THE PRINCE (Ryeji fanfiction)

PHASE V: BRING IT BACK

CHAPTER 1

Aside from getting busy with work, acting, and modelling, Ryu got busy with looking for Yeji. For about a month, she has been out of reach from not only Ryu, but, the other two friends.

"so... are you gonna look for her there?" Jeong asked. He visits him at his agency.

"my mom would be mad at me for doing something with no benefit." Ryu looks down.

"no benefit for her. it sure got some for you." Jeong shrugs. "c'mon, man. You're a mess. I hate seeing you like this."

"she hasn't been posting either. How can I know where she is?"

"hire someone. Talk to your team or something." Jeong gave out some suggestions.

"where do I start?" Ryu averted his focus on his computer screen, intending to look for any news about Yeji in case it came out somewhere.

"wherever you like. Maybe you know her favorite place. If she goes there to have a little vacation, I'm sure you can find her in those tropical fancy places."

"you're not helping." Ryu sighs. His eyes are stuck on the screen.

"wait..." Jeong walks towards his desk. "don't tell me you don't know about that."

Ryu stays silent. It's true.

"oh, poor you, buddy." Jeong pats his back. "good luck, then."

"Ryu!"

A familiar annoying call was heard by the two.

"whoa..." Jeong looked back. "she's allowed to call you that?" Jeong looked back at Ryu.

"what? If you ask for something ridiculous, you better leave. I have a lot to do."

"are you looking for your ex?" Miyeon walked towards his desk. "I might know where she is."

"where?" Jeong asked.

"Singapore...?" Miyeon innocently said.

"we know that." Jeong rolled his eyes. he then goes back to the couch.

"oh... okay." Miyeon sits in front of Ryu. "so... I guess you know that she moved there, right?"

"moved? You mean, she's not coming back?" Jeong chimed in.

"I guess... I had work in Singapore a week ago and I saw her entering an apartment." Miyeon suddenly gasps. "or maybe she got a new man then she moved then she lives with him."

"you better get out of here." Ryu looks up at her.

"do you wanna get me a new accommodation?" Miyeon smiles at him. "my dad told me that it's too... decent."

"tell your dad that every artist here are decent. That's for your own safety. Get out." Ryu said sternly.

"you're mean." Miyeon sulks. "fine."

She then left the room.

"is she always like that?" Jeong points his thumb backwards.

"don't mind her. she's a pain in my ass." Ryu grabs his head frustratingly.

"since when did you starts swearing?"

-

Yeji have been turning off her phone for a month. it's also good that the mansion that her parents bought has a bad service. Today, she decided to turn it back on.

"here's your new number. Since you've been complaining about the service." Hyunbin noticed that she's about to turn on her phone.

"oh. thank you!" Yeji smiles at him. she happily changed it before turning on her phone.

Yeji can finally use her phone properly. There are a lot of missed calls from some unknown numbers. At least that's what she thought. She decided to delete those and start new. The list numbers on her phone are now gone since she saved her contacts on her SIM card.

"okay. Mom's number, dad's, and..." Yeji's smile turns upside down. "Chae, Jeong... Ryu."

"Is everything okay? I made you a milkshake. I used to make this when you're about ten." Hyunbin sits beside her on the recliner in front of their pool. He then put the glass on the small table between them.

"it's okay. I lost all my contacts. Well, not all. they're just numbers now." Yeji pursed her lips.

"do you want me to recover your contacts?" Hyunbin offered.

"oh, no need. It's fine." She's contemplating, actually. even after she's away, she still miss her friends, especially, Ryu.

"ask me anytime. I'm here now." Hyunbin smiles at her.

-

Few days later, Yeji starts to get used to her new life in this new country. Just like she planned, she still monitors her companies from here. After everything with work is done, she checks on her social medias.

Yeji scrolls down her Instagram. She noticed that Chaeryeong had sent her some posts and memes through her DMs. She decided to just comment on them. Suddenly, Chae called her from Instagram.

"hello?" Yeji replied nervously.

"oh, god. where are you?! that's not cool at all, girl."

Instead of Chaeryeong, she can hear Jeong on the other side.

"wait, where's Chae?" Yeji asked. "and why are you on her account?"

"well, it doesn't matter. How have you been?"

"so far so good. Is everything okay?"

Yeji waits for him to answer.

"yeah. We're just wondering why you left without saying anything."

We? Yeji wondered. she's hoping that Ryu is included in that word.

"is Chae with you?" Yeji asked.

"no, but, Ry- Yeah, no. she's not here."

Yeji can hear that someone is there with him but she couldn't figure.

"oh... okay. are you with someone?"

While Jeong is on the call, Ryu listens to the conversation.

"oh my god, Ryu! Look what I just got. You have to let me take this offer." Miyeon burst into the room. "I really wanna go there. Please???"

"oh, shit." Jeong immediately hangs up the call spontaneously. "sorry."

"can you not come at the worst times?" Ryu groans. "we can talk later." Ryu put his attention back on Jeong. "did you hang up on her?"

Meanwhile, Yeji alreadyheard Miyeon's voice. At this moment, she realized that not only Ryu knew thatshe called, she also found out that that girl is probably his new girlfriend.