Emperor Min Yoongi ascends the throne with a vow to avenge the untimely death of his father. It is a promise that will take he and his consorts to battle through fire and water, and to bring back the dead on a quest for the truth of what happened on...
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For a few moments, Yoongi simply stared at me, as though he were expecting something to happen. In a way, I hadn't known what to expect at all. That enchantment on the bracelet had been affecting me for so long without my knowledge, and I'd half wondered if all the decisions I'd made because of it would come crashing back down upon me instantly.
But nothing like that happened. Instead, there was the slow realisation that nothing had actually changed. I was still me, I realised, with sudden clarity.
"Tell us now, then," I spoke, raising my eyes to Yoongi's.
"If what you told us is the truth," Jimin added, "Then we deserve your honesty now. Give us what we deserve."
Yoongi shook his head, green eyes widening in disbelief. He stepped closer to us, and took one of our hands in each of his.
"What both of you deserve, is someone who can show you love as perfectly and unconditionally as you do. You deserve every good thing I could possibly give you, Taeminie... Jiminie... my loves... I want to try. I want to give you all of those things, I want to tell you I love you in every way possible. In every way I couldn't tell you before."
Both of us breathed out shakily, and I laughed softly, a sound of happiness and relief. I wriggled my hand out of his gentle grip to reach up and run my fingers through the tips of his dark hair.
"I love you, Yoongi-hyung."
Yoongi's smile grew happier, and it filled me with warmth.
"I know, baby. I love you too. With all my heart."
I finally pulled him closer, my arms dropping to wrap around his waist, head slumping tiredly against his chest. He responded immediately by returning the hug, holding me tightly to him as though I were about to float away. After a moment, however, he released me to turn to Jimin, and I blinked away my tears as I watched the two of them hug each other tightly, with Yoongi murmuring a soft "I love you, Jiminie," into his ear. I joined them again, after a moment, Yoongi's chest being just broad enough to allow both of us to cuddle into him.
"My sweet, beautiful consorts, I don't deserve you," he muttered.
"Yoongi-hyung," I mumbled against the soft fabric of his grey hoodie. "Jong-In-ssi was trying to pull us apart, did you see that, earlier?"
"What?"
"He knew you'd done something, made it seem like a big deal. I know you were just trying to do the right thing, and you definitely should have told me about it sooner than you did, but Jong-In-ssi wanted to use the fact that you were keeping something from me to drive a wedge between us. What he doesn't know about me is that I'm mature enough to know we are stronger when we're working together." I pulled back a little to look him in the eyes. "You are my emperor, Yoongi. I am your queen. Jiminie is your king. We belong with each other, and we protect each other, okay?"
