THE PRINCE (Ryeji fanfiction)

CHAPTER 10

Yeji just came back from her business trip. Good thing she's able to distract herself from Ryu. Though, she can see his face everywhere on the streets, magazines, even on medias. There's no way she can get away that easily.

"hey!" Chaeyoung, her driver, gets into the car. "your luggage are complete. Ready to go, miss?"

"let's go to the company first. Dad wants to talk."

And so, they go to the company.

Yeji walks in to her office. She can already see her father sitting on the couch.

"good to see you, dear." Hyunbin hugs her.

"what's up dad?" Yeji sits down across him.

"I wanna talk about my retirement. I was thinking that me and your mom will give our companies to you. fully." Hyunbin smiles.

"okay. that can be done. I think I'm ready."

"you see... your mom and I had a dream. To spend our old days away from the busy cities." The man starts again. "so, I was thinking... that we can move to an island or something."

"so then you left me here alone?" Yeji asked in disbelieve.

"we spend a lot of times at home. You're the one that's busy now. we don't want to cause more burden to you. we're old, Yeji. I know how it feels to take care of your old parents. I don't want to interrupt your work." Hyunbin said with a soft voice.

"that's too harsh, dad." Yeji looks down. she too, wants to spend some time with them. "but if that's your decision, I'll accept it. I'm used to not being with you. but... I might miss our times."

"don't worry. we still need to take care of our house there. We're still deciding between Bali or Singapore. We have houses on both of them though."

"that's good to hear. We can talk at home. Why here?" Yeji wondered.

"there are inspectors on our mansion. We decided to sell it." Hyunbin looks away. Probably feeling guilty of what he's doing. "since you have some penthouses and apartments, you can live there when we're away."

"wow. So you planned all these for how long? I've been thinking where did I get my impulsive trait. Turns out it's from you." Yeji sighs.

"a month after you go on a trip, we had a talk about this." Hyunbin replied.

"fine." Yeji stands up. "tell me when the mansion got sold. I'll start moving my things to my penthouse next week."

"wait. Aren't you gonna spend some time with us before we go?" Hyunbin stands up too.

"I'll come by the mansion once in a while."

-

Ryu came back to Yuna's grave. He realized how long he hasn't been able to visit.

"good afternoon, Yuna. Are you resting well?" Ryu rubs the greenish tombstone. "you were right, Yun. I might die alone." Ryu stifles a laugh. "but, I'm okay now. you don't need to worry. I have new friends and our businesses are going well."

Ryu sits down, leaning on the cold wet stone.

"it's been three months that I haven't heard from Yeji. I miss her." Ryu closed his eyes. memories with her starts playing on his mind. "how do I get to her again? She moved on, probably." Ryu let out a long sigh. "I wish you were here, Yun. I really need a shoulder."

Ryu spends about an hour at the grave. As the sky turns gold, Ryu stands up, about to leave the place. He walks towards his car.

Before leaving, he checks his phone.

"Jeong, Eunseo, Jennie." He whispered to himself.

Seeing their texts, Ryu goes to Jeong's bar to hang out with them.

-

Upon arriving, Ryu goes straight to their table.

"hey, guys." Ryu greets with a smile. "didn't think you'd bring her."

"she insisted so I'm not kissing anyone tonight." Jeong said, looking at Chae that's sitting beside him.

"it's still a little early to drink but I've ordered some already." Eunseo informed. "the premiere is in a week. You should come." He added.

"oh, I'm good. I'll watch it with the other people." Jeong stifles a laugh.

"then you won't see us walking together on the red carpet." Jennie leans on Ryu.

"he probably pretty stressed out." Jeong joked around.

"I have to work, right?" Ryu smiles a little.

Ryu planned on not getting drunk tonight. a minimum amount of alcohol already entered his system. When he felt light enough, he stopped drinking.

"you want another shot?" Ryu asked Jennie. Usually she's the heavy drinker.

"nope. I'm not in the mood. Feel free to drink more if you want." Jennie smiles at him. "since everyone is out there, I just wanna say sorry for my actions. I think my character got into me. but, now it's all good. I went to therapy." Jennie leaned in at the last sentence.

"oh that's great. I really thought you're... like that." Ryu let out a nervous laugh.

"I get into characters really easy." Jennie shrugs, looking away to people dancing in front of the DJ booth. "you wanna dance?"

"I'm good." Ryu refused kindly.

The night is getting late but Ryu seems to still enjoy the moment. He decided to drink some more but still controlled.

"Ryu! Come on! It's my favorite song!" Jennie jogs towards him, grabbing his hand.

Ryu somehow follows her to the dance floor with the other three. Ryu is facing Jennie who continues to dance in front of him. he too, enjoys the atmosphere. With the drink that's still in his hand, he sways to the beat, following the girl's movements.

Jennie starts to get intimate with him, thinking that both of them are already driven by alcohol.

"are you drunk?" Ryu whispered to her ear. Jennie's arms are wrapped arounds Ryu's neck by now. Ryu just hold her torso with one arm while the other still holding his glass.

"what? I can't hear you, boy. Just dance with me while you can." Jennie laughs a little at the end. Looks like she's pretty excited.

"dude! Have fun!" Jeong shouts at him through the loud music.

Ryu just gave him a pressed smile. He can see that Jeong and Chaeryeong are having a blast.

"let's get you away from here." Ryu slowly drag her back to their table before things starts getting out of hand.

Jennie sits down beside Ryu, getting comfortable leaning on his shoulder.

"do you wanna go home?" Jennie asked with her eyes closed.

"after this. I'll let the other finished."