Here! No, no. There...? Maybe in that restaurant... or should I look in another city? *Sigh* Who am I kidding? For all I know, he could have left the country!
Byun Baekhyun was looking for someone. He had been given a task and he was determined to c...
After his conversation with Baekhyun, Jongin made his way to the Palace to resume his duties. On arriving at the Palace, he went straight to Prince Kyungsoo's chamber.
Prince Kyungsoo's chamber was located at the west wing of the palace. It was one of the prettiest chambers anyone had ever seen. When Jongin had first laid eyes on it, he had been overwhelmed by the vibrant colors in the chamber. The room had baby blue colored walls with a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling. There was a huge pink bed at the center of the room with canopy over it which was draped with blush pink decorative fabric across the upper space between the posts. The chamber had two large windows through which bright sunrays entered and a balcony that looked upon a large lake with crystal blue water filled with fishes and swans. The little prince's chamber was just as breathtaking as the prince himself.
However, at the moment, the chamber was littered with plush toys. The 21-year-old tiny prince was huddled at the corner sound asleep with his 5'7" frame surrounded with plushies. On seeing the prince, Jongin couldn't help but gush at how adorable he looked. With his pink full lips, rosy cheeks and silky brown hair, Prince Kyungsoo was a sight to behold. At the same time Jongin was enraged as to why none of the chamber maids were here looking after the prince. What if Kyungsoo were to wake up and feel frightened or upset seeing no one near him? What if Kyungsoo had a nightmare and woke up scared? Jongin fumed.
Ever since they were children, Jongin always had this natural instinct to protect Kyungsoo. Despite being the same age, the prince and the lieutenant couldn't be more different. While Jongin was tall with strong built, Kyungsoo was tiny and delicate like a flower. On seeing how fragile and innocent Kyungsoo was, Jongin's heart had melted and he had sworn to never let anyone harm this tiny innocent prince and he would die before he let that happen. Additionally, he was named Kyungsoo's Protector. So, Byun Jongin was very diligent about the little prince's safety.
Jongin slowly and quietly made his way to the sleeping prince and crouched down. He placed his hand on Kyungsoo's shoulder and gently shook him awake.
"Hey, Your Highness. Wake up."
The prince slowly opened his warm brown eyes and sluggishly looked up at Jongin. After blinking several times to get rid of sleepiness the prince recognized his protector and jumped up on Jongin to sit on his lap.
"NINI!!! When did you arrive here? Why did you come so late? You know, I was playing with Mr. Drago while waiting for you. But I got so tired and I fell asleep.", Kyungsoo pouted. "I didn't want to fall asleep, but my eyes kept closing! It didn't want to listen to me. How rude!"
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Jongin couldn't help but laugh at Kyungsoo's cuteness.
"Aww. Was His Highness's eyes being naughty?", teased Jongin.
Kyungsoo just nodded with a pout on his lips.
At this Byun Jongin's heart was filled with such adoration that he pinched the Prince's squishy cheeks.
"NINI! I'm a big boy now, you know. Why do you still keep pinching my cheeks? I think my cheeks have turned red. Do I look like a tomato now? I do, don't I?", Kyungsoo huffed with a pout still lingering on his lip. However, as much as the prince complained, it was clear as day that he secretly loved it when Jongin pinched his cheeks.
Even though Jongin wanted to continue teasing the cute little prince, he had many duties to complete and the first of which was informing Kyungsoo about their impending departure.
So, he sobered up and said, "Your High- "
"Squishysoo! I am squishy and I am Kyungsoo. Thus, call me Squishysoo!", exclaimed the Prince with his hands on his cheeks doing an aegyo.
"He is so cute! How can a person be so cute?!", thought Jongin.
Shaking himself of this thought, Jongin did as the prince wanted.
"Ah! Yes, yes. Squishysoo, I need to talk to you about something important."
On hearing this, Kyungsoo's owl-like eyes grew larger and he leaned forward towards Jongin to listen carefully at what he had to say.
"Squishysoo, I just met Baekhyun and he informed me that all three of us, including you, will have to travel to Planet Earth in few days to bring your brother back home. And remember squishy, this is a secret. Honestly, if it were up to me then I wouldn't take you along as your safety is the most important thing. But since it's your father's order and he has entrusted me with your safety, we will have to go with it."
"Father is allowing me to travel to another planet?! Whoa...Earth...Do you think they have dragons on Earth? What about plushies? Do you think I should take Mr. Drago with me? What if he gets lonely here? Nope! Mr. Drago is coming with me.", Kyungsoo said with determination in his eyes. Then his eyes grew wider as he just completely understood what Jongin said. "Wait! Nini, you know where my brother is?! If it's a secret, am I allowed to at least tell Mr. Drago? But wait, if Mr. Drago's going with me, he has the right to know about this, doesn't he?"
Without waiting for an answer, Kyungsoo swiftly got off of Jongin's lap and went inside his closet. At this Jongin was confused, so he called out.
"Hey! Squishy? Where are you going?"
Then a muffled voice came from inside the closet.
"I am packing my best clothes, Nini. We are going to bring Channie back home. I have to look cute when he sees me. What if he sees me without my cute clothes and think that he has an ugly brother and refuse to come back home? Nope! Not going to let that happen. How many onesies do you think I should pack? Will 5 be enough? Arrgh! Where is my Penguin onesie? I look the cutest in that."
Jongin just shook his head and smiled.
"Squishy, you look cute even with that bird nest that you call hair on your head in the mornings. However, I doubt the Crown Prince will care if you are ugly or not. You are his brother. That should be enough. Nonetheless, you always look beautiful."
Saying this Jongin patiently waited for Kyungsoo to come out, not realizing that the prince was fanning his face in the closet trying to cool down his tomato red cheeks.
Author's note: Did you like this chapter? I hope you did. <3
