Moon's Light

Parents

Luna feels a bit awkward having dinner with Jungkook's mom alone. Sunyoung is sweet but Luna has no idea what to say to her as they sit across the table from each other enjoying their dinner. She's thanked her 3 times for the food already out of nervousness. Now it's just silence.

When they're done eating Luna offers to clean up, but just like Jungkook does, Sunyoung tells her to rest on the couch instead. She does as told and remains there until Sunyoung joins her when she's done.

"You don't have to be afraid when you're here," Sunyoung says.

"What?" Luna replies.

"I know how intimidating Minseok can get, especially when he's angry. I just want you to know you're safe here. He won't find you here."

"Oh. Thank you for letting me stay. Wouldn't Minseok come looking for Jungkook at least? Especially after the way we left earlier, I know he's got to be enraged."

"I'm sure he is. He still won't come here though."

"You seem very sure about that."

"I keep my home well protected from those who hurt me and the ones I love. It's an ability of mine. I've tried for many years to work with Minseok so it wouldn't get to this point but eventually I had no choice. My boys know they can come here at anytime and not be bothered. Minseok knows if he comes within 50 feet of this house he'll experience a great pain that will bring him close to the end of his life. He tried once and had to learn the hard way."

"Wow," Luna says in amazement. "That's pretty badass. So that's why Jungkook likes to hide here?"

"He knows he can be at peace here."

"Why didn't you just have them live with you instead of being left to deal with their controlling dad?"

"I wanted nothing more than to keep my boys with me, but I knew they had a duty to fulfill and they needed to remain at the palace. Plus there's no winning a fight with the royals. Minseok and the King are best friends, it wouldn't take much to have me punished for keeping the boys from carrying out the job they were sworn to do since they were babies."

"That must have been hard all of these years. I'm sorry you have to go through that."

"It's ok. I knew what would happen when I made my decision to leave. It was the hardest thing I had to do, but I don't regret it. I needed to protect myself."

"Protect yourself from what exactly?" Luna asks, then instantly realized she probably shouldn't ask her something so personal when they've only just met. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that," she says quickly.

"It's fine," Sunyoung chuckles. "You've met Minseok so you can probably guess why I felt I needed protection." She pauses then smiles brightly. "Enough about me, tell me more about yourself. Jungkook tells me you're a lawyer?"

"Not exactly," Luna says shyly. "I am...was...a paralegal. I guess now I'm just unemployed though."

"I'm sure you'll find something once you get used to everything," Sunyoung assures.

"Would it be hard though? For someone like me to find a good job here?"

"You'll be fine. Korealis isn't the only place you can go, you know? A lot of people commute to other cities and kingdoms for work."

"Really? There's other kingdoms?" Luna asks intrigued.

"Of course," Sunyoung chuckles showing Luna where Jungkook gets his smile. "I thought Jungkook would have shown you the portal station by now."

"He has, I just didn't know they could go anywhere else besides earth. So you're saying I can go to the station and go many other places?"

"You'll have to try it out someday. Personally, I love the beach on Apo Isle."