A/N A short story that I wrote to energize my HyoHyuk feelings but it became angsty. Hope you still read and enjoy it. Parts of it might will be rated (to an extent) but I will indicate it on the chapters. i didn't think this one through much. simply wrote as it came to me so it is wordy and unrefined. I will start updating my other stories too. thank you for your patience

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Hyoyeon and Hyukjae's fairy tale romance begins, as many fairy tales do, at a Royal Ball. Ok fine, it wasn't much of a ball - but there was dancing .. and there was no Royalty involved - unless you count their respective titles as Dancing Queen and Dancing King. However, their first meeting was every bit as magical as Cinderella meeting Prince Charming at the ball. Lee Hyukjae, one of the biggest kingkas in Seoul University entered the Inter City Dance Meet without any expectations -- except to win the Grand TItle as he had done for the three consecutive years before. It wasn't cockiness but self-confidence. There was no guy in all of Seoul who had the combination of technique, flair,  natural talent and charisma that  he possessed. 

He wasn't wrong.

He wasn't fully right either because while there wasn't a guy, there was definitely a girl who could go head to head with him. Hyukjae stood back mesmerized as he watched this gorgeous, toned, rainbow color haired dancer spin in circles around him. And when the winner was finally announced, Hyukjae wasn't annoyed or disappointed. No, he simply continued to stare at this goddess-like creature with the stupidest smile on his face. 

He was in L.O.V.E.

But Hyukjae had another reputation that preceeded him. Seoul University's biggest playboy/ Casanova/ heartbreaker/ - depending on whom you asked. There were 70 girls in their graduation class and by their final year, Hyukjae had been involved with over 70% of them - you do the math. 

It was no surprise then, that our Cinderella - KIm Hyoyeon, an orphan who lost her parents two years ago in a freak accident - wasn't exactly reciprocative of his affections. But as they say, love can make miracles. Hyukjae turned into a loyal and persistent suitor.. a transformation so genuine and driven by the purest love he had ever experienced - that even his exes had to admit he was a changed man.

And thus, he slowly chipped away at her objections. He wanted to be her family! He was confident he could give her the love of parents, siblings and a boyfriend husband if she would just say "yes". And "Yes!" she did, exactly one month to the day that they met.

People around them warned that marriage was not something to rush into. "You are young!" "Why do you want to get married right now" "How will you support yourselves?" They ignored all those questions because the only thing that mattered was they didn't want to be apart a day longer than it was necessary.

This was their HAPPILY EVER AFTER.....

Except real life is rarely a fairy tale....it's gory, it's real, it's full of challenges,obstacles and wicked step-sisters trying to steal the Prince... and there's no Fairy Godmother to evaporate all your troubles with a wave of her wand....

Sometimes real life means accepting that maybe, the Prince and Cinderella are from two totally different worlds and they were never meant to make it  to a happy ending.