The Dream Of Three

Continued from last time's


That’s why, she only had three friends. Everyone have their own way to go now, and their distances had furthered with every minute. Now, she stood facing one of her sealed secrets—her love for so long.

The princess placed her cold hands onto the palace doors and pushed. The doors slung back, revealing a hall that seemed to be unused for a very long time. The princess awkwardly stepped into the hall, her eyes scanning the huge hall. To her amazement, there was a painting of her face in the corner of the hall. It was the only thing that has no spider webs covering it. The princess went towards it. She bent down, picking up the framed picture. Tears welled up in her eyes when she saw the words, ‘Her majesty.’

A figure stopped just behind her. The princess knew that he was there, and turned slowly to face him. Under the moonlight, she could only catch a few figures that still haunt her in her dreams. Her teardrop finally dropped. The person seemed shocked to see her crying. The princess bit her lips.

"I thought that I told you many times not to call me using formalities? Aren’t we…" The princess broke off.

"…Friends?" The man continued for her. The princess could not look up into his eyes. They only reminded her of the pain and years of suffering that she had.

"You are engaged, unlike me. Why don’t you just forget about the years we had together? Forget about me?" The man said.

"Never! You don’t know what’s it’s like to have you in my dreams but you are never there when I wake up!"

"Sometimes I feel as if this is just a dream, too."
The princess said no more. Her heart totally tore apart. Instantly, her knees went soft and landed on the cold marble floor. Her tears poured down uncontrollably. She sat there, crying like a baby.

The man kneeled down beside her. He wiped away her tears, but not a single word came from his mouth. He felt like crying too, for not being there to help her like what he once did. He felt so useless.

"What a lovely scene," A voice broke the man’s thoughts. The voice caused the princess to stutter. That voice. That man. The princess’s sorrowful eyes suddenly turned to a pair of hateful eyes. She eased her tears and stared at the man who said that.

"Jin…" The princess gritted her teeth. The figure that appeared leaning against the doorway frowned at her. The man beside the princess stood up.

"What do you want?" He breathed. Jin looked at him through the corner of his eyes. Slowly, Jin strolled towards the man.

"Did I not make it clear, that her majesty is going to be my wife soon? So keep your dirty hands off her, prisoner." Jin threatened him.

"He is not a prisoner!" The princess glared at Jin, which only made him laugh.

"Are every one of you here getting senile? Yu, you are not supposed to meet him ever again. What have gotten into you today? He is a prisoner now, the one who is imprisoned for your sake!" Jin shouted at the princess, pointing at the man.

"The evil are always on the loose, right Shu?" The princess asked suddenly, giving the man a strained smile. Jin clenched his fists. Shu only gave the princess a worried look.

"You are my wife!" Jin was outraged, grabbing the princess by her shoulder. Princess Yu did not hold up against him, but only continued to look at Shu. Jin tried to think of a solution to win the princess’ heart. Shu returned princess Yu a comforting smile, assuring her that he will be fine.
In his frustration, Jin made a dash for Shu. Only then did the princess look worried, but before she could respond to Jin’s fast movements, Jin was too close to Shu. He aimed his fist towards Shu.

"No! Stop!" The princess cried.
Jin landed on the ground, coughing. Shu frowned at him, with his fists clenched.

"You’ll have to train for two years before you can land your fists on me, junior." Shu sighed.
Shu walked towards the princess with a smile.

"You never change, do you?" Princess Yu asked Shu teasingly.
Jin panted on the ground.

"Both of you will never end up together." Jin’s words stunned the princess. His words reminded of what her father said to her. It was the last time before she ever saw Shu again until now.

"The guards have been dismissed doesn’t mean that Shu will be free. His punishment will probably be much heavier than now. You should know what the Emperor will do if he find me missing, right?" Jin just could not keep his big mouth shut.

The princess stopped dead in her tracks. Shu seemed to be deep in thoughts too. ‘Shu will be beheaded…’ the thought of this made princess Yu’s face turned pale. Jin smirked, his plan worked. Being so close to the princess, Jin did know a few of her weaknesses. She’s really sensitive whenever anyone mentions about Shu.

The princess started to shiver. Shu looked worried, glaring at Jin. He never expected Jin to be so mean, hurting his wife-to-be with rather harsh words. (to be continued)