A Night-Long Lament

anxious

(Your POV)

"Hey, guys, what's the commotion--" Namjoon's eyes land on you and he freezes. "Y/N." He says breathlessly.

You can't answer it. The scar on your side begins to ache at the mere sight of him. Thoughts race through your head as your gaze meets his. You don't know what to say, so you stumble out of your chair.

Stop running away.

A voice tells you in your head. Of course, you wanted to, but you knew you shouldn't. So you stood silently staring. The silence suddenly breaks as Minhyuk roughly grabs your shoulders and shakes you violently.

"Hey!" He shouts. As he does this, Taehyung jumps from his seat and pries Minhyuk from your shoulders.

"Get off of her!" Taehyung shoves Minhyuk and he stumbles back into a wall. "Can't you see she's in shock right now?!"

Minhyuk lifts himself off using a small wooden table next to him and continues to approach you. "Y/N, we're leaving. Now." Minhyuk growls.

You shake your head as you tear your gaze off of Namjoon. "They were nothing but kind to us when we got here! We shouldn't repay them like this Minhyuk!"

"Repay them? With what? Your body?!" He screams.

Jin stands up from his chair and stares at Minhyuk. "That's enough."

"Excuse me?"

Jin's eyes reflect a flame. He marches towards Minhyuk when suddenly Yoongi grabs his arm. "Calm down, Hyung. Let us not forget our morals."

As they continue to argue, it's as if you can't hear any of it. It's all muffled out. Once again, Namjoon's and your eyes lock. His expression displays sorrow and regret. You tell yourself that you've held a long enough grudge against him.

You walk through the angry men and meet with Namjoon. As he was about to say something, you cut him off with a warm hug.

"It's ok."

Those words come out of your mouth so easily. You hug him tighter as you feel him melt to his knees and finally accept your hug. He shoves his face into your shoulder and you could feel the wetness of his tears seep through your shirt.

You knew in your heart that he shouldn't suffer any longer. He's been suffering and fighting all his life against his father. Now, this.

"I'm so, so sorry." His whispers into your shoulder. "I just wanted the best for my brothers. And Father wouldn't give us that until you were eradicated." He hiccups.

Nodding, you squeeze him tighter. "I know."

Finally noticing that you're gone, Minhyuk shouts and runs over to you. "Get off of him!" He tears you away from Namjoon and throws you onto the floor. "You said you wouldn't be touchy-feely with them!" He screams into your face.

"Minhyuk, stop!" You try to get up but a loud slap rings through the room. You touch your tender cheek and feel it stinging. "You... you hit me." You utter quietly.

The men remain silent for a moment, sinking in what just happened. "I- I didn't mean it! You- You just weren't listening!"

You jump up from the ground and push him away. "No wonder we fell off in high school." You spit.

Namjoon jumps up from behind you and socks his right in the face, making Minhyuk fall onto the quartz floor. "Get out of here."

"N- No! Hey!" Minhyuk shouts as Hoseok, Jimin, and Jungkook drag him out and throw him into the rain.

Hoseok runs up to you and holds your cheek gingerly. "Hey, are you ok?" Jimin jogs up from behind you and hugs you tightly.

"I don't know how you fell for that guy." He jokes.

Jungkook walks from your right and hugs you as well. The rest of the Princes come up and hug you warmly.

You missed this feeling of warmth and assurance.

~~~~~~~

"What happened to Yuna?" You and Namjoon walk through the garden in the evening air.

Namjoon shrugs. "She ended up losing interest once she realized our mailman existed. We called the weddings off and tried to continue on with our lives."

"Bummer." You say sarcastically. Namjoon chuckles and takes a seat on a bench in front of a field of blooming flowers.

"I'm glad you came back. We all are." He looks at you in the moonlight. "I wish I did something back then. I tried so hard to avoid you and not communicate with you, but you made it impossible. Absolutely impossible." He laughs.

You don't know how to respond, so you look down at your feet.

"And Father... He fled to a nearby kingdom out of embarrassment. After you told him off, all of his pride was washed down the drain." He chuckles. "Sadly, the kingdom welcomed him. But the news of you arriving hasn't traveled far, so i'm sure you're alright."

You nod and smile. "Thanks you for the assurance. I needed it."

"The rain stopped... I guess I better head home." You murmur

Namjoon coughs. "Well, you are still a candidate."

That's right. I guess I am still a candidate. No one ever made their mind up.

"I guess I better tell Jin to schedule a wedding." Namjoon smiles and leaves.

What would happen to you now?

I drew Y/N! thanks for 43k reads!! <3 I won't be able to update for a while now, finals are coming soon and i have to study grind 😔 thank you guys so much for the reads and i hope you'll wait for me! and if you want, leave questions below!!