“Gemini, I think it's time for us to officially hand over the crown to you”.

Zee said it in a very official, solemn tone, looking at his subordinate with pride.  He had to admit that in no year since he had worked here had he had the opportunity to train such outstanding and talented students who understood everything on the fly and who did not need to be told anything more than twice, and Gemini was not only the son of a woman who had a high  position in their world, but he was also the most talented of them.  No wonder the Council of Two Hundred chose him.

“What?”Gemini thought the boss was joking.  He looked around at the faces of the others gathered in the meeting room, but no one laughed, everyone was serious, even Fourth sitting at his side.  “It's a joke, right?”

“I know you're surprised, so I'll let Max explain everything to you.”

Zee handed this taks to his friend, who stood up from his comfortable place behind the desk slightly to the right of the room, right next to the first of the four large windows.  Max approached Norawit with a roll of paper in his hands, a roll that looked very old, visibly yellowed and slightly frayed on one side.  When Max unfolded it, everyone saw the seal of the Institute reflected in the wax and above it a text written in perfect calligraphy.

“I won't read the whole thing, it would take too long and I don't think you want to hear about it, so let me summarize what you see here.  According to our law, when the previous king of the Bangkok Institute dies, all representatives of each branch of our Institute meet and propose the names of the successor.  You've been learning about the conclave that elects the pope in the Non-Magical world, right?”

A not very loud murmur ran through the room.  Gemini had never seen so many Institute members in one place before, and they were surrounded by at least a hundred people, Magical and Hybrid.  Sitting closest to Gemini was his boyfriend, Fourth Nattawat Puitrakul, his brother First Kanaphan Puitrakul, First's fiancé Khaotung, and on the other side NuNew, Nat, Fluke Natuoch and Cooper Patpasit.  Those gathered were dressed quite casually, each in their own style. First conjured up identical purple highlights in his and Khaotung's hair.

“Exactly.” Max glanced briefly at the scroll in his hands and continued in a calm, monotonous voice.  “During the meeting of representatives, each of them wrote the name of their candidate on a piece of paper.  First, we obtained a very long list, from which in the second vote those who didn't exceed a certain percentage threshold were eliminated.  As you can see, fair choices.  A lot of people mentioned you, Nattawat and Kanaphan, among the candidates were also Fernando Alonso and Harry Styles.  In the last vote the difference between you and Mr. Nattawat was three in his favor, but Mr. Nattawat waived his claim to the title.  Thus, you have been elected King of the Knights of Light, Mr. Norawit”.

Gemini was speechless.  He held his breath, although he didn't realize he had done so until Fourth nudged him in the shoulder and whispered into his ear, tickling him with his breath:

“Don't forget to breathe, Master Norawit”.

Gem took a nervous breath, feeling the eyes of everyone in the room, and with difficulty forced out one question.

“But w-why me?”

“Master Norawit, you come from an eminent family that has worked devotedly for the Institute on many occasions, you are young and talented, you have all the skills needed to run such a serious Institute, and in the face of danger you have shown extraordinary even for  a creature of magical courage.  When you were willing to sacrifice your life to protect beings who are not even aware of our existence, you showed us that every being with a good heart and pure intentions is equally deserving of our care and protection, regardless of whether they believe in  our existence or not”.  Nat explained to him excitedly.

“Please agree”.  NuNew smiled at him.

“B-but... I don't think I'm suitable.  I'm still too young”. Gemini stammered.

“Oh, that's the kind of weakness we quickly heal from,” Max finally smiled, and it was the first time Gemini and Fourth saw the smile of the usually expressionless man who was their teacher.

“In that case, I accept”.  Gemini replied, still not realizing what he heard.

“Fine, then we'll go out to dinner and then we'll start preparing for the coronation,” Zee said, once again taking over the leadership role he was so accustomed to.

It quickly became clear that Gemini was to gradually take over new responsibilities, and initially Zee was to be his most important advisor, which they were both very pleased with.  It was explained to them that despite the fair and equitable selection, the majority of the Council of Two Hundred, which ultimately chose between Gemini, Fourth, and First, the majority believed that each candidate needed time to gain adequate experience.

In the meantime, twins, Aster and Camellia, were born.  Gem and Fourth tried to spend as much time with them and Iris as possible.  First, when he saw them from time to time, he didn't miss the opportunity to record something for Instagram or post incredibly cute photos of the whole family.  Rose was also accepted into their team on the same basis as Gemini's aunt.  Rose wasn't one of the Magicians, but she became one of the Chosen.  It was a small group of people without any magical abilities who were allowed to learn about the existence of this world so close to them.

Rose and Iris quickly became friends, even though Rose was initially a bit distrustful of the young mother.

Gemini found the perfect moment to propose to Fourth and was surprised and amused to discover that Fourth had the same idea.

