QT: I Bent The Male Lead

The royal family of Aphidia we're gathered in the family room. It was the crown prince's birthday and arrangements were being made to celebrate this special. 

The King wanted to make the day very special for his son. Davion was growing a year older, it worth throwing the biggest party of the season. 

It was going to be a surprise, so the king had taken the help of Amaru, Jason and Winrus to keep the crown prince away from the palace until the dusk when the party was set to begin. 

As the preparations were going on. Amaru arranged for them to go to the market to see to mingle with the commoners as they kept the crown prince busy. 

Sashina and Amberly invited themselves and joined the group on their trip to the market. They all got dressed in common clothes to fit, the crown prince hid his hair behind a hood.

"A taste of fresh air," Amaru let out to kill the silent around them. 

"The air or the ladies?" Winrus asked him. Amaru glared at him forcing him to take shelter behind Davion. He could not help but ask that, the ice prince was a shameless flirt. 

When he saw gorgeous women he became worse than the crown prince. 

"Winrus is right to ask this. Amaru, you can't turn away from a gorgeous lady," Amberly stated. "What do you think Dav?" She inquired. 

Jason raised his gaze to her. She referred so intimately to Davion that it made him uncomfortable. He was the only person that was allowed to be so intimate with the prince. 

He didn't like that more and more people were getting the rights to be close to him. It wasn't right for them to get between them. No matter who they were. 

"You are right Am, he can turn away," Davion replied. 

The way that he referred to the girl made Jason a little jealous. He had been occupied thinking about the author a lot that he hadn't noticed the distance that had grown between him and the crown prince. 

They had not even talked about the fight they had. Or made up, since he woke up. Everything was just not going on like nothing happened and Davion was growing distant with him. 

He looked at his fingers, his hands were empty. There was no ring in his finger. While the girl had a ring on her finger, she was there only for the mare purpose of giving Aphidia an heir but it felt like she was after more than just that. 

He stopped walking, he thought that Davion would notice if he wasn't by his side but the opposite happened. Amberly closed thr distance and stood where he did and they went on with their walk. 

The four of them talked and played around, with Amaru trying to kill Winrus for constantly taking a shot at him. Davion and Amberly siding with Winrus and instigating Amaru to put more effort in catching Winrus. 

They looked so happy that they didn't even notice that he was left behind. The reality hit him and it hit hard. While he was outside the book, he was too focused on the crown prince to notice the author right before his eyes. 

And inside the novel, he had been to caught up in his thoughts of the author to realise he was growing away from thr crown prince. 

Where he stood, he neither had the crown prince nor the author. He had divided his attention between them both and lost them both. 

He forgot that one heart can't chase two people at the same time and win. "It is harsh right?" 

He jumped scared. He had not noticed Sashina right there by his side. He was stunned to find her standing there right next to him. 

"The crown prince seem to be going away from you," she said sadly. 

Jason had seen everything from a third point of view when he got out of the novel. He knew what her intentions with him were. She was a Sly fox that would go to any lengths to stop him from being with the crown prince. 

"We should catch up," he let out. 

He took the first step and headed out to get back to the others. The distance might be there between him and the crown prince but he was going to give up. 

He has vowed to give this relationship his all till the end and that was what he was going to do. No more distractions and no more holding back. 

No matter what he had to do, he was going to ensure that he doesn't let anyone down. He would live the magical experience without holding back. 

"Why can't you see the truth," Sashina asked catching up to him. She couldn't help but be frustrated. 

The distance that she wanted was there between Jason and Davion. But she still wasn't making any progress with the prince. Jason was always running away from her when she went close to him. 

It wasn't fair, she went to such great lengths to keep them apart but even then Jason wasn't giving her a chance. 

"Davion has grown out of love for you," she said. Davion stopped in his tracks hearing what she said, he didn't turn around or give a response. "Why can't you see the truth for yourself Nedryn?" Sashina asked. 

She had stood before Jason and blocked his path. She seriously wanted an answer from him. She needed to know what the boy was thinking. Only then will she be able to come up with a plan on how to proceed. 

"Do you still believe that he loves you?" She inquired. 

Jason thought about it, it was his fault, he was the one who took the wrong steps in trusting Sashina. He had created the distance between them by stepping back instead of pushing forwards. 

When things got tough, he had backed away instead of facing everything head on. He chose the easy way out and decided to go back home. He couldn't blame the crown prince for getting hurt by his choice and choosing to step back to avoid getting hurt again. 

"Yes, I believe that he loves me more than he ever did," Jason responded confidently. 

He was done letting doubts in his mind. If he wanted to get what he believed was his, then he needed to stop giving the world the right to comment on his life. To shut out the opinions others had of their relationship and just follow his heart. 

"He might have taken a step back," he begun to say. "But that that just means that I need to take two steps forward," he added. 

Davion smiled for a brief moment. "You can't catch such a small man. Amaru, you are letting me down," he commented masking the reason for his smile. 

Jason moved around Sashina and joined them. Today was the day that Davion was born. It had to be special, in a simple way he was determined to find a way to make it memorable. 

"I will catch this naughty boy," Amaru let out. Winrus ducked behind Jason running away from the ice prince. 

Looking at things there, Jason felt happy, they were royals but they behaved like commoners. Never afraid to let loose and having some fun. 

"Can you catch me?" He raised the question to Davion. 

"In a blink of an eyes," Davion replied and grabbed his hand. "See," he raised his eyebrow and said. 

"That's cheating I had not started running yet," Jason complain.

"I caught you and that is what matters. Now it's your turn," Davion let out. He let go of Jason and dashed out. 

Jason was happy, moments like this really made him feel like he was one of them. The crown prince was running with the wind on his hair and leaving dust in his trail.

It was like a dream coming alive. "Since we are playing this game, you have yo catch all of us," Amaru uttered and followed the prince. 

"That's not fair," Jason shouted and ran after them. "Wait for us," Amberly shouted and went running after them with Winrus. 

The one left behind was Sashina, she couldn't believe her eyes. All her efforts gone down the drain in just a blink of an eye. 

What was the point of doing all that she did if all it took was one word for them to start talking again. Davion didn't even hesitate to he nice to Jason when he spoke to him. 

She was dependent of the crown prince's ego to ensure they never spoke again. After Jason had thrown the ring at his face, she didn't think that he would be so informal with him. 

She stayed rooted in place, her heart was boiling with anger. Today was supposed to be her day, where she would spend the day with Jason. Not watch him run around chasing Davion. 

"Go Dason," Jason shouted.