Stars & Golden Feathers

Chapter 3

3 Minho's p.o.v

"Hey, Minho?" "Mh?" Minho looks up at Hyunjin, with his mouth filled with food. The three boys are sitting on a blanket on the roof.

After Hyunjin had asked if he wanted to watch the stars with him and Jisung, they had walked to the roof of a building, which Minho had later found out was the library. He had also asked about the 'weapon' which Jisung had been very confused about before realizing that Minho had asked about his telescope. Hyunjin had asked him a lot of questions about his family, Minho had told them everything he could without telling anything that might reveal his royal status.

"Where are you from?" Hyunjin tilts his head a bit to one side.

Minho almost chokes on his pizza, that was the one question he had hoped they wouldn't ask him. He quickly swallows the food before he hesitantly answers, "Um... I'm from up north?" it sounds more like a question than anything.

It technically isn't a lie, since the castle is located at the very top of the kingdom. But maybe Minho should've been a bit vaguer with his answer. Only the Royal family and the upper class lives in the northern part of the country. - Hyunjin doesn't seem to notice his unsureness, but he does lift an eyebrow and smirks a bit with a knowing look in his eyes.

Minho's eyes grow wide when he realizes what he just said. "Wait- no- I don't mean-" Minho sighs and looks down, "I'm not from, like, the real up north, my home is just north from here." He looks up with a pleading look in his eyes. Jisung just nods and goes back to his cheesecake, Hyunjin looks a bit more skeptical but doesn't ask any more questions.

They continue eating in silence for a bit, when Minho feels someone looking at him. He turns his head to his side and Jisung is staring at him, he meets the other boy's eyes for a split second before the black-haired boy quickly looks away. Minho could see his cheeks becoming pink, cute. "S-so, should we watch the stars now?" Jisung says with a shaky voice, he swiftly moves to lie on his back.

"Sure. Where should we be looking?" Hyunjin lies down beside Jisung. Minho isn't sure what to do, so he slowly makes his way to the other side of Jisung and lies down. Jisung starts to explain where they should look to be able to see the most shooting stars.

Nothing happens for a solid 15 minutes when suddenly a beautiful streak of light enters Minho's field of vision. Jisung lets out a gasp of delight and points to the sky, where the shooting star had been just moments before. "Did you see that?" he exclaimed, "It went right through andromeda" he continued while staring at the sky in awe.

"Who's that?" Hyunjin looks at him with a puzzled look on his face.

"Not who, it's a constellation. If you look at those two stars-" Jisung starts explaining the different constellations and where they have to look to find them. He keeps pointing at the sky, and at some point, Minho's gaze has moved from the stars to Jisungs arm. He looks at the tattoos that are covering it and wonders what they could mean, so he decides to ask him.

"Hey, Jisung?" He begins, the other boy stops talking and looks at Minho. "What do your tattoos mean?" Jisung looks confused and opens his mouth a couple of times, before talking.

"which tatt- oh." he looks at his arm, and then at Hyunjin, "some idiot put them there when I was sleeping. They're not real."

Hyunjin snickers "I'm not an idiot, you're just stupid enough to fall asleep when I'm nearby."

"I think they're cute. They suit you" Minho smiles reassuringly at him, Jisung covers his face with his hands, but Minho can still see the bright red blush on his face. cute.