A Servant to the Princes

Chapter XIX

Late at night, Jisoo woke up to having an extremely dry throat. He got out of bed and started walking to the kitchen. He scratched the back of his head and yawned while walking over to the large refrigerator and poked his head inside, searching for any beverage. At last, he settled with an apple juice.

Closing the refrigerator door, Jisoo slightly opened his mouth and let the water to hydrate his dried out throat. After finishing the bottle of juice, he then started to notice the light from the living room was on. Finding himself feeling curious, he cautiously walked in the room, "Who's that?!"

"Hyung, it's me." Answered Mingyu in a whisper tone.

Jisoo sighed. He was relieved that it was just Mingyu, and not some intruder trying to rob his house.

"You... gave a fright. It's already this late, what are you doing here?"

"...made him cry...." Mingyu replied, his voice came out as a faint whisper instead.

"What?"

'This kid... is he at the puberty stage?'

"I didn't meant to hurt his feelings and made him cry. I don't want him to hate me but I don't know what to do when I truly like him a lot." Mingyu replied softly, sadness displayed in his eyes as he lowered his head.

Jisoo sighed, "Then say it out. Tell that person straight. It won't do you a thing if you just sit here. You are wasting time if you just drag it on, so just confess."

Taking a sip of his juice, he added, "Furthermore, the guys wooing him definitely won't wait for you."

'Guys, wooing him! Indeed, I can't go on and wait like this. I am not going to give Jeonghan to the guy that gave him the ring!' Mingyu thought as he abruptly stood up.

"No way! Just wait huh, Ring boy! I'm not letting you off!!"

"Ring? What are you talking about?" Jisoo asked but he was clearly ignored by his younger brother who were currently in his own world, saying things like, "Work hard!! Remain this way!! I have decided!!"

Jisoo sighed for the nth time that night and wished Mingyu a good luck before he went to bed.

...

The next day, Jeonghan received a message from Mingyu when he was at school, saying;

Come and look for me at the company after school.

    -Mingyu

Shrugging it off, he just decided to go for it, but now that he was standing outside the company building, he could feel himself feeling scared and nervous, "What does he wants from me now?"

"Could it be revenge for the slap yesterdag? Or there's a scar on his face and the manager is going reprimand me." He panicked, as his feet moved along inside the building into the hallway.

'He told me to head to the changing room.'

He looked around until he found the door to the room. He stepped closer and peeked inside only to get startled by someone touching him on his shoulder from behind. Turning around, he was faced with 2 women smiling brightly at him.

"You must be Jeonghan. We were waiting for you, come on in."

"Heh?"

'What...what's going on?'