✓ Lost Garden • [Yoonmin]

3 . First time

Next morning

As the prince said, his men were waiting outside of Jimin's house as Jimin hugs his parents and strokes his younger brother's hair before leaving with the royal guards.

"Make sure not to annoy or make any trouble in there which will anger the prince or the king, okay?" Jimin's mother reminds him, even though Jimin is an obedient child and listens to whatever he has told. In short, he never has been in mischievous events.

" I will, mother," Jimin assures her with a smile. Jihyun tugs on Jimin's sleeves to grab his attention.

"Hyung! Do your well, okay!" Jimin smiles and nods.

"Will do!"

"Park Jimin!  We have to leave now. Your highness is waiting at the palace." One of the guards reminds which made Jimin nervous and he hurried to grab his things before running outside.

But turned around and smiled at his family before giving a full down bow.

"Don't worry about me! I will do fine! Please, give attention to Jihyun and put him in school as I said! I will come back! Thank you for everything till now!" He shouts those things and waves at them before walking to the guards.

"Shall we go?" Jimin asks while grabbing their attention. To be honest, they were annoyed and jealous because the prince has a favorite now, so they will get less priority to them. But since Jimin was cute and bubbly, they let it slide and continued their journey to the palace.

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Meanwhile, in the palace; the prince was getting ready to see his new subject and student who will learn from him. He wants to make sure he gives off an effective vibe when he will see the child.

"Your highness." The maid bows when the prince turns to her.

"The son of the merchant is here." She informs and the prince smiles.

"Great. Take him to the hall room and tell him to wait for my arrival." The maid bows and closes the door to let the prince finishes his dress up. The prince was excited to meet the boy again.

He was escorted to the hall room and as soon as he stepped inside, his eyes landed on the boy who was standing at the corner, showing his back towards the prince, admiring the beautiful designs inside the hall room.

The prince couldn't handle his smile and clear his throat. The boy turned around and his eyes met with the prince's dark ones. He slowly bowed to the prince, still peeking at the prince even though his head was low.

"You don't have to bow to me. From now on, you will be under my wing so be comfortable around me." The prince spoke and walked toward the boy who kept his gaze low but he accidentally bit his lips. It's a bad habit of his whenever he gets nervous.

"Well, let's get to know each other then. Start with your name, what is your name?" The prince asks when he was in front of the boy who was still looking at his feet. He was nervous because he never spoke to royal people before nor he has talked to anyone.

The prince was amused by the boy's shyness but he was more interested to hear his voice but his shyness is blocking it and besides everything, the prince wants to see those eyes again. So, he slides his finger under the boy's chin and lifts his head, his beautiful brown eyes reflected by the light which was surrounding them. The prince's heart skipped a beat when those eyes stare at him with a hint of hesitation in there.

"Y-Your. .highness.." The prince was taken aback when the boy spoke to break his stare from him. The prince was a little embarrassed because he was staring at him. The boy also blushed at the sight of the prince staring at him without blinking.

"Um...uh.." the boy smiled slightly but bit his lips again. The prince stepped back a little and lowered his gaze.

"M-My....name is Park J-Jimin. .your highness. ." Jimin answers, the prince looks back at Jimin and smiled at him.

"You don't have to call me 'Your highness' from now on." Jimin was surprised by the prince's statement.

"T-Then. ." The prince smiled and stepped closer to Jimin again. Slowly stroking Jimin's rosy cheeks, Jimin's cheeks started to heat up slowly.

"You will call me by my name. Only you can call me by name. Don't think of yourself as a servant here, okay?" Jimin's face was red by now.

"And..W-what should. ..I call..you. ." The prince smiles at him and leans closer to Jimin's ear, lightly brushing his lips against Jimin's cheeks.

"Call me Yoongi. "  Jimin's heart started to beat faster. He bit harder on his lips to calm him down.

"But only when we will be alone, okay?" Yoongi leans back and smiles at Jimin. 

"Understood?" Jimin nods and looking at Yoongi. Yoongi kept his hand on Jimin's cheeks, they were so into their selves that they forgot that the servants and others were there, looking at them.

"Anyway, now. Let's get you into some new clothes and give you the schedule for your study time and the medication will continue every day. If your health starts to get better then we will teach you about swordsman and horse riding." Yoongi explains as he turns around and stops. He slightly turns to see if Jimin follows him or not.

"Jimin?" Jimin looked up and stares at Yoongi with a confused look.

"Follow me." Jimin nods and grabs his small bundle of something which creates curiosity in Yoongi.

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Yoongi leads Jimin to his quarter where Jimin will be staying as long as he can.

"And this will be your quarter." Yoongi walks in when the door slides away and turns to Jimin who had his mouth gaped as he looks around his surrounding.

"Is..this mine?" Jimin asks, still can't believe that this whole big room is only for him. Yoongi smiles and walks back to Jimin who held his breath back when Yoongi was near him again.

"Yes. This whole quarter is yours. Why you do not like it?" Jimin gulps when he saw the small frown on Yoongi's face.

"No, it's just ..it's too big..for me." Yoongi scoffed a little before letting a small chuckle.

"Last time I have checked that, this is the smallest room in the whole palace. If this is too big for you then...we can fill the whole place with your personal belongings." Jimin's face brightens up when Yoongi mentioned he belongs. Jimin didn't notice that he smiled while thinking.

"Now that's a beautiful smile. I think I made a good point. I'm happy that you liked my idea, Jimin." Jimin blushed when Yoongi mentioned that he was smiling.

"Then-" before Yoongi could continue one of the maids interrupted him. He turned his attention to the maid.

"Your highness, the clothes have been prepared just like you requested." Yoongi smiles before walking towards the door.

"So, I will see you later," Yoongi says before walking out to leave Jimin alone in the room.

Jimin stared at the prince as he walks out and then when he completely disappeared, Jimin huffed and sat down while looking at his new room.

"Get used to it, Jimin. This is life now "

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That's all for now!!!

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