My Dear Duke(BL)
Chapter 48: Flirting?!

Chapter 48: Flirting?!

"Asher, let’s go to the garden."

Asher looked at the duke and heard the duke say. Asher nodded and followed the duke out to the garden. He locked their door and watched as the duke walk side to side with that pretty young man, seem to be talking.

’His hair is even longer looking from behind. How does he even manage such long hair?’

Asher saw that young man’s long hair reach his waist and felt quite envious. It was pretty actually. He never knew long hair could be that good on a man.

’But sir Lucas was really handsome too. He also has long hair. But it’s blonde and very bright.’

Asher had seen Lucas coming to see the duke multiple times. He had only interacted with him that day when he was caught sleeping with the duke though. After that, he only saw him and never talked really.

Asher was behind his duke and other two because he waited to lock the door. He got to observe everything because of that but had to fasten his steps to catch up with them.

At the same time, he saw the duke turning back and looking at him before turning to the man again. Was he looking if he was following them? Asher was quite pleased the duke at least didn’t forget him.

After walking through some hallways, they finally came to the garden.

’Wow...’.

Asher couldn’t help but think that place looked even beautiful from a close view. From the window, they only saw the red colour. But it was still awesome.

’So pretty. So fragrant.’

There seemed to be no end. It was such a big garden and there were only red roses in the garden.

And their scent was all in the air of the garden.

Such a good feeling...

Asher looked around in fastination and didn’t see the duke walking to him.

"Asher."

It took a few calls to get his attention. When finally Asher looked at the duke, he felt like the duke was laughing at him with the glare he was giving.

"If you don’t pay attention to me, you will get lost. Come after me. Let go and sit there."

Asher was embarrassed as he realised how careless he had behaved. He nodded and followed the duke to a little resting place with a table and chairs.

"Here, they call these rose cages. We don’t have names for the resting places in our gardens though."

Asher stood behind the duke and heard that beautiful man say to him with a gentle laugh.

"Mmm...Then does the prince know why they only grow roses here?"

Asher watched his duke ask back.

"It’s because red symbolises their empire. Even their flag is red. The rose is to resemble how their empire started with a queen."

Now it made sense. Felix guessed red roses must be meaning something and that’s why they only grow them there. But he didn’t know they represented their first queen with a rose.

"Is that...the third prince?"

Asher also looked up the way the duke looked when suddenly the pretty young man pointed at somewhere. There was a young man with two more men who seemed to be his servants, standing behind, collecting rose flowers.

"Mmm..."

Asher then heard the duke just mumble and turned to look at another way. He was not interested.

However, after some time, Asher saw that person who they called the third prince coming their way. Asher didn’t look up and just stayed behind his duke.

And, when that man left after some talking, Asher realised something...

’No way! That guy...he is flirting with the duke!’

Asher was sure. This was what they call flirting.

The third prince came there and greeted both the other prince and his duke, but his eyes soon landed on his duke once again. It was quite surprising though because the other prince was obviously pretty while their duke gave off a cold aura that made him not very pleasing. So he should be staring at the other pretty prince, not his duke....

The duke always looks like he will eat anyone who comes to talk to him. And so did he at that time.

And... Asher felt the third prince didn’t look like someone preferring to be on the receiving end though...

Asher was lost in his thoughts and was literally in shock.

A prince was flirting with his duke...

His imaginations went higher than the sky and he was sure...

That man looked at his duke with speciality.

That third prince talked and talked about the garden, then handed over a rose to his duke as his eyes were literally eating the duke.

This was definitely not normal behaviour. That third prince was flirting with his duke. No doubts.

’Does the duke understand he is flirting with him too?’

Asher looked at his duke who was staring at the rose flower between his fingers. By that time, the third prince had left and everyone sat there in silence, Asher sneaking glances at the duke.

"Does sir Felix know the third prince well?"

The prince asked Felix but his eyes were on the rose flower between Felix’s long and slender fingers.

"Not really. I met him at my emperor’s ball. That’s it."

