hyunbinlix ― skaters

CHAPTER 1 ;; the prince visits

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭
𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓼

In hindsight, climbing over the fence at the back of the school and into a forest just because Hyunjin had gotten into a fight with his mother probably wasn't the best idea at the time.

Hyunjin thought about that as he trudged through the overgrown grass and lose branches, careful not to step and dramatically sink down into a mud puddle. To his horrible luck, it had rained like the end of the world only a few hours prior to his great escape- so not only were there an army of slugs and snails with every step, but the stench of wet leaves was just a tad overpowering.

It wasn't a secret that there was a huge forest behind his school (he had a slight suspicion it had grown there centuries ago just to stop students from sneaking out) and he could recall more than a handful of assemblies that went along the lines off; "No matter what, the forest is not to be entered under any circumstances."

There were a multitude of reasons as to why the forest was out of bounds, other than the obvious fact that it's a forest. The first one being that his school was one of the most prestigious and well kept private boy schools in the entire country, so for word to get out that students had dug under the fence like prisoners to hike into the forest would most likely be detrimental to the reputation of such a school.

Secondly the forest, eventhough it was protected by the council, hadn't been cleaned up for people to safely hike. So there was the off chance that Hyunjin could go slinding into a canyon and fall to his undeniably tragic end, but hey, let's stay positive here.

And the last, and probably most important point, the forest was crawling with drunkards and delinquents from the nearby public and state schools who would bunk most days of the week to come smoke weed. For some reason to all those parents who sent their children to Hyunjin's school, the idea of their precious kids mingling with the wrong crowd proves to be even more problematic than diving headfirst into the abyss. Priorities, obviously.

However Hyunjin, who at this point would willingly throw himself into the Bermuda Triangle, took it upon himself to be the first ever student to venture into the wilderness. Most of the other private school children would have turned around and sneaked back into school to avoid a wild bear attack (there probably aren't any bears, hopefully) or the inevitable suspension they'll receive once Hyunjin's history teacher realises he's 'been in the bathroom' for over an hour.

If anything though he shouldn't be kept accountable for his rebellious actions! If anything, his mother should be given a lecture by the head master, for she is the one who had encouraged this whole fiasco.

Okay, maybe encouraged isn't the right term. She more or less indirectly hinted with big words and insults that Hyunjin had trouble keeping up with.

It had started off as a normal morning, or what was normal to the Hwang family. Hyunjin's alarm went off at quarter past six that usual Thursday and he went about getting ready until quarter to seven. Thereafter he was rushed downstairs by the house maid, who claimed she needed to sweep this exact corridor at this exact moment, and made his way to the kitchen.

Like always the breakfast was placed ontop of the counter, the usual bacon and eggs on toast with a side of apple juice. He grabbed his helping, sat on the barstool and picked up his fork and was about to dig into his food-

When the human equivalent to a police siren, his mother, all but ran into the room, colourful papers in her hands. She was literally shaking in anger that made Hyunjin stop midway, a piece of his bacon on the fork helplessly falling back onto the plate.