Baekhyun was bickering with Byul when the rest of the EXO-K princes arrived. Chanyeol was simply relieved to see her well again since he didn't get to catch a glimpse of her the previous day and was only comforted when his maids told him that Byul was back.

"Will you just sit there like a puppy and stay?" Baekhyun retorted, looking frustrated.

Byul huffed. "I'm telling you, I can walk!" she protested. "I can manage short distances no problem, you don't have to stay in all day just because my leg's bruised."

"You call that bruising?" Baekhyun rolled his eyes. "Your leg is practically rotting away in front of our eyes!" he declared dramatically.

"Drama queen!" Byul pouted, crossing her arms. At this point, the two of them finally noticed the rest of the princes and Byul brightened. "Oh hi! You guys are here!"

Sehun dashed over to Byul immediately. "Omo omo noona I heard you were injured!" he shrieked. "I almost DIED of WORRY and ANXIETY and I couldn't WAIT a mere SECOND to come see you!" he spazzed.

Chanyeol wrinkled his nose. So much for the maknae spelling out his thoughts.

"I'm fine, really. You princes don't need to worry your royal brains because of me." Byul grinned. "I'm a tough nut to crack. And I most certainly won't lose to a few banana peels."

Chanyeol sighed in relief. He looked at her up and down and noted how she looked more radiant and energetic, and it made him feel satisfied seeing her like this. He couldn't bear to see her suffering.

"Thank goodness you're alright, Byul noona." Kai muttered under his breath. "Sehun was wailing into my ear and almost tugging my arm off to come see you." he complained.

"I didn't!" Sehun protested innocently.

"Actually I can imagine the scene in my mind pretty well." D.O. murmured thoughtfully.

Suho glanced at Chanyeol like he knew a secret no one else knew. He grinned slyly. "Well what I think is that the person who's most worried amongst us is Chanyeol-gun."

Chanyeol pinked and shot his hyung a look to shut him up. Byul looked over to Chanyeol with a smile. "Thank you for worrying Chanyeol-gun."

The six boys fussed over Byul like six motherly hens and Byul was more than a little ticked off. Who knew those handsome princes could nag THAT much? Seriously.

Especially Baekhyun. He was the worst of the lot, given his status and everything. He just wouldn't stop being paranoid and fearing over the smallest things.

But at least, Byul thought, it was much better than ignoring her and giving her the cold shoulder. She softened and smiled to herself.

The gang was in a middle of a debate sparked off by Byul and Baekhyun when Dahae arrived. She looked surprised to see all of them at Baekhyun's quarters.

"Oh." she blinked. "So all of you are here? I was wondering why you guys didn't turn up at my place." she muttered, looking a little displeased.

Sehun noted nothing of the sort of course and he grinned cheerfully. "We have to stay in because Byul noona hurt her leg!"

Byul wanted to strangle the maknae all of a sudden. Why did everyone make her injury such a big deal?

"Oh poor Byul, are you alright?" Dahae asked with a kind smile on her face. But looking at it gave Byul shivers. She couldn't exactly pinpoint where it went wrong but it just didn't feel genuine.

Baekhyun looked at Dahae apologetically. "Mianhae that you have to walk all the way here. But we can't have Han Eunbyul walk all the way to yours." he shrugged.

"In fact we can." Byul muttered. "My legs are perfectly fine."

"Shut up." Baekhyun pushed her forehead with one finger, shooting her a look that he didn't want her going against him in the matter.

As Dahae stayed longer, she got more and more put off by how the princes were fussing over Byul incessantly. Even Byul herself looked pissed.

"I'm telling you for the millionth time, I'm not paralyzed!" Byul hissed. "I can walk short distances no problem."

"Byul, don't." Chanyeol frowned in concern as he saw another storm breaking between Baekhyun and her. "Can't you just stay seated? Don't put a strain on your leg."

"But you know me. I can't sit still, ever." Byul huffed frustratedly.

Chanyeol chuckled and shook his head. "Yes I know."

Dahae was really irked by the scene in front of her eyes and she wanted to hit someone. "I believe Byul. Give her a chance to go out and take a breather right?" she spoke out.

Dahae looked at Byul with a smile. "How about you run off to the kitchen to get us snacks?" she asked hopefully, trying to rid of Byul so she could have Chanyeol to herself.

Byul brightened at the aspect of walking. "Can I?"

"No." Baekhyun cut her off effectively. He sent Byul a chiding look. "You're not going."

"But-" Byul's face fell.

"No buts. No." Baekhyun frowned. He called for the maids to ask for snacks that Dahae requested for. Dahae didn't look too happy, however, since the thing she wanted wasn't food but for Byul to go away.

The food was served and the princes ate their full. They offered Byul generously, and Byul couldn't stand how nice they were being to her.

The other princes left and only Chanyeol dated. He wanted to stay for Byul because he hadn't forgotten how worried he was because of her the previous night.

The four of them slowly split into twos as Baekhyun tried to engage Dahae's attention whereas Byul and Chanyeol talked and chattered like long time friends.

Dahae gritted her teeth and grumbled under her breath as she saw Chanyeol laughing along with Byul. Byul had eaten a cream puff and had gotten some cream onto her lips.

Chanyeol made her look into the glass and she saw her own ridiculous expression. The two of them laughed merrily and Chanyeol used his own silk and hand sewn handkerchief to wipe the cream away.

Dahae was virtually burning with anger while Baekhyun didn't detect anything. "Jeonha." Dahae interrupted Baekhyun speech. "Look over there." she pointed at Chanyeol and Byul.

The two were still laughing and looking totally comfortable with each other. "I don't like Byul, Jeonha." Dahae huffed. "She's like a vixen and it's obvious she's out to seduce Chanyeol-gun!"

Baekhyun looked horrified at what Dahae said. He looked over to Chanyeol and Byul laughing and didn't see anything worth worrying about.

He wouldn't even imagine in his wildest dreams that a word like "vixen" would be used to describe someone like Byul.

She was pretty, beautiful, outspoken,  brave, quirky natured....and many many more, a little on the stubborn side really, thinks of others too much hat she doesn't think about herself...

But a vixen? A seducer?

"She's not someone like that." Baekhyun found himself saying without even realizing he opened his mouth. "She would seduce someone." the thought made him want to laugh. "She wouldn't even do it if you point a sword at ." he chuckled.

Dahae frowned. "But look at her! She's stealing Chanyeol-gun away from me!" she complained.

Baekhyun felt the wince again since Dahae was pretty open about her affections for Chanyeol. "If one day Chanyeol decides to fall for Byul, it'd be out of his own will. Han Eunbyul would never ever seduce someone." he defended her.

Dahae looked slightly put out that Baekhyun would go to such lengths to defend this mere bodyguard. She looked at him, disappointed and in a new light, surprised that Byun Baekhyun would sing a different tune compared to her.

Baekhyun didn't seem to realize as he kept thinking about Byul as a seducer. Someone who wore sheer material and y clothes, dancing provocatively....?

"Hah!" Baekhyun muttered. "That wouldn't even happen in my next life. Han Eunbyul would never be someone like that."