QT: I Bent The Male Lead - Chapter 39

“Will you marry me or not?” The prince let out once more.

The question came as a surprise. Jason stared at Amaru intently to hear what his reply would be. His heart was thundering in his chest hoping the ice man would say yes.

At that moment he couldn’t care for his own heart. He just wanted the crown prince to be fine. His eyes looked pleadingly at Amaru begging him to say yes to stop the king from hurting himself.

He would never be able to live with it if any harm came to the prince because of him.

“I am not doing this right now,” Amaru said sternly. He went down on his knees and touched the prince’s chest. He let out some ice from his hand to his skin, enough to touch him but not hurt him.

The chilling feeling from thr cool ice gave Davion some of his senses back. He was able to breath again. The ice made him numb, the feeling of pain was still there but his mind was too focused on the ice.

“We should go anf get you changed, you look horrible,” he added.

Davion encircled his hands around Amaru and hugged him. Everything was going so fast. He couldn’t explain it all and it was affecting him. He broke down into tears and cried his heart out to his friend.

Jason felt the urge to bend down and wipe the prince’s tears. To take his pain away and assure him that all will be well, that he didnt want to marry Sashina and was only concerned for him.

Unknowingly, he went down on his knees and took the crown prince from Amaru’s hands and wrapped him in a warm embrace. He poured all the love that he felt in his heart into the hug.

Davion was too tired to care, he needed a hug and the sweet scent from Jason brought him some comfort. He tightened his hold on Jason too scared to let him go.

He was afraid that if he let go then he would be left alone and he didnt want to be alone. Jason rubbed Davion’s hair gentle while humming a song to calm him down. He was doing it to help the prince relax but he too was beginning to feel better.

To see no resistance from the prince was a good sign and he was more than willing to stay like that for as long as it took. He had made up his mind that he would not get engaged to Sashina.

After seeing the condition the prince was reduced to after seeing his choice. He didnt have any other option but to call off the whole thing. He just needed his father to arrive to explain to him that plans had changed and that he was in love with someone else.

He now knew well what he wanted, he had made up his mind. No matter what came may, he was going to fight for his love and his beloved.

He had just realised his love anf he was going to stand back and watch it fade from him before even giving it a chance to bloom.

Amaru made a shield around them. The two men embracing each other like they were the only people in the planet were both of noble families. They were prince’s and that meant keeping appearances.

But they didnt seem to care that rumors might spread and people might see them. It wouldn’t look good if people were to see them like that especially since one of them is to be engaged to another.

He shook his head. He could clearly see that Jason loved Davion, he didnt get why the two can’t just confess how they feel and move on. In his opinion, they were prolonging this and allowing unnecessary complications to arise between them.

Today it is Jason whose engagement is being fixed and before they know it. Tomorrow, it would be Davion, if they don’t say anything they will end up living miserably.

But who was he to say anything, it was their love story and he was not going to be a third wheel. He leaned against the wall and tried to ignore the crying lovebirds. His thoughts wondered to the beautiful ladies that he would meet at the party.

‘Author, please make this love story the best love story ever. I totally ship me and the crown prince and I promise to spend all my money on your next book,’ he prayed.

“What?!” Davion and Amaru asked.

Jason opened his eyes and realised he had said his prayer out loud. He gulped, the good news was that the prince had calmed down. The bad news was that he had just revealed to him some important facts he shouldn’t know.

It was important for characters not to know that they were in a novel. That was the basic rule he had learnt after reading all the times that people transmigrated into novels.

“Who is this author person?” Amaru inquired.

“What do you mean when you said you ship me and you?” The prince asked. His eyes narrowed in question. “Are you planning to take me to a different kingdom by ship?”

Jason bit his tongue holding himself back from laughing. The fact that the prince didnt get what he meant was hilarious.

“Ye..yes,” he said letting out a laugh in between. “I was talking about going on a trip with you,” he added.

“And whose love story should be the best one ever. Yours and Sashina?” Amaru asked.

Jason dropped his gaze at the prince when Amaru asked the question. He was afraid the prince would react after hearing the girl’s name. And true to that, Davion’s calm mood shifted to angry in no second.

“I was talking about us,” he confessed to clear the misunderstanding. “You and me, not with her,” he explained.

‘Finally, some progress,’ Amaru thought.

“Can you both move this to the room. I feel this conversation requires some privacy,” he ushered. He helped the crown prince stand from the ground and helped him to the room.

Jason followed right behind them, he was happy. Listening to his heart and helping the prince worked in his favour. He was glad that he didnt ran away put of fear, as now he had a chance at clearing the misunderstanding between them.

Amaru helped the crown Prince to the bathroom. The bath water was ready, it had been prepared for Jason but Davion needed it the most in the moment.

“You both talk. I will get some snacks anf changing clothes,” he let out eager to leave them alone to kiss and make up. Denial in his opinion didnt look good on either of them.

He rushed out of the room leaving the prince in the bath and Jason seated on a stool near him. Davion ran his fingers in the water, the feeling was magical. For so long he had forgotten how much he loved the water.

The way it kisses his skin and calms his body. He let down his hair and it loose in the water. “What were you saying earlier?” He questioned.

The corners of his lips were curling up into a smile. He was happy.

“I can close my eyes to things I don’t want to see but I can’t close my heart to what I feel,” Jason disclosed. “I like you a lot Davy,” he nervously admitted to the prince.

“Davy?” Davion pointed out with surprise. It was unexpected to hear Jason call him like that, so intimately. Only Amaru had ever had the right to be so close with him. And that was only because no threat would stop him from doing so.

“Do you mind of I refer to you by this name?” Jason held his breath. His heart beating so loud like he was about to he told the results of the exams.

“I didnt say anything,” Davion let out. He sank his body further into the water, warming it with the fire of his hands, so that the temperature doesn’t decrease. “What of your engagement?” He went ahead and asked.

“I will call it off,” he said without blinking an eye. Davion’s bad mood lifted. He felt as light as a feather. Such simple words from Jason’s lips was enough to get him in good moods once more.

“Then?”

“Then,” Jason began to say and paused creating suspense in Davion’s heart to know what his next words would be. “You will be mine.”

The words came from his lips so effortlessly. As though his heart needed no convincing of his decision before he announced it.

Seeing how easy it was for Jason to confess how he felt, it made him confident that it was the truth.

“What about you? How do you feel about me?”

Davion lifted his head from the water and gazed at him. He bit his lower lip in a flirtatious way and said, “I will tell you after you call off the engagement.. Be patient sugar lips, I will make it worth your while.”