The ball has started for a while and me, Sunghoon and Jay are walking around the various rooms of the building chatting among us. Sunoo has been with Niki all day, while Jungwon, Sunghoon's cousin hasn't shown up yet.
SH: "I'm worried about my cousin, do you think he will come?" J: "Yeah, don't worry, he'll come. By the way, I'm curious about how he looks like" ME: "Well, seeing the family, what do you think he will be like?" J: "Godlike?" ME: "No, Sunghoon is godlike, he'll be kind of more...angelic" SH: "Oh come on, stop" says Sunghoon blushing ME: "Do I make you shy?" SH: "No" he replies turning his head away from my gaze ME: "I think that-" SH: "Oh, here's Jungwon! Hey, Jungwonie!"
As the two boys greet each other and hug each other, Jay walks over to me looking like he's in a kind of trance and says:
J: "You were right, he's an angel" ME: "Hey, Hearth to Jay, come back to us" I say giggling SH: "Jay hyung, this is Jungwon. Jungwon, this is Jay" JW: "Nice to meet you Jay hyung" J: "Nice to meet you too Jungwon" says Jay scanning the boy from head to toe
We were chatting casually when I hear a voice calling me:
???: "Hey, little cousin, won't you say hello to me?"
I turn and see my cousin Heeseung coming towards me with Niki and Sunoo.
ME: "HEESEUNG!" I say while practically jumping on him H: "Heyy! Happy to see you too! Now calm down and introduce your friends to me" ME: "Ok, well I see you've already made friends with Niki and Sunoo. He is Sunoo's brother, Sunghoon" SH: "Hi" ME: "Then he is Jungwon, their cousin" JW: "Nice to meet you" ME: "And he's Jay, my bodyguard" J: "Hey" H: "Well, nice to meet you all, I'm Heeseung, the big cousin of this overexcited puppy" ME: "I didn't think you would be able to come" H: "At the end I managed to convince Mom to let me come" says Heeseung smiling proudly ME: "You will never change" H: "You neither"
A butler begins to call all the guests in the banquet hall and together with my new group of friends I make my way to one of the nearest tables of the place of the King, my father. The banquet has been going on for a while, the infinite courses that follow one another and us chatting, telling a little about us and a little about our life. Suddenly one of the huge windows in the room shatters, making the frightened guests turn their heads towards the source of this very loud noise. What we see leaves us breathless: a human figure made of dark shadow and smoke enters the window, smiles diabolically, takes out a knife and throws it at my father. I watch the scene petrified, looking at everything as if it were going in slow motion and suddenly, before the knife can reach my father, Jungwon gets up and dives in front of him, thus causing the knife to sink into his side. The figure looks at us and speaks with a deep voice:
???: "King Seungjin, you avoided instant death by probably having that little boy die for you, but you won't avoid this"
Having said this, the figure throws a dart of shadow towards my father, which hits him making him tremble. With a last evil laugh the figure turns and disappears into the darkness of the night.
SH+S: "JUNGWON!"
I turn and see two shocked Sunghoon and Sunoo leaning over Jungwon, who has passed out and is bleeding heavily from his side. Jay then rouses himself, picks Jungwon up in his arms and takes him to the infirmaries of the castle. It was then that the room fell into chaos.
*Sunghoon's pov*
Sunoo and I are the only ones left in the room. They all left, apart from Heeseung, Jake and Riki (Niki's real name). Jungwon, why are you so damn brave? Why did you throw yourself without thinking, defying death? I think I can explode at any moment. If Jungwon dies, I...
JK: "Hey, is...is everything ok?" asks Jake sitting next to me ME: "In your opinion?" I reply a bit coldly JK: "Sorry, it was a dumb question, I shouldn't have asked you" ME: "Don't worry, I think you just wanted to reassure me" JK: "Yeah" ME: "It's a nice act, thanks" JK: "No problem" says Jake smiling in relief R: "S-Sunoo?" says Riki coming next to us S: "Yeah?" R: "Come here"
Riki sits next to Sunoo and lets him lie on his lap as he strokes his hair gently. They are so cute together, it's the first time I've seen Sunoo behave like this. Suddenly a couple of arms hug me from behind, making me approach a person. Jake makes me lie down on his legs too and he too begins to run his fingers delicately through my hair.
JK: "Don't worry, I'm here for you" says Jake softly
I smile faintly and accompanied by Jake's fingers moving softly through my black hair I fall asleep.
*Jake's pov*
Sunghoon and Sunoo have both fallen asleep and Riki and I pick them up and carry them to the guest rooms. When we get there, we gently lay them on the beds, being careful not to wake them up and before leaving we stay a while watching them sleep peacefully. We then head to the infirmaries to check how their cousin is doing. As soon as we arrive, we see an exhausted Jay, Riki and Heeseung sitting by the bed where Jungwon is sleeping. He is a little pale, but he seems to be fine.
ME: "Hey Jay, how is he?" J: "He is fine, he just lost a lot of blood. The doctor said that luckily the knife did not reach any of the vital organs and that only a scar will remain. Now he just has to rest for two days and then he can go back to normal life" R: "Well, it finished without big damages, let's look on the good side of it" ME: "Yeah true" J: "He was so brave to throw himself in front of the King without hesitation, I would never be able to do it" says Jay looking adoringly at the sleeping boy H: "You're right, he's a brave boy" ME: "Yeah" H: "And your father?" ME: "He seems to be fine for now, but no one knows what that...demon who entered threw him" R: "Let's hope for the best" ME: "Yeah, let's hope for the best"
