He stared at the meal, his Hye Jin sent to him through the General. Stew filled with meat and bread wrapped with white cloth, humble yet satisfying sight it gave him.

He took his royal chopstick and picked a piece, loving the taste, he spooned the stew into his mouth admitting it was what he needed right now.

He gazed at the royal table afar off decorated with every man's dreams, he lost his appetite for it feeling nothing was more savory than the love mixed in the meal he was devouring like a hungry child.

He has taken some time off today away from the ministers and the queen Dowager but it would have been complete with her by his side, warming his heart and his soul.

“That's it! I would go see her tomorrow. I can't bear the thoughts of her far away under another man's roof. I miss her and I want her in my arm, before the end of tomorrow. Just a couple more hours and she'll be in my arms.” he joyed as he drank the last of the stew.

“Dong Yi took Min Soo to school today because you were very tired and weak to get up. and I didn't wake you cause I want you to rest.” I answered him as I arranged his breakfast before him.

“Thank you, I didn't know I was that tired, have you eaten? ” he rubbed his eyes as he sat down to eat.

“Yeah, I didn't cook this, Dong Yi did. Try it. ” I sat in front of him smiling as I watched him put a spoon in his mouth,

“This is not bad for a girl her age.. ” he complimented earning a playful hit on his hands,

“Hey?! ” he complained but when he saw the

“Really..?” expression, he takes another spoon quietly and immediately,

“Its good. ” he complimented with a thumbs up in my face and a childish grin,

“Better...” I laughed as the reason I asked Dong Yi to take Min Soo to school this morning came to mind,

“Yeong Su? ” I called him as he picked the second piece of chicken like a hungry child,

“Nng...” he answered while chewing the piece of meat,

“I think I have met Yeong Suk before... ” I dropped the bombshell and waited for an explosion.

He stopped chewing and looked at me hesitantly yet expectation filled his eyes.

“I am not sure but I think I might have.... ” I started my journey of convincing him of the truth,

“How? Why do you think so? ” He became eager yet unsure if he wanted to hear or even talk about it with me,

“Remember how I always asked if I had seen you before? That you look like some one I had met? ” he nodded and I left to bring in the portrait out from the place I hid it to the table.

“I described the face I saw to Dong yi and she sketched it out for me. When she gave it to me, I recognised the face to be exactly the same but she looks almost like you. So...” I gave to him and he slowly received it.

He observed the portrait with a painful expression which made me sit by his side and snaked my hands around his waist.

“I want to hear it from you if this, is Yeong Suk?” I quietly asked with my face in his neck,

“Where did you meet her?” I felt his body vibration as he spoke with his eyes on the picture, before he turned to my direction,

“I... met her at the realm I came from and she sent me to find you... ” I told him still hiding my face in his neck,

“It's not possible she has been dead for fifteen years, now. I found her body here on her bed dead for days...” the doubt I expected gushed out and I felt his body tensed under mine.

“This is exactly how I felt, confused and doubtful until I saw this picture, I recognize her face and so do you..and you know I'm not lying. ” I continued to persuade with the softest expression I could muster.

“You said she sent you to me? ” his voice sounded sober and the pain strokes in his voice was getting stronger,

“Yes, she asked me to tell you that she's..” I revealed but,

“She's sorry... She said that alot so I guess... it would be the message.” he completed and sobbed quietly.

I pulled his shaking self to me and rested his head on mine, comforting him.

“And she has been the reason for your nightmares?” he asked amidst his tears,

“No, you are, I think... It started from the first day I saw you. Your face triggered my memory of her in the worst way possible.” I held him in my arms comforting him while I prevented the tears that threatened to pour.

An Hour Later...

I waved him goodbye as his figure mingled in between the trees and he was out of sight, I turned around to walk home happy that I had finally done what I came for. As I got home and sat down to asses all that had happened,

“A stranger sent me here by a bracelet to just say sorry to her little brother? But why do I feel that this isn't all I am here for? That there's more to my being here than this...” but finding a way home was all that mattered now.

Recalling the night I came, a crescent moon hung in the sky, so I think I have to wait for another crescent moon. I took one last gaze at the portrait before choosing to put it into his things.

I got entangled with my thoughts while I was clearing the table. It was mostly about the King but I shooed them away every time I realized it.

I decided to bathe in the lake instead of the bath to help me quiet my thoughts because every time I was head under water, my thoughts were rational and clarified.

I left for the lake with a Sprint and as I got there, I remembered what happened the last time I was there with Yeong Su. His kiss, his lips, his hands and his firm chest to succulent bosom. The way my body was at his mercy, all of it.

I took off my clothes and dived into the water but this time, I went farther from my favorite spot that held a memory I would rather not think about now I was about finding away home.

