@musecentralstation
Jade was committed- not just to Saphir- but the idea. A few days after their talk, Jade ‘revealed’ to the Emperor that he and Saphir had been dating, and then began his attempts to pretend that was their reality. Jade started bringing Saphir food directly to the lab, actually listened to him. When nobody was around! Jade would touch him, too, but that was nothing new.
One particular evening stood out, so Jade waltzed his way in, sat on Saphir’s table, and stared with frightening intensity. When Saphir noticed him, Jade handed over more of his work he’d done on their secret project.
“I don’t think there’s much more theory to do before testing it. I suppose that means we’ll have our child soon.” He smiled, but it was a smile weakened by something else on his mind. “The Emperor asked me to escort you to the palace. He refused to tell me why. I’m sure it’s nothing, even if he did find out, we can tell him the truth.”









