a side-story based on my other work: if i say the right things can i kiss you goodnight, seongwu-centric

seongwu had been a guard in training since before he could remember, and with their ages being similar, he'd obviously end up wanting to play with the boy who resembled the sun in every way possible.

he'd been the one in charge of escorting jonghyun in and out of the palace compound whenever the boy would come and play with the crown prince. the two had gotten along swimmingly, seongwu asking his father if he could play with him in the park nearby and get some ice cream whenever he'd drop by. they'd play on the swings and play hide&seek until they were too tall to fit standing up on the swing and had to sit down (though it took jonghyun longer to sit down, which made him grumble a lot while they made their way back home, ice pop in hand).

they'd ask each other meaningless questions, they'd get to know each other better, and jonghyun's presence in seongwu's heart grew just as he did.

"who do you love, who do you love," he chants once, remembering some song he had listened to that one time jonghyun shared his playlist with him. he looks to jonghyun, wondering if he'll get an answer, to which the boy shrugged before running off, laughing as he turned back, gesturing for seongwu to hurry up and follow suit. seongwu didn't--it didn't take much energy to run after jonghyun, anyway--and instead continued the song, before he sighs,