60 Chapter 60: Secre (1/2)

The rays of the sun seeped in through the window stlls giving off a serene feeling which was soon disturbed by a loud groan. Usui sat up from his bed rubbing his sore head which was throbbing in pain.

”So you are finally up?”

Usui looked up to find his brother stare at him annoyed. Usui looked around the room and raised his eyebrows in question.

”What? Why are you being innocent now?”

'Innocent? What?'

Frowning at his brother, Usui rubbed his forehead which was throbbing heavily. He shouldn't have drunk so much last night, 'Damn this headache is killing me.'

Slowly, he removed the covers and walked into the washroom staggering a little on his steps. Zelal ignored his brother and went to order the guards to prepare the carriage to the teleportation gate.

Suddenly, they heard a shout from the washroom. Stunned Zelal and the main guard ran inside to find broken pieces of mirror on the floor. Usui was clutching the basin tightly that veins showed up on his hand. He panted heavily as he glared at his reflection on the broken mirror. The sides of his hands clutching the basin was bleeding profusely but Usui didn't care about his damn hand.

Before Zelal could ask his brother, he saw him smash the mirror again in pure anger.

”Damn it!!!” he yelled.

'So you would take anyone has Freya?'

Those words...those damn words resonated inside his mind continuously that he couldn't help but punish him for his mistakes. But each time he punished himself, the words grew louder in his mind.

'Are you even worthy of her?'

'Hell no! How am I worthy of her when I can't even recognise my woman.'

Usui regretted his impulsive actions last night but he couldn't do anything about it. Before he could act again, Zelal caught hold of his hand and pulled him away.

”Are you crazy?” Zelal yelled at his brother.

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Hours earlier.

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After failing to find Liz on the way back to the kingdom, Zelal disappointedly entered his brother's room to share his grievances. But when he finally reached his brother's room he found the room empty. Frowning slightly, he was about to return when he recalled leaving his brother alone at the restaurant.

Cursing in his mind, he hurried to put on his coat to leave when he heard a knock on the door. Opening it up, he saw Zeno holding the drunk Usui who kept apologizing for no reason.

Zeno moved past him and went towards his bed and threw him onto it.

Zelal's lips twitched harshly, 'Oi! Can't you be a little gentle?'

He watched Zeno look at Usui for a second longer before sighing. Zelal furrowed his brows in confusion by his actions.

Those cold eyes fell upon Zelal who shuddered slightly. For a moment there, he saw torment in them but it disappeared when he rubbed his eyes. 'Weird, Maybe I was imagining it?'

Zelal watched as Zeno left the room quietly as he came in. He turned to look at his brother who had his face buried inside the covers and his lips kept murmuring 'Sorry!'.

”Sorry?” Zelal murmured.

Why would his brother feel so bad that he had to apologize repeatedly? And, why would Zeno look so afflicted?

Zelal pondered on it as he poured himself a glass of water. He guzzled the water when suddenly his mind connected the dots. The glass fell from his hand onto the floor in a loud crash. Ignoring the broken pieces on the floor, Zelal stood there looking shaken by his sudden discovery.

'No..No it can't be! He can't bend that way. No way in hell!'

But why else would my brother apologize and why else would Zeno look so distressed.

'Fuck! Why do I feel like I made some secret discovery?!'

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Present time.

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”Are you crazy?” Zelal shouted at him.

Zelal screamed at his brother, ”Why do you have to hurt yourself for someone else? Haven't you already apologized for enough?”

Usui looked at him in pure agony. His eyes reflected his painful state.

”But-” Zelal didn't let Usui complete his sentence.

”There's nothing more you can do. You have done enough. Now leave it for the other to move past it.” Zelal advised his brother.

Usui looked at his brother and hesitated before nodding.

Zelal sighed, ”Now, hurry up and get ready. We have to leave soon.”

He left the washroom leaving Usui alone. Usui figured that he couldn't do anything more than apologies to Freya and Hazel. He didn't want Freya to think that he was a lustful guy.

While on the other hand, Zelal vowed to not let Zeno appear before his brother. Anyone would be shocked to find that a person who was quiet would turn out to be...

Anyway, he didn't want to think too much. He could imagine his brother's shock on discovering it. Hell! Even he was surprised by his discovery.

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Right after they had their breakfast, the group proceeded to say their farewell to the royal family. As Usui predicted, Hazel was missing from the hall, she was even absent for the breakfast. Looks like she was avoiding him.