The Prince

The Revelation

That dusk when the sun was setting, some envoys from the Emperor's residence was sent to the Empress's palace to inform him about Changmin's visit tonight. It was the first visit after the vomiting incidence, and Onew was slightly nervous about it.

His body has changed. His belly was gotten bigger day after day that his hanbok should be modified, he thought that he's going to die from illness.

They're going to throw me away now, i'm not desirable anymore in their eyes.

That was what he thought. He waited for the Emperor's arrival in the dining hall inside his palace, where the maids prepared the delectable meal for the royals. His mind wandered to a faraway place, maybe after this he will get to see his homeland again. Or he can be a monk, he was thinking about the monastery that his ancestors went to when they got older. It will be perfect for him now.

But his trail of thought was broken by an announcement made by the guards.

His Majesty The Emperor is arriving..

Onew stood up and greet Changmin in a proper royal greeting, which was rather difficult in his current condition.

"It's good to see you healthy and happy, Booin yah..." Changmin's voice was cheerful and light, Onew couldn't help but smile.

"You're still alive after vomiting for the past three months, that's good.." Onew frowned, and when he look up, he saw two brothers standing side by side leisurely.

The three of them are gathering around the dining table, where a lot of dishes were prepared especially for Onew's condition. Which certainly unknown for him.

"Don't you have wine here in your Empire? Haven't had one since i came here." Onew said, as if to himself. Soft chuckle was heard from Yunho's direction, and Changmin look at him nervously.

"It's been along time and i miss you so much, Booin yah..are you doing good?" Changmin asked Onew, who was chewing some chicken. The said boy nodded absentmindedly, continued with his eating. His appetite was back to normal after the bout of vomiting left him in peace.

"It's good then..i think it's about time to discuss about our descendant." Changmin spoke in a low tone. He moved closer to where Onew was seated, and rubbed Onew's hand gently with his thumb.

The Empress looked at him questioningly. They always talks about it since the beginning. All he knows was that it's true royals can marry the same gender on that era, but it was to conquer, as a sign of submission, not to get a descendant. Impossible for males to give descendants, aren't they?

"Is one of your harem carrying your descendant? It's a good news, then. Congratulations.." Onew smiled sincerely at the brothers, and somewhere inside Changmin's heart was bleeding. He knows he was going to make his Booin cry.

"Yes..and no. There's someone carrying our descendant but it's not Changmin's harem." Yunho talked casually. His eyes bore deep into Onew's, his jaw clenched.

Onew stopped his eating and look at the both of them. His body was trembling, somehow he felt like it was about him. Fingers caressed his bulging belly, he stared at his husbands with a defeated look in his eyes.

"Thank you for letting me know. You could've just stay silent until i give birth, so..thank...you.." Rain fell heavily on his cheek, he felt so drained and weak.

"Booin yah..please understand, we were obliged to do that.." The Emperor spoke. He felt so bad for hurting someone that he was really in love with.

"Yes i do understand, now i can patch the puzzle. You erased my kin so you can have descendants from me, as ordered by your Elders, are you not?"

From the beginning, Onew knew that they will be bringing bad news for him. He just never thought to what extend they could be bad. Now he didn't know what to do. If he was a girl, he could have tried to abort the baby, but he wasn't a girl and he didn't know how to do it.