A crown or this? | minsung

🌙under the stars

"Shy?" Minho smirked when Jisung couldn't hold eye contact with him, distancing himself from the older prince.

"No. Just not used to it.." he was covering his chest as best as he could.

"I'm a man too you know, I will not judge you"

"It's not the judging that I'm scared of. I couldn't care less what you think of me."

"Then what are you scared of?"

"That you'll do what every other man would...use me" he covered his body and and sunk in the water to hide most of himself.

"I...wouldn't dare. Not in a million years my prince"

"That's what they all say when they look at me but when I turn my back all they want to do is bent me over and rape me." He shivered and looked at the barely lit sky.

"I will never." He walked to him and Jisung frowned and backed away into a rock, his back now against the cold surface and a steady gaze on Minho. He went close enough to feel Jisung's breath on his collarbone, feel his trembles in the water. He could even see his
Blond eyelashes from where he was, as golden as his hair.

"You have every chance to. Nobody could hear me scream and nobody would believe me even if I had the courage to tell them"

"I know." Minho brushed the hair away from his face and placed a flower in it, pink like his cheeks.

"Yet you do nothing..."

"You're a beautiful man...a Devine beauty such as yourself should be respected as such. You are as human as I am."

"I'm starting to think...you have no interest in..." he held his breath.

"Men?" Minho said quickly and Jisung nodded slowly, watching his every move.

"Yes. Men."

"I have interest in them...in my kingdom, relationships between two men or two women are accepted. So it is normal for a prince to...experience."

"They allow a prince to fool around?" Jisung asked completely astonished.

"With another men yes, they don't want any babies to be created from it, so we don't see a problem in same sex partners. It goes the same for princesses"

"So you've had many to bed?"

"Yes, I guess you could say that" Minho sat besides him on the cold rock, half his body still emerged in water. "Have you laid with anyone? Or are you a virgin?"

"I-I am not a virgin" he cursed under his breath for stuttering, lowering his head and taking a big breath in.

Minho nodded and chuckled.

"You don't believe me?" Jisung raised a brow.

"I'm sorry it's just...hard to believe" he smiled and Jisung stared at him for a few seconds before playing with the leaves that fell around him in the water.

"Well i have. Wether you believe me or not."

"Was it a man or a woman?"

"I..." he held his breath again. "We aren't allowed to have any sort of relationship with another man."

"So a man then, how old were you?"

Jisung wanted to argue but he went silent, he knew his knees to his chest and laid his chin on them. He seemed scared to talk about this.

"We should go back." He said and tried to walk away but he felt a hand lay on his shoulder. He panicked and distanced himself even more, only to see Minho with a hand in the air.

"I wasn't going to hurt you. If you don't want to talk about this it's fine, we all mess up some times especially on our first time." Minho gave him a smile and watched his body relax again.

"I don't want to open up."

"I know."

"Then why are you still trying?" He said, he sound mad, Jisung then realized how harsh it sounded.

"When I came here you told me not to trust anyone, which includes you"

"Then why-"

"But I trust you. I know that what ever you're planning, I know it's right."

"How could you possibly know that?" He was even more stern. Minho sighed and walked out of the water, putting his pants on.

"Because if you truly wanted me dead I would already be. Besides, you may want me far from you like you keep telling me, yet you always find a way to be near me...so who is really trying between us?" Minho tilted his head and the silence of the lake responded for him.

Jisung looked his way before stepping out of the water, Minho looking the other way while he changed.

"You still think of me as your enemy...don't you?" He added and looked at Jisung.

"I haven't decided what you are yet." They both mounted their horses and looked at each other in the moonlight above them.

"A friend is all I am trying to be."

Jisung looked at him like he was joking but was surprised to see Minho serious and extending his hand towards him. Jisung hesitantly gave it and the older prince kissed his hand.

"Your grace, it would be my honour to have you as a friend"

Jisung nodded and kissed his hand in return, still having no expression on his face.

"Can I trust you to be loyal? To defend me if needed and to stick by my side?"

"I have already done all of this and will keep doing it if you do the same for me..."

"To being...friends"

"To being friends." Minho smiled and looked ahead in the dark path, the sun had left them.

"Shall we have a race to the castle now?"

"Only if you accept the fact that you will lose." Jisung raised a playful brow at him and Minho nodded.

"Bring it."