I swam deeper into the water in hope of finding something that would take my mind of these two men whose affection raged against each other.

After spending hours bathing, swimming and avoiding thoughts, I decided to leave.

As I entered after opening the door, I saw him standing there with a happy smile on his face like he was standing at the altar.

I was surprise, happy and scared because he shouldn't be here, he was supposed to be at home with his family and Ministers deciding the fate of their country.

But what was he doing here smiling like a model for a photoshoot.

“Hye Jin, long time no see.” he smiled wide walking towards me. I began to wonder if he knew too that I could speak but still nodded to answer him.

“I received your gift so I brought mine, by myself. ” he held my hand and steered me toward the packaged meals.

I looked over to the wrapped items on the table, all wrapped with silk of different colors adding more beauty to the room.

I turned to him and lowered my head in appreciation but he stopped it with his curved pointer half way and held my face to properly see me.

He can't explain why he is always mesmerized by her beauty, It's not like any he has ever seen in his life. He pulls her closer and kisses her which she gratefully welcomes with a soft suction.

He would always have this look in his eyes that made me wonder how I affected him. His actions were predictable though but his looks always challenged me.

This wasn't the first time but it felt like it, just the consciousness of the her lips made him want to fly through the roof.

He has never enjoyed the feeling or the taste of anything like he always did with her. Resting his lips on her's that showed no sign of letting go, he dragged her lower lip between his, locked it as he gave it love from beyond.

Being here, a perfect place where he was with her, has her to himself without any penetrating eyes or rumors brought ecstasy to his heart.

Hye Jin all to himself was the greatest achievement he knew he could have for his entire life. Her smile, her eyes, her cheek that moved when she smiled, her lips that always got his attention, were all his now... Which meant he would sleep and wake up by her side, what a great life laid ahead and he could see it...

With my hands around his waist while hanging on to his clothes, I pulled him closer reciprocating every action with this too familiar feeling that always arose whenever we were together.

Dong yi had told me everything he did to the Queen and her accomplices including every servant that had a hand in my disappearance but I couldn't believe it that he wanted me so bad though it has been so obvious that he wasn't the only one.

Internally growling to the trail of kisses he was leaving on her neck with latter lingering longer than the former, she realized unintentionally had she pulled lose the knot that kept his Pho (outer jacket) together and he hasn't even noticed her hands on his U of his Jeogori (strips of his inner shirt) almost pulling it loose but she hesitates.

"What's stopping me from letting Seon Jo love me now all scores has been settled?" I questioned,

"No Queen, no minsters, no one, just the two of us to each other and uncertainty of my return back home puzzled me, If this heart is worth rejecting damning all consequences?” With him lightly nibbing behind her ear as if asking me

"Can I come in?”, all of my thoughts and doubts froze. There I decided to take all risks of loving this man, because His grace is sufficient...

With her hands on his U, she pulls it loose exposing his pale white skin that she takes no time feeling, her touch brings his attention to her hands he holds and directs to his exposed abs that rippled with muscles.

Tracing the route back from his abs to his neck and holding it firm as he wrecks her with kisses while lifting her and steering towards the table.

Tonight, with each action and feeling on high speed, they both decide to start over with new memories for a life time...

Now the bed felt softer, more comfy than before and even spacious, if only it could shrink so that I could hold him in my arms while he slept. I laughed silently thinking finally, yes was the answer to Seon Jo and mostly to myself.

We would go back to the palace to live and he would be taking me as his own. I did own his heart and his love now, like I had always but presently, I became his home.

Home... I might never make it home but still, it would be the beginning of a life worth living here, at least I would be happier with him.

I turn to the side where he slept to touch him and I realized his occupied part of the bed was empty. Immediately I opened my eyes to what seemed to be a...

“Wait, Is that my Bed lamp? ” I sharply got up and I saw a window pane with light shining through, a door, a table and laptop with a cup of chocolate.

I prayed and hoped that I was wrong or maybe I was dreaming but no, right now i was in my room. Although I rose to check in hopes to prove it.

“No, No, No, No, No, No!!!! ” realizing what I was seeing and touching was full fledged reality, I screamed.

I couldn't be back, not now, what would he do when he would find out I was... gone!

I didn't even get to say goodbye to Min Soo, Dong Yi or even Yeong Su. It would be like the time I was abduction only now it was permanent. Tears blurred my vision as I felt helpless, heartbroken and played.

Her legs went weak and she fell to the ground with her tears falling like her hopes of getting to keep the happiness and love she had found.

“What would happen to us now? That we had given their hearts to each other. Why would this happen when I had found my happiness? This must be how Yeong Suk felt...” I thought as my loud, angry and frustrated sobs clouds my senses.