The next few weeks passed in a blur for both of them. All they did was dye carpets, and occasionally whenever Sebastian felt feisty, he would slip small notes that read "Overthrow the advisors" or "Find Prince Sebastian" into the carpets, in the hope that one day his throne would be returned to him.
Even though he tried not to show it, Jylan could tell how miserable he was. Uh. It was kinda obvious in fact. so, one day, while Sebastian was carefully dabbing drops of dye on a blank carpet, his eyes slowly closed. Jylan was stitching threads together in another room, simply because whenever he tried making carpets, fabric was always spread in one direction and another. Then he heard snoring from the other room. Then, slowly, a grin spread over Jylan's face, and he put the carpet down, dusted the stray pieces of string off his clothes, and got up. Then, he grabbed a jar of dye off the shelf, which, since it had been sitting alone for so long, was icy in his hands. Jylan snickered. Then, he crept up to the room where the prince was sleeping and poured the dye into his ear.
Almost instantly the prince woke up with an ear-splitting scream.
Jylan hopped away, the jar of dye still in his hands. For a minute the prince stared at him, not sure what to do, but then he saw the dye streaming down his clothes and the jar in Jylan's hand. It took him another minute to piece it together, which Jylan used to turn and dash down the hallway while laughing like a maniac.
Behind him, there was a crash, and Sebastian appeared outside the door.
"BUTLERRRRR!!!!!"
Jylan laughed and opened the door that led to the street outside, slamming it behind him to buy some extra time, since Sebastian wasn't used to opening doors (as he usually had servants do it for him). Then he ran down the street, a few stray strings of carpet he had forgotten fanning out in the air behind him, and a minute later the door was opened again, and another scream echoed.
"YOU IDIOT! I'LL KILL YOU IF ITS THE LAST THING I DO!"
Jylan laughed, and the two sprinted down the street together. Eventually, after Sebastian and Jylan both got winded. They stopped to laugh at it together, and Jylan kissed him, and they both sat down together at a cafe to talk.
As other people passed them, one sighed, "Oh, to be young and in love."