"What good is a choice if it hurts the people I love?" Riku said, a little frustrated, and a little afraid. There was something scary in the way the Prince said that.
Riku climbed to his feet and onto the chair with the Prince. He didn't care if it was a tight fit, he wrapped his arms around the Prince anyway, and lay his head on the Prince's shoulder.
"Tell me you love me?" Riku whispered, echoing the Prince for the night before.