royal blood | sim jaeyun ✓

seven🩸

Miyeon woke up to find herself inside her bed. Confused at first, the memories of last night came flooding back towards her. Jungwoo biting her neck. How helpless and pathetic she was. And how someone came and stopped him.

Miyeon immediately went to go and touch her neck but realised there was nothing there. No bite mark. No excruciating pain. Nothing. She was puzzled by this. Did Jungwoo not bite her? Was that all just a bad dream?

"You're quite the sleeper, are you not Miyeon?" Miyeon turned around to see Jaeyun sitting by her desk. "Jaeyun! Uh why are you here?" Jaeyun stood from his chair and began walking towards your bed his mouth with his usual cold demeanour. "I saved you from my brother killing you."

"So that wasn't some shitty dream," she muttered under her breath. Miyeon looked at herself and noticed that she was wearing her pink nightgown which she was sure she wasn't wearing before she passed out. Her cheeks flustered pink immediately, "Do not tell me that you-"

"Of course not," he responded quick and bluntly. "I got that maid of yours to do it for me instwad. What's her name? Haewon? Hyejin?

"Harin."

"Ah yes Harin"

Miyeon rolled her eyes in annoyance. "If you are going to be living here Jaeyun, at least have some decency to remember the servant's names." "Yes of course," replied Jaeyun sarcastically. Seems like he's back to being an arse.

"What happened to the bite? It's like it disappeared." Jaeyun let out a small laugh, "Just a bit of vampire magic that's all." Course it was. "Well thanks...for helping I guess. Is Jungwoo going to get in trouble with it?"

Jaeyun sighed, "No he won't. You see as Jungwoo is the eldest child or 'the favourite child', my parents will see this as nothing wrong and only as him just feeding. So don't bother telling your parents about this."

Miyeon nodded. She didn't want to cause any issues and wanting this engagement to go as smoothly as possible. "What do you think of me?"asked Miyeon out of the blue. "What do you mean by that Miyeon?" That question threw Jaeyun off a bit. "I don't understand you Jaeyun. One moment you're so cold and distant and then the next you're saving my ass."

Jaeyun felt out a small laugh. "I only did that because you're my bride-to-be and I need you alive for that. This marriage is only for political reasons so I do not feel anything. Not one bit." Jaeyun start to walk toward the bedroom door. Miyeon hurriedly got out of her bed.

"You know that's not true Jaeyun. When I slapped you, you just brushed it off like nothing knowing well if it was anyone else they would be dead by now. You helped me when Jiwoo was giving me a hard time because of that. You literally saved me from dying by your brother. I know you care and you are not some heartless monster Jaeyun so why can't you just admit that?"

Jaeyun fell silent. Miyeon was right and he knew it himself that she was right. Miyeon wasn't like any girl he had met before. She was kind. She cared about others and wasn't full of herself like the girls back home. And on top of that, she was beautiful. Jaeyun felt as if he had gone soft. He cared about Miyeon. But he couldn't admit that. How could he?He would be an embarrassment to Sim family dynasty and the gap between him and Jungwoo would get bigger and bigger.

Without saying a word, Jaeyun left Miyeon's bedroom slamming the door behind him.