The following days went by in a dreamlike state for the little Ven. He still felt surreal about finally being in a relationship with the dashing Sen.
But the sight of a whole room full with opened cushioned cases of rare precious stones from the Legendary Beast Star realm, made him realised his Jiji-Bear is really back and they are officially dating now.
"Don't you think this is a bit exaggerated?" DaeChan tsked. "You already have a diamond-mine for a playground, you definitely don't need all these" he huffs.
Of course he is mad!! He will have to record and sort each precious gem properly. He is yet to finish Crown Prince MinJun's new assests now he has to worry about another shameless hyung.
'I honestly don't get enough vacation for being the general secretary for these shameless hyungs!!!'
"The Island is yours from now on. Truly this is enough for me" Gwan says grinning and laughing wildly.
"Okay you are forgiven" Chan immediately changes his mouth, grabbing his bestfriend's equally soft hands and swinging side to side "This is why I love my job" he nods like a hen pecking rice.
"And I love my Jiji-Bear!!" Gwan and Chan hugs and squeals, dancing and singing.
HanWool "..."
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MoneyGhouls held a clan meeting to congratulate Gwan-il on his new relationship and life journey. This is the Ven's first relationship and they give full support.
"I can't believe my child is dating already!!" Crown Prince MinJun wails.
"I can't believe you are still dramatic despite your new status quo yourself MinJun-ssi" ChanQi lazily replys
"Oo~hoi... At least I got a new 'status quo' ChanQi-ssi. You are still struggling to catch a 'little honeybadger" the Crown Prince scoffs.
"I got the 'honeybadger' alright. Only that stubborn over-grown 'bunnyboy' is making my head spin" he tutts with a frown.
"I swear I'm going to put him over my laps and give him a few spanks just to factory reset the nonsense in his brain" he says in Hexaen (his native tongue).
"Too much info!!" Liu WenYan (8th)
"Too much info!!" DaeHa(7th)
"Pervert!!" DaeChan gasps disgusted
The others laughing at the banter.
They slowly move the discussions to other important matters. Each bringing forth a plan to elevate and stand as stronger 'backers' for Gwan-il. They discuss in detail together, re-arranging work deals as a clan and some, personal schedules for the future. Not just for Gwan-il but HanWool too, who is yet to confirm his relationship with the Second Imperial Prince.
After the meeting, they filed out laughing and teasing each other. Unexpectedly they meet the young Seo familyhead.
Sen Ji-Hu is outside the MoneyGhouls Villa standing beside his *air-car. He throws a wink to his Little Fruit first, then turns to greet the rest of the clan before facing the *Imperial Crown Prince Consort and leader of the MoneyGhouls, Yi YeongCheol, to ask for audience.
*ICPC Yi YeongCheol nods and sends the maknae line away, leaving the first six hyungs. Sen Kwon Han-Ju(6th member) was not there physically but via hologram call. Gwan-il obediently followed the rest of his clan after 'secretly' waving at his Sen.
The hyungs go back into the villa and invites the Sen to take a seat. After they all settled down, Ji-Hu tells them his intentions towards their second precious diamond maknae.
"I came to ask for the honour of courting Jee Gwan-il Jason with the prospective of becoming his life partner. To Gwan-il, MoneyGhouls is his family. Just like his parents and sisters are. So I have come to ask his family for blessings to date and someday marry your Gwan-il" he had on a rare smile on his usually stoic cold face. This made him all the more godly.
But his golden brown eyes held a bit of apprehension. Although he is very confident about himself and his qualities, all that confidence seemed to condense into vapour in front of his lover's family.
That eased the heartstrings of the six hyungs of MoneyGhouls, nodding in agreement with a smile. They know for sure their Gwannie ah will be well taken care of by the Sen.
They also made their standing as Gwan-il's backers, very clear.
Sen Ji-Hu smiles. Happy at being accepted by the most important people in his mate's life.
Later that night he visits the Jee house to take Gwan-il for a dinner date. The Jee parents are not home due to their Imperial duties and would probably not be back for a long while. So the new lovers spent the night on a private rooftop restaurant overlooking the beautiful double moon aurora sky.
Ji-Hu asks for permission to court the blushing Ven and hopefully get his hand in marriage in the near future.
"Jiji hyungie really likes to do things the traditional way" Gwan-il giggles with blushing cheeks.
"My Little Fruit does deserve the best" Ji-Hu smiles.
