Common Sense (taegi)

6+6

My coronation was in one week and I felt like I was suffocating.

Every corner I turned there she was. Smiling coyly, squealing my name and latching onto my arm like I would disappear into a cloud of smoke. Which if given the opportunity I would.

When I was first introduced to Kang Seulgi I had hoped she would disdain this arranged marriage as much as I did. I had never met a single women who didn't swoon over the idea of soulmates. Who's heart didn't flutter at the mere thought of meeting that certain someone handcrafted solely for you and you for them.

She wasn't one of those women.

Seulgi was a people pleaser. I couldn't tell if that was just her personality or if she had been trained to be this way.

She was all for this courting because in her words "it would make my father very pleased"

So she followed me everywhere. Like a leech stuck to my skin draining out all my blood the girl catered to my every desire. If my stomach growled she ran to fetch food. If I went to bed early she dressed herself in clothes she believed would entice me. When I got out of a bathe she attempted to clothe me.

Once I told her she could take time for herself and go out if she wanted and she asked me if that was what I really wanted. If I said yes she would leave but only if i gave her a time to come back.

Seulgi wasn't even the only women pushing me to my breaking point.

Even though rumors of me already finding a wife had spread like wildfire girls still flocked the gates every day. The noble ones slipping by easily and bombarding me with affection.

It wasn't like I disliked attention. Especially from women who were only trying to be nice. But it annoyed me. I didn't want them touching me. In fact I never wanted anyone touching me unless I initiated the contact. I didn't want them looking at me like I was some prize to be won.

Prying myself from the grasp of a squealing girl I didn't even know the name of I sprinted off knowing for a fact that she couldn't run in those heels.

I ran for the sake of my sanity . Keeping my eyes peeled for some place I could have some privacy.