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ten's wig is gonna get snatched HAHAHA

he'd be like: ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ
in this chapter lmao

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3RD PERSONS VIEW。

"oh–" jaeyoung gasped seeing mark sprawled on the ground, a tiger literally laid down beside him. it is a tiger.

mark shot his head up, surprised with the sudden visit, "yo, you guys are here? why?" he chuckles, "i was about to leave in a few minutes."

jaemin hummed, "taeyong-hyung told us to take jaeyoung here."

mark grinned, "right! jaeyoung-ie, come here."

the girl's body stiffened, "m-me?"

"yes, of course you!"

she couldn't bring herself to move, the thought of the tiger pouncing on her and roaring the life out of her just scared her.

"maybe i'll just stay here..." she chuckled nervously, not wanting to move in her spot.

mark frowned a bit, tilting his head, "don't be such a kill joy, meet my tiger! prince!" he said and patted the calm tiger's head.

jaeyoung coughed at how the tiger reacted. prince was obviously trained and was used to everything, but still, she wasn't fond of animals like him.

"wait, are you scared?" mark's eyes widens as he realizes the situation.

"a bit... y-yeah." the girl nods while the boys chuckled at her.

"prince won't hurt you." jeno told her, poking her shoulder.

"but–"

donghyuck places a finger over her lips to shut her up, "no buts. just go and try, mark's there to assure you prince is safe."

the girl scrunched her nose, "i don't kn—"

renjun sighed and lightly pushes her forward, causing her to trip and fall over. shutting her eyes closed, she waited for the hard fall, however, it never came.

confused, she opened her eyes, seeing herself on top of the tiger's back. with a loud shriek, she jumped off, immediately falling onto her butt. "what the—"

mark patted her head, "see? he even saved you from a fall."

jaeyoung pursed her lips, "okay, i guess prince isn't that bad as i thought."

the owner smiled at her and grabbed her hand, slowly placing it on prince's head, "see?"

jaeyoung chuckled and began patting the tiger's head, her whole body literally trembling as she did so.

mark then stood up, helping her up as well. "well, i guess you've already met prince already, so let's head back shall we?"

the rest of the boys nodded, following the two out of the pet garden. along the way, they talked about different things, like jaeyoung's upcoming exams. the boys did their best to entertain her, trying to ease her mind off the dreading examination week.

on their way to the pavilion, they had run into the two youngest out of eighteen princes. jisung's cheeks reddened at the sight of jaeyoung, pulling chenle to cover him immediately. chenle huffed, "stop using me as a wall!"

"but i'm shy!" jisung whined.

chenle deadpanned, "yeah right."

"shut up, chenle. you're a shy boy, too." donghyuck told him and the younger immediately stopped talking, a pout forming on his lips.

"meanie, hyuck." chenle whispered in which donghyuck heard and turned to glare at him.

"took you guys long." yuta said, welcoming his brothers before sending a smile at the girl, "nice to see you again." he grinned.

"eh?"

they all turned their attention to ten who had a salty look plastered on his face, "...isn't she..." he trails off, eyes scanning jaeyoung. "the cook!"

taeil nods, "she is–"

"what the hell is she doing here?" ten crossed his arms, feeling a bit irked with how things went recently. he absolutely didn't like the idea of her being around.

"listen, ten–"

"no!" the stubborn boy furrowed his brows, sigh of frustration leaving his lips, "what in heraphany do you think you're doing with us?" ten uttered, slowly walking up to her.

an uncomfortable feeling rising up in jaeyoung as she backed away slowly. she was out of words, yet she knew something like this would happen. she was very well aware that most of the boys weren't really that fond of her, and ten acting like this proved it.

"ten–"

"don't interfere." the said boy hissed, his eyes boring straightly onto jaeyoung's nervous ones.

"tell me... jaeyoung? was it?" he scoffed, "what do you plan on doing? ruin us? kill us?"

jaeyoung felt her heart break after hearing ten accuse her of doing those things. she wouldn't even dare to know about the royal family, but here she was, now all tangled up with all of them.

"i have no intentions on doing that." jaeyoung happened to voice out quietly, afraid of the person in front of her. she felt so powerless, after all, she was just a baker amongst these eighteen royals.

ten narrowed his eyes, "like i would believe an obvious lie." he steps closer only for jaeyoung to step back.

the others grew nervous at ten's behavior and felt bad that jaeyoung had to face him like this.

"ten! stop this right now!" taeyong yelled, his tone filled with authority as he stared coldly at his brother.

ten stifled a laugh, "stop? i'm trying to save us from her!"

"she's not what you think she is, okay?"

hands akimbo, ten raised a brow, "oh? has she already manipulated you?"

"no." jaemin crossed his arms, "she's not like that!"

ten sneered and mustered up all the courage to raise his hand and push her harshly. eyes widening, she stumbled back, falling upon the strong impact of his hand.

lucas, who was the closest to her, cursed himself in his head after failing to catch his lady. damn it!

he crouched down, "are you okay?" he softly asked, arms secured around her shoulder.

"i'm fine." she flashes him a smile as he helped her up, dusting her dress.

"ten. outside the pavilion. now." taeyong and taeil said at the same time.

youngho, who was silently watching everyone, was baffled with what had just occurred. he, too, was a bit uneasy with jaeyoung, but after seeing his brothers defend her, it made him think again and again about it.

what do they see in her? he kept questioning himself.

she was just a regular girl. albeit, she may look attractive, personality was interesting, her lack of knowledge about royals, and that never ending kindness she has.

youngho glanced at the girl who was now being comforted by his brothers before leaving and joining the others outside.

"what do you even mean by that!?" ten exclaimed, not getting taeyong's point.

"look," taeyong started, taking a deep breath, "trust us, okay? she's more than what you think she is."

youngho tilts his head, "what do you mean bu that, tae?"

taeyong sighed, "jaeyoung..."

"she's... she might be princess haera."

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