"i do too" prince Jisung and Jae Min gave her a hug at the same time which prince Min Hyung then pulled them away immediately. "i wasn't done you know, dear prince" she innocently smiled at him and he scoffed while bending down close to her face. "please, not in front of us" they laughed and enjoyed the scenery for a few minutes.
"isn't it time for you all to return back? i'm sorry i can't offer accommodations since i have lots of things to do for the week" she had joked with them but their faces were gloomy and the atmosphere turned cold. "hey hey hey, i was joking. you all could stay if you want." prince Dong Hyuck and Chen Le was the most excited out of them and danced out of happiness. the princess took both their arms and ran across the pathway as they made their way back to the palace.
"it's getting late, all of you should rest. you can take a rest at these rooms. i'll see everyone in the morning" she gave a final bow before leaving to her own room. she was thinking about how his face was so close to hers and blushed at the thought of it before slapping herself on the cheeks, asking herself why she was thinking of that.
the princess hadn't gotten much rest since she went to bed late at night. she wanted to wake up at the break of dawn to put her baking skills to good use so she decided to bake a cake as dessert for breakfast. it was quite unusual to have cake early in the morning but she wasn't quite normal herself either.
she wore an apron and got to work. she was clumsy and had topple a bowl of flour on the floor. the bowl was stainless steel and made a loud sound which it echoed through the whole palace. she froze for a second and held her breath, peeking through the door and saw no one was awake so she exhaled and picked up the bowl. 'this is so wasteful!' she shouted in her mind and tried to pick the flour back into the bowl until she got scared by someone.
"what are you doing?" she immediately stood up to see prince Min Hyung leaning against the door with messy hair and eyes squinted. she got reminded of what happened that morning but came back to her senses, "i was trying to bake" she said awkwardly before she walked towards her and saw the huge mess. he silently helped her with the flour and she felt guilty for waking him up. "did you wake up because of the noise?" she cautiously asked and he shook his head, "i was already awake for awhile"
she breathed out in relief and continued with kneading the dough. she was done and wanted to put it in the oven but he took it from her and slid it in instead. "what if you burn yourself? look, you aren't even wearing oven mitts" he held her hands and she instantly blushed, removing her hands.
"d-do you want to h-help making the whipped cream?" she changed the topic and he didn't really mind, all he wanted to do was to spend time with her. she slid the bowl of cream for him to whip and he hesitated. that job was made for someone like prince Jeno but he tried anyways.
he was playful and in the midst of mixing the cream, he swiped the cream on her cheeks. she didn't expect him to do it and got startled before they both squinted their eyes and the shorter one chased him around with the bowl. she managed to get it on his cheeks as well but it wasn't over just yet.
in the middle of playing, the 8 of them; the princes as well as Min Jung and Ivy were eyeing them from a distance. "what's with the two of them?" prince Ji Sung turned to Ivy and had his arms on her shoulder, "it's obvious, isn't it? i'm sure they have feelings for each other" she crossed her arms and nodded her head, "yeah, i think i can see that"
prince Dong Hyuck ruined the moment when he cleared his throat, making the two of them stop in their tracks. the princess hit his back and fell, "ouch!" the others could feel her pain and some were holding back their laughters. prince Min Hyung extended his hand and she took it, coming back up and looked at the crowd.
"crap, the cake!" she ran to the kitchen and opened the oven, attempting to grab the tray but thankfully, he grabbed her hand before a disaster could happen. "what did i tell you?" he said firmly and she pouted, "sorry"
"we shouldn't be here" prince Jae Min said and pushed the others away while the two of them check the cake. it was fine, baked just right and all they have to do is decorate it. their faces still had the cream and they wiped it off of each other's.
