Adeyemi let out a big sigh as she leaned against the closed door. She had to gather herself. She was doing it for the bigger picture. For her country and his. She just had to brush it off, like always. This was part of her duty. After a moment she put back on her dazzling smile. Adeyemi took her time changing into her previous clothing and redoing her hair. She looked over her suite once more making sure she left nothing that identified her specifically and then turned and left.

Sitting on the bus Adeyemi sipped on the milkshake she bought at a nearby restaurant and bobbing her head slightly to the music playing through her headphones. She was nearly back on campus. The bus stopped at one of the luxury apartments and the prince from Korea and a few other princes stepped on board. Of the seven there one glared at her in total disdain. When she was sure the other men weren't looking she blew him a kiss,she smirked as he began to fume. He was Zituang Hua, the crown prince of China. She looked away from him and his group instead focusing on the large screen of her phone.

"What was all of that about?" She heard Jaejeong questioned when they got off of the bus, apparently Zituang wasn't as discreet in sending his hateful messages toward the princess as he thought. Adeyemi stifled a laugh as Zituang shrugged.

"What was what?" The Chinese Prince asked as the two of them diverted from the group after saying their farewells and heading into the finance building.

"That whole thing with you grilling the shit out of the girl on the bus." Jaejeong said as they walked up the steps.

"She's a dirty whore." He said venomously.

Jaejeongs' eyebrows shot up. He had never heard his best friend and soon-to-be brother in-law sound so hateful or say such mean things about someone.

"Come on man, she can't be that bad of person for you call her a whore a dirty one at that." he said with a smile trying to lighten the mood. They turned the corner at the end of the hall.

Zituang shook his head " No man, you just don't know that girl. That girl is like the queen of whoreism and being fake. She acts like she's some innocent Disney princess when she's all the villains in one body. Everyone always feel bad for her because her fiance's that American prick but she's much worse than him trust me." His voice was slightly raising with each word.

Adeyemi brushed past them nudging Zituang hard in the shoulder before cutting them off. Whoreism wasn’t even a word she scoffed to herself.

"Please continue to scream about how much you hate me Zituang I'm sure no one would find you foul-mouthed and ill-mannered." She said her tone biting as she looked over her shoulder to shoot him a glare.

Zituang glared back. "Or they'd be glad someone called you out on your shit."

Adeyemi raised a perfect brow and turned fully,she stepped toward him. As she did so the disdain melted from her face and instead she was confident and flirty. "Do you really want to call me out on my shit Zi?" she asked her biting tone suddenly changing into a more dangerous and seductive tone. Zituang glared at the girl, he wasn't going to fall for her tricks. She looked up at him with dimmed seductive hazel eyes and soft plump lips. He wouldn't fall in. Adeyemi slowly licked her bottom lip, and he had to call on the strength of his ancestors.

"Or is the real problem that you wish so dearly, to hear me calling out your name one more time but you can't?" she stepped even closer.

Zituang narrowed his eyes, nope not falling for it. She tutted softly " You know you always have a place in my bed-ah" She giggled. "I meant in my heart."

He growled lowly, grabbing her arm and pushing her into the wall he closed some distance between them and looked down at her.

" Aw did I strike a nerve Zi? I'll gladly let you into my bed should you stop with your tantrums whenever you see me. It's unbecoming of you. It’ll calm you down." She said sweetly.

Adeyemi swiftly moved out of his grasp as if he never had a hold on her in the first place and began walking away. She turned for a moment and looked at Jaejeong "He's right though. I'm really not a good person. You should definitely stay away from me. This is your only warning." She warned before glancing at Zituang who hadn't moved from his spot.

"Call me when you're back to your senses. I'll be sure to give you a proper apology for my former actions against you." She said her voice back to it's usual friendly and regal tone. With that she turned and walked away.

Jaejeong needed to process what he had just witnessed. He didn't expect that. He looked over at his friend who was no longer frozen in place, but pinching the bridge of his nose with his head hanging low and one arm propped against the wall.

"Fuck." He swore in Cantonese

Jaejeong shook his head and checked his watch he swore, and grabbed Zituang by his collar .

"You have major explaining to do after class." He said dragging his friend down the hall to their classroom.

