A crown or this? | minsung

🌙too late now

A/n: it's a though chapter

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Jisung gripped his sword and yelled out as he swung it deep into someone's shoulder. His breaths were short. His arms getting numb.

They kept coming at him and he killed them one by one, shoving his steel into their cold hearts. But he couldn't do this forever, he was just buying Minho some time.

Jisung then felt a blade pierce the side of his ribs, so he screamed in pain and held his side with one hand. He continued like this, bleeding out and holding onto the wound. He killed another and his hair stuck to his forehead with the sweat.

They were all dead, all twenty of them, one still moving though.

Jisung walked to him and placed the sword to his neck.

"Any last words...?"

"You've already lost" the man smiled and pointed at the castle.

Jisung furrowed his eyebrows and watched many more guards come out, storming the path. They had two people with bags above their heads, jisung was praying it wasn't them.

They pulled the bags away and Minho's shiny black hair appeared, so did Bow's. They were put on their knees and jisung was far away that they did not see him.

But Minho did.

He looked his way and jisung looked back completely terrified. That look in his eyes, he could read it like a book.

Minho wasn't able to kill them. He couldn't kill. Minho lowered his head in defeat and Bow kept a high chin for the both of them.

"Lady and gentlemen...here are your precious king and queen of the rebellion!" one started and citizens gathered farther away to watch what was happening.

The man took his sword out and placed it to Bow's neck. Jisung flinched and stood his ground, a bloody sword and a wounded side.

"They have clearly not understood that there is a new king on the throne! And now we'll make sure everyone understands, who this kingdom belongs to!"

He twisted the blade in her back and saw the skin start to succumb to it's weakness. She remained strong and held her head high for all to see, she had the same eyes as always.

"Any last words?" One asked and smiled.

Her chest was rising quickly as she realized that this was it. She looked at Jisung, much farther away and mouthed a few words.

'Protect Nira for me' she mumbled to jisung, who caught every word. He gave her a nod and she closed her eyes, letting a tear fall down her face.

Jisung fell on the ground as he held his bleeding rib, blood was pouring everywhere and he could barely hold anymore.

"People of the sun lands. I swore to protect you, but I have failed. This fight was not in vain! This kingdom will resurface and this city will grow from the ashes!" She said strongly and the crowd cried for her, yelled out begs to let her live. "The memory of me will remain in you all...even if this is the last you see of me" she let another tear fall.

"Kill me instead" Minho whispered desperately but he only got a kick to the face. It was so hard it sent him to the ground, bloody nose.

"No...you're going to watch her die. Then we kill you"

Bow and Minho looked at each other and he held her hand as tears fell down his sore face.

"Goodbye...Minho" she spoke and closed her eyes. He watched as the blade tore her skin opened and cut through her heart. He screamed as he watched the life leave her eyes and her soul leave her lips.