village girl › nct 2018

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tHis is gonna end soon ;-;

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3RD PERSONS VIEW。

two days had passed and it was only a few days until the main day of the festival. jaeyoung was free to roam around the palace again, the only reason she wasn't in the first place was because they were afraid that she would know about xzavis. there was no point in hiding it now.

today, renjun and jaeyoung were out by the fields, both wanted to get some fresh air at least before they go talk to xzavis.

"injun-ie!" jaeyoung exclaimed and poked his cheek.

"aren't you so energetic today, injae?" the boy questioned as they let the cold breeze blow past them. piles of snow were around as they walked around.

"it's winter! plus, it's only a few days before my birthday."

"right! what do you want for your birthday?" he hummed softly, averting his gaze onto her.

she tilts her head, thinking about before smiling as she shook her head, "nothing!"

the boy was baffled as he slowly knitted his brows together, "n-nothing...?" it wasn't really new to him, but he didn't really expect such answer would come from her.

jaeyoung laughed, "i just want you and your brothers to enjoy the whole day with me. that's all i want."

renjun sniggered, "how about... a new book? maybe a painting, or–"

she gently placed her hand to cover his lips, his words becoming muffled as he continued list down potential gifts. "i already told you what i want, injun."

he reaches to pry her hand off, pouting, "but still! at least let me give you something, injae."

"you already gave me something though?"

he blinked, "wait i did?"

she nodded, "you gave me a home."

he scoffed and playfully pushed her, "tsk, come on! what about–"

"actually, we do have a gift for you, jaeyoung." both of them spun around to see jaemin grinning at them.

"you do?"

"we do?" renjun blurted out and jaemin sighed, "you know..." he tried to point out slowly and renjun easily caught up leaving the only dumbfounded one was jaeyoung.

jaeyoung whined, "what do you mean?"

jaemin shook his head as he laced an arm around her, "wait until your birthday."

the three headed back inside where the others waited for them. yuta gestured jaeyoung to cone with him, "taeyong, jaehyun, and sicheng are already down at the dungeons."

yuta and kun lead her to the dungeons, sometimes bringing up funny topics to talk about so that it wouldn't feel so awkward. kun cackled as yuta kept talking about their training fails and how they were preparing hard for the main event.

everyone in heraphany was excited for the long awaited festival. there were parades happening here and there, there were town games and bands playing from time to time.

as they arrived, the three other princes stood outside the cellar and jaeyoung frowned a bit. jaehyun placed a hand over her shoulder, "do you want us to come with you or...?"

"i'll go alone, can i?" she looks at taeyong who slowt nodded his head. "we'll be out here, okay?"

sicheng slowly opened the door and reassured her, "be careful, okay?"