Chapter 14

"How does he know I am the king? Did the general tell him? But why would he tell Yoon Yeong about me?" the kings mutters to himself and starts walking towards Yoon Yeong to confront her.

He stops and averts his eyes as he sees Yoon Yeong undressing herself for the bath and as the king realizes-

"Yoon Yeong is a woman?"

The king steps back and hides behind the tree and says to himself,

"How? How could she disguise herself as a man and enter into Hwarang? Does the general know about this? If she gets caught it is the end of her."

The king still shocked leaves the place and walks towards their quarters. He enters in their room and waits for Yoon Yeong to confront her. Shortly after, she enters the room which is still a little dark as the sun is yet to rise. The king steps in front of her to see her clearly and talk to her face to face.

As the king walks close to her he pauses when he locks eyes with her; her hair is little wet from the bath untied, her eyes are gleaming, her cheeks are flushed from the hot water bath and her sound of breathing as they are too close makes his heart skip a beat.

"What?" asks Yoon Yeong while tying her hair.

The king clears his throat and says,

"Why do you wake up so early in the morning and go to take bath while there is no one around?"

"Why do I have to explain it to you? Did I ask you where did you sneak out last night?" answers Yoon Yeong.

The king chuckles and says,

"I bet you were going to ask me that as soon as I was back seeing how interested you are in me. Weren't you?"

"Who says I am interested in you? Don't be delusional."

The king moves closer to her closing the gap between the two even more and while looking in her eyes says,

"I know who you are, tell me what you are up to? Spying on me won't do you any good you know."

Yoon Yeong tries to step back but the king grabs her by the waist and pulls her closer to him, he then leans in-

"What are you two doing so early in the morning? Are you two fighting? Don't do that I don't want to get in any kind of trouble because of my roommates." Says Kang Beom Seok while rubbing his eyes which are barely open.

The king releases her and steps back,

"No, no, we are not fighting Beom Seok. I was just teaching Yoon Yeong how to fight, you can just go back to sleep."

As soon as the king finishes talking the bell rings and everyone wakes up.

"Ah! I can't sleep now, let's go guys." says Beom Seok as he gets up.

The king takes his clothes and leaves the room with everyone for taking a bath leaving Yoon Yeong alone in the room.

Alone in the room she panics as to what the king exactly found out about her. She gets dressed and leaves for having the breakfast. She waits for the others to arrive and as soon as they arrive they all start having breakfast together.

"Don't we have martial arts today? I don't want to go." Says Kang Beom Seok while sulking.

"It is my favorite and I am so excited to crush you all." Says Song Won Shik eating enthusiastically.

"Why do you guys want to fight among yourselves? Aren't we here to train on how to protect the king." Says Park Dong Min.

"Oh! By fighting among ourselves, why Oh Ye Jun and Yoon Yeong were fighting today?" asks Kim Dae Hyun.

"We were not fighting." Says Yoon Yeong coldly.

"Of course we were not fighting. We were having a very interesting conversation. Should we continue it here Yoon Yeong?" says the king while smirking.

Hearing this Yoon Yeong stands up, grabs the king by his hand and drags him out leaving the rest wondering.