Love Reigns

Eight.

"To my nephew's return!" Namjoon proposed a toast, looking to Taemin who was seated across Jungkook and Jimin. "I am elated that you have returned for a while and I hope that you enjoy your stay son." the king announced, raising his glass and then drinking with everyone following suit.

"Thank you Uncle, I trust I will have a wonderful time during my stay." the silver-haired vampire responded as he took a sip of the red drink looking towards Jimin.

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"You should speak to him." Jimin whispered to his best friend.

"Speak to whom?" the brunette replied trying to play off the stares between him and Hoseok.

"You know who I mean. You cannot continue to just stare at each other without saying a word. There's obviously an attraction between you two."

"Oh Jimin, stop misinterpreting things."

"You stop trying to avoid the obvious. You know what? You no longer have to keep avoiding it because I'll just make you confront it."

"Jimin no, what are you planning?" Taehyung nervously questions the latter.

"You shall see." the prince finishes with a smirk, walking across the sitting room towards Hoseok, who was seated next to Jungkook.

"Good evening Hoseok, may I speak with you for a moment?"

"Of course your highness." Hoseok replies with a bright smile, following the latter to the hallway.

"I understand you might feel concerned since I have brought you out here, but I just wish to speak to you about Taehyung." Jimin states noticing Hoseok's eyes look at the ground.

"Oh heavens, he noticed didn't he? He must've asked you to ask me to stop looking, am I correct?"

"Of course not! Have you not noticed him looking at you too? It's quite hard to miss." Jimin laughed as he watched the latter's expression brighten. "That's actually what I wanted to speak about with you Hoseok. I've noticed the attraction between you two, yet neither takes action. Tae is quite shy when it comes to romance so he definitely isn't going to make the first move so it's my job as his best friend to help. Hoseok, what do you think about walking over to Taehyung tonight and finally having an actual conversation?" Jimin questioned while wriggling his eyebrows causing the vampire to laugh.

"Thank you for telling me this your highness, I wasn't sure about confronting this feeling, but it would be my absolute pleasure to speak with Taehyung." The brunette responded with a bright smile.

"Well Hoseok, I truly appreciate you taking the reigns on this so now I shall disappear to the gardens because when Tae finds out he'll definitely lecture me about meddling." Jimin chuckles at the thought of his best friend whining at him. "I wish you the best of luck Hoseok!"

"Thank you your highness!" The vampire bows before walking back into the sitting room with a grin.

"Ah, a blossoming love." Jimin sighs content with the matchmaking he's done before making his way to the gardens. He walks to the willow tree where he once saw Jungkook sitting, the memory of their first "disagreement" played in his mind. How Jungkook wished for him to stay out of his way, how Jungkook wanted nothing to do with him. Then, all of the other memories began to flood his mind. His wedding day. His wedding night. His god-awful wedding night.

Jimin had never been so depressed in his entire life. Only a month had passed since he arrived at Venezia and yet it felt like an eternity. How could he feel so empty and sad when he's practically one of the most important people in the world, along with his royal families of course. He has all the riches and people in the world at his disposal, yet he feels so empty. He looks up to the stars only to become startled upon feeling a gust of wind behind him.