The bright red lights from the cameras shine in my face, at this point it's all I see. My father is drowning on and on about some bs about  fixing the country, nobody actually cares or listens. When I was younger I would never look at the camera so I was just told to look at the red light. So that's all I do now, all I see is red. 

If I didn’t do this every week I would be having a pretty hard time holding back my yawn. I guess I’m lucky though because Apollo is not having the same luck. Apollo lets out a very loud and noticeable yawn. His face goes very red and me and Artemis give each other a look, very subtly asking, ‘is this dude crazy?’ 

The king continues droning on, honestly I don't care much about what he is saying, either I already know it, don't care or it's just plain out wrong, he says incorrect things a lot. He needs to stop lying to the public so they like him/feel better, it's terrible, especially when they find out he's lying.

The more the king drones on the more nervous I get, and the fact that nobody called out Apollo means that this is serious. I glance over at Artemis, seeing red spots everywhere, I probably shouldn't be staring at that light all the time. Just as I turn my head to look at her she glances over at me and gives me a comforting smile. If only that was all I needed to calm down. 

After what feels like forever the king calls out to the country (and everyone on camera) that it's finally time for the very special announcement. I panic. I don't even know why I’m panicking, I’ve definitely been curious to what the announcement is but it hasn't made me worry this much, it can't be that bad. 

As if the king can read my thoughts he calls up me and Apollo to come to the middle of the stage and camera. Huh, what. Why isn't Artemis coming up too? Why is she even here then? Why Apollo? Did he do something wrong and not tell me? Did I do something wrong? Did Artemis? Why don't I know what's going on? So many questions are racing through my head and I can't do anything about it.

I try my best to calm my face down as I walk up to the king. Apollo gives me a very confused look, which I just return, you think I know what's going on, I very much don't. I quickly turn my head around to look at Artemis, she looks just as confused as us, great. I feel kinda bad for her to be honest. She probably feels very confused as to why she is here.

The king smiles when we settle beside him, one of us on either side of him. “Ahh yes my dear daughter” He states, I grimace when he says daughter for multiple reasons. I hate how casually he says daughter, like he actually personally cares about me. If he cared about me I would know what's going on. 

“And dear Apollo” He continues, fake love in his voice. “You and and the rest of the Hilldocks have been close to our family for the longest time now, you and your sister are so important to our dear princess Aki”. He says looking back at Artemis. Why does he need to keep mentioning how we are related and how im a friggin princess, everyone already knows that, they've known it for all my life, nobody needs a reminder. 

“How long have you known each other again, I can't remember, it feels like you two have been hanging around my precious daughter Aki forever.”

I hope nobody can tell how nervous and uncomfortable I am. Every time he says princess, or daughter or some other feminising term it feels like my insides are being lit on fire and stomped on. It feels so wrong and just hurts so, so much. 

I want to yell and scream at him that I’m not a girl, and I don't want to be called a princess or his daughter. But I can't do that, he would kill me, denounce my position and then burn me to the stakes. Sometimes I think that that would be the better option, but I try to keep those thoughts out of my head.

“Tonight Princess Aki Kis and Mr. Apollo Hilldocks have a big announcement” The king states, finally getting to the point. Why did he state our names like that? “Aki and Apollo have been thinking about this for a while but have finally decided to take this step.” What does he mean by this? What have we been thinking about? Why aren't we saying this?

“Pincess Aki Kis and Mr. Apollo Hilldocks have decided to get married for love, they have been secretly dating for 1 year now and have decided to make it official. Apollo proposed 1 week ago and the marriage will be on national television in around 1 year.”

My brain goes blank, marriage, I'm marrying Apollo. This was his crazy big announcement. No wonder he didn't tell us in advance. I don't know what to do. I try to smile and look happy but I can't. I can't believe this. It's the wrong twin. I don't know what to do. Apollo, why him. Is this the king's big ploy to distract the country from all the bull shit going on? Cause what the Fuck. He could have at least given me some kind of warning. I probably made a very unhappy face when he said married. Though then again it's not like I care at this point. That's his problem. 

He keeps on talking, but I don't pay attention. He says something about another big announcement next week, I wonder what it is. Along with other details about the wedding and something about Artemis. Oh boy Artemis, I wonder how she is feeling. Her partner is marrying her twin brother.

And boy Apollo, at least he didn't make another loud noise when the king said marriage, though I still don't know why I care about the king’s image and how he feels, it's obvious he doesn't care about me and my feelings.