royalㅣjikook

thirteen.

ㅡ afraid to love.

"thanks for coming" yugyeom says as he walks towards the blonde leaning against one of the stables there. taehyung flashes him a smile, "it's nothing, i love horse riding anyways"

"i know what you want" the male suddenly says, turning to face taehyung and the latter furrows his brows, "what do i want? what are you talking about?"

"what i'm saying is that what you desire is also what i desire now" taehyung finally understand, eyes going a little wide. jungkook and jimin.

"you were supposed to be the heir," the black haired drawls softly, tilting his face to the side, "jungkook must be tired now, being in a position he wasn't in, and also, having to marry someone he doesn't like. if he wasn't the crown prince, the marriage wouldn't be necessary" taehyung just remains silent, motioning for him to continue, "so you have to help. you're not stealing his position, you're helping him. and you'll get what you want right? jimin. and jungkook, he'll be free"

the blonde haired purses his lips before sighing out deeply, "i understand what you mean, but jungkook can't just leave his position on his own accord" at this statement, yugyeom turns his head to face the male, eyes narrowing slightly, "what do you mean?"

"we'll talk about this another time, the royal couple has arrived" as if on cue, both of them sees jimin and jungkook entering the main entrance of the riding club. both male started to walk in that direction, seeing both prince huddled around jungkook's group of friends.

"you came" yugyeom's voice made jimin snap his head up from looking downwards, shrugging his shoulders with a tight smile. they talked for a little more before deciding to take their horses and start practicing.

jungkook slowly brought his horse out from its stable, walking out while holding onto its reins when he spots a figure through his peripheral vision, stopping his horse amd turns to look at the black haired. the male walks closer and stops infront of him, leaving a distance between them.

"it's been awhile, seeing you this close. you've changed alot recently," he brings his gaze up to meet jungkook's eyes warily, seeing nothing but guarded orbs, the eyes that was once warm and kind now cold and dull. "we are been becoming more distant now, walking by each other without greeting, and you were so cold to me the other time"

jungkook chuckles as he pets his horse, "that's why you should have accepted when i proposed. you had given that up, you're feeling guilty now? are you upset that he is the crown prince now? i thought it's all good? " he finally looks at yugyeom, "i feel lucky" he spats before pulling on his reins and leaving the male behind.

jimin sees all of this from the second floor and although an ugly feeling swirls in his stomach, he faces taehyung with a worried look, "what's wrong with both of them? they're just looking at each other blankly" he rubs his arms softly, a knot forming in his throat when taehyung speaks.

"don't expect much from jungkook. the higher the expectations, the bigger the disappointment" he utters and glances at jimin who's worrying his bottom lip woth his teeth as he gazes to the floor. "he will treat you well, but in the end, it's yugyeom who he likes the most" jimin thinks he might draw blood from the way he's biting his lip so hard, heart shattering at the male's words. they are true after all.

"he won't look at you that way" taehyung continues eventhough he knows his words aren't comforting, he needs to make it clear somehow, "his heart belongs to someone else" unbeknownst to the pair, jungkook was watching them the whole time from below.

as taehyung circles his horse, he bumps into jungkook and he throws a smile, "are you free tomorrow? lets have a game of polo at the palace" the blonde asks as he stops his horse, jungkook doing the same.