Mesmerized by Jinki's incredibly lovely voice, Jonghyun couldn't help but join in. Since he has no idea of how Jinki would respond to that song, he’d chosen to hide behind a tree, and let the music speak the words he couldn’t. It was an old folk song that spoke of love and loving each other for all eternity. As their two voices melded together into one, Jonghyun stepped out from his hiding place and walked towards Jinki, still singing. As soon as he came into view, Jinki abruptly stopped singing and walked away. Jonghyun however, continued the song and changed the last line to "Even if you can't hear me, I won't give up". Happy to note that he'd learned one more thing about Jinki, Jonghyun walked into the castle, understanding that Jinki still needed a lot more time for him to loosen up. 

Jinki, on the other hand, was still reeling from the shock of Jonghyun’s strong and powerful voice. The way their voices sounded together was just magical and there was no way for him to continue singing when he saw that it was Jonghyun. He hadn’t meant to run away, but at that moment, Jinki couldn’t trust himself not to do anything. Frankly, at that moment, he couldn’t think of anything to do apart from rushing to Jonghyun and wrapping his arms around his waist. Truth be told, Jonghyun with his rippling muscles was exactly the type of man Jinki secretly liked, but was afraid to admit his true feelings. Even from his early childhood, ever since he lost his father, Jinki had created a sort of mask to hide all of his feelings. He'd been taught that he had to be perfect, which was why he was rebelling now by stealing. Though he longed to trust Jonghyun, Jinki was afraid to let him into his heart. When he loved, he loved deeply and sincerely, but Jinki's luck was such that he had always lost everyone whom he had truly loved. Although he hated to admit it, Jinki wouldn't be able to bear it if something happened to Jonghyun.

Jonghyun had the chambermaids prepare all of the chambers available so Jinki could choose which felt more comfortable for him. It was obvious to Jonghyun that they wouldn’t be sharing a chamber, similar to the situation at the inn. After calling for a hot bath with perfumed water for Jinki, he approached his courtiers to prepare an announcement of his marriage to Jinki. Traditionally, they had to organize a grand party along with a coronation, but in this case, Jonghyun felt an announcement would work for the best, as Jinki may not want to play the role of host and entertain the guests from nearby kingdoms.

Jinki was resting in his chamber when he heard a soft knock. Waving an excited looking Taemin inside, Jinki let the lad start to shave him and thereby complete his grooming routine.

"Your Majesty, have you heard? There will be a huge party soon, to announce your wedding. I really hope all the other pages can come, too. I haven’t met my friends for a long time. We usually only meet during tournaments"

A party? What the heck was that about? It seemed as though fate was playing with him, as he now definitely had to speak to Jonghyun in private, something he'd wanted to avoid for as long as he possibly could. 

"Prince Jonghyun, may I speak to you?"

"Please call me Jonghyun"

"Jonghyun, I was informed about a party which is to take place"

"My prince, we won't be having a party. Instead, I thought having an announcement of our wedding would be better"

"Let's host the party"

Jonghyun was surprised and honestly, rather shocked by what Jinki said but made the conscious decision not to let his surprise be known, in case Jinki changed his mind. Nodding, he instructed his chief courtier to go over the guest list with Jinki while he and Taemin arranged the decorations that were needed. 

It took a week for everything to be ready, and the castle was highly lit up and decorated for this event. Although this was for the princes, everyone else looked at this event like a ball where they could possibly meet the ones they'd love. Jonghyun was hanging up some lights when he saw Jinki approach him.

"I've purchased a tunic for you, which Taemin has laid on your bed. Please wear it this evening"

Pleasantly surprised, Jonghyun rushed to his chamber and found an exquisite tunic in ivory with silver threads, a sky blue collar, and diamond buttons. When had his husband bought it for him? Putting on the tunic and fastening the buttons on the collar, Jonghyun walked downstairs to the main hall and greeted all the visiting princes and princesses from all the invited kingdoms. As he spoke to one of the princes, a vision in startled him. Looking up, he smiled broadly as he saw Jinki, looking even more handsome than usual in a tunic of deep red, with gold threads. 

Jinki couldn't help but smile as he saw the way Jonghyun was staring at him, with his mouth open. Jonghyun was also looking perfectly delectable, with that ivory tunic acting as a wrapper that Jinki was dying to tear off. As the music started playing, Jonghyun approached him, still with a smitten look on his handsome face.

"May I have this dance, my prince?"

Though Jinki found it rather unsettling that his husband never seemed to use his name, the lilting melody of the song appealed to him, and his instantly grasped Jonghyun's outstretched hand and walked with him to the middle of the floor for their first dance together. Jonghyun was an incredible dancer, almost the epitome of grace. As they spun around together, Jinki felt himself warming up even more, and when their chests collided as Jonghyun pulled him out of the way of another couple, Jinki felt a shock like he had never experienced before. For some reason, this skin to skin contact with Jonghyun was electrifying beyond belief, and all the desire he'd kept hidden, came up to the surface. He wasn't alone in this as he could see the change in Jonghyun's breathing as they stood not even an inch apart. How could he even begin to control himself after this?

"Jonghyun, I feel faint. Would you me to my chamber?"