𝘈𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘻 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴

C. Jongho

"Your Highness, your mother wishes to see you," the maid says as she walks out of the room.

You already know why your mother is calling you, "Yes mother?"  You ask as soon as you enter her room, "You called?"

"Darling, Y/N, please change. We have some guests coming over," your mother replied. These so-called guests were most probably another royal family coming to see you. See you for marriage. 

"Alright," you sighed. You couldn't possibly refuse. It was your mother, and in this castle, it goes according to her rules.

You saw the beautiful midnight blue gown hanging from the door of your closet and you walked towards it, mesmerized. This is perfect. you thought

You didn't want to wear it to please some prince but for yourself. It would look perfect on you. It's for yourself.

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You'd have to say, the time went by very quickly after you started getting ready. It was already time for the family to arrive. "Your Highness. Your mother is calling you downstairs to meet the royal family," the maid said.

Usually, if the prince would be narcissistic you'd do or say something hideous to make them leave. Or refuse the offer of marriage. 

You enter the meeting room and see a, rather, handsome prince, who smiles at you, as soon as he sees you. "Good afternoon, Your Highness," he bowed a little.

You found yourself smiling as you bowed back, "Please. Just Y/N is fine."

"What a beautiful name," he took your hands in his and pressed a small kiss to the back of it. "I'm Jongho," his smile went even wider as he made eye contact. Such a small action, yet it still gave you butterflies. 

"Alright then, Y/N darling. Please give Jongho a small tour around the town," your mother smiled.

"Of course! Please, follow me, Jongho!" you said, as you stepped out of the room.

You greeted the townspeople as you walked around with Jongho. "Looks like they enjoy your company," Jongho said, as a little girl handed you an apple. 

"Yeah. Do you like apples? Wait, I'll go get this cut in half," you say with a smile.

"Oh, there's no need. Hand me the apple," Jongho replied. You were confused as to why he said that but you handed him the apple anyway.

You were left astonished as he broke the apple into two with his bare hands. "Wow." You mumbled.

He blushed and handed you one-half of the fruit. "Thank you," you said, "but seriously, how'd you do that?"

He smiled, "Workout?" You chuckled at his response and nodded.

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It was almost dinner time when you two arrived back at the castle, laughing and giggling. "Looks like you two had a good time," your mother smiled. 

You both looked at each other and chuckled, "We did," Jongho answered. 

"Alright, Jongho. We should leave now," his mother smiles at you before looking at him, "It's getting quite late."

"Your Highness. How about you have dinner with us? And also stay a night?" you ask.

"Well... It's a very sudden plan and we don't have our nightgowns, darling."

"Well, don't worry about it! We have tons of nightgowns made of the finest silk. Specially designed and sewn by our professional tailors," you reply. "Would you like to stay?"