put stuff to the shelves when there are no customers around. And clean the floors of the shop too. Lots of things to do. I don't think I can spend time with you today." He said, sounding a bit sad.
"I think I know what we're gonna do. I'm gonna help you at the shop today and then maybe you will get some free time at the evening."
"You don't have to, Adam. Though it'd be nice. Cleaning the floors alone takes forever."
"Okay. It's decided. I'll help you. Is it gonna be okay with your mom?"
"Yeah. I guess." Sauli said and got up, going to put on a T-shirt.
"Oh, right. Could I borrow your other pants? Because I have only these." I said, pointing at my pyjama pants.
"Yeah, sure. There." He said and threw the pants to me. They ended up on my face.
"Sorry. I wasn't aiming at your face." He said with a chuckle as I took the pants away from my face, sitting up.
"It's okay. It's not everyday that I get pants thrown at me. New experiences every day." I said and chuckled, changing into Sauli's pants before getting up.
"Shall we go? My mom should have already made breakfast."
"Yep. Let's go." I said and followed him into the kitchen. And there Sauli's mom was, in front of the stove, cooking something.
"What's for breakfast today, mom?" Sauli asked as he sat down to one of the chairs and gestured me to sit down to the chair next to his. I smiled and sat down, taking his hand and holding it under the table.
"Porridge." She said and turned around with two platefuls of porridge. "And who is this?" She asked with a smile, looking at me.
"I'm Adam. The prince. Pleasure to meet you." I said politely, bowing a bit without getting up. I didn't want to let go of Sauli's hand.
"Nice to finally meet you. I've heard about you from Sauli." She said and smiled, setting the plates to the table in front of us. "When did you actually come here? I don't think I saw you come in from the door."
"Yeah. About that. He didn't come in from the door at all. He came here last night when you were already sleeping. I let him in through my window." Sauli explained, starting to eat his porridge.
"Oh. Did he sleep here?" She asked, sitting down to one of the chairs with a plateful of porridge for herself. I and Sauli just nodded, since we both had our mouths full of porridge.
"Okay. So, did you two sleep well?"
"We did. Or at least I did." I said with a smile, turning to look at Sauli with a smile.
"I did too." Sauli said quickly before taking another spoonful of porridge. He seemed to be hungry. Maybe it's because he actually works. Unlike me. I'm super-lazy compared to him. I just sit around all day. Well, at least I'll be working today. Though I have to go and tell my parents where I am, so that they won't freak out when they notice that I haven't been home all night. I thought while eating the rest of my porridge, listening to Sauli and his mom talk about something. I wasn't quite concentrating to them, so I had no idea what they were talking about.


After Sauli was done with eating, we went into the shop-part of the house. And it was massive. Okay, maybe it was the same size as before, but they have rearranged the shelves and all. And now there's so much more room for costumers to move around. A huge change to how this was before.
"This place looks so much better now than it did before you moved here." I said, picking up an orange that had fallen to the floor and set it back to the basket with the other oranges.
"Thanks. I rearranged this. My mom told me I can arrange the shelves the way I want. And so far, it's been working perfectly. The costumers haven't been complaining about the lack of space. Which they did a lot before the rearrangement."
"I know. It wasn't very practical before. You did a good job." I said and softly petted Sauli's head with a smile on my face. He smiled back and kissed my lips softly before going to wipe the dust from the shelves.
"When does this shop open?" I asked, just standing there, not knowing what I should do.
"In about an hour and a half. Why?"
"I need to go to tell my parents where I am before they freak out when they notice that I haven't been home all night."
"Oh. You can go do that. I'll stay here and start to put the new groceries to the shelves once they arrive."
"Good. I'll be back as soon as possible." I said before walking out from the shop's door and heading towards the castle. It took me about an hour to get there, explain to my parents what I was gonna do today and then walk back to the shop, because my parents had thousands of questions to ask me about why I left outside in the middle of the night.
"I'm back. What do you want me to do?" I asked from Sauli as I entered the shop.
"Could you move those empty boxes outside?" He said, pointing at a pile of empty boxes in the corner of the shop.
"Okay." I said and started carrying the boxes outside one by one. After a short while, all of the boxes were in a neat pile on the front yard, near the gate.
"The boxes are now there, next to the gate. What now?" I asked with a smile, going to see what Sauli was doing. He was still putting the groceries to the shelves.
"If you could empty that box. There should be only animal food in there. Fodder and chicken feed and so on. They're over there." He said, first pointing at the box and then at the large, wooden boxes near the back wall of the shop.
"Yes, Sir." I said and picked up the box, going to empty it into the wooden boxes.


