Into The Mirror

Chapter 8

The young prince was one hundred percent sure that either one of his brothers or Seungwoo was going to murder him at that point - if someone else didn't get to him first. Despite finding out that he had met an assassin a few days ago, who could quite possibly still be in the town, he went against his better judgement and left the safety of the palace walls once again.

Subin had decided this time to stay away from the centre of town, along with the outskirts where the little incident happened a few days prior, and headed out towards the forest. He knew the chances of meeting someone there was much lower than being in the town, especially at this time in the afternoon. The sun was just about to set, and Subin was hoping to get to the prime sunset-watching spot on the other side of the forest before it started to actually set. Sunset and dusk were his favourite times of day, but they weren't the same in the palace.

When he was younger his father used to let him and his brothers go out into the forest to play, and he absolutely loved it. Being able to climb trees and play like a normal boy, without the strict rules in the palace of how to act, and most of all spending time with his brothers. When they were in the palace they were all split up due to their age differences, and each of them had different duties or lessons to attend to.

But that was before everything happened. Now that Subin knew what happened with Sejun and his father, it all made a lot more sense. After that had happened the three princes were no longer allowed to leave the palace grounds, unless with one of the guards, but the reason was never made known to them, despite their constant pestering. The King was scared. Subin finally realised that there was a reason for it, and that it wasn't just to make them miserable (deep down he already knew that, but he didn't want to accept it - not when he could blame it on something else entirely).

As Subin neared his arguably favourite place in the entire Mirror Kingdom, he could see that someone else was already there, sat amongst the tall grass. The figure was only visible because of the suns rays lighting them up, almost making them glow. The person would have looked like an angel if it weren't for their black clothing, and it gave Subin a good idea of who it was. From behind he looked like he could do no harm to anyone. Well, he didn't exactly look like the assassin type Subin had pictured at all - he was far too good looking - apart from the dangerous glint in his eyes.

Sejun must have heard him approaching from behind because their head whipped round, revealing just the person he was expecting. It almost seemed like he knew Subin would be there, but he knew it was just a coincidence.

"You can come and sit, if you want." Sejun offered turning back to the view in front of him.

Subin cautiously walked over and sat down, a fair distance from the now identified assassin.

Sejun glanced at him.

"He told you didn't he?" Subin, for some reason, couldn't sense any kind of bad intent in the older's words or actions.

The prince nodded, knowing Sejun was still watching him from the corner of his eye.

The assassin made a movement like he was going to get up, but a hand stopped him. He looked down to see the younger's hand gently gripping onto his arm. He looked up at his face, seeing him staring into the horizon almost as if he wasn't aware of his actions. The way the light lit the younger up made him think that if he didn't know any better he would have assumed the prince was an angel. Of course, he would never admit that, he had too much pride - probably a little too much. He would, however, admit that the prince was cute, very cute.