Stars & Golden Feathers

Chapter 16

Jisung's P.O.V

Jisung reads the text over and over, it can't be true. The King wouldn't do that, right?

"Hyunjin." Jisung says but doesn't look away from his phone. The other boy makes a noise to let Jisung know he's listening. "I need to go to the castle," This time he looks at his friend who is sitting on the other side of the room.

"What?" Hyunjin says, he looks at Jisung in disbelief.

"I said, I need to go to the castle," Jisung repeats himself.

"Yeah, I got that part, but, why?" Hyunjin gets up from his position on the floor, where his phone is connected to the charger, and places himself next to Jisung on the couch. "You almost died last time you went to the castle."

"I know, but look at this text." Jisung shoves his phone in the older boy's face, and he has to move his head backward to avoid getting hit by it.

"Hey Jisung, this is Jaemin, Minho's friend/servant. I wanted to let you know that Minho can't contact you because his dad took away his phone and he also banned Minho from visiting you, which is why you haven't heard from him. Minho doesn't know I'm telling you this, but I will tell him later when he's done with his bath. Which, by the way, he should've been done with 2 hours ago. I should probably go check on him to make sure he hasn't drowned. Anyway, now you know why he hasn't been contacting you. Oh and one more thing, most of the guards go to eat lunch at 2 PM, do what you want with that information." Hyunjin reads out loud, "I still don't understand why you need to go to the castle." He says.

"Didn't you read it? He could have drowned!" Jisung flings his arms around and, once again, Hyunjin has to move out of the way.

"Jisung, calm down, I'm sure he's fine." Hyunjin puts his hands on Jisung's shoulders.

"I know," Jisung looks down, "I just needed a reason to see him, and there are no guards at 2 PM, which means I can easily get in." He says and looks at Hyunjin again,

"No, most of the guards are gone, that doesn't mean all of them." Jisung pouts at Hyunjin's words and looks away, "Jisung, look at me," Hyunjin continues when Jisung looks him in the eyes, "I care about you, okay? I don't want you to get hurt again. I almost lost my best friend," Hyunjin start's to tear up, the flames in his eyes move around as if they are splashed with water. "I know you want to go there, and I can't stop you if you do, but please be careful."

"I won't get hurt Jinnie. I promise." Jisung wipes a tear from Hyunjin's eye.

Hyunjin sighs, "I know, I'm just afraid," He looks at Jisung's phone, "Shouldn't you be on your way? It's almost 12:30 PM." He raises his eyebrow and looks at Jisung.

Jisung shoots up from the couch, "Oh sh-"

"Language." A voice says behind them. Jisung turns around and sees Chan standing by the door.

"How did you- What?" Jisung shakes his head, "Anyway, I need to go." He tries to move past Chan but he blocks the door.

"Take this," He hands him a piece of cake, "Eat it when you get to the castle, it will only last for 10 minutes so you have to be quick."

Jisung takes the cake, "What is it?"

"Cake. What does it look like?" The red-haired boy deadpans.

"I'm confused." Jisung says and shakes his head.

"I know. Now hurry up." Chan says and pushes him through the door.

Jisung has a lot of questions, how does he even know where I'm going? How long did he stand in that doorway? He decides that it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters right now is Minho.

When Jisung gets to the castle, he eats the cake, like Chan instructed him to do, he feels a tingling sensation and starts to feel lightheaded. What's happening? He looks at his hands and notices they've become see-through.

"What?" He whispers to himself. He hears a noise behind him and quickly turns around.

Two guards are coming straight towards him, he panics and runs behind a tree even though he's sure they've already seen him.

He closes his eyes as they get closer, and readies himself for a fight. But the fight never comes. The guards keep walking right past him as if they never noticed him in the first place.

"How did they not see me?" Jisung mumbles. "Am I invisible?" He asks himself. Another guard is about to pass by the tree, and Jisung steps out in front of him. The guard doesn't flinch and just keeps going. "That's sick!" He yells. The guard stops walking and turns around. Jisung panics again. The guard looks around before shaking his head and continues walking. "Maybe they can still hear me?" He wonders out loud, "I should stop talking to myself, why am I still talking? Jisung shut up."

Suddenly he remembers that Chan told him to hurry up because whatever it is will only last for 10 minutes. He runs toward the gate where there are guards on either side. He sprints past them and into the castle.

He runs around for a bit to find a place where there aren't any guards, didn't that Jaemin guy say that they would be on break?

He starts feeling the same tingling sensation again and runs even faster, his hands become solid again and he figures that the rest of him is visible as well.

He turns a corner and bumps into someone, he squeezes his eyes shot and fears that he ran into a guard. The person grabs his shoulders and after a few seconds, Jisung hears a voice.

"Jisung?" Jisung opens his eyes, and he's met by Minho's face, he's looking him straight in the eyes.

"Minho?" Jisung whispers, he starts crying and hugs the older boy, "I missed you so much, Minho."

They hug for a few minutes before Minho pulls away. He dries the tears in Jisung's face and smiles at him.

"Why are you here?" He asks, but before Jisung can answer, he pulls Jisung closer and connects their lips.

At first, Jisung is startled but he quickly relaxes into the kiss.

When Minho pulls away, he stays close and looks into Jisung's eyes, "Jisung, will you please be my boyfriend, again?" He smiles, his cheeks are dusted with pink.

"I didn't know we broke up," Jisung grins before Minho playfully hits his shoulder, "Sorry, of course, I'll be your boyfriend." Jisung laughs.

A/N

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