coincidence | loona

04

"so I heard you fought with the future king, the prince and princesses because you thought they were gay. what can you say about this, you dumbass?" kim mingyu looks at kim hyunjin in the other side of the table who is currently pouting, stabbing the omelette they had for breakfast with her sharp fork, refusing to answer any of his brother's questions. it was 8 PM, breakfast time, saturday morning in the kim sibling's small household. mingyu the second son decided to address the situation now instead of last night because hyunjin went immediately inside her room, burying her face in her pillows because of embarrassment.

"kim hyunjin. . ." he trails off as he sighs, looking worried at her younger sister, "if only you weren't that dumb" he thought. hyunjin took a bite and after, she was disgusted by eating a whole slice of garlic in her food, "who the heck cooked today?" those words slipped from her mouth. kim taehyung, the oldest brother averted his gaze, as he was the one who cooked for breakfast today as said by the schedule.

she noticed him and knew he was the culprit, "the two of us was left with crazy cooking abilities and you were left with shame, I cannot believe you're my brother" taehyung just rolled his eyes and mingyu was in a verge to laugh, dumbasses.

everything came back to silence, none of them dared to spoke as kim hyunjin was forcing herself to eat, kim taehyung was guilty because of the garlic and kim mingyu had a lot in his mind.

"I wonder what the KING and PRINCESS will do to you" taehyung looks above, raising his voice to emphasize the word "king" and "princess". Hyunjin glared at him and chewed the omelette loudly, she was mad.

"maybe you should try having manners and maybe work in the castle too, hyunjin-ie." mingyu spoke but hyunjin did not hear him. he breathes in, "KIM HYUNJIN" he shouted loudly and it successfully caught hyunjin's attention, "WHAT?"

"your foolish and foul attitude is really sickening I swear. Try working in the castle like how I did and your oldest brother is now, it's not that bad. . ." he lowers his voice, trying to say the message calmly so she would agree but she shook her head, "wait, mingyu also worked there?!" her pupils enlarged. she adds, "never mind, i'm trying to get a scholarship so I need to train hard in soccer."

"scholarship? soccer?? is that all you want for you future? college??" taehyung stood up, irritated for no special reason after hearing her sister. maybe the word scholarship, it triggered him because he didn't have the chance to study properly for his work. as the oldest sibling, he wanted to support their family and do most the stuff so they won't suffer, like he did, as someone who had no parents.

the truth is, the three of them were orphans and an unstable couple adopted them when taehyung was nine, mingyu was seven and hyunjin was four. they were innocent children but their foster parents abused them making the three escape their toxic household and venture to seoul, alone.

luckily, taehyung had a mature mind in an early age. he worked in local construction sites as a child and did work. they were homeless for about a year and they found a home because of mingyu. he was playing in the park when he met king jeon wonwoo. mingyu told his condition and they became friends. young prince wonwoo had a kind heart so he gave him a home in exchange for mingyu to live in the castle, and hyunjin did not know. taehyung was devastated, he wanted to help but mingyu was the one who did more.

"you're trying to go to college as a tenth grader by soccer? seriously kim hyunjin. just look at yourself in the mirror." taehyung sat to calm down. hyunjin faced in the right direction and looked at her reflection in the mirror. "beauty, you have beauty." he added.

"we aren't siblings by blood but everyone would suspect as real siblings because of our visuals. your face. . . you can easily win pageants with your cleverness and all you want to do is play soccer. . ." taehyung was being dramatic again and mingyu was laughing quietly in his seat, "this bitch be boasting his self."

"i'm more than a beauty, my brother"

the atmosphere was different, it was more serious. hyunjin stood up and went to her room with heavy steps. taehyung ruffled his hair as he realized he said something wrong, she wasn't just a beauty but a human, a woman.

"just so you know, prince jungkook let me go on a day off for this weekend." he looked at mingyu who was texting someone secretly, maybe his crush, the king. though he was studious looking at his phone, he replied, "so no pay?" taehyung nodded, "no pay."

mingyu slipped his phone in his pocket as he stood up. he walks to taehyung and pats his shoulder, "well I think something is going to happen to hyunjin latur" he yeets himself out of the room and left taehyung alone.

"was jungkook serious when he said the princess had a favor to kim hyunjin? nah~ hyunjin isn't that type to catch the princess' attention." he laughed it off.

"but princess heejin was so serious though. . ."

"good morning" hyunjin greeted kim minju, her cousin as she was in the counter of the convenience store she worked in. she grinned and waved hi like a drunk man while putting the employees' uniform.

"I heard you caused trouble yesterday, while the jeon royalties were doing a visit." minju was preparing herself to leave the store because it was hyunjin's shift.

hyunjin went to the counter and sat, "yeah yeah, let's not talk about that" she looked the other way around.

minju shrugged, "okay, good luck. see you around!" minju bid goodbye, stepping outside the store. hyunjin nodded as a goodbye too and after, she rester her head in the table to rest.

"uwahagae~ like swan swan swan-" minju was skipping, singing to a girl group song but stopped after seeing jo haseul, the jo haseul that served the jeon royalties. jo haseul???!
she gasped with eyes widened, "why is she walking towards the store?! kim hyunjin?! oh that girl is in big trouble"

"i wonder what's for lunch tod-" hyunjin was wondering again about food, about what is for lunch today because the store was empty, no costumers. it was her and her brain only until a sweet motherly voice greeted her as someone entered the store.

"greetings! is kim hyunjin here?" a lovely girl who is about 19, medium length hair, a well dresses being arrived that made hyunjin snap out, out of dream bread land.

"kim hyunjin? why do you want to talk to me?" she sat properly, shaking a little bit. haseul grins and walked towards her. she moved her head closer to hyunjin's ear and whispered,

"the royal family wants to see you"