Common Sense (taegi)

7+7

"Jin!"

The elder turned around at hearing his name. A wide smile spread across his handsome face.  "Taehyung! What are you doing here?"

I'd finally found him after searching for what felt like forever. Held up in the tower room where the royal family kept all their extra clothes and accessories that didn't fit with the current season. Work tables lined the walls of the circular stone space . Each piled high with rolls of designer fabric that I was afraid to even look at. They cost more than me, my mother and my sisters lives combined.

Jin sat at the table settled right in front of one of the large windows overlooking the city. He seemed to be tinkering with a new dress design. Matching lace against the hem of a beautiful emerald green ball gown. Sliding over to stand behind him I watched in awe as he began to sew the delicate piece onto the dress. Working the needle and thread with skillful hands.

"You told me to meet you in the garden later, but I didn't have anything to do so I came early." I confessed

The elder nodded. Stitching one last time her pushed the dress aside and stood from his chair "well we can get started early then. You know how prince Yoongis coronation is coming up soon I assume?"

"Of course! Jimin and the others have already started planning the meal. It's next week." I said.

The three princes were a complete mystery to me. Sure I'd learnt the basics about them from her majesty, but people like me never got to socialize with people like them. They wouldn't want my lifestyle rubbing off on them.

Jungkook was the baby. The youngest and kindest of the bunch. Jimin mentioned once or twice how he was always sneaking out to stop by the children's home in town. Apparently he spent more time with those kids than his own family.

Hoseok was the second eldest. As the middle child he played his role perfectly if being forgotten. Nobody ever said a thing about him. Good nor bad.

Yoongi, our future king, was of course the oldest and apparently the most stuck up. He was as I heard always scowling at something and had someone to complain about. If he wasn't hiding out in his room he was stowing  away somewhere else so he wouldn't be bothered.

I didn't understand why wanting to be left alone classified him as stuck up, but then again I'd never had real conversation with him.

"Great! So you're all caught up on the young ladies that will be attending the event to catch his attention! "Jin exclaimed "I need your help with fitting them for their dresses."

I tilted my head with confusion. " why would you need to tailor dresses for all of them?"

"Not all of them! Only the noble ones of course. But there are still far to many for me on my own."

"What about my duties with her majesty?"

"I've already talked it over with her. She'll be fine without your presence for a few days."

I felt my heart skip a beat in my chest. I didn't know the first thing about dealing with women unless they were middle aged. My mother and the queen were easy enough to handle because they viewed me as a baby who needed to be coddled.

Girls like my sisters and the nobles id soon meet. Teenage girls. They were unpredictable.

"I'll take your silence as a yes then." Jin said smiling warmly at me. He stitched a few more inches on the fabric before standing swiftly. "Well come along then, they should be arriving any minute"