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Jihoon was the prince of the kingdom of Carat, and a Dominant Alpha at that.
Even though he was not in line for the crown, he was still royalty, and from the kings bloodline.
Jihoon also had a older brother, an alpha, Seungcheol who was next in line to rule the kingdom of Carat.
Jihoon’s goals in life were very sheltered, he would become captain of their kingdom’s army, of course serving under his brother Seungcheol.
Jihoon didn’t have any interest in mating an omega, and hoped he never would gain interest in someone else, as it seemed just a distraction to him.
Jihoon walked through the royal garden swiftly as his most trusted guard, the beta Minghao, followed behind him.
“Are you to go to the ball tonight Prince?” Minghao asked as Jihoon sighed deeply.
“You know I do not have time to partake in such bureaucracy, Minghao.” Jihoon said stopping as he reached the middle of the garden.
“I know Sir, I was just asking.” Minghao said bowing his head in apology.
“It is Okay, father has been begging me to go to one of the balls these days, saying it’s time for me to mate, but I could care less.” Jihoon huffed, admiring the beauty of the garden as he continued to walk a diffrent way.
“Yes well you are of the mating age Prince, and I must say I’ve heard a rumor about a beautiful omega from the kingdom of pledis joining the ball tonight.” Minghao spoke with a harmonious tune.
“Yes I’ve heard much of him from my brother, it seems like Seungcheol wants to court this omega from pledis.” Jihoon frowned as he continued down the path.
“Now I must attended to my training Minghao, you are dismissed.” Jihoon said heading into the garden to meet with other men in the royal army.
“He can’t be satisfied living like this forever…” Minghao said stroking the hair stuck to his forehead from sweat.
Later in the evening Jihoon headed up into the castle, his father, Baekho, beckoning him to meet.
“You must go to the ball tonight Jihoon, many omegas from high class family’s will be there. Even if you don’t take a mate, it is a formality for a prince of this kingdom.” Jihoon’s father sternly said to him.
“Father, must we just make up an excuse again, I could pretend to be sick.” Jihoon pleaded.
“No you must be at the ball tonight and that’s final. You must attend with your brother.” Jihoon’s father spoke indefinitely.
Jihoon rushed out of his fathers office, blood boiling at the activity he was forced to do that night, the ball.
He wasn’t an object to be shown for the kingdom, an alpha that omegas could flock at during the ball.
But at last, Jihoon couldn’t go against the King, his father, so he started to get ready for the event that night.
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Across town, bundled up on the side of the street lived a humble omega named Soonyoung.
Soonyoung lived as a poor peasant since he was a child, both his parents dying an early death.
Soonyoung presenting as an omega just added to the fire of being an outcast in society.
Omegas in the town side were much different from omegas born to royalty.
Royal family omegas had a coddled and comfortable life set up for them, mate a handsome prince alpha and live happily the rest of their lives.
While poor omegas were said to all be whore’s trying to seduce alphas into mating them, to move up in society.
Soonyoung just wanted to have a family of his own, and to be loved by an alpha, no matter his status.
Tears flowed from Soonyoung’s eyes as he looked on the streets for an ounce of food, finding nothing but barren floors.
Soonyoung stomach growled leading him to wander father down the street he stayed on, in search of anything to fill his upset stomach.
Soonyoung then heard soft music playing down the roads of the town, even though it was late at night.
Ah yes, the royal family was having a ball tonight, Soonyoung thought to himself.
He had seen it on the town newspaper, it was a ball for royals to find their future mate, and the two princes of the kingdom we’re looking for a mate.
Then Soonyoung came up with a great idea, if he waited in the back of the palace the servants would bring out the leftover food from the ball, which Soonyoung could have to eat.
Soonyoung jumped for joy as he practically ran to the palace, excited for the prospect of amazing free food.
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Once the ball started Jihoon arrived with his brother, and his father the king, walking down the royal stairwell.
“Well don’t you look happy for the ball tonight…”Jihoon scoffed jokingly at his brother Seungcheol.
“Yes I am…I have been looking forward to meeting the omega Jeonghan from the kingdom of pledis.” Seungcheol said with a little blush.
“Hmm… I wonder what Joshua will think about this.” Jihoon said riling his brother up.
“Do not talk to him about this…”Seungcheol said frowning.
They then reached the bottom of the stairwell, watching as the whole room of royals stared at them.
