Concealed Knight

YON-JU YON

I was guided down the stairs, we headed to the dining area, there I saw a man who was already seated, no other than Raiden. As soon as he saw me, he stood from his seat.

Tears formed in my eyes, with no doubts, I rushed in his direction and hugged him tighter than ever. I will never let go of him again, "I sincerely apologize Raiden, please forgive me," I sobbed, "This is all my fault, if I had been considerate and thought of you this shouldn't have happened," I added,

Raiden just patted my head, "You had been patience, and waited for me the entire time, yet it was so selfish of me to act on what I desire." I cried, "I never gave an answer that will suffice your question, I denied and avoided all of these and acted selfishly." 

He now hugged me back, snuggling his head in my neck, "I was jealous seeing you with someone, I was not considerate, I do not understand what I truly felt. It was hard seeing you with someone else." I continued, "I hurt you because of this pride of mine, we hurt both of our feelings, if only I deemed to know, we shouldn't have been in this situation right now." I said in between my sobs.

"I apologize, Raiden. I sincerely apologize, please forgive me." He raised my chin, brushing my hair away from my face, "I apologize if a good for nothing, Middle Born, a citizen from the sector dared to fall in love with someone as high as you, you are from the House of Jin, a family of Knight, someone from the Hierarchy, to sum it all up, you are the last member alive, loving someone like me is too good to be true. It was foolish of me to realize it so late." I exclaimed, 

"Hush, Kerstein," He whispered in my ears, "I know that my confession is late, and you probably love someone else, but still..." I uttered,

"I want you to know how I felt with those short moments we enjoyed together. If you hate me now, it is fine, I deserve it anyway. I still want you to know, I truly love you Raiden," I clarified, He then kissed my tears away, causing me to stop.

"Such a crybaby you are, I don't hate you, Kerstein, you understand that? I don't love someone else, it is just you and you only." He smiled, "If I could hate you, I would have done that to make my life easier, loving you is such a challenge indeed, even for a Knight like myself." He reported as he chuckled,

"Still, even if you are a trouble to love, I would still keep loving you. I will continue to love you many more years to come," He flicked my forehead gently, "I love you deep down in my heart, I don't need a reason to love you, you are love to me, so don't go say things like that." He kissed my forehead.

We stared at each other, "I have a favor, Kerstein. Can you say it one more time, how you feel about me?" He was patiently waiting, he waited enough, a tough time for both of us, we are both in pain, but he is worth the risk, "I think I am hearing things these days, I want to make sure that this is real, can you tell me one more time?" He nervously exclaimed,

"I love you, Raiden, I really do." I bluntly said, he pulled me into a deep and tight hug, "Stay with me this time, Kerstein, for real now," He requested making me cry again.

"I will stay with you, for real this time, I will never let you go again. I truly love you," I cried.

After dinner passed we were now walking, heading towards the deck, "Can you say it again?" He questioned, "I love you, Raiden." I chuckled as we held hands.

The bright moonlight shone across the entire place, stars were gleaming and shining as if they own the night.

"I love you, Kerstein," He blurted out of nowhere, "I love you too, Sir Jin," I responded making him laugh.

"I will make sure to get my feeling through you, I don't want to cause another misunderstanding between us. When we were at the shore, the person I said I liked was no other than you." He smiled happily, "I will work hard for our relationship, it will work out this time." I announced enthusiastically.

"Kerstein, this is not a dream, right? I was mean to you from the very beginning, I was selfish and controlling, I wanted to keep you to myself only, I even lied to you about myself." He narrated, looking gloomy. "Am I good enough to be the man you desire?" He questioned,

Without hesitation, I pulled him close for a kiss. It was a soft and quick peck on the lips. It was the first time I initiated a kiss.

"You are good enough, you are more than enough to be my man, Raiden," I blushed as I realized what I've done. "Even with your possessiveness, I fell for you, even more, you showed me not only your beauty but your flaws as well," I muttered, 

"So please, Raiden, don't you love someone else but me only," I demanded making him chuckle, "Can I be your lover, Sir Jin?" I exclaimed.

He looked at me teary-eyed, "You have my full authority, you can be my lover, I don't want anyone else to be my other half, you will spend all eternity with me, I will never leave your side, I will remain faithful and kind to you." He reacted.

"Thank you, Raiden," With a kiss, he kneeled on one knee, with a box in his hand, it revealed to be a ring. The ring combines a fancy intense yellow diamond at the center, detailed with gold. "Will you please be my Lady Wijndelts?" He asked,

I was shocked, "I will be your Lady, for all eternity." I replied, he placed the ring on my ring finger and lifted me to the air, following with a kiss. 

He put me down, hugged me from behind, wrapping his hand at my waist as we looked up above, "The moon is beautiful isn't it?" He raised a question in the silence, "It truly is," I responded as I rested my head to my chest.