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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 : 𝟑𝟔

"𝘏𝘺𝘶𝘯𝘨... 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵..." san dragged on.
"𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘯?!" hongjoong asked.
"𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘮 𝘪 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬?" san asked.

"𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶." hongjoong said.

"𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴." san said.
"𝘚𝘰?! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!?"

"𝘠𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘔𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵... 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘪 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸." san said.

"𝘚𝘢𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵..."

Sans interest was peaked in when hongjoong said this.

"𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵."

That one sentence broke san. That was when his heart ached. For the first time, pain was real. The pain he felt these days were nothing compared to this.

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦?" he managed to ask.
"𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵." hongjoong said as he welcomed san into a hug.

"𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩." hongjoong said.

"𝘋𝘢𝘦𝘩𝘺𝘶𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶." hongjoong smiled.

San smiled too.

"𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬?" san asked.
"𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘯." hongjoong said.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦."

That was what hongjoong said before bowing down to sans parents and leaving the kingdom.