4.10

"Layla, I love Javier Di Arlingdon. I've loved him for years, and I will confess my feelings for him."

"I—I see…" Layla was not surprised with Lyon's confession, but she was stupefied with his determination to confess to Javier. 

Honestly, Layla had the hunch that she and her brother had the same taste for a spouse. Javier was her childhood crush, so it was quite baffling for her, because Lyon said that he wasn't interested in Javier.

She was his twin after all, she often noticed that Lyon would stare at oblivious Javier, he would smile when Javier smiled, he would frown when Javier looked sad. But no words ever came out of his mouth. It was all arguing and fighting between Lyon and Javier. 

But she was glad that Lyon finally admitted his feeling, because at last, one of her worries had been lifted. She felt guilty for Javier, but he was just her childhood crush, and that feeling slowly died out after they were older. Especially since Javier was not her type of man at all.

"Lyon, Javier is a bit dumb, oblivious, unromantic, and can be brash too sometimes…" Layla warned Lyon before finally giving her permission. 

"I know," Lyon said, "And I will still confess. He might not love me, but I just want him to know. I want to be free from this burden in my heart…"

Layla watched her brother looking at her with gentle, but determined eyes. Lyon never said that he liked anyone in his life, so Layla concluded that Javier was Lyon's first love. And she felt guilty for her brother.

"L—Layla, you don't need to worry, I won't try to be a homewrecker and steal Javier from you. I just want to get rid of this feeling in my heart," Lyon said. 

Layla shook her head and replied, "Go meet him and confess. I will break up with him after you can get his heart, so he will not be too heartbroken. I don't deserve him…"

"What do you mean?" Lyon asked. 

Layla quietly stopped midway on the corridor, she was standing in front of her door. She opened the door and said, "Lyon, I… I did something shameful…" 

Layla opened the door handle, she wanted to enter her room, but Lyon stopped her for a moment, "What—What about your confession? What do you want to say to me?"

Layla turned her head, she smiled and said, "I will tell you after you told Javier about your true feelings. Good luck, brother."

[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter increases to 30%.]

Layla quietly closed the door, and Lyon was alone in the corridor.

[I think… I have the hunch about Layla already…]

[Pupa: It is definitely the right assumption. Do you hate her for what she did?]

[No, she is just a young maiden in love. She made a mistake, but it's not right to condemn her because of her mistake. It's just… I wish she could break up with Javier long ago, before she cheats on him.]

[Pupa: It is Lyon who demands Layla to stay with Javier.]

[Wait, really?]

[Pupa: Yes, it is in the world background. Perhaps, because of Lyon's egoism, he wanted to keep being close to Javier, by using Layla as the tool to keep the three of them close. If Layla broke up with Javier, he would eventually separate himself from the twins.]

[Sigh… I can see that. Lyon was not as righteous as he looked. He was gallant and strong as a Crown Prince, but he was manipulative and cowardly. He used his own twin sister to keep Javier close, because he was afraid to confess. He was the actual culprit of the world destruction]

[Pupa: Well, you are here to save the world. What is your next plan?]

[Just like what I said to Layla, I will confess tomorrow. I don't want Javier to suffer more because of the twins' fault.]

***

Yunyu asked the system about Javier's current location. The system told him that Javier was in his villa, not far from the Great Palace. Thus, Yunyu dressed up and headed to the villa with a regular carriage. 

It took about an hour for Lyon to reach the Golden Camellia's villa. There were guards with different uniforms standing at the side of the gate, they saw Crown Prince Lyon and opened the gate immediately. 

Lyon was nervous, he fiddled his fingers and he became even more nervous when the carriage stopped in the courtyard. 

[Pupa: Why are you nervous? I thought your default setting is being shameless.]

[Shh… I'm trying to immerse myself in the character setting!] 

Lyon stepped out of the carriage and was greeted by few butlers and dozens of maids. Crown Prince Lyon was the most important prince of Great Arctyr, and was also Prince Javier's friend, it was natural for the servants to greet him in grandeur manner. 

"Welcome to the Villa of Golden Camellia, Your Highness Crown Prince Lyon, may I know your importance here?" the head butler asked politely.

"Where is Javier?" 

"His Highness Prince Rama is in his room, he has been in his room since yesterday evening," the head butler said. 

"Since yesterday evening?" Lyon frowned, "Take me to him." 

The head butler escorted Lyon to Javier's room, he knocked on the door, but there was no answer from inside. He knocked again and uttered the reason, "Your Highness, Crown Prince Lyon is here." 

