prompt; rejection

fandom; aldnoah.zero

word count; 103

Neither of them had seen it coming.

They've obliviously quarreled with each other for ages, longing for the the Princess' affection in the midst of the war between Earth and Mars.

The Princess could never decide-- she felt equally content spending time with both Inaho and Slaine, as much as they hated each other. She desired peace.

And for that peace, came rejection.

Neither of them were chosen.

Klaincain, one perfectly unrelated to the matter, was taken as consort, and Emperor, to Empress Asseylum.

The throbbing pain that they couldn't describe, the pitch-black emptiness of lacking a true winner. They were both rejected.