✔ Purple Glow // BTS Taekook 18 +

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The prince actually intended to sleep until noon, but the little dragon had other plans. This is understandable when you consider that he has not eaten or drunk anything since he hatched.

A cold nose nudges Jeongguk's cheek, then something wet slides all over his face. With a loud groan of disgust, he wipes off the drool with his palm. "Taehyung, stop this and never do this again." His voice is deep and it definitely sounds like an order.

Taehyung snorts through his nose, some smoke leaves his nostrils. That irritates Jeongguk a little, is he a fire dragon? While his belly, the dots on the top of his tail, and the inside of his ears are green, everything else is purple. He's never seen this combination of colors before. Only fire dragons have this smoke coming out of their nose, whelpings cannot spit fire at first.

"Are you hungry and thirsty?" Jeongguk leaves the bed after briefly sitting on the edge to stabilize his circulation.

Taehyung makes some funny noises, which the prince interprets as approval. "Okay, follow me inconspicuously and watch your tail. We have a lot of valuable-" With big eyes and a horrified expression, Jeongguk turns around when he hears a cracking noise. "-Objects."

The whelping bows his head and Jeongguk could swear he is sulking. "Can you maybe walk on your hind legs and put your tail in your hands?" He shakes his head. "Forget it, of course you can't, what was I thinking."

Taehyung proves him wrong and Jeongguk's jaw drops to the ground. Even if he had the feeling that the little dragon could understand him, he didn't want to admit it. But now he is convinced of it and cannot believe it. Taehyung stands on his hind legs and holds the long tail tightly. Hops forward a few times to move. Jeongguk has never seen anything cuter in his life.

"Oh my god, may I hug you?" He crouches and extends his arms. The whelping hops the last steps forward, but doesn't let go of his tail. The prince laughs and takes him in his arms. "Can I pick you up? You don't seem too heavy for me yet."

Taehyung lifts his heels to show that he agrees. What Jeongguk doesn't know is that he has learned a lot inside the egg and thus knows a lot. His mother always read from her books or just talked about life. As if she knew that he could hear and understand her.

Jeongguk opens the room door to go to the kitchen. He knows that dragons are actually forbidden in the castle, but since everyone is in mourning, no one will mind. He is also sure that his father and all of the staff will find the little one super adorable as well.

He's right, his dad gets up from his chair as soon as he sees him and greets both with shining eyes. "Is that the whelping of the purple egg?"

"Yes, isn't he the cutest? He can even understand me." Jeongguk looks at the little dragon. "Taehyung, can you show my dad how to make smoke come out of your nose?"

Taehyung makes a snorting sound, inflates his cheeks and pushes air out of his nose. He's proud of himself when it works.

"Crazy, that's unbelievable. Is he a fire dragon?" The king brings a finger to the green belly and tickles it a little. Taehyung begins to wiggle his legs and makes funny noises.

Jeongguk smiles all over his face, he has already fallen in love with the little one. "I have no idea. The color is unusual, but the smoke tells me it's almost safe to say that he is. Maybe fire and nature?"

"Interesting, we only have one of that kind, don't we?" His son nods in confirmation and the king can't stop playing with Taehyung, it doesn't bother him that the whelping is now busy chewing on his fingers as he doesn't have any incisors that can hurt yet. Molars, on the other hand, are already there and painful. It doesn't take long for him to feel this. "Oh! Haha, I think that's enough. Give him something to eat Jeongguk, he seems really hungry."

"Okay dad." He turns to Taehyung and purses his lips to speak in a voice as if he were speaking to a baby. "Is the little one hungry? Do you want something to eat? Yes? Aaaw then let's see what we have here for you." He's not sure if he's a herbivore or a carnivore.

In the kitchen Jeongguk greets the cook with a smile. "Do we have salad here?"

Taehyung shakes his head and sticks out his long tongue. This is really not common behavior for a dragon. Something like that would be done by a four year old. Jeongguk is no longer surprised, however.

"Well, no salad then. How about beef?" The whelping opens his eyes wide in excitement. "Okay, it's meat then. Do you have anything?" The question is directed to the cook who is staring at the dragon. "Uh, hello?"

"Oh!" He comes back to reality. "Meat? Of course, we always have some here in the kitchen."

After Taehyung refused the raw one, it gets grilled for both of them. Jeongguk gets his flavored but Taehyung's is left natural.

A plate on the floor shows the whelping where his place is. Animals have no place at the table, and a cute dragon is no exception. Even if Taehyung would rather sit on Jeongguk's lap, he gives in because hunger prevails. A bowl full of water is right next to the food and is empty within seconds. Unlike the other dragons, Taehyung takes it in both hands and puts the edge against his mouth to drink it directly from the bowl.

Jeongguk watches him all the time, has to write everything down later. It feels like a dream but after pinching his thigh several times he is sure that he's not sleeping.