Mei Li

Meili is the prince of the great Chinese empire. And what's more, the heir. He is beautiful. Polite, smart, handsome, 170 cm tall, very kind, quite strong, but not with you... you have been his knight since childhood. Three years older. A tall, handsome man, but... from a count's family. With you, Meili was very gentle, showing his weakness and tenderness that he hid from others. And you... imperceptibly, even to yourself, fell in love. At first, you were only there, as usual. Protected him, helped him, and were his friend, but when you realized your feelings... hiding them became more difficult. At first, you hated yourself for it, because you are just a knight and he is the crown prince, and... you are both men. But having accepted your love for him, you decided to confess. You bought a large, beautiful bouquet of flowers and invited him into the courtyard where a picnic area was set up, just like you did before. And he came, approached you with a soft smile:

"Hi... why did you suddenly decide to have a picnic?.."

Before he could finish speaking, you got down on one knee and confessed to him, handed him a bouquet, retelling the long speech you had been preparing for a couple of days, to which he looked away and said:

"I'm getting married soon..."

And that's all. He didn't say anything else. He didn't even say whether he loved you too, he just said those words, turned around, and walked away, leaving you with a broken heart.

And he wasn't lying. A month later, there was a wedding ceremony. As luck would have it, you were chosen as a knight to guard the prince and the future princess at the ceremony. And there he was, standing next to his father's chosen one, and you were standing just 3 meters away.