THE PRINCE (Ryeji fanfiction)

CHAPTER 4

Wonpil helps Ryu to get out of the car. Knocking on the door, a maid lets them in.

"I think miss Hwang is already asleep, sir." The maid said.

"alright, alright." Ryu shakes his head, trying to gain his consciousness. "I'll go to her room."

Ryu walks unsteadily towards the stairs. Clearing his vision, he soon stands in front of Yeji's door. He opens it louder than what he intended. He doesn't have time to be sorry.

Yeji turns round. She's a little shocked to see Ryu in his condition. She sits up quickly, facing the door.

Ryu walks quickly towards the bed, attacking Yeji with a tight hug.

"don't ever do that again." Ryu caresses her head, closing his eyes. "I'm dead worried, Yeji."

"Ryu..." Yeji sighs. "did you drink too much?" Yeji pushed him gently, looking at his face.

Ryu is now joining her, sitting on the bed. He can feel Yeji's soft gentle touch on his cheek.

Yeji can only see his worried eyes. her eyes travels down to his shirt. the opened buttons kinda make her feel sad. Her hand falls from his cheek to his chest.

"no." Ryu placed his hand on top hers. If she go further with the physical, he won't be able to control himself.

"why not? I missed you." Yeji starts running her hand up his neck.

"I know my limit." Ryu looks down.

"it's- it's okay." Yeji puts her finger on Ryu's chin to make him facing her.

"It's not okay." Ryu's eyes travels down to her lips then her chest. He gulps and looked away. "can we just cuddle?"

"okay."

-

Ryu stretched right after he wakes up. an unfamiliar environment greets him when he opened his eyes. looking down at himself, he's already shirtless. He shot his eyes open wider, getting shocked.

"oh no." Ryu also noticed that Yeji is not in the room. he quickly take his shirt that's thrown on the floor. While he does that, the door opened.

"you're going already?" Yeji walks towards him with a glass of water. "eat first. I made a light breakfast for you."

Dumbfounded, Ryu looks up at her. he quickly stands up, checking her condition.

"did I do something, last night? What did I do to you? what did I say?" Ryu grabs her shoulder. He's worried that he did something against Yeji's consent.

"don't worry. you just randomly snuggled and suddenly took off your shirt. you said it's hot here." Yeji giggles.

"oh..." Ryu rubs the back of his neck. "did you say you cook?"

"are you questioning my skill, now?" Yeji squinted her eyes. "I'll be downstairs."

Yeji then leave the room. Ryu takes his time putting on his shirt and checking his phone. few missed calls from his mom and texts from Wonpil.

"ah, right." he also checks the time. it's already eleven. Looks like he really passed out.

Walking downstairs, he sees Yeji playing with her phone. he joins her at the dining table that's filled with food. He thought that it's really light breakfast.

"eat up." Yeji smiles at him, setting her phone aside.

Ryu didn't expect anything upon tasting the food. Soon, he found himself devouring the meals prepared by the girl. Yeji watch him eating quickly, adding more to his plate.

"slow down, Ryu." Yeji giggles. She then takes his picture silently. "are you really that hungry?"

Ryu looks up at her then quickly looks down again. Finishing up the last bite, he take gulps of the drink.

"thank you." Ryu said, avoiding eye contact.

"anytime." Yeji smiles. "I was shocked. You suddenly came."

"last thing I remember, I fell asleep next to you." Ryu leans back, felling full from the meal.

"wanna do it again?"

"I'm sorry." Ryu looks down.

"it's fine." Yeji knows what that means.

Their breakfast got interrupted by Wonpil entering the mansion. The maid approached them with Wonpil tailing behind.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, sir, miss. Mrs. Shin called me earlier saying that she couldn't call you." Wonpil informed.

"do we have an appointment?" Ryu furrowed his eyebrows, thinking.

"yes, sir. She wants you to join her for monthly evaluation of the actors."

"I'll be out in a moment." Ryu smiles a little. he then looks at Yeji.

Yeji looks down at her phone, feeling disappointed. Alas, there's nothing she can do.

"c'mon. I'll wash up a bit." Ryu stands up, asking Yeji to come with him back to her room.

-

"do you really need to go?" Yeji asked. Ryu just finished taking a brief shower.

"I can't really refuse my mom." Ryu said while wearing his shirt then continues to dry his hair.

Yeji stands up, walking towards him. she grabs the towel, taking turn in drying his hair. She still misses him. she looks into his innocent eyes, making a contact with them.

"how long?" Yeji caresses his cheek. "how long do I have to wait?"

"I don't know, Yeji." Ryu thinks about what his mother said about marriage. For her, he's still too young to go through that. though, he might have a chance just for a relationship.

Yeji sighs. She leans in to rest her head on Ryu's chest. Ryu wraps his arms around her.

"I'll call you, okay?" Ryu let go of her after some time. "I think I'm already late."

Yeji huffed. she walks towards her bed, lie down, and starts playing with her phone.

"just go. I'll pick it up."