When their class finally finished Zituang attempted to make a run for it. He didn't want to have to fully explain his relationship with Adeyemi, to Jaejeong. Right at 3:15 he stood and was ready to book it when he felt a hand land heavily on his shoulder and squeeze tightly. "Ah ah ah. Where do you think you are going crown prince Zituang?" Jaejeongs voice was cool and formal.

Zituang smiled his half moon eyes nearly covered by his long lashes.

" I can't stand after class has ended good friend?" He asked sounding relaxed.

Jaejeong crossed his arms "Oho, I thought you were going to act like an insolent brat and try to run off. Of course I should have known you wouldn't do that to me, right good friend?"

Zituang rolled his shoulder back to lessen the ache and nodded " Of course not. Come let's go, I'll explain it all." He said with a forced smile.

Jaejeong chuckled. " Wonderful."

The young men walked to the nearest dining hall and quickly claimed an isolated booth. They tapped the table twice and the menu for the afternoon appeared in front of them. 

"Hm, the menu seems a bit lacking." Zituang sighed

"For you it's always lacking here. Aish, you always have a problem if there's no Chinese food option. Then even if there is you complain because it's 'not what you're in the mood for.' Just pick something, you're in enough trouble as it is." Jaejeong scolded he was in complete shaming mode.

Zituang gave him a wounded puppy look " You're going to talk to me like that? Me? Who am I to you? Aren't I your best friend? We even used to get mistaken for lovers. How could you use that tone with me?"

Jaejeong pinched the bridge of his nose. Zituang was right. They were so close that they were often mistaken for lovers. He was beginning to feel bad for scolding him.

" Fine. Forget it, okay? I was wrong. stop making that face." He said after peeking a look at Zituang who still looked like someone kicked his puppy.

Zituang then ave him a bright smile. Zituangs' features were similar and yet not, to Jaejeongs. He had a shapely jaw but it wasn't as sharp as Jaejeongs. He had a pointed nose long lashes and pretty lips.They were both tall but Zituang was slightly taller and his frame was a tad slimmer. His hair was also longer, reaching just shy of his shoulders, and often worn in a topknot. He was always in the top 5 for most handsome princes' and knew that he was quite beautiful. 

Jaejeong grumbled at the happy look on his friends face now that he had taken back his scolding and  scrolled through the menu. After a while he had his order and so did his best friend. They placed their order by tapping the item on their table and within a few moments a waitress came to bring them their meals. As soon as she left Jaejeong turned to Zituang with a determined stare.

"What is your relationship with that girl?" He asked.

Zituang who was about to take a bite of his steak tips put down his fork.

"Aiyo, Can't I take my first bite in peace?" He complained.

"Jaejeong motioned for him to continue and leaned back in his seat. Zituang shifted in his seat and took a bite of his food.

"What is your relationship with that girl?" Jaejeong repeated.

Zituang huffed " Alright. Alright. Fine. I slept with her. I slept with her a few times actually."

Jaejeong blinked twice " Okay, I had gathered that already. You seemed so heated just to be on the same bus as her. Did she do something to you?"

Zituang gave him a look. "Did she do something to me? Of course she did. I- I thought she liked me. Then I found out she just did it at first to trick me into signing the 1812 Agreement last year and then she kept coming back because she was bored. Bored shes says!" He said exasperated.

Jaejeong took a bite of his pasta and hummed. " So your mad at her because she doesn't like you the same and plays with your emotions because she knows you still feel attracted?"

Zituang sputtered " As if I still have feelings for her. She's a whore. I've been around many whores. Hell I'm a whore but she's like the ultimate. Like the final boss, bro."

Jaejeong chuckled " Come on man, no way."

Zituang nodded " Dude her repertoire is no joke. She's slept with quite the share of royals. I only know his because I was hanging with some guys when she walked by and they started talking about whether they could take their fathers place at some meeting for some European and African trade. She was supposed to be going in her father and brothers place. They planned on giving her a hard time with the trade deal so that they'd have to be persuaded." He said before taking another bite.

"And she does that by offering herself?"

Zituang nodded " Yeah, and it works. I don't know what kind of dark magic she's using but it works. Every. Time. She's like the devil man. You gotta stay away for as long as you can."

