[Oharmony] Of kingdoms and castles [M]

[Guu]

The morning sun spilled through the windows, illuminating the bedroom. On the queen sized bed lay Bonbon and Mina, their bodies bare as they held each other in the middle of the mattress. The sunlight crept along the sheets to hit Mina in the face, causing her to shake awake.

She sighed heavily as memories from the night before flooded in. She couldn’t believe it hadn’t been a dream, that she was still there the next day instead of her room up in the castle. She couldn’t believe the warmth she was feeling was her warmth.

It was a beautiful morning.

However, she looked down at her partner and noticed that she wasn’t smiling. Her face displayed a concerned frown. Immediately, she started to get afraid. Was the princess disappointed by what happened? She broke the embrace and scooched back in the bed. Bonbon shot her a concerned look.

“I’m sorry!” She yelled out. The princess just looked puzzled.

“For what? There’s no need to apologize!”

“You looked concerned and I thought-”

Bonbon moved and kissed her again, this was quick to silence her fears.

“It’s okay, everything's okay. I’m really glad this,” she draped an arm around her taller lover, “this happened. I just had an odd dream last night. I just reminded me of something that happened a long time ago.”

Mina, no longer fearful, was now curious.

“Can you tell me? I mean, if you don’t mind sharing.”

The princess thought for a few seconds before responding.

“Well, I think you’re the first one I’ve told this in the Omniverse, but soon after I was born, my mother was executed.” She said solemnly.

“I’m sorry.” Mina responded, now wishing she hadn’t asked.

“It was a long time ago, I have no memories of her. What she was guilty of was covered up, not even the private records said what she did to deserve death.

“Well anyways, soon after, my dad started legalizing a lot of things, would anger grandpa to no end. He would decriminalize things like sodomy, interracial relationships, legalized a ton of drugs, adultery. It was really controversial at the time from what I heard. Though, despite them being legalized, many of those things were still socially discouraged. Grandpa would grill us everyday about the traditional ways of doing things, he was big on that. ‘Gays are are the root of evil,’ and stuff like that. It really sunk in over the years.

“When I hit puberty, I knew I was different, not just in height but who I was attracted to. I always felt the same way I did for girls that the other girls felt about guys. I couldn’t understand it, why I was cursed with these feelings. I just buried it.

“To make things worse, I had my first crush around that time. She was a pink-haired girl named Julie. She was so beautiful, I could barely speak around her. I just kind of fought those feelings, focused harder on my combat training. Let life go by.

“Julie eventually grew up, she found a man, one she would eventually marry, have children with. I think the day I first learned she was pregnant with the first one was the hardest on me emotionally.

“My dad sensed my dower mood, he was very perspective like that. He took me aside and sat me down, and to my surprise, he revealed he knew how I was. He apparently knew I was into women all that time, I don’t know how he knew, but… well, it was quite the shock. I asked him why he never brought it up before, why he never punished me or scolded me, and what he said next...”

She gave off a heavy sigh.

“He told me… I wasn’t his daughter. At least not biologically”

“You weren’t?” Mina said, shocked by the revelation.

“My mom never loved my dad, even though he loved her. That’s the risk of arranged marriages. She eventually met a man she did love, a hobbit named Daldge.”

“Wait, so, is that why you are-”

Bonbon nodded. Mina’s mouth was ajar.

“I was their love child. It was a crime at the time for a normal person to sleep with a hobbit, it was illegal to commit adultery, so my dad had to put them both to death. He covered it all up so I could still live in the family without hassle.

“Dad told me that killing my mom was the worst thing he had ever done, and he realized that it was tradition’s strict rules that destroyed them. He couldn’t bare to imagine killing any of his daughters, so that’s why he decriminalized so many things back then.

“He told me he didn’t want me to destroy myself to appease him. He told me, ’Bonbon, I want you to be happy, even if it meant being with a woman.’ I admit, his words scared me.”

“Scared you?” Asked Mina.

“Tradition was the backbone of our culture, it’s what held us together, and my dad was outright telling me to defy it, he was telling me that some of it was wrong. If part of it was wrong, maybe any of it was wrong. Tradition was safe, it was secure, I mean, if something thousands of years could be wrong, what chance do we have now? At least that’s what I believed.

“However, last night, after what happened, I had a dream. My dad’s words, echoing in the halls of my mind.”

She looked Mina in the eyes now and smiled.

“I think it’s my dad telling me that last night was right!”