maybe, we are | ss

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"my highness."

seokmin didnt bother to look who called him as per he already know who it was based on its voice and he just continued staring at his beautiful noona who are peacefully lying on her own coffin. his tears just fell after he felt an arm was wrapping on his shoulder as that someone, the king, his father pulled him closer to him, hugging him sideways and was his way of comforting his son. and when he couldn't take it any longer, he turned to face his father as he hugged him tight and cried on his chest which the king hugged him back, kissing his crown while rubbing the prince back gently.

they stayed at that position for more than five minutes as the king didnt bother since it was all that he could give to comfort the prince though both of them are crying right now in front of where the princess was lying peacefully like as if she loved what happened to her. seokmin freed the hug as he was about to wipe his tears but the king was quick enough to wipe it for him and though he was so used of his father being so touchy and affectionate like this, its still surprise him to the thought he couldn't talk properly with him as per what suddenly happened.

they both stared at the princess and for seokmin, staring at his noona in this kind of situation wasn't enough so he extended his hand trying to touch his sister though he couldn't as the coffin has a glass to protect the person inside. the king saw how seokmin touched and rubbed his right hand on the glass like as if the princess was just in front of him as he sobbed once again, and it pains him seeing seokmin like this since the last time he saw the prince like this was when his mother, the late queen died. and he never knew he could see this kind of seokmin ever again.. and for worst, it was happening at his sister, the royal princess's wake.

"first was mother, now her." seokmin's voice was barely audible due to crying too much for not able to talk as he wanted to be alone all the time ever since. "why did she left us, father?"

the king heave a sighed. "i dont know neither, son. but i believe, your sister left us for a reason and we may not be able to know it by now, but i know someday, in the right time, she'll finally tell us why."

"im gonna miss her." and as if on cue, his tears fell down once again.

"we all do, my highness." and it just made it hard for him after hearing how the kings voice cracked saying those phrase. "you are all that i have, seokmin. we only have each other." then he felt how his father tightened his grip into his shoulder.

seokmin smiled painfully. "i wont leave you, my father."

after that conversation, they both went silent once again as they both touching the glass at the princess's coffin, crying and mourning silently in front of the princess. as long as they dont want to cry anymore since they could feel their both eyes was swollen already, but they cant help it thinking that the princess died just like that. and no matter how they wanted to take a legal action about the princess sudden death, but how could them when the driver along with her eunuch was also died on the scene? and they cant blame anyone.. for they all knew, there was no one to blame in the first place as all of them didn't expect this to happen.