"I tell the piano the things I used to tell you." Chopin
Jimmy slowly opened his eyes, he was in a huge room, walls covered with purple and black flowers paper, gold furniture with a purple tapestry, a small desk on the corner with a ton of papers on it, a huge library which occupied a wall from one end to the other, filled with old dusty books.
He took a look at his clothes, his trousers and his sweater were replaced by a black silk night robe, decorated with gold and purple embroidery. His chest was sweating, his neck too, he turned his head and saw the reason for the sweat; wood was burning in a small fireplace on the wall to the right of the bed.
Through the window he could see that it was already dark, he wondered how many hours he slept after fainting in the dungeon.
"Some memories never leave your bones, like salt in the sea. They become a part of you and you carry them." Unknown."Good morning." Jimmy joined Ruvyn in the garden."Oh, good morning Jimmy." the wizard turned and furrowed when he saw his puffy eyes. "What happened to you? Have you been crying?""No." the younger lied. "I just slept a little late.""My dear, you can not lie to a wizard, don't you know this?" Ruvyn crossed his arms. "Did something happen? Did someone say something to you?"Jimmy didn't answer."Was it the king?" Ruvyn asked, making the younger lift his head."Can you read minds too?"
Two weeks have passed since Jimmy arrived at the castle. The days were all alike, Ruvyn and he would have their breakfast in the Wizard's room and sometimes Nieven would join them if he wasn't busy.The young man spent the majority of his time in the library reading books, some about the story of Fantasia and others were novels by writers he didn't recognize. He wouldn't feel the time passing when he was reading, a maid would knock at the door to tell him that dinner is ready.Since that little incident during breakfast, they would wait until the king finishes his meal to enter the dining room. Jimmy was doing his best to avoid him and his cold stares, even though sometimes he gets curious about what he's doing and would watch him from afar.The king would spend his mornings at his office, reading letters and responding to them. After dinner, he would sit in his private gar
"The sun watches what I do, but the moon knows all my secrets." Unknown."How much I have looked for you!" Nylian walked toward the diamond-haired and rested his hands on his shoulders. "I thought I lost you forever."Jimmy smiled. "I didn't know where to go, so uh, I came here." he lied. He wasn't sure if he could tell him about the voice he heard the last time he got lost.Taegen stared at them, confused. "Do you know each other?" he asked."He was lost and the guard Woozi brought him to my house." the elf answered. "He was so confused and scared." he smiled and caressed the younger's hair."He welcomed me and treated me well." Jimmy smiled, staring at the king whose eyes shifted to dark green.
Jimmy couldn't stop thinking about what happened at the castle earlier. He didn't expect the King to ask him to leave them. He thought that their relationship had improved since the evening when they spoke in front of the moonlight, but it seemed that nothing had changed, Taegen didn't care much about their conversation.His thoughts were troubled, that's why he decided to sleep, with the balcony wide opened to let the gentle breeze of the evening caress his skin.He dreamed of creatures with two heads and colours. To know that the change of the King's eyes colour meant something only made him more curious about him. He wanted to know what he felt when he was around him, he wanted to know what blue meant or green."Sir." someone knocked at the door, waking him up."Come in." he stretched his arms and sat on the
Jimmy's eyes grew wider as he restated what the king said in his mind. “You’ve come to see me?” he mumbled in a small voice. “Why?Taegen nervously rubbed the back of his neck and approached him, avoiding his eyes. “Ruvyn and Nieven kept bothering me to apologise to you. They can be very insisting.”
Nylian was still not back from the meeting so he decided to go for a walk.“Karlyle, if the Lord comes back please tell him I only went for a walk,” he told the servant.
Whispers could be heard at every step the king made inside the castle.Everyone was surprised to see him walk, Jimmy in his arms, lifting him bridal style and the young man quietly resting his head against his chest. They did not find it strange just because their cranky king was raising a stranger but mostly because they never saw him do something like this before, not even the late Princess Kythaela."Jimmy?" Ruvyn raised an eyebrow and stared at the King. "What happened to him?""Open the guest room." Taegen ignored his question and followed his servant. He walked in a long corridor, letting Jimmy the chance to admire all the portraits and paintings hung on the walls while listening to his heart beating faster.They arrived at a room and the king gently lied his body on a large bed. "You can rest here."Jimmy shyly
Ruvyn and Nieven headed together to Jimmy's room to wake him up and have breakfast together. The wizard gently knocked and opened the wooden door.“Jimmy wake up—!” Ruvyn widened his eyes when he saw Jimmy sleeping, his head resting on the king's shoulder. They both slept on the little couch in front of the window.The two lovers shared a confused look and kept staring at them. “The king spent the night here?” Nieven whispered, looking at how peaceful Taegen was, his black locks covering his eyes as his head was rested against the wall.“It seems like it.” Ruvyn shrugged. “This is the strangest thing I have seen in so many years.”Nieven nodded and ran his fingers through his long silver hair. “Should we wake them up?” he asked.“I don't think it is a good idea.” Ruvyn shook his head. “I know how embarrassed the king would be.”“Why isn't it a goo