Act 3: To Keep Your Promise

Heeseung was in the library in his palace. "You read in the library? I thought your bookworm phase was over..." Jay said entering the library, Heeseung raised his head as he raised his eyebrow, "Bookworm phase? Since when did I have that phase?" Heeseung asked, Jay shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, I didn't pay much attention," Jay said as he sitting across from Heeseung, the older shook his head before returning to reading the book in his hand.

Jay took one of the books from the pile of books in front of his brother, "Magic huh? Why do we have books like this in the library?" Jay asked, remembering that there were no magic users in the royal family, even the people of Dark Moon did not use magic in their daily lives. "Well, apparently some of our neighbor kingdoms use magic as part of their daily lives, I think these books are kept in case we have to make a contract with one of those kingdoms, we don't want to be fooled and use magic that we don't know, right?" explained Heeseung without lifting his eyes from the book he was reading. Jay looked at his brother before grinning, he chuckled, "You sound like dad, I think you're ready to inherit dad's throne with or without a significant other," Jay said as he went back to looking at the books Heeseung had taken.

"Speaking of, how is the guy you met the other day?" Jay asked, remembering that his brother had not brought up this issue again between the two of them. Heeseung finally moved his focus from the book he was reading, "I...." Heeseung didn't know what to say. Jay sighed, "In the end, you didn't suit him, just like the potential partners that papa introduced to you," said Jay before standing up and walking away from his brother. "I'm still waiting for the right time," said Heeseung before Jay left from the library. Jay stopped in his tracks then turned around, he looked at his brother dissatisfied, "I just need time before I'm really sure that he's the destined partner for me," Heeseung explained, convincing the younger prince. Jay rolled his eyes, "Whatever Hyung, I'm starting to think that you're helpless in the world of love," said Jay before finally leaving the library.———————————————————"You look annoyed," said Sunghoon seeing Jay who was shooting arrows non-stop and none of the arrows hit their practice targets. Jay stopped then sighed before lowering his bow, "Sorry, it's just that Heeseung-hyung said that he found someone who he can finally love," explained Jay. "Really? Heeseung–hyung?" Sunghoon said as he approached his best friend, "About time, but why are you upset?" Sunghoon asked curiously.

Jay looked at Sunghoon for a moment then walked away, "I'm not upset about him finally getting the person he loves, I'm just upset because he didn't do something about his feelings," Jay said taking another arrows. "He stays in the palace all day, and at night, he locks himself in his room," Jay explained as he walked back to his archery position.

Jay shoots one arrow and missed the target, "As if he doesn't care about that feeling," Jay said looking at his arrow that stuck to the ground.

Sunghoon smiled looking at Jay, "Well, you know your brother right," said Sunghoon taking an arrow from Jay's bag. "He's someone who doesn't immediately take action," said Sunghoon while taking an archery stance next to Jay, he then raised his bow and aimed at their practice target, "He will pause for a moment, make a good plan, then execute everything at once," said Sunghoon as he shoot the arrow from his bow and hit right in the middle of the target.

Jay looked at Sunghoon's arrow that stuck in their target. "You're too tactical, we're talking about love, not war," Jay said taking another arrow. Sunghoon chuckled, "Still, you think the tension of love is different from the tension of war?" Sunghoon asked, Jay rolled his eyes while smiling, "Well, I guess you're right," Jay said as he shoot another arrow and this time he hit the target.

"By the way, how do your parents react to this?" Sunghoon asked curiously. Jay's eyes widened at that, "Um... I'm supposed to keep this a secret... can you keep this a secret?" Jay asked. Hearing that, Sunghoon immediately took a deep breath and then sighed, "You did not just give me a pressure on my shoulders..." Sunghoon said as he folded his arms, Jay just laughed awkwardly.