In a split second, Lyon heard a loud thump coming from Javier's room, then he heard another loud noise of something breaking. After three more things that seemed to be destroyed, Javier finally said, "C—Come in."

Lyon entered the room and saw Javier sitting nervously in a chair. Although he was properly dressed, it was quite clear that he had just woken up and hurriedly put on his attire. Lyon glanced at one corner and saw few furniture that had been unintentionally destroyed.

Javier stood up and tried to block the view of destroyed furniture from Lyon, "B—Big bro Lyon, why do you come this early?" 

"It's already ten in the morning, it's not very early," Lyon said. 

Javier replied with a nervous laugh, he had just woken up after he spent the whole night thinking about Big brother Lyon. He was unsure about his feelings, but whenever he glanced at the gardenia flower in the vase near his bed, he felt tingling all over his body. 

He kept on imagining about Big brother Lyon, especially when he was lying on the bed, he thought about Big brother Lyon on his bed, lying beside him… naked.

It made Javier's lower shaft hardened and he ashamedly covered himself with a blanket and solved the problem himself. He tried to brush away the imagination of Big bro Lyon when doing it, but he couldn't, in fact, the imagination kept getting stronger. 

In the end, he solved his desire by imagining Big brother Lyon. 

Thus, Javier spent the whole night thinking that he was a detestable pervert.

Lyon raised his brow when he saw nervous Javier, why was this guy looked more nervous than he was? He was the one that would confess. 

Lyon took a deep breath, he was ready now. He had prepared himself the whole night, it was now or never. He took one step in to close the distance between them, but Javier panickily took a step back and said, "D—Don't come closer!"

"Huh? Why?" Lyon frowned.

"B—Because…" Javier glanced at the bed, he immediately remembered about his vivid imagination in his head. He imagined Big brother Lyon lying naked on his bed, then winked at him, inviting him in. 

"W—We should go to the garden!" Javier sidestepped Lyon and rushed out to the garden. Lyon sighed, he thought that he would be able to confess as soon as possible, but it seemed that Javier was at it again with his weird antics. 

Lyon followed Javier to the garden. It was summer, so the garden was fresh with many blooming flowers. Javier saw Big brother Lyon walking in his direction, surrounded by flowers on his side. He instantly imagined Big brother Lyon lying under a flower bed… naked. 

'Goddamn it, brain! Stop it, why am I so perverted!'

Javier shook his head to calm himself down. He never had this kind of perverted thoughts in his head to anyone, not even Layla. He often solved his desire as an obligation, not a way to relieve his lust.

'I am definitely a pervert.' 

Lyon stood in front of nervous Javier, he was ready to confess.

[Why do I have the feeling that Javier will overreact more than I do after I confess? Did something happen to him that made him so nervous?]

[Pupa: He probably will, maybe he's had a spring dream about you? Maybe he used you as his imagination to masturbate.]

[Don't be ridiculous, who's perverted enough to use my image to masturbate? Lyon and Javier were former enemies that finally reconciled, they have no history of romance or whatsoever. I don't think Javier is that much of a perverted beast, he is just a simple green boy.]

"Javier…" Lyon called out his name.

Javier's body tensed immediately, "Y—Yes, Big bro Lyon?"

Lyon looked in the garden and found the flower that he needed. He plucked the flower and showed it to Javier, "I've come here to confess…"

"I know that I gave you a white gardenia yesterday, but I feel like… I should be confessing properly this time…" 

Lyon handed the white gardenia to Javier and looked at his eyes. He was determined to clear everything, confess everything once in for all, "Just like what this white gardenia conveys within its pure white lustre, my love is untainted and clear, Javier Di Arlingdon…"

"I love you." 

***

Lyon presented the white gardenia while confessing to Javier. His eyes were pure and sure.

Meanwhile, it was Javier who panicked. He felt that he would faint the longer he stared at Big bro Lyon's beautiful eyes. He felt that his gaze was a bit blurry and he blurted something ridiculous;

"I—Is that a brotherly love? No, maybe a friendship love? A—Ah! I—Is that an enemy love? I—I love you too Big brother Lyon, n—not in a perverted way or something! I—I just…"

Lyon sighed, he had no patience dealing with this bullcrap after he mustered all his courage to confess. He took another step in towards Javier and hooked Javier's neck, so he would lower his posture a bit.

"My love… is this kind of love…"

Lyon closed his eyes. He tiptoed slightly, and their lips touched. Lyon's hand gently caressed Javier's cheek and his finger touched Javier's eyelashes.

[Pupa: Ding! A hidden plot has been triggered! Unwanted pregnancy and erased memory!]