JUNG JAEHYUN。

"are you both that excited?" i mutter as i glanced at the twins.

the two gave me a smug grin, "maybe."

"did you visit lady althea before we go?" jungwoo questioned me and i nodded.

i would always visit the shrine with my brothers anyways after training, so going today before leaving was expected. "how about you? did you visit lady haewon?"

jungwoo nodded, "doyoung visited with me."

"are we all ready to go?" youngho asked.

we all nodded at him as minseok escorted us outside and to our ride.

i sat in the car with jungwoo. usually we don't talk that much since he would always be with doyoung. the two of them are like inseparable, they depend on each other so much.

i know how hurt doyoung was when taeyong started to isolate himself from us.

"i have a plan." jungwoo suddenly blurted out, startling me a bit.

"what do you mean?"

"with jaeyoung." he smiled.

i squint my eyes at him, "a plan? for what? what the heck–"

"it's not anything bad!" he said, flustered, "i just– just... want to help her."

a confused expression laid on my face as i faced him, "help her? does she need any help?"

jungwoo sighed, "i want to help her find her family."

my face dropped, she's adopted? i thought mrs kang was her mother...

"h-how? how... could you..."

"i found out from her."

"how would you even help her with that?"

"i don't know... but i'll find a way." jungwoo said.

find her family? how could he even find her family out of the many families there are.

"she's a min right?" i turn to him and he nodded, and something clicked in me.

"wait... a min? could– shit..." i gasped, "could she be?"

jungwo furrowed his brows together, "what do you mean?"

"jungwoo!" i placed my hands on his shoulders causing him to flinch.

"w-what are you doing!?" he panicked. "jaehyun! let go of me!"

"don't you see?"

"see what!" he whined.

"what if... she's hyuwon's sister?"

he froze in his spot, "y-you mean... princess haera?"

i nodded and he gave me a baffled look, "how– well... it's not impossible..." he sighed and i loosened my grip on his shoulders, falling back onto my seat.

i bit my lip, it's not impossible... what if she really is the lost princess.

"but, there isn't much to prove that she is." jungwoo frowned.

"then we'll find something," i stated, a determined look plastered on my face, "the lullaby she was humming could be the start."

jungwoo turned to me, "what lullaby?"

"she was humming the sacred lullaby."

jungwoo's mouth went agape, "she was?"

"i heard it very clearly." i uttered, nodding.

"so are you in?" jungwoo questioned, "with helping her."

i grinned, "of course!"

"does doyoung?" i look at him.

jungwoo sighed, "i'm trying to convince him, but he's stubborn."

i chuckled, "that's doyoung."

"your highness, we're here." our driver said as he parked the car. he went outside to open the door for us and we met with the rest of our brothers.

i noticed the parked bus, "the school's here already."

youngho nodded, "let's not make a mess, okay?" he muttered, eyeing the twins making me chuckle.

we made our way inside and i gawked at the huge exhibit in front of my eyes. a huge sculpture welcomed us as we entered and we bowed towards the workers at the place as we roamed around.

"let's go." jungwoo tugged onto my sleeve as he was my partner for today. the two of us roamed around the place, eyes trailing onto every bit of painting hung up on the walls.

we were with youngho and ten as we kinda lost the twins as we entered a room. going around the place, it seemed like the students were free to roam the exhibit.

"hey! you left us!" jeno pouted as he pointed at us.

well, i guess we found them now.

we looked around and would sometimes laugh at how goofy the twins would be.

"be careful alright." youngho reminded as we walked around.

"i'll be careful! i'm alway— ouch."

i panicked and reached out to grab onto donghyuck. "i told you to be careful!" youngho scolded.

"jaeyoung! are you alright!?"

i blinked, "jaeyoung?"

i looked down and saw the girl in her uniform, on the ground as she fell down from bumping into donghyuck.

i sighed, glaring at donghyuck, "and you should say?"

donghyuck, who seemed to have no idea at all, gave me an annoyed look, "say what? clearly–"

jeno smacked the back of his head, pointing towards jaeyoung as ten helped her up.

blood rushed to donghyuck's cheeks in embarrassment as i give him a sly smirk, "say what now?"

he puffed his cheeks, "i-i'm sorry..." he bowed at her.

jaeyoung flinched, "n-no. it's alright, donghyuck."

"donghyuck? you know him?" ten asked.

"y-yes... actually..."

"hyung–"

"how do you know him? wait, you're the baker!" ten pointed out, taking a step back.

jaeyoung nodded slowly, "yeah... you could say that."

"forgive us for donghyuck's childish behavior, lady." youngho said monotonously.

from the corner of my eye, i could tell how nervous jungwoo looked.

seeing jaeyoung made me think about our plan.

"jaeyoung..." my eyes fell on the other girl approaching us. jung miyeon. i recognize her. she's the daughter of the noble family, the jung family.

