THE WIZARD [vkook]

45: eyes of the sun

It's been over a month now.... Taehyung who felt strong and ready was no more.

His spirit was fading along with the hope. It's been almost seven weeks already. He had waited and waited, but Jungkook never came. Taehyung went out to meet him on the balcony on the 31th day. He was not there. Then the day after he searched the city, he waited at the gates he even asked around and called out for him at night.

No reply, not even once. Not a single sign that the wizard had returned for him.
He had grown sad over the days and he stopped looking. He didn't even dare to keep hoping. He can't bear another disappointment.

Because everytime his hopes were crushed he would feel like this.

Crying in his room behind his desk, tears dripping on the wood and wetting his sleeves. Tears that did not stop falling.

"Why didn't he come?" he asked into the air between his sobs. His sleeves desperately tried to dry his tears but they were too wet and only moved it over his face.

"he promised" he shouted out and hit the table in frustration. "stupid wizard!" he started crying again and laid his head on his wooden desk. "why do i love him so much.....It hurts"

The crying did not go unheard, his mother knocked on the door that was slightly opened before stepping inside.

"sweetie, i....I got you some tea" she said softly while walking over to her crying son. She carefully placed the small silver tray on his desk. Filled with a cup of hot tea, a few slices of cake and a small bowl with freshly cut own garden fruit.

"thank you" the Prince said softly and sipped the warm drink.

"the feeling you feel is okay to feel. You can cry, '' she said. She doesn't know what her son sees in that man. She doesn't approve of such a reckless individual. But she will not forbid her son's feelings. He can feel and he can feel this too, so he can cry, she will still be there to comfort him. Even if they have a future they want him to follow. They are still his parents.

Yet, she begins to let these rules fall more and more. Only her husband doesnt want to let go of the old ways. He isn't so fond of changes.

"i know you love this man.....But he isnt showing sign of coming back like you said he would." she spoke. "but.....Umm...If he does, i want you to know that you can love him"

Taehyung had stopped sobbing and looked at his mother with teary eyes. "You...Approve?"

"i don't like the way you described him. His reckless attitude and strange manners but.... If you really love him i can learn to accept him and you being together. And...Uhm '' she took a new breath. "he brought you home safe.... So i will  hope he will keep you safe forever."

"I think he would," Taehyung smiled and dried his tears with the tissue that was also on the tray.

"I know your father will not agree with me and he might never but I mean what I said. And i am sorry my son"

"t-thank you" taehyung put down the cup and hugged his mother. He never thought any of the two would ever change their mind and say those things. Even if they were not fully a fan of it she at least gave him permission to love him like he wants to. And that gave him the last push he needed.

Because loving him is exactly what he will do.

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His mother left a while ago. She came back to call him for dinner, but Taehyung refused. He did not attend dinner. He didn't want to be here while Jungkook was out there somewhere.

Taehyung can not settle and relax until he knows why Jungkook did not come for him. Why did he break his promise? Taehyung had thought about this..

But....He was afraid to actually do it.

With a deep sigh he paced around his room fiddling with his fingers nervously. "Come onnn" he whined to himself trying to make up his mind. So many things were circling in his head. He just wanted to cut the knot and do it.

He just needed that last push.

And there was something he still hadn't fully realized yet. But was about to.

His pacing brought him to his bathroom where he stood in front of the mirror. He was greeted with a young Prince, his clothes screaming royalty, while his posture was relaxed but mostly the expression. A scared and confused expression that still had a hint of someone strong. Everything was there at once, but the thing that had been kept from his sight were his eyes.

He saw it now, directly in a mirror. His warm brown eyes lightened up and turned yellow. If he hadn't been looking already he would think his eyes were playing tricks on him. But this time he saw it happen, he saw the exact moment they changed color.

So....It was still there. His yellow eyes did not disappear. The world had left its mark on him.

"Ouvasta...." he mumbled, the color of the sun kingdom. "Jungkook...." The man was constantly in his head. He promised to come, he should have already been here. It's been over a month and he hasn't shown any sign.

It's getting hard to wait for him. He is afraid that things didn't turn out the good way....But then still....He....

No... No longer.

The Prince walked to his closet and grabbed a few pieces from the hangers. An outfit his parents never wanted him to ever wear. They wished he would never have to. Just like the item he pulled from the hidden compartment inside his bed. Something his parents thought was safely inside their vault.

Taehyung had taken it. It hase his name on it after all. A name, his yellow eyes trailed over the markings on the silver blade......

He had made up his mind

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