Hidden prince

love that died and love that grew

"Léi." Four boys ran towards their younger brother and hugged him, Léi hugged them back and smiled.

"Guys, these are my brothers: Shǎndiàn, Fēngbào, Lóngjuǎnfēng, but everybody just call him Lóng, and Hǎixiào." Léi said, introducing them to his friends.

"Watashitachi no mura e yōkoso. Watashitachi wa anata no gengo o hanasu koto ga dekinainode, watashi wa mārin to kare no yūjin ga watashitachi ga iu koto o hon'yaku shite kureru koto o nozomimasu. Kokode wa mahō wa muryōdesuga, anata ga watashitachi o tasukete kureta koto ni kansha shite imasu." Lóng said, clearly the oldest of them all. Greg translated it for them. It felt weird, since it was Alatan's job to translate it. Alatan always loved it to translate things, and now he's dead. Greg sighed and lowered his head.

"I'm sorry, I can't." Greg went up the stairs and up to one of the platforms, he then sat down at the edge and closed his eyes.

"I'll go talk to him." Percival said and everybody nodded, he then walked towards Greg and sat down next to him.

"Alatan was my first real friend. When I became a knight, nobody looked at me. They don't really have respect for the ones from my village." Greg began.

"But, Alatan was different, he talked to me, wanted to know more about me and soon... I loved him." Greg waited for Percival to say something, but the gentle giant said nothing and just listened. He will say something when he needs to say something.

"It's hard, I feel so alone. You have Gwaine and Merlin has Arthur. And Lancelot has Gwen. I'm pretty sure that Elyan also has somebody. And look at the others, Faun doesn't want somebody and Léi is still too young. My love died."

"You will find somebody, Greg. We will help you, we are your friends." The gentle giant said.

"Besides, he will always be with you, hear, in your heart."

"I'm afraid that I will forget him." Greg hesitantly said.

"You will never forget him." With that, the two sat in silence, watching the others talking and laughing.