One evening, when Iris took her daughters to her room, Gem asked Phuwin and Dunk for help in decorating the room, which had to be as romantic as possible.  There were flower petals on the floor, candles everywhere, bottles of red wine (it was the best wine chosen personally by the local expert, Zee Pruk, who also knew about the whole plan and who, as a joke, tricked Fourth into using one of the dates to propose; Zee knew both boys' plans and had a great time without telling either of them what the other wanted to do).  The lights were dimmed and the windows were covered with images of the night sky.  Gemi placed a box with two rings in the paws of a colorful teddy bear, which had a large red heart embroidered on its belly with the words "I Love You Always And Forever".

Gemini had changed clothes at least three times before he sent Phuwin to fetch Fourth, and each time he felt like he didn't look perfect enough.  He finally gave up and stuck with a loose red sweater over a soft pink shirt and plain, unadorned jeans.  He combed his hair back.  He sprayed perfume on his skin and only then sent a message to Phu that it was time to bring Fourth.

Phuwin and Fourth appeared at the door of the room Gem and Fifi shared about five minutes later, and Gem noticed his older brother smiling suspiciously slyly, as if he knew something he wasn't about to talk about.

Fourth felt as if not only his whole body was shaking with emotion, but his soul as well.  He had also been preparing something for some time and he wanted everything to be perfect.  He spent two days choosing the outfit in the company of NuNew, who was not going to deny himself the pleasure of dressing his ex-boyfriend.

“You'll be fine,” NuNew assured him then, handing him another set of clothes to try on.  “But the right outfit is very important.  Oh, and it would be good if someone recorded it, then you will have a great souvenir.”

“Good idea, I think I'll ask Phu, if he comes with me, Gemi won't suspect anything, after all, he's his brother, right?”

“Excellent idea!” NuNew snapped his fingers and smiled broadly.

And now Fourth stood in the doorway of their shared room, hidden in his pocket was a small box with two gold bracelets engraved with their nicknames together.

Dunk, who in turn was helping Gemini, wanted to tell him that Fourth was also planning to propose to him, but when he conferred with Phuwin about it, Phu said that he shouldn't interfere and pretend he didn't know anything and  that it was an order from P'Zee himself.  Dunk, dressed in his Knight of Light uniform to avoid attracting attention, had already sneaked into his youngest brother's room and hid in the closet with First, who had enchanted the closet door so that no one outside could see it,  while they had a perfect view of what was happening outside the closet, it was something similar to a one-way mirror.  First also had to use a magnifying spell because the two of them had a hard time fitting in there.

Dunk, Phu and First had already placed hidden cameras around the room based on NuNew's idea.

The truth was that each of them was a little nervous, but none of them were as nervous as Fourth and Gemini.

Gemini walked up to his boyfriend, grabbed him by both hands and led him to the center of the room, where on the fluffy red carpet he set a large but low white table with wine, glasses, several luxurious dishes ordered especially from the nearby Unmagical restaurant, and in the  In the center of the table, next to a crystal vase filled with purple and red roses, Gemi placed a stuffed animal with a box in its paws.

When Fourth saw this, he started shaking his head in disbelief.

“No!  I can't believe you stole my idea!” Nattawat laughed.

“I stole your idea?!  No it is not possible.  What are you talking about?”

“What have you prepared today?”

“Yyyy... Me?  I-I n-nothing”. Gemi was stuttering again like he used to when he was stressed about something.  But Fourth wasn't cruel, he cupped his boyfriend's face in his hands and forced him to look into his eyes.

“You wanted to propose to me, right?”

“Huh?!  H-how?  How did you know?”

Fourth didn't answer, he just bent down and took the box from the stuffed animal's paws, then opened it in Gem's face.

“Damn, you ruined all my fun”.  Gemini decided to pretend to be offended. He took away his red box from Fourth and he crossed his arms over his chest and turned his head to the side, puffing out his cheeks playfully.

“I guess not quite,” Fourth looked at him through half-closed eyes.

“Yes, yes.  It was supposed to be a surprise.  Which of my stupid brothers spilled the beans?  Dunk or Phu?”

“None, I figured it out myself.  Oh, come on, don't be mad at us anymore”.  Fourth, to get his boyfriend's forgiveness, kissed him on both cheeks.

“Let me do this, please?” Gemini made a cute little puppy face that Fourth couldn't refuse.  He stroked his head briefly and said.

“Okay, I'll come in here again and we'll start over.  You know I will always give in for you”.

“Okay, I knew you'd say yes,” Gemini beamed.  Fourth left, bringing Phuwin out with him.  Pond was already standing in the corridor with a guitar.  When Fifi knocked and Gemi invited him in, Pond and Phuwin walked in with him and began singing a song they had composed together months earlier.  A slideshow of photos of them together was projected on the wall behind Gemini.

