Runaway royalty

On the morning of his eighteenth birthday, Hwang Hyunjin, the disgraced prince of Hwa-guk, disappears.

Born into luxury and suffocated by tradition, Hyunjin has spent his entire life being moulded into something he is not. When his sexuality is exposed, the royal family makes it clear: he is an embarrassment they would rather erase than protect. The only thing they cannot take from him is his freedom or the uncuttable royal credit card every Hwang is issued at birth.

With nothing but that card and the loyalty of his closest friend Jisung, Hyunjin flees to Seoul, seeking refuge in the most unlikely place: the small apartment of Lee Minho, a blunt, overworked dance instructor who was dating Jisung.

Minho's younger brother, Lee Felix, is a college student who openly despises the Hwang family. To him, the royals represent everything cruel, arrogant, and untouchable in the world. And Hyunjin, soft-spoken, beautiful, and heartbreakingly sincere, is the last person Felix expects to ever care about.

As Hyunjin struggles to unlearn a lifetime of privilege and prove that he is nothing like the family that discarded him, Minho finds himself drawn to the prince he never wanted under his roof. Every shared meal, every quiet moment, and every honest mistake pulls them closer together despite Felix's resentment.

This is a story about escaping bloodlines, choosing love, and becoming someone new when the crown is finally gone.

BOTTOM: Hyunjin
TOP: Felix

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#1 top felix
#2 bottom hyunjin