It was ridiculous.

Chang-ho was once again, stuck in the old dusty basement doing the prince's laundry.

He was in charge of making sure that the "royal " vests were spotlessly clean.

Freaking ridiculous.

'how the heck am I supposed to get this clean?' He thought bitterly as he splattered soapy water on the floor out of frustration

'Ah damn chef!' He muttered under his breath

He blamed him and the rest of the cooks, why would they give them a barbeque dinner knowing fully well that the Royal family was going to have a 'white party'

Now,

one might wonder.

What the fuck is a white party?

Truth be told he himself had no idea, if he had to personally summarize the whole events that transpired in one, he would say it like this:

Long story short, there's a bunch of rich people.

Some actually of royal blood ,some not. They all come by dressed in white and eat random expensive shit like caviar and start talking about topics like politics which I Jung Chang-ho I'm not interested in.'

Funny thing is, even though he was not interested in them ,he would rather spend his time listening to those boring conversations than spending most of his time just doing work and errands assigned to him round the castle and the “royal gardens".

Why did they have to put Royal in front of everything?

No one was going to denounce them anyway.

It was just so unnecessary.

Chang-ho sighed, his life was just a big comical joke.

It had been less than a week since he had been assigned to become the prince's personal servant and to be honest ....

He hated it .

The prince was really rude to him and kept ordering him around like a dog.

I mean he was kind of used to it since he's been in the castle all his childhood but hey, he was still human.

He had feelings, and yes, he does get hurt by crude comments.

Chang-ho groaned.

This was exhausting.

He wasn't sure if he liked Haneul or not.

Hah, he would only dare to call him Haneul in his head, as much as his life sucked, he wanted to live it; and addressing the other by his first name would not allow him to do so.

Anyway, it was too early to decide whether he liked him or not despite his foul mouth.

He had yet to spend some time with the prince without being asked to do something, but he found it a bit weird that the latter enjoyed regular stuff like hip hop music. Turns out it was his favourite genre, he had been shocked to hear Haneul rap that one time...

Well, Haneul was in the shower and he had to bring him fresh clothes so he overheard the elder rapping happily to some strong sounding song.

He was also shocked to learn that his favourite TV series was "game of thrones" which Chang-ho would agree is the best series ever created by man!

But wait, that's not all.

To learn that Haneul enjoyed regular food like burgers...

That was it, his mind was officially blown away, you could almost hear the literal *puff!* sound his brain had so not gently emitted.

By the time Chang-ho had ended his mental ramble, he was finally done.

He stood up stretching his back as he had spent a lot of hours crouched in the tiny stool at the front of his feet.

Sighing for the 100th time he muttered to himself:

'My name is Jung Chang-ho,I'm 18 years old and a personal servant at the Seoul Royal castle.

What a sad life...'

"Sir at 2 o' clock you have got a meeting with the Mayor, the subject is the opening of the new residential areas in the east and west region.

At 3:05 you have afternoon tea with the Queen.

At 4:20 you will receive a visit from the Duchess of-"

"Minsik please, can we do this some other time? Frankly I'll be busy for a while this week, just reschedule everything" Said Haneul

"But sir...these are your main duties" replied the older man .

"Uh huh~yeah got it. hey could you go and call that servant boy over ? "He replied distractedly

" It is Chang-ho,sir".

"Yeah,that. Call him. I need my bags packed; the boys should be here any minute."

"But sir-"

" And stop calling me sir my gosh! We've known each other since I was 5." He exclaimed exasperated, before collapsing on his bed.

Minsik gave a little nod of understanding, before making his way out.

Haneul finally relaxed attempting to catch up on some sleep. He had actually almost managed to doze off when a bunch of loud voices were heard through the corridor.

It didn't take too long before 5 good looking guys came bursting through the royal doors.

" Han~ah!" Said the shortest one.

"Bro! Long-time no see ,what's up?" Said the guy with the stringy like hair.

The others followed suit with their greetings not noticing the shy figure at the door who was silently observing their interactions.

" Say Jaehyun could you kindly let go? I kind of need to breathe" said Haneul

The little guy had Haneul in a bear hug and he was literally squeezing the life out of the royal's body.

"Oh yeah sorry. I’m just kind of excited for the trip, It's just so great!

Aren't you excited?"

He squealed happily.

"Of course he is " interjected a sassy Jung-il

-"But unlike you he is being cool about it. You known that thing called acting like your age...Hyung "

He said his tone dripping with rhetoric sarcasm

Jung-il was the type who looked rude and snobby ,but truth be told he was one of the nicest guys on earth, just a little blunt and short tempered.

Chang-ho had been watching the whole interaction between the prince and the 5 boys, for some minutes now.

He was really surprised to see how carefree and nice he could be towards others.

Especially seeing how he was mostly rude and hot tempered with the castle's staff team.

He had been actually worried when he had been called by the staff supervisor, Yuna saying that Minsik requested that he go to attend the prince's needs.

