castle runaway. ˡᵉᵉ ᵈᵒⁿᵍʰʸᵘᶜᵏ

FIFTY TWO

Monique's POV

I fell on the floor too quickly. I stared at it, my vision blurry. The next thing I know, my tears dropped, kissing the wooden floor boards. "What? I.. I don't understand.."

Why am I crying?

I heard fumbling inside my room and then Haechan was in front of me, holding the pea that was under my bed last night. I held his hands and held tightly to it. "Was my life a lie?"

Haechan didn't reply. He just wiped my tears away and pulled me into a hug. I buried my face on his chest and hugged him back. I'll apologize later for staining his shirt, but the news hit me even though I left it all behind.

He brushed my hair and kissed the top of my head to comfort me. Usually, it was going to be enough but the news squeezed my heart in a tormenting way. I feel like I can't breathe.

"I.. I thought I was. They lied to me.." I sobbed. I heard Haechan whisper something in my ear and I don't know what to feel because of it, "Please don't cry. It hurts me to see you like this."

I pulled away and looked at him. "It's already in the past, right? But why am I still so affected? I didn't want to be a princess in the first place, but it still.. hurt me," I lightly punched my chest, coughing out my cries.

He grabbed my hands and pressed it to him. "Don't hurt yourself," He ran his thumb on my wet cheek and smiled. "In every mystery, there's always an answer. I have always considered you as a mystery, Monique."

I just shook my head and plopped my body on him. "What am I going to do now?" I mumbled to myself. Haechan slowly stood up and let me follow him. "I will cook breakfast for us, then we will head to Snow." I just nodded and he led me to a chair.

I crossed my arms on the table and pressed my forehead on my hands. I finally stopped crying. Why did the news had so much impact on me when I already left my princess life two months ago?

Haechan just made bacon strips and we ate silently. I saw him glancing at me every now and then, still worrying. Is he nervous that I might be back at square one?

Raising my hand, I softly put it above Haechan's. He looked at me, alert. I smiled. "No, I won't go back to the past where I wanted to die and such, so stop worrying about it. The news just overcame and I did not know how to properly react."

He patted my hand with his other. "I know. You won't let yourself. I'm also thinking about who your real parents are. Perhaps we could still find them." He said and ate a piece of his bacon.

"Why didn't you find your parents?" I asked softly. Haechan sighed and started to eat again. "I didn't want to. Even so, they will force me into a marriage with the same girl or another. In your case, we still don't know if your real parents are good or bad."

I chuckled, starting to loosen up. "I'm kind of thankful I was adopted because I wouldn't believe that those tyrants back in the castle were my real parents." I saw Haechan smile in the corner of my eye. I looked up at him.

"That's more like it," I raised a brow, not understanding what he just said. "You smiling." I blushed slightly and finished off my food. "God, I can't make out the fact why I cried so much earlier." I muttered.

He stood up and took my plate. "I don't know, but my answer to your question earlier about what do you do now—" I cut him off. "I know what to do. God, this emotional side is so," I made a weird noise, causing for Haechan to laugh.

"Okay, but for that also, we could look up official documents in Snow. I have access to them. They file all the people in Fairy Tale World. Do you want to go?" He said and started washing the dishes.