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his supposed prince charming stood by the door, a hand stretched out towards beomgyu. unnerving feelings settle on beomgyu’s chest as he stares at the hand awaiting his own. beomgyu never thought he’d feel so dull when he was finally reunited with the person he should’ve married 2 days ago. his first love, choi yeonjun.
he turns to his back, the person he had developed such strange feelings for the past two days since beomgyu got lost in this unreasonable reality of a world, stood there smiling. he was cheering him on but, why does he seem a little… sad? beomgyu thought to himself, prince charming must be the right choice. after all, they had a duet at first sight. that must surely be… love?
“it’s time to go, my dear.” yeonjun spoke with confidence dripping in his tone, flashing beomgyu a genuine smile. beomgyu was going back to andalusia, he was finally going to leave this peculiar reality but his heart felt so heavy. he looked back to the person standing a few inches behind him,
“goodbye, beomgyu.” huening kai mustered, unable to utter a happy wish. he didn’t wait for beomgyu’s response before returning to his fiance, soobin, to leave the happy royal couple alone.
“alright prince. lead the way.” beomgyu utters, taking the long awaiting hand extended in front of him.
“great. i’m going to take some stuff to bring with, they’re called ramyeon. it’s like the best thing i’ve ever eaten omggg. just stay here okay.” yeonjun explains enthusiastically and left the room in a rush.
beomgyu looks at kai standing across the room. a laugh erupted from soobin’s mouth as kai tells him a joke, a gentle caress from soobin along kai’s cheek, a hand entwined with the other’s, and an air of despondency begin to shroud beomgyu’s head.
“oh, just look at how sweet they are… a true pair for a true love’s kiss…” a voice emerged beside him. beomgyu turned with curiosity, and oddly, familiarity. he had heard this voice before, the voice of someone who brought him into this cursed world in the first place.
“you! you did this to me! what are you doing here now?!” beomgyu inched backwards slowly, cautious of the elderly man’s figure that had appeared out of nowhere.
“oh don’t fret dear. i’m only here to help you.” the elderly man rummaged through his worn out coat and brought out an apple. “if you eat this, it will take All of your pain… away… no more kai, no more of his fiance, and you’ll forget this very thing ever happened.” the elderly man assured beomgyu, placing the apple in his hand.
“i-i won’t have to think of this again…?”
“yes dear…”
“i’ll forget everything…?”
“yes, and you’ll even get your happily ever after… it’s much too sad to know that the current you will never have a true love’s kiss-“ the elderly man stares at kai and soobin, “-forever.”
beomgyu looked at the red fruit in his hand. hesitation was beginning to set in, but the elderly man was quick to counteract this.
“hurry dear! before the clock strikes 12! the opportunity will be missed once the clock strikes 12!” the man shouted, and beomgyu didn’t take any more time to think before he bit into the poisonous apple. his final sight being the elderly man’s wicked cackle.
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“help! someone help me!”
kai glanced at the direction of the shout, only to realize the voice belonged to beomgyu’s prince charming, choi yeonjun. the prince was carrying a seemingly unconscious… beomgyu?
shock cascaded through kai’s whole body and before he knew it, his legs had taken off and he was currently scampering towards the unconscious man. kai didn’t know how to put this feeling into words, he had only known beomgyu for two whole days. it just couldn’t be something more, right? all he knows is that the longer he stares at beomgyu, the more afraid he becomes.
“what happened to him?” kai questioned concerningly, his voice a little raised.
“i-i-i don’t know. i went to get my things and i came back to my dad and him already unconscious.” yeonjun said in panic, looking back and forth frantically from his dad to beomgyu. the man he claimed to be his dad was smiling, a hand clasped over his mouth in attempt to hide it.
“i know what happened. your dad poisoned him!” a small man appeared, his mannerisms and clothing suggesting him as a butler. “i’m sorry prince. i’m afraid he has been plotting to kill beomgyu ever since you found him, and in my regret, i had helped.” the butler, taehyun, looked away with remorse.
“well whatever. once the clock strikes 12, he will be Dead. there is absolutely no way to save him.” yeonjun’s dad laughed while everyone stares at him with absolute repulse.
kai approaches beomgyu lying down on the floor. with his eyes closed like this, he just looks like he’s sleeping and dreaming away, kai thought. he gently caresses beomgyu’s hair, the softness of it made kai angrier at the fact that he could do nothing to revive the person he finds to be the equivalent of the sun lighting up his moon in the darkest of nights. but, wait.
“no, wait. a true love’s kiss.” kai exclaims suddenly, bringing all eyes on him. “the most powerful thing in the world.”
“of course! kai, you genius.” yeonjun said excitedly, kneeling on the ground beside kai.
“please.” kai moved aside, letting the prince do his magic. after all, he was beomgyu’s true love up until two days ago. there’s no way two days could make kai and beomgyu fall in love, it was too short of a time. prince yeonjun slowly raised beomgyu’s head, placing it on his own lap softly. he leaned in slowly, a cloud of nervousness enveloping him as he realizes that this would be his first time kissing anyone. his lips gently pressed against beomgyu’s before he pulled back.
okay weird. so, yeonjun went in three more times for good measure and nothing was happening.
“oh no, oh no, oh no.” yeonjun bit his lips, and immediately turned to kai. “please.”
surprise was an understatement for kai’s expression as he instantly looked towards soobin. but, soobin nodded back to him instead. soobin was.. encouraging him?
“you’ll never make it!” yeonjun’s dad chimed in, only two minutes are left on the clock. now, kai was the one with beomgyu’s head on his lap. he cradles the boy’s head slowly as he leans in. he could feel beomgyu’s breathing against his face as he nears, his lips aligning with the other’s. as soon as it touches, all kai could think of was how tender it feels. how beautiful. how fragile. how serene.
beomgyu has to wake up.
he pulls away to the sound of the clock striking 12, but beomgyu didn’t move a muscle. kai felt the floors sink. his body felt like it was melting away and his eyes started to water. love. he was sure of it, but beomgyu… beomgyu isn’t waki-
a small gasp escapes beomgyu as he looks at the man holding him.
“i knew it was you.” beomgyu smiles before pulling kai in by his neck for another kiss, a reciprocated one this time, and relief washed over kai as a tear ran down his cheek.
"love." kai uttered.
"you're my true love."