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"He'll be okay, you can calm down"

Josh let out a huge sigh of relief at Tyler's words. They stood in front of the hospital wing of the castle. Theodore had retreated to the brothers' shared bedroom and Thomas wasn't present, but the remaining three were there.

"What were you thinking?" Taylor asked, trying to stay calm, but frankly anything Josh-related's been angering him lately.

"I thought that if I do a good thing, your parents will like me!" Josh said in an arguing voice even though no one seemed to be directly angry with him.

"Our parents are on a business trip, remember?" Troy snorted, shaking his head and walking toward the door that led to the hospital wing. He grabbed the doorknob "I don't see how you could get any reaction from them while they're away"

"That doesn't even matter" Tyler said, bitting the insides of his cheeks "What matters is that this action wouldn't have brought you any glory whatsoever. This was an incredibly stupid move"

"Theo said you were phoning someone" Taylor remembered, exhaling heavily "Who was it?"

The pink-haired boy's mouth formed a line. He didn't want to tell them. They might hurt his best friend or even Patrick's boyfriend.

"Josh, you need to tell us" Tyler said, his voice had an almost warning tone to it.

"You're gonna hurt people if I tell you" Josh said, looking down at his feet. He didn't regret doing what he'd done. He just felt bad for not being careful enough. If he were more careful, Patrick may have never had to get pieced with a sword. He felt bad for Patrick. But with some thought, Patrick was miserable already; maybe it didn't even hurt that bad?

"I wouldn't mind hurting you" Taylor let out slowly, through gritted teeth.

"Tay" Tyler warned. His brother rolled his eyes, stepping away slightly. Tyler watched him for a short while before turning to his fiancé "Josh, who were you talking to on the phone?

"Brendon" Josh answered. It wasn't a lie. It was just the incomplete truth.

"Why were you phoning Brendon in the dungeons?" the Prince's brows furrowed in confusion "And what does it have to do with 'saving Patrick'?"

Josh refused to rise his head up; he didn't want to look into Tyler's eyes. Tyler will be able to tell he's hiding something.

"I can tell you're hiding something" Tyler sighed.

Damn, he's better than Josh'd thought.

"Who were you phoning, Josh?" Tyler repeated.

Taylor started whispering angry curses beneath his breath and Josh was this close to laughing at how funny cusses sounded in a British accent. Tyler could see Josh's amusement. He had to protect his brother, thus he sighed and spoke in a British accent much like Taylor "Answer me, Josh. Who were you phoning in the dungeons?"

Josh rose his head and stared into his fiancé's eyes with his own popped. He gulped, bitting his lip and drawing a little blood "Brendon found Patrick's boyfriend and we were talking"

In a split of a second, Taylor was pinning Josh against a red wall angrily, his powerful hands holding tight grips of Josh's biceps and spitting into his face "What do your friends know?!"

"Taylor-"

"Shut up!" Taylor snapped, almost growling at Josh "What do your freaking friends know?!"

"I- I- I just told him what the island is called and that Tyler and I are engaged, nothing else, I swear!" Josh spoke rapidly, panting and just wanting to escape the Prince's hold.

Taylor rose his hand off Josh's arm and slapped him hard across the face, causing the engaged couple to gasp. Taylor moved away quickly, stomping down the hallway. Josh fell to the floor, palm shooting up to hold his red cheek. It hurt as hell, it was a genuine slap. Taylor had more muscle than one might think from just looking at him.

Tyler kneeled down next to Josh as fast as he could "Oh my God, baby are you okay?!"

"Mm" Josh let out, giving a small nod.

"You need to stop doing all these stupid things, Josh-"

"What?!" Josh rose his head to give Tyler a look of pure disgust. He was very offended by his fiancé's words "He slaps me like that and you're saying it's my fault?!"

"Well, frankly you deserved it" Tyler spoke quietly "This kingdom and this island are very secret, telling random people about us is dangerous, you know?"

"Your majesty, the patient is awake" a nurse opened the door to the hospital wing; Troy waved at his brother from behind the woman. Tyler nodded at him, sighing and standing up. He spread his arm out to help Josh up, but Josh was angry with him and he wasn't going to accept his help.

They entered the hospital wing. It was a large tower that was a part of the castle and it contained a surprisingly small number of rooms. Peasants weren't allowed to even have the knowledge of the hospital wing's existence. The best doctors in the world worked in the hospital wing and Josh found it a miracle that Patrick was alive; apparently it was a piece of cake to wake Patrick up.

The engaged couple found their way to Patrick's room followed by the nurse and Troy. Patrick lied in the hospital bed, his face showed fear.

A/N: I'm so sorry for not updating as frequently :c