Runaway Prince | seongjoong

CH. 1: ROYALS

Seonghwa is a part of a gang.

More like was a part of a gang. But he was damn good at it.

The gang he was associated with in particular was called The Royals- this was a name that was given, not made up. It started off with a small group of individuals, eight to be precise, but those eight were deadly. The leader had been happy with the men he had and didn't want to expand.

So if you asked someone how he got where he is now? No one would have that answer. He went from only having seven men, to having hundreds in what seemed like overnight. They owned practically everything, being the reason for them being called the Royals, and if they didn't own it themselves, they owned the people who did. Those stubborn individuals who tried to keep their own business tended to go missing. Of course, that was the worst case scenario. The best case scenario was that they started missing things;

Homes.
Job.
Fingers.
Toes.
Hands.
Legs.. you get the idea.

It all depended on who you were, what you did, and what you said. Because everyone knows to never disrespect the King. Those who tried, well, they had to deal with Seonghwa. A man known as the King's personal guard or right hand. He didn't take kindly to any form of disrespect towards his king.

Seonghwa was not known by his name, no one in the Royals were. They all had codenames and half of them had never been seen before. At least not by people who were among the living. You should be scared, but also relieved if you see the King and his trusted secondhand, Mars. At least that way you could get out of it.

Possibly.

You may be missing the things listed up above but, depending on what you do and say, you may get out of it with your life.

The others, you're not supposed to see them. So if you do, well, run and NEVER stop.

Everybody knew this but I'll share this with you, just to keep you safe. Don't want you making any mistakes and getting hurt. If you happened to come across someone you thought might belong to the Royals, all you'd have to do is look for their right shoulder. The lessers or newbies were known as guards and are branded with a single sword tattoo sitting diagonal across their right shoulders. Some of the more important higher-ups have two swords crossing each other in the form of an X, they were called the knights.

And if you see a crown, well, that means you've found one of the original eight. seven are referred to as the Princes and the leader as the king. We had already discussed that that's not good.

Now that you're all caught up, let me tell you about Seonghwa. The man who's as deadly as a jellyfish, but as hopelessly in love as a teenager.

With who, you may ask?

Well, with the king. Who else?

Or, as he's better known within the eight as, Hongjoong.

This wasn't really a problem. Especially because he could be as overprotective as he wanted and simply blame it on the fact that he's Hongjoong's right hand. "It comes with the job description." He's told Hongjoong several times in the past when he had been questioned bout it.

But a problem had arose. You see, at some point, Hongjoong and Seonghwa had developed an intimate relationship- in other words, friends with benefits. This had made Seonghwa quite happy, it was all he could want. Seonghwa knew he wouldn't, and couldn't, be in a romantic relationship with Hongjoong. Even if, by some miracle, they felt the some way about each other, they could never be together. It would cause too many problems. At least in Seonghwa's mind.

He was Hongjoong's right hand, nothing more, nothing less.

However, that wasn't the problem.

No, No, No. The real problem is that Seonghwa was currently sitting on his bathroom floor with two positive pregnancy tests lying on the ground in front of him, telling him what he knew and had been ignoring for weeks now. His worst fears had been confirmed.