the princesses match, a dahmo story

part three: the princesses big day

"all receivers of the 50 letters meet at the castle this morning. each participant will introduce themselves live and to princess hirai. later this evening 40 people will be eliminated and 10 will remain. good luck!"

dahyun's pov
"you look amazing dahyun unnie!" chaeyoung compliments me from the doorway of my room. she was wearing a blue mid length dress, with sparkles in the back of it. "thank you chae, i'm surprised you didn't wear a suit." i laugh at her. "jeongyeon unnie did, and since my hair is longer it seems more fitting." she explained. i glance at myself one more time in the mirror and i followed momo's advice. i wore a red suit, unbuttoned, with a black tie. it was simple but it looked good. and my black hair was down and i tried to add some volume too it. "you guys ready?" jeong comes into the doorway also wearing a suit and tie, but her jacket was off. "yeah, let's go."

we head towards the castle and with the other 50 people. "hey sana, jihyo!" i wave them down. sana in her baby pink dress was really cute, and jihyo looked so good in her white jumpsuit. "you guys look great!" jihyo compliments us. "same too you." chaeyoung smiles. "tzuyu-a! come here." i spot tzuyu in a short black dress. "hey tzuyu." sana smiles and gives her a hug. "hey sana unnie." i could see the blush over tzuyu's face. "i don't even know why they both signed up for this. they like each other so much." i whisper to chaeyoung. she just laughs and we file into the castle.

"thank you too everybody that came! momo's father would have been so lucky too see his dream for his daughter to come true." a grim feeling washed over the room. the king was one of the greatest in all of the centuries. but when he passed momo was crowned the princess.

"anyways, everybody greet the princess herself. miss hirai momo!" momo walks into the room, and she looks absolutely beautiful. her long blue dress was trailing behind her. her hair was down, and in waves. "holy smokes." i breathe in. "ah thank you everybody, i can't wait too meet you all." she smiles showing her gums. i knew this would take a long time but i couldn't wait.

momo's pov

i catch dahyun and some of her friends in the crowd quick. it looks like she took my advice, that red suit looks so so good on her. i had to admit that the others looked good too. finally people started presenting themselves. this wasn't really for me, this was really for the press. a few different people caught my eye. there was five girls back to back, wendy, irene, seulgi, joy, and yeri. i believe they were sisters, but i liked wendy the best.

then there was another four girls, jennie kim, kim jisoo, park chaeyoung, and lalisa manoban. those girls seemed more interested in each other than being with me. so i think i'll let them figure out there own relationships.

of course there was dahyun, jeongyeon, chaeyoung, jihyo, and sana. then there was another three that i really liked, im nayeon, chou tzuyu, and mina. mina really caught my attention but i still kept thinking about dahyun. "that concludes the presentation! we will let you know soon the results, miss hirai will come around and speak too you all." my main security guard seokjin announces.

security was on high alert, since everybody in the town was almost here. i step down from the throne and walk amongst the crowd. i spot wendy and joy talking. "your highness, it is a pleasure meeting you." they bow. "may i say you look amazing princess." wendy adds. "thank you, i must get going." i blush and try to find mina and her friend nayeon. instead i find everybody hanging out together, nayeon, jeongyeon, sana, jihyo, mina, chaeyoung, and tzuyu. "hello princess hirai, i'm so glad to finally meet you." mina bows at me. "same too you miss mina. how's everybody doing?" i look around at all of them.

they all looked cool and calm except for dahyun. nayeon, jeongyeon, and chaeyoung were all talking. sana, mina, and tzuyu were laughing at sana being clumsy. so it just left me and dahyun. "just you and me eh?" i laugh. she was sweating pretty badly and her eyes were darting around the room. "dahyun? is everything okay?" i ask putting my hand on her shoulder. "aish i don't- do very well in big crowds. especially this many people." she whispers. "well come on, we can go somewhere more private." i grab her hand and lead her down one of the long halls of the castle. "your highness where are we going?" she questions. i keep quiet as we head out too the rose garden.

the rose garden had always been one of my favorite parts of the castle, besides the dance room. me and my dad would walk the path and he would always pick red roses. "miss hirai, this is beautiful." she gasps. "come. let's sit down." i pull her over too the small seating area on the little pavilion.

"so you want to be a rapper, but you can't do well in big crowds." i tease. "it's one of my only flaws, everybody tells me i am a good rapper. i don't know for sure if i am. chaeyoung has been rapping a lot longer than me and she's performed on stage. people say that i'm the whole package. i can sing, dance, and rap. i'm not that good of a dancer and my singing and rapping is messy." she explains. so she can dance too? "i know you're a good rapper. i've heard you." i assure her. "ah thank you princess momo." she blushes madly.

"i know how scary it is too be on stage, being princess with all this press isn't easy. you're constantly being filmed, as soon as you wake up." i sigh, being princess was hard. the backlash i got from it too was difficult. "i couldn't bear that. who was that man that kept speaking into the microphone?" she asked me curiously. "that's seokjin, my personal security guard. he's taken care of me since i was a little girl. when my father passed, he helped me." i smile.

seokjin was like my father, smart, kind, accepting. it broke our hearts when father passed, we relied on each other too push through. "your father must have meant a lot to you." she mumbles. "he did, he was a great man. it hurt to lose him." i push back tears. my face had makeup on it and i knew if i cried it would have smeared everywhere. "been there your highness." she sniffles. was she crying? "dahyun, why are you crying?" i take a hold of her hand. "you talking about how great your father was, it made me wish i could say the same." she cries.

she moves her hand from mine and covers her face. her soft sobs was the saddest sound i've ever heard. "hey, hey love you need to explain your feelings." i pull her hand down from her face. "my father was abusive. he beat me and my older brother. my mother couldn't handle it anymore and took my brother and ran. they left me with my father until i was 15 when i reported him and he got arrested. i was in foster homes quite a bit. i met jeongyeon and when i turned 18 i moved in with her." she explains.

my heart drops, she had been through so much. a person like her didn't deserve all of that in her life. the feeling of being alone in this world. "chaeyoung and me have been friends since my 8th grade year. she promised to keep in touch and when i moved in with jeong. she left her family and moved in with us." she smiles as i wipe a tear from her cheek. "chaeyoung really cares about you dahyun. we all do." i assure her. she just gives me a smile and thanks me.

i could tell i just touched a raw nerve with her. she didn't tell a lot of people this stuff. "you probably need too get going princess hirai. it's almost dark. have you made your decision on the ten that will pass?" she asks. and of course i knew my awnser. i knew it all along.