A Royal Lie (Changlix)

Chapter 8

3rd POV:

Changbin was awakened by a knock on his bedroom door. He slowly got out of bed as he walked over to it while yawning. He opened the door and saw one of the palace maids, the same maid that he'd seen last night.

"Good morning, Sir Changbin." She greeted.

"Oh... good morning." He said sleepily. "Rose, right?"

She grinned. "Yes, my name is Rose. Prince Felix requested that your breakfast be served to your room. Here you are."

She held out a plate with a silver lid on it. Changbin took it.

"Thanks..."

"You're welcome."

And with that, she began walking back down the hallway. Changbin scratched his head in confusion as he closed the door, bring the breakfast inside. He ate before brushing his teeth and getting dressed in the most casual-looking thing he could find in the huge closet, which was a white t-shirt and some black pants.

He then exited his bedroom and made his way to Felix's bedroom, which was next to his. He lightly knocked on the door but he didn't hear any response.

"Felix? Are you awake?" Changbin asked as he slowly opened the door and peeked in. The room was completely empty, and Felix's bed was neatly made.

Changbin closed the door and began making his way down the hall and down the grand staircase, trying to find Felix. Once in the huge foyer, he stopped one of the palace maids to ask where Felix was.

"Oh, Prince Felix? He's at the stables." The maid told him.

The maid then gave him directions to the stables and he thanked her. The palace was huge, and anyone could easily get lost in it.

Once outside, he walked over to the horse stables and walked in. There were four horses in the stables. One was missing and Felix was nowhere to be found. Just as he was about to leave, he heard galloping behind him.

"Good morning Binnie!" Shouted Felix, riding on the back of an all black horse. The horse slowed to a stop in front of Changbin as it let out a loud huff.

"Good morning... um, what are you doing?" Changbin asked as he walked around the horse.

"Just got done taking Midnight on her morning run. The hostler is on his day off so I decided to do it but... could you help me down?"

"Sure, come here." Said Changbin as he reached up and practically lifted Felix off the horse. He wasn't that heavy, and Changbin was very strong.

Felix smiled at him. "Thanks." He said as he led Midnight back to her stable.

"I didn't know that you knew how to ride a horse." Said Changbin as he watched him.

Felix chuckled. "Of course I do, I learned when I was 10." Felix locked the horses stable and turned to Changbin. "I want to show you something. Come on."

Changbin followed him out of the stables and around the back of the palace where Felix opened a big, white gate. Behind it was a huge garden with different colored flowers and green bushes. This garden is home to many different insects, but mainly butterflies as they flew around freely, showing off their pretty wings.

"Of course the palace would have a huge flower garden." Changbin laughed as he looked around.

Felix stayed by his side, looking at the butterflies passing by. "Isn't it beautiful? The garden is my favorite thing about the palace. I love it here."

Changbin had to admit that the sight before him was certainly beautiful. It was like some unreal scene from a fairytale book, the way the colorful butterflies fluttered around the well-kept flowers and bushed as the bright sun shined down on them.