Jihoon hated this feeling.
“Here comes the royal family of the kingdom of carat.” one of the servants announced.
The eyes of everyone in the room lingered on Jihoon as he sighed taking a deep breath in, his family then headed to talk to the first patrons.
His father went to sit at the royal throne as Jihoon and his brother had to walk around and greet everyone.
Soon enough they reached Jeonghan from the kingdom of pledis.
“Hello princes.” Jeonghan bowed at them.
“Yes Hello.” Seungcheol said as him and Jihoon bowed back.
“Ive been wanting to meet you…you have been lovely in the letters you have written to me prince Seungcheol.” Jeonghan laughed.
“Oh yes, you to.” Seungcheol blushed.
Jihoon saw Jeonghan and his brother were distracted with each other and took this chance to try to slip away.
As Jihoon walked out of the ballroom he was stopped by a girl in a ball gown dress.
“You’re Prince Jihoon right?” The girl asked.
“Yes what of it.” Jihoon replied back.
“Please marry me, I’m an omega, I will make a good wife.” The girl said releasing loads of pheromones.
Jihoon grabbed his nose covering it, pushing the girl away as he ran out of the ball room.
Jihoon had finally escaped the stuffy ball room filled with incompetent royals he couldn’t care less for, such as the omega girl trying to seduce him.
He had made laps to meet every person in attendance and with that his job was done for now.
After Jihoon escaped he headed to the back of the palace, a secret spot he knew was there, where he could be alone and not found.
He walked outside the palace doors taking a deep breath of fresh air, as a dim lantern sitting by the door, barely lit up his path.
Suddenly Jihoon heard a rustle over by a few bags of trash, to the left of him.
Jihoon quickly grabbed the lantern and shined its light towards the trash.
A male omega stood there rustling through the trash, shocked by Jihoon’s presence.
“I’m sorry…please don’t hurt me. I’m just really hungry and was looking for food.” the omega whimpered.
“Don’t worry, I will not harm an omega. I was just startled by the rustling sounds in the dark.” Jihoon said reassuring the omega.
“Okay…” the omega said lowering his head.
He wore filthy rags of clothes and looked like he hadn’t eaten in weeks, his arms so small.
“What’s your name omega?” Jihoon asked curiously.
“My name is Kwon Soonyoung.” the omega said bowing into a curtesy.
“You do know you are trespassing on royal grounds do you, I will not punish you, but other people in the palace would if they found you here.” Jihoon said watching the omega.
“I know I’m very sorry, I will leave right now.” Soonyoung said grabbing some leftover food before he started to leave.
“Wait! Do you have a job in town?” Jihoon said graciously wondering.
“No…an omega like me is not able to get a job. That is why I’ve been starving…I came here to look for food.” Soonyoung said sadly.
“Come inside with me then.” Jihoon said walking towards the palace doors.
“What do you mean?” Soonyoung said following Jihoon inside.
As they both headed into the light of the palace Soonyoung gasped “Oh my! Your Prince Jihoon aren’t you! I can’t believe it.”
“Yes that is me. I would like to offer you a job here at the palace, I cannot see one of my citizens starve on the streets.” Jihoon said compassionately.
“Thank you Sir, I will work hard at the job I am given.” Soonyoung said bowing to Jihoon.
After Soonyoung finished bowing, Jihoon lead him through the palaces many winding halls until they reached the main kitchen where servants were working.
“Seungkwan.” Jihoon beckoned, as they looked through the kitchen door.
Seungkwan scurried out of the kitchen facing Jihoon with a bow.
“Yes my Prince.” Seungkwan answered.
“I would like you to take my new personal servant and give him a room with some new clothes, and fetch him a warm bowl of soup.” Jihoon said showing him Soonyoung.
“Your personal servant, I thought a Prince would have already had one of those.” Soonyoung said in awe.
“I usually like to do things myself, but I wouldn’t mind a hand helping me right now, sense I am training to be captain of the army.” Jihoon said nodding his head.
“I shall show him to the servant quarters Prince Jihoon, and get him cleaned up for work tomorrow, as well as fed.” Seungkwan said smiling at Soonyoung.
“Ah yes, please do that Seungkwan. I will come get Soonyoung in the morning to tell him his duties as my personal servant.” Jihoon said as he left, heading down the hall.
Seungkwan ran into the kitchen leaving Soonyoung by himself.
