when prince jeon jeongguk shows up and turns prince kim taehyung's world upside down but the latter hasn't realised this wasn't the first time.
royalty au | taegguk | boyxboy
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"Finally found you," Namjoon sighed in relief after he walked around the entire palace searching his dear lovely brother only for him to be on the carpeted marble floor of the castle library with a book on his lap, reading away completely drowning out the entire world revolving around him in current time.
"Joonie, you scared me!" Taehyung held his heart, shaken when he saw Namjoon standing right in front of him all of sudden when he looked up from his book.
"Did you run here? You are breaking a sweat."
"Next time, bring your phone along with you, this castle is huge and to find a small bean like you is like finding a needle in a haystack which I don't ever want to attempt ever again." Namjoon grimaced as he mumbled under his breath, "Am I really that old? Heaving just by walking around for a while."
"What brings you here hyung?"
"Appa wanted to discuss something about an alliance and he wanted your presence alongside mine."
Namjoon's interest perked slightly after noticing the book Taehyung was reading. "Are you really not interested in becoming King, Tae? You read books about the kingdoms all the time," Namjoon queried.
Namjoon has heard of kingdoms being torn down just because of rivalry between brothers for the throne and he didn't want to snatch away Taehyung's opportunity to become King if it was his dream.
"Hyung, I've told you, I am not interested nor am capable of being King一"
"But一"
"No, buts hyung. Don't ever sacrifice the throne for me. I love my role and you are the most capable of being King. You are a great leader and it's your dream hyung. I'll never snatch that away from you. Being the King is merely a title for me and I will never understand it like the way you do hyung. Don't ever doubt yourself, okay? So now, smile!" Taehyung giggled, holding up his peace symbol.
"Yah, Taehyung c'mere," Namjoon opened his arms to embrace his brother in a short but meaningful hug.
Truly, Taehyung was so sweet and kind. Namjoon is and always will be eternally grateful for having such an amazing brother who believed in him no matter what.
"Tae, tomorrow's breakfast will be at the dining hall and Appa will discuss it with everyone. I don't care whether you have to kick Jimin's ass out of bed but you two better be there at seven in the morning. Sharp." Namjoon warned sternly before going back to his usual lighthearted demeanour and went back to his office.
The Kims always had fun and joked around but when it's serious, no one fooled around and that's what made them function so well.
Taehyung sighed in relief before he took the small piece of paper out within the pages of the book.
Truthfully, he was sketching something that came to his mind, the same thing that had been gnawing him for the past week and he had noticed Namjoon hyung walking in. He quickly hid the paper in the book and the pencil in his pocket and pretended to act surprised as if he didn't know he was there.
Taehyung stared at his sketch which was a pair of eyes. He didn't know why those eyes, strangely, didn't seem unfamiliar.
The Kim lineage and Jimin all had hazel if not chocolate eyes, with him being an exception having blue eyes. However, the eyes etched in his sketch, in his mind, were pitch black onyx eyes that seem to reflect like a mirror.
For some reason, Taehyung always saw a younger version of himself in those eyes. He was so frustrated.
There was no face, no background, no features, nothing to indicate who those eyes may have belonged to. Even Seokjin had black eyes but it was not the eyes he was looking for.
Each time he envisioned them, he saw different emotions swirling in them but without fail, his younger self was always seen in those eyes, and all his younger childhood memories revolved around Jimin, Namjoon and his parents.
He wanted to pull out his hair at how these eyes were frustrating him so much so that they are depriving him of his sleep. He was determined to know what his subconscious mind was picturing.
"Tae!" Taehyung snapped out of his trance. He bottled his thoughts aside, as he focused on the present.
