A Forbidden Love

Chapter 28

Goyo POV
I watched hinata and Jasmine speak at the funeral. They both looked sad yet strong and confident. There was so much weight bearing down on their tiny shoulders. So many secrets. So many lies. Have been brought down upon them. They lost their mother as well. I resisted the urge to run up to Jasmine and hold her tight in my arms while I told her everything was ganna be okay. While she cried in my arms I would soothe her and make her feel better. Tomorrow night I will make sure she is happy. I have everything already planned out in my head. After the service and dinner was over I walked Jasmine back to her room. The castle workers have been working in the castle for quite awhile now doing repairs. Once we were at her room she opened the door and gave me a small sad smile. She invited me in and I went and sat down on a chair in the corner of her room alongside her bed. She went into the bathroom and changed into a baby pink nightgown with spaghetti strap sleeves. I turned my face and stared out the window. Keep control Goyo I chanted in my head over and over again. Once she was in her bed with the covers finally on I turned back to her. She was turned on her side facing away from me. I raised an eyebrow at this behavior. I studied her for a minute and saw her shoulders were shaking slightly. She was crying. Not sure if what to do I went to the other side of her bed and sat on my knees in front of her. I was still in my tux so I had to be careful with it. If anything wripped my dad might just kill me. Sure he was away fighting at war with all the other men in Hong Khong. Word was the emperor declared war on Thaiwan when the empress passed. He must have had suspicions about the fire. And he probably thought it was the emperor of Thaiwan who sent people to go and start a fire in the castle. When the empress passed all rationality from the emperor was gone. Losing the empress must have been the last straw for him. I did see traces of a bruise on her cheek. I didn't see what happened but somehow a bad feeling came across me that the emperor had something to do with it. He had hurt hinata. What if he hurts Jasmine. I'll have to protect them both. Along with some help from Yoshitsune. I can't keep an eye on hinata and Jasmine at the same time. I rubbed a hand awkwardly on her back trying to soothe her. "There there... Don't cry please..." I cooed desperately. I hated seeing her cry. And having my feelings for Jasmine growing stronger was added pain seeing her cry. I truly did care for her. I felt the need to protect her and make sure she was safe and happy. I was drawn to Jasmine in ways I couldn't understand. I felt silly for being so obsessed with hinata when I could have been doing some good for my heart and just having feelings for Jasmine the whole straightaway. I wasn't sure if Jasmine had feelings for me as well but I'm starting to figure out that I truly did. It scared me a little but mainly I was happy to finally have possibly found my other half. I wanted what Yoshitsune and hinata had. So very badly. To be able to hold and kiss Jasmine the way Yoshitsune does hinata. Maybe I could ask her tomorrow night at our date if he wanted to be mine. Maybe we could even have our first kiss. Things were moving pretty fast lately and it scared me but I was excited as well. I stared down at jasmines sleeping face and smiled. She looked so sweet and gentle when she slept. And beautiful. Can't forget that major factor. She has stolen my heart. And this time I felt I could trust her with it. Not to break my heart. I kissed her forehead gently and quietly left her room and headed to mine. There was much I needed to get done. I stripped out of my tux and hung it back up in my closet. After it was hung up nicely I put on some basketball shorts on top of my boxers. After I brushed my teeth I plopped down on my bed and got under my covers and went to sleep immediately.
When I woke in the morning I felt refreshed and excited for tonight. After I threw on jeans, a dark grey Tshirt, and my combat boots I ran downstairs to start preparing for tonight. So much to do. So little time. Throughout the day I smacked on some fruit for breakfast as I began planning everything for tonight. The date would be around 630 or 7 and it would be a picnic like setting. There would be a big red and white checkered blanket. A classic picnic blanket. Candles would light the way to the gazebo where I would be waiting with the picnic blanket, flowers and food/drinks etc. hinata and Maria would keep Jasmine distracted and would go shopping while I was setting everything up. There would be twinkle lights all over the gazebo and I would be dressed in fancy dress clothes. I would have brown dress shoes with a white dress shirt and khaki colored dress pants. And I would have a brown belt with a black dress coat. Everything would be perfect. As long as Hinata and Maria kept Jasmine busy. Maybe they could get her to buy a fancy little dress. A blush heated my cheeks when I thought about a dress I would like to see on her. I shook my head to clear my mind and set to getting everything ready for tonite. It was almost two. I have been planning this for over an hour and a half. Goodness time sure does fly.