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«Your Royal Highness, what happened in the meeting room?» Beomgyu said as he rested his hands on the prince's cheeks to wipe his tears. His weep couldn't stop flowing. The butler let go of his grip as he noticed the younger's face feeling hot. He probably had a temperature.
«Lay down.» Taehyun nodded and proceeded to, as he took off his shoes to lay more comfortably on his bed.
Beomgyu sat down next to him.
The younger took a deep breath to calm himself dowm from the stressful situation.
«I'll have to marry Princess Nari, Beomgyu. That's what has happened.» The prince sobbed.
«Well, I mean... that's good?» The butler answered, his tone a bit unsure.
Taehyun's eyes widened at the latter's reaction. Really? That's good?
Is that all he has got to say?
«What do you mean 'that's good'?!» The prince, anew, had to calm himself down before opening his mouth again. «I don't want to marry her. I thought this was clear, I thought you knew.»
«I guessed you didn't want to, but she looks stunning... what more could you ever ask for?»
«Is beauty all that matters to you?» Taehyun shook his head in disagreement while talking.
«What matters then, tell me.» Beomgyu slyly demanded.
«Prettiness matters as much as personality. Besides, I don't actually know anything about her.»
«Get to know her, I guess.» The older replied shabbily.
«Lost time is never found again. And why do you want me to marry her that much?» The prince was surprised by the butler's reaction. Even though, mostly, he felt upset by it. Why wasn't Beomgyu affected by this matter of importance?
Why would Taehyun even want him to be affected?
However, there was no answer from the other. Instead, the brown-haired boy got up from the bed in which he was sitting and started walking around the room, as in deep thoughts.
The younger continued. «You want to get rid of me, huh?» He smiled widely as he got up.
'Since when getting up started to feel this dizzy?' the prince thought to himself and next thing he knew, his body collapsed on the floor.
«You know that's not... Your Royal Highness! Do you hear me?» The majordomo ran to the unconscious prince.
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Flashback
A few months later their first encounter, the rules were set. Beomgyu couldn't go out of Taehyun's room, but he could go to the garden when Taehyun was around. The brown-haired teen was cool with this, at least he wasn't outside dying... and he really enjoyed the younger's company.
The second rule was 'never use etiquettes'. The prince wanted the older to treat him like any normal person, not like a superior because of their status.
The boys got to know each other better. They were always together, either playing outside or just deep conversating in the prince's bedroom.
They were both laying on the prince's bed. The fair-haired had a book in his hands, which he was reading, while the other had in his hands the ball Taehyun almost lost, he was launching it upwards and then catching it, again and again.
«Taehyun, can I ask why were you crying when we first met? You just lost your ball, what was that about? ...or is this ball special to you?» Beomgyu said as he caught the ball one last time. The prince turned to the older, he stopped reading the book as he stayed silent for a few seconds, processing what the taller asked.
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The prince's Achilles heel - TaeGyu
Romance「Kang Taehyun is the prince of Freeze Kingdom, one of the most powerful kingdoms in Asia. His parents are forcing him to get married to his childhood friend, Princess Nari, who has been crushing on him for the longest time. Men dreamt of going out w...
