You figured life on your own wasn’t as fun as it appears to be in movies and books. You were always lonely with no one to talk to except your servants, but they only treated you like any servant would treat a rich girl. It was only your third day, and you already wanted to get away from the secluded area, but there was no way you were going back home. You felt suffocated and overprotected there. Everyone watched your every move to make sure you didn’t do anything stupid. The reason for going on this vacation was to live a little, but it seemed you didn’t even have to energy for it. After staying in all day, you decided that you were going to get out of the house and explore the nearby caves.

You grabbed a flashlight one night after dinner and headed out, ignoring the disapproving stares from your servants. The rocks were slippery and the wind was strong, but that didn’t stop you from trying to get whatever excitement you could get out of this little exploration. You stayed as close to the cave walls as possible to avoid falling into the water. It didn’t look too deep, but you didn’t want to find out. At least the cave walls blocked out the wind and made it slightly warmer. A voice in front of you startled you, causing you to drop your flashlight into the water. Fear coursed through your veins, but you forced yourself to remain calm.

“J-j-jonghyun? Is that you?” you called into the darkness.

“What the hell are you doing here?” he asked in a calm yet angry voice.

“Oh nothing…just exploring, until you scared me and caused me to drop my flashlight” you said trying not to sound accusing without much success.

He didn’t respond. You stood in the dark for a moment not sure of what to do. The silence made you uncomfortable, and the darkness made you feel more alone.

“Sorry” you muttered trying to get any kind of response from him.

Just knowing you weren’t alone in the dark in some creepy cave would be good enough for you.

“So what are you going to do?” he asked finally responding to you.

You felt tears of relief well up in your eyes, no even knowing why you would cry over something like that.

“About what?” you asked.

“Getting back. There’s no way you’d spend a night in a cave”

“I don’t know. As long as I’m not alone, I wouldn’t mind” you said slightly smiling to yourself in the darkness.

“Who says you could stay here?” he asked threateningly.

You were shocked by his sudden anger and didn’t know how to respond to that.

“Uhh well it is on my family’s property, so why cant I stay the night here? Not like I can navigate through rocks when it’s this dark out anyway”

“Fine, stay here then” he yelled making the entire cave echo.

You heard Jonghyun in the dark probably getting himself into a comfortable position to spend the night. Crouching down, you were unsure what to do with yourself. It was too cold to sleep without any blankets, and you didn’t want to lay down in fear of rolling off the rocks and into the water.

“Yah! Jonghyun-ah!” you whispered.

No reply.

You began crawling in the direction you were headed before you dropped your flashlight. Being protected for so long, it was a different feeling being completely ignored when you were already so scared.

“Jonghyun-ssi” you whispered again almost on the verge of tears.

Again he ignored you.

You felt alone, and it wasn’t a good feeling. You continued crawling forward until your hand made contact with fabric.

“Yah! What are you doing?!” Jonghyun yelled as he pulled his leg out of your grasp.

“I’m scared” you said, the fear evident in your voice now.

Jonghyun’s POV

_____’s voice sounded completely afraid. I didn’t know what to do, since I’ve never had to comfort anyone before. Living here for awhile, I was pretty used to the dark.  Without realizing, I reached out my hand and pulled her down next to me. I laid back down with her in my arms without saying a single word to her.

Just for tonight I’ll open up my heart. Just for tonight….

I drifted off into sleep still holding _____ in my arms.

That night, you sat across from Jonghyun watching him eat nearly everything that came within his reach. Something about him just seemed so fascinating to you that you couldn’t help but watch him devour a 3 course meal all by himself. After hardly touching your dinner, you went on to pick at the various desserts placed in front of you as you continued to observe Jonghyun. He eventually noticed you as he was taking a sip of water.

“What? Why are you staring at me?” he asked sounding offended.

“Oh nothing…” you said in such a calm voice as you stared at your food to hid your embarrassment.

The two of you continued in silence again. After Jonghyun was eating and your servants were done clearing the table, you dismissed your staff for the night. After another awkward minute of silence, Jonghyun got up to leave.

“Thanks for the food” he said as he started heading for the door.

“Wait. Where are you going?” you asked feeling almost sad to see him go.

“Why does it matter to you?”

“Of course it matters…Just stay here tonight” you offered kindly. “The house is way too big for one person anyway.”

“Just because you’re lonely, doesn’t mean I want to be your company” he responded.

“Who says I’m lonely?! I’m just being generous! It’s not like you have anywhere else to go anyway!!” you shouted, getting angry.

Jonghyun was silent for a moment, which made you think that you really crossed the line. Now you didn’t know how to respond in order to break silence.

“I don’t need your damn sympathy anyway” he said in a calm voice that you didn’t expect.

