MY KNIGHT

16. BROTHER

The next day went by damn quickly. JiAh left for the palace early in the morning as some guards informed her that King Hoseok would like to have a word with her. She decided to go alone with the guards, not wanting to disturb Yoongi's sleep. Within minutes she reached the palace.

"Good Morning JiAh! You slept well?" Jin waved towards her with a big smile on his face.

"Good Morning Jin." She returned the same gesture. "How do manage to look this enchanting even this early in the morning." She said cockily.

"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. The beautiful eyes of yours can certainly recognize the living epitome of beauty in this world." Jin came back to his flirtatious self making JiAh roll her eyes as to how much this man praised himself.

"Narcissist!" She said under her breath.

"We shall go inside. Your Majesty is waiting." JiAh nodded as both of them made their way inside the palace.

Both JiAh and Hoseok warmly greeted each other before Hoseok explained the purpose of this meeting.

"Miss JiAh, as you must be aware we have a celebration tomorrow on the context of the arrival of Princess Suk Myong. As you are the royal guest, I'd like to personally invite you. And also feel free to buy anything you need for tomorrow." JiAh nodded. "I think Jin can help you today, is it fine?" He looked towards Jin as the other nodded.

"I would love to." He winked towards JiAh, clearly cherishing the idea of being with her the whole day.

Both of them left for the market to buy stuffs that JiAh could use for tomorrow's celebration. "JIN HYUNG!!" They heard someone shout as they turned to look at the person who called his name.

"Yoon Wu-ah! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be taking your lessons?" The elder questioned, curious by his sudden appearance.

"Everyone's busy with the celebration, so we had an off today." He beamed, excited by the unscheduled holiday he got.

"That's great!" JiAh smiled at him, "why don't you help me with my shopping."

He nodded, while all three of them continued contemplating stuffs that JiAh could buy for herself.

They were almost done with their shopping and decided to take a break to fill their bellies as their stomach started making dangerous growling sound. They went to a traditional restaurant, much like a stall and decided to have Mandoo (korean dumplings) and Chap Chae (stir fried noodles). It was already evening and the market started to lit up with colourful lights and faint street music filled the environment.

"Seems like you're having fun." A familiar deep voice spoke, making all of them look towards the man standing behind them. JiAh felt awkward by his presence.

What is he doing here?

"Yeah! You too should try it sometimes." Jin rolled his eyes, speaking in a mocking tone making the latter chuckle as he sat along with them.

"Yaah SeokJin, do you consider me as lame as you? I've better things to do."

"Better things like? Disturbing others and pretending to be all mighty? Grow up Namjoon. The only thing you do better is getting on people's nerves."

Namjoon scoffed, glaring towards Jin while the other didn't even bother to spare a glance towards him throughout the whole conversation.

"Seems like Yoongi is teaching you well. Being all savage when all you are is a big disgrace to your family name." Namjoon raised his voice making JiAh flinch. Jin seemed to have noticed that, as he clenched his jaw, looking daggers towards Namjoon.

"Well, Yoongi also told me that its such a waste to cross swords with someone who's as thick as two short planks. So why don't you just keep your trap shut and get the hell out of here." Jin maintained the intense glare, shooting warning looks towards Namjoon.

Namjoon opened his mouth to argue but looked around towards the staring faces and decided to be quiet. He gave one
resentful glance towards him before flouncing away from them.

"What was that about?" JiAh finally spoke, looking with wide eyes towards the man who was now out of sight. "What's his problem? Is he a complete psychopath. And why was he bothering you?" She looked towards Jin who suddenly popped out of his thoughts to look at her.

"Well... You see... He is my brother. Not a real one but yeah we are distant cousins" He said nonchalantly.

"What?" JiAh looked at him in shock, practically cursing herself for speaking rubbish about Namjoon infront of his own brother.

JiAh you idiot! Why don't you just wash your mouth with acid. Why do you always have to speak wrong things in the wrong situation. What should I do now?

"I'm so sorry Jin. I didn't knew he was your brother. I shouldn't have said nonsense about him infront of you. I mean... I shouldn't speak ill about him at all. I mean... I shouldn't speak ill about anyone.... Omo what am I doing. But seriously I'm really sorry. " She blurted, with an awkward smile.

Jin and Yoon Wu started laughing at her cute apology, making her look at them in confusion. "Its okay JiAh. I practically curse that man everyday. He is a lunatic anyway. Don't worry we're all good." He gave a genuine smile. JiAh sighed in relief hearing this.

It was already dark outside and they decided to head back to the palace. Within 10 minutes they were infront of the palace gate.

"You go first. I'll send Yoon Wu home." Jin said. JiAh nodded while bidding goodbye to them.

"Good night My Lady. See you tomorrow." Yoon Wu spoke with his usual endearing little grin.

"Good night Yoon Wu-ah!" She waved her hand as the other two started walking in the opposite direction.

She went to her room and threw her body on the soft bed. "Aah! It was so tiring." She said under her breath, letting her eyes close as she fall asleep withing seconds.