royal blood

18 | kisses, from her majesty.

" your majesty. " sooyoung bowed towards jaehyun, who let out a laugh. " i happend to be in the area and decided to pay some respects to his highness doyoung. " sooyoung tried to defend herself, as jaehyun nodded. she slowly started to walk away, before seeing that jaehyun left a rose on doyoung's grave.

" yes, it is sad that we have to pay our respect to him in such way. " jaehyun let out a sigh, before he turned back to sooyoung. " he was a kind soul, a kind soul that deserved to be respected while he was alive. his parents did not know such thing, and it slowly lead to him coming here. in a place where he will never see light again. " he sat next to the grave.

" you are right, your majesty. " sooyoung looked back at jaehyun, before she decided to approach him once again. " his highness was a really nice man, from the outside especially. i once managed to be at an outside festival where he was. " she told jaehyun, who smiled towards her. " he was handing flowers to different women, to celebrate the protests for their voting rights. "

" did you receive a flower from doyoung ? " jaehyun asked, " you are quite the famous actress, and maybe he noticed you. " he let out a laugh, as sooyoung shaked her head. " i think doyoung really enjoyed the theatre, but also the new movies. " he looked up, seeing that dark clouds were forming above them.

" i should leave. the rain is going to start, and i need to get to my house by the time it does. i hanged my clothes outside, for them to dry. " sooyoung said, as she walked out of the graveyard. she looked behind, seeing that jaehyun was also heading out of it.

did you receive a flower from doyoung ? sooyoung thought about the question jaehyun had asked her. she thought about the day she had attended the outdoor celebration that doyoung had prepared for the women who were demanding voting rights. sooyoung sighed, remembering that the law of their voting rights had been added into their constitution.

doyoung didn't live to see it. doyoung wasn't able to see many things that he wished to experience, and sooyoung constantly thought about the world if doyoung was to become a king. what if doyoung was alive ? what if doyoung was able to see that the people of peleria were almost about to win over the goverment and receive rights ?

sooyoung walked back to her house. she opened the door to her apartament, throwing her purse as she walked in. she sat on her bed, looking at the clothes she hanged on the balcony. she laid down on her bed, hearing the small raindrops that were falling on the windows. she turned around, before finally deciding to grab her clothes.

sooyoung got on the balcony. it was peacefully raining, and sooyoung felt different in the rain. raindrops were falling on her cheeks, looking like tears on her pale face. sooyoung wiped the raindrops off, before taking her clothes. she was about to walk back into the small apartament, before a sunshine hit her balcony.

sooyoung looked up, seeing that the sunshine was coming from a cloud. a heart-shaped cloud. a smile appeard on sooyoung's face, knowing that it could have been a sign from doyoung. he had watched from above the whole day, seeing that she visited his grave.

sooyoung ignored that the rain got more powerful. she sat down on the chair facing the sky, as she continued to smile. she let out a sigh, " my love, i wish you were here. " she said, as she could see a man stopping infront of her apartament complex, looking at her. she looked away, noticing that the could had disappeard. " why did you leave, doyoung ? why did you leave again ? "

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yeri looked out the window of a place she would have never thought would become one of her favourite places. the library was full of memories she had of doyoung, a person who loved to spend his time reading and enjoying the calm nature of such a beautiful place like the hlorrendian palace library.

yeri wandered around the thousands of books placed in the tall shelves of the library. suddently, the door opened, scaring yeri. she raised her eyebrow, walking closer to the entrance. she looked out the door, before she felt someone touch her shoulder. she yelled, before noticing who it was.

" though she be but little, she is fierce ! " sicheng yelled, as he started laughing. yeri's eyes widened, before she pulled sicheng into a hug. sicheng wrapped his arms around her back, as he let out a small laugh. " how are you, miss. princess ? i know that i did not mention coming back to ceham this fast, but i convinced taeil to bring me as well. "

" we have not seen eachother, and you have started to quote shakespeare. how interesting of you, baron. " yeri rolled her eyes, as sicheng put his arm around yeri's shoulder. " i have been very lonely, since sister has gone to ouverport, to investigate the place where doyoung was found dead. "

" interesting. very interesting, princess. " sicheng said, as they both sat down on one of the couches in the library. " it is quite weird that i happend to find you in the library, i did not expect to see you a reader, like your brother. " sicheng started coughing, to attempt from his laughter being heard by yeri.

" aren't you ashamed to say such things, baron ?! " yeri playfully hit his shoulder, as sicheng continued smiling. " are you shocked that young people like me also read sometimes ? or only old people read ? " she asked, as it was sicheng's turn to be shocked by what he heard. " i want to read something magical, something that will make me disappear from this world .. "

" oh, is that what young people like ? not being realistic ? " sicheng rolled his eyes, as yeri pinched his cheek. " i remember your brother reading a lot, and he also wished to become an author at some point in his life. sadly, he never got to become one. " he sighed, as yeri avoided looking at him. " is it still hard for you to talk about him ? "

" yes. " yeri quickly replied, " it is very hard for me to remember how much doyoung loved to read, to write, to do things that might have been stupid for a crown prince, but that made him happy. " she said, as a small tear dropped on her cheek. " i still can not believe the fact that he is not alive. "

" well, hopefully, your sister is able to find anything that could help them figure out and prove that he was murdered. " sicheng said, as he looked out the window. yeri rested her head on sicheng's shoulder, letting out a small sigh. " i do think that there are suspects, and one of them .. " he looked down to yeri. " one of them is my own brother, taeil. "

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