❛ 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ❜ | jsc

7

sungchan stared at the little box in his hands, sighing at the thought of what was inside. the dirty blond haired boy had found his silent place in the garden, sitting down on a small grass field.

he was about to put the box back inside his pockets, when someone snatched it right out of his hands. sungchans head shot up only to meet his best friends eyes.

"what's this?" haechan asked, looking at the box with a playful smile. just as he was about to open it, the young prince tried to grab it back from him but failing as he was still sitting down.

"give it back donghyuck" sungchan brought out, making haechan gasp dramatically. "did you just call me by my real name? this must have some value huh?" haechans playful look only grew bigger with these words, holding the box higher.

"what would be in here that's so important?" the young guard teased his best friend. haechan made fake movements as if he was about to open up the little box.

"don't-" sungchan brought out as haechan opened the box, but for real this time. his eyes grew as he saw the shining ring, leaving the smaller boy in awe.

sungchan sighed as he looked away from the situation in front of him. "it's an engagement ring" he told haechan.

"i can.. see that" haechan brought out, slightly shocked about the content that was inside. "but why? why do you have it with you?" he wondered.

sungchan shrugged his shoulders. "my father gave it to me, it's for the arranged marriage. i'm supposed to ask her with this ring"

haechan raised a grow at the boy sitting on the ground. "well are you?"

"am i what?" sungchan replied. sometimes haechan could be very confusing to sungchan.

haechan looked at his best friend as if he was stupid. "are you going to ask her to marry you?" he brought out.

"what? no!" sungchan resisted. "or well, at least not soon" he mumbled, crossing his arms while doing so. the young prince was waiting as long as he could to propose to the arranged princess. she however, wanted him to propose to her as fast as possible.

haechan shrugged his shoulders, closing the box and hiding it away in his pockets. "if you want it back, you have to promise to come hang out with my other friends at least once, sung" he said, with a playful smile.

sungchan rolled his eyes and sighed. "fine, fine. but only once!" he told the other boy, standing up from his comfortable grass seat.

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"hey girls, i brought sung!" haechan happily squealed at nahee and aera. the nickname sungchan had given himself was still the funniest thing to haechan.

they both looked up in surprise, making nahee run happily into her boyfriends embrace. as he swung her around, nahee noticed how much she missed her boyfriend. "you're back!"

haechan hugged his favourite girl back. "yeah finally, the expedition took ages!" haechan said dramatically, making aera roll her eyes.

her gaze switched to the crown prince, who had been awkwardly watching as the couple reunited. she gestured him to sit next to her. sungchan slowly nodded as he walked over to her and took the place besides her.

"it's good to see you again" she said, giving him a welcoming feeling. "equally" he replied to her, trying to sound low-key, but actually meaning it.

"how is your friend doing? runjen?" aera laughed at the way he said renjuns name. sungchan raised a brow at her. "what's so funny?"

aera couldn't stop laughing, holding her belly. "it's- its- renjun- not runjen" aera managed to bring out between her laughs.

sungchan crossed his arms, trying not to smile. "that's not funny. not at all" aera wiped away some fake tears as she finally calmed down a little. "yes, yes it is" she said.

"but renjun is getting better, his fever is slowly going down but he's still too sick to start training again." she said, the happiness being taken over my a wave of worry.

"he'll be fine, but if you ever need my medics i'll happily help you" sungchan offered. aera raised a brow at him. "your medics? you have medics?"

sungchans eyes grew slowly bigger. "no no! they're not mine mine, they're from the royal family, but i get to lend some of their time if the royal family doesn't need it "

"you must have a very high function than" aera asked interested, curiosity for the boy growing bigger.

sungchan tried to shrug it off. "it's not that high of a function." he lied, trying to come across as if he was didn't have an important job.

aera squinted her eyes at the boy next to him. "then what exactly do you do?"

the pair had lost track of their surroundings, not noticing what nahee, haechan or other people around them were doing. they only had eye for each other.

as they weren't paying attention to their surroundings, they hadn't noticed one of the kings advisers came up their way.

the adviser cleared his throat, catching sungchans and aera's attention. "prince sungchan, the king has asked you to join an important meeting at his office in about half an hour"

sungchans eyes were bigger than the moon, feeling the blood streaming towards his face. "uhm yes of course, i'll be there in half an hour"

aera looked at him dumbfounded. he was the prince all along?

"i'm sorry, please excuse me" sungchan softly said as he left the three friends in their own.