Gwan finally gives a shy nod of acceptance. After their dinner, he was presented with a bouquet of red rubies and diamond gems designed as tulips and dahlia flowers.
"I love it. Thank you" Gwan-il smiles, softly caressing the slightly cold stones.
They had a leisurely stroll in an empty private amusement park walking hand in hand, enjoying the night breeze together.
The date lasted well through the night. Ji-Hu finally sends Gwan-il home, leaving him with a goodbye kiss on the soft lips and on fluffy white hair.
The following days were filled with work and school. Gwan-il has already been sent a notice by the 'Imeprial Royal Training Academy' of his resuming date.
This makes it feel more real. He is excited and nervous at the same time. Luckily his hyungs from the Imperial and royal families have been giving him a general review about some of the mandatory courses. They have been of great help to him as he slowly transition into his new role.
As a member of MoneyGhouls, he was already undergoing defence training, so it was easy to pick on other advance levels of training. And Jee parents personally travelled around the Unirse to find the most suitable forms of gene levelling manuals to help him easily advance, as soon as they completed their Imperial duties.
Sen Ji-Hu still made sure to take his sweetheart on cute dates when the younger could slip a day or two off in his recently growing packed schedule. They visited several of Gwan-il's antique coffee shops and the excited Ven also finally got to show off his coffee making skills.
The Sen was surprised at how great it actually taste. In this era, a small cup of coffee is as costly as a diamond the size of a chicken's egg. The coffee plants were once thought to be extinct before the reform of the Unirse. But after it was rediscovered, the plant had been mutated and looked nor tasted nothing like what was recorded in ancient data. It took alot of research and years of experimenting to finally re-mutate them to a bit similar to it's 'predecessors'. With all that heavy and long work, coffee naturally became a luxury commodity. The 'coffee barristers' profession also became a higher honorable class paying job because of how long it takes to perfect the 'art' of making a good cup of coffee.
But Gwan-il actually has already gotten a degree as a professional barrister.
"When did Little Fruit get his degree?"
"Last star-year hyungie" Gwan smiles
"May I ask how long it took?" he takes another appreciated sip.
"Two star-years. After hyungie had to leave, I thought about expanding my business before hyungie came back, so i decided to open antique cafés and two other businesses. I learned with a few masters during my free time then went on to take the mandatory three moon-months course before finally getting my degree" he grins proudly.
Seo Ji-Hu's heart fluttered at the adorable Ven and felt more admiration at his enthusiasm to learn new things.
"Uri Little Fruit is the cutest most hardworking little Ven" he teased with a chuckle, eyes full of doting and love. Seeing the fair cheeks turn pink tickled his heart.
Except for the elite-high social class, the media dared not publish or invade on the new forming couple without authorisation. They could only fest their eyes and ears in silence. But that didn't stop the elite social class from trying to test the waters with the young ven. Gwan-il honestly could not be anymore bothered by any social class. He deals with humans that wish to control the Empire's financial sources in 50star-years.
There's nothing wrong if you don't count in two main factors. One, the current heads of the Empire's financial sources are over at least 300star-years. Two, non of them (the humans = MoneyGhouls) are even 30, yet they be having aspirations bigger than the blackhole!!.
So it's safe to say, he has more pressure from his clan than from all the social classes combined.
Seo Ji-Hu was more and more impressed with how intelligent and calm his Ven is. Just like him, Gwan-il is more on the chill and quiet side.
Truely a week later, Sen Ji-Hu paid a visit to the Jee parents in Country Sum. Gwan-il was not there with them since he just began his formal classes in the 'Imeprial Royal Training Academy' (IRTA).
"Gwan-il ah has already made his mind clear that you are the one he wants to marry. I know the Seo family is not one easy family. I just asks for the happiness and protection of our son. Although we have tried to raise him as pampered and worry free, Gwan-il rather likes to achieve things for himself. He relishes in achieving success and making things with his own hands. We can assure he is really hardworking and will not put the Seo family in shame. We just want our baby to be happy and cared for" Lady Jee says, staring straight into the golden brown eyes.
"It is my honour and duty to love and protect Gwan-il ah. I shall give you my word. I, Seo Ji-Hu, will love, cherish, protect and most of all hold Jason Gwan-il in the highest esteem for all our lives" Ji-Hu assured.
"We will hold you to your words Sen Seo Ji-Hu-ssi" Minister Jee nods