Hate U, Love U

♚Chapter 1- Keep the Peace

There was a peaceful place.

A place where everyone wanted to live. This place had no specific name but most people called it Seoul, it was ruled under King Kangin. He was a fair and just man, ruling alongside his other half. They were a couple who preferred drinking tea peacefully instead of discussing the next tactics for war. On the opposite side of town reside the kingdom of King Geng, they were likewise of the couple opposite of them. King Geng liked to sit back and bond with his family while the Queen had his own ideas and schemes to overrun their enemy in battle.

Each King had their own family, King Kangin had two sons; Crown Prince Yesung and military trainer Kibum who was the younger son. King Geng had three sons; Crown Prince Siwon, middle son Sungmin and youngest, Henry. Aside the differences in government tastes, the two kingdoms have been working together to keep Seoul a stable town for over about two decades, it was slowly growing into a city. The time for them to officiate their alliance was coming up more quickly than the sun at dawn.

"Call my son"King Kangin murmured to his son's most loyal servant boy named Ryeowook.

The young boy nodded"yes Your Majesty"

He left the room hurrying to find his master. Passing the countless rooms of the palace he didn't have to check every room to look for his master, he knew where he'd be exactly. A few moments later he arrived at the garden outside the Crown Prince's headquarters.

"Master, His Majesty wants to see you"Ryeowook murmured and bowed his head.

"Did he say what he wanted?"Yesung asked as he crouched to pull a weed from the bed of flowers.

"No master"

Yesung thought of what his father wanted, it was perhaps another marriage meeting. It'd be the fourth one this month, but he'd rejected every woman his parents bought in for him to meet. They were all the same...wanting money and power. He didn't need a wife, he was only 26, not 36. Feeling weary and reluctant to hear the marriage talks, Yesung asked his servant again. When Ryeowook didn't say anything he sighed and got up, dusting off his pants he headed to his father's quarters with his servant trailing behind him.

"did you call me father?"Yesung asked as he came to a halt in front of his father.

"We have more to discuss about your...upcoming thing"Kangin said awkwardly.

"Your marriage"The Queen interjected and Yesung sighed.

"I know you don't like these women but what are we suppose to do? You're at the age where you should be married and having a family"Kangin said softly not wanting to upset his son.

"I'd rather wait until I'm 30"Yesung mumbled"I'm not really ready to get married yet"

"You have no choice today, a friend of ours and his family are coming for dinner...they want to meet you to discuss a proposal between our kingdoms"Leeteuk said and stood next to his husband. They linked arms and Yesung looked away, he felt odd when his parents started showing strong affections in front of him. As if they were trying to say 'this is what you're missing out on', but he thought differently.

"Who is coming to visit?"Yesung asked in confusion.

His parents didn't have many friends besides the people working under them mostly because they are busy taking care of him and his little brother Kibum, they didn't associate much outside the palace walls. They were old enough to be married, as they said, why were they still treating them as if they were children? Kibum certainly had a good life, though there was one difference between him and his older brother. He didn't have to marry.