Runaway Prince |Choi Beomgyu|

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The king walked into the bedroom, quietly handing his robe to one of the maids in the room who was waiting for him to arrive.

The queen sat in her chair as she sipped tea, waiting for him to talk, but the man didn't feel like going through the motions with her as he sat down, waiting for his bath to be set up.

"How is he?" She asked quietly as she grabbed some of the crackers on the table. "Tell me about that bar."

"It's rowdy. And loud. Pretty stressful to be in there." He informed as he laid his head back against the couch with a sigh.

The queen was happy to hear those words, as the fact that the place was rowdy and loud should be unappetizing enough for the prince to want to come back home.

"But he's smiling more than ever. Everyone loves him there. He's happy."

"He can't be."

The king immediately knew those would be her words.

"He's in love."

"So what? He's young, that villager is the first girl he's been close to, he can live without her and meet someone else." The queen said harshly as she shook her head. "The lady is still around. He liked her!"

"He liked her as a person, not a lover." The king said patiently as he opened his eyes once the bathroom door opened.

"Your bath is ready, sire."

"Leave the kid alone, he's happy. He loves her, she... seems to love him too."

The queen stayed quiet as he stood from the armchair and walked towards the bathroom, before stopping at the door.

He stared at his wife for a few seconds before tilting his head.

"I want him home too. I'm worried just as much as you are. But he's not content being in the castle, he's not happy here. And we want him to be happy, that's the most important thing. Right?" He said softly as the queen stared at her tea in thought.

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"Odd or even?" Luna questioned in a whisper as she looked up at Beomgyu who kept his eyes closed.

They have been lying in bed for the longest time since they woke up, playing hand games.

The gentle morning sun was booming into the room through the curtains and the light breeze was blowing in.

"Odd or even?" She asked again, an amused smile on her lips as she held up three fingers.

Her head was on his warm chest and his arms around her as he caressed her shoulder.

"Odd."

She quickly tried to change it to four fingers before he opened his eyes, but he immediately knew that she was trying to cheat and grasped her hand in his.

"Stop cheating!" He said as he pinched her side, making her giggle.

"I wasn't cheating."

"Yes you are!"

"I'm not." She smirked happily as he laid on top of her, placing her hands over her head.

He narrowed his eyes at her, before looking at her chest.

"Are they heavy?"

"What? My chest?" She burst out in chuckles as he intertwined their fingers. "No?"

"Can I touch them?"

"What?" She stared at him in slight shock, but trying not to laugh even more than before at how genuinely curious he seemed to be. "What's wrong with you?"