A Night-Long Lament

court p2

(3rd POV)

Yoongi's eye twitches. "How dare you." He utters in a low voice. "How dare you." Yoongi lunges for Jungkook, throwing his crutches onto the floor, shattering them. "You don't know a single fucking thing!" Yoongi snarls whilst reaching for Jungkook's neck.

"Yoon-"

"I tried so hard! I tried!" Yoongi screams as his hands collide with Jungkook's throat. " You don't even know what I went through! You--"

Jungkook pries Yoongi's palms off of him and goes in for a blow to the gut. "I know that you weren't prepared, and that cost a life!" Jungkook growls. "We all loved her! But you took her away!" He reaches for something on a table and chucks it at Yoongi.

Yoongi quickly avoids the object and it hits the wall, shattering. Jungkook rushes toward Yoongi, flinging him onto the wall. In a blood curling scream, Yoongi howls in pain. He clenches his fists as warm blood runs down his lip and drips onto Jungkook's shoe.

Hot tears fall from Yoongi's blurry eyes. "I wanted to help... I'm... I'm never the one anyone is praising..." Yoongi breathes. Jungkook loosens in grip on Yoongi and looks in confusion. Yoongi takes that slight moment to overthrow Jungkook and shove him to the ground. He jumps on top of him and begins to pummel Jungkook, making him on the verge of unconsciousness.

Namjoon bursts through the doors of Yoongi's bare room and gasps. "Yoongi!" He cries. Namjoon flings Yoongi off Jungkook. "What the hell are you doing?!" Namjoon rushes to Jungkook's aid, slinging his arm over his shoulders. He gives Yoongi one last look, and swiftly leaves the room.

Yoongi melts onto the floor gripping his head in confliction.

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"You have one day to gather your case information together." The king utters.

Yoongi whips his head up. "Father-! That's not nearly enough time--"

"Final ruling. We present your case in court tomorrow at 5:00." He lifts himself off of the cushioned seat and leaves without another word.

Everything is going wrong... First Jungkook, then Father? At this rate--

Yoongi chokes on his thoughts.

No, don't think like that. Have faith. Y/N is counting on you.

Several grueling hours pass Yoongi like a leaf running through a roaring river. Yoongi clenches his head in frustration. His door creaks open. Jimin peeks through the crack of the open door hesitantly.

"Hyung... Please don't overwork yourself... Everyone is so worried..." Jimin steps inside with a plate full of food and a glass of water. "Please, eat."

"Jimin, I can't. I don't have any time to spare, no matter what it's for." Yoongi doesn't look up at Jimin.

"Yoongi-Hyung... Please..." Jimin reaches out for his shoulder, but Yoongi flinches away.

"This is important, Jimin. I don't have any time for some... trivial small talk." Yoongi growls.

Jimin takes a step back. "S-Sorry, Hyung."

Within the next 3 hours, Yoongi begins to conclude his case. But he still feels like he's come up short. He grips at his head in defeat.

Hoseok walks through his ajar door and grips Yoongi's shoulders. "Yoongi-Hyung... Please don't overwork yourself. All this hard work will be paid off once Y/N is free." Yoongi looks up from his desk.

Yoongi's eyebrows furrow. "But what if I work this hard... And she isn't?"

"Listen, Hyung. Father may have reduced your time to research, but there will be an authentic judge who will assess the case respectively. Father cannot pull any strings in the court of candor." Hoseok smiles at Yoongi.

Yoongi is speechless. Hoseok was right. All the evidence required was being provided... and Father could not have tampered with the authenticity of the assessment of this case.

"Good night." Hoseok smiles down at Yoongi and closes the door.