Under Noirwood | Vminkook ✓

Twenty: Connection

A/N:  

Hello. 

It's cooollldddd outside and Christmas music is already playing on the radio. 

Yes ~ Frank Sinatra. My savior.

Anyway, on with the story, yeah?

Thxsomuchiloveyou-

Izzy

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Taehyung rushed over to Jungkook, who stared open-mouthed at Jimin. Shaky breaths wracked his chest as his bleary eyes regarded Mai and Jimin in turn.

"Wha--you...h-have children, Jimin? W-why didn't you t-tell us sooner? Rose...is?"

Jimin's pale face sunk deeper into a panic as Mai stepped forward in a passion, glaring at the half-blood. He stood up off the ground and found that his legs were shaking. 

"Yes, that's right. Jimin here has two children in fact...yet he always avoids the mother of them so that-"

"I'M TRYING TO PROTECT THEM! TO PROTECT YOU!" Jimin suddenly exploded, his red eyes blaring. Jungkook flinched back into Taehyung's arms. "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MAI--AND YOU NEVER WILL. MY FATHER IS MORE NOTORIOUS THAN YOU EVEN KNOW OR CAN UNDERSTAND." 

Mai stood still, watching the half-blood with an unwavering gaze. Since Jimin's back was to Taehyung, the blonde didn't know what was being said. Regardless, he rubbed slow circles in Jungkook's back to calm his tense body down.

But Jimin didn't quit there.

"I GAVE THEM ROSE FOR A REASON--THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST SECURITY CASTLE IN THE ENTIRE KINGDOM AND MY FATHER CAN'T GET HER THERE, MAI! I TRIED TO GIVE LUCIO TO EONJIN, BUT-"

"What?" Jungkook's voice spoke, hardly louder than a whisper. "You...you tried to give your boy...Lucio...to Eonjin?" 

Jimin turned around in surprise, his face softening when he saw the Oak Prince being held tightly by Taehyung. He lowered his head to stare at the red stains peppered on his boots before he eventually spoke. 

"Yes...after they were both born--and my father knew nothing of their existence--I tried to place them in the safest spots in the kingdom...with royalty. I knew my father wouldn't think twice about any kids belonging to the royal couples...he would be looking out for anything suspicious up north."

Mai let out a long, unsteady breath and hugged herself. 

"B-but...on my way to the Laurel Castle, I just happened t-to...to forget one main thing..." Jimin's rubbed his face as he remembered the day. "It was my father's birthday. November 21st. He rarely comes out from the crypt, and even when he does, he doesn't go far. But that day...he was going to the famed taverns near the Laurel Castle to go drinking by himself."

Taehyung picked up on bits and pieces of the story, face twisted in concentration. Although unaware of it, the blonde and Jungkook were still holding each other. Jimin watched the way their arms wrapped protectively and securely to support each other, and he felt a bit self-conscious. 

"He r-ran into me with...with a baby in my arms...and he asked me whose it was...what it was--and I--he found out, or he could tell by my face--I don't know!" Jimin's lower lip trembled and he faced Mai again. "I'm sorry, Mai...I'm r-really sorry...Lucio is now trapped with me in that crypt in the absolute worst spot he could p-possibly b-be...my father keeps us slaves there by threatening h-him and as a f-father it hurts so bad, I didn't want you to know-"