When he did come out he had a warm a bowl of soup in hand.
Then Soonyoung was whirled around as Seungkwan dragged him through the palace, to a hallway with rooms near the kitchen.
“Here are the Servant quarters, let me find you a vacant room. Ahh, sorry, I’m being rude, let me introduce myself. I’m Seungkwan Chwe, an omega, my mate is Vernon Chwe. My mate is part of the royal military under the princes.” Seungkwan said grabbing a key to one of the rooms.
“It’s nice to meet you Seungkwan, my name is Kwon Soonyoung.” Soonyoung said happily.
“Here you can stay in room 707, their should be a fresh pair of clothes in there, you must wash up tonight. And by the way Soonyoung, I’ve never seen Prince Jihoon interested in the likes of someone else, you must be special.” Seungkwan said handing Soonyoung a key to his room, and his bowl of soup.
Soonyoung nodded his head as Seungkwan headed back to the kitchen down the hall.
He then headed into room 707, opening the door with his new key.
A pair of new trousers and a plain white shirt laid on the bed for Soonyoung to change into, but first he headed to his restroom to wash up.
After cleaning himself Soonyoung changed into some other clothes for sleeping, laying in a cabinet near the bed.
He then sipped on his soup, filling his empty stomach.
After eating, Soonyoung quietly slipped into the soft comforter that hugged his body tightly.
Then Soonyoung had realized that Seungkwan hadn’t said anything about breakfast the next morning.
But Soonyoung did worry, he reminded himself that in the morning Prince Jihoon will inform him about breakfast as he is telling him his duties for the day.
After a while Soonyoung drifted to sleep, in his new bed, something he’s never had before.
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The next morning Soonyoung woke up to the sounds of banging on the door to his room.
“It’s time to get up for breakfast!” The person yelled as they knocked loudly on Soonyoung’s door.
Soonyoung quickly got out of bed, putting his new clothes on that we’re hung up in the closet.
After he was changed Soonyoung opened the door, seeing a stranger standing there.
“So you’re the new recruit. My names Joshua, I’m the head of all the servants at the palace.” Joshua said looking at Soonyoung.
“I’m Kwon Soonyoung, it’s nice to meet you.” Soonyoung said giving Joshua and small bow.
“I’ll show you where breakfast is now. Every morning I come wake up all the servants for breakfast, so they are on time to start work.” Joshua said leading Soonyoung down the hall into the kitchen.
Once he got in the kitchen he saw all the servants sitting around a large table eating.
“Introduce yourself.” Joshua said looking at Soonyoung.
“Hello I’m Kwon Soonyoung, I’m excited to meet everyone.” Soonyoung said giving another bow.
“Fresh meat! Haven’t had that in a long time.” One of the beta servants laughed.
Then Joshua dragged Soonyoung to the breakfast area, as they both got some porridge and sat down.
“So Soonyoung…I heard you were chosen as a personal servant by Prince Jihoon! Is that true?” One of the beta’s asked curiously.
“Oh yes, it’s true. Prince Jihoon offered me a job as his personal servant.” Soonyoung said bashfully.
“Why don’t we all introduce ourselves before asking too many questions! I’m Minghao, I work as a royal guard. This is my mate here Jun, he is also a royal guard like me.”Minghao said smiling at Soonyoung.
“Hello.” Jun said waving at Soonyoung.
“Hi Soonyoung it’s nice to meet you. I’m Mingyu, one of the kitchen staff, I work with my mate Wonwoo here. We have a newborn baby.” Mingyu said smiling.
Wonwoo was holding the baby in his arms, feeding the small child a bottle of milk.
Soonyoung squealed looking at how cute the baby was.
“I’m Wonwoo, and this is our child, his name is Ren.” Wonwoo said smiling.
“You remember me don’t you! I’m Seungkwan, we met yesterday, I work here as a maid, cleaning everything. Here’s my mate Vernon I mentioned, he’s not supposed to be here but sometimes he sneaks in for breakfast.” Seungkwan said scolding his mate.
“Sorry honey.” Vernon said rubbing his mates hair.
“Yes I remember you Seungkwan, it’s nice to see you again.” Soonyoung laughed.
Soonyoung had been introduced to all the servants working at the palace now.
Suddenly Joshua ran from the table, throwing up into one of the open trash cans.
“Joshua! Are you okay?” Seungkwan asked running to his side.
