Chung-ha in Joseon

Chapter 7

Warning: Past this chapter gets sexual and disturbing, Viewer discretion advised.

Tae-min was to sit on the opposite side of the table. As he approached, each girl stood up and bowed, reciting a line that a non-royal is suppose to say to a royal. Something along the lines of "It's a pleasure to be standing at your feet your majes-"
But Tae-min cut them off. "Sit back down." The girls were confused at first but followed orders.
Each girl was different, with different personalities; and other ways they carried themselves.

Lee Da-bin: Loves to play the gayageum, or as in other words, the plucked instrument. The most beautiful out of all them look wise. But with smarts, she was the last. Yet she was the oldest; her age is eighteen. And she is the tallest out of the three as well, met right at his neck. She was 5'7.
Her personality is: flirty, confident, and cocky. She always had everything handed to her. Tae-min could tell she was mostly here for the role.

Jung Chae-yeon: loves to read. Great at war tactic and is very logical. As of looks, she was the least good looking. She was 5'5, smart and resourceful. Her age was seventeen, which made her the middle one of the three. Out of everyone, she seemed the least excited to be there. But Tae-min didn't blame her. If his brother in anything chose him, he'd feel the same way too.

Yoo Si-a: She does not have an occupation. She is the youngest of the three. She is fifteen, the least mature, which is expected, yet very joyful and optimistic. She is obedient and does not have a mind of her own. Si-a was known to be very gullible and sensitive. One thing Tae-min did notice she had the same height as Chung-ha; 5'3.

Tae-min couldn't help but compare them all to her. She couldn't be erased from his mind. It was inevitable.

Today starts their two days of getting to know each other.

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It is some time before noon, Tae-min could get a break from them while they settled into their room. He took a breather, which didn't last long cause his brother came up to him. Tae-min chose not to look him in the eye. "I just wanted to warn you that deciding to try anything stupid will put you more on my bad side than you already are," He smirked and did a pause in his sentence. "I have eyes everywhere; the only eyes you have are your own. Remember that before you try foolishness." He continued. "Also, watch out for that Da-bin. It seems she's been a little flirty with me once you're not around, trying to take my wife's spot, I supposed. Let's not have the queen find that out, shall we?" Min-ho chucked and left.

Tae-min said nothing, just watched him walk away with a face of disgust. After staring blankly for a few minutes, he rushes to his quarters to find Bo-seon. Tae-min was thankful, Bo-seon dug up information on the three girls, and it was easy for him to tell who was who.

Bo-seon was organizing Tae-min's papers. Nothing new to see. When Bo-swim noticed Tae-min, he asked, "Did one of them catch your attention yet?"

"Of course not, I'm only attracted to Chung-ha, only and always," Tae-min responded. "Well, you still have two days to give them a cha-"

Tae-min cuts him off, "Nothing will change how I feel," Bo-seton said nothing but did an eye-roll and started organizing his papers more aggressively than he did before. Tae-min notices, "Do not hold your tongue, I always tell you to think of me as a non-royal."

Bo-seon looked him in the eye, "Do you have any idea what you're doing? This predicament you're trying to manifest over a girl who does not love you." He did a pause, then continued, "Do you even have a plan? How do you hope this turns out?"

"To run off to the countryside and marry, that is my plan," Tae-min said it quite confident, so confident that Bo-seon was starting to get scared, and questioned Tae-min's health condition.
"I'm filled with guilt about lying to her; for one, you shouldn't lie to whom you love. And also, I know how it feels to be lied to. Getting to know her, even if it was a little she told me of herself, I was able to gather a lot and realize we're more alike than anyone could imagine." Tae-min sighed, "The next time I see her, I promise myself I will tell her the truth of who I really am; she deserves to know."