Both youths spent most of their days together and their walks and rides on their beloved horses became longer and more frequent.
However, they had never talked about what there was between them and never had they talked about exclusivity.
Hephaestion was not ready to commit to anyone as he was too young and, apart from that, he knew that Alexander would leave him soon to look for a queen so he decided to keep his options open.
However, the jealous prince did not tolerate Hephaestion's love affair and decided to talk to him before it went out of hands.