“Yeah I’m fine, just a little sick don’t worry.” Joshua said wiping his mouth off with a towel as Seungkwan handed him some water.
“You really need to go to the doctor.” Minghao said looking worried.
“I’ll go eventually, I’ve just had too much work lately with preparations for the last ball.” Joshua assured everyone as he sat down.
“I know, but you’ve been throwing up for weeks now Joshua.” Wonwoo said nervously.
“Look guys, I promise you everything’s fine.” Joshua said waving his hands.
“Is Soonyoung here?” Jihoon said walking into the kitchen.
“Oh Prince Jihoon.” Joshua said as everyone bowed their head.
“I’m right here Prince.” Soonyoung said waving happily.
“Alright, come with me, I must tell you of your duties.” Jihoon said as Seungkwan grabbed Soonyoung’s bowl of porridge waving him away.
Soonyoung silently thanked him as he followed Jihoon out of the kitchen.
They both walked in silence as Soonyoung followed Jihoon through the many hallways of the palace, which gained elegance as they keep walking.
Soonyoung caught a glimpse of Jihoon’s face as they turned the corner making Soonyoung’s heart skip a beat.
Soonyoung had still yet to go through his first heat.
Because of how malnourished his body was, his hormones didn’t work properly even though Soonyoung was already twenty years old, a late bloomer.
Soonyoung wondered if his heat would finally be triggered here at the palace, it was nerve-wracking.
As Soonyoung entered a main foyer of the palace, they started to walk up the stairs to where Soonyoung assumed was the princes living quarters.
“This side of the quarters is mine, while my brother resides in the left half.” Jihoon said.
Then Jihoon opened the door leading Soonyoung in to a room with a large lucious bed in it.
“Here is my room, you will be tasked to clean it everyday, while I am gone.” Jihoon said showing Soonyoung around.
“Besides the cleaning I expect you to bring me tea in the afternoon as I’m writing my military reports, along with dinner for the night. You will also do any tasks I ask you to do. Other than that you are free to do what you like with your time.” Jihoon stated as Soonyoung nodded listening to him.
“I understand all the things expected of me. Also I wasn’t able to thank you last night. If you hadn’t given me this job, I certainly would have starved on the streets.” Soonyoung said bowing his head to the floor.
“Like I said before Soonyoung, I couldn’t just leave you there. And I was already looking for someone to help me with chores as I work, so you came here at just the right time.” Jihoon said looking sharply at Soonyoung analyzing him.
“You look good in these new clothes.” Jihoon said walking over to Soonyoung straightening up his collar, which was crooked.
Soonyoung turned red from the contact, as Jihoon’s fingertips brushed against his neck.
“You may also assist other servants with their tasks when you are finished doing things for me. Sense I cleaned myself this morning, you may help around the palace today, as well as bring me tea, and dinner.” Jihoon said as he headed out of his room.
“Now I trust you know how to get around, I must go meet with the king.” Jihoon said watching Soonyoung’s mannerisms.
“Oh yes Prince, I know how to get back.” Soonyoung said nodding his head.
Jihoon sighed, smiling at Soonyoung’s confidence.
“I will see you later then.” Jihoon said heading down the stairs to the Kings office.
“His scent…I’ve never smelt something so enticing before.” Jihoon whispered to himself as he walked away.
Once Jihoon left, Soonyoung started to head back down the stairs, back to the servant’s hallway.
Suddenly Soonyoung bumped into someone, knocking himself back on the stair steps.
The man grabbed his hand just in time for Soonyoung not to fall down on his behind.
“That was a close call, you almost fell their.” Then man said sighing.
“I’m so sorry!” Soonyoung said as the stranger let go of his hand.
“I don’t recognize you, you must be new. I’m Prince Seungcheol.” The man said.
“Oh my! I ran into the Prince, I’m so sorry. My name is Kwon Soonyoung, I just started working here as Prince Jihoon’s assistant.” Soonyoung said bowing.
“Huh! My brother got an assistant. He’s never been the one to like being around other people, you must be special.” Seungcheol laughed as Soonyoung blushed.
“Well I must get back to work, it’s nice meeting you Soonyoung.” Seungcheol said as he walked away.
Soonyoung took a deep breathe as Seungcheol walked away, telling himself he must watch where he’s walking from now on.
After Seungcheol left, Soonyoung finally got to the end of the stairs and headed down the hallway.