About an hour later, as the first costumer walked in, I was on all fours in the back corner of the shop, washing the floor. As the costumer passed me, he looked at me with an raised eyebrow, a bit confused. Since I was the prince, and here I was, cleaning the floor of the local shop. Though he didn't say anything. He just continued walking and went to find whatever he needed.


By the time when the shop closed, I had got quite many confused looks from the costumers, since they all recognized me. Sauli seemed to find it quite funny, since he chuckled every time he noticed that a costumer looked at me confusedly.
"So, is there still something we need to do or are we free to go and do whatever we want now?" I asked, sitting down to one of the chairs next to the back wall of the shop.
"Not today. It's not Friday, so we don't have to throw away all the things that might go bad during the weekend."
"Okay. So, we're free to go?"
"Yep. What would you like to do?" He said and smiled as we walked out from the shop.
"How about we go to the beach to just spend time together with no disturbance?"
"Sounds good. But how are we gonna get there? It's too far to walk there."
"We can walk to the castle and take horses. How does that sound?"
"Sounds good." Sauli said with a smile.
"Okay. It's decided. Let's go." I said as we started walking towards the castle. After only a few steps, Sauli stopped.
"What is it?"
"I just realised that I don't have to borrow one of your horses. I can take mine. Let's go get him now. He's on the backyard." Sauli said and took my hand, starting to pull me back towards the shop. Once we got to the backyard, he stopped and let go of my hand. And there was a light-brown horse with a black mane and tail, calmly munching on some grass.
"Hi, Coffee. You're gonna get to go for a long walk today." Sauli said, petting Coffee's back softly. Coffee neighed happily and then noticed me, staring at me for a while before walking closer to me curiously. As he was right in front of me, he pressed his warm nose into my hair, sniffing it a bit before letting out a warm breath, making my hair slightly damp. Then he pulled away and rubbed his nose against my cheek softly. He's definitely one of the sweetest horses I've ever met. I thought while softly petting his neck a bit. He let out a small sound of happiness. Then, he pulled away, nudging me a bit softly.
"He seems to like you." Sauli said with a smile, looking at me and Coffee.
"He's really nice. The sweetest horse I've ever met."
"Yep. So, shall we go?"
"Yeah. Let's go. I have to go and get Blue."
"Blue? Girl or boy?"
"Blue's my lovely little girl. Though she's not that small anymore." I said with a chuckle as we started walking towards the castle. And Coffee followed Sauli kindly. He didn't need a leash or anything. And even when he stopped to sniff something or to munch on some grass, he didn't let us get far before catching up with us again.


In about 20 minutes, we made it through the gates of the castle.
"I'll wait here in the garden with Coffee. You go get Blue and then meet us here."
"Okay." I said and headed to the stables to get Blue. She was super-happy to see me. And when she smelled Coffee's scent in my hair, she got interested and a bit confused. She nudged my hair a bit and neighed quietly.
"It's okay, Blue. You're still my little girl. Let's go." I said and petted her softly before taking her outside and leading her into the garden to meet Sauli and Coffee. As we got closer to them, she pretty much hid behind my back. Or tried to, since she was a big horse now. Coffee looked up from Sauli and turned to look at Blue with interest. He looked at her for a while before slowly walking closer to us. Then he stopped in front of me, since I was standing in between him and Blue. I moved away from between them and went to sit down to the ground next to Sauli. Coffee sniffed Blue and then neighed softly, nudging Blue's white mane carefully. Blue seemed to get  over her fears and neighed happily, pressing her nose into Coffee's mane.
"They seem to like each other." I said, leaning my head to Sauli's shoulder.
"Yes, they do. And it's good." Sauli said with a smile, hugging me softly.
"It is. So, shall we go?"
"Yep. Let's go." Sauli said and stood up, helping me up too.


