We Were Past Lovers - Jaeyong

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"Promise me we'll meet again in our next life." He whispered, holding onto the older's hand as they laid on the ground covered in a pool of their own blood.

"I promise Jaehyun." Taeyong whispered back looking him straight in the eyes. Then his eyes closed, finally being able to rest in peace together with him.

The man woke up with beads of sweat covering his face. He had been having this same nightmare for the past couple of years nonstop. The image of him laying in his own blood haunted him and he could not get rid of it. Nothing could get rid of this nasty image. He has told his mom but she just shrugged it off, saying that he should just ignore it. He told his dad as well, but he just called the boy crazy and told him to go to a therapist. Taeyong had been to many therapists but none of them could help to get rid of these images.

Nowadays, the man has just been working at his families' bakery that has been passed down. He just felt like doing nothing during the day is straight boring and since the bakery is busy, he had a reason to help out.

As days pass, the male's mom has grown weaker and weaker as she has one of those diseases that the doctors have not found a cure for. The man want to be upset, but he know he couldn't because the doctors just have not found the cure yet but he knows, he should be mad for that exact reason.

One day, Taeyong was dragged out of his house by some guards. "Let me go!" he yelled. "I can't leave my family here!" he continued. "I am so sorry young sir but we are only following orders by his highness." One of the guards told him. "I dont care whose orders these are. I DO NOT want to leave my family behind!" he tried to kick the guard, but to his dismay, he missed completely.

Then the guard sighed. The next thing the male knew, he was knocked out.

When Taeyong woke up, he looked around his surroundings to which he had eye contact with the King. The man immediately bowed to him.

"So you're the child of Youngji." The King said, looking the male up and down. "She gave birth to a beautiful being just like her." He whispered.

"Not to be rude or anything, but why exactly am I here?" Taeyong asked confused since he had no information whatsoever on why he was at the palace in the first place.

"You're here because we need helping hands in the palace." The Queen said, making him scrunch his eyebrows. "So what was the reason to drag me out of my house, AND knock me out?" he asked them back to which the King replied with, "Oh, that's because we wanted you to stay at the palace so the traveling part wouldn't be any hassle but for the reason as to why they knocked you out... Well, I'm not 100% sure."

"Oh okay. So what do I do now that I am finally here?" The male asked them another question. "Oh! You're gonna take over your mom's jobs around the palace!" The Queen replied happily. "Where do I go? I know for sure that I DEFINITELY do not know my way around the palace." A sigh escaped from his mouth as he rubbed his temple mentally preparing himself so he can easily navigate through the palace walls.

"Not a worry Taeyong, there are other servants here that will surely help your way around here." The Queen said with a sarcastic smile on her face. After she said that, Taeyong immediately dismissed myself as he believed that she did not enjoy his presence.

Taeyong walked out of the grand hall of the palace and into the hallways lead by the head maid of the castle.

She kept talking about the rules but the man's attention was on the interior design of the castle. He loved the way it was designed how elegant it was with the little decor that made the overall interior design pop.

He then abruptly stopped so he wouldn't bump into the head maid when she stopped. She turned around and looked at him sternly.

"Whatever you do, make sure not to go into the crown princes' room. The crown prince himself has forbade anyone to enter his room."

Those words lingered in the male's mind for the rest of the tour of the palace. He wasn't too sure why those words even stayed stuck in his head, wait, he I knows exactly why those words lingered in his head. So he wouldn't get in trouble.

A week has already passed and he has been slowly adapting to this new lifestyle of his. He still misses his family for one thing. He has been worrying nonstop about his mom especially since her condition has gotten worse since he had last seen her a couple of days ago.

These past couple of days, he had made one friend who is younger than him named Donghyuck. He had a lot of fun hanging out with him when they were both working and not. The two would either be in the garden sitting down and chatting about who knows what or they would be in the kitchen singing their hearts out with other maids laughing at the two male's antics. Donghyuck felt like a little brother to him and made him comfortable which Taeyong is so grateful for.

He had also realized that the nightmares he has been having had lessened which was a relief to him. Maybe it was the living condition that made it better. At least he didn't need to go to a therapist anymore because of these nightmares.

But now those nightmares were replaced of these dreams where he was with another person. It was like they were a couple and on a date. What made Taeyong sad was the fact that the other person he was with had their face blurred so he couldn't see who it was.

As Taeyong was having these thoughts, he bumped into someone almost losing his balance. They grabbed him by his waist which cause him to look up at them to thank them and apologize. "Thank you and I am so sorry for bumping into y-" before he could finish his sentence he became speechless with his god-like visuals. It felt like time stopped with just Taeyong and the stranger.

"Taeyongie-hyung!" Donghyuck faintly call out for him but he couldn't hear his call as everything was blocked out. Then Donghyuck called out causing him to finally break the intense eye contact Taeyong and him had.

"Taeyong-" he ran over to the male and immediately widened his eyes when he saw who his friend was standing in front of. "Prince Jaehyun!" After processing what came out of Donghyuck's mouth, the male immediately widened his eyes and bowed along with him.

"Prince Jaehyun I am so sorry for bumping into you like that!" Then the two heard him chuckle. "It's fine but be careful with your surroundings I might not always be able to catch you falling." He said with his deep voice then walked away leaving both males speechless.

"His chuckle is so sexy oh my gosh!" Donghyuck fanboyed.

"Donghyuck!"