Jung Hoseok || Emerald Moon

Chapter Fourteen

Date: September 28th 1915

I walked out of the palace towards the front garden looking for Isabella. After a few minutes of searching for her I finally found her sitting in the garden plucking flowers out of the ground, I noticed that she was mesmerized by its beauty from the smile on her face and her eyes sparkling. I walked towards her and sat next to her then said "You must be in your own world because you didn't notice my presence until I sat down." She giggled then apologized. "I'm sorry I was just too focus on its colors. I'm thinking of painting these flowers so I'm trying to imagine how I'm going to paint the details on the petals." I noticed she had the scarf that was once for my mother wrapped around her neck which suited her very well. "I'm assuming you like the scarf?" I asked as I smiled. "I really do. Wait do you want it back?" She asked me seriously. I shook my head and said "I gave it to you, it's like it was made for you."

I unconsciously brushed the hair strain that was on her face and pushed it behind her ear to be able to see her beautiful face. "Isabella." I called her name out softly. She looked at me smiling gently. I held her hands in my own and told her "I'm sorry because I can't give you what you deserve. The only thing I truly can give to you is my love but I promise you I'll get you a unique and one of a kind gift before the coronation ceremony. She shook her head then said "I don't care about these useless things, I love this scarf because it's from you. Whatever you get me I'll treasure just because it's from you." Her words made me smile, I stroke the back of both of her hands with my thumbs. "Isabella, I adore you." I told her without thinking twice. Her eyes went wide. "Yes you heard me, I adore you and love you. I noticed I never got the chance to properly tell you my feelings for you so I'm doing it now. I truly love you Isabella."

She blushed and pulled her hands away from mine, I assumed maybe because she was shy. She picked up one of the flowers she plucked earlier and played with it as she was looking at her hands. "Isabella, I don't need you to reply back to me. I know your feelings towards me, no need to feel pressured." She nodded and didn't reply back which didn't bother me at all. All that mattered to me is that I told her my true feelings for her.

"I'm very shy to express my feelings in general even though I'm an optimistic person. Maybe I got used to keep whatever is in my heart stay in my heart that's the main reason why I'm struggling to reply to you now." She said shyly. I could tell that she was shy and maybe uncomfortable too. "I told you it's fine." I assured her. I wanted to embrace her in between my arms but for some reason I couldn't it was as if something was pulling back from doing so. I wanted to hold her but I knew I'd be crossing the line even though I started not to care about what I could do or not I just couldn't seem to get myself to do it. Millions of questions circled in my mind like why couldn't I have her? Why couldn't I be with her without thinking about the consequences? Why couldn't I have an important status? I never cared about the royal status but that was the only way I could be with her or if she was a normal person like me without even owning a status.

I was about to break my thoughts and ignore everything that was on my mind and touch her but I pulled my arm away once I heard someone yell my name. I turned around to see Jungkook standing there which I'm sure he saw everything. "I need to talk to you." He said angrily. I didn't argue back and walked towards him but he turned around and walked away which I understood him, he wanted me to follow him so we could talk comfortably with Isabella hearing us. I followed him leaving Isabella behind.

"Jungkook, no one is around us. Why are you still walking?" I asked. He turned around I could tell that he was upset. "Why would you tell Yoongi that I'm here?!" He yelled. "Why? What happened?" I asked curiously. "He found out that my friend Jimin who was in his group told me everything and he killed him." I could see tears form in his eyes. "Wait. What? You sent someone to become a member of his group so he could give you news about what he's plotting against the royal family?!" I raised my voice. "Not exactly. I met Jimin not so long ago and he was already in the Yoongi's group. He wanted to leave but that was not possible because once you know dark secrets about them you either stay or die. He regretted his mistakes and wanted to be a better person so he told me everything because we became closer. Now Yoongi found out." I could tell he was stressed out.

"So I'm guessing he's the rat that Yoongi wanted to know." I said quietly. "But I feel like something in your story isn't right. It's like there's a a part missing." I furrowed my eyebrows. "I don't know what you're talking about." He shrugged. "I'll let it slide this time. I'm sure you have your reasons or maybe I'm just overthinking things." I told him. "Anyways why would you tell him?" He asked me. "It wasn't me, it was Isabella." I answered him. His eyes went wide. "How did the princess meet Yoongi?!" He raised his voice. "We were sitting at the cafe when Yoongi walked in unexpectedly and he told her that we've known each other from the orphanage so he innocently asked him if he knew you." I tried to make the story as short as possible so he won't ask me a lot of details. "We've got to find a way to get rid of him." Jungkook said and I without thinking replied to him "Agreed." I had to get rid of him to protect my relationship with Isabella.