Blossoming Srping

The Journey Begins

To say that Taehyung was excited was an understatement.

His life has been changed forever. For the first time in a he felt thrilled, he breathed the air outside, it felt less fresh than the palace air, Taehyung loved it all the same. His carriage was covered in veil and he could see very little from inside but it was still far better than being cooped up in the palace. He could smell different things in the air, spice and tea when they crossed near a market, the smell of pine needles in the forest and fragrance of flowers he did not know name of.

When he wasn't focusing on looking through the veil, he could hear Hoseok and Yoongi talking to each other. It was clear that they hit it off very well.

They took short breaks once in a while, with Yoongi being more focused on getting to the palace as early as possible. But Taehyung even enjoyed the packaged food they eat on the breaks.

"your highness, we are entering the kingdom of Busan" said Yoongi, which meant that they had been travelling for a long time. Taehyung wondered where time had went. He was wondering how different Busan was from Daegu (his own kingdom) when suddenly he heard one of their man shouting.

"MAN AT THE TOP OF THE HILL"

Taehyung heart almost stopped in fear. He had heard Yoongi tell HoSeok that the path that they were taking was a secret route for extra safety, which meant their shouldn't be anyone else crossing them, specially in Busan. Only the royal family and their close commandments knew of this road.

What was happening? Were they being attacked?

"Son of a..." He heard Yoongi starting to swear loudly, but stop mid sentence.

"It's alright, no need to panic, it's the crown prince"

Taehyung's carriage came to a stop and so did his heart.

He was here, SeokJin was here. He came to bring him back.

He heard some horses approaching and coming to a halt. "Your highness!" heard all man greeted in unison. Then he heard Yoongi speaking.

"You couldn't wait till we got to the palace, could you?"

"Relax Yoongi-ah! I only came to give his highness proper protocol since I could accompany him from the beginning" said the voice Taehyung had been longing to hear all this time. The honey sweet voice of SeokJin was now laced with slight mischief. From the way they were talking, Tae could already see that Yoongi and SeokJin was very close.

"Just say you wanted to see your betrothed as soon as possible and go. I can see why you are so eager though, his highness is the most handsome man I have ever seen"

"Hey! How can you say that when you see me all the time! I am hurt yoongi-ah!" Seokjin joked and Yoongi groaned.

" I can't believe I am going to let this insufferable dork take over the throne"

"And I can't believe I am going to let this midget take over the military command" SeokJin retorted.

Yoongi's groan got louder. Hoseok's laugh could be heard as well.

Taehyung was amused, this kind of friendly behaviour between a royal and a commoner was completely unheard of in his kingdom.

His heartbeat got faster as he heard someone mounting down from the horse and footsteps approached his carriage. The footsteps halted in front of his carriage and he could hear SeokJin taking a deep breath. Taehyung felt that the anticipation would kill him.

And then the veil lifted gently, and their eyes met. For a moment, it seemed like the universe has stopped spinning. SeokJin's eyes were the same, as wide and as innocent as he remembered. He could see how his breath hitched as if he was in front of ethereal beauty. SeokJin smile contently, his eyelids closed and opened in slow motion and bowed deeply. "Your highness"

Taehyung felt so small under his gaze, he couldn't keep looking at him. He bowed shyly.

"I know you must be tired after your long journey, but I also know that this is your first trip outside the palace after a long time. It must be hard to see from behind the veil. Would you like to join me in the horse? It will help you see better."

Taehyung's heart fluttered. Not only had SeokJin came half across the country to see him, he was also thinking about Taehyung's desires. He nodded affirmatively. Electricity run throughout his body as he took SeokJin's hand to get out of the carriage.

Once he got out he admired how beautiful it was outside, green trees and grey mountains. The landscape was beyond beautiful.

"Your highness, I am sorry but I don't think it's a good idea to ride with your betrothed before your wedding," Hoseok said from his horse, his eyebrowed frowned.

Taehyung's heart sank. Now that he had seen SeokJin, he really couldn't bear to be far from him. Also, he wanted to ride the horse and enjoy the scenery.

" I understand the customs of Daegu, Hoseok-nim. But please for once consider prince Taehyung's wishes. Please let us enjoy the ride together till we get close to the capital. I assure you no one outside this group will know of this and the princes' honour will remain untouched." SeokJin said and then bowed to show respect.

Hoseok was completely flustered at Jin's behaviour. He didn't say anything but smiled and nodded. Deep inside he was happy that Taehyung had found a partner who cared so much about him.

Taehyung walked towards the white horse which was apparently Seokjin's. It was a beautiful creature that made sounds of approval when Taehyung patted it.

"Looks like Eljey likes you already!" SeokJin said with a smile.

SeokJin helped Taehyung onto the horse and then got onto it himself. Taehyung shivered when he felt climbing on the horse, his front touching Taehyung's back and hand slowly caressing Tae's as he went on to handle Eljay's harness. Jin was so close to him, he could smell the sandalwood and smoke coming from Jin's body.

Jin brought his mouth close to Taehyung's ear, lightly nudging the hair behind it. "I missed you jagiya" he said in a whisper.

Taehyung's whole body was full of goosebumps. He tilted his head and looked into SeokJin's eyes.
They were so full of love. He couldn't believe it. He was really here, back in his lover's arms.

"I missed you too" he replied back.

SeokJin smiled and picked up the pace of his horse. They were riding so that the guards were in the back and in the front and Yoongi, Hoseok and Jin were in the middle. Even within that, Jin was riding somewhat ahead of the rest so that he and Taehyung could have some privacy.

Taehyung was feeling on cloud nine as they ride. Never in his life had he thought that he would be riding freely in the woods, admiring the beauty of nature, all while being wrapped in his lovers embrace. And now it was not even a dream, it was a reality.

After some time they entered a beautiful cherry garden. Trees blossoming into pretty pink flowers all over the place. Taehyung made sounds of happiness when a slight wind blew and petals started to rain over them. He leaned back on Seokjin, head rested on his shoulder and looked at him with big wide eyes and a content smile. Seokjin had to use every bit of his control not to kiss him right then and there.

Instead, he dipped his nose in his hair, closing his eyes as he took in Taehyung's lavender scent.

"Eyes on the road" came Yoongi's voice from behind. Both of them jolted and separated from each other, ( as much you can when sitting on the same horse)

"We are getting closer to the palace, his highness should go back to the carriage. Riding a horse with two-person is not very pleasant. His highness will have sore buttocks because of you."

Although he was talking to Yoongi, SeokJin looked at Taehyung and smirked, "Yoongi-ah! I hope his highness will get sore buttocks 'only' because of me!"

Taehyung frowned, he didn't understand why he would have sore buttocks. He looked behind to find Yoongi howling with laughter and Hoseok looking like a tomato.

He got back into the carriage with the help of Seokjin. They will be making it into the palace within a short time.