Run Away ◆Seongjoong◆

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Hongjoong

The boys finally made it. Hongjoong still wasn't feeling the best about...well everything. He really couldn't think of his real purpose for being here but all these thoughts hid themselves when Hongjoong saw the real Kingdom of Gaebal in front of him for the first time.

They stopped the horse and all stood in amazement at the place. There were huge beautiful homes, a castle off in the distance, and people walking around engaging in conversation with one another or selling various fruits and items from their small stands.

"Is this what a real kingdom looks like..", Hongjoong asked while Seonghwa wrapped his arm around the younger male and pulled his hood up for him.

"It sure is, Remember even though we aren't in Deoleoun people will still recognize you." Seonghwa chuckled a little bit and patted Hongjoong on his head before beginning to walk along side the horse with Yeosang to stretch his legs or so he told Hongjoong.

The younger male heard slight whispering after that but just shrugged it off as 'them becoming friends'. Soon after, They came upon an older lady and she smiled at them, "Hello there you 3 are travelers from Deoleoun I assume?"

"How did you know?" Seonghwa says whilst helping Hongjoong off the horse so they could all properly greet the woman.

She smiled at the boys and looked behind them for a split second, "Most people come here to escape from the situation over there. You also came from that direction." The lady laughed a little and waved her hand toward a small homely place but then sign above read 'Southern Gaebal inn'.

"This is my place of business and I would love for you to come stay here until you get things sorted out. Oh and I'm terribly sorry for not introducing myself, I am Jung Jiyun but most of the younger customers call me Eomma-yun"

Yeosang stepped forward and shook her hand, "A pleasure to meet you Mrs. Jung. I am Kang Yeosang, a fellow merchant off the side of the Deoleoun trail."

Seonghwa wrapped his arm around Hongjoong and held him close which made the shorter male blush but he knew that really Seonghwa was saying to keep his mouth shut and that he would do the talking.

"I am Park Seonghwa and this is..", He looks down at Hongjoong and then gets a little quieter, "Kim Hongjoong. Now before you say anything about him being the prince, He decided to run away on his own and Yeosang and I are accompanying him we definitely DID NOT kidnap him."

He let go of Hongjoong and the male took of his hood for a quick second to show the lady it was really him, "A pleasure to meet you Mrs. Jung."

She stood there and stared but then quickly resumed to her professional smile and voice, "Well then it was nice to meet you three. My son will escort you to the front desk where he can get you paid for. Quick side note, he gets distracted easily and can be a little bit much so make sure to keep him on track whilst paying."

We nodded and a boy walked out, he had very blonde hair, that was hanging in front of his eyes a little and Hongjoong immediately noticed his perfect jawline and eye color. He looked astonishing. The boy was moving his fingers around in a small box, presumably playing a puzzle game of some sort as his eyebrows were furrowed.

"Jung Wooyoung! I told you to stop fooling around with those new toys of yours. They just make you dumber." She grabbed the box from his hand and the one named Wooyoung rolled his eyes but then smiled and maintained that perfect image his mom had so carefully planted.