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It was the next day, and Buttercup was helping the new knight. But Buttercup felt it would be good to show him around the castle first.

Everything was going well, and both knights seem to have so much fun. The way he looked at Buttercup made Buttercup feel worried because the way he looked at her was the way she wanted Butch to look at her.

While Buttercup was giving the guy some advice on how to be a great knight, they suddenly got interrupted by one of the maids.

"The prince wants to see you immediately. It's an emergency."

Buttercup excuses herself and quickly leaves to go see Butch. Once she makes it in front of Butch's room, Buttercup right away opens the door and what she sees hurts her.

"Buttercup, what are you doing here?" Butch asks, his arms around the Princess's waist while her arms around his neck. "I... I was sent here by the maiden. I heard it was an emergency." Buttercup tells him.

"Emergency?" Butch asks confused.

Buttercup makes eye-contact with the princess and the look the princess gave her made Buttercup flinch. It was a look as if to say 'He's mine'.

"It must have been a misunderstanding then, I'll get going." Buttercup awkwardly says and closes the door of the room to leave. But before she could even walk away further down the hall, Butch had open the door and went after Buttercup.

The princess stood in shock and felt embarrassed as the other maids in the room stared at her.

A prince leaving a princess for a knight? Isn't that crazy.

"Hey, hey, where are you going?" Butch yelled at Buttercup, and Buttercup turns around to give a confused face. "I'm going back to the new knight, it seems your busy making out with the princess," Buttercup told him, her voice with annoyance.

"Making out? What are you talking about? I was hugging her because she told me she's been missing her family and needed a hug." Butch told, Buttercup still wasn't buying it. "I already told you, I don't like the princess that kind of way."

Buttercup shouldn't be jealous since they aren't together, but ever since Butch told her if he could kiss her, it had made her think if there's a possibility of them being together.

"I need to get going," Buttercup said, "We need to talk later, there's something I need to tell you," Butch told her, looking at her emerald eyes. Buttercup only nods her head and continues to walk away from him.

The day goes alright, there were a few times Buttercup had caught Butch looking at her and the new knight from the windows of the castle. Buttercup would always smirk to her self when she saw his panicked face.

It was around midnight that Buttercup had finally said goodbye to the new knight, now she was going to meet him with Butch. She was honestly tired and just wanted to head off to bed, but she has night duty.

Buttercup knocked on the door and waited for a response, "Come in." Buttercup opened the door and saw Butch sitting on his desk writing down a few things. "Ah, Buttercup, you're finally here. I thought you would forget." Butch said and gave a smile to her.

"You must've heard the rumor that I haven't proposed yet, even though I had already told you I did." Butch sat down on the bed next to Buttercup. "I don't know who started the rumor but it's not true."

Buttercup stays quiet and a bit bothered. "I have realized something and I need to tell you before it's too late. I understand you don't want to be my friend anymore after this," Butch feels nervous and Buttercup could tell by his left leg slightly shaking.

"I like you, Buttercup," Butch tells her with a gentle voice. "I have noticed my jealous behavior when I see you around other guys and how I would always want you next to me instead of others. I honestly never thought I would fall in love with my best friend since we both had different dreams and path we wanted to take. I realized you know me better than anybody in this world, and you always made me happy. I don't want to spend my life with- Buttercup?" Butch looks at Buttercup concerned.

Buttercup had tears streaming down her flushed cheeks, "Hey, why are you crying? was it too much?" Butch asks and gently wipes her tears away to hold her delicate face.

"It's not that. I'm just so happy that you like me." Buttercup gives a smile and gently puts her hand on top of his.

Butch doesn't say anything and neither does Buttercup. They both leaned in closer and let their lips touch each other. The kiss was sweet and gentle.

Butch lets his forehead rest on top of hers, and he lets out a soft sigh. "I want to spend my life with you," Butch said, kissing her lips again.

"Forever and always."

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Let the war and heartbreaks and misunderstandings begin!