Wonwoo loves the princess. He shows it but couldn't tell it in words. It should be easy to recognize those over flowing feelings of a man who is in love, if only she was not slow-witted idiot.

"Omo omo, I thought the son of the great general Jeon is sick? Why are you still alive and roaming here inside of the palace?" The princess approached him along with her eunuch and palace maids.

Wonwoo, the son of the greatest general in the kingdom, looked at the princess with a very unhappy expression. "What kind of lame reaction is that my princess? I was really sick."

The princess leaned closer as she boast her fists. "Should I punch you to be sure if you were really sick?"

Seungkwan, the princess' eunuch, stopped the princess! "Princess! The words you used are not appropriate. There are lots of eyes around the palace."

"Right?" Wonwoo added,narrowing his eyes. "The way she acts are really childish. Maybe, princess was a pig in her past life."

"Shut up you crazy jerk!" Princess complained as she knuckled Wonwoo's head around her arms. "If I am a pig then you were a monkey!"

"Ugh ugh!" Wonwoo coughed while  trying to pulled away from thr princess' grips! " E-Eunuch Seungkwan! S-Stop her or e-else, I-I a-am going to d-die f-from a p-pig!"

Eunuch Seungkwan and the other palace maids just let out a long sigh. It must be really hard to serve a kind of princess like her who doesn't listen well.

"That's right monkey! I'm gonna kill you! You were lucky to stay alive after being sick huh! Ha-ha! You are unlucky today!" the princess continued.

Wonwoo winced in pain. And he is little by little turning into a purple pretty guy! "I-I was lovesick!"

"Princess, stop now! Lord Wonwoo will-" Seungkwan about to protest.

But there is another voice that made her stop. "Woah. The princess and the general's son looks like having so much fun, I am so envious."

His voice. Just only his voice. It was enough to make the princess' mind went chaos. She freeze, she couldn't even blink nor breathe. If it is possible to turn back time, she wished that she should wear prettier clothes, does her make up well or should ignore the annoying guy who was the reason to lose her composure and acts barbaric.

"Y-Yoon J-Jeonghan," the princess stuttered.

Wonwoo held his neck and stood straight while catching his breath. "Thank goodness, I came alive."

"Lord Yoon," the eunuch announced. And so the maids bowed their head in front of the prime minister's son.

"General's son and princess are really close. It was fun watching you from afar. You know, the head knuckling thing of yours, my princess," Jeonghan chuckled.

The princess blushed in embarrassment. She wouldn't expect that the man she likes unrequitedly for a long time saw her in her not-so-princess  behaviors!

'It was Wonwoo's fault!' she blaimed inside her mind.

"If you think that the 'knuckling head' thing is fun, then you should try it for yourself Lord Yoon. The pig's strength are no joke," Wonwoo explained.

Jeonghan eyes widened by Wonwoo's choise of word. "P-Pig?" he stuttered.

"Ha-ha," Wonwoo's fake laugh. "What I mean is... our p...r...e...t...t...y princess. Ha-ha!"

Princess secretly hits Wonwoo on his sideline. "Ahh!" he winced in pain.

"Shut up or I'll sew your mouth," Princess whispered but still wearing a forced smile. She then, looked at Jeonghan while tucking her hair behind her ears. Wonwoo finds it annoying (the princess fake kind acts). "Lord Yoon Jeonghan, I am happy to meet you here in our palace. What made you came here?" she asked, blinking her eyes prettily.

"Your father, the king, summoned me for a nice chat," he answered.

"O-Oh. Is that so? T-Then, did you have fun?"

"I did. And I do. Palace is surely great, princess. Ah, to be honest, I was looking out for you."

Wonwoo, the eunuch, the palace maids and the princess got surprised. Why did Jeonghan looked out for her?!

"M-Me? W-Why?" the princess stuttered while Wonwoo is only there in the sidelines, clenching his fists.

"Hmmmm," Jeonghan started. "I would like to have a few words with you, princess. This is really important so... may I ask to have your servants stay away for a moment?"

Without thinking, princess commanded her servants. "You! Go away! I mean- please stay away for a moment."

"As you wish your highness," Seungkwan bowed and walked away along with the palace maids.

Now there are only three left on the place; the princess, Jeonghan and Wonwoo.

"Y-Yah, I'm getting nervous. Do you think he will finally confess his feelings to me?" Princess whispered to Wonwoo.

Wonwoo replied, "I think... he will reject you. If that happens, I'll be here on your side to lend you an ear and to hold my stomach while laughing so hard like there is no tomorrow."

Princess was about to smack his face, but she is fighting against her will because the man she adores is standing in front of them. What a great perseverance she  must have!

"Ahmm, Lord Wonwoo, is it okay to ask you to leave just for  a moment?" Jeonghan asked him.

Is it really okay to leave her? Is it really okay to let her stay with the man she loves? Wonwoo wouldn't agree. However...

"Sure. It will be annoying to see two love birds flirting together. I'll go now. Bye!" Wonwoo turned around and walked away.

