Flowers of Despair || Haruto from TREASURE

six

January 13, 2022

"Out of everyone that the princess could invite, it just had to be you two." Haruto jokingly said as Jaehyuk and Jeongwoo joined him and Jihoon inside the van.

"Of course Her Royal Highness would invite me, I was her classmate before you dumbass." Jeongwoo sat behind Haruto and playfully hit him on the head. He yelped in pain but laughed after.

"Well how about Jaehyuk hyung? How does she even know you?" He asked the older member.

"I don't know either. I only found out she existed after the invitation was sent to me." Jaehyuk and Jihoon laughed and gave each other a high five.

"Maybe she has a crush on you." Jihoon teased him.

Jaehyuk chuckled. "You're crazy, I don't even know how she would find me."

"She knows you cause you're the heir to her favorite luxury brand. Watch her ask about what's the next collection to be released for summer." Haruto explained with a sigh.

"Huh? You know her? I mean, you're close to her?" Jaehyuk's eyes widened.

"I guess you can say that."

Haruto, Jihoon, Jaehyuk, and Jeongwoo arrived at the modern palace of Jihoon's family and were immediately greeted by more than ten guards surrounding them.

"Good morning Your Royal Highnesses, Mr. Park, and Mr. Yoon. Welcome to the Chang Palace." The coordinator of the classes greeted them. "Follow me to the classroom please." She walked going inside, being followed by the boys.

"Chang Palace? I thought this was your family's?" Haruto asked Jihoon as they walked.

He chuckled. "Yeah, my Uncle's family. Our palace is usually not used for classes but more for events." Jihoon explained.

Once they entered, there were already a certain number of royal and elite members inside. "Hey Jihoon oppa!" Hwayoung greeted her cousin first. "Hi guys, nice to see you here."

Haruto, Jaehyuk, and Jeongwoo gave a light bow to the princess. "So it seems like there are gonna be tons of teenagers here huh?" Jihoon joked around.

"Mhmm, including some kids. They'll be in the other room anyways but it's fine." Hwayoung said. "Go and sit down here." She motioned to the seats near the window.

They sat down around the circular table along with a princess who was already sitting down. "Hi Huiying, how are you?" Jihoon greeted her.

"Doing good, Jihoon." She smiled at him.

Haruto then realized that the princess sitting across them was their YG junior, a member of Caramia. It reminded him of Eunhye who hasn't replied to him until now.

"Is she invited? Her two groupmates are here, she should be here as well." He thought.

"Have you met them?" Jihoon pertained to the three other boys as he talked to Huiying.

"Oh I know them but I haven't been introduced to them." Huiying said. "My name is Huiying, no need for formalities or the princess title shit, I'm your junior anyways." She laughed.

Hwayoung's eyes widened and hit Huiying at the back of her head. "OMG, shut up." Hwayoung and Huiying laughed.

"What? It was just shit, not fu-" Huiying's mouth was covered by another person's hand.

"Your voice is so loud, I heard you from the entrance. You're really such a princess, unnie." Kyungmi gave her a certain look and back hug, still with her hand to Huiying's mouth.

"Oh, Eunhye you came?" Hwayoung had a surprised expression on her face.

Haruto got confused on where Eunhye was but her small figure suddenly appeared at the back of Kyungmi. Eunhye looked skinnier than usual, she looked tired as well. She had a bit of makeup on but the concealer couldn't hide the eyebags and swollen eyes she had.

"Have you eaten breakfast, love?" Huiying asked in concern and held Eunhye's hand.

She shook her head no and looked down at the floor. Their teacher suddenly arrived which made everyone's heads turn. "Hello everyone, our first session will be starting in a few minutes. Please settle down and get ready for the classes." Their teacher said in English.

Hwayoung sat down beside her cousin, Jihoon. Kyungmi was about to sit down one chair away from Huiying but saw that Haruto was there so she decided to sit beside Huiying instead, leaving the only empty seat beside Haruto for Eunhye.

Haruto noticed Eunhye's reaction when she saw him. Her mouth slightly parted but still proceeded to sit down. He stared at her for quite a while which made her shift uncomfortably.

"Why are you staring at me?" Haruto wanted to laugh at how Eunhye tried her best to sound so tough and stern but her voice was too soft spoken for that.

"Cause you didn't reply to my messages for about 5 days now." Haruto leaned back on his chair and folded his arms across his chest.

Jeongwoo heard what Haruto said and glanced at him. He didn't take notice of course cause he was busy looking at Eunhye who was fiddling her fingers.

"Sorry." That was the only thing she said without even looking at him.

The teacher entered once again and spoke in English to communicate with everyone. "A pleasant afternoon to everyone, I'm Chinhwa your teacher for the refresher etiquette classes you'll be taking for the next few weeks."

Several hi's and hello's were mentioned to greet him. "Alright, so let's start off with a simple question. What are the etiquette rules that you know of? Give me anything."

Huiying raised her hand and answered. "Before you eat, you should wait for everyone on the table to be served."

"Yes very good, another one?"

"Don't put anything on the table if it's not food related." Someone else in the class answered.

"Mhmm that's right, another one. Last one."

"No texting on the table. If you wish to use your phone you should excuse yourself." Kyungmi answered.

"Yes, now some of these are some basic etiquette rules. Others include not turning your glass upside down when you don't want a drink, telling people you're on speakerphone before you talk, and opening the door for someone if you enter first." Chinhwa explained.

"But of course you guys know that already, let's focus on the things that everyone usually forgets." He smirked and started the first official session of the refresher etiquette classes.

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Reminder: Jihoon and Hwayoung are cousins so they don't need to address each other as Prince Jihoon or Princess Hwayoung when they talk to each other, that would be so awkward lmao

+ the picture is just for aesthetic purposes, they aren't wearing gowns and suits for the classes cause they're modern royalty/elites. this ain't being taken place in the 1800's or smthn 🤣

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