"But why does she do it. Surely there's other means?" Jaejeong contemplated.

" Well yes, but when there's a big deal and we're all supposed to sign and there's one asshole who suddenly needs to rethink things, we all have to stay there and work things out. It's like that jury duty shit. You know what I'm talking about. It's annoying, with her method, the asshole signs the document by the end of the night and we can all go home by morning, no negotiating, no having to plead and argue, or hear Russia and America try to sell each other out. Nobody cares about the weird love hate relationship Russia and America have with each other anyways."

"Zi, stay on topic."

" Sorry." 

There was a small pause before Zituang added " But seriously though, the way they argue with each other you'd think that if each country could be personified there'd be some pent up chemistry, like band camp pent up."

"I...I'm not even. Ugh, why are we even friends?" Jaejeong threw his bread stick at Zituangs forehead.

"Because you don't know how to have fun and I have fun for the both of us."

"Can we stop talking about their relationship? Nobody but them understand it anyways."

"Fine. I was just saying. Anyways. I don't know what she does with other guys but when I was being stubborn she just ended the meeting and promised to speak to me about it. All the other royals were like twiddling with their mustaches or tapping their chins like ' ohoohoo very good idea.' and then they left. Calling me an insolent brat, like can you believe it?"

Jaejeong looked at him deadpanned " No. Where on earth could they have gotten such an idea?"

"Right? Anyways it's late, The crown prince of Russia just left my room trying to tell me that he'll get the crown prince of America to give up his benefits and give them to me if I sign the treaty. Bro, I wasn't trying to make things all complicated I just wanted to go over the trade deal again. So Russia leaves, I still don't know if I should sign, like I know dad would have done so already but, I'm not him and I needed a minute to process and make sure I understood everything. I didn't want to seem like an idiot. "

Jaejeong leaned in as Zituang told his tale. To be quite honest he loved mess like this. Although hearing the information on the eldest Yoruban princess did slightly change how he thought of her.

"Someone knocks on my door. I open it and boom there she is dressed in a long ass robe. I let her in I pour her a a night cap, she sips it then sets it down and her face is all strict but not like mean strict, and she says that I disappointed her by not signing. That she had high expectations from me. Now I'm feeling all bad and shit, so I told her that I was nervous and needed to process everything. Then she's like I'll help you go over everything as she walks over and sits on my lap. I knew it was on because she took off her robe and fixed herself on me. I ended up not feeling nervous about making my father look bad and making myself look like an idiot and she went through the whole deal. She memorized that damn thing, and I realized I wasn't as lost as I had thought. I signed the documents and then everyone left the following morning."

Jaejeong blinked " Wow. So she helped you and seduced you at the same time?

" I told you, she has some kind of magic. I crushed on her for that. and then when I saw her a few months later at some gala she whisked me away to hookup. Every time I saw her last year she approached me. I thought she was really feeling me, and then it was announced she was Ryan's betrothed. That they had actually been betrothed since they were kids. We hooked up again after that and I asked her why she didn't tell me. She looked at me and was like ' because I don't have to.' I asked her why she kept sleeping with me, and she just shrugged and said it was because she was bored and I was entertaining. and when I asked her about the first time she smiled caressed my cheek and said in her sweet beautiful voice that, that was just business."

"And you hadn't slept with her since?" Jaejeong asked after sipping his drink.

Zituang shook his head "No. After I had asked her about everything she left. The next time we saw each other she walked past me like I didn't exist. She said it's because I asked too many questions."

"So what about now?" Jaejeong asked

Zituangs phone buzzed and he pulled it out of his pocket as he spoke "I dunno. I don't want to get wrapped up in her web but I do want to be wrapped up in her legs. I'm not going to make any moves first though." He said before reading his text and dropping his jaw.

Jaejeong got an excited glint in his eye. " What? What happened?"

Zituang showed him the text from an unsaved number but he knew who it was from.

1. You need better security.

2. Your bed is really soft.

Zituang grabbed his phone checked if he had his keys and left shouting a quick farewell over his shoulder. Jaejeong chuckled, he barely met this girl and he now knew quite a bit. It didn't sit right with him that she was seducing royals into signing her deals.He wasn't biased, he didn't think anyone should be doing that. It wasn't right.