It's Definitely You|| PSH

17.

The team returned to a shining house and the smell of a delicious warm meal waiting for them. They entered the dining hall, starving and tired to be met with the sight of Pearl serving the dishes as Seonghwa cleaned the kitchen.

'Meat!' San groaned before dropping all the traps he had set for Hongjoong for revenge on the floor. The captain shuddered as he saw the super sharp knives that clanged on being dropped, thanking the heavens that the prince chose to show mercy as he joined him after washing his hands. Everyone ate in silence, too tired to utter a single word after running around the town for the whole day. Not Wooyoung though, he had different plans.

'So, when are you two getting married?' Seonghwa choked on his rice, startled by the silver-haired instigator of all chaos' question.

'Wooyoung!' Pearl groaned, patting her boyfriend's back as she handed her a cup of water.

'What? It's a valid question!' he insisted, turning his attention back to the choking spy who was trying to avoid his gaze at all costs. 'So, when's the marriage?' He asked again, snickering at the deep red that spread over Seonghwa's face all the way to his ears and neck.

'I mean,' He started, 'It's a bit too soon to be thinking of marriage.'

'So you don't plan on marrying her?' Wooyoung snapped.

'No!' Seonghwa's eyes shot back to Wooyoung as he tried to clarify what he meant.

'No?' Wooyoung exclaimed.

'I mean yes!'

'What?' Pearl cried.

'I mean that it's a very serious commitment and I don't think we're ready for it yet. We met not even two months ago and I think we need more time than that to decide. Besides the situation right now is not ideal- Hey! you're just pulling my leg!' He stopped his monologue and huffed at the clearly snickering bodyguard causing the table to break into laughter. Seonghwa pouted at his teammates, going back to his curry and rice and shoving mouthfuls as he tried to avoid meeting anyone's eyes at the table.

'Hey! You'll choke like that!' Wooyoung finally gave his teasing a rest, stopping the spy from shoving his mouth full of plain rice.

'Ah! I feel lonely now that there's a couple in the team.' Mingi sighed, secretly eyeing the Golden-haired beanpole who sat right next to him before leaning his head on San dramatically. Seonghwa was sure he heard his partner mumble a low 'I could help with that,' followed by a string of jealousy-filled colourful words addressed to the poor clueless prince. He had to hold himself back from slapping the back of his head, opting to curse at his idiocy and obliviousness in his head instead.

'Please don't tell me you're that lovey-dovey, affectionate type of couple,' Jongho begged the two, visibly shuddering at the thought of his senior and the princess being all mushy right in front of his salad. Jongho was, as Yeosang liked to call him, allergic to happy couples. In fact, his favourite pastime hobby back home was observing couples frolicking around in parks and marketplaces and sending them judgemental looks so, one could guess what observing one up close like this would do to his mental health.

'Oh, don't worry about that! We're completely cool.' Pearl reassured them as she passed them their desserts to end the meal.

They were, in fact, not cool at all. Jongho felt nauseous as he witnessed the scene of the princess sitting on his senior's lap, both of them cosied up in a warm blanket as Yunho went over the details of the plan. 'Since Seonghwa here is adamant about not letting princess go near Ember,' Yunho pointed at the spy who was all but melting into the tangle of couch cushions, blankets and Pearl, secretly cringing on the inside watching his friend since childhood be so...weird. He couldn't think of a better word; everything about this situation was so weird to him. The fact that Seonghwa is actually dating, that somehow his sleep-deprived old hag attitude landed him a princess, that he's letting Pearl get so into his personal space; It seems as if the invisible wall he built around himself for all these years doesn't exist for the princess. As if to prove his point, Pearl turned to land a loud smooch on her boyfriend's cheek. That was something he'd need to get used to. He coughed, raising his eyebrow at the couple who was lost in their own world. 'If your shameless display of affection is done, should we get back to the plan?'