The Wrong Prince on the White Horse (Seventeen/Hoshi fanfic)

0.9| Garden walks

Kyungmi P.O.V.

I'm sitting behind my desk, putting the idea's from yesterday together in one speech, hoping it would sound a little professional.

Then someone knocks on the door. 'Come in!' I yell. Seungcheol is coming in with a big smile on his face. 'Are you coming for a walk in the garden?' he asks. 'Oh, I can't. I need to work on my speech and,' I think of another good excuse to stay in my room, I can't stand him for a while now. 'uhm...and Seungkwan is coming because he wants to talk about the dress I need to wear while visiting the city.' 'That's no problem I already talked to Seungkwan.' Alright... That was unexpected. I didn't know Seungkwan was actaully going to talk with me about the dress.

'Yes,... But I also have homework for class. I need to finish it by tomorrow so,... Sorry. Maybe another time?' Seungcheol shakes his head laughing and says 'I will talk to Professor Hong if you can't finish your work, come on, can we go now?' He takes my hand and drags me out. When we pass my bodyguards, Soonyoung immediately follows us and for one time I'm happy with that.

'Can we have some alone-time please?' Seungcheol asks annoyed to Soonyoung. 'No,' I answer before Soonyoung can say something. He and Seuncheol both look confused at me 'The rules say I can only leave the castle if I have a guard by my side.' I look for a second to Soonyoung hoping he would not argue on my point.

'Alright then, if he doesn't interrupt us.' he said while winking at me. 'Tss...' I think and I role my eyes when he doesn't look at me. We walk to the gate that leads to the garden. I smell the scent of grass and flowers. I stand still for a moment to take a deep breath. I always loved being outside. Next to my house is a big forest where I always had a walk every week after school. I also came there with all my friends.

On that moment, a young man with a hat on comes our way. 'I saw you trough my window!' I say happily to him. 'What's your name?' I ask. Seungcheol seems pretty irritated by our sudden stop but he is wise enough to keep his mouth shut. 'I'm Lee Seok Min but a lot of people call me DK. Your Highness can call me whatever she wants. I'm the gardener of the castle.' He bows deep for me. 'It's nice to meet you Seokmin, or DK, whatever!' I smile. 'There is no need to bow for me.' I wave at him before walking away.

Seungcheol and I are sitting on a wooden bench under a huge rose-hedge. Seungcheol is sitting very close to me which makes me feel very uncomfortable. I try to move to the edge of the bench but because of the arm of the bench I can't move further. Soonyoung is standing by another hedge watching over us. In this case it's nice if someone is watching over you.

'Why do you keep saying that people shouldn't bow for you? You're royal, you should be proud of that!' Seungcheol asks and I shake my head. 'I'm not used to it. When people bow for me it's actually like their saying "You're better than us and you know it. That's why we're bowing." and you know, I'm just a human so treat me like a human and not like a person who is way better than others.' (A.N. I have nothing against people who bow or the people where others bow for :/)

'I like it when people bow for me. It makes me feel special.' Seungcheol says while looking alert to Soonyoung like he expects him to bother us or something. Seungcheol looks at him the whole time even though he is with me. Look, I know I don't like you but atleast pay a little attention. It's like he doesn't like Soonyoung. But also, it makes me doubt if he trusts him. I mean, Soonyoung is still my guard so he should.

'Then your selfish.' I say immediately. He shrugs but I can see he feels attacked by my answer.

It's getting late and we're still in the garden. I'm actually very hungry but everytime I want to say something about it, Seungcheol cuts me off and takes the chance to tell one of his - I did this and I'm the hero - stories. Halfway through one of his stories he called someone to bring me and him a coat so I'm not really cold and atleast that's a positive thing.