Both Troy and Lyle followed Aria back to the castle and to the large library. When they were inside, Troy looked around at the many books inside and smiled. "So you spend much time in here miss Aria?" he asked and looked at Lyle. "What about you? Do you spend any time in here as well?" he asked him. Lyle shook his head. "I don't. I ready in my own room. I don't read in here, it just never appealed to me I suppose." Lyle answered. "So is it safe to say you haven't read any of these books?" Troy asked. "Not that I remember." Lyle answered quietly.

"You must have a lot of free time. or you're a fast reader." Troy said to Aria. Lyle didn't say anything, he didn't trust himself to. Instead, he looked around the library at the various book titles. It's funny, this belonged to him and yet he had never once been in here. Not until today anyway. It just never occurred to him to ever come up here. Troy picked up one of the many books and read the title in silence before putting it back where he had found it. "Out of the books that you read here, which was your favorite?" he asked Aria.

"Ah lessons, I remember the days as a younger child having to wake up early and prepare." Troy said with a laugh. "Good times I think. Lyle, are you not taking any lessons now?" he asked Lyle who was looking at a book about stars. Lyle looked up and looked at them both. "No I'm not actually." he answered. "Would you ever want to take more lessons? Surely there are other things you'd like to learn about right?" Troy asked while Aria looked for her books she needed. Lyle shrugged and closed the book in his hand. "While the idea of learning something new amuses me, I don't think I would have the time to actually enjoy it. You see, I'm helping my father with the work now. When I'm not I'm usually spending time with Aria though I admit that is based heavily on my mood. If I'm too upset which is never a surprise to anyone, I play my piano and drown out everyone else. So now, let's add the possible classes on top of that? Yes, I don't think it will be possible to do." Lyle explained honestly.

"If you were to take lessons, you wouldn't have to help your father out with work Lyle. I think your parents would much rather you focus on your studies instead." Troy pointed out, walking over to where Lyle was. At least Lyle seemed to have calmed down which was nice. "Perhaps you're right Troy. I'm not sure what lessons I would want to take though." Lyle admitted, scratching the back of his head. "You enjoy piano correct?" Troy asked. Lyle nodded. "Why not take a more advanced piano class?" Troy suggested.

Lyle frowned then and put the book back where it belonged. "I don't know." he said softly, crossing his arms across his chest. "Maybe I'm just too dull, but...I don't see the point of taking more lessons if I don't need to. I have to grow up and work. Married or not, I have a kingdom I need to take care of. I'm of no help if I'm playing the piano all day." he said quietly. Troy was surprised to hear this and looked over at Aria then looked back at Lyle. "You really care about the your job as prince don't you Lyle?" Troy asked and smiled. "I admire that. You put your own desires in the back of your mind and instead work yourself to the bone. You probably work even when you're sick unless you're locked in your room. While it's respectable that you would rather work than play, you shoudln't deny yourself a few minutes of fun." he reminded.

Lyle glanced over at Aria, seeing she was focused he decided to leave her alone. "I tried having fun today, look how that turned out." he answered and motioned for Troy to follow him. "We'll leave you to your studying Aria." Lyle said and walked out of the library with Troy. "Well yes, but this doesn't happen every single time does it?" Troy asked. Lyle ran his hand through his hair, "It shouldn't, but sometimes it does. A lot of miscommunication I guess. I hate confrontation. So whenever we start fighting I just lock myself away and she always comes back." he said with a weak smile. Troy frowned listening to this, maybe this was worse than he thought. "I see.." Troy started and thought for a moment. "She comes back though, that's good. I'm sure you both are able to actually talk after some time apart correct?"

"Yes." Lyle answered and the two of them took a seat in the sitting room to have a few drinks together. "I hate it though." he added. This confused Troy, "Hate what exactly?" Troy asked. "I hate arguing with her, it gives me a headache and it doesn't really solve anything. It just makes me hate myself for even raising my voice at her. We're supposed to be friends but when we fight it doesn't feel like we are. It feels like she's just someone I have to deal with and I don't enjoy the fact that we talk after some time apart. I don't know if that's normal or not. How is it that we have to stay away from each other for a few days in order to talk? It doesn't seem healthy." Lyle explained.

"Well then, if you feel that the relationship you have with her is unhealthy, you should do something about it." Troy stated. "You two are friends, and if I know anything about friendships it's that sometimes you'll have disagreements. That's doesn't mean you stop being friends; it just means you have different opinions regarding a topic of discussion." Troy explained. Lyle listened to Troy while sipping at his drink and sighing softly, he knew Troy was right. It didn't make things easier though.

"We're friends and engaged. I thought it would be a lot easier to be engaged to her since we always got along. But...that was before I realized there were rules I had to follow and rules she'd have to follow. Well you know what I mean Troy, we're in the same boat you and I." Lyle said. "Yes we are. I can understand it must be difficult trying to balance your job as prince and your job as a friend. They're both very different." Troy answered. What Lyle asked him then surprised him, he almost spit out his drink. "Do you think it's actually possible for me to even marry her? A commoner?" Troy stared at Lyle, shocked by what he had just been asked. "W-well. It isn't impossible. It might be difficult because of the status difference but I honestly think you'll both be fine. Communication is key and I see that's something you struggle with." Troy answered honestly.

Troy looked up at Aria when she entered the room. "Oh don't apologize miss Aria. You were enjoying yourself, no need to feel bad about that. Besides, Lyle was there to keep me company. We were just talking about how Lyle doesn't enjoy communicating with others." Troy began and sipped his drink. "You two are interesting you know. Complete opposites.I don't know you both very well, but from what I saw today I learned something. Aria is a free spirit, does whatever makes her happy, doesn't care who sees. Lyle, you're very closed off. You have walls around you, so you don't allow anyone to get too close. Aria and your parents are perhaps the only people you have allowed to get close. Opening up is hard for you, maybe you didn't have anyone to talk to growing up. I think you do enjoy talking to people though, even if you yourself don't think that you do. It's probably why the two of you clash so much over the simplest things. I think you just have a hard time really expressing yourself Lyle. Ugh, now I sound like my father. I'm sorry." he said and chuckled.