our royal scandal | yeonbin

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"don't you dare give me that attitude!" the queen said, glaring at the boy rolling his eyes at his parents. the boy was the prince of the kingdom, choi soobin. barely 23 years old and already getting talked into an arranged marriage

"but mother! i only have a few more months until graduati-"

"exactly." she uttered. "that's why you need to get married soon."

"what about a job?-"

"oh please don't be joking now. the royals can't do these peasantry acts." she said, frowning.

"how is getting a job a peas-"

"enough soobin!" she yelled, "you're getting married, and that's final. you can't talk me out of this. and they're coming for dinner. be ready" she uttered, giving a deathly glare at the boy before walking out, making the boy sigh in defeat.

"i wish i was never born into this family." he said, digging his hands into his forehead.

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he picked up the perfume, praying some on his wrist and his nape. he looked at his reflection in the mirror, fixing his blue hair. it was parted at the centre, completely exposing his forehead. this kind of hairstyle was certainly new to the prince since he had bangs, but stylist jennie convinced him he looked amazing.

he sprayed some more perfume on his black suit before heading out of his room, but he felt like he forgot something. oh, odi! he quickly went to the other room beside his to meet his pet hedgedog. he was deeply connected to the pet. he was kind of sad that it had to be away from him most of the time because according to the king it was "unsanitary" to keep a pet in his room.

he was greeted by the tiny spiky creature cutely speedwalking to him. he picked up the creature carefully and rubbed its belly. "wish me luck, odi~" he smiled, his adorable dimples popping out before keeping the pet down, waving a little bye to it as he shut the door close.

"soobin, you're here?" he was greeted by his younger brother, beomgyu as he was walking down the stairs.

"yeah." he awkwardly smiled in return.

"look. i know you don't want this either. but endure it for a while, I'll try to talk mom and dad out of this." the brunette smiled at the taller, gently patting his back.

"thanks beom." soobin smiled in return. "are they about to arrive?"

"yes they are." the boys bowed as they noticed the king walk into the frame. "no need to bow, come, they will be here any minute" he said, leading the two boys into the bigger living room, specially for the guests.

soobin smiled seeing his 2 step-brothers sitting across each other on the sofas. taehyun and huening kai. they both waved a little hi at the older. however, this moment was interrupted by the doorbell ringing.

soobin quickly stood up, fixing his suit. the 3 siblings also stood up. the servants opened the door, revealing a royal couple, a girl and a boy, looking around the same age as soobin.

the 2 kings and queens greeted each other before sitting down on the sofas. "it's very nice to meet you all in person" the king said, smiling at the guests. he elbowed soobin, to which soobin reacted, opening his mouth to speak.

"i-i am choi soobin. nice to meet you" he bowed at the royal couple, earning a bow from them back from them in return.

"you didn't tell us your son was this handsome." the other queen laughed, making soobin blush at the compliment.

"i am choi yewon. you can call me arin. nice to meet you." the girl greeted the boy, to which he replied "nice to meet you too"

"i see a new face here i didn't see last time, is this your son?" the queen asked the other queen.

"so this was planned already? shit." soobin thought.

his thought was interrupted when he heard an unfamiliar voice speak. "oh I'm choi yeonjun, arin's twin brother. I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier." he awkwardly smiled.

"we need to marry him off after arin as well. he is turning 24 soon enough." the other king said, making yeonjun quietly whine.

"so why don't we leave the two soon to be fiances alone for some time? maybe they can have a conversation? we can show you around the mansion at the mean time" the queen said.

"sure, that's a good idea." the other queen said as the 2 royal couples got up along with yeonjun. the servants opened the exit to the living room. arin cleared her throat as she heard the steps fading in distance.

"so... we are gonna be fiances soon" she said, lowering her head a bit while she blushed to which soobin responded with an uninterested hum.

"do you... want to get to know each other?" arin asked the prince, flashing him her contagious smile.

"yeah... sure-" soobin said awkwardly, not wanting to keep the conversation going. "I'll be back i need to go to the washroom" he excused himself, quickly running to the balcony upstairs leaving the girl confused.

"i thought he was going to the bathroom?" she mumbled quietly and frowned.

soobin locked the doors of the balcony and sighed, holding the white railings of the balcony. "i don't want this." he mumbled and grabbed his hair in frustration, messing it up.

"hey." the taller flinched as he heard the deep voice behind him, turning around to face the voice.

"shit you scared me- oh." he bowed as an apology. "no need to bow. I'm gonna be your brother in law anyways" the older cheekily smirked. "i heard you mumble about not wanting something..."

"oh don't mind that" soobin awkwardly smiled "i think I'll leave-" he said, trying to run away from the awkward scene he just created. why did i have to meet him here. fuck.

"you know... for a prince you're pretty shy." the older uttered, making the taller turn around. "huh?" he mumbled, obviously confused.

yeonjun pulled himself closer to soobin, their noses almost touching. soobin blushed furiously, looking away from the older to avoid eye contact.

the older tilted his head, smiling at the taller who was a red tomato at that point. "you better take care of my sister, future brother in law." he released from the taller, patting his shoulder before walking out of the balcony.

after he left, soobin gasped for air and held his chest that was beating like crazy. "fuck. what's with this guy..." he mumbled, fixing his air. he completely forgot his parents were waiting downstairs. he ran out of the balcony.

"soobin! where were you?" kai whisper yelled as he approached him "i don't know... this guy is just so weird... ugh I'll explain later" he said before he speedwalked to the living room, kai later following him as well.

"sorry i took so long." he bowed at the guests.

"soobin-sshi, did you have a good talk with arin?" the other queen asked.

"...yeah- we did" soobin fake smiled and looked at arin who looked obviously a bit disappointed. he mumbled a little "sorry" to her to which she nodded.

the king coughed in the awkward atmosphere "why don't we settle in the dining hall? it's getting pretty late as well."

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hey yall 😭 so i had this scenario in my head when i was supposed to be studying biology so here i am writing a fanfiction instead of studying yay :))) ALSO i didn't know what formal name to use for the arin's family cuz they're both choi 😭 SO I APOLOGISE IF THIS WAS CONFUSING TO READ.