Monarch [BL/Chanbaek]

11.

"It's drizzling."
"His Majesty the Crown Prince will sleep soundly today."
"Is that so.."

Baekhyun went to bed earlier than usual because it was raining.
Unlike before, I'm excited and washing my face with excitement.
I'm usually neat and meticulous, so I wash twice a day, but today I went into hot water and my body felt soft and warm.

Baekhyun calls Chanyeol while he is inside the gold needle.

"Come and see. Hurry up."
"What's going on?"
"You allowed me to be by your side today, so you must stay with me until I fall asleep."

A childlike prince in a very unexpected place.
Chanyeol opens the window slightly so that you can feel the drizzle, and slowly strokes your forehead with his big, warm hand.

"It's warm.."
"Is it good?"
"Yeah.. It's been a really.. long time since I've had a night like this.."

Chanyeol carefully stroked Baekhyun's face as he whispered softly and put a bracelet on Baekhyun's wrist.

"You are very weak. Perhaps you have seen something that others have not seen."

Baekhyun feels the red bracelet with his fingertips without opening his eyes.

"I've seen that a lot. On nights like this when it doesn't rain, I always see them. They're always by my side."
“So that’s why you cry all night.”
"Who said that I cry all night?"
"I think it's going to drizzle all night."
"..Yes. Actually, I cry every night. Those things that only I can see torment me all day, but at night, they look completely different."
"What is it?"
"mother."
"..........."
"I see my mother. Her vengeful spirit, unable to go to the afterlife and wandering in the underworld."