The Four Musketeers (TXT TaeGyu story)

Chapter 22 - Happy Ending?

A/N: It's Kai's birthday!! Happy birthday to our lovely maknae ^^

[He's so young *sniff sniff* Or maybe I'm just so old *sniff sniff* Somebody please tell Author that at this age she shouldn't be spending her time with writing bxb Barbie fanfictions about K-pop groups... wait, don't tell me that because then my life will lose its meaning. Or at least what's left from it. My hopes and dreams are already crashed so this is all I have. Thank you for reading my existencial crisis lol]

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Philippe was about to thrust his knife into Taehyun's chest when suddenly something small and firm hit his hand with such force that it made him drop the weapon and yelp. Taehyun and Beomgyu looked at him in disbelief, Tae just realizing how Beomgyu had his hand on his waist the whole time.

'Ouch! What the hell was that?!' Philippe held his hand with the other one. Then he groaned and was about to reach for his dropped knife again when suddenly his two arms were grabbed from both sides.

'Don't you dare' said a stern voice from his left. As he turned there, he was faced with one of the masked guests of the party, wearing a purple mask. He could see the man's fox-like eyes that looked like they could pierce through his soul at that moment. On his other side stood a blonde with similar expression. They pushed Philippe back towards the castle on the rooftop.

Taehyun grinned seeing his friends finishing up the work and handing over the traitor to the musketeers while Namjoon rushed onto the roof to check on Beomgyu for any injuries.

Tae ran after the others. Yeonjun and Kai were proudly grinning after catching Philippe while Soobin was just standing there, playing with his sling in his hands.

'I never knew that thing could hit that hard' laughed Tae at Soobin.

'Only if you know how to use it' smiled back the older.

'Tae! You did it!' exclaimed Kai happily.

'No, guys, we did it!' jumped Tae as the four of them joined in a group hug.

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'Thank you for what you've done for me' said Beomgyu.

The five boys were standing in the ballroom, four of them still wearing their masks. The prince just got back from being checked up after the intense evening. He cleared his throat.

'Would you take off your masks?' he asked awkwardly. The boys looked at each other. They knew that once they take them off, they are most likely doomed. They were banned from the castle after all. But it was the prince requesting them.

They agreed without words and nodded, then all of them took off their masks. Beomgyu smiled at the four. Tae raised an eyebrow.

'You don't seem surprised that I'm here' he said. Beomgyu grinned.

'I had a suspicion when we were dancing, but you didn't tell me your real identity and I believed there might be a reason so I didn't want to push you. But I'm glad it's you... Monsieur Barbecue' he chuckled slightly as he stepped towards Tae and held out his hand. As Tae put his hand in the prince's, he raised the younger's hand and kissed the back of it.

'Ahwww it's so romantic' sighed Kai. Taehyun blushed beetroot red.

'What the hell?!'

All of them froze at the screeching voice. Madame de Bossé stood behind them, looking at the four boys in disbelief. Then she turned to Beomgyu and spoke up in a flattering tone.

'Your Highness, I banned these boys from the castle! They are supposed to go to jail after being here again!'

'Is this true?' turned Beomgyu to Taehyun, still holding his hand with their fingers laced together. The boy lowered his head and sighed.

'Yes it is' he mumbled. Beomgyu hummed and let go of Tae's hand. He stepped towards Namjoon who was standing a few meters away and they turned away from them. Tae, Soobin, Yeonjun and Kai exchanged a worried look while Madame de Bossé just stood there with a victorious grin. The prince and the captain then turned back to the group.

'Well, after what you've done it's clear that you don't belong to the castle anymore' shook his head Beomgyu. Tae bit his lip while he heard one of the boys suppressing a sob. Then he looked at Monsieur Kim who couldn't hold back his grin anymore.

'Your place is obviously between the musketeers!' he said. They all gasped.

'Really?!' exclaimed Kai with his velociraptor screech. Namjoon nodded while smiling.

'You guys proved that you deserve it. You are great fighters and have sharp eyes and ears. You will do amazing between the guards.'

'We did it guys! We did it!' shouted Tae in tears and hugged the person closest to him which happened to be Kai. 'We are finally becoming musketeers!'

Yeonjun stepped to Soobin smiling. The taller was about to hug him, but the older just grabbed Soobin's collar confidently and pulled him in for a kiss. And who was Soobin to object...?

'B-but they... they...' stuttered Madame de Bossé, but no one paid attention to her. Everyone was happy.

'And I owe you all an apology' said Namjoon. 'I'm so sorry that I didn't believe you' he sighed. Tae smiled.

'It's okay. You had every right to do so. Philippe fooled everyone here' he said. The other three nodded. 'But you know, Monsieur' he started which made Namjoon look at him questioningly. 'There's someone who I think would make a perfect candidate for training the new musketeers' he exchanged a look with the others. They all nodded and looked towards the white haired man who was leaning on his broomstick behind Madame de Bossé. Yoongi looked up in surprise.

'You think so?' asked Namjoon, eyeing the shorter male up and down. The four of them nodded. 'Well, I'll see what I can do' nodded Namjoon. Taehyun looked at Yoongi with a grin. The male smiled back thankfully.

'What will happen to Philippe now?' asked Beomgyu Namjoon.

'Don't worry, I'll make sure he spends the rest of his life in jail' said Namjoon while fisting his hand and shaking his head in disbelief. Beomgyu frowned.

'I can't believe he would do that to me. I trusted him' he mumbled. Tae put a hand on the prince's shoulder and smiled at him, making Beomgyu smile too.

'It will be fine' whispered the blonde. Beomgyu nodded. Everything will be okay.

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A/N 2.0: Only the epilogue left, ladies and gentlemen. I'll hopefully post it tomorrow or in a few days since I haven't written it yet despite the fact that I always have some kind of drafts for everything.

I'm also thinking about rereading my previous works (I never read what I've already posted after publishing so it might give me a heart attack) since I think I should clear the A/Ns and stuff up a bit since I usually talk about anything and everything in my notes (like now lol) and most of them aren't valid by now. I'll see about that later, maybe someday when I have more time I'll do that too.

My next SVT book is ready to get started, I only need to edit the cover. I've just read through the draft that I have and I'm really looking forward to publishing this book (and also the oneshot book, but I'll update on that soon). Hopefully I can manage to finish everything I wanted by next weekend at latest, because I'll be having a tough week at work.

Until then, see you in the epilogue <3