the crownless princess » yungi

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June 5th, 2015.

"BREAKING NEWS! Prime Minister Song passed away at exactly 5 o'clock in the morning due to cardiac arrest. The family of the deceased decided to gather up in hidden shrine together with the prime minister's remains for the last time secretly. In accordance with the next plan to the democratic monarchy situation in South Korea, the family decided to pass the power of the late prime minister to the first lady together with the only heir of the family, as what the will of the late prime minister addressed. Gender is hidden for the only heir, but the family calls them 'the crownless princess'. The family of the late prime minister decided to be hidden and never show in public due to their peaceful freedom as a common individual, and from the will, the cousin of the only heir will be the temporary spokesperson and the public figure in every political meetings and gatherings, as representation of the royal family's presence. This is Choi Beomgyu, reporting."

"What a pity for the royal family and for the nation. The late prime minister is a great leader and managed to be a father of their only princess. It's fair to give the power to both women, gender equality indeed." Yunho said, nodding as he focused on watching television. It's obvious that he's not even interested in politics since the political situation in South Korea is stable and economy-wise.

In the middle of his watch, their apartment's door opened, a sign that someone's home.

"That must be Mingi." Yunho turned off the television and rushed towards the open door. He's right, Mingi's now home.

Yunho didn't expect this Mingi to come home. This is not the usual Mingi who's always excited to come home and hug Yunho. This is not the Mingi who usually rushed to their shared room to immediately change clothes and eat something in their fridge in the kitchen.

Mingi, today, on Yunho's front, has visible eyebags and few traces of tears on his cheeks, swollen eyes and tired presence. Yunho didn't know why he left earlier this morning.

"Mingi? What happened?" Yunho asked. Mingi never give him any glances. Instead, he passed through him.

"Ah, I just visited my father's burial."

"Huh?" Yunho asked again in confusion. He thought Mingi's father is already gone ever since their childhood.

Mingi suddenly looked at Yunho, eyes wide open.

"I mean, my mom and I, uhm, we visited my father's... tomb in the cemetery. I realized today is his death anniversary. Y-yeah. S-sorry for not telling you. W-we have time set for meet-up and I'm a bit late. But mom says that's okay." Mimgi rushly said, and smiled tiredly.

Yunho stared at Mingi for about a minute, and nods. He came closer to the younger and patted his shoulder.

"Alright then, take a rest for now. We still have 2 days before our training again at KQ." Yunho said and smiled for Mingi, at least to lift up his mood a little. Mingi smiled at him too.

"Thank you, Yun. Sorry for not informing you again."

"Not a problem, Min. Go on, change and take a rest. I'll leave the dinner on the table beside you later."

After the convo, Mingi traces the beeline towards their shared room to change and rest. Meanwhile, Yunho starts preparing dinner for them while listening to radio. Despite listening to the fm radio, the station still delivers the breaking news about the late prime minister of South Korea.

"I wonder who that crownless princess is. Maybe I passed through her, maybe one or mutiple times."

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