NEFARIOUS - TAEGYU ??

The next day arrived the weekends. Taehyun wakes up to a hungry stomach and decides to go downstairs after a bath. He sees Mrs Choi and Ryujin in the living room, watching the news. Taehyun decides to approach them and Ryujin immediately notices.

"Taehyun!" Ryujin asserts.

"Hey, when did you arrive?" Taehyun asks.

"Yesterday. Decided to be home for the weekend."

"What's on the news?"

"King Ha Joon in talks about his son's coronation." Mrs Choi say.

"Where is he? The prince?" Taehyun asks.

Ryujin shrugs her shoulders. "That's the thing. No one knows who the prince is. The King wants to keep his identity a secret until the coronation which is in 6 months."

"What about the Queen?"

"The Queen is terminally ill. Some say cancer. She's still going strong, she just doesn't have the energy to walk around much, hence why we don't see her anymore."

Taehyun nods as he understands the situation.

"Mrs Choi?" Taehyun calls out, earning a hmm from her. "Do you think you can tell me more about the feud the Yeong-won has with the Royal Family?"

"Oh, we haven't spoken about that in quite a while. Take a seat, Taehyun." Mrs Choi says, pointing to the sofa beside hers. Taehyun did as told.

"Where do I start? Hmm, I guess what the Yeong-won and the Royal Family had started way before. We are always fighting over who has more power. Yeong-won is the strongest Mafia among the other mafias in the country, we own clubs, some shopping malls and hotels while the Royal Family own restaurants, shopping malls, schools and hospitals. The government can be controlled by them, but we fought a bit and managed to have the police as our lackeys. But we have control over the underworld. Since we transport drugs, we tend to collaborate more with pharmaceutical companies but the Royal Family does too since they own a few hospitals. Moreover, the Royal Family has a large herb plantation used in the production of medicine and tea."

"So, why the feud?" Taehyun asks.

"Business related." Ryujin cuts in.

Mrs Choi nods. "What I told you is what everyone thinks."

"Then, there's more to the story?"

Mrs Choi nods again. "I'll tell you some other time, alright Taehyun?"

Taehyun nods.

"No one knows about the actual story, including me and Beomgyu. Dad doesn't want us to know yet. He says it'll only cause chaos." Ryujin says.

"Sir Choi and the King never cross paths. They made a contract to never interfere with each other's lives and family."

"What are you guys talking about?"

Taehyun turns around and sees Beomgyu entering the living room, with a towel on his shoulder and his hair wet.

"Mom was explaining to Taehyun about the Royal Family." Ryujin says.

Beomgyu glances at the TV screen that was still showing the headlines about the prince's coronation. "Are they revealing the prince during his coronation?" Beomgyu asks and everyone nods.

Beomgyu scoffs. "I hope he isn't like the King, I'm tired of listening to dad dissing and babbling about the King. They really won't let history die down."

"Oh!" Ryujin exclaims. "I just thought of something."

"What?"

"What if the prince actually goes to our college?"

"What makes you say that?" Taehyun asks.

"Gut feeling."

"You just want to get married to the prince and live your fairy tale. Dream on sis, dad will be the first one to be against it. The Royal Family too."

Ryujin rolls her eyes. "Just admit that you're just protective of me."

"Yuck. That's my cue to leave." Beomgyu says.

Ryujin throws a cushion to Beomgyu, earning a giggle from Taehyun and Mrs Choi.

"Taehyun-ah." Beomgyu calls out.

"Hm?" Taehyun gazes back at the older.

"Dad wants to see you."