A Selfish Heart
Chapter Two
By Kellyq
Alexis walked into Judai's room, ready to clean when she noticed the prince sitting next to the window with a miserable look in his eyes.
"Is everything alright, your majesty?"
"I can't find Johan," Judai explained. The maid stood next to the prince. "Yubel said that I should forget about him, but I can't. I want to talk to him. I want to know what he's feeling since he's been avoiding me."
Alexis' expression darkened...
The maid walked into the room to see Johan attending to the wounds. "What happened?" Alexis asked.
Johan smiled. "I was being clumsy with a knife."
The blond maid narrowed her eyes. "What really happened?" Alexis asked in a dead serious tone.
Johan chuckled. "Nothing can get past you, huh? Yubel doesn't want me near Judai ... and if I do ... he'll make my life worse," he explained, as the maid walked up and sat down next to Johan and helped him clean the knife wounds. "Thanks, but I can take care of this, and if Judai happens to ask you anything please don't tell him!"
"I might have seen him," Alexis finally said.
"Y-you have? Where? Is he okay?" Judai asked anxiously, his voice full of worry.
Alexis bit her bottom lip. "I think he was with Blair, doing some cleaning in the garden."
"Thanks!"
Judai turned and ran out of the room with a hopeful look in his eyes. Hopefully he's still there! I want to know what he's feeling, Judai thought entering the garden. The prince looked around for his friend but only found Blair and Marcel sitting causally next to each other.
"Blair, have you seen Johan?"
"He was here a few minutes ago but he said that he had to get some things done before the day was out," Blair answered.
Judai's shoulders drooped, and the depressed feeling returned. He then smiled when he noticed that Blair had a concerned look. "Thanks. I just hope I can find him before the day is out. Sorry for disturbing you." With that the prince bowed and walked out.
Marcel pulled Blair close when he saw how sad she looked and started to kiss her. He wanted to relax with his girlfriend after working hard.
Judai continued to look everywhere for Johan. Suddenly the prince turned the corner and saw the kitchen boy limping down the hallway; his worry started to grow.
"Johan!" the prince ran to his friend. "What happened? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," the kitchen boy reassured.
"If you say so. But I want to talk."
Johan bit his lip. "So do I. But I don't have time," he said, looking around to see if Yubel was lurking about. "We'll talk later, okay?"
Judai's expression darkened as Johan limped past, but the kitchen boy didn't get very far. The prince turned and wrapped his arms around his friend. "Are you mad at me? Did I do something to hurt you?" Judai asked softly. Johan winced in pain, which alarmed the prince. Judai moved in front of the kitchen boy. "Johan, are you okay?"
"Like I said," Johan smiled. "I'll be fine."
The prince could see that Johan was covering something up it hurt Judai to know that. "Please. Just tell me what's wrong!" Johan bit his lip and looked around again. Judai noticed his friend tense up. "I ... I just want to know if you're mad at me?"
"C-can we talk somewhere more private?"
Anger flashed across the prince's eyes. Johan told what Yubel did. Judai had the dark haired prince summoned to his room. Yubel calmly walked in the room, but when he saw Johan sitting on Judai's bed, he threw a disgusted look at the kitchen boy's way. Judai narrowed his eyes when Yubel gave Johan a look he didn't like.
"Yubel, what's wrong with Johan hanging around me?"
The dark haired prince blinked. "What are you talking about?"
Judai closed his eyes and let out a sigh to calm his nerves. "You told Johan not to come near me, right?"
"I was trying to tell him that if he tries to hurt you, he'll have to deal with me," Yubel explained calmly.
Judai rose a brow. "That's not what Johan told me. He said that you were going to make his life miserable if he came near me. I would like for you not to do that. He's gone through enough, and he doesn't need any more."
There was a short pause before Yubel replied. His expression darkened. Judai waited for a moment. He looked back at Johan and noticed that part of the shirt slid passed his shoulder. Judai's eyes widened when he saw the knife wound on Johan's soft peach tinted skin. The kitchen boy noticed that the prince was staring at him.
"Johan, did someone try and attack you?" Judai asked. He was right by his friends side, looking him over and that's when the prince noticed blood stains on Johan's shirt.
"I'm fine, Judai," Johan reassured him, trying to smile. There was a lot of tension in the air.
Judai narrowed his eyes. "No, you're not. Who attacked you?" the prince asked firmly.
More tension hung in the air. Johan really wanted to say that Yubel did it, but he knew that was going to cause more problems. "I was clumsy with a knife, that's all."
"I won't accept that as an excuse. Now who attacked you?" The prince asked again, getting into Johan's face. The kitchen boy pulled back, mumbling something that Judai couldn't quite get.
"I'm sure it's nothing," Yubel said walking up. He roughly pushed Johan back so he was lying down as the dark haired prince pulled out a knife and in one swift motion, the kitchen's boys shirt was ripped in two.
Judai's eyes widened in shock. He never expected Yubel to go that far. Judai stepped up and pulled Yubel away from Johan. "I can handle it from here."
"Are you sure?" Yubel asked as Judai lead the dark haired teen to the door and opened it. "I can help."
Judai smiled and made sure that Yubel was completely out. "Don't worry about it. I'll make sure Johan's alright." With that, Judai closed the door and locked it. "Johan?" The prince turned and walked up to the kitchen boy and pulled his friend close. "If he threatens you again, tell me."
To Be Continued ….