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[allahuakbar]

Rhy....

[ Jibril exhales and his heart skips a few beats. ]

[unbreakable_king]

[This was why he didn't want to say it, right?]

I love you.

[allahuakbar]

[ Jibril almost doesn't know how to believe this is a real conversation that they are having. He knew Rhy cares for him but love? Jibril had been sure that that hadn't been on the table for them -- that there's no lifetime or forever to be had. ]

I love you too.

[ It's such a strange thing to confess over the phone. ]

[unbreakable_king]

I cannot even fathom why you would. But you do my heart good to hear it.

[allahuakbar]

You have been good to me. Kind and funny... You have made me happy and given me a home.

[unbreakable_king]

I wish to give you more than that. You make me feel good.

[allahuakbar]

What more could you give me, ya hayati

[unbreakable_king]

I haven't figured that out yet.

[Rhy, in his office at the palace, took a deep sigh as he pushed some papers away from himself. The ones that were transferring ownership of the small apartment he had acquired for Jibril into the man's name. For his own security for the future.]

[allahuakbar]

I am happy. I don’t need anything else.

[unbreakable_king]

Ah, but I wish to give you so much more, Jibril.

[How does he show his lover his affection?]

[allahuakbar]

You've already given me everything I could have dreamed about.

[unbreakable_king]

Then learn to dream bigger, beloved.

[allahuakbar]

I'm still simple, Rhy.

[unbreakable_king]

You are not. You are captivatingly complex

[allahuakbar]

[ Jibril doesn’t know what to do with such praise, he never does really. He’s flushing which the other could probably guess. ]

Are you busy much longer?

[unbreakable_king]

I will be done for the day soon. Would you... like to see the castle?

[allahuakbar]

Can you do that?

[unbreakable_king]

I'm a prince, Jibril. I can do whatever I please. But I've been working with palace security to see about getting permission to have you visit.

[allahuakbar]

You haven't before, though. I thought you couldn't or that you didn't want to.

[ And it hadn't bothered Jibril. Rhy might have cleaned him up but he was still not changed from who'd he'd been before. He didn't belong in a castle. ]

[unbreakable_king]

I haven't before because it's been a mess. I've been working on the paperwork for hours. Before today it wasn't possible. Today it was.

[allahuakbar]

Why today?

[unbreakable_king]

Because they finally finished researching your background. And my mother MAY have insisted that he wants to have you by for dinner at some point and when the Queen asks, they get this done.

[allahuakbar]

Your mother...?

[ Yeah, that's nervousness seeping into his voice. ]

[unbreakable_king]

Well, I'm going to put off you meeting her as long as possible. She'll be so very very nervous at the idea of meeting you.

[allahuakbar]

I wasn't even aware you'd told her about me... I'm nervous too.

[ There's rustling heard as Jibril shifts around. ]

I... the way you talked sometimes. I thought maybe it was a secret, because of your position and everything.