He started for the door again. You don’t know why, but you really didn’t want him to leave. He’s not even nice, but being with him was better than being by yourself. It’s your first night away from your overprotective family, and you already were sick of being by yourself.

“Fine. I’ll admit I’m lonely. But aren’t you, too? What would be so bad about two lonely people being lonely together? It’s not like you’d have to talk to me. I just want to know that someone’s there…” you admitted to him without daring to look up to see his response.

After he didn’t respond for awhile, you decided to take the chance to try and ask him a question you’ve been wondering for a long time.

“So…where’s your family?” you asked cautiously.

He didn’t seem to like that question.

“Wouldn’t you like to know?!” he shouted and walked out the door, slamming it behind him.

Damn you thought to yourself as you ran out the door after him.

Even after tripping down the few front steps and into the sand didn’t slow you down. In a few seconds, you were standing in front of him blocking his way again like you had done earlier that day. All he did was scowl at you.

“I’m sorry” you mumbled.

“You’re so stupid. You don’t even know the reason why you’re apologizing. Do you think that just because you say one stupid word, the entire world will forgive you? I don’t have a family because of you. It seems like you don’t even remember, when I cant forget that no matter how hard I try. So I don’t want your damn pity. Just leave me alone” he yelled at you.

He tried to walk past you, but you didn’t move, mainly from shock. You felt stupid and sorry, but you didn’t know why. Jonghyun’s harsh words were enough to make you feel like complete crap for the first time in your life. This time you let him walk away without a fight. After a few minutes of standing there thinking about his words, you figured that you should head back inside since it was getting cold.

What does he mean it’s my fault?

You soon drifted off to sleep.

Wow, okay so this is my own little twist on your typical fairytale. Your prince charming is the one in rags for once. I would like to thank my iPod for getting me out of that horrible writer’s block :}
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I’m willing to be the prince that you love so much in those fairytales.

Ever since you were little, it seemed as if you were always so caught up in your fantasies. You would dream about the day where the perfect prince would come and sweep you off your feet. As unrealistic it was, you couldn’t help yourself. That’s why you liked to keep by yourself, thinking that no one would understand you.

I promise that I’ll protect you.

You finally were getting some freedom in your life by being allowed to go somewhere by yourself as a vacation. You figured that your family’s private beach house and beach would be ideal to drown yourself in your own fantasies. When you arrived, you quickly went down to the secluded private beach to explore the rocks and caves that always fascinated you when you were a kid while your servants took your stuff to your room. You started to climb out on the giant rocks that jut out into the ocean around when you saw something peculiar on one of the rocks farthest from shore. Hopping from rock to rock, you saw that the peculiar thing right in front of you was a blue plaid button-down shirt being weighed down by a rock the size of your fist.

“Who are you?” asked a voice behind you.

You turned around to see a guy wearing a better and shorts staring at you with a suspicious look on his face. You would’ve felt intimidated if the beach you were on wasn’t owned by your family.

“Who are you? And why are you on a private beach?” you asked trying to sound intimidating.

It didn’t work since he just hopped right onto the rock you were standing on and picked up his shirt from where it lay. Ignoring you, he put his shirt on and started to make his way back.

“Hey! Answer my question!” you shouted after him.

“Don’t wanna!” you shouted without even turning around.

The wind was strong, so you started to make your back a bit more carefully. When you reached the shore, the mysterious man was already almost off the beach. You started to run after him.

“Why are you so rude? Just answer my question and I won’t have to call the cops on you!” you shouted while chasing after him.

He stopped short in his steps. He turned around and gave you a scowl that made your hair stand on end. Suddenly he started walking towards you which made you a bit frightened. His intense gaze made it practically impossible to move from the spot you were in.

“Me? I’m no one, but you…you’re the high and mighty __(insert full name)__. Born into a rich family, never had to work for anything, and is even rewarded for it. So if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be on my way.”

His voice sounded beautiful yet threatening. Something about him just fascinated you. You didn’t know what ever made you do it, but you ran after him and blocked his way.

“Hey. I don’t even know you. Why do you seem like you hate me so much?” you asked feeling offended.

He looked irritated by you, but you refused to move. Then you began to wonder. There wasn’t a car or anything in the parking lot, and there wasn’t a place to stay nearby except for your family’s beach house. Now that you really look at him, you noticed that his clothes didn’t seem to be in such great condition and it didn’t seem like he even had a cellphone on him.

“Hey…where do you live?” you asked him.

No answer.

“You want to spend the night at the beach house? There’s plenty of room.”

Still no answer.

All of a sudden, you heard his stomach growling. He tried to act like it was nothing, but a smile crept onto your face.

“My personal chef is really amazing. He can cook anything you want” you said trying to tempt him. “If only you would tell me your name…”

“Jonghyun. Kim Jonghyun.”

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Wow this was very slow paced…I feel like this is going to have a lot of parts later on. :P