Last story for Royal's month. I hope y'all enjoyed this chaos before Polaris' turn.
*The scene is set in the kitchen where Royal and an older version of himself are making energon treats.*
Royal: So…Everything is still a mess?
Older Royal: Yes. Everything is still a mess…but at the very least, we still have those we protected safe.
Royal: How’s Cade and Tessa?
Older Royal: They’re good. They have settled after the damage the Decepticons had caused. We sometimes do drives or go on picnics despite me and the Autobots not having Cybertronian size food.
Royal: *smiles* Bet they brought a ton of food for us. Also, does Cade still get mad about cleaning out the organic food from our frames?
Older Royal: *chuckles* Yes, he does. We need to stop doing that eventually.
Royal: Yeah…but it’s so fun. The last time he did that, he had to rinse the orange juice out of his hair.
Older Royal: Still causing trouble for Cade? And you wonder why Princely is such a troublemaker.
Royal: *rolls his optics* Yeah, yeah.
*Silence filled the air as the duo continued baking. Royal stopped baking and pondered. Older Royal notices this and nudges him.*
Older Royal: Go on. Ask your question.
Royal: …Does it get better? Our journey? Our quest?
Older Royal: … *vents* I won’t lie. It’ll still be rough. And there will be days where you want everything to stop. But I promise you this. There will be more bright days with your friends and family helping you take one step at a time. As long as you keep moving forward, you will be fine.
Royal: *smiles* Thank you. I needed that.
*Both continues baking in silence. Before…*
Royal: Fiend and I…do we-
Older Royal: We never get back together.
Royal: *vents heavily* Oh thank Primus! I heard about what happened with Sage and I was worried what was going to happen with us.
Older Royal: Yeah…I have no idea why he did that. But I will say this…we share seventy-thirty custody of Princely with Fiend.
Royal: *drops the bowl* WHAT THE FRAG?!?!?!