Then we both got our horses and got to their backs, starting to make our way to the beach. We didn't hurry at all, so it took us about an hour and a half to get there. And just as I had guessed, there was no one there. We'd get to be all alone. I smiled a bit as we jumped down from our horses, letting them stroll around on the beach freely. Since we both knew that they would come back. We both walked over to the waterline and sat down near it so that the waves couldn't reach us.
"I've never seen the ocean from this close before." Sauli said after a while, staring at the horizon.
"You haven't? Then it's good that we came here. This is one of my favorite places. It's so quiet and peaceful here, because other people rarely come here." I said, laying down to the sand on my back. The clouds were slowly moving on the sky, covering the sun from time to time. Sauli soon laid down too, using my belly as a pillow. I reached down and ran my fingers through his soft hair.
"I like your hair. It's so soft." I said with a smile, playing with his hair softly. He turned to look at me, smiling. There was an emotion in his eyes that I couldn't quite place. What could it be? He looks so happy now. And he only smiles like that when I'm around. And he only looks at me like that. What am I missing here? I thought while still stroking his hair softly. He just kept looking at me with that... That smile on his face. And I still had no clue what was the emotion that was so visible on his eyes right now. After a while of just looking at me, he yawned softly, covering his mouth with his hand as he did so. I could see that he was tired and that he was trying to stay awake. His eyes started to close even though he tried to keep them open.
"You can fall asleep. You don't have to try to stay awake for me. I'm happy as long as you're here. Sleep now." I said softly, stroking his cheek a bit. He let his eyes fall closed and soon he fell asleep with a smile on his face. I just laid there, playing with his hair and enjoying the feeling of getting to be close to him. He's so cute. How can I be so lucky to find someone like him who really likes me? Someone that wants to be with me, because he thinks I'm nice, and not because of the fact that I'm the prince and I have tons of money. Because those people exist too. Many people have pretented to like me, but what they really have wanted is to get to use my money. And I hate them. They're selfish and when they realise that they're not gonna get what they want, they leave you alone with a broken heart, if the relationship got that far. If not, then you're just very angry and sad.


After a while, he pulled me away from my thoughts by Sauli starting to mumble something in his sleep. I stopped moving my hand and listened to what he was staying. "I... I love you, Adam..." He mumbled quietly and I almost didn't hear what he said, because waves were hitting the shore. But I did hear him. Oh my god... He loves me? I... What should I do now? Should I pretend that I didn't hear that or... Should I let him know that I know about his feelings? I don't know! I was getting frustrated. Because I had no clue what I should do. And then, I didn't have time to think about what to do, because he started to wake up. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at me. I probably still had the shocked look on my face, because he looked worried.
"Adam? What is it? What happened? You look so shocked." He asked as he sat up and put his hand to my cheek, stroking it with his thumb softly.
"I... You just..." Coherent sentences, where are you when you're needed?! My brain was this mush of happiness, confusion and love.
"What? Did I do something wrong? Oh, please don't tell me I was talking in my sleep again..." He asked, looking a bit worried still.
"Yes, you did..." I said, still trying to remember how to form proper sentences.
"Oh my god! What did I say?"
"You... You said that you... Love me..." I whispered quietly. I didn't know what he would say.
"Oh my god... Adam, I'm so sorry..." He said and looked down at his hands.
"Hey.. There's nothing to be sorry about. Come on, look at me..." I said and softly pushed his chin up a bit to make him look at me. He had tears in his eyes and seeing him like that just broke my heart a bit.
"It's okay... Don't cry.." I said, wiping away the tears that escaped his eyes and slid down his smooth cheek.
"I love you too." I finally said and kissed his lips softly and lovingly. I felt that more tears slid down his cheeks, so I softly wiped them away without breaking the kiss.

After a while, he pulled away from the kiss, looking at me with slight confusion on his face.
"You... Love me?" He asked, disbelief in his voice.
"Yes. I love you. More than anything." I said and pulled him into a sweet, loving kiss again. This time, he kissed back with so much love that I felt overwhelmed and that my heart would explode any minute because I love this man so much.

