Tao had a good rest for the rest of the day and the next. Suho was really sweet, like a second mother. He showered him with all sorts of comfort. Suho was warming up to Tao as well. The man was really adorable, he wouldn't mind calling him his son even if they were only a few years apart.

Tao planned the trip for Minseok's training and ran it over with Suho giving him an idea of what he had planned and where Tao and Minseok will be in case Suho wished to find them. Tao also promised  that he will get a snow goose heart for Suho to try and find out that it is absolutely delicious. Suho assured Tao that he looked foreward to it.

Tao's presence was helpful for Suho as it let him take his mind off Kris. But one of the things that Suho couldn't put in the back of his mind was Minseok. He needed to tell Minseok that his father was missing and he would have to set out for his next training at once. Suho felt that he had been moping around when he should be feeling bad for Minseok. The poor kid would be so overwhelmed. Suho had to find the best way to try and ease him to his situation.

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Minseok stayed hidden in his bedroom. He was kind of tired of being stuck inside but he didn't want Suho to know that he had lied to him. That would be embarassing and very disrespectful. He didn't want to anger Suho further and risk his life. Minseok's maid had come to inform him that Suho had a guest, some hunter named Tao. Minseok had fowned, wondering why was Suho was inviting a hunter into the castle as soon as Kris had gone missing.

Wild thoughts started running through Minseok's head. What if Suho did something to Kris? What if Minseok was next? Tao the hunter must be a monster for doing things like these, and Suho an even bigger moster. But... it couldn’t be true, could it? Because even Minseok thought that Suho actually loved Kris in his own abnormal way.

Making up his mind, Minseok walked out of his room... and walked right back in. He had just narrowly escaped being caught by Suho who, it seemed, was giving the hunter a tour of the castle personally. He sat on his bed trying to calm himself when he heard voices right ouisde his room, as if about to enter.

“You will take good care of him right?” Suho’s voice floated in.

“I won't go easy on the prince, your highness” A foreign voice spoke in a stern manner; Minseok was sure it belonged to the hunter.

He clambered under his bed as fast as he could, to avoid getting caught. He had been spending too much time there Minseok though to himself sullenly.

Just then, Suho and Tao walked in.

“... And these are the prince’s quarters”

Tao, however, wasn’t paying much attention to Suho. He was more focused on the shuffling sound that he had heard walking into the room. His keen hearing indicated that the sound was coming from under the bed. He was sure someone was under there. He started walking towards the bed slowly, when a frazzled maid walked in.

“Your highness, what are you doing here?”

“I was showing Tao Minseok’s room.” Suho answered, but the maid wasn’t listening. She was more focused on the scary hunter who was now prowling towards the bed. She stared, wide eyed wondering if he had figured out that Snow was hiding under the bed.

“You musn't go near the be