Prince vs. Prince.

xᴠɪɪ. ᴅᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ.

Riku is on his way to his office when he sees Hokuto standing outside. The classes have already ended, so it is a given that there are lots of students around. He patted the younger's shoulder gently and smiled.

"Let's talk, Riku." His smile faded when he saw how serious Hokuto was. Instead of going inside the office, the two went to the rooftop.

Before he can even open his mouth to talk, Hokuto knelt down on the floor and bowed his head down deeply. He can see this coming. He knows what is happening now.

"Hokuto, get up." He said but Hokuto didn't listen to him. He grimaced and threw his bag to the wall because of his frustrations. He knew that this would happen but not so soon.

"Let's break up, Riku. I'm so sorry." Hokuto mumbled and he helped him to get up. The younger one couldn't look straight at him but he hugged him gently.

"I know you can't love me like the way you love Itsuki. You gave me a chance to be with you and I'm thankful for that." Hokuto started to cry when he heard this from him.

"I'm really sorry. I tried but I really can't. I'm really sorry for hurting you." He shook his head and smiled sadly.

"It's not your fault. I chose this. I chose to continue loving you even though you already chose Itsuki." He cupped Hokuto's cheeks and wiped his tears.

"Don't cry. I don't like seeing you crying." He almost choked with his words but in reality, he also wanted to cry.

"Thank you so much, Riku. Thank you for everything you have done for me." Hokuto kept on sobbing and he looked up to stop his tears from falling.

"Let's go back now? Don't cry anymore." He smiled at the younger and picked his bag up to go back to the office already.

While on their way back to the South Wing, the two saw Itsuki and Yuriko together. Before, she was wearing a fitted uniform but now, it became large so that she can hide her growing belly. Riku looked at Hokuto and saw him glaring at the girl.

"Is that child really Itsuki's? I bet he is not the father of that child." Hokuto grinned while looking at Yuriko.

There were lots of students around and they heard this. He walked towards Yuriko while grinning. He looked at her from head to toe and shook his head.

"Aren't you the third party in our relationship?" Yuriko suddenly asked and he laughed at her. He can't believe that this girl is so ridiculous.

"Me? Third party? Before you came here as his fiancée, he was already my boyfriend. So, who is the third party here? Ah. Third party is a light word. It should be 'mistress.' You are the mistress between us, Shimizu Yuriko." The students around them started to gossip. Others are taking a video but no one wants to stop the two from fighting.

"What are you here, anyways? Aren't you just a student here who keeps on collecting rich friends and sucking them off to have a position in society?" Riku and Itsuki bit their lower lips after hearing that from Yuriko.

No one ever told her about Hokuto's real identity, so she thought that he was just a mere student in Royal High. Hokuto clenched his fists tight and he wanted to punch this girl already but he stopped himself or else, it would be bad for the baby. He is feeling pitiful for the baby that he or she has a mother like Yuriko.

"Stop, Yuriko. You don't know what you are talking about." Itsuki interrupted and the girl couldn't believe that he chose Hokuto's side over hers.

"So, you're choosing him over me and your child?" Yuriko put on a sad face and acted hurt while caressing her growing belly.

"That child is not mine. You know that." Itsuki's coldness went down to her spine but it doesn't mean she will let them bully her.

"This is yours. You are the father of my baby. We will see that in the DNA results." Yuriko started to cry and this made Hokuto madder.

"I will only tell you this once. If we find out that Itsuki is not really that father of that child, I will make sure that you and your family will lose everything that you have now." Yuriko took a step backwards when Hokuto said those words. It is her first time to see this side of him and because of this, she immediately called her driver to bring her home.

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"I can't believe she is that thick-faced." Hokuto threw his bag to the couch and crossed his arms with furrowed brows.

"What happened?" Yamasho asked while looking at Riku and Itsuki. Before they could speak, Hokuto's phone suddenly rang. He got it from his bag and answered the call.

"Moshi moshi? Oji-chan, doushitano? My friends? Their names?" He blinked his eyes a few times while looking at them.

"Wakatta. All of them. Hai." He continued before ending the call. The three are looking at him but he just smiled.

"You three are still not telling me what happened!" Yamasho threw a tantrum already and Riku chuckled, patting his back gently.

"Maa, maa. Calm down. We will tell it now." Riku sat on the couch and they found it weird that everyone is arriving in pairs.

First is Kazuma and Makoto. Then, Takahide and Ryu and the list goes on. The last one to arrive is Shogo who seems so happy about something. His eyes widened when he saw everyone looking at him, so he cleared his throat but he still couldn't stop smiling.

"I think we will need a larger room for all of us. My office is not that big, okay?" Shogo said as he took his seat on his usual spot.

"First, we need to hear from Itsuki what happened. I saw the video earlier. It is on our school page." Zin started and everyone agreed.

Itsuki explained to them what really happened when Yuriko's father confronted him and his father about his daughter's pregnancy. They know Itsuki more than the girl, so they will certainly support his side now that it is clear that he is not the father of the child.

They also know that he will never do that because in the first place, he is only interested in Hokuto. Riku felt awkward when they talked about it since they already broke up a while ago at the rooftop. Everyone felt this but they didn't ask anymore. They will just wait for one of them to tell what happened.

Hokuto is busy with his phone since his grandfather is asking him to do something. After sending a message, he excused himself that he will go home early and he needs to do some things.

Shogo volunteered to drive him home but he declined since his grandfather sent him a car to bring him to the mansion. He still didn't know how to drive, so he asked a driver for him.

When he arrived at the mansion, he saw his mother in the living room and there were some people who were taking her body measurements. He smiled and gave her a kiss on her cheek.

"When will the party be?" He asked and the maid got his bag. He thanked her for it and took a seat on the couch.

"This Friday night. Your father doesn't want to attend. He said that it is fine that he is there at Miyazaki for now." He pouted when Reika said this. It's been months since his father decided to go back to Miyazaki to work.

It's not like he is against it but now that they are seeing his grandfather, he thinks that his father doesn't want to meet the person who was against their marriage years ago. He doesn't know if his grandfather still doesn't like his father but maybe some other time, he will talk about it.

"The invitations are already sent?" He changed the topic already and he took one of the sample invitations placed on the coffee table.

"Your grandfather said that it will be better if everyone knows that he will go down from his position soon and will give it to the next in line." Reika answered and the two staff from the boutique were already done with taking her measurements.

"It will be you, desho?" Reika nodded his head and the two staff asked him for the body measurements. He took his uniform coat off and placed it on the couch.

"You should enjoy your remaining years as a student, Hoku-chan. And also, enjoy it with your grandfather. He is already old. I'm sad that you didn't have the chance to meet your grandmother." He smiled faintly as he also wished to meet his older brother.