Chapter 21: the royal family lives here?

"the royal family?" wooyoung asked curiously. "they live there?"

"they do." hongjoong said, smiling at the excited wooyoung. "and I do, too." he added. wooyoung widened his eyes and gasped, pointing at hongjoong, ready to say something.

"he's not a part of the royal family, wooyoung." seonghwa laughed. "he's the leader of the royal army, that's why he has the privilege to live there." he explained.

"wow..." wooyoung said. "but why the huge building if no one else is living there?"

"like I said, it's the hq. it's where the royal army gets trained." hongjoong explained, looking through the window in thought. "and it's also our destination." he added and turned to look at everyone. "well then, shall we go?"

everyone nodded, except the nervous wooyoung who only kept looking at the enormous building through the window. yeosang smiled at him and took his hand, squeezing it a little so wooyoung would calm down a little.

"be brave, wooyoung." he whispered in his ear before dropping the boy's hand.

••••••

they were now standing in front of the huge building. wooyoung looked up but couldn't even see the building's roof. he gasped and jumped in joy as he thought about entering the building. the rest of them looked at wooyoung as he was getting excited all by himself and smiled at the adorable boy.

"wooyoung, you'll get to see everything eventually." hongjoong chuckled. "we can give you a tour of the building if you want."

wooyoung widened his eyes and nodded excitedly. "yes! definitely yes!" he giggled in joy. "let's go!" he pointed at the huge metal door.

the group walked to the door and came to a halt, hongjoong looking at everyone in the eye. "okay, yeosang and seonghwa, you know what to do, wooyoung you have to stay quiet until I say you can talk again, okay?" he glared at the boy.

"uh, okay? but why?" wooyoung tilted his head. "why am I not allowed to talk?"

"the royal family's orders, that's all." hongjoong smiled. "don't even answer their questions if they talk to you, okay? I don't want to get into trouble..." he mumbled the last part and turned to seonghwa who was smiling at him.

"you going to be okay?" hongjoong locked eyes with seonghwa, who only nodded. "good."

and then he opened the door.