royalㅣjikook

twenty two.

ㅡ changing tides.

when jimin steps out of the car, he's instantly mesmerised by the palace that is hidden deeper within the main area, wide eyes staring at the calming atmosphere and surroundings. "only royals go here?"

"yeah, it's where we go to escape the heat in the summer" jungkook carries both his and jimin's bag in one hand and links his other with jimin's as they start walking and enters the main entrance, an old man suddenly rushing out to greet them.

"oh! your highness, i did not know you will be coming, i wasn't informed" he bows to both males, a polite smile on his face, "what brings you here?"

"how are you doing mr. jung?" jungkook smiles fondly at the old man while he answers with the usual 'yes of course, your highness' before turning to jimin. "you must be jungkook's husband, crown prince?" at jimin's nod, he bows once more, "i pay my respects to you now"

"thank you, mr. jung. i hope you are doing well" he bows in respect to the elder and laces his hands back with jungkook. "i want to have an overnight stay here, is it alright?"

"of course your highness, i shall prepare everything then" the male excuses himself and jungkook makes a move to his villa, jimin tagging along with radiating excitement. as they settled their stuffs, jimin goes to open one of the windows and sits down, head poking out as he stares into the sky, heart at peace. jungkook joins him after putting down their bags neatly, shuffling in closer so that he can see as well and jimin smiles softly at the male before turning back to continue gazing at the clouds and take in the scenery around the palace.

the silence doesn't last that long when suddenly jimin turns to him, hungry and not having filter to his thoughts, "baby i'm hungry" and he does this thing where his bottom lip pokes out and his eyes turns misty and puppy like and honestly jungkook wants to die.

it takes the older two seconds to realise the word of endearment he had just let out and he covers his mouth, spluttering apologies as his cheeks darken to a lovely shade of red. jungkook composes himself after a while of melting into goo and the palpitations of his heart due to that one word and cups one of jimin's cheek in his hand, removing jimin's own from his face. "you're hungry, love?" the other just nods dumbly, still embarassed by what he had slipped out earlier since it's always jungkook who gives him a term of endearment.

"do you want to cook dinner by ourselves or do you just want the helpers here to serve us hm?" jimin crosses his legs while taking the hand on his cheek into his own, playing with jungkook's fingers as he contemplates, "you won't burn down the kitchen right?" jimin teases lightly and jungkook narrows his eyes, "well then just let them serve us" he replies sourly, tongue poking in his cheek as jimin continues playing with his hand. he turns away and pouts when he hears mocking giggles from his own husband but is soon cut off when jimin throws himself into jungkook's space and smiles dazzlingly at him, making jungkook weak.

"can we make bulgogi? and tofu stew!" he bounces in jungkook's lap and stares expectantly at him while biting his bottom lip to keep that grin in his mouth.

how could jungkook ever say no to him?

they head out to a grocery store nearby that isn't that out open to the public and quickly buy their ingredients, jimin sighing everytime jungkook puts in chips and other snacks that is not in the list. "jungkook we're just-" said male presses a finger to his lips amd pushes the cart to the counter, silently paying and carrying all the plastic bags even when jimin insists in carrying some.

turns out, jungkook really enjoys cooking, a lot. scratch that, he only likes cooking when jimin is involved. he watches from behind as the male fry the beef and then goes back to stirring the stew because jeon jungkook can't cook. when he sliced the tofu earlier he almost squashed the soft thing. jungkook's heart bursts with warmth at the domesticity displayed currently and wouldn't be able to imagine losing this a few years down the road. sometimes he recalls the bitter moments where jimin insisted on a promise of divorce after two years while also blaming himself for saying that in two years he might not take his place as king therefore they can be divorced which will allow jimin to go back to his own, normal life. but looking at the picture now, can jungkook really live without jimin by his side?