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#we love autumn but he is A BIT MUCH for hibiya right now
royaletiquette · 1 year
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Autumn was a man of infinite patience, but perhaps two royals were too much to handle. When he had peace from the stupid and annoying princess, he would have to deal with the stubborn and hotheaded prince. Honestly, they were a match made in heaven; Autumn was going against God's will by attempting to kill his Majesty.
"Have you ever considered giving those lips a better use than spitting nonsense?!" Autumn's voice rose by the end of his questions, but then a dead silence fell between the two as the knight put his hands on Hibiya's attire to pull him closer in a definitive threat. Autumn sensed the prince's alarm overcoming the rage of being disrespected by a commoner, which only made him smirk and reaffirm his grip.
"Gather the energy of all these claims and kiss your fiancee, your Highness. It might solve your jealousy better than barking at me." Autumn couldn't help himself; two fingers played with Hibiya's bottom lips, caressing and pushing them down. "Do you even know how to kiss?" He asked, a cunning smile unavoidable on his factions, easing the grip on the attire to move it to the back of the prince's head. Autumn leaned, and their unbalanced breathing met, but Autumn's lips fell on the corner of Hibiya's lips. On purpose. "I wouldn't dare to take such a treat away from the princess."
He looked to Autumn, in pure shock that gradually formed to horrid anger. A scolding to put the contrairian back in the place he so often rejected, but was unable to get out an empty threat before being grabbed.
Hibiya stood his ground - certainly attempted to at least - seemingly calling the knight's bluff. The order attempted a shift in his comportment, one that might have even been taken seriously if it had not been for the smirk. He spoke as if the royals had been holding hands, strolling around the home gleefully. As if they had been nothing but flirting school children. When the reality of it was the princess ignored his letters when gone, and only tolerated his presence during meals. Autumn spoke down to him like it was Hibiya's fault for not trying hard enough.
"Autumn," tilting his head back away from his lips being touched, a snarl barely held back from the joyful mockery of the prince. He tensed up, his jaw clenched and shoulders tight. Narrowed eyes stayed on the other, only wishing that looks could kill.
Even still, the kiss, or tease of one, was hardly rejected. He simply accepted it, returning the action with a daring glare. An arm raised to nudge away Autumn's hold of him, Hibiya's stare shifting elsewhere as he decided to make his exit.
"Fuck off," a pout, but not from the degrading touch or words that he almost felt deserving of. It was for his current failures being rubbed in his face as if any attempts to correct it hadn't even mattered; it was because it was someone who worked for him doing so. "You'll be hearing from Shitsuo about your punishment," because no, as Autumn knew damn well, Hibiya did not like being spoken down to. And now he only had all the more reason to use the knight as his punching bag for his stress.
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prettywordsyouleft · 5 years
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The Sex Contract - Chapter 16
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Genre: friends to lovers au / friends with benefits / mature content / romance / angst
Characters: Shim Changmin x Kaia Ashton (OC)
A/N: Due to the overwhelming request I have followed your encouragement to bring back one of my older stories. This was back in a time where OCs were everything and writing one chapter in each main’s point of view was the trend. I hope that even though I have edited this drastically, that you can appreciate this story comes from my older style of writing. I definitely still read this often and find it enjoyable so I hope you will too.
Prologue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 - FINAL
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Chapter 16 – Kaia’s POV.
“Kai, its morning time, wake up!”
Kaia rolled over in the bed and her eyes washed over Changmin. She had been awake for a much longer period than the Korean, though he was too tired to realise the expression on her face. She had to look away after a while, not because she was afraid of what he’d see, but because she didn’t want another flare-up of what she had been internalising all night long.
It was stupid really, Kaia hadn’t realised where it had changed and become complicated between her and Changmin. But it was different now and the nausea within her stomach started to attack with full force.
“Changmin, I don’t really feel up to your schedule today,” Kaia admitted. And it was the truth too.
He gazed down at her with concern, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. “Are you unwell?”
“Still a bit from yesterday. Don’t worry though I guess I’m not cut out for the lifestyle of a celebrity. I was thinking since I haven’t had much time to see Tokyo and you’re too busy that I might just go for a little wander today.”
