"DOYOUNG!!!" the king yelled right after entering his son's bedroom.

doyoung was securely held by jaehyun, looking at his father as if he had no idea what his dad was reproaching him.

behind him, jaehyun's heart had stopped beating in his chest.

he was standing in front of the king of the human realm, someone who absolutely hated demons and more particularly his family, and not only was he standing there, but he was also half-naked, and back hugging his precious son.

"KIM DOYOUNG, DON'T TELL ME HE'S WHO I THINK HE IS!" the king screamed, his eyes throwing daggers to the demon standing behind his son.

"if you're thinking about my lover, the future ruler of the realm, then you're right." doyoung replied fearlessly.

"don't play with me, young boy!" the king approached his son.

"i'm not playing with you, dad." doyoung spat. "i love him, i have for a long time. and it's not your stupid superstitions that will prevent me to continue loving him."

on those words, the queen entered the room, gasping immediately when she saw everything that was happening.

"tell me this isn't the jung son..." she let out, her mouth agape.

"don't be ridiculous!" the king exclaimed. "it's a demon. our son isn't stupid enough to go and run into the arms of our mortal enemy."

doyoung's father looked at his son, expecting some kind of confirmation, but instead, he saw doyoung smirking.

"doyoung!" he yelled again.

"and what if he's the jung son?!" doyoung yelled back.

"we taught you since your early age, doyoung. we taught you that demons were bad. that they were our enemies. that they ruined everything!" the queen interjected.

"those are lies!" doyoung tackled back. "you don't even know why you hate demons!"

the king scoffed loudly.

"they did something bad, centuries ago. we separated realms because they weren't good for us!"

"exactly!" doyoung shouted. "but you don't even know what exactly happened! nobody does!"

the king and the queen both stayed there, dumbfounded by their son's words.

he wasn't wrong.

the separating had happened decades ago.

and since then, they had lived separated, without interfering with each other.

but nobody knew what had happened. the idea of demons being bad had just developed with the power passing from one king to another.

there was no actual proof that demons were bad.

"i hear what you're saying, doyoung. but how can you confirm that demons are good?" the queen spoke, still not 100% convinced that demons were actually good creatures.

"i've been going to the demon realm every day for the past three months." their son declared.

"WHAT?!" both parents yelled.

"jaehyun was the one to bring me there the first time. he wanted to show me how much of a good place the demon realm was. and how kind demons actually were." doyoung explained as both of his parents glared at jaehyun. "and he did well, because i fell in love with him, and i realised that demons weren't the evil creatures that you've been describing to me since my early days."

the two human royals had their jaws clenched hearing such words from their son.

theywanted to snap, it was obvious, but they were holding themselves.

what for?

doyoung didn't know either.

but he was sure that the conversation would be even more intense if jaehyun wasn't there, in the room, with his arms wrapped around doyoung's waist protectively. he may be younger than doyoung's parents, he was a demon, and demons were way stronger than humans. it was common knowledge.

"doyoung, come with us." the king said on an ice-cold tone.

"i won't go anywhere without jaehyun." doyoung replied, leaning onto jaehyun. he knew very well that his parents couldn't do anything if jaehyun was protecting him.

"kim doyoung, you come here right now!" the king yelled.

as much as doyoung didn't want to obey, jaehyun tightened his grip on his waist before loosening it, silently telling him to obey his parents' orders.

"we're going to the demon realm." the king declared once he saw doyoung approaching him. "and you better assure that your parents are here!" he added, pointing an accusing finger at jaehyun.

jaehyun nodded, and in a second, he opened a portal, and disappeared.

♨/❄

"mom! dad!" the demon heir exclaimed running across the corridors of his castle. "MOM! DAD!"

"jaehyun? have you been the one screaming?" the queen asked, her brows furrowed.

"please, it's urgent." jaehyun gripped onto her arm. "they know for doyoung and i."

"who are- oh my god!" she exclaimed, realising the problem. "does your father know?"

"i didn't find him." jaehyun replied.

"he's having a meeting in the royal salon. go get him, and meet me in the crown room." the queen said before dashing away, jaehyun on her heels.

jaehyun ran past his mother, reaching the royal salon after a few seconds.

he was completely out of breath, but it didn't really matter.

the demon knocked on the door a few times, pushing them open to reveal the king sitting with some other important men around the big table.

"excuse me a minute." the king bowed when he saw his son opening the door. "jaehyun, i'm having an important meeting, you can tell me after."

"dad... they know..." jaehyun replied simply between pants.

"who knows about what?" the king raised a brow.

"the king and the queen of the human realm know about doyoung and i." jaehyun said quickly.

this made the whole room gasp loudly.

everybody knew what was happening with the son of the human king.

they knew about the kidnapping for sure, maybe not that they had become lovers, but this piece of information was enough for them to understand how critic the situation was.

"i'm sorry, we'll need to pause this meeting." the king declared, standing up. "i'll be back as soon as i'm done with them."

with that said, the king quickly followed his son across the corridors at high speed.

they arrived in the crown room just in time, because doyoung was stading there, with his two parents who looked absolutely furious.

"we need to talk." the human king declared, making the temperature of the room loose a few degrees.