Forbidden // Yeongyu FF

11. The Shin's

"Beomgyu, what do you think of her? She's perfect in terms of beauty, think carefully." Another girl, another long day. Beomgyu was sick and tired of leaving the palace everyday to go visit princesses from other Kingdoms. None of them caught his eye, and he started to think he would never find the one.

He had this to deal with, but he also had the whole thing with his best friend, Taehyun, or should he say, Yeonjun, to deal with. He'd figured it out last night, and that was why he couldn't get a single piece of sleep in. How would he face him now? Even after Yeonjun promised to help him out of the arranged marriage?

Why would THE Choi Yeonjun want to help him anyways. It didn't seem like him being the prince was why Yeonjun was doing it. Choi Yeonjun had zero-respect for anyone, but why for him? Beomgyu's mind was going insane thinking about all the possibilities.

"Uhm, yeah, I guess she is..." The way Beomgyu was talking, made it seem like he was uninterested, as he was constantly dragging on his last words. "I know what you're doing, Beomgyu. Just know, if you don't find someone yourself by today, I'll pick a princess for you."

"Wha-" Beomgyu was shocked. Why all of sudden, he wasn't ready! "So hurry up and choose, or you could let me choose." "Oh, no, it's fine Father, I'll find someone, don't worry." 

"Good."

*~*~*

Yeonjun was pacing around the room. "Dude, what were you thinking, this time, I REALLY can't help you." He invited Wooyoung to come give advice, but he was regretting it now. All Wooyoung was doing was making him more anxious.

"Just please, what do I do now?" "Maybe...you should just take the prince with you!" Yeonjun was dumbfounded. Wouldn't that just be too risky, and would Beomgyu even agree to go with him? It's not like there wasn't other ways. "Wooyoung, are you in your right mind. How is KIDNAPPING going to help the situation." Yeonjun was starting to get frustrated.

"If you take the prince, he won't be able to get married...come on! I want to meet the prince too, you know! I heard he's handsome!" Wooyoung knew he sounded unconvincing. Yeonjun threw a container at him. 

"Oh my- you could have killed me just then, Choi Yeonjun! What would you do then!" "First of all, I threw a plastic container at you. Second of all, I'm not kidnapping the prince so you can see him for yourself!" 

"Ooo, are you jealous perhaps? Oh my god! Is that why you told the prince you'd help him out of the arranged marriage? Because you like him! Oh my god!" Wooyoung looked like he had won the lottery. 

"Aww, my Yeonjunie has grown up! Remember when you robbed a store with me for the first time, awww!" Wooyoung  stood up from the couch, and started pinching Yeonjun's cheeks, talking in a baby voice and teasing him.

The next thing he knew, he was on the ground, passed out. 

"I'm older then you, you know." Yeonjun whispered in his ear, before dragging him onto the couch and leaving Wooyoung to be passed out. He would deal with Wooyoung again when he woke up.

*~*~*

They were at the last palace. Which meant, if Beomgyu didn't choose this girl, his father would be choosing for him. He felt like crying, as he walked into the castle. "Please, this way, King."

Beomgyu followed his father into what seemed like a big library. There were shelves of books almost as tall as the celing.

"Ah, welcome! It has been a while, how have you been?" "I've been well, I hope you've heard. I'm here to meet your daughter, I think my son would love her." 

"It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. I am Prince Choi Beomgyu from Mirador Palace." Beomgyu bowed, one hand in front of his chest.  "So this is your son! He has grown up well, Choi!"  "Beomgyu, this is my long-time friend, Mr. Shin, the King of Sevenburgs Palace."

 Beomgyu bowed again, out of respect. It wasn't often that he'd meet friend's of his dad. "I have two daughters, and I'm sure you'll love both of them. One of them is even the same age as you, isn't that perfect!" Beomgyu faked a laugh, he was hoping these girls were at least a bit more understanding then the ones he had met before. 

"Come, I'll let you privately talk to them while I catch up with your father, just follow my butler, he'll take you there." "Thank you, sir." With one more bow, Beomgyu followed the butler to the room, and took a deep breath before opening it. 

There they were, two girls in fancy gowns with their hands in front of them, waiting for him. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Prince Choi Beomgyu." They both bowed, and Beomgyu bowed back.

"Let's talk more comfortably, yeah? Don't worry about proper etiquette, I just want to talk." "Of course, come sit, there is plenty of room." The taller one responded to Beomgyu. She had long, black hair, which was put in a bun, and big eyes. 

"So, uh, what are your names?" "Not going to lie...you don't seem like you want to be here." The other girl talked. She had shoulder-length hair, and seemed more mature. "It's not that...I just-" Both of them laughed, Beomgyu really couldn't lie.

"It's okay, we don't like these meetings either. They're really dumb, actually." "Right! They're really dum- I mean, no, actually uh-" "Come on! Just admit it, we've waited so long to find someone who agrees with us!"

Beomgyu smiled, happy he found people who thought like him. "Yeah, these meet-ups are dumb!" Beomgyu had waited so long to get it out his chest. "Also, my name is Shin Ryujin, and this is my younger sister, Shin Yuna." Yuna waved, a small smile on her face.

"It's nice to meet you guys. I actually have something to say." "Of course, what is it?" Beomgyu didn't know how he was going to say it, it sounded too soon to just say it, but he needed to.

"My Father told me if I don't find someone to marry by today, he'll choose someone for me. This is the last palace I'm visiting today, which means...if I don't marry one of you, my Father will pick someone for me."

"Don't worry, just because you marry one of us doesn't mean you can't still love someone else. Divorce does exist, and Ryujin has been scolded too for not being married yet!" Yuna was way more calm about this, it was like she'd been waiting for this moment.

"Uh- yeah, if you want to, we can get married. Just, you know, once we find our own loves, we'll find a way out of the marriage." Hesitantly, Ryujin agreed with Yuna. It seemed like Yuna said it without telling Ryujin about anything first. "Don't you think getting out of the marriage is going to be impossible?" 

"We'll find a way, just- do you accept the offer? Or would you rather get married to a girl you know will never understand how you feel?" Yuna smiled while saying the last part, knowing Beomgyu's answer already. 

"Are you crazy, of course! I'll marry Ryujin, let's work together."