Once the kiss was over, since we both had to breathe, even though we didn't want to, we cuddled up together near the waves to watch the setting sun, since it had just started to sink into the ocean.
"This is so beautiful." Sauli said after a while, his eyes glued to the setting sun.
"Yes, it is." I said, though I wasn't even looking at the sun. I was looking at Sauli. I guess that he felt my stare, because he turned to look at me.
"You're not even looking at the sunset." He said with a small smile.
"I know. That's not what I was talking about." I said and smiled back to him.
"Then what were you talking about?"
"You." I simply said and hugged him tightly. He blushed a bit and hugged me back, kissing my cheek softly.

Once the sun had set, Sauli sat up and stretched a bit.
"We should head back soon. It's getting late." He said before he whistled and gestured Coffee to come back to him. And Coffee did. Immediately as he heard the whistle, he turned to look at our direction and then walked to us. And I didn't even have to tell Blue to come back too, because she followed Coffee.
"Yeah. Good idea." I said and stood up.
"Help me up?" He asked from me with a smile. I smiled back and took his hand, pulling him up too.
"By the way, before we go, can we have a race? Just for fun and to see which one is faster, Coffee or Blue." Sauli said with a grin.
"Sure. Starting line is here." I said and drew a line to the sand.
"And finish line is there. If you pass that rock before I do, you win." I said, pointing at a huge rock by the waterline.
"Okay. Sounds fair." Sauli said and got to Coffee's back. I got to Blue's back too and turned to look at Sauli with a smirk.
"Ready?" I asked, petting Blue's back softly.
"Whenever you are." Sauli said, smirking too.
"Okay. One, two, three, go." I said and then I and Blue dashed ahead with Sauli and Coffee right behind us. When we were halfway there, Sauli and Coffee started to catch up with us and soon, before I could react, they had dashed ahead of us and in no time passed the finish line. Immediately after they passed the rock, Coffee stopped and Sauli jumped down from his back.
"Ha! I won!" He said with a happy grin as I passed the finish line too.
"Yes, you did. Are you happy now?" I asked, jumping down from Blue's back too.
"Yes. Very. Shall we head home now?"
"Yep. Let's go." I said and got back to Blue's back. Sauli got to Coffee's back too and then we headed back towards the city. We talked about random things on our way back to the town.

Once we got there, Sauli took Coffee back to the backyard and then walked back to the front door of the shop.
"Should I go and get Shadow so that he wouldn't be here all night?" He asked and opened the door.
"No need to go and get her. Shadow! Come here!" I said and whistled and Shadow immediately came running from Sauli's bedroom.
"Hi there. Did you miss me? And did you have fun with Stella?" I asked, since he was pretty much covered in white cat hair. He barked a few times as an answer and wagged his tail happily.
"Good. Now, we're gonna go home. But first..." I said and smiled before pulling Sauli into a deep, loving kiss. He seemed a bit surprised at first, but then kissed me back and pushed me away from the doorway and outside, closing the door behind us. Mostly to prevent his mom from seeing us kissing like this. He put his arms around my neck and pulled me close to him. I smiled into the kiss and out my arms around his waist, holding him tight. After a while, he had to break the kiss for breath, so he nuzzled me softly.
"I love you." He whispered softy, kissing my cheek.
"I love you too." I said and smiled, hugging him close.
"I really should go inside now." Sauli said after a while, pulling away from the hug with a slightly sad look on his face. I could see that he didn't want to let go of me at all.
"I know, Love. I don't want to go either. But we'll see each other tomorrow again. If you don't have time to come and see me, then I'll show up here at some point. I promise." I said and stroked his cheek softly. The sad look on his face soon turned to a warm, loving smile.
"Okay..." He said quietly, hugging me softly.
"See you tomorrow, Love." I said and gave him a quick, sweet kiss before turning around and heading home with Shadow and Blue following me.
"See you tomorrow..." Sauli said softly as I walked through the gate of the shop. After a while, as I was about to turn from the same corner as last night, I turned around and saw that he was still standing there, looking at me. I waved at him and sent him a flying kiss, hoping that he could see it. According to the smile that made it's way to his face, he did see it. I smiled softly to him before turning around and continued my way to the castle. Once I got there, I made my way straight into my bedroom after taking Blue into the stable. I laid there for a while, smiling as I thought about everything that happened today. I love you, Sauli, my Love... Good night and see you tomorrow... And with that, I fell asleep and curled up around my pillow, hugging it tightly.
Third chapter of my Adam/Sauli fic. :heart:
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