The King's Arrangement (BTS X Reader)

Epilogue

One year later...

Jungkook:

Shit.  Shit.  Shit.  I paced back and forth in the room off the church sanctuary, twisting my fingers together.  This was it.  The day I got to marry the girl of my dreams.  I couldn't believe this was happening.  I had never thought her parents would approve of their daughter, the rightful heir to the throne, marrying a commoner, but here I was, standing in a church, moments away from marrying the love of my life.  It was crazy that one year ago I was standing in a church similar to this one, telling the prince of the kingdom I lived in that it was time for his wedding, the wedding to the woman I was about to marry today.

It had been hard to leave the kingdom I was raised in, but knowing I would get to spend my life by YN's side made everything worth it.  When I had introduced her to my parents, they had been absolutely stunned that this beautiful princess was going to become my wife.  I had been impressed by the interactions between them and YN.  YN and my mother had hit it off immediately and before I knew it, they were laughing over glasses of wine as my mother showed YN all my baby pictures. 

Seeing the woman I loved seated next to my mother had sent such a rush of love crashing over me, knowing she was the one I was supposed to be with, knowing she loved me in return.  I could see it every time I looked in her beautiful eyes and I couldn't believe I hadn't noticed it before.  The love was just as clear as my mine and made my heart flutter whenever I looked at her, made my body call for her, to take her and make her my own.

Although I wanted so badly to claim her, I knew waiting until our wedding night was the right thing to do.  It had been hard, but I wanted her to know that I valued her morals, her ideals, her wishes.  We had originally wanted to get married right away, but Soobin had refused to sign the annulment papers and we had to wait six months for the cabinet to push it forward.  Since the marriage was never consummated, it definitely helped, but Soobin had tried everything to prevent her from leaving him.  I had been so scared that she would agree to stay with him, but when she held me and kissed me, I knew my worries were silly and not true.

Once the annulment went through, the next six months were spent planning the wedding.  We had wanted to elope, but her mother was strictly against it.   Knowing that YN's wedding to Soobin was such a horrible affair, her mother wanted the chance to make it right, wanted to give her daughter the wedding of her dreams.  This time around, YN was part of the planning, there to choose what we wanted, what she wanted, instead of being told what she would have.  I hated to admit it, but I actually had fun planning the wedding alongside her.  I just didn't realized there were so many decisions to make.    

The most surprising part of it all was the kingdom's acceptance of me.  I had never expected it to happen, but the people in the kingdom had no qualms about their princess marrying a commoner.  Many people, in fact, encouraged it.  It was a way of showing the unity between the commoners and the royals.  The only part of it all that terrified me was that in just one week, I would be crowned king.  My beautiful goddess would take her place as queen with me by her side and I was scared shitless about it all.  I didn't know anything about being a king, running a kingdom, but YN constantly assured me that it was all going to be fine.  Her father was surprisingly supportive, telling me that he would be there to answer any questions and make sure I didn't fall flat on my face.

After leaving the cottage, I had spent some time in YN's kingdom, getting to know her parents.  I had remembered Emira's statement about her parents being kind and it couldn't have been truer.  They had accepted me into their family and her father treated me like his own son.  When our parents had met for the first time, it was like everything was coming perfectly together.  It hadn't taken long for our mothers to share stories about us and our fathers to bond over whiskey.  It really did seem like everything was falling into place.