𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓞𝓯 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮

𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓻

The phoenix and the prince had been seeing each other on the woods at the same hour for some days now. They were captivated by each other, and liked each other's company. But the family and friends from both sides were starting to feel suspicious about them going out at the same hour every day, and coming back late at night.

"Uh... Jaemin?" called Jeno. The prince hummed in response, waiting for what had to say Jeno. "Uh... well, how to ask this... I mean, you have been going out every day at the same hour..." said Jeno, not really knowing how to ask with ouch sounding weird.

"Yeah, I just need to breath" lied Jaemin, not wanting to expose his phoenix friend.

"Or maybe you are seeing someone? That's why you don't want me to go!" said Jeno teasingly.

"What? No! What are you- I just need to clear my mind!" said Jaemin trying not to be to obvious about the situation.

"Woah there, okay then" said Jeno at the sudden outburst. But that only made him more suspicious. Where was Jaemin going? Maybe he indeed was meeting someone. Maybe he kept it a secret because is someone he shouldn't be seeing.

"Well anyway, The Queen told me to tell you that we are going to the Hwang kingdom next week, so yeah, postpone your breathing time" Announced Jeno. Jaemin's eyes shouted disappointment. Which Jeno found weird, since Prince Renjun and the Prince were good friends, and some time ago it seemed like Jaemin liked Princess YuLin, Renjun's younger sister. "Why the long face?" asked Jeno.

"Oh, I did that face?" Jaemin asked, realizing that he was starting to get more obvious every time.

"Uh, yes, well anyway, it's almost sunset, aren't you going to your breathing session?" asked Jeno, jokingly. Jaemin's eyes went wide but quickly acted as if nothing happened.

"Umm, yeah, I'll get going" said Jaemin getting out of Jeno's room and walking towards the stable, were his horse was.

"What a strange human being..." was the last thing he heard from Jeno, and the Prince chuckled.

He finally arrived to the forest and tied his horse and again, walked towards the usual tree.

"You're late" said HeeSook, looking at the flower that was blooming next to her.

"Yeah... sorry about that..." apologized Jaemin, scratching the back of his head.

"I was joking, come, sit with me" said HeeSook, patting the soft forest floor in front of her. The Prince sat in front of her as she signaled, and sighted.

"why the long face?" she asked, and Jaemin sighted harder.

"You're the second person today that tells me that" he said looking the other way and poting a bit. The girl laughed a bit at his reaction.

"You're cute" she said smiling while admiring the prince.

"I'm what?" asked Jaemin not really believing what she said, thinking that he maybe misheard her.

"Cute" she repeated. "C-U-T-E" she even spelled it.

"Yeah yeah, I caught it..." said Jaemin, now blushing a bit and again looking towards the other side. HeeSook didn't seemed to notice, since knowing her, she would start teasing him.

"Oh, by the way, next week I'm going to the Hwang Kingdom, so, yeah... we won't be seeing each other" he said, sounding disappointed. He really liked her company.

"Oh... It's okay, maybe it will get less suspicious, at least for Minhyun" she said, trying to look at the positive side.

"Wait, he is suspicious? Jeno too, he asked me
today" Jaemin shared. "And I don't like lying to him" added Jaemin. "But i want to keep on seeing you" Jaemin reassured.

"Me too. I guess we need to move times, so it wouldn't look that suspicious" she gave her idea. Both knew that if they were caught, from his side they would probably kill her, and from her side, Minhyun would probably make a spell so he erase both of their memories, and maybe close the doors of the depths of the forest as long as she lived.

"yeah, so, tomorrow morning? maybe middle morning?" suggested Jaemin.

"Yes, sounds good, tomorrow morning" she said nodding. She then stood up and rearranged her red dress, the bottom part of her wing's feathers touching slightly the floor. The Prince also got up and also rearranged his cloths.

"I'm glad I was able to see you" said Jaemin a smiling. The girls smiled softly and saw how the prince walked towards his horse, and she then, walked towards the opposite side, into the way towards the depths of the forest.