[fic] Goong Prologue (Yunjae)
Title: Goong (Palace): Prologue
Rating: PG (for now)
Pairing: Yunho/Jaejoong, Junsu/Yoochun, Jaejoong/Changmin and others.
Summary: Crown Prince Yunho is made to marry a man he's never met.
Notes: I went to Yunho's Goong play and was influenced by his acting and the story. Never actually watched the drama, since i have no interest in the thing, but i did read the manga before I went to Yunho's play XD It's loosely based on the story, so it's pretty much nothing like it XD
Comment and encouragements are always welcome <3
"So I hear you're getting married..." Junsu's voice was hesitant as he looked up at Yunho through embarrassed lashes. He played with the edge of his formal jacket, afraid of the prince's wrath. He'd been coerced into it by the other younger nobles. It wasn't like he wanted to ask Yunho. But the others were insisting. 'You're the closest to him,' they said. 'You won't get your head chopped off.' But it wasn't as if Junsu was close to Yunho. Not anymore.
"News spreads fast." Yunho shrugged, his icy demeanor nothing like what Junsu remembered growing up with. Yunho had been kind and caring before... But now things had changed. He was the crown prince. Junsu was no longer the other's confident. Those days of wonderful bliss were over. "Arranged, of course."
"Ah," Junsu nodded in understanding. It wasn't like any of the royal marriages were for love.
"But..." There was a pause and Junsu lifted his face to gaze into Yunho's piercing eyes. He almost flinched, but kept his face schooled into one of an innocence long gone. "If there is another..."
Junsu blinked, the implications of what Yunho was saying absorbing slowly into his consciousness and he couldn't help but stand there in stunned silence.
Was Yunho asking what he thought he was asking?
"It's better than marrying someone I don't know." Yunho filled the silence with his voice, deep with uncertainty. Junsu and he had been...something, once. Nothing worth mentioning in the long run, but it had been there. Still would be if it hadn't been for...
"I..." Junsu looked away, unable to keep Yunho's hard gaze any longer. "You know that I..."
"Of course I know." The annoyed snort made Junsu look up again and Yunho's eyebrow raised at the blush spreading across Junsu's face. "It's not news."
"Well, then why...?" Why ask? Why ask when he knew that despite everything that they were to each other--friends, family, past lovers--Junsu had someone else. Someone that owned him now more than he could ever admit.
"I just wanted to ask, that's all." Yunho shrugged, looking like the obvious rejection didn't affect him. Junsu knew better. Knew what laid under those walls that Yunho erected after he'd become the crown prince. Knew that Yunho wouldn't have asked him if there wasn't still something there. Something from the past. "Think nothing of it."
Right, like Junsu could ever do that. He reached out. "Yunho..."
"I'll see you at school." Yunho turned and walked away. Leaving Junsu behind, feeling for the world like the one who got rejected and not the other way around.
***
"I'm WHAT?" Jaejoong could barely keep back the scream that threatened to escape. His mother looked at him with something akin to sympathy. His father looked resigned to the fate of his only son. "You can't be serious!"
"Jaejoong, sweetie..." Jaejoong's mother moved to calm him, but Jaejoong would not have any of it.
"Mom, you can't be serious." Jaejoong moved away from the kitchen table, shaking his head. "I mean, me? The Prince? Not to sound harsh, but we're nobodies." He emphasized his words with a flailing motion. "Nobodies can not marry a prince!"
"Your grandfather was a very trusted adviser to the king," his mother said. "A promise was made--"
"Hundreds of years ago," Jaejoong exaggerated angrily.
"Just before you were born," his mother corrected patiently. "That you would be the wife of the grandchild that would succeed his crown."
"And no one told me this because...?"
"Well, we didn't know about it until now," his father confessed. "Though my father did say something about it, I didn't think--"
"Why not one of my sisters? Surely they're more qualified to be a wife than I am! I mean, they can have babies! I--" He gestured to himself in a vague way. "Can't!"
"The promise was made to you and you alone," his mother said, finally at wits end. A marriage into the royal family was more than just a status up for them. It meant money. Money they sorely needed. His father didn't have a job. His sisters were barely making it on their own. They needed this to survive. "Stop this childishness and just give in. It's not like we have a choice in the matter."
Jaejoong's mouth dropped, unable to comprehend that his family--his loving, caring, usually-doing- whatever-he-wants-because-he's-the-youngest family--was saying that he had no choice but marry someone he didn't know. It was as ridiculous as those stupid fairy tales his older sisters used to read to him when he was a child. This wasn't something that should happen in real life. "But what if I already have someone I like?" Jaejoong said in a huff, a last ditch effort to get his mother and father to see reason.
"I know for certain there isn't anyone you like right now, Jaejoong," She responded in a knowing manner. Jaejoong glared. "Don't worry. There's always a chance the prince will refuse."