Once Soonyoung reached the kitchen he noticed Mingyu was cooking something up on the stove, presumably for lunch.
“Can I help you guys with anything?” Soonyoung asked as he walked in.
“Prince Jihoon let you off the hook already, you must be lucky.” Mingyu laughed.
“Could you come hold Ren for me! It would give me a break, my arms hurt.” Wonwoo asked Soonyoung, kindly.
“Definitely!” Soonyoung smilied as he grabbed Ren from Wonwoo, sitting down in a chair while holding him.
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In another part of the palace Jihoon walked into the King’s office to talk to his father Baekho.
As soon as Jihoon entered the room, the King said “I’ve heard from some of my guards that you’ve decided to get a personal servant.”
“Yes that is correct.” Jihoon stated wearily to his father.
“We’re the servants I presented to you not sufficient enough, so you had to hire a man from the streets, omega no less.” The King said upset at Jihoon’s naivety.
“I’m an adult now, you should trust my intuition to pick a servant father.” Jihoon said scowling.
“Well, what if he’s a spy from another kingdom dressed up in rags to come infiltrate the palace. If you want to be head of the military, you should really consider things like this.” The King said disappointed in Jihoon’s actions.
“If you called for me just to throw out insults, then I must take my leave.” Jihoon said bowing to the King.
“Very well then, but I warned you.” King Baekho said as Jihoon quickly walked out of the office door, unhappily.
Jihoon frowned thinking about the things his father said.
Would hiring Soonyoung make him lose his chance at the dream he’s chased for so long, Jihoon thought to himself.
Then he spotted Prince Jeonghan out of the corner of his eye.
“Oh Prince Jihoon! It’s nice to see you again, I’m looking for your brother, Prince Seungcheol.” Jeonghan said smiling.
“He’s down that hall to the left. Why have you come here today Jeonghan?” Jihoon asked curiously, the ball had just ended last night.
“I’ve come to meet with your brother, we are to have lunch out in the courtyard.” Jeonghan said blushing.
“Oh are they courting already?” Jihoon thought in his head.
“Very well, I will see you another time Jeonghan.” Jihoon said slightly bowing before he walked away.
Jihoon sighed, he had duties to fulfill with the military today, which wouldn’t give him much time to think about what his father told him.
“Soonyoung…just what are you doing to me…” Jihoon sighed.
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Back in the kitchen, Soonyoung sat swaddling Ren, as he watched Mingyu and Wonwoo cook lunch.
“What are you cooking such a grand lunch for?” Soonyoung asked curiously looking at the food.
“Prince Seungcheol asked us to make a lunch for him and a eligible Prince from the Kingdom of Carat, they are coming today. He is thinking of courting this omega.” Mingyu said whilst working.
“Oh! I guess Prince Seungcheol is going to be the King soon, so he must find a mate to be queen.” Soonyoung said nodding his head.
“Aren’t you curious about Prince Jihoon too? He’s at the eligible courting age.” Wonwoo teased.
Soonyoung blushed as he rocked Ren back and fourth in the chair.
“I am a bit curious…” Soonyoung confessed looking down to the floor.
“Well to be honest with you…I don’t think Prince Jihoon has much interest in courting. He’s more focused on becoming the head of the military.” Wonwoo confessed to Soonyoung.
“Oh, when I talked to him earlier it did seem like he was very focused on the military. I guess even Princes have a dream for their future.” Soonyoung said, cheeks dusted pink.
“Well looks like lunch is finished!” Mingyu said setting plates of food down on a fancy tray.
“Here, I’ll take Ren back Soonyoung, but could you help Mingyu bring lunch out to Prince Seungcheol in the courtyard?” Wonwoo asked.
“Definitely!” Soonyoung said as he handed Ren back to his mom and grabbed a tray with food on it.
Mingyu lead the way, showing Soonyoung outside to the courtyard.
“Wow, as expected from a royal palace!” Soonyoung said as they walked outside.
Beautiful plants decorated every corner of the courtyard, as butterflies flew around landing on different flowers.
After a minute of walking, Soonyoung spotted a table where Prince Seungcheol sat across from a beautiful omega.
“That must be the omega Prince Seungcheol is going to court. He’s so pretty!” Soonyoung thought as they walked up to the table.
Mingyu and Soonyoung bowed to them both before setting their food on the table in front of them.
