Crown

26. Pack Bonds

All eight of them were sitting together in the living room and watching the news outlet about King Arthur's crown having been found. They had piled on the couches comfortably to observe the TV above the entrance with rapt attention.

Yongguk hadn't appeared on screen, of course not, he never did. However, the Royal Family had openly expressed their gratitude and announced to meet Seonghwa soon. He had received a formal invitation to Buckingham Palace via mail, the letter actually being sealed with a fancy wax sigil. He had felt so proud when he had gotten the thing, and Yongguk had just laughed when Seonghwa had called him to excitedly yell about it.

The crown would soon find a place in the National Museum where people could see it, but until then, there were still some formalities to sort. And during these following weeks, the news would go crazy with covering the new hot topic.

There had been reporters swarming Seonghwa's home the whole day, too, forcing them to stick to being inside. Seonghwa once again regretted not having installed flamethrowers outside. If he wanted any peace and quiet ever again in his life, it seemed to be the only option.

After the program switched over to another topic, San turned the volume down and leaned back smugly. He was very much satisfied with how the whole situation had played out and what his paycheck would look like. There was nothing to complain about here.

Hongjoong dropped his head back on Seonghwa's shoulder, too. A little sigh escaped him, as he continued to play with the other man's long fingers in his. He had been sitting on Seonghwa's lap all this time as it seemed to have become his favourite places to be in these days. Seonghwa nuzzled the man's neck.

"Seems like you did really well there. This was a far larger scale than I had expected," Yeosang hummed amazedly. He still had his notes and his phone right in front of his seat on the table so he could react anytime if somebody tried to reach them again. Multiple interviews and invitations to radio shows had been extended to Seonghwa, and Yeosang was the one who took such calls and updated Seonghwa's schedule.

Yeosang and he would spend much time running to said events soon while San would get a few days off to play. He would probably visit his mom if he wasn't too stuck with Wooyoung. Seonghwa suspected that the man would also take Wooyoung to visit his mom any day.

"I'm glad to have done it. Not for the scale and money, but also because of everything that it had to do with my family, too. It seems like today feels like a day I can sit back proudly and hope that it finally turned out how they imagined it. Out of all things my father researched, I was always interested the least in this one. But here we are, and it was all worth it."

Yunho nodded satisfied from his place. His family, too, had had a long history of being butlers for the Park family. His granddad and dad sometimes still preached about the importance of Seonghwa's father's studies, so of course, seeing him end this mess had been satisfying for all of them.

Plus, he had gotten a very cute lover out of it.

When Seonghwa blushingly hid his face in Hongjoong's shoulder at the though, Jongho finally addressed their most pressing topic these days again.

"So about the whole joining packs... Everybody is here now for once and I wanted to bring it up again before you drown yourself in work, Seonghwa."

Cautious, Seonghwa peeked over Hongjoong's shoulder. They all were looking at him, waiting for further instruction. Well, it had been his idea, after all.

He straightened a bit and shifted Hongjoong to sit more comfortably on his lap. He, too, was watching Seonghwa with that patient affection. He seemed to just wait for Seonghwa to ask him to get the stars from the sky so he could run and pick them. He looked so deeply in love that Seonghwa felt his heart warm every time he looked in those eyes.