pirate king | p.seonghwa

thirty five

'Why are you so light?'

'I don't know, maybe because I don't have an appetite lately?' Jennie says as Seonghwa piggybacks her.

'You don't like the rice porridge huh?' Seonghwa says as she rests her head on his shoulder.

'I'm sure you would love having rice porridge for every meal for a week.' Jennie says with a sigh.

'You want steak?'

Jennie suddenly looks up and nods. Seonghwa chuckles.

'You're lucky I asked Mrs Kim to prepare more than usual.' Seonghwa says and Jennie kisses his cheek happily.

'You're the best.' Jennie says and smiles to herself.

They finally get back to his room. The dinner is already ready in his room. Seonghwa sits on his sofa and drags the girl to sit on his lap. He smiles at her as she raises an eyebrow at him.

'You're more clingy than I think Park Seonghwa.' Jennie says and shakes her head.

'Saying my full name-'

'Can get me beheaded. Yea whatever I want to eat.' Jennie says and eats a piece of steak. She smiles happily after tasting it. 'This is so good!'

She proceeds to take a piece and feeds Seonghwa's who has his arms wrapped around the girl. Seonghwa eats happily with her on his lap, resting his chin on her shoulder.

'Mrs Kim knows I like steak so she has perfected her cooking skills.' Seonghwa says.

'I can tell your fat ass like steak.' Jennie says and the prince suddenly tickles her. 'Yah!'

'Fat ass? I'm far from it.' Seonghwa says.

'Yea your highness whatever you say.' Jennie says teasingly and Seonghwa bites her neck. 'What the fuc-'

'Stop being mean.'

'Why did you freaking bite me? That's so wei- ah!'

Seonghwa chuckles as he bites her shoulder playfully, she pats his arm to try and stop him.

'Try and call me fat again and I'll bite your whole head off.' Seonghwa says and Jennie looks back to glare at him.

'Do you have some weird biting kink? I swear to god if you keep biting me I'll leave your weird ass.' Jennie says jokingly.

'You can't leave here I'm keeping you here so you can't run away and do something stupid again.' Seonghwa says and holds her tightly against him.

'You sure are clingy.' Jennie says and chuckles while shaking her head.

'Only clingy to you.'

'Have you ever dated before? I'm asking out of curiosity.' Jennie asks.

'You asked me the same thing when you were drunk that night.' Seonghwa replies.

'Did I? Well I can't remember so you should answer again.' Jennie says casually. Suddenly, the prince pushes her against the sofa and goes on top of her.

'Yes okay?' He says and pecks her lips.

'Did you really have to disturb my meal like that?' She jokes.

'This is how I answered that night.' Seonghwa says and Jennie blushes.

'You kissed me? Gosh I wish I remembered that-'

Before Jennie could finish her sentence, the prince dives down to kiss her again. He smiles as he kisses her slowly and gently, like she is a delicate treasure.

She reaches out her unwounded arm to bring his face closer, stroking it lightly as she kisses him back with a smile.

The kiss gets more heated, and Jennie wraps her arms around the prince's neck. Seonghwa brings her up and wraps her legs around him, bringing her to the bed they have been sharing.

...

'Your highness!'

Seonghwa wakes up to loud banging on his door. He quickly covers Jennie with the blanket and goes to open the door.

'What?' Seonghwa asks seeing a frantic Yunho.

'The king has fallen ill.' Yunho says and Seonghwa could feel his heart drop.

He quickly goes to change into some proper clothes, placing a soft kiss on Jennie's forehead before leaving the room in a hurry.

'What happened?' Seonghwa asks as they rush to their houses.

'He had a heart attack this morning, and hasn't recovered well. He's still unconscious.' Yunho says as they get to the gates. Both of them get on their horses and ride to the main palace.

Upon arriving, he sees the second queen by the king's bedside. Her acting disgusts Seonghwa as she pretends to be in deep pain.

'How's he?' Seonghwa asks the royal doctor who's standing by the king.

'He's very unstable right now. It's best if we prepare for the worst.' The doctor says respectfully. Seonghwa could also see the sadness in his eyes, having served the royal family for years.

'Where's my son? Has he not gotten the message yet?' The second queen says, and one of the guards speaks up.

'He's on his way your highness.'

Seonghwa knows everything has now taken a big turn, and it sure makes everything even more complicated.

The finale of the fight to the throne has now began.