Gemini again approached Fourth as before, but this time they were both very serious.  Norawit led Nattawat to a table where they both sat down.  Phu and Pond stood behind them, playing guitar and singing.  When they were finished, Gem opened the ring box and began to speak.

“Fourth, my handsome stranger whom I have been looking for for so long, thank you.  Thank you for giving us a chance.  Thank you for being with me at all times.  When I need you, I always know you are there.  Even when you lost your memory and became fully LiMing, an alien boy I didn't know, you were still able to love me.  Even when I didn't hear your voice that I missed.  Thank you for always finding each other.  Today I am more than sure that I want you to be with me forever.  Following Khaotung's example, I will ask you the same question he asked your brother and please, if you are not ready for it, just tell me honestly, I do not want to impose or force you to do anything”.

Gemini paused.

The atmosphere was filled with expectation and hope.  The candle flames flickered, moved by the wind coming through the open window.  Phuwin was keeping his fingers crossed for his brother in a very cute way.  Inside the closet, Dunk held his breath for a moment and First frowned.

It seemed to take forever.  Gemini clearly wanted to emphasize the uniqueness of this event as much as possible.  Without taking his eyes off his lover, he took a deep breath and finally asked the question they had both been waiting for.

“Will you be my husband? Will you marry me?”

Fourth decided to tease him a little.  He cocked his head to the side, as if examining him appraisingly.  He tapped his mouth with his index finger as if thinking.  Gem grimaced.  He didn't expect this.  Phu nudged Pond in the side and asked in a whisper:

“Hey, what is he doing?”

“I have no idea, wait”.

“F-fourth?”  Gem stammered again, and only then did Fourth realize how disturbed his boyfriend was by his silence.   “I-if you don't want to, I understand.  R-really.  Fifi?”

And he looked at him with such pleading eyes that Nattawat gave in and laughed merrily.

“You idiot, do you think I would come here to propose to you if I wasn't ready to marry you?”

“Huh?”  Gemini looked confused.

“Yes, my fool.  Of course I agree.  I will be your husband.  Now let me ask you the same thing”.

Fourth showed him a larger box that contained two identical gold bracelets.  Fourth didn't even have time to ask.  Gemini rushed at him, hugging him.

“Yes, yes and yes again.  A million times yes!  How could I answer otherwise?”

At that same moment, First and Dunk jumped out of the closet.  First conjured confetti that showered them all, and Dunk, Pond, and Phuwin applauded loudly.

It was truly an unforgettable evening.

The preparations for the coronation and double wedding lasted over a month, and each day was filled to the brim with activities, so much so that Gemini and Fourth could hardly find time for themselves, yet they never spared each other tenderness.  Whenever he could, Gem would stand behind Fourth's back and hug him, wrapping his arms around him so that he touched his stomach with his hands together.  And Fourth never missed a chance to kiss Gem on the cheek or neck.  Iris often appeared around them with the little ones.  Dress fittings and rehearsals before performances seemed endless.  Everything had to be perfect.

Khaotung and First, with the help of Fluke, Cooper, Kaownah and Dunk, took care of choosing the menu, and had the most fun choosing the desserts.

Fourth and Gemini planned to perform after the coronation, singing a song composed especially for them by NuNew.  Photo sessions and interviews consumed the rest of their energy, sometimes causing them to fall asleep in strange places.  Fourth managed to record Gem while he was sleeping on the floor under the table in the dressing room.  He posted it on his Instagram with the description: "The future king sleeps like a common schoolboy", at which Gem pretended to be offended until the end of the day. It was only when Fourth approached him with his daughter, with Aster in his arms, that the little girl was able to change his mood  Their children occupied the rest of their free time, but neither of them regretted that they were born. Iris knew that she could trust them with the care of the girls without any worries.

It was Phuwin and Dunk who came up with the idea for each of the four future grooms to record their own song and music video.  Khaotung called his own Over The Moon, Gemini chose the title: Anything You Want, which was a response to Fourth's song, Please, Be Mine.  As a joke, Dunk suggested that their friends appear in the videos instead, and Gem and Fourth initially did not want to agree.  Gem wanted Fourth in his video, and Fourth wasn't going to argue with him, but Dunk was adamant.

“If you insist so much, we can record each music video in two versions, one with us instead of you, and the other with you.  Can it be like this?”

“Absolutely,” Gemini smiled and wrote it down in his diary.  They sat in Gemini's study, which belonged to him as the future king, at a large table and discussed the details of their double wedding and reception with the best organizers, First and Khaotung.  It was necessary to remember that it would also be the day of the coronation.  Fourth, who had always been taught to live economically, proposed it himself.