Royal Gayness || Chanbaek au

Prologue

200 years ago, there was a final war between North and South Korea, and the South won. In turn, a new society was created to unite both parts of the country.

This monarch country is now a peaceful country ruled by a royal family everyone loves.

People were ranked in society by their last names. Commoners had the last names Park and Kim. Nobles had the last names Oh and Nam. And the few handful of royals had the last name Byun.

The current Byun family consists King Joo-Hyuk, Queen Jisoo, and their only heir Prince Baekhyun.

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6 years old Baekhyun was running in the woods behind the castle, where he knows he is not supposed to play in. He had been studying all day under his nanny's very watchful eye and had finally managed to escape the castle when a maid had dropped a plate and the nanny rushed to help her.

He loved the woods because the musky scent it has was his favorite scent in the world. He also loved how the woods never seemed to be absolutely silent, with animal noises always echoing around, a huge contrast to the castle walls he lived in.

Beyond the woods was a long trail that would lead you right to the mainland, Baekhyun knew that, but he had never actually gone there himself. He was told from a very young age that entry to the mainland for the prince was strictly forbidden until he reached seventeen years old. He never knew why, but since his father took it upon himself to tell Baekhyun personally, he assumed that it must be really scary out there.

Heading to his usual spot, which was a clearing by a river surrounded by bushes of Baekhyun's favorite food, blackberries, Baekhyun took off the layers of his clothes until all that was left was his tanktop and drawers. He hated the amount of clothes he had to wear.

Dipping his feet in the water, he ate his blackberries and sang to himself when suddenly the bushes behind him rustled.

Excited, he quickly stood up and threw his berries into the river before running towards the bush. The last time there was movement in a bush Baekhyun had found a rabbit and was hoping to find another one.

When a human legged appeared out of the bush, Baekhyun screamed and fell backwards.

The leg was accompanied by another leg, and then arms until finally the entire body appeared. The leg that scared Baekhyun belonged to a boy that looked to be Baekhyun's age only he was dressed in what Baekhyun could describe as a beanbag. All in all he was very dirty.

Was this a commoner? Baekhyun stared at the boy who was giving him the exact same surprised look.

It was silent for a while until Baekhyun couldn't help himself, "Who are you?"

The dirty boy looked unsure whether he should answer the prince. "I am Yeol." He finally answered.

Baekhyun decided Yeol looked to young to be a worker from the palace, and to dirty. His mother would have a heart attack.

"Are you a commoner?" He asked.

Yeol shrugged. "Are you a knight?"

Baekhyun was confused now. "A knight? Do you not know who I am?"

Yeol stepped back. "Yes, a knight. They talk funny like you and take you away when you do something bad. Please don't take me away I didn't do anything."

Baekhyun rolled his eyes. "I am not a knight. And I am not going to take you away. So you are a commoner. What are you doing here Yeol?"

Yeol looked around the woods before shrugging again, something that bothered Baekhyun, "I live here." He said simply, as if he had just told Baekhyun his favorite color.