Forbidden // Yeongyu FF

25. Calm Before The Storm Pt.2

The Palace stairs were steeper then they ever were, as Beomgyu took heavy steps down them. He was the one at fault, he was the prince, and he was the one to be doing this alone. The more Beomgyu thought about it, the more his head hurt from the pressure. The whole village was going to be there, and Beomgyu was going to be alone, trying to convince everyone there!

"I hope you take some knowledge from your past mannerism lessons, Beomgyu. I'm counting on you to make things right." Beomgyu sighed, "Yes Father, you don't have to worry. I'll make things   more then alright."

As Beomgyu said that, the carriage's first jolt of movement occured. Now it would only be a matter of minutes before they'd arrive at the Hall. Beomgyu was too nervous to look up, playing with his fingers in his lap. No sleep was really coming back to haunt him now.

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"Yooo Yeonjun, what's up!"

"You have the audacity to come in here acting like nothing happened Wooyoung? Really?"

"Aye, come on! I know you went through a lot, but I'm just so happy you're alive!"

"Thank the King. And anyways, it's not over yet. Beomgyu is going to talk to all the villagers today. I can't miss the meeting, I'm going."

"What made you think I'm not going? I brought my whole crew to go!" Wooyoung flipped his head to the trapdoor on the roof. It opened, and one after another, people were coming down. Yeonjun barely could even count the amount of people, it was a whole group!

"Yeonjun, meet the gang! This is what happens when you don't attend any get-togethers, you don't know anyone here, do you? That's because you reject every single one of my offers to attend parties!"

Yeonjun was rubbing his temples, looking at the crowd of people now in his living room. "Wooyoung, you do understand we're well-known criminals, right? As soon as we walk in, the hot topic is going to be us!"

"Come on, we'll disguise ourselves! Me and the gang just wanted to support you! Look, this is  Hongjoong, San, Yunho, Jongho, Seonghwa, Mingi, and Yeosang. They're the people I've been trying to get you to meet for years!"

"Wooyoung, no-"

"Choi Yeonjun! It's a great pleasure to finally meet you, the best one of us." A guy wearing a sleeveless suit stepped forward, his hair was all slicked-back, and he was quite tall. He had his hand out, waiting for Yeonjun to take it. "Ah, yes. The pleasure is all mine, but right now is really not the time for intro-"

"I'm San, and I promise none of us will get caught in the Hall.. Come on, you never came to any of our parties, let us come and we'll all forgive you."

Yeonjun looked down, right now was really not the time to be thinking about this. "Okay, come with me to the hall. Just don't cause a ruckus, and DO NOT get caught."

"You heard that boys? We're going to that Hall!"

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"Prince, it's time to get up now. We've arrived at the Hall, and the King has requested that you rehearse what you'll say." Beomgyu rubbed his eyes and looked at the blurry face in front of him. "Hueningkai?" "Yes, prince. It's me, we have arrived at the Hall." Covering his mouth, Beomgyu let out a yawn. Was he that tired that he'd fallen asleep while coming to the Hall?

Stretching his body out, Beomgyu stepped out of the carriage. The time was drawing closer and closer, and Beomgyu couldn't stop feeling anxious. He decided he would listen to his Father's advice for once and rehearse. The least he could do was practice his speech so he wouldn't stutter in front of everyone.

Pacing around back and forth, Beomgyu rehearsed his lines outside of the Hall. Actually, he didn't really have any lines established, he just hoped that everything would work out in the end as long as he remembered the key points he needed to talk about.

Technically, this would be Beomgyu's first speech since his 18th birthday. That speech was okay, since it really was to just say thank you to the guests for coming. Instead of a speech about gratefulness this time around though, it would be about asking for forgiveness. How fun.

'What am I thinking? No, you're not going to ask for forgiveness! You're going to stand up for yourself and persuade everyone to be on your side!'

"Prince? It's time now. The people are to be arriving in approximately 5 minutes."

With a startled expression, Beomgyu looked to see Hueningkai again calling for him. He immediately relaxed his posture, and kept his hands behind his back.

"Ah, yeah. I'll be there, just give me a minute." 

'Deep breaths, Beomgyu. Deep breaths. That was the way to calm down...right?'

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"Okay everyone, listen! We are going to walk in there and act like normal civilians, not like criminals...you got that?" 

Walking with Wooyoung was embarrassing enough, but now Yeonjun really felt like he was on a school field trip. He barely remembered his school days, but Wooyoung was definitely bringing back unwanted memories with the way he was talking.

"Wooyoung, they got it. Stop babying them, because like this, you're going to be caught." Wooyoung showed an overdramatic expression on his face, and gasped at Yeonjun, "How dare you! I'm trying to help out the gang!"

"Yeah no."

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Y'all i'm sorry the chapter is so short. I promise the next chapter will be more interesting! 😭

Anyways, I put that song in the beginning 'cause I fell in love with it. Like truly, Ateez did RIGHT with this song. Inception is sooo good, and I wanted to stan Ateez even prior to knowing about this song but now likeeee i'm really interested. Like OH MY GOD the way Wooyoung MOVES during his part like okay you're in love, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR ME?? Uh, anyways, this is my first time ranting like this- oop anyways PLEASE LISTEN TO INCEPTION. 

I'll even link it again here for you so you won't forget <33

OKAY GOODBYE LY