"Whoah!" Kyle rose noisily in surprise when Zeres appeared in the kitchen. His eyes rounded out at the sight of the now short-haired Zeres. Even Lucas who was facing the stove turned around at Kyle’s exclamation and was currently looking as surprised if not more than the young vampire prince. "You cut your hair!" the boy exclaimed.
For some reason, even though Zeres now indeed looked much more handsome than before and so fresh to the eyes, the young prince was a slight bit disappointed. Maybe it was due to the thought that he had where Zeres’ long and silver hair lent him that fascinating and so magical aura around him, that in his eyes, Zeres was actually an ethereal being which was disguised as a witch. But now that his long hair was gone, Kyle personally thought that his otherworldliness had been dramatically reduced. Of course, he kept that thought to himself.
"Queen Alicia did it," came his short response and Kyle blinked, taken aback at that revelation.
"She didn’t force you –" Lucas butted in almost immediately after Zeres explained how his hair came to be that way.
"I was the one who forced her to cut it." Zeres cut Lucas’s words off before he could utter more, obviously not pleased at what his red-haired comrade had said about his queen. Kyle observed that and was glad he kept his thoughts to himself. It would be a very bad idea to tick Zeres off.
"Oh, right." Lucas showed both palms to Zeres in surrender and apology before turning around and putting his attention back to the food on the stove. "Now come over and help me out a little here. I definitely can’t ask His Highness to wash the dishes and I’m so busy manning the stove, so you do it." he gestured to the sink with his lips and all eyes fell on the stack of dishes that were piled up in the sink.
Zeres moved towards the sink obediently without expression when the young prince blocked him. "I think I should be doing this. I am the youngest one here after all." The boy said, causing Lucas to whip his head towards them.
"Your Highness! Please, just take a seat." The cook exclaimed, his face inexplicable.
"It’s fine Lucas. Really. It’s even more unacceptable to have Zeres wash the dishes, you know!"
"Your Highne –"
"Would you ever tell Alexander to wash the dishes?"
Lucas was instantly silenced for a while before he answered. "Of course not. How would I dare ask Alexander? Not unless I am looking to die."
"Then how could you ask Zeres to wash the dishes? I’ll do it. It’s not like washing dishes kills a prince." Kyle started to fold his sleeves up. "I personally think that washing the dishes is an honorable task." He added with quite the conviction as he finally approached the sink, leaving Lucas dumbstruck.
Quietly, Zeres had already walked up to stand next to the young prince’s side. "Wait, please –"
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