"....Fine. I won't yell..just please- please tell me-"
He grabbed Kai's face, looking at him in his eyes...god did Ren look worried.
"Just-just listen. I....I-I'm a prince. I have seven older sisters, and I'm the youngest in my family. The reason why I get into fights with my dad all the time is because well-I'm not-supposed to like the human world. We're not even technically supposed to come up here, but I just-I don't-.....get the sea. I don't really get along with anyone down there, I don't have many friends I just-It feels....small-like I'm being suffocated but-up here...there's this-whole big world to explore, and I don't even get most of it and I just-I want to know everything and see everything and-and there's you...and being with you-you're the first person to make me feel like I belong....anywhere.....because I belong with you and-I dunno maybe that's dumb but-...."
He sighed
"No, I don't Ren! I don't even have power over myself! I was gone all this time because my dad's trying to marry me off-I was visiting the princes in the neighboring kingdoms! I don't get a say in the matter-I can't really run very far-I wouldn't make it out in the open waters...I can't say no-my dad'll just force me into it-and I argued with him-y'know what that got me? A fresh set of bruises and three days locked in my room with constant supervision. I don't rule over anyone-that's my dad's job, and then my oldest sisters. And thank god...cuz I can't even take care of myself."