MOON || JIKOOK ✅

1.

JIMIN POV

Jimin had traveled by airship
only twice in his life.

The first time, he'd been brimming with excitement, as children always are when it comes to new adventures.

But the events now unfolding before him only hammered
home that he was no longer
a child.

He sat by a window, watching
the clouds rush by and
keeping an ear out for
footsteps approaching.

The last thing he wanted was
to be cornered by his uncle.

There was a time, not so long ago, when he'd been happy.

He'd had a loving father and three good-hearted alpha brothers, though they could
be overprotective at times.

Now, his father was long
buried and his only surviving brother had been sent far
away.

Jimin wanted to be there when yoongi eventually returned, fearing what would become
of him.

But Uncle JI-CHEOL—King
Jicheol, he reminded himself bitterly—wasn't giving him
a choice.

That wasn't entirely true
though, was it?

Jicheol had made it clear
that he could stay but Jimin
couldn't accept the conditions attached to his continued presence in the castle.

He knew what he would
become at Jicheol's hands
and it was worse than what
his alpha brother had been reduced to.

At the sound of footsteps, he tensed and rose from his chair.

His uncle's mood had swung
wildly since their departure.

He acted in turns pleased at
the arrangements he'd made
and angry that Jimin had
chosen the only real option presented to him.

His uncle loomed in the door
way of the room and it took everything Jimin had not
to flinch.

"So here's where you've
been hiding."

Jimin straightened.

"Not hiding, Uncle Jicheol."

"The pilot said we were
passing over the Coast."

"I was hoping to catch a
glimpse but the cloud cover
is too heavy."

"Hmm."

His uncle tepped into the
room and Jimin surreptitiously watched the door, wondering
how easy it would be to dodge his uncle this time around.

Being trapped on an airship
with His uncle was His idea
of hell.

His only consolations were the fact that their journey was only
a matter of hours and the presence of...

"Lord San."

These days, Jimin was always relieved to see the man.

Lord San had acquired a keen awareness of when his
presence was most needed
and materialized appropriately.

He was sure san's
intervention was part of why
he was being married off.

An escape from the hellish
future his uncle had in mind
for him.

"Your majesty, my prince."

"The pilot informs me we will begin our descent shortly."

"For your comfort, he recommends retiring to your rooms."

"In a moment, thank you Lord San." Jicheol said, smiling smugly at them.

"First, I want to speak to my nephew about his upcoming nuptials."