Engagement

In a flash of time, it's been already 3 years.

Both Nepthal and Lavina can walk and talk a little bit by now.

Both used to play , eat and sleep together till now and didn't wanted to leave each other's sight even for a slight, but still they have to .

Since, there was a lot of responsibilities on their shoulders being a prince and princess of a big kingdom. They both used to stay together, For sometime in Dollmaire and then in Pierre. Both Elvish and Selemon treated each other's child as their own, so they also don't wanted to get apart from them. But when children got Three and a half years old they decided to start their teachings in their own motherland, in their own tradition .

Being from different kingdoms their culture was different, their tradition was different, their teachings were different. It was only their father's friendship which kept two culture together . But now, kings have to worry about their children's teachings so they decided to let them stay in their own kingdoms, but they will make sure that both of them will continue playing with each other like they used to do.

The day came, both Nepthal and Lavina were playing in the garden with their toys unaware of the fact that this was the last day when they will be staying together or i will say sticking to each other. Lavina was playing with a grand set of dolls in the garden, when Nepthal came running shouting her name. When he saw her, a ray of extreme happiness was clearly visible on his face. He rushed toward her and hugged her from behind and asked in his childish tone

"What are you doing?". She replied with a smiling face"I am playing! look, this is a new doll that uncle gave me today, she is so beautiful!"and continued with what she was doing. Seeing a new toy, out of curiosity Nepthal stretched his hand to pick up the doll ,but retreated it instantly with a scream "aah!". It was Lavina who slapped his hand and with a annoyed look on her face she said " You cannot touch her! she is my baby and I am her mommy". With a pitiful face Nepthal asked" Is this for real Lavina? you said we were best friends,now you are not even letting me play with your baby.."by this sentence his eyes were filled with water . Seeing such a look on her best friend's face Lavina couldn't hold herself and hugged him back while caressing his head she said in a convincing tone" No no no, how is this possible? what is mine is also yours but..." while looking at her doll she continued" this is my baby and mommy told me only daddy and mommy can touch their child so please sorry" she withdrew her hands from him and again begin to play. "Then i will be your doll's daddy" said Nepthal suddenly while looking at her. Hearing this statement Lavina asked " How?" with a curious face while tilting it a little bit, suddenly a kissed was placed on her cheeks by him, he said" I will marry you! just like my daddy ,I promise, then i will become her daddy so ,can I play with your baby now?" . Nervousness was clearly visible on his face but the more interesting thing was the way how Lavina was trying to understand this whole thing in her child's brain, and after some serious pondering she asked with an extreme serious face (which was not serious at all)" promise?" while raising her smallest finger toward him . Nepthal also raised his finger and concealed the legendary 'Pinkie Promise' and said with an assuring tone "promise".

They didn't knew that their whole drama was being watched by their parents who were enjoying their teas not very far away, and were laughing on them continuously . Selemon controlled his laughter and said" Look our children have grown up...they know how to make promises"and again started laughing.

Hearing this Elvish controlled his laughter and said " Selemon.... I was thinking something". Seeing his friend serious look Selemon stopped laughing and asked " what happened?".

Elvish replied " nothing....i was just thinking....it is not nice to separate them since they match each other so well, for sometime they may not ask ud but after some days..... after some years...when they will grow up.... won't they be missing each other". Selemon placed his hand on his and said" What are you thinking?.... remember one thing he have already promised my sweet heart....if he tries to break that in the future..I will not let him go" while saying this he laughed . Hearing his reply Elvish eyes shined and he said"so.. so.. ..so you approve of my son as your son in law?" with an assuring gesture Selemon hugged him and said " We will be in laws in future....our friendship will become a relationship....so i have already approved Nepthal as my future son in law".

With this both kings decided to get their children engaged with each other now and marry them off when they will became adults .They celebrated the occasion by sharing drinks and laughing.Whereas both the children were unaware of the the fact that their promise have already connected their fates.

The time came, it was already evening and all the carriages were ready to depart to Pierre kingdom, both Elvish and Christine were also ready except Nepthal.....who kept on crying while hugging Lavina. Even she was crying while refusing to let him go. Seeing whole of this Surica bend down and sit with her knees on the ground while holding one one hand of both Nepthal and Lavina she asked in a sweet tone " Is this the way we say goodbye to our friends?.... daddy and uncle are also friends...are they crying?....and more importantly" while looking at Nepthal she continued " Nepthal you promised Lavina that you will marry her? right.....but if you stay together now... people will call you brother and sister.....and if this happens you won't be able to fulfill your promise ....do you want that?"then she turned her face toward Lavina and said" Do you want that?". "No..." both said in unison while sobbing .Surica rubbed their heads and said " Now say goodbye to each other"with this she got up. Lavina and Nepthal shared their toys and said goodbye to each other. Both kings promised that they will keep on visiting each other's palace and after every fifteen days they will bring their children to play with each other .

With this Elvish took leave from his friend and sat in his Royal carriage. Both Selemon and Surica were waving their hands to see off their friends. But Lavina was screaming " Nepthal if you didn't come i will break your toys" while waving her hand to the prince who was saying goodbye from the carriage's window in such a way that if his parents weren't holding him he would've fall for sure. He also replied with tears flowing down from his eyes in a loud voice" I will surely come, don't break my toys, wait for me".With this both of them assured each other about their reunion, and after some time the carriages were already out of their sights.