EXO TALES

{5} The Princess and the Pea

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to find a princess,

Sehun appeared.

"Why am I always a prince? Can't I have a non-royalty character next time?"

Anything for you oppa!

but she would have to be a real princess.

So he traveled all around the world to find one, but there was always something wrong.

"Why don't you like me, Sehun?"

"No offense hyung. Because of you a lot was choosing XiuHan over HunHan."

"Why don't you like me, Sehun?"

"I do not dislike you, Baekhyun hyung. But from the information that is entering my head, because you're too clingy."

"Why don't you like me, Sehun?"

"Because I love you Luhan hyung /smirks/."

"Shut up."

"Why don't you like me, Sehun?"

"Don't hit me okay? Because you're too scary."

There were princesses enough, but he could never be sure that they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not quite right. So he came home again and was sad, for he so much wanted to have a real princess.

"What's problem with them? If you dressed Luhan hyung and the other bottoms they would looked definitely like a princess, you know?"

Other bottoms? What the... where did you learn that?!

"..."

One evening there was a terrible storm. It thundered and lightninged! The rain poured down! It was horrible! Then there was knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to open it.

"Aren't I the prince? Why am I here instead of the old king?"

Don't know myself...

A princess was standing outside. But my goodness, how she looked from the rain and the weather! Water ran down from her hair and her clothes. It ran into the toes of shoes and out at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

"Let me in! It's so cold out here... if you don't I'll wushu you."

"Hey, I'm the prince here so give me some respect."

"Well, we shall soon find that out," thought the old king. But she said nothing, went into the bedroom, took off all the bedding and laid a pea on the bottom of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea,

"What? But that's so heavy... /aegyo/"

... You lowly mattresses float on the air and fix yourself.

and then twenty featherbeds of eiderdown on top of the mattresses.

"I feel so special. By the way, let's take a selca later, Hun. And then upload it on instagram."

"Fine. But treat me some Bubble Tea later."

"But I'm staying in China..."

"I don't care. Buy me Bubble Tea or else I won't talk to you again."

"What a bossy maknae."

That was where the princess was to sleep for the night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, horribly!" she said. "I hardly closed my eyes all night. Goodness knows what there was in the bed! I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It is horrible!"

"How did you even know that there's something on your bed?" Sehun asked blankly.

"I don't know but I'm not that sensitive." Tao said before pouting.

Now they could see that she was a real princess, because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty featherbeds. Nobody but a real princess could be that sensitive.

"That's lie... no princess could be that sensitive."

"Yeah. Who in this world can feel that tiny pea through those mattresses and featherbeds?"

So the prince took her for his wife, because now he knew that he had a real princess. And the pea was put in the art gallery where it can still be seen, unless someone has taken it.

THE END

"I'm such a playboy." Sehun said while standing beside Tao wearing a black suit.

"Where are you, Narrator?!" Tao yelled angrily while wearing a long white wedding gown.

Pfft. You can't find me. By the way, you're so beau-pfft... beautiful-hahahahahah!

"How dare you chose Tao over me Sehunnie!" Baekhyun yelled while imitating Tao's annoyed face.

"After all the food that I cooked for you... you ungrateful maknae." D.O said while crossing his arms and giving Sehun an annoyed look.

"Excuse you but I'm not jealous." Luhan said while raising his brow.

You little liar.

"Stay out of this, Narrator."

Yeah right. Fine. Whatever.

"I looks so good in this dress!"

Everyone stares at Xiumin blankly.

"Don't the get wrong idea. It's just that I look like Sohee of Wonder Girls."