“What would you like to drink Prince’s?” Mingyu asked respectfully.
“A cup of tea for us both please.” Seungcheol said as Mingyu nodded.
Both Mingyu and Soonyoung started to leave until, “Wait!” Someone said grabbing Soonyoung’s sleeve as he was about to leave.
“Could you also bring me a cup of water.” The omega said to Soonyoung.
“Yes Prince!” Soonyoung agreed.
“I’m Prince Jeonghan, from the kingdom of Carat. Who are you?” Jeonghan asked looking at Soonyoung.
“I’m just a servant who works here Prince Jeonghan. My names Kwon Soonyoung, It’s nice to meet you. I will bring your water very soon.” Soonyoung said bowing nervously.
Then Mingyu and Soonyoung walked away, going to get drinks for the Princes.
“Theirs something strange about that omega…” Jeonghan said scowling as Soonyoung left.
“What do you mean?” Seungcheol asked curiously.
“His scents not of this kingdom…” Jeonghan said.
“Not of this kingdom! Do you think he could be a spy?” Seungcheol asked shocked.
“I’m not sure…but he reminds me of someone from one of the kingdoms that neighbor us. The kingdom of Seventeen…” Jeonghan whispered.
“What! But why would they send a spy here, we have good connections with King Chan…and the kingdom of Seventeen.” Seungcheol said worried.
“I’m don’t know…I’m sure that servant Soonyoung doesn’t mean any harm. His parents probably migrated to your kingdom. I wouldn’t worry.” Jeonghan assured Seungcheol.
“Well still, I will keep an eye on him…” Seungcheol said feeing stressed.
“Well, let us get back to our lunch, I’m sorry for ruining the mood.” Jeonghan giggled.
“You didn’t ruin anything Jeonghan…and by the way you look exquisite today.” Seungcheol said smiling.
Soon enough Mingyu and Soonyoung came back with tea and water for Seungcheol and Jeonghan, then leaving them to enjoy their meal.
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Once they both got back to the kitchen, all the other servants showed up for lunch that Wonwoo was cooking.
“So how has your first day been so far!” Seungkwan asked Soonyoung curiously.
“It’s been good, I’ve mostly helped out Mingyu and Wonwoo today so far.” Soonyoung said eating a sandwich for lunch.
“Prince Jihoon said I must bring him some tea and dinner this afternoon, but that’s about all I have to do today.” Soonyoung said.
“Wow, you have it easy.” Seungkwan whined.
“Oddly enough, today during military training Prince Jihoon seemed a bit out of it. I wonder if your presence this morning caused this Soonyoung.” Minghao giggled.
“Huh! I hope I didn’t say anything weird…” Soonyoung said confused.
Minghao burst out laughing at Soonyoung’s innocence.
“Anyways! Could you help me clean the ballroom before your duties this afternoon?” Seungkwan asked Soonyoung, coughing a bit.
“Sure! Id love to see the ballroom, it must be magnificent!” Soonyoung said, eyes sparking.
So after lunch Soonyoung helped take cleaning supplies with Seungkwan to the ballroom.
“Woah! It’s so big! The chandelier, the white marble stairs, it’s just like I imagined it!” Soonyoung said in awe, almost dropping the mop he was holding.
“It’s very beautiful, but the more beautiful something is, the harder it is to clean.” Seungkwan said defeated.
“Let’s first start with mopping everything okay!” Seungkwan said as he pointed Soonyoung at which area to mop in first.
Soonyoung quickly got to work mopping the floor, sweat dripping from his forehead.
After a couple hours everything was mopped clean and shined with a shiner, that Seungkwan rubbed on the floor.
“The floors are so sparkly!” Soonyoung said looking at the floor shimmer from their work.
“Whew, that was harder than I remembered.” Seungkwan said taking a deep breath.
“Why don’t you go a wash up before bringing Prince Jihoon his tea and dinner, I can’t have you going to see him all sweaty.” Seungkwan said sending Jihoon away as he finished up.
“Okay, thank you Seungkwan.” Soonyoung said waving goodbye.
Soonyoung then headed to his room, a couple halls away.
Once he got in his room, Soonyoung drew a bath to wash up, and grabbed a towel.
“Ahhh so nice, I fell so pampered.” Soonyoung laughed, after he finished his bath.
Then Soonyoung got a new set of clothes to wear, and headed to the kitchen.