“That would be a really neat idea,” he enthused, nodding his head. “I’m super busy all day long. Ever since the papers this morning were released I’ve pretty much got a jam-packed schedule. I wish I could come with you and enjoy the nice weather!”
She nodded. “I already submitted my article on Korea Star last night around the time of your date. There were photos up by that time too. It seemed like a good night.”
“If I had more time to tell you about it right now Kai, I would. But I have to get out of here early. Anyway, I’ll leave my credit card on the table, use it to buy something nice!”
“I don’t need it,” Kaia called out fruitlessly and listened to the front door shut shortly after. Pulling her knees up under her chin with a sigh, Kaia stared at the blanket until her eyes became unfocused.
Why was she starting to feel something for her best friend?
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Around ten, Kaia finally pulled herself out of bed, padding into the kitchen for a glass of orange juice. As Changmin mentioned, she found his credit card sitting there with a small note beside it telling her there was no limit on how much she could spend and to have a great day. She picked it up and screwed the note into a little ball, half contemplating maxing the entire card just to get back at him. Kaia knew he hadn’t meant it, but after last night’s sex she felt like it was just a way to pay for her services. She had to push back the bile rising in her stomach at the mere thought.
Ignoring the card, and finishing off the juice, Kaia headed back into her room and got dressed, picking up her bag and the spare card-key before locking the house up. It was another nice autumn day in Tokyo, the weather just the right temperature to enjoy. She pulled out my map book and found where she was on it, looking for the closest interesting place to visit she had scribbled down on a list in bed. Finally, deciding on taking a train to Hibiya Park, Kaia headed in the direction of the closest underground station.
It was a highly confusing platform and even though she was used to Korean ones, because she lacked knowledge of the language, Kaia struggled to follow what English was around her. Eventually, she found a ticket seller and asked as best as she could, the man showing her where to board and what number she needed. She followed the directions and hopped off at the stop she had counted out along the way, stepping into a group of businessmen before heading up onto the street.
“Okay, now it’s to the right from this station,” Kaia said to herself in English, hurrying along the street towards the park she was excited for. The pictures she had seen earlier on her laptop were something she wanted to explore in person, and hoped to get some nice photos to send to her nature-loving Mother.
She stopped walking when she realised she had passed the same noodle shop before. Glancing around her, Kaia tried to find herself again on the map, but not knowing where she was made it that much harder. She looked for a person she could communicate with but after attempting to get the attention of a couple of busy pedestrians, she knew that she was in the wrong place to be asking for advice. Business people had very little time to waste on foreigners.
Kaia wandered forward and then grinned, spotting Hangul across the street. After nearly killing herself trying to dart between the traffic, she entered the Korean store, bowing at the keeper. He simply waved her off before she could even speak, and even though she used her second language over her native one, he wouldn’t have a bar of her. Frustrated, she stomped her foot in anger.
Glancing around again, she noticed a Korean girl sitting on a bench and hoped for better luck. “Excuse me, would you be able to point me in the direction of Hibiya Park?”
“Uh no,” she replied coolly and held up her phone. “And couldn’t you see I was busy?”
“Wow, the youth these days have no respect for their elders,” Kaia muttered under her breath before sighing heavily. “Why can’t anyone in this area stop and help a person out?!”
“Perhaps, if you asked the right people you’d get somewhere,” a voice answered, and she snapped her eyes to follow it, somewhat surprised that the English accent didn’t match his appearance. Kaia stared at the man curiously as he approached her. He smiled and shared a dimple. “Where are you trying to head?”
“You’re surprising,” She blurted out and colour invaded her cheeks, as his laughter reached Kaia’s ears.
“Not every day you expect an Asian to be British?”
She nodded weakly. “And how timely you are. I even speak Korean fluently and wasn’t getting anywhere.”
“How surprising,” he bit back in his native tongue, and she rolled her eyes at the Korean man, trying to decipher why he looked relatively familiar. “I’m Jay.”
“Kaia.”
