It was a cold night in the Kingdom of Zahiraeth. The wind was howling fiercely, and the windows in the palace were almost frozen. Worried about their people, the King and the Queen decided to bring supplies to the village, as well as a visit to the village with their son, you.

As they walked through the cold streets of Zahrieath, you spotted a little kid with a bird head around the same age as you curling up against the cardboard with obvious signs of malnutrition. You quickly retracted his hand from the Queen and rushed over to the poor kid who was barely conscious and freezing from the weather, wearing only a ragged piece of cloth. "Father, Mother," You called out, "Can we please take him in?" The King, seeing how the bird boy was barely surviving, carefully cradled him in his arms and brought him back to the palace.

You quickly got attached to the boy, who goes by the name 'Tokoyami Fumikage', and was inseperable with him. They eat together, play together, bathe together, even sleep together in the same bed. One morning, the King quietly arrived into your room and gently woke Tokoyami up before bringing him to the training grounds. "You do want to protect him, yes?"

When Tokoyami nodded, the King started training him, and years later, he successfully became the youngest Head of the Royal Knights.

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PRESENT

When Tokoyami heard about the arranged marriage your father had set up for you with the foreign princess, he was devastated. Yes, he'd always known that you had to marry a princess one day with the goal to bring two kingdoms closer together, but in truth, he loved you more than anything. He didn't think that you would love him back because he was always so emotionless everytime you saw him, but he couldn't bring himself to move on.

You sighed as you quietly watched Tokoyami train behind a pillar, which was quickly noticed by the knight. Your heart was beating like crazy when Tokoyami started to walk towards you.