“Oh Soonyoung your back just in time! Here’s Prince Jihoon’s dinner and tea.” Mingyu said showing Soonyoung to a tray with everything on it.
“Thank you so much Mingyu!” Soonyoung said smiling as he grabbed the tray and headed out of the kitchen.
Soonyoung walked down the halls of the palace, trying to remember where Jihoon’s wing was at.
After a few minutes of wandering he found it, and walked towards Jihoon’s room.
Soonyoung noticed Jihoon’s door was cracked open a bit, so Soonyoung quietly opened the door, seeing Jihoon writing at his desk.
“May I come in Prince Jihoon?” Soonyoung asked waiting at the door.
Jihoon finished writing his sentence, turning his head to nod, yes, at Soonyoung.
Soonyoung quietly walked in sitting Jihoon’s tea next to him, while putting his plate of food a little ways away from the paper he was writing on.
“Thank you Soonyoung.” Jihoon said looking at him with heartfelt eyes.
“It’s no problem Prince, that’s what I’m here for.” Soonyoung said smiling.
“Soonyoung…may I ask you a personal question?” Jihoon said taking a sip of his tea.
“Yes Prince.” Soonyoung said nodding his head.
“Soonyoung, what was your childhood like?” Jihoon asked curiously.
“Well I didn’t have the greatest childhood, a group of travels found me in the forest, when I was a couple years old. I had fell down from somewhere and bumped my head, which caused me to forget everything but my name. So, the travelers brought me to the orphanage near the palace, and well you know the rest. Once I was 18 they kicked me out, which didn’t help because I was already an outcast for being an orphan omega. I was having a hard time, struggling to survive, until you found me.” Soonyoung said nervously telling Jihoon.
“I didn’t know something like that happened to you…I’m glad I found you Soonyoung…” Jihoon said looking out the big open window near his desk.
“Thank you…Prince Jihoon.” Soonyoung smiled, checks flushing pink.
“So you don’t remember your birth parents?” Jihoon asked curiously to Soonyoung.
“No, I don’t remember anything before the travelers found me…” Soonyoung replied sadly.
Jihoon then felt a feelings he’s never had before.
“Why’s my chest so tight when I see he’s sad.” Jihoon thought to himself.
“Soonyoung…your loyal to me, and only me right?” Jihoon said letting his thoughts slip out.
“Yes Prince, you saved me, I’m in debt to you.” Soonyoung said looking at Jihoon softly.
Jihoon nodded his head, looking into Soonyoung’s eyes.
Soonyoung’s face started to heat up at how beautiful Jihoon was, a royal alpha indeed.
“Come back in 30 minutes to come pick up my dinner plate, and bring me another cup of tea please.” Jihoon said looking back at his work coldly.
“Yes Prince…” Soonyoung said leaving his room, cracking the door back to where it was.
“I’m sorry Soonyoung…but I can’t let myself have any feelings…especially for you.” Jihoon said whispering as he rubbed his head.
Soonyoung left Jihoon’s room feeling like he had a fever, walking back to the kitchen.
“Soonyoung come get your dinner!” Wonwoo said as he saw Soonyoung enter the kitchen.
“Okay!” Soonyoung said grabbing a plate, and sitting down with everyone.
“You look a little red Soonyoung, do you have a fever.” Jun asked concerned.
“Oh, I must have just overworked myself today, I’m fine.” Soonyoung said laughing.
“Could it be your heat! You need to tell Joshua, he will help you get a safe room to stay in.” Seungkwan said as a concerned omega.
“No, it shouldn’t be for a while, I’m just tired.” Soonyoung lied to Seungkwan, he didn’t want everyone to know how much of a defect he really was.
After Soonyoung finished eating, it was time to bring Jihoon some tea, and clean up after him.
Soonyoung quickly made a cup of tea, and headed back to Jihoon’s room.
Soonyoung opened the door, seeing Jihoon with his lamp on, still writing his reports.
“I’m coming in Prince Jihoon.” Soonyoung said walking over and giving Jihoon his new cup of tea.
Soonyoung then grabbed Jihoon’s dinner plate, and old cup of tea to bring to the kitchen.
“Goodnight my Prince, I’ll see you tomorrow…” Soonyoung said as Jihoon looked up from his report and smiled softly, dismissing Soonyoung from his duties.
Soonyoung then walked out the door, his heart beating faster than it ever had before.