“Well since I’m able to speak both English and Korean well, shall I help you?”
“I’m trying to find Hibiya Park. Do you know where it is?”
He nodded brightly. “Not here.”
“What?! The train steward told me to get off at the fourth stop and I did!”
“You’re easily frustrated,” he observed and pointed in the opposite direction. “You must have missed a stop because this would have possibly been your third stop from your original destination.”
“Great, just my luck in trying to take myself around a place I don’t speak the language of.”
Jay grinned. “Good thing I speak Japanese too.”
“You’re a man of many talents it seems,” Kaia said, grinning back and he nodded.
“Come on, I’ll show you to the park. Perhaps you’ll learn more about me on the way too.”
By the time they reached Hibiya Park, Kaia had forgotten all about her previous frustration with the day so far. Jay was refreshing to be around, his laughter infecting her with a good mood. She learnt he had lived in London for ten years before moving back to Korea to study and get a career. They had a lot in common, especially as they discussed their favourite English things they missed whilst living in Korea. Kaia had expected Jay to say farewell at the entrance but he had accompanied her for the entire afternoon. She was thrilled to have made such a good friend already, Jay making her feel completely at ease, despite only knowing him for half a day.
“So you know about me,” he asked as he balanced on the edge of a fountain that wasn’t working. He pointed down at her and grinned. “What about you. Why is Miss Kaia Ashton in a country she cannot speak the language of?”
“Because of my friend. He has a career that involves a lot of jet-setting,” she carefully worded and smiled. “He asked me to come along and work with his team. I’m a writer you see, and so it was VIP access really.”
“You have me really curious, what kind of job does your friend do?”
“He’s a singer,” Kaia answered and his face filled with several emotions. “And as you can imagine his schedule doesn’t have a lot of time for sight-seeing.”
“So you decided to come out alone?” Kaia nodded. “And how would you document your fun time out? Unless you planned to do heaps of selfies of course?”
“Pretty much was the plan.”
Jay jumped off his ledge and grabbed the camera out of her hand, quickly taking a shot. Kaia yelped and tried to grab it back, the man laughing as he snapped some more. He then turned the camera on himself and took some of himself. She rolled her eyes at his mischievous expression but stepped closer to him, Jay instantly getting as close he could and holding the camera up. They took a few random shots before laughing it off and finding a new spot to take photos at. Although she knew it was a common experience in Korea to take a bunch of photos with friends, apart from Sungra, this was her first time enjoying it.
“Should we get some lunch now?” Jay asked and Kaia nodded before looking at her watch.
“Dinner you mean, it’s almost four o clock.”
“But dinner leads to the night ending early,” he proclaimed and she raised an eyebrow at him. “Let’s eat dinner later, perhaps with my friends?”
“If you think they’ll enjoy my company?”
Jay grinned. “Course they will. We all share a lot in common with the experiences you’ve already had being in Korea so far.”
“Now I’m intrigued,” she told him, and he nodded enthusiastically.
“Good, that’s how I want you to be Kaia.”
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Time slipped by quickly in Jay’s company and Kaia was already sitting in a trendy sushi shop waiting for his friends to turn up for dinner. The afternoon had finished effortlessly and rolled into the evening full of arcades and more laughter. It was the best fun she’d had in ages.
“They’re here,” Jay mentioned and Kaia looked in the direction he was pointing, as four Korean men approached. Each of them felt familiar and she wondered why.
Slapping her forehead lightly in realisation, Kaia shunted Jay beside her. He laughed and beckoned them over. After the introductions were done, she poked Jay in his arm and he let out another laugh.
“I was wondering if you’d recognise another singer if you crossed one.”
“Well it’s not every day I expect to be rescued by one in a random setting, Jaewon,” I said, emphasising on his full name. He seemed to find it humorous and Kaia had to admit she did too.
Meeting CODE V in Japan was definitely something she wanted to remember.
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**Please note: The new character introduce in this part shows just how old this fiction is because CODE-V haven’t been very relevant since Jaewon’s scandal and his removal from the group. Naturally, this was written before that and I don’t have the energy to rewrite a new character in. 
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