DRABBLES AND SERIES [ jinbyul ]

entangled in joseon; part eight

"this is all my fault."

hyojung panicked, crying out loud while watching byulyi getting treated, blood dripping from the wound as taehyung shook his head, whispering. "you never wanted this, hyojung, calm down." he pats the court maid's back, allowing her to cry in his shoulder.

relief washes over the people as soon as byulyi gains her consciousness, only for it to fall back into horror after seeing the severe bleeding as soon as her blouse was opened.

"a- ow!" byulyi keeps biting on the cloth in between her teeth, squeezing her eyes shut while having her head lying over seokjin's shoulder, hissing in pain while watching the bullet getting pulled out, buried in her waist.

"please do not move, princess." the royal physician cries softly, finding it hard to find the bullet from her movement.

"don't move." seokjin whispers in her ear, caressing her cheek as he squeezed her hand, grimacing at the view of her waist bleeding as byulyi squirms in pain underneath his neck, whispering. "it's okay-"

she whimpers, trying to comfort seokjin as soon as she feels his tear trickling down, but the pain kills her will to do so.

"just a little more," the physician whispers, frowning heavily as soon as he saw the silver bullet underneath her skin, making her gape her mouth open and hiss when she felt the tweezers sliding inside her flesh.

"that looks so painful..." hyojung sobs, gripping tight on the cloth from her dress filled with blood. "no, no, she can do it." taehyung pats her shoulder carefully, turning her around to bury her face in his chest to avoid her from seeing the painful view.

seokjin keeps on whispering comforting words on byulyi's ear, as taehyung saw her weakly nodding each time, squirming softly while biting her lower lip, but her hand remained strong, squeezing seokjin's hand each time she gets while panting heavily.

as soon as the bullet gets pulled out, a loud sigh escapes everyone's lips, as byulyi sighs heavily in relief.

"it's okay, you did it." seokjin whispers softly, wiping the sweat in her face as he eyes the bullet being lowered down the bowl.

she keeps panting for air, only feeling her consciousness being present each time seokjin will comfort her.

"the wound is very deep," the royal physician explains, cleaning the wound carefully. "you are not allowed to do any dangerous activities for days, you should rest until this heals." he explains, slowly pinching a needle to close the open wound as the second princess hisses, squeezing her eyes shut in pain.

seokjin could only grit his teeth every moan that he'll hear from her, holding her carefully as he watched her wound being closed, whispering softly. "breathe carefully, i'm here."

he could only grit his teeth to prevent himself from having a meltdown. if it wasn't for her needing him to stay, he would've chased everyone down to their death.

but seeing how she's deeply in pain, he couldn't leave her alone.

he needed to make sure she's alright, in order to comfort himself of her state.

so she nods slowly, panting out of relief that he's there.

the treatment continues, until hyojung heard a loud commotion outside, pulling away as taehyung mutters. "don't go out, i've called for the royal guard division to avoid anyone from coming in, unless it's her family." he pats hyojung's shoulder, opening the door to see joohyun and the king rushing.

"what happened!?" joohyun cries, as the king hisses. "where is she!?"

taehyung ran over them, whispering. "your highness, she's alive, she's alive..." he assures them, seeing joohyun's tensed shoulders dropping out of relief, whispering. "is she hurt?"