Hiding That The Damn Prince Is An Omega

Vol-4: Chapter 25.1

“Haah”

Standing at the parlor door, Étienne took a deep breath in and exhaled. He cleared his expression one last time and gave Ben a wink.

“….....! Older brother!"

Richard, who was sitting on the sofa with anxious face, saw Étienne enter and jumped up from his seat. Étienne raised his hand and told him not to come, and he walked to the seat opposite Richard.
Richard's gaze followed Etienne's every step. Etienne braced his toes to keep his gait from staggering.

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

"No."

Richard replied as he sat down following Étienne. He studied Etienne's complexion in his worried eyes.

“I didn't mean to interrupt your rest. I just wanted to look at your face briefly to see if you were okay, and I was going to go…....”

Richard couldn't finish hiz words at the sight of Étienne, whose complexion was noticeably worse than he had been a few days before. Even so, hiz pale skin was pale and bluish, and hiz face, with hiz flesh lowered, was slightly embossed with cheekbones.

“Are you okay? Can you move like this?”

Richard, who was speechless at the sight of Étienne, asked in a cautious tone.

He felt like he would go crazy if he didn't check how much it hurts and how bad it was, so he forced myself to do it, but when he saw that he was about to collapse at any moment, he felt like he was stubborn for nothing, so he regretted it.

"Well…....It was a bit difficult until yesterday, but today I'm fine. Oh, please understand if there is a strange smell.”

"Yes?"

“I haven’t washed properly for days because of the heat. I hurriedly wiped myself with a wet towel and sprayed the cologne........”

“It doesn’t smell like anything strange.”

Richard cut off Etienne's words and answered. He smelled like flowers from Etienne, but he didn't care about that right now.

"Then I'm glad."

Did I pass it well?

Étienne, who watched Richard's expression with his eyes narrowed, smiled at him, curled his eyes, and held up the teacup he had prepared for himself. Fortunately, he showed no sign of doubting anything about him.

“So what's the matter? You really didn’t come here just to see my face, did you?”

“It’s true that I came only to see your face. I couldn't just be there because I was frustrated not knowing how sick you were. I was just checking to see if you were okay and was about to go back….....”

At Etienne's question, Richard put on an embarrassed expression. His voice gradually faded, then suddenly cut off.

“Richard?"

Étienne tilted his head as Richard suddenly stopped talking.

Richard, unable to meet Étienne's eyes, lowered his eyes melancholy.

He thought just a moment ago that the look on Etienne's face would reassure him, but it wasn't at all. A heavy feeling of guilt rose in him as he looked at his startlingly pale face. It was all his fault that he was so sick.

“By interrupting your rest…....Sorry for bothering you.”

Richard apologized with a firm expression. He straightened his posture and bowed his head deeply.