Miss Royalty // BTS AU

Chapter Twenty-Eight PT 2

4 Days Left Until The Ball

(Just like Chapter Twenty-Four, the previous chapter is a continuation of the dance contest with Ruby being partnered up with Prince Taehyung. So it's still the same day!)

At the main area of Dance Hall, Prince Taehyung is calmly waiting for Ruby's arrival. He was reading his favorite book as many guests are entering inside, greeting one another. Prince Taehyung looks up from his book to see Ruby entering, in his thought, she looked beautiful stunning. His cheeks flustered in pink.

Closing his book, he walks over to greet. Ruby. "Prince Taehyung, I apologize. I know you said you wanted to pick me up and that we would both come here together." Prince Taehyung simply smiles, pushing his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. "No worries, Princess Ruby. I'm just glad we're booth here."

They walked into the main ballroom where many people were gathering to watch the dance contest. As of now, the dance contest starts and the audience had quiet down. The host loudly announces the annual dance competition, reminding the audience that there will be three judges and by the end of the dance contest, the winners will be announced.

The dance contest starts with an elderly pair, dancing a swing dance, amazing the audience with their mastered skills. Up next was a young teenage pair that danced a simple waltz, looked very easy to master with their eyes closed. Then the third pair danced an erotic tango that got the audience feeling intense with their seductive movements which stunned the judges.

It was now their turn and Prince Taehyung felt more nervous than he will dance in front of a large crowd, their eyes watching his every move. His heart raced and his breath hitched, unable to take another step. "Prince Taehyung, are you okay?" Ruby asked concerned. Chip sees his hands shake nervously, his forehead covered in sweat.

"I-I can't really dance with all these people staring," Prince Taehyung truthfully says. "Stagefright?" Ruby asked but Prince Taehyung don't know what she meant by that. An idea popped up in her head and told them she'll handle it. "And now we present their royal highnesses, Prince Taehyung Kim of the Magnolia Empire Kingdom and Princess Ruby Royalty of the Red Chrysanthemum Flower Kingdom!"

The audience applauds as they make their entrance. She holds his hand to comfort him, squeezing his hand to calm him down from shaking too much. On another hand, Chip couldn't use the same spell she used on Ruby to forget about Emma, she could only use it once on a person each day.

So, she has a different spell in mind that's far better and will solve the prince's problem. With a trick of her wand, she flies over them, making herself invisible from the crowd, she waves her wand around them, causing a sparkling effect falling like stars falling from the sky. Just like the last spell, she mumbles the magic spell, which creates some sort of a hallucination or an imagination Prince Taehyung and Ruby can only picture.

The whole ballroom turned into Foxtrot Forest from their imagination, which really helped Prince Taehyung from worrying about his stage fright. Chip who can still see reality makes herself visible and flies over to the orchestra. She takes out her flute and began playing the similar tune she would play when Ruby and Prince Taehyung practiced.

Just like they always practiced, but differently, Ruby helps him by guiding his hand behind her back and brought him close to her. "Guide me," she whispers. "Of course, my princess," he grins with a bright smile. The orchestra plays along with Chip's flute playing and the audience watches as they gracefully danced around the ballroom.

It was like they're dancing alone in the enchanted forest. He twirls her away, their hands still connected, and twirls her back in his arms before carrying her and setting her down. Ruby finally figured out Prince Taehyung's dancing theme was peaceful and quiet like Foxtrot Forest, that's what he enjoys the most.