The woman was really scary, she had a pretty face but most of the times she looked like she was about to collapse,her face was always sporting an unfriendly frown,she was also skinny, too skinny but anyway he'd better make his presence known he didn't want to get in trouble for listening to the boys private conversations.

So, he took a breath, actually two deep breaths before clearing out his throat.

"Good morning princ-

"Oh my~ Oh my GOSH! He is SOOO cute!" A voice boomed all of a sudden.

Chang-ho was lost for words, moreover he was flabbergasted. He had just been attacked by the little one, who ended up sitting on top of him whilst pinching his cheeks.

"Jaehyun... please leave the poor boy alone" said the exasperated boy with candid features.

He is really pretty, thought Chang-ho

"I'm Do-hyeon by the way" continued the boy and this is Bright, Jung-il , Kang-min and Jaehyun."

Chang-ho blushed furiously.

"I..I..I'm Jung Chang-ho " he replied shyly

He then looked at the little one Jaehyun "could you...could you please move, I need to get up." He told him

Jaehyun blinked at him

"Ah~ sorry "

"Is he coming with us?" Said the guy named Bright.

Everyone's attention turned to Haneul who had been temporarily forgotten as soon as the young boy walked into the room...

"No" he stated resolutely

"Absolutely not.He is just here to pack my bags he is just a serv- personal assistant" He said correcting himself at the last minute. He knew his friends didn't like how he treated his personnel and people in general.

He could clearly remember the last time he made the mistake of cursing out one of the chefs for cooking his steak medium rare,while all he wanted was a well done steak.That day he had gotten a lecture 3 hours long courtesy of Jaehyun .

"But he could be fun,he looks just like me !"exclaimed Kang-min who had been quiet till now.

"Yeah lets bring him along the more people the better the trip" added Bright

The others followed suit. Like always they ganged up on him succeeding in persuading the young prince, despite his obvious reluctance.

‘Ridiculous’ he thought to himself as he rolled his eyes in annoyance

And this is how, Ladies and Gentlemen Chang-ho ended up being in a van with 5 strangers and a prince headed to some place unknown to him.

The guys refused to tell him his destination. Not like they had any obligations to tell him.

But this was just, this was just so weird, like what are the odds of you being kidnapped by your own employer?

….Exactly! Close to none.

Chang-ho honestly felt drained.... and it wasn't even afternoon yet!

Chang-ho was confused.

He had been sitting in the van for about 5 hours and he still had no idea of their destination. He felt uncomfortable to say the least, he felt very out of place.

Chang-ho shifted in his seat trying to make himself as small as possible but as he predicted, that didn't work out too well. He was not fat but he was not thin either. He was chubby and way too tall for his likeness, which made things difficult for him.

Especially in these kinds of situations where hiding was crucial for survival.

His intent of remaining unnoticed for as long as possible had just failed, as one of the boys Jung-il as he recalled glared at him.

Chang-ho jumped momentarily started, he did not expect such an intense glare. I mean he had looked like a nice person earlier, but Chang-ho would not blame him for his reaction. Afterall, he was probably being a nuisance to all of them.

They didn't know him, he was basically a stranger, how could they trust him? They did try earlier to include him in their conversations but he never really had anything to say or reply, he'd just shrug to avoid further embarrassment.

It must have been really annoying.

He was really surprised that Haneul had let him tag along.He was left stunned by the latter,he was smiling, actually smiling.

Kim Haneul never smiled and he certainly never fooled around with anyone. It was really shocking for Chang-ho to see the older crack jokes and mess around with his friends.

'He is human after all' he thought whilst a small smile crept on his face .

He thought that perhaps he was kind of cute, but he would never admit that aloud as he valued his dear life.

Haneul has always been portrayed with a strong, fearful image and he'd be damned if anyone tried to state the contrary.

8 Hours had just passed.

Chang-ho was now really bored, he really didn't want to disturb them, but he also wanted to know their destination.

He was contemplating whether to speak up or not.

When he just thought 'fuck it' .

Chang-ho fiddled with his finger and took a deep breath before he ended up clearing his throat.

6 pairs of eyes turned to look at him.

'Oh crap' he looked down in embarrassment. His face was on fire. He was the one who called for their attention, so he couldn't just back out.

-"Well I- I.." He started but Haneul narrowed his eyes at him.

He didn't like when people stuttered.

Chang-ho took a deep breath once more.

"I was wondering where we are going" he said almost too quickly, he held his breath waiting for any kind of reprimand. But to his surprise none came.

-"We're going to Jeju island" said a smiley Jaehyun.

-"You are going to love it I promise!"

'This guy is an angel 'thought Chang-ho as he stared at his big grin

.

-"We'll be there soon Chang-ho" added the one called Do-hyeon.

He nodded at them and accidentally made eye contact with Haneul who seemed to be staring at him intensely.

Chang-ho blushed, he didn't know why but suddenly the air around them felt hot.

......Too hot.