Jaejoong gave in to the urge to cry. He was sure this was some sort of nightmare.
Rating: PG (for now)
Pairing: Yunho/Jaejoong, Junsu/Yoochun, Jaejoong/Changmin and others.
Summary: Crown Prince Yunho is made to marry a man he's never met.
Notes: I went to Yunho's Goong play and was influenced by his acting and the story. Never actually watched the drama, since i have no interest in the thing, but i did read the manga before I went to Yunho's play XD It's loosely based on the story, so it's pretty much nothing like it XD
Comment and encouragements are always welcome <3
"So I hear you're getting married..." Junsu's voice was hesitant as he looked up at Yunho through embarrassed lashes. He played with the edge of his formal jacket, afraid of the prince's wrath. He'd been coerced into it by the other younger nobles. It wasn't like he wanted to ask Yunho. But the others were insisting. 'You're the closest to him,' they said. 'You won't get your head chopped off.' But it wasn't as if Junsu was close to Yunho. Not anymore.
"News spreads fast." Yunho shrugged, his icy demeanor nothing like what Junsu remembered growing up with. Yunho had been kind and caring before... But now things had changed. He was the crown prince. Junsu was no longer the other's confident. Those days of wonderful bliss were over. "Arranged, of course."
"Ah," Junsu nodded in understanding. It wasn't like any of the royal marriages were for love.
"But..." There was a pause and Junsu lifted his face to gaze into Yunho's piercing eyes. He almost flinched, but kept his face schooled into one of an innocence long gone. "If there is another..."
Junsu blinked, the implications of what Yunho was saying absorbing slowly into his consciousness and he couldn't help but stand there in stunned silence.
Was Yunho asking what he thought he was asking?
"It's better than marrying someone I don't know." Yunho filled the silence with his voice, deep with uncertainty. Junsu and he had been...something, once. Nothing worth mentioning in the long run, but it had been there. Still would be if it hadn't been for...
"I..." Junsu looked away, unable to keep Yunho's hard gaze any longer. "You know that I..."
"Of course I know." The annoyed snort made Junsu look up again and Yunho's eyebrow raised at the blush spreading across Junsu's face. "It's not news."
"Well, then why...?" Why ask? Why ask when he knew that despite everything that they were to each other--friends, family, past lovers--Junsu had someone else. Someone that owned him now more than he could ever admit.
"I just wanted to ask, that's all." Yunho shrugged, looking like the obvious rejection didn't affect him. Junsu knew better. Knew what laid under those walls that Yunho erected after he'd become the crown prince. Knew that Yunho wouldn't have asked him if there wasn't still something there. Something from the past. "Think nothing of it."
Right, like Junsu could ever do that. He reached out. "Yunho..."
"I'll see you at school." Yunho turned and walked away. Leaving Junsu behind, feeling for the world like the one who got rejected and not the other way around.
***
"I'm WHAT?" Jaejoong could barely keep back the scream that threatened to escape. His mother looked at him with something akin to sympathy. His father looked resigned to the fate of his only son. "You can't be serious!"
"Jaejoong, sweetie..." Jaejoong's mother moved to calm him, but Jaejoong would not have any of it.
"Mom, you can't be serious." Jaejoong moved away from the kitchen table, shaking his head. "I mean, me? The Prince? Not to sound harsh, but we're nobodies." He emphasized his words with a flailing motion. "Nobodies can not marry a prince!"
"Your grandfather was a very trusted adviser to the king," his mother said. "A promise was made--"
"Hundreds of years ago," Jaejoong exaggerated angrily.
"Just before you were born," his mother corrected patiently. "That you would be the wife of the grandchild that would succeed his crown."
"And no one told me this because...?"
"Well, we didn't know about it until now," his father confessed. "Though my father did say something about it, I didn't think--"
"Why not one of my sisters? Surely they're more qualified to be a wife than I am! I mean, they can have babies! I--" He gestured to himself in a vague way. "Can't!"
"The promise was made to you and you alone," his mother said, finally at wits end. A marriage into the royal family was more than just a status up for them. It meant money. Money they sorely needed. His father didn't have a job. His sisters were barely making it on their own. They needed this to survive. "Stop this childishness and just give in. It's not like we have a choice in the matter."
Jaejoong's mouth dropped, unable to comprehend that his family--his loving, caring, usually-doing- whatever-he-wants-because-he's-the-youngest family--was saying that he had no choice but marry someone he didn't know. It was as ridiculous as those stupid fairy tales his older sisters used to read to him when he was a child. This wasn't something that should happen in real life. "But what if I already have someone I like?" Jaejoong said in a huff, a last ditch effort to get his mother and father to see reason.
"I know for certain there isn't anyone you like right now, Jaejoong," She responded in a knowing manner. Jaejoong glared. "Don't worry. There's always a chance the prince will refuse."
Jaejoong gave in to the urge to cry. He was sure this was some sort of nightmare.