He tried his best not to look back and see the princess unfading smile. He acts cool. He acts strong.  But the truth is... he was damn hurt.

After leaving the princess, Wonwoo is leaning some out-of-the-way place. He is looking down while his hands are clenching on his chest. "Argh. This is so bad for my heart," he whispered. "Maybe, I need to be on my bed again because of this lovesick."

Minutes had passed. But Wonwoo never move an inch. He was only staring at the blank space, worrying if Jeonghan really confessed to the princess at this moment.

But soft cries caught his attention.

Someone is crying. And it is coming from the palace garden near to Wonwoo's place. Who is it? And why?

He follows the painful sounds.

~Tuk tuk tuk~ the gentle sounds of his steps brushing on the grass drapes.

In the corner, he saw a woman crying. And to be exact, it is actually the princess.'Why? Why is she crying?'

"I was wondering whose the owner of that awful sounds and look! I found the princess!" Wonwoo teased as he kneel down in front of the princess. Princess is sitting on the grass, hugging her knees with her head down as she sobs.

"Don't look at me! I am so ugly!" The princess complained.

"Tsk. Is there any time that you aren't? Come on. Show your face."

The princess slowly lifted head to look at her closest friend's (enemy) face. When Wonwoo saw herteary eyes, he came into a conclusion: 'Ahhh. Something bad happened between them.'

"What happened?" he asked.

"H-He said, he wil going to marry me," she answered.

After hearing those words, Wonwoo's heart broke into pieces! How does it feel to know that the girl you love will marry another guy? It is painful. So painful like his whole body are numb. However, he managed to put  a smile.

"Then, isn't it a good news? The man you love said he will marry you. Are you crying because you are too happy that your dream came true?"

Princess bit her lower lip, before she answered, "Father, the king, asked him to marry me. Father wants him to be the next king. Jeonghan said he is worried about me since we only saw each other as sister and brother. Wonwoo, he said he only sees me as his little sister. Then, even if he asked me to marry him, he drew a line. He rejected me even before I confess. What will I do? My heart... my heart... it hurts so much."

Jeonghan rejected the princess. Wonwoo must be happy for this fact, right? No. Seeing the girl she loves cries for another man is enough to make him get hurt too.

"There is a lot of guys around you, princess. Why are you only looking at him? Why did you fell in love with someone like Jeonghan? You should find someone who will accept you, the way you are," Wonwoo said in low tone.

But the princess shook her head. "There are no guys like him. For me, he is the only one. The only guy in my eyes."

"What about me? Am I not a man?" Wonwoo cupped her cheeks and looked at her eye to eye.

They stared at each other for seconds. One. Two. Three. Four. Five.

Then, the princess answered, "The hell. You are not a man in my eyes. For me, you are the most annoying jerk and monkey in the whole wolrd. Bleh!" She even stick out her tongue.

That made feels frustrated. If only he can hit a girl, he will definitely kill this idiot princess.

After letting out a sigh of withdrawal, the princess cried again. "Waaaah! It hurts so bad! He is bad! I am so poor! Waaaah!"

"Why do I like this slut?" Wonwoo asked his mind. He patted the princess back before... he saw Jeonghan standing on the side.

Jeonghan is catching his breath as if he was searching for the princess. When Jeonghan saw them, he opened his lips and about to call, "Prin-"

But Wonwoo put his index finger to his lips, and hushed Jeonghan , "Shssh."

So Jeonghan just stopped, quite confused that Wonwoo stopped him from calling the princess. Why? And what is he planning to do?

"Princess, you said that I am not a man in your eyes, right?" Wonwoo held her shoulder and stared are her eyes.

"I did," Princess replied.

"Then, you leave me no choice. I really hates when you are like this; so stupid and slow."

"Huh? Wonwoo, what do you mean?"

Wonwoo leaned closer. He took a glimpse to Jeonghan before he continued, "Forgive me for this imprudence my princess. But you really need to know what I am feeling right now. So, I can finally become a man in your eyes."

He kissed the princess.

In front of Jeonghan, without the princess consent, Wonwoo kissed her!

The princess eyes are wide opened! While Jeonghan is just standing still and watching them!

'What is happening?! Why did he kiss me?! Why does my heart pounding so much?! Why can't I shove him away?! Why?! Why?! Why?!" Thoughts running into the princess mind.

Wonwoo pulled back. He looked at Jeonghan against the princess back and said, "Princess, don't marry a guy who only wants to get the throne. Marry me.  I will marry you not because I want to be  a king, but because I want you to be my queen."

Jeonghan, who is gritting his teeth, dashed towards. He drew his sword to Wonwoo's neck.

"Ah!" The princess gasped when she saw the blade.

Wonwoo and Jeonghan looked at each other; they are both boiling in anger, jealousy and hatred.

"How dare you to kiss the country's princess?!" Jeonghan shouted.

Wonwoo chuckled as he stood up and met his eyes again. "How dare you reject our princess? The most precious person in my life?"

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