"are you alright?" miyeon questions her friend.

i tilt my head a bit, they're friends? thinking about it, i think i did see miyeon when we were at valfield and coincidentally met jaeyoung there.

jaeyoung flashed her a smile, "of course i am, mi."

"wait, you still haven't answered my question." ten uttered seriously, arms crossed in front of his chest.

"well..."

"i met her at the library, hyung." donghyuck answers ten's question.

ten snapped a little glare towards donghyuck, hissing, "i wasn't asking you."

"hey, no need to talk like that." jungwoo told ten.

"answer me." ten stared down at her.

"donghyuck already answered you. we met at the library."

a scoff leaves ten's mouth, "just donghyuck? you're going to refer him as just donghyuck?"

"i'm–"

"let her go, hyung." jungwoo said sternly.

"please stop cutting me off." jaeyoung mumbled, a frown shaping on her lips. "there's no need to be rude, whichever prince you are."

ten looked baffled for a bit, taken aback by what she called him, "whichever prince? you don't know me yet you know my younger brother?" he said in disbelief making me chuckle dryly.

"no use, she doesn't pay attention to the royal family." i told ten making him scoff again.

"i'm prince chittaphon, or prince ten." he told her, "remember that."

"i don't exactly like your attitude. disrespectful." ten muttered and walked away.

youngho sighed and faced jaeyoung, "now, i'm sorry for their attitude."

jaeyoung chuckled softly, shaking her head, "it's fine. i understand why anyways."

"you do?" youngho tilts his head, an amused expression on his face.

she gave him a smile, "i understand after meeting renjun and doyoung."

youngho huffed, "you met most of brothers?"

"well, you could say i've met everyone by now."

i was glad youngho was a bit calm after meeting jaeyoung, although he may be holding back because we are in a public place.

youngho gave her a quite forced smile, "it's nice to meet you, but if you have any plans on hurting my brothers, i won't let you do so."

jaeyoung pursed her lips, "same thing doyoung said... i don't really have any intention. i see everyone as my friend, don't get me wrong."

"is that why you're not referring to hyuck as a prince?" youngho narrowed his eyes at her.

jaeyoung nodded, "i met him lying to me that he was a knight in the palace."

youngho scoffed, now eyeing donghyuck who just flashed him a sheepish smile. "not even surprised."

"i'll go fetch ten and ask him to apologize." youngho was about to go when jaeyoung stopped him.

"no, it's alright. he doesn't need to apologize."

youngho chuckled, "he still needs to whatever you say." he said before walking off.

miyeon cleared her throat, tapping onto jaeyoung's shoulder, "injae... let's go."

"right." jaeyoung nodded.

"i'll see you gu—"

"wait!" jungwoo exclaimed.

jaeyoung pouted, "please stop cutting me off..."

"i-i'm sorry," he sighed then looked at miyeon, "can we borrow her for a bit?"

miyeon had a questionable look on her face, is she not okay with that?

"why?" miyeon bit her lip, i sense how uneasy she felt.

"a-are you not okay with that?" jungwoo tilts his head.

miyeon shook her head immediately, "no! no... it's alright... i guess." she said lowly before a bright smile crept of her face.

"i'll look for you later okay? have fun!" miyeon waved as she ran off to somewhere.

"i just.. wanted to talk to you about something, is that alright with you?" jungwoo questioned her softly, i could feel how nervous he is actually. "i mean–" he suddenly flinched, "i-if you're uncomfortable you can just–"

"it's fine," jaeyoung cut him off, "i'm not uncomfortable or anything. you're my friends after all."

jeno grinned, ruffling her hair, as he and donghyuck looked at each other, "you look cute in a uniform!" they said in unison.

"thank you." jaeyoung smiled at them, she then turned to jungwoo. "what is it you want to talk about?"

"yeah, count us in?" donghyuck uttered.

jungwoo scrunched his nose, "well, i actually..."

"actually?"

jungwoo then faced me, looking at me like he needed help and i understood his gaze quickly. i short chuckle left my mouth as i faced jaeyoung, "we want to help you."

her eyes widened as she was taken aback by what i said. "help me?"

"yeah, help her?" the twins turned to look at me with a confused look.

"with looking for your family..." i trailed off and she stared at me openly.

"you know?" she tilts her head.

"from jungwoo." i said honestly making jungwoo flinch and shake his head, "i-it's not like i'm being nosy or anything! i just... want to help." he mumbled, fiddling with his fingers shyly.

jaeyoung chuckled, "no, it's fine. i guess you could help."

jungwoo's eyes brightened in a second, "really?"

the girl nodded, "yes, of course!"

"do you have any clues at all?" jungwoo tilts his head.

she hummed, "not really... miyeon actually wanted to help me, too."

"how's it going?"

she shrugged, "i... actually don't know..." she then looked towards the direction miyeon ran to.

is there something wrong?

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soooO how are y'all doing?

i wanted to eat some noodles rn but like our stove wouldn't turn on sO like oKay i'll just eat some bread then ;-;

^ that literally doesn't make sense but okAy

-jibin