UNTILL I MET YOU || JIKOOK

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JUNGKOOK POV

Jungkook didn't like the plan jimin had come up with, but it wasn't like they had a lot of choices if they wanted to figure out what Fian was really up to.

The idea was simple jungkook would play along with escaping the kingdom with Fian's help.

He'd try to get the other omega to talk before it came to the whole getting onto the airship side of things.

It meant he and Jimin had to keep up the pretense that they were effectively broken up, which was hard when all Jungkook wanted to do was cling to the alpha and never let go.

Keeping up pretenses also meant he wasn't able to do any work on the shield. Though he still felt some misgivings about it, he was itching to get stuck in.

They had four days until the airship arrived, and they had to make the rift between them look convincing.

Jungkook didn't go out of his way to seek out Fian, afraid that the wily omega would catch him out somehow.

He was having lunch in the great hall so, after a morning in his workshop, he made sure bam  was comfortable and changed into a clean tunic before heading out.

At the entrance to the north wing he met a face he'd hoped to avoid for at least a few more days. Fian.

"Prince Jungkook, I'm so sorry to intrude."

Jungkook was tempted just to turn and walk away.

"Hello, Fian. Is there something I can help you with?"

It wouldn't do to seem too friendly but neither could he seem too cold.

Polite indifference was something he was well-practiced at.

"I need to speak with you."

"Privately. It's urgent."

He pretended to hesitate, looking around as if afraid someone might overhear.

"Can it wait? I'm supposed to be having lunch with Ari."

"No, Prince Jungkook."

"I wouldn't ask this if it wasn't a matter of life and death."

Jungkook gestured toward his parlor. "After you, then."

Fian leaned closer and lowered his voice. "Could we talk outside? The walls have ears."

"There's no one else here except my cat."

"You and I both know there are ways and means."

"Has there been a change in the plan?"

"In a manner of speaking," Fian said cryptically.

"I'll explain outside."

With a sigh of frustration, he acquiesced, grabbing his cloak and following Fian out.

They left the castle by a side entrance, walking in the direction of the landing strip where an airship idled.

People went back and forth to landed ships all the time.

No one would take notice of their presence.

"Say what you have to say," he called, raising his voice to be heard over the wind.

"It's something you need to see with your own eyes," Fian shouted back.

"It's just over here." He gestured to a selection of cargo crates that had been unloaded from the airship.

Jungkook didn't know what the omega could possibly have to show him. It was so strange.

A sense of unease rolled over him and he glanced back toward the castle, wishing he hadn't agreed to come out there alone.