HYUNJIN

— Promise me something. The blond whispered in a voice so sweet it made the older man lying next to him tremble. The damp grass touched his skin, but that doesn't matter when your hands are intertwined with those of the love of your life, right? — What a thing, love. "I ask," the dark-haired man said as he approached the blond man to brush aside one of his golden hairs that fell across his pale forehead. — Promise me that, no matter what happens, we'll never separate...you'd never leave me, right? Each word was like a stab to the older man, who knew he couldn't fulfill that promise. The next morning he would travel to the opposing kingdom with his future wife, because upon learning that Hyunjin was dating someone of low social standing, and even worse...a boy, they forced him to marry a young and beautiful girl, the daughter of a duke from the opposing kingdom. — I promise, my child. The blond man smiled at his words, approached him, and placed a soft kiss on his lips, while caressing his boyfriend's black hair. The boyfriend suspected nothing; he didn't know that Hyunjin would leave...and that he would leave him alone in that city, in that town...where they only wanted memories of their love. That night the younger man gave himself to Hyunjin; they were intimate. He thought he would marry the love of his life and that they might possibly have children, since he was a virgin and for that very reason, his parents hated him. The next morning the kingdom's trumpets sounded, the blond man woke up somewhat frightened, he knew that his boyfriend was in that kingdom — Here are your new rulers, King Hwang Hyunjin and Queen Hwang Yeji. The blond man's heart pounded a mile a minute. Had he heard right? Hyunjin...had gotten married? Hyunjin's eyes met Felix's watery eyes. Felix's gaze was serious, as if love had never existed between them. He no longer looked at the blond man with love. Hyunjin closed his eyes tightly; he was completely devastated inside, but he had to force himself to hide that love.