Felix said while placing the rose on the table.

"But it didn’t seem like that though. He is especially caring toward the duke. He never smiles at people like that. See...this rose. Only you got one."

The prince said while laughing lightly.

’Exactly!’

Asher felt satisfied to see the prince also seem to have noticed his behaviour was different toward the duke.

Hearing this, Felix was silent. He knew the third prince was trying for something. But he didn’t really like this special treatment.

"It’s nothing. It must be a coincidence."

Felix said and sighed before looking at Asher.

"Shall we go for a walk?"

"Okay duke."

Felix excused himself from the prince and left with Asher to walk in the garden.

Asher didn’t dare to say anything but he wanted to ask about the third prince real bad.

He was curious.

"Do you also think so Asher?"

Asher raised his head to look at the duke.

"What...do I think duke?"

Asher nervously asked.

"You saw the third prince. Do you think he is someone I knew for a long time?"

Felix asked.

"...Yeah, and he seems to like you a lot."

Asher couldn’t help but say.

"Why do you think so?"

Felix asked again.

"He looks at duke like a person- li-like a person in love. He soften when talking to you..."

Asher heard a scoff from the duke’s side and immediately shut his mouth. The duke seemed very displeased.

"Asher...this is a great example why you should never judge a person by a cover. It goes both ways. Looking like a good person doesn’t mean he is a good person either. And that third person...aren’t anything of a good person. He is just a cunning person that acts differently around people."

Asher had to fasten his steps as his duke fastened his steps and walked.

He looked mad.

’Damn...Did I say something wrong? But I only answered what he asked.’

Asher was upset and the duke seemed angry. It was all because of what he said.

"I am sorry duke. I just said what I felt. I learnt my lesson."

Asher hesitantly said not wanting to upset the duke more.

"Mm...Here..."

Asher extended his hand when he saw the duke trying to give something him. He observed the duke and realised he seemed to be back to normal. That’s good. Asher sighed secretly and waited for the duke to hand over whatever he had in his hand.

The duke had his hand clenched so he didn’t know what was inside.

"Aaaah!"

Asher jumped and quickly stepped away screaming when he saw what was inside the duke’s clenched palm.

It was a bug. It was very tiny but still enough to make Asher get goosebumps. He wasn’t scared of them but he felt disgusted.

"W-why do you give me this?!"

Asher asked with a pale face but didn’t give his hand back and kept it clenched by his chest.

"Don’t tell me you are scared?"

"No! It’s very tiny. How can it scare me?!"

Asher felt the duke was laughing at him even though he didn’t really laugh. Yet, he had a playful look in his eyes and his voice also sounded so.

’Damn...making fun of me!’

"Keep it safe. I want to bring it to Anne."

Felix said while looking at Asher’s pale face.

"W-why? Alas, it will die!"

Asher said immediately, quite displeased.

"It’s already dead, don’t you see? I picked it from the ground. See...It already doesn’t have a wing. And, this one had died very recently. Anne can still use it."

"Miss Anne? Why?"

"....Didn’t Anne show you her insect collection? She collects all sources of dead insects and preserves them. That’s literally her hobby. Didn’t you see that big box? You even helped her move things to her new room, didn’t you?"

The duke had a surprised look on his face and Asher couldn’t believe he was being serious.

Collecting dead insects?

He never knew it.

She never talked about it though.

"I didn’t know. She never told me about it."

Asher said. But he was really upset. He thought he was close to Miss Anne. But she didn’t even tell him she had a hobby.

"I guess she might have feared you would get scared of her collection. Maybe that’s why she didn’t tell you. That collection...is kind of scary."

Asher was reassured but he was still feeling a slight disappointment. Maybe the duke was right. She wasn’t ready to show it to him yet.

"Give it to me duke. I will keep it safe with me."

Asher got the bug from the duke and followed the duke as they started walking again.

’I will ask her about her hobby when I give this to her...’

Speaking of Anne...

’I miss her.’

Both thought as the little girl came to their minds.

What could she be doing?

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