royal blood

23 | pensieri inquietanti.

" i think that we should follow your intention of leaving this blazer on doyoung's grave. " sooyoung held tightly onto the blazer, as the two women walked into the graveyard. " i have visited his grave so many times, and as the time passes by, it gets harder for me to go and look at it. " she spoke, as she could feel a tear escape her eye.

" he was very nice to me, as well. " irene looked at her friend, as the two finally reached his grave. " he was a nice man, a lovely man that deserved to be respected more than he was. his highness was a kind soul, and .. " irene's eyes got heavy, full of tears that she tried her best not to let out infront of sooyoung. " and i still can not believe he is dead. "

" in our hearts, he is not dead. " sooyoung put her hand on irene's shoulder, as she handed the blazer over. " i think you should be the one to place it on the grave. he gave it to you, in a moment where you felt like you were going to be alone for the rest of the night. in a night where doyoung showed why he was the people's prince. " she cracked a smile, as irene nodded.

irene took the blazer. she slowly put it down on the grave, as tears finally rolled down her cheeks. if doyoung was there, he would tell irene to stop crying and show her beautiful smile. but, doyoung was not there. he was not there to cheer up the mood and make people realise how much happiness was important in their lives, and it hurt both women.

both of them wanted doyoung to be alive. both wanted doyoung's death to be a never-ending nightmare that could eventually end once doyoung comes and tells them that it is not real. sooyoung looked in her purse, taking out a candle and a box of matches. she lit up the candle, placing it in front of doyoung's photo.

" i think we should go ahead and leave. " irene said, as she wiped off her tears. " we should leave his majesty to rest. either way, we will come more to visit him. " irene held sooyoung's hand, as the two started walking away from the grave. " you have not been able to tell me too much about your relationship with him. how did you meet him ? " she asked.

" randomly, actually. we happend to run into eachother once, when he came to the show i had in may of 1923. " sooyoung told irene, as they walked down a crowded street. sooyoung looked around, thinking if she could be able to continue her story, or keep it for another time. " i think we should talk about it when we are alone. "

" you are very right. " irene replied with a small laugh, as she looked at the crowd of people. " do you think these people cared when his majesty died ? do you think they thought about him ? " she asked, as sooyoung did not hesitate and shaked her head. " i do not understand why they seemed to care about him. why pretend and fake kindness ? "

" i do not know, and i do not have an answer to your question. humans are weird, a thing doyoung would always tell me. " sooyoung looked up, seeing the beautiful clouds plastered on a bright blue sky, strange for the month they were in. " he loved animals and plants, because they couldn't hurt the way humans did. "

" oh, and how right he was. " irene scoffed, as she then let out a sigh. " his words were proven the moment his lifeless body was found. it was not a suicide, sooyoung. he was murdered in cold blood by a monster. " she said, looking straight into her friend's eyes. sooyoung nodded, remaining silent. " i believe that something weird was going on. "

" he used to write me about this strange, grey-hooded figure. he felt scared around it, thinking that he might be stalked around by this mysterious person. i have told his sister about this figure, and she told me she will look into it. " sooyoung told irene, who froze on the spot. sooyoung raised her eyebrow, confused with her friend's action.

" a hooded figure, stalking doyoung ? " irene asked, her voice turning shaky. " sooyoung, a hooded figure was outside our window when we were in ouverport. " irene told sooyoung, who widened her eyes. " a hooded figure, that possibly murdered his majesty, in ouverport, was outside our window. " she said once again, clearly scared by it.

" no. " sooyoung quickly replied, " please tell me it was a coincidence. that person does not know about me and doyoung, about us two, about your meeting with doyoung .. they can not know. " she continued to look around, scared of the thought of this figure being close to them once again. " please tell me that you just made it up. "

" i would never lie about anything, especially since you are clearly bothered by it. " irene said, as the two stopped infront of their apartaments. " this hooded figure must be aware of everything, since they have so much information regarding everything that happend in his majesty's life before he was able to murder him. " she looked behind her, seeing an elderly man, walking down the street.

he was wearing a grey blazer. irene looked at it, reminding herself of the color grey. doyoung wore a grey blazer on the night he met irene for the first time, and the possible culprit of doyoung's murder wore grey. the figure possibly knew of irene, and surely was aware of doyoung and sooyoung's relationship. who was this figure ?

" this figure .. " irene began, catching sooyoung's attention. " they must be from inside the palace, or at least a noble person. how could they be so close to his majesty without the guards knowing ? " she asked a question that sooyoung did not have an answer for. it was a question that only one person could answer, and it was clearly the mysterious person.

" it is obvious that the person knew everything of doyoung. they knew where he went, what he did, who he was with and why he was in the place he was. " sooyoung added to irene's theory, before letting out a sigh. " i am scared at the thought of this person following me around, because, what if i am next ? what if they are looking to get rid of me ? "

" do not think that way, sooyoung. " irene put her hand on her friend's shoulder, " and, if you ever feel stalked, make sure to alert the authorities and let them know about everything. i know it might be very scary, but you are going to be somehow revealed as his majesty's lover. sadly, in such a world, you will not have privacy. " she said, as the two finally walked into their apartament.

" i am not sure, irene. i am scared to tell anyone about me and doyoung, i was scared to tell you at first. " sooyoung sighed, as she sat on her bed. " i will try and work it out. i should not be scared of this figure, because maybe, just maybe, they will leave me alone and focus on their own life. " she tried laughing it off, unsure of how to feel.

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yeri looked at wendy, who finally made her way into the palace. she quickly ran towards wendy, cheering to see that she was back home. the two girls pulled eachother into a hug, as wendy finally removed herself from it. " hello, sister. i am excited to see how happy you are. " wendy said, tucking yeri's hair behind her ear.

" i am happy to see my sister back home. it was very hard to live without you, especially since mother and father have been ignoring my whole existence. " yeri let out a sigh, as they started walking down the hallways of the palace. " i am guessing that they are both discussing the possible title of crown prince and future king of both peleria and hlorrendin. "

" who is going to be king ? " wendy suddently asked, as yeri sighed once again. " i do not know this one, sister. " yeri told wendy, who nodded. " however, what i do know is that, if any of the baron's sons or prince jaehyun is chosen to become king, then the government of peleria will vote for the one who will rule in ceham. " she explained to her sister, who nodded.

" i would love to see you as the first queen of hlorrendin, though. " yeri said with a smile, as wendy widened her eyes.

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