"Choose, us or him."
"I would rather marry him! Because he loves me-"
"So you think we don't love you?"
"Love? Keeping me locked up in here is called love? That's a bullshit you said there, Sunghoon."
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Sunghoon's POV
"Whoa, what's with you Hoon?" My brother lifts his eyebrow, reminding me of how that girl pissed me off. What does Heeseung sees in her anyway? She's hot, I give you that, but she's getting on my nerves everytime. Or maybe I'm just tempramental? Maybe both.
"That girl is a pain in my ass. Seriously, do you think she's worth it?"
He shrugs and sits up from my bed. For a second, I wonder why he's here in the first place. I look at him weirdly, truthfully our personality is slightly different. He's a total sunshine, while I'm a jerk, sometimes. My brother doesn't get upset easily and always thinks in a different perspective. But he's just the same as all of us when it comes to posession. He may be a sweetheart, but lord will he let you live if you even talk to another men except us.
"Give her some time, brother. She might be scared by us. I mean, imagine seven guys wanting to have you. You would do the same as she did, it was just, I don't know, survival instinct?"
"Survival instinct my ass, you really think making us mad will help her survive?" He ponders and eventually nods his head.
"True, but you gotta be patient Sunghoon. That way she will warm up to you in no time. I hadn't meet her in a while, though. Does Heeseung will let her come out?"
This time I shrug explaining how I got kicked out of the room from being too harsh at her. Now that I think of it, my comments were pretty harsh and kind of hurtful if I was in her place. Jaeyun sighs and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Hoon, you should apologize to her. I know we might be a little bit crazy but we never point out someone's economical state. That's just rude, the Queen and our Moms never taught us to be like that. That's Father's thing, you don't wanna be like him right?" I grimace at the thought of being like Father. Thinking of him instantly disgust me, I would rather burn in hell than be like him.
"Yeah I think I should, thanks Jaeyun. Wanna play cricket?" Getting a fresh air might be good.
"Don't ask no more, let's go!"
Third Person's POV
"And I believe you know this place very well."
It had been fifteen minutes since the oldest Prince brought the girl around the Palace, and they were now in a place where you can find the cooks and food stocks. But Seonhwa was getting pretty stuffy from the closed place and she really need a fresh air right now. Tugging Heeseung's arm as he was being distracted by the cooks making delicious meal, he immediately looked down on the girl beside him. Head cocked to the side indicates her to speak.
"Can we go out the garden?" Reluctantly, Heeseung agreed and shrugs off his concern about her making a run once they're out. But that's impossible to do since the drawbridge was always raised except if they're going out to the downtown or there are visitors.
Once they were out of the hall and heads towards the big and wide backyard garden, the different one from the maze one. Cold breeze instantly hit her face, she inhaled the fresh and cool air, feeling delighted from the fresh view. Seeing that there were some of the brothers out here as well. She counted there were six of them, including Heeseung. She thought she maybe counted wrong as she remembered the night when she was getting escorted out of the ballroom, there were seven of them. Where would the other one be?
Two of the brothers were playing cricket, one of them being Sunghoon who she slightly afraid of because of his cold feature and his harsh words earlier really did pierced through her heart. She looked to someone who was sprawled on the ground, his arm covering his eyes from the sun. Probably took a nap there, Seonhwa wouldn't blame him, she would fell asleep as well because the cool breeze made her a little sleepy.
And there were the last two of the brothers at the horse stable that's pretty distant from where she were but still could see the two brushing and feeding the stallions.
She noticed that Sunghoon and the other one acknowledge her presence out here. Heeseung beckoned them over, Seonhwa was scared of Sunghoon insulting her again and she hid behind Heeseung. Understanding her action, Heeseung caressed her hand saying that it will be okay. Both of the brothers stopped playing and walked towards the oldest and the girl.
The one with the pretty smile moves forward and bend down to her level, peeking over Heesung's body. He offered a hand and nods reassuringly that he won't hurt her. She put her hand shakily and surprisingly he kissed the back of your hand as a part of courting a lady.
"I'm Sim Jaeyun, nice to see you out here m'lady." Bloods streamed through her face, yeah she definitely prefer this one over Sunghoon. She nods and Jaeyun backed away, still keeping the smile plastered on his face.
"Sunghoon, I believe you wanna tell something to Seonhwa right here." The girl looked up to the oldest and he noticed her looking at him but he just smiled and ushering her to come out from his back and holding her in front of him facing Sunghoon.
She crossed her hand and looked to the side, she didn't said any sarcastic remarks, afraid Heeseung will get upset at her too because of breaking the rules too often. Sunghoon started with a sigh and slightly bowed to her.
"I apologize for my insensitive action earlier, I have no rights to point out your economical state like that and calling you name. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, I promise I won't do it again." He held out a his pinky ring, tilts his head to side where she was facing, making eye contact at her and smiled softly.
Honestly, she blamed her heart for bringing down her guard so easily just because of a mere smile. But her lips unknowingly turned upwards by itself, and her pinky ring interlocked with his. Then someone suddenly coughs, they all looked at the source of the sound turned out to be the youngest who had been asleep there.
"Your voices woke me up," He groaned and got up from the ground. Dusted off his trousers from the dirt. Took a glance at the girl, and offered a hand, bowed slightly and grins, his eyes dissapearing.
"I'm Nishimura Riki, nice to finally see you like this after a week being locked up." Riki retorts back, hinting at Heeseung's choice of locking her up for a whole week. Riki's impatience of wanting to meet and talk to her, do things with her or just keeping him company. But instead, his brother locked her up to his dislike. Heeseung shyly apologize, the girl laughed a little and instead of being mad, the boys laugh with her.
"From now on you can roam all you want in here. We don't want you to feel like a prisoner. And my brothers are eager to be with you, feel free to come to us when you need something."
