CAPTIVATED || JEONGCHEOL

ᡣ𐭩 • Eight

"Intoducing his royal highness, crown prince of Dreantis. Yoon Jeonghan!" The master of ceremonies called out to the anticipating audience that stood, clustered around the ballroom.

The angelic male stepped out in front of the crowd. For a moment there was a silence that hung, stranded in the air.

He then fell into a bow and took his seat next to the king as the crowd erupted into an applause. "Praise be to the 17th kingdom!" The crowd yelled in unison before quieting into their own groups.

"Son, I expect you to behave at this ball. There will be many eyes on you tonight so please, just don't cause any trouble." The king whispered to Jeonghan while still smiling at the crowd, his attention fully diverted away from him.

"Yes, father." Jeonghan rolled his eyes in secret.

Like hell I'm gonna behave.

"Go off now to your friends." The king finally landed his gaze upon Jeonghan and shooed him away with his golden hand.

Jeonghan stood up from his seat and bowed to the king. He then made his way down to the floor and met with Hoshi and Seungkwan.

"Where's everyone else?" Jeonghan looked around, whipping his head from side to side.

"On their way to drag Seungcheol to have fun with us, obviously!" Hoshi said as he swiped 2 glasses of champagne from the waiter walking by.

Fun? Seungcheol? I doubt so.

"Fun for me is getting drunk," Seungkwan took one of the glasses and downed it, ruffling his messy hair after. "God, this is the weakest alcoholic beverage I've ever had!"

Hoshi downed the other two and slammed them down on another waiter's tray. "You're right!" Both Seungkwan and Hoshi looked at eachother, a devious smirk curling onto their lips.

Jeonghan looked both of them up and down, his gaze lingering on Seungkwan's messy hair. He bit down hard on his lip, aware of what they were planning.

"I think I know where to find something stronger." In a flash, the two went running, Jeonghan's hands in each of theirs.

I should've predicted this. Double trouble.

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"Just learn to loosen up a bit!" Mingyu gritted his teeth, his grip on Seungcheol's waist, unyielding and strong.

"Seungcheollllll!" Seokmin yelled from below as his fingers tightened around the vampires arms. "Why are you making this harder for us!" Dino cried from between the older's legs as he clinged onto his calf.

Joshua, Minghao, Jun, Wonwoo, Vernon and Woozi stood stunned at the scene unfolding before them.

"Mingyu, stop being such a brute- actually you know what, this is pretty normal." Wonwoo said to Jun and Minghao who nodded in response.

"I should've went with Seungkwan." Vernon muttered under his breath, unaware that Joshua and Woozi were listening. "Ooo! I think Vernon has a crush on Seungkwan." Joshua nudged Vernon's arm.

"Bonbon has a thing for his duke, huh." Woozi teased and giggled with Joshua behind Vernon's back.

Now I really wish I went with Seungkwan.

"Fine, I'll go! Just... get your hands off my dick!" Seungcheol yelled and shook the three off him. Mingyu retracted his hand which was in the middle of slithering its way to Seungcheol's lower area.

"Great." Seokmin clasped his hands together before taking off with Seungcheol's hand in his and dragging him off to the ballroom.

"Okay. Let's get drunk!" Mingyu announced and the others cheered, rushing towards Seokmin and Seungcheol.

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"Moonshine, moonshine, moon... shine!" Seungkwan clutched the golden bottle in his hand and pulled it out from the liquor cabinet.

"Perfect!" Hoshi wrapped his hands around the big bottle and brought it close to his chest as if to guard it.

Jeonghan clicked his tongue and took the bottle out of Hoshi's grip. "Dummies," he flicked both of their heads. "We can't possibly bring this out to the ballroom!"

Hoshi and Seungkwan looked at each other once again and pouted, lowering their heads.

...

"That's why we should bring it to my room!" The three jumped before bumping into the rest of the group.

"W-what's that?" Dino pointed at the large bottle that Jeonghan cradled in his arms. "Secret," he put his finger up to his mouth and signalled everyone to follow him.

The group discreetly creeped up the stairs, past the balcony view of the ballroom and into the castle's left wing.

The breaths that were held released until they came across a maid.

Once again they held their breaths. "What are you boys doing in the left wing during a ball?" Marie's voice echoed through the regal, long and wide hallway.

Jeonghan practically jumped behind Seungcheol which made the rest of them huddle around to guard Jeonghan, or rather... the bottle.

"Just need to fix Jeonghan's shirt, it ripped." Seungcheol lied through his teeth, flashing a fake smile to Marie.

"Oh! If that's so, let me check it. I can get a replacement-"

"That won't be necessary." Joshua stepped forward and took Marie's hand. "We'll take care of it." Joshua winked which charmed Marie to the bone, making her retreat. "Okay..."

She touched her pink cheeks and rushed off. "How do you always do it?" Hoshi tutted and whipped his head to the side in jealousy.

"It's called having charisma, Hoshi." Joshua flicked his imaginary locks as the boys broke into a fit of laughter and continued down the hallway.

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Hi! I'm actually so proud of myself for being so consistent
with this book, probably because I have more time...
I don't know if I'm gonna keep updating "Cat and Mouse" because I legit have no ideas so... if you have any PLEASE say!
Anyway love xx 💖
-kai