Then, standing on the step above, he discussed it with him. "It's already so late. Are you sure he isn't asleep? And these past few days, the First Prince has seemed relatively exhausted." Uchiha Hikaru hoped the Second Prince would be more considerate rather than disturb the First Prince next door.
"I'm sure. You have to understand, this is a habit he formed when he was young, so I know him better in this regard." The Second Prince looked extremely confident, as though he believed Uchiha Hikaru simply did not understand the First Prince's character.
"How could I not know? I've clearly spent more time with him than you have recently, so I should understand his current habits better." Uchiha Hikaru felt somewhat baffled.
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Yet the Second Prince silenced him with a single sentence: for many nights, Uchiha Hikaru had not accompanied the First Prince. Naturally, he could not know what kind of sleeping habits the First Prince had.
Although the two brothers might have seemed careless and uninhibited on the surface, they were still blood relatives behind the scenes. Their relationship remained very good, and they would not turn against each other because of what others said.
"Then I'll trust you this once, Second Prince. You should know that an opportunity like this is truly rare." Uchiha Hikaru followed him upstairs.
Sure enough, they found that the First Prince's lamp was still lit. He showed no sign of having gone to sleep, as though he were waiting for something—or busy with something.
"Let's knock first. If we disturb him, that really wouldn't be good." The Second Prince said this quietly, seeming to feel that he was already being as considerate as possible.
But there was always someone more considerate. Uchiha Hikaru, standing beside him, could also handle everything