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chapter sixteen





that also made taeyong not decide to come back here, jaehyun will be a king and king needs a queen. he wants the best for him and even though he doesn't want to see jaehyun with someone, he had to.


"selena left this dawn," ten said as he put a cup of coffee at the table.


it's also already dawn and they were still awake, they were discussing something. taeyong was already sleeping inside jaehyun's room and ruby was with him.


"finally, i really hate her presence." winwin said and rolled his eyes.


"we only had one day, jaehyun." johnny said. "you should enjoy the remaining time with him."


"no, it's fine." jaehyun said and smiled. "i already expect this though."


"you were clearly into him, but how about the coronation day? king jung already knows selena's real intention so there's no chance that he will push the wedding with her." ten said.


"he said i should not wait for him..." jaehyun said, looking down. "why can't i just have my own king?" he hissed.


"it was not new in the north kingdom but in the south... that might be the first time in history that the king has his own king rather than a queen." ten said.


jaehyun just let out a sigh, there's a chance that he would just not replace his dad's position but taeyong wants the best for him. and that is being a king.


"guys..."


everyone who was inside the kitchen suddenly looked up when ten spoke, he looked like feeling something and that made the others frown.


"they were fucking here!" he shouted.


and that made them immediately transform, the lights from those rooms were opened as they heard a noise from those patrol cars.


"jae, we had to bring taeyong back to his world now." ten said.


chenle was now trying his best to distract the east guards, they didn't actually expect that they would come in the middle of the dawn. luckily, they were still awake.


"jae! what now?!" ten shouted.


"fine..." jaehyun gulped. "bring him back now."


"you won't send him home?" winwin asked.


but jaehyun just shook his head.


"let's go now." jaemin said.


the three of them were the ones who decided to take care of taeyong, they decided to make him still asleep and bring him back literally in his apartment.


jaehyun can't do it by himself, he can't see his loved one being sent home.


"jae, focus." johnny said, blocking his view from the room where taeyong is.


"sorry." jaehyun said and cleared his throat.


"he will be fine." yuta said, standing beside him. "you did this for him so make it worth it."






***






"do they still find nothing?"


"yeah, as usual."

haechan and doyoung who just arrived inside taeyong's apartment were clueless about their surroundings. they were from the bakery since they closed it earlier because there's a lot of orders that they need to do and they can't accept many more for now.


not until the two of them flinched when they heard a door open.


"good morning..." he greeted.


haechan suddenly let go from the bag he was holding as well as doyoung, probably didn’t expect what they were seeing. is this true? is the person they were looking for almost two months now here?


or maybe they were just dreaming?


"hyung..." and he started to cry.


"aw, haechan my baby!" he cooed.


the two didn’t mind taeyong's sudden change of voice as they were too occupied because of his presence. taeyong is finally here!


"i miss you guys!" he giggled as he also hugged doyoung who is still speechless.


but before this, taeyong didn't actually expect that the next morning he would wake up, he was finally in his world. ten even left him a note of letter saying that he was finally back in his real universe.


some part of taeyong was disappointed, but he already expected this so he assumed that this would be gone sooner.


"where did you go? we've been looking for you! haechan and i almost didn’t sleep!" doyoung said.


"i just took a... break," he smiled.


and added on what ten said, taeyong should not have said something regarding the mission they did and about his accidentally coming into their universe.


"your parents didn't actually bother to help us, they said you might just be dramatic and locked yourself inside your room." doyoung said.


as expected.


"tss, i don't care about them anymore. i will cut my connections to them starting from now." taeyong said.


"and i'm sorry for leaving without informing you two, it was just actually out of the plan, you know..." he added.


"are you happy there?" haechan asked.


taeyong looked at him, he smiled and nodded.


"more happy." he smiled.


doyoung tilted his head, he was happy hearing those words from his best friend but something was really... changed.


"your tone and bloom is... different." doyoung said.


"duh, change of life?" haechan said. "that's what people do when they are spending their time alone."


"yeah," taeyong nodded. "i mean, i still want to get what i want but you know... my attitude changed a bit." he giggled.


"oh, god. i feel like this is not taeyong my friend..." doyoung said and massaged his head.


haechan just laughed and hugged his hyung again, he was also feeling the same as doyoung but since his hyung was here now, he felt fine now... he will never overthink again.


"since i have been gone for a couple of months, i will cook some food for you two." he giggled.


"nah-uh, no." the two said.


"why?" he whined, stomping his feet.


"do you want to give us a stomach ache? the last time you cooked for us, we were also sent to the hospital!" doyoung said.


"but i can cook now!" he whined.


because jaehyun taught him to.


"please? promise, it was delicious." he giggled.


doyoung and haechan looked at each other, and it looks like they can't do anything now. but well, maybe taeyong really tried how to cook. there's no problem if they will try, not until they will have a stomach ache again.


"how's the bakery now?" taeyong asked as he ready the ingredients.


"it went well, haechan and i handled it." doyoung said, resting his chin on his palm. "and since you're here now, you will help us make some bento cakes."


"i thought you guys closed it for a while," he pouted. "it means, you were still working while looking for me?"


"we were raised as multitaskers so it's just a piece of cake." haechan said, smirking.


"piece of cake my ass," doyoung hissed. "as if you didn’t cry when the police told us that there's no hint or clue where taeyong is."


"it's because he was with us that night!" he whined.


taeyong can't help not to smile, if he just knows that this will happen here in his world, he should not take long there. he should not let his friends suffer those things alone.


"i'm so thankful to have you guys..." he pouted.


"you need to treat us for the whole two months." doyoung said.


"tss, so easy." he smirked.


after cooking, the three didn’t stop talking. they really talk about everything that happened when taeyong was gone. taeyong can't even help not to look at haechan.


it might be hard for him to hide his man. taeyong can't even imagine that his baby is now finally grown up. he even makes sure that mark is really a good guy so he won't hurt haechan.


"by the way, i want to add something to our menu."


the three of them are now inside the bakery. it has already been a day since taeyong came back. though taeyong can't help not to find the fresh air he was having when he was still in the neo universe. but he knows this won't take long.


"hmm?" the two hummed.


"it was cupcakes," taeyong said, giggling.


"and suddenly you want to add cupcakes to our menu? i thought it was already common?" doyoung asked.


"i just suddenly want to," he pouted. "promise, it was delicious. you guys would like it." he giggled.


"whatever you say, taeyong." doyoung sighed, going back to what he was doing.


even if taeyong knew that he would just make himself miss jaehyun more on what he was doing. he just wanted to do it.

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