Thirty-one (1/2)

A/N: Sorry for the super super super long wait...also using a new program to write they story, so there might be more mistakes than normal.   After Kyuhyun left early in the morning with no more than a grunt at Sungmin as he passed, Sungmin took it upon himself to invite misery to share his company He wasnt disappointed as the Princesses arrived.

Wooyoung came first, his face glowering. He was soon followed by Heechul, who looked sickly and pale and reeked of stale liquor. He had bathed, but the smell of a night of binging still softly came from his pores. Junho came last. His red hair was pulled back into a bun and his eyes flashed with continuous mischief, even wen he wasn't up to something.

He looked none the worse for wear for his ordeal with the kidnappers, but he also wasn't speaking of it. Looking around at the other high-backed chairs, Sungmin sighed. The relaxing sound of the natural spring water fountain did nothing to sooth the sour tempermets of the four men.

"Jinwoo is now training as a soldier. I released him from his duty to us," Wooyoung said in answer to a question about the boy.

Junho didn't understand, but the others nodded in agreement. Streatching his arms over his head, Heechul yawned. It was the most movement  he had made in awhile.

"So, have any of your husbands lied to you about who they were?" the dejected Princess Junho asked.

"I thought mine was a prison guard," Wooyoung chuckled darkly to himself.

"I used to call mine a gardener," Heechul admitted, tucking his hands beneath his head on the high-backed chair. Mumbling softly, he said so as not to disturb himself, "And a caveman."

The men laughed.  "I call mine a dragon," Sungmin shyly admitted. Bringing to mind Kyuhyun's latest bout of anger in the office, Sungmin did indeed think he had a dragon-like temper.

"They're all dragons, if you ask me," Heechul winked at Sungmin.

Sungmin halfheartedly laughed as he rose to answer a summons from the door. Blinking in surprise to see the Queen, he allowed him in.Jaejoong stepped into the intimate circle of Princesses and nodded. "I heard you all were hiding out here."