Crown Of Lies || Kim seungmin

8

Felix wiped his tears, he had finally made it to Jaeun's house. He knocked and she was there in less than a minute.

"What happened? Are you okay, bokkie?" Jaeun asked immediately when she saw his red eyes and pale face, like he had been crying his whole way to hers.

"I found out about Elenchomeni.." Felix voice was a quiet whisper.

Jaeun froze, this was something she swore to not let Felix know. He had already been through enough and she didn't want to revive his traumatic memories but Jaeun put her thoughts aside. The task now was to be there for him.

Jaeun sighed and hugged Felix as he broke down in tears again, Jaeun stayed silent as his cries grew louder, her eyes watered and lips trembled but she needed to be strong for Felix. Afterall they both were all they had.

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Hyunjin looked at Jeongin worriedly as the younger was just sitting in his room, crying endlessly. Hyunjin could kind of relate to him since he had experienced what losing Jisung was like so, he decided to make him feel a little better.

Meanwhile Bang Chan and Seungmin were in the elder's room, discussing everything.

"So, dad lied to me about those assassins." Seungmin concluded after telling the story to Chan.

Chan nodded, his gaze was far away.

" Not only that but if both our parents were involved and if this is still going on then all this rivalry is just for the show, don't you think?"

"That can't be.." Seungmin mumbled. " Even if it's just a show for Mycenae, my dad is for sure taking it seriously."

" What do you mean, Seungmin?" Chan asked.

" I heard that Cyrene was planning to kill you. " Chan's eyes widened, he was taken aback at the information. " I heard it was to make me the king so.."

Seungmin trailed off but Chan insisted on knowing.

"So I planned on running away on my way back from here."

"Seungmin, are you crazy!?!?" Chan was shocked.

" I couldn't just let it happen! We grew up together..How could I let them hurt you for something I don't even wish to have!!" Seungmin said.

"Min but-"

"No, I will do everything I can to ensure you are okay , hyung. All this show of gold and glitter is meaningless if at the end of the day , I have to cry to sleep."

Chan couldn't argue with that. They say a happy man is always a greater gift than a one with all the riches but no peace.

"Let's just go to Felix now.." Chan said as he walked out of the room, he had a lot in his mind.

"Let's go Tomorrow, Hyung." Seungmin said as he ran upto Chan. "It's dark out now."

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Hyunjin sighed and sat next to Jeongin, in attempts to comfort him and cheer him up.

"Innie listen-"

"No. Go away." Jeongin removed Hyunjin's hands from his shoulder.

Hyunjin bit his lips in order to maintain composure and not be a trouble for Jeongin more than he already was.

"I am sure Felix will understand." Hyunjin said softly, " We can go and talk it out with Lix tomorrow. I am sure he will realise it's not your fault."

"You don't even know Felix properly!" Jeongin cried even more. " If he is determined then he will never change his decision."

"We can atleast try!" Hyunjin suggested while giving Jeongin a chocolate.

"I don't want it."

Hyunjin took a deep breath to not snap. Patience wasn't something he had learnt .

"What about I make you noodles?"

"Shut up."

"Hey I am just trying to help, okay? " Hyunjin said defeated. " Do you want flowers? I can go collect them."

When Jeongin didn't answer and instead turned away, Hyunjin rolled his eyes.

"If it wasn't because I feel bad I would have annoyed you to death by now." He picked up the sketch he had made for Jeongin when the younger was crying.

It was a simple portrait of the youngest prince of Mycenae.

"Take this as an apology for all the times I annoyed you and don't cry. I will go eat something, I am hungry." Hyunjin forcefully handed him the sketch.

"I said I don't want anything to do with you!" Jeongin threw the sketch on the floor without looking at it.

Hyunjin gasped, unable to form words. He had never felt so insulted in his life and it hurted his pride quite a lot but more than that it hurt his feelings.

He was arrogant and annoying but he was really sensitive on the inside.  He really did drew it out of admiration for Jeongin since in the days he had been here,

Jeongin was seemingly nice to him and he kind of had started liking the idea of having a younger brother.

"Okay then just cry your eyes out. " He muttered, almost inaudibly as tears started to form in his eyes. " I shouldn't have been here with you in the first place."

As Hyunjin left the room, Jeongin started feeling guilty. Afterall, he had just wanted to make him feel better so he picked up the paper slowly.

Jeongin was in visible shock when he saw the portrait, just adding more to his guilt.

"Are you okay?" Minho looked at the person who tapped his shoulder. It was Jisung.

He nodded as Changbin and Jisung sat on either side of him. They were sitting in the lawn, taking some fresh air.

The situation was suffocating enough.

"It's still hard to believe everything." Changbin said.

" Yeah.." Minho muttered. "What are guys doing here though?"

"Seungmin is with Bang Chan so I didn't had anything to do." Changbin replied.

"Hyunjin was with Jeongin and they both always bicker. I don't want a headache on top of all this." Jisung said honestly making the other two laugh. " What about you?"

" I was just thinking how Chan and Seungmin turned out nice with that kind of influence, growing up." Minho chuckled at the irony. "Well, technically Jaeun grew up well too."

"Whose face did her parents saw?" Changbin asked.

"Seungmin's." Minho said. "It was when he was ten and even her sister was killed, it was Chan. Just two years ago."

"No wonder she hates us enough for Felix to made up names for you guys." Jisung sighed, giving it a thought. " It must have been tough for both Jaeun and Felix."

Changbin nodded.
"But we should make sure that in future no child has to go through things like these."

"What can we do?" Jisung asked.

" I don't know but Seungmin and Chan will never sit back and let it happen." 

"Exactly!" Minho added. " They would never."

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Okay we are done with one third of the plot hehe now we go into the main plot ;)