Just One Last Dance.| J.JK

12.

Aera's Pov

I stirred in my bed as the rays of sunlight were falling directly on my face. Did I leave the window open at night? I wonder, eyes still shut tightly.

My stomach growled with hunger but the urge to stay in bed is too much. When mum finishes preparing breakfast, she'll eventually wake me up. Till then I should take a small nap.

But a sharp pain from my wrist woke me up from the trance and I sat up on my bed to see I was in an unfamiliar yet familiar room. 

I saw Hobi sprawled across the other bed with drool from the corner of his mouth. Something caught my eye as his shirt rode up a little, it was a bruise. 

Tear pooled in my eyes as I remember that the buff guy had kicked him hard when he was trying to pry him off me.

Hearing my sniffles, Hobi suddenly straighten up but hissed when he did it so abruptly and it hurt his bruised side.

"What's wrong? You okay?" Hobi asked with concern as he wiped my tears with his thumb.

"Yeah I'm fine but you're not. Who told you to act like a fucking superhero when you knew the guy was triple your size!? Now you're hurt. You go on lecturing me about not taking care of myself and now look at yourself." I started ranting. 

He was still in a daze as he just woke up, eyes half-closed, confused as to why I was yelling at him first thing in the morning. Then he saw his shirt was above his abdomen and quickly covered it. 

"You're concerned about your Hobi Oppa, huh?" He wiggled his eyebrows to cheer me up and I cringed way too hard.

"No damn it. If mum sees you like this, she'll assume that I beat you up this bad. And you go on calling yourself Oppa one more time and I'll break your other side. We're twins for fuck's sake." I rolled my eyes at him and made an excuse for my concern.

He grabbed my hand and hugged me, patting my back as he knew how tense I was.

"I'm perfectly fine, don't worry." He assured me.

"Yeah okay, can you like leave me now? You're wiping your drool with the only dress I have here." I scrunched my nose jokingly as he left my waist and started laughing.

"We should at least look presentable in front of the Princes and Princesses attending the practice. You should probably comb your hair now, it looks like a nest on your head." He joked which earned him a slap on his shoulder.

As if on cue, the staff lady who helped us get inside our room came in with a pretty dress and a pair of white shirts and black pants. She introduced herself yesterday as a woman in her mid-50s named Yunseok.

"Princess Yubin has sent them for you both since you must not have the time to pack something for yourself," Yunseok explained.

"But aren't we supposed to wear uniforms just like you and the other staff in the palace?" I asked.

"The uniforms are supposed to be for the permanent staff only, to distinguish them from the other visitors here. You both are guests here and will be treated as such. Breakfast is almost served. Please come down in time or it will be finished, you both didn't even have dinner last night." She explained and left the room.

I watched the dress in awe as it was gorgeous. It was a baby pink chiffon dress with a thigh-high slit and the sleeves were long enough to cover the hideous burn mark.

I took a quick shower and met Hobi clad in his white shirt and black pants.

"You look classy, that's so not you." I laughed at him.