Chapter 9 - The Rooftop.
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Venezia slowly reached towards his hand and held his index finger , gesturing of not letting a part of him go .
She kept staring at the floor , looking innocently silent . She slid out of the alleyway holding mark's finger with her hand and started to walk again on the silent street .
It was a cold breezy night . The street was so silent that even the dew and rainwater dripping down slowly could be heard .
Both of their heels felt like drum when they walked . They kept walking for a while now , Venezia in the front , holding his finger and he followed her at the back .
Mark's eyes furrowed and he stopped suddenly "I'm sorry" he cried. The amount of guilt he was feeling at that time was irreplaceable.
"I know" Venezia replied in order to make the part of herself understand , without turning back to him.
"No , you don't." Mark immediately replied , raising his voice in frustration .
He looked up and jumped a wall . Venezia couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind but took his help to climb up when he offered his hand.
They both somehow managed to climb up at the rooftop . Both sat next to each other and stared at the moon . Even when Venezia was unsure of what was going on , she trusted mark and gave him his space .
She didn't question him even once . Mark let out a huge sigh after a long pause and spoke in a low voice.
"Before... I told you about myself , I... didn't tell you everything."
"I knew it" Venezia interrupted.
Mark tired to ignore and then continued "actually , I love painting . Like very much . I love painting , reading and making crochet. That's all"
He leaned backwards and rested his hands and then continued. "there's this academy , where royals are trained and study. All the royals , including young and future lords , ladies , Dukes and Duchess studies there . I've studied there since I was a kid , and being the only "prince" , I was highly pampered."
"Everyone wanted to become my friend , I don't know because their parents told them so. But it was quite evident that I was a part of big group of boys. I've never liked sword fighting because of which people started talking behind my back and teasing me as a sensitive prince."
"Slowly and steadily my feminity started becoming a burden to me and just when I started to forcefully change myself , he came"
"His name is Lucas. He was warm as a blanket and his soft voice was the most endearing. he encouraged me not to give up on what I wanted to do and I was only 17 when I fell for him." The prince chuckled and Venezia looked at him in surprise.
"Haha, yea. I fell for a guy and he didn't mind. You talk about sin , I'm the biggest sinful man of them all." He ran his fingers through his hair , chuckling lightly again.
"One day when I was busy finishing my crochet piece , we both were sitting on a window pane . Facing each other and talking. Teasing each other and then he kissed me. I liked it , he liked it too."
"We both where happy and somehow managed to keep our relationship in secret for an year an a half , until when he saw grace. The way she talked with him made me wanting to burn in hell. Her touch , her eyes and her angelic voice , everything made lucas mesmerized. But , as a stubborn little child I was , I was so scared to even ask if he had any feelings for grace. I thought that might ruin things for us."
"I avoided the feeling I used to get whenever grace was around us at the academy. We did promise to each other that in order to keep our relationship safe we'll not come too close to each other. But the jealousy in me kept building in."
" It took only one evening , when everything got over. Everything was finished. The jealousy got a whole control over my body and mind that in order to protect lucas from grace , I came close to him and kissed him , in front of grace."
"Lucas pushed me away and got scared.
I can never forget what he said to me that day. "Why can't you trust me" . That was it. He took grace and left the academy. Neither grace nor Lucas ever came back to the capital."
" That is why I hate women so much. They are one sinister snakes crawling around in the world."
"Ouch!" Venezia interrupted . Mark smirked and continued.
" The king has always resented me for my femine quality , my taste and choice of skills i aquire. Although I'm quite good at my subjects , I've never liked to learn about armoury or even practice fights at the arena. I've always forced to do that which slowly and steadily changed me . I lost interest in life , and I loathed everyone who encountered me . Even you , but you disrespected me alot."
"Offcourse , you deserved it." Venezia nudged .
"Ouch" mark replied.
And they both let out a huge laughter . Laughing at the irony of both of thier lives.
Then after a while , Venezia asked .
"Which part of the country is he a lord now ?"
"Well he's not a lord , he's a duke . The Duke of Windsor."
"So , you haven't checked on in him ?" She asked again .
"I won't . I gave up at that very moment. Before also he was too concerned for his reputation and was unsure about us. I took the gesture quite seriously when he went away on my face."
Mark finished and Venezia kept thinking about it .
" And if my dad gets to know about it , he'll kill me too so..."
"He won't." Venezia interrupted staring at the moon.
Mark looked at her in question and then ignored.
They both sat together for a brief moment , and this time the silence felt so peaceful. Smooth breeze made a melodious music when crossing thier faces and the owl finally felt like going to sleep. The night has never felt so serene.
Soon , the birds chirped and they decided to head back by the c***k of dawn. They soon reached the convent , holding hands and looked at each other like it's the last time before parting ways.
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