The Pirate and The King [Seongjoong || ATEEZ]

One Day at a Time

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"PARK SEONGHWA!" His mother's voice shouted when everyone left the castle. She was slapping him everywhere as she spoke; arms, back, head... The Prince could only stay still and wait for her to finish. He knew that if he moved, it would be way worse.

"YOU MADE US CARE FOR BLOODY PIRATES! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? HOW COULD YOU GET KIDNAPPED?! WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?"

One thought that maybe his mother, the one who gave birth to him, would even like him a bit. Sadly, they did not want a 7th son. But they were the King and the Queen, they had to act as if they cared for him in front of the town. If a big prize was to pay to get him back, the citizens would go insane if they didn't pay.

"Do you really think you're worth that much money? I wouldn't pay two bloody coins to see your ugly face." She whispered almost hitting him again. She didn't have to, his father was quick enough to drag him to the side of the room, throw him to the ground and kick his stomach.
He said no words, unlike his mother, he just kicked him again and again.

The door opened.

"Father!" A girl shouted, "Leave him alone!" Upon seeing his daughter, the King stopped and let the girl pick up his brother. They went to the youngest girls room. She was two years older than Seonghwa.

"Are you okay Seonghwa?" She asked in a worried tone. Out of the 7 siblings, they two were the ones who could only understand each other. If it was for their parents, both would be quickly married to another Kingdom and thrown away.

You see, both were not planned. If Jeongyeon, their youngest daughter, was born a boy, and Seonghwa, their youngest child, was born a girl, maybe things would've been different. But now their daughter was too old to marry a rich man and their son was a waste of money, all the royal positions were already covered by his brothers.

"I'm fine, this past months have been way worse than some beating, Jeongyeon." The man said.

"Fuck man, where have you been? Do you see this?" She said pointing at her right hand. Seonghwa looked at it a little confused, until he realised what her sisters finger was carrying.

"A ring? Are you getting married?" Seonghwa asked a little scared of the answer. His sister nodded. He went silence.

"I know we promised, I know but... He's someone I met, mum and dad didn't force me. I love him. I can't take it anymore, I need to get out of here..." The man, who still was a little boy on his sister's eyes, didn't spoke a word. "Seonghwa?"

"I hate you,"

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"Aye aye Captain!" Called San. "How much longer will we stay anchored here? When are we going to no man's land? I want girls, rum and tons of meat!" The helmsman asked.

"I... I don't know San, I'm just trying to figure some things out," The smallest man said. This past days had been a mess, he couldn't stop looking south, right at Seonghwa's castle on the top of the hill. His Kingdom was just some miles away. He knew that if Seonghwa looked through the windows, he would see his ship.
He asked himself if in one or two occasions, the older man had actually looked at his ship and asked himself how they have been.

It had been some days since the King payed them, and some days people from the Kingdom rowed to their ship and asked for pirate adventures. San and Yunho were kind enough to entertain the young people.

But now, they were growing tired of waiting anchored there. They couldn't step on land, the king had prohibited such actions. But something was fishy. Hongjoong didn't like the King and the Queen one inch.
As he looked south, his stomach felt tighter and tighter.