Five Kingdoms

Fireball

As if on cue. "Ma'am. There are royals from the Opal kingdom here to meet with the king. He's not answering his door. I was told by his highness, if ever he was unavailable, to ask the prince." A tall butler says bowing to Jess, she nods and turns to Hoseok. "Prince Hoseok." Jess says. "I'll meet them in them in the foyer." Hoseok says. The butler bows to Hoseok, then to Jess before scurrying away. Jess and Hoseok walk down the hallway. Hoseok steals a few glances at the slightly shorter maid. A pretty pink tint decorates the maids tan skin as a matching one starts running up Hoseok's neck.

"Uh. So.. how are things?" Hoseok asks scratching the back of his head. "Good. I wanted to ask, if you'd like you can come with me to do the grocery shopping again tomorrow." Jess says with a small smile. "I'd love to! I- I mean, sure." Hoseok says before laughing awkwardly. Jess giggles and it's music to Hoseok's ears, he hums with a smile.
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"Hello. I was expecting to meet with the king. But this is actually even better. How are you prince Hoseok." King Chasity says with a big grin. "I'm fine. May I ask the reason of this abrupt visit?" Hoseok asks. "We would like to present our daughters." Queen Chasity says with a sickly sweet smile.

Hoseok takes a quick glance at Jess, then returns the smile. "I'm afraid right now isn't a good time for me to accept any visitors or for presenting suitors, let alone present myself as a suitor. Please understand we just went through a loss and we aren't quite yet ready for another change." Hoseok says with his sunshiny smile on display. "Can we speak to the king about this perhaps?" King Chasity asks with a huff.

"My son isn't available to be presented." King Jung says from the top of the stairs. "And why is that?" Queen Chasity asks with the same smile, watching King Jung walks down the stairs. "As the prince said. It's not a good time. When I am not present, his word is mine." King Jung says raising a brow. "That's not-" Queen Chasity says before King Jung raises his hand, stopping her. "His marriage has already been arranged." King Jung says standing beside Hoseok. Jess lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

Hoseok looks at his father, shocked. "This is- come on girls!" King Chasity says with a growl. The Opal royals leave in a huff. The princesses all let out little giggles, then bow before joining their parents. King Jung closes his eyes as the butler from before closes the front door. "What's this about an arranged marriage?" Hoseok asks glaring at his father.
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♕Half an hour later: Central Kingdom♕
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Jin is in the kitchen, bent down, watching a pie bake in the oven. "Elena. I really hope this turns out right. The recipe is a bit dated." Jin says. Elena hums. "It should be fine. We did use a little bit less sugar. Four cups seemed like a lot though." Elena says flashing her cute braces as she smiles. Jin's ears slowly start to turn pink as he now watches the pretty maid, abandoning the pie.

"You're staring Jin." Elena says with a grin. Jin chokes on air and looks back to the oven with widened eyes. "Is the pie ready?" Taehyung asks walking into the kitchen. Jin stands up quickly and turns to his younger brother. "Not yet. Maybe twenty more minutes." Jin says with a nod. "Joonie hyung's meditating and I'm bored." Taehyung says whining. "You could always study." Jin says staring. Taehyung hops up onto the kitchen island and starts swinging his legs. "I already did all my lessons for the day. I even read a book and by the way, I'm fully in control of my gift Jinnie hyung." Taehyung says with a grin.

Taehyung brings his right hand up, snaps his fingers to create a small flame, then begins to let it roll over his knuckles. "I have pretty good control over my gifts, but you should still always try to control them better or you can help Joon hyung concentrate on individual minds, not the immediate area." Jin says with a pout. "He's still trying to do individual minds? Gah, it'd be so cool to hear people's thoughts. No one can lie and you'd know everything!" Taehyung says, now juggling three fireballs.

"You're gonna start a fire." Elena says shaking her head. "Noona. Please. I am fire." Taehyung says with a grin. Elena rolls her eyes. "Yah! Put that out!" Mae says walking into the kitchen with a huff. Taehyung jump, immediately letting the fireballs fall into his hands, two in one hand and one in the other, then smothers them in his fists.