Lust | JJK ✔️

11- May I come in

"What the fuck's going on here?" Aban slowly creeps into the scene, as you gulp.

"Yn?" He calls out. "What are you doing?" The mango you had in your hand almost slipped but you grasped onto it tighter as you turn your head.

"Are we in trouble?" Hamza whispers.

"I guess." You feel your palms sweating.

"Did I not tell you that you can't climb up these damned trees?" Aban scolds now, worried for god's sake. "Why can't you understand? What if you fell? What if you got hurt-"

"It's okay Aban, I don't think I could have fallen judging from the skills I have." You giggle, throwing a mango down at him which he catches on his surface. "Let me pick out some more of these, it's so fun! Much more fun than watching someone do it for me."

"But you'll get hurt! Don't you see those sharp branches, heck look at the size of this tree and how high up you are."

"It's fun though." Deep down you were annoyed that Aban was trying to make you such a dependant and weak person, but you know it's just to protect you.

"I think you already have enough in your basket, come down for fuck's sake right now." He shouts from underneath.

"Fine." You say in an annoyed tone as Hamza swiftly climbs down the tree and you follow.

Now that you look at it, the tree was actually much taller than you expected. You had never even realised it was this tall. You slowly place your bare feet on a branch under you, holding tight onto the branches on your sides. "Carefully Yn."

"Yeah yeah."

You hook the handle of the basket in your arm as you try to balance it while balancing yourself too. Your heart was beating fast but you didn't know if it was because of fear or excitement that you were finally doing something adventurous, even if as little as this.

You bite your lip and smile at your bravery, as your pride starts to take over you. You were so happy ever since Jungkook first came here. He was like a light to your dull life, a dull life you never knew was this blue. It wasn't until you saw the world that your palace felt too small. You were genuinely feeling warm and content on the inside.

"Watch out!" Aban's voice shoots inside your ears like a bullet and the next thing you feel is the branch under your feet breaking.

You gasp loudly as your hand tries to hold on to something available above you but it all went in vain. Before you even realise you feel yourself falling down the tree. The velocity of your fall makes the wind feel like bullet shots and your eyes water up because of irritation. And as if it couldn't get any worse, the bark of the tree rubs against your arm causing a cut. You had closed your eyes by now, knowing what lied next in front of you.

Maybe infringing Aban's protective measures wasn't the best decision, being rebellious requires some brain too.

You feel something soft on your back, someone had caught you.

Your heart was still beating frantically as you shivered but the touch provided some warmth to instantly calm you down. You open your eyes.

It was Jungkook.

He had you in his arms, his face contorted as his hand quickly reached out for yours.

"Are you okay?" He says, the most worried you had seen him. He doesn't even let you answer but quickly wraps you into a hug, sitting on his knees with you in his lap. He quickly pecks your neck, the area he was hiding his face in. He squeezes you almost as if he just saved his most prized possession from breaking.

"Uhm- yeah- " you try to compose yourself as your chest heaved up and down rapidly.

His thumb caressing your hand quickly moves down to your wound, after his gaze had fallen on it. You push his hand away and wrap your scarf around the bleeding area before he could even process it.

"Yn!!!" Shrieking voices fill your ears as everyone gathers around you both to see if you were fine. "I am okay please don't-"

You try to say but you soon realise that no one was really looking at you anymore, more like not at you alone. Everybody's eyes were glued onto the accidental yet somewhat intimate moment between the two of you, in the middle of nowhere. Your cheeks go red.

You jump out of your spot and sit on the bare floor.

"Yn! Did I not tell you, you'll get hurt if you do stuff like this. What if Jungkook wasn't there?"

"I'm sorry.." you lower your head in guilt as you try to take in Aban's words.

"And how did this fella get under the tree spot on?" Hamza 'whispers' to Aban but in a way to make Jungkook purposefully hear it.

"Yn, do what you want. I am seriously not talking to you." Aban says as he flies away without another word following.

You get up and run towards your room, being ashamed, humiliated, embarrassed and what not. You just got yourself into the most awkward situation yet. You shut the door close as you plop down on the bed, the burn from the cut still resonating throughout your skin cells but it didn't bother you more though, did it?

But you couldn't help it, the liquid soon started leaking onto the sheets and you didn't want anyone to see. So you got up without another thought and went straight into the bathroom. Let the blood leak here, you'll clean it easily later on. You pull your knees close to your chest as you sob into your own arms, trying to keep it low.

You jerk your jewels off your body and fling them into the air in anger, irritated by this forced sophistication and royalty. Why couldn't you try and fail at one thing without getting banned from it, why are you considered so weak without even letting you prove yourself?

You didn't like to admit it, but slowly you were feeling oppressed inside what used to formerly be your usual lifestyle. But you also noticed that Aban was a bit too protective of you ever since Jungkook stepped inside the palace. It was hard to trust a stranger, you know, but there was no other option.

What if Jungkook reveals it to everyone? What if he isn't as nice as he seems? It's not even been a day since he got to know about your real identity, even if just some part of it. You couldn't tell him everything yet, you had to see if he is capable of trusting or you just have to feed him some of the magic potions you had lying inside your treasures to make him forget about this place.

That's what Aban did to everyone who managed to pass by the palace accidentally in the past anyways, right, although that has only happened twice in 19 years since the palace is a bit too hard to find.

But there was something about Jungkook that wanted you to keep him to yourself. You didn't want to give him away at all, you wanted him as your lover, and that's not too bold and straight forward already, it's honest.

"Yn?" The person you were thinking of speaks from behind the door. "May I come in?"

You wipe off the tears on your face as you fix your messed up hair quickly before responding. "Y-Yeah.."

He slowly steps in, carrying a bag in his hand.

"What's this?"

"First aid."

[A/N]

Aaaa slow update but I am writing the next chapter too which only requires a few more words and it'll be out by today itself or tomorrow. ❤️