"what is our future king doing all alone in his bedroom when the sun is shining bright outside?!" yuta exclaimed, pushing the door of jaehyun's bedroom open and entering without caring about what jaehyun had been doing.

"i'm not in the mood." jaehyun replied, going back to doing nothing, seated on the floor with his back resting against the bed frame and his head leaning back on the mattress.

"come on! there are only three days left before we go back to school. you need to enjoy them!" yuta sighed. "you've been locked in here since the beginning of the week."

"i want time to pass faster."

yuta raised a brow before closing the door of the bedroom and walking next to his best friend.

he sat down next to him, getting in the same position.

"what is bothering you so much?" yuta asked. "you usually love holidays."

"usually." jaehyun repeated the word.

"what made you change your mind?"

"i don't know."

yuta snorted. "i know that you have an idea." he told. "just tell me. i'm your best friend, remember? i can help."

"i'm not sure you'll be able to do anything." jaehyun shrugged.

"ah! so, you know what's the problem."

jaehyun groaned, lifting his head up and looking at yuta. "of course, i know! i've been spending my whole week in my room thinking about him!"

as soon as his sentence was pronounced, jaehyun realised what he had said.

'thinking about him'

he cursed in his head.

why did he say that?

he truly hoped that yuta hadn't heard it.

"wait a second!" yuta exclaimed, suddenly sitting in front of jaehyun. "HIM?!"

jaehyun sighed, letting out a small growl as he realised that he was deep in the shit.

"who is him?!" yuta asked, leaning forwards to get closer to jaehyun.

the demon heir didn't answer.

was he too ashamed that he had spilled this to yuta? yes.

and he didn't want to give his best friend another reason to laugh.

"is it taeyong? don't tell me it's taeyong! i thought you two were- "

"are you stupid? of course, it's not taeyong!" jaehyun replied before yuta could even finish his sentence.

"oh... who is it then?" yuta raised a brow, trying to think about the many boys that were in school with them, and with whom jaehyunn had interacted – because, yes, jaehyun was gay.

"look, it doesn't matter." jaehyun tried to dissuade him.

"oh my god!" yuta suddenly exclaimed.

jaehyun sighed deeply.

yuta knew for sure.

and he would make so much fun of him...

"what?" jaehyun asked, annoyance audible through his voice.

"it's doyoung." yuta declared, making jaehyun's heart freeze in his chest, and making his cheeks tint pink.

"n-no." he replied, hoping that yuta would take the lie.

however, he didn't.

"it's him!" yuta clapped in his hands. "i knew it!"

"i told you it wasn't him!" jaehyun repeated.

"you're fidgeting with your fingers, you're not even looking at me in the eye, and your cheeks are slightly red. you can't lie to me, jaehyun!" yuta listed, a bright smile on his face.

"right..." jaehyun rolled his eyes, placing his hands on his lap to prevent them to fidget.

"so, you like him? aw... that's so cute..." yuta cooed. "that's why you've been locked up in here for the whole time! you've been thinking about him like a lovesick schoolgirl..."

jaehyun got back in the position he was previously in, against the bed with his head leaning back on the mattress.

he knew that telling his best friend wasn't a good idea.

but what could he do now? nothing.

"yuta, shut up..." jaehyun mumbled, cutting his best firend that was rambling stupid things such as 'i'm sure he likes you too' or 'i want to be your witness for the wedding'.

"you don't get it! your wedding would be a way to unite both realms!" yuta continued. "it's the best idea- "

"yuta." jaehyun cut him. "first of all, he doesn't like me. second of all, we're not there yet. and third of all, his parents are a huge break to our relationship if ever it exists."

"you said 'yet'." yuta chuckled.

"listen to me, yuta." jaehyun ignored him. "this is a secret. don't tell anyone about these feelings, and let the time decide what will happen. we'll see what happens in three days, when we'll see each other again."

♨/❄

"sicheng, why the hell are you here?!" doyoung asked, seeing his best friend entering his bedroom with a few comforters in his arms.

"sleepover. we're going back to school tomorrow, and we haven't seen each other enough because you were too busy doing nothing in your room." sicheng replied, dropping the comforters on the bed.

"i had a lot on my mind, i needed some rest." the human heir replied, crossing his arms over his chest despite the fact he was happy to see his best friend.

"well, i'm here to rest with you, and also to have some boy talk." sicheng declared, walking to doyoung and wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

"so, we're spending the night together, and there's no way to dodge this?" doyoung asked, a smile on his face – he obviously wanted it too.

"exactly doyoung. you're quick to understand things." sicheng replied before the two boys erupted in a pit of laugher and started their night together, talking about every and anything, and enjoying their time, together.

♨/❄

"doyoung, we have to go." sicheng declared, knocing on the bathroom's door because doyoung was taking all his sweet time preparing himself.

"go, i'll go when i'm done." doyoung said from the inside. "plus, we're not even going to the same school."

"the fact that we go to different schools doesn't mean that we can't walk there together." the heir's best friend told.

"yes, but your school if further than mine, and you'll be late if you don't go now." doyoung agued again. "we'll see each other tonight. come have dinner." he added.

after a few more seconds, sicheng decided that his best friend was right.

he bid him goodbye from behind the door and walked to the bed where his schoolbag was resting.

the human was about to leave the room when a black portal materialized in front of him, a bright red background visible.

before sicheng could question anything, a tall and muscular man got out smiling brightly.

"hello doyoung, ready to go back to... you're not doyoung."