The Next Prince, Chapter 46 pg6
The Next Prince, Chapter 46 pg6
“You litt-...” Khanin was planning to shout back, but something came up, and suddenly Ramil became restless in his seat. Ramil, as he quickly whispered something and Khanin, who was able to connect the dots and figure out the situation for himself.
[Petai will wake up...for now. If there’s anything else you need, just contact me.] Ramil summarized abruptly.
Khanin replied with a throaty voice in his throat, before the screen and the sound of the cousin faded away, quite certain that he had never heard them use that word with anyone else before.
“...just go to sleep, I am okay.” he said to himself.
The call disconnected, and Khanin’s phone screen returned to Charan’s chat room as usual. This person hadn’t read or responded yet, so finally Khanin mustered the courage to press the phone icon and call out.
The ringing sounded loud, and the handsome young man’s lips trembled as he waited for someone to answer, until the call went silent, and everything around him returned to silence. He looked down at his English lettered bracelet and sighed.
“Destiny is far away but meet anyway.”
Destiny...no matter how far apart on different sides across the sky, they had to meet again.
The more he saw, the more he felt, the more he thought, the more he was tormented.
Khanin wanted to scream, he took himself to sneak under the blanket before letting tears trickle down slowly, both thinking and fearing that if Charan didn’t want to continue with him, what would he do?
Could he really be good at it? Like saying that he would agree to let Charan go, could he really do it?
Tears flowed down, Khanin allowed himself to be overwhelmed by emotions, he cried until his eyes unwittingly closed since he wasn’t sure when.
However, the feeling of someone else’s heavy footsteps in the hallway made Khanin suddenly awaken among the nerve wracking touch he felt in his body.
He listened closely and was quite confident that it was not Tanattai’s footsteps since it was around two o’clock.
Were there other people in this house...?
Blood froze instantly, as fast as thought. Khanin lowered himself down from the wide bed and tiptoed to hide behind the door, like that...
Until someone opened the door with a key. Khanin had been waiting for the opportunity and then jumped in, locking the intruder down, but the other responded quickly.
Khanin was quickly overthrown once again as the world spun, and he tried to wriggle out, but just one sentence from the other side, it was enough to make everything disappear completely.
“Nin...it’s me, okay”.”
Khanin opened his eyes widely, hearing the sound, the scent he was familiar with. His deep brown eyes looked deeply into the charming face of his intruder. The latter didn’t flinch, until it stood still again as the curtain of its eyes closed and sealed the smile that his body longed for.
“Phii Ran? I am not dreaming right?” Some confirmed the truth with a warm touch on the dark side.
Khanin was afraid that this might just be a dream, he was afraid that if he woke up...everything that seemed real right now would be shattered.
“It’s not a dream...I came for you, Nin.” Some confirmed the reality with a warm touch on the dark side.
Khanin released Charan’s hug, and minutes passed before they looked at each other.
Fingers rubbed against warm cheeks, and the disheveled face looked like someone who hadn’t slept for days. Khanin couldn’t help but feel concerned for his loved one.
The warmth of his breath confirmed that this wasn’t a dream.
Phii Ran came here... to find him.
Tears of joy flowed down, and the longing that had been suppressed was expressed through vulnerability. Khanin hugged the person in front of him with all his love, and this time the young man buried his face in the older man’s chest, rubbing it and crying without shame like a child.
“You disappeared...all day, gone to the point where I thought you didn’t want to talk to me anymore…[sobbing].” Khanin never spoke of his fears to anyone, but they brewed in his heart, his small hand firmly clutching the taller man’s shirt showing the need for this person not to disappear again.
“I’m sorry...I’m sorry.” Charan hugged him tightly in response, knowing full well how much Khanin’s life was fraught with such moments of loss.
How would life go on without the sun?
Without the guiding light, Charan was just a foolish tree waiting for death.
“...”
“The reason I disappeared was that I was on a plane, and also...Tanattai said you were staying with Paul and didn’t want to be disturbed. I wanted you to spend time with your friends, while I hurriedly cleared up everything on my work schedule.” Charan wanted his younger companion to know that he wasn’t at peace and didn’t want to be gone for long.
It may sound exaggerated to say, but the moment Khanin turned away, Charan knew deep down that this wasn’t what he wanted.
But because the issue they faced was heavy and weighed down by duty and family burdens, the young man couldn’t act on his feelings right away.
“At least try to make contact, do you know that I...mmmhpf.” Before he could finish his sentence, the bigger guy managed to pile them both onto the large, soft bed.
His warm hand reached out to hold both of their hands, and then he drew them towards his cheeks and used a gaze that left hearts trembling.
“I wanted to surprise you, Nin.” Charan kissed the small hand. His narrowed eyes met with the younger man's sensitivity as he spoke, telling him what he felt inside his heart. “I miss you.”
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