Various NCT 127 Requests

Prince!Jaehyun tries to win over your heart but you're shy

Request: Hello!!! I was wondering if you could make a scenario where Jaehyun is a prince and he tries to win the princess reader's heart but she's really shy. Ty ✨

Answer: Oh you know I love my royal AUs, I'd say it's one of my favorites next to Mafia, so I hope this is to your standard. Truth be told, when I started writing this at first I actually went a little... uh... overboard and deviated from the original prompt haha... So, I mean, it's up to you! But if you want to see the original fic I made it's sitting in my laptop! I rewrote it to better match the prompt for this requests' sake, though! I think it turned out rather nicely, I hope this fits the request! Thanks for enjoying my writings!

Royalty AU

Genre: Fluff

TW: None

Word Count: 1.2K

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"Another suitor? Really? I'm still recovering from when Prince Liu Yangyang came to visit," you put your hand to your head, trying to relax your spiraling vision. At the sudden news from your butler, you couldn't help but to feel the sudden rush of anxiety.

"Yeah, I just checked with your parents," Johnny frowns. "He should be arriving around noon time, your highness."

"Oh, noon time, perfect. Just enough time to get ready," you sighed. "This is fine, I can do this!" You balled your hands into fists and gave your most confident smile.

"Are you sure? Should I call Doyoung to watch over you two?" Johnny still seemed worried, which was understandable. Everyone in your kingdom knew of your reserved nature, and they've all witnessed the ostentatious displays of, well, anything many other princes who came before this one did, and it was a bit worrying. For reference, the most recent prince Yangyang brought an entire parade for you and you were both equally blown away and mortified from the excessiveness of it all. Not to mention when he finally started talking to you it was like you forgot how to speak entirely. Your knight, Doyoung, was quick to step in and explain the situation to Yangyang, who understood entirely.

Remembering that, you secretly prayed that this incoming prince was not like that.

You were walking around the castle, just minding your own Princess Business, when you actually ran right into someone who was just turning the corner. He was quick to grab onto your waist to stop you from falling, and you reacted immediately by grabbing his jacket to steady yourself. But not even a few seconds later, the sudden proximity finally hit you and you pushed away. Then you realized that you, quite rudely, pushed him away and you were quick to apologize, noticing the badges that lined his jacket, you concluded that he had to be a visiting military official from somewhere.

"Goodness, I am so sorry! Are you hurt? Is there anything I can do to help?" You raise your head and he just laughs.

"I'm quite alright, thank you," he bows his head too. "Actually, I'm looking for the princess, have you seen her?" You made brief eye contact with him and you looked away.

"The... princess? Can I ask what for?" You couldn't explain the way your stomach dropped, the brief second of contact put you into a spell of sorts.

"I'm from the neighboring kingdom, actually," he straightens his posture. "Prince Jung Jaehyun, pleasure to make your acquaintance, Miss..." He trailed off, waiting for you to finish his sentence.

"(Y/N)... Oh, uh, Princess! Princess (Y/N)," you introduced yourself properly and his eyes slightly widened with shock and he took a few steps back, doing a full bow.

"Sorry! I'm sorry, if I knew you were the princess I would've minded my boundaries more," Jaehyun straightens once again and you shake your head.

"Oh, no, it's alright, you didn't know," your voice shrank.

"No, really, I apologize, I've heard that you're a reserved person, if I intruded on your personal boundaries I would like to make it up to you."

Oh you liked this one. This one was nice, and he didn't bring a parade.

"In that case... maybe just tea is alright?"

And that landed you here, sitting in a circular table in the courtyard, with a cup of tea slowly getting cold in your hands. You and Jaehyun sat in silence, but unlike previous encounters, it was a comfortable one. He looked relaxed, in his element actually, he wasn't pushing you to speak, and you didn't feel uncomfortable talking to him. The only thing making you feel awkward was the fact that you could see Doyoung and Johnny in the knight's quarters which was conveniently right behind Jaehyun, silently, but still enthusiastically, encouraging you.

"Sorry, but do you mind if I ask you a question?" You stepped over your boundaries for just a moment.

"Go ahead, your highness."

"How did you know I was reserved? A lot of people just assume I'm hard to impress..." you twiddle your thumbs beneath the table cloth.

"I'm actually close with Mark, I think you've met him."

Your mind flashes back to the stuttering prince who tripped over a loose brick on the bridge and fell into the shallow canal that ran through the gardens.

"Yes, I know him," you nodded.

"He was telling me about his visit here and I concluded that you were just a quiet person, despite what the other princes have told me," Jaehyun shrugs. "I thought my prediction was premature, actually, since I only had Mark's account to go off of, but at the same time I didn't want to impose."

"I see," you nodded and looked into your tea cup, it was most definitely cold by now. Again, you are surrounded by the comforting silence.

"Are these chrysanthemums?" He looks at the flower bed surrounding the area and you nod.

"Mmhmm," you were a bit curious if he knew, you were well versed in your flower language, a small hobby you picked up.

"Red and white, that's a good combination," he leans back in his chair. "Love and loyalty."

And he got it, well played, young prince.

"Yes!" You answered almost too enthusiastically. "They're one of my favorites," you brought your voice back down.

"My father was actually a florist," Jaehyun admits. "My mother was the princess at the time, they met while she was preparing for her mother's birthday and she needed a bouquet, and you can guess what he put in them."

"That's sweet," you smiled.

"Actually, if you don't mind, I brought a bouquet from my kingdom too, I didn't want to show up empty handed," he offers. You nod and he calls over one of the maids, who was holding the simple bouquet in her hands. It was wrapped in purple silk and it contained asters, white carnations, purple lilacs, a singular iris, and, of course, white chrysanthemum.

"I love it, thank you," you said it just slightly beyond a whisper. You caught on to how the maid's eyes widened slightly, she wasn't used to hearing you say much to anyone who was outside of the kingdom, but she bowed her head and exited. The church bells rang in the distance and, although you knew that it signaled that it was five in the evening, you couldn't help but feel like it was foreshadowing a near future. When Jaehyun turned his head from the church's bell tower back to you, you felt your heart flitter in your chest.

The prince left on good terms, you would say. You even saw him off in his carriage, waving goodbye until he was out of sight. There was just something about this prince that left a good impression on you, something about his general demeanor that made you feel comfortable.

"Your highness," Johnny addressed you formally before he handed you the book. "I pressed the flower like you asked, just leave it in that book for a while so it's preserved better," he nods before leaving. You opened the book, just to see the result, really.

"Purple lilacs, usually symbolizing first love." You said to yourself. You closed the book and walked back to the castle, holding it tightly in your grasp.