Metanoia

Chapter 13

"Little Bright Eyes..."

"Where the hell have you been?!" Jimin yelled, quite to the shock of the younger, as soon as the witch returned to the cute inn room, "it's been almost 4 hours?"

Yoongi flopped down, less than magestically, onto the bed face forward and yawned, "wand shopping isn't a quick walk-in walk-out thing Jimin-hyung."

The elder just rolled his eyes, sitting on one of the chairs in front of the witches bed, already dressed in his silk pyjamas that all the royals apparently wore, running his hand through his hair tiredly, "did you at least get the damn thing?"

Yoongi instantly perked up, sitting up on the bed on his knees, holding his hand out excitedly to show the elder, "ready?"

After receiving a short, yet somewhat confused nod from Jimin, Yoongi whispered quietly a pretty sounding word in a language unknown to the doctor, before a wand, dark as the night itself, appeared in the witches palm, only decorated with a single, simple diamond.

Jimin gasped, "how'd you do that?"

"It's something many witches do to protect their wands, we can create a bond with them, like a contract, and thus I have her on demand," the witch explained while showing off the simply gorgeous wand. Jimin only now noticed the simple black ring upon the witches pinky finger, right next to the one Yoongi wore for his and Namjoons contract.

"You can make a contract with an object?" He questioned, lightly tracing his finger along the smooth ebony wood.

Yoongi clicked his tongue, thinking of a way to explain the bond a witch has with their wand to the ex-prince.
"A wand isn't just any object, it's sometimes the difference between life and death for a witch. We as witches will always promise to use our wands to the best of our ability. To grow strong and do the wand justice, honouring the power it gives to us. It's complicated, but I shall forever wear this ring proudly, the best contract I've ever made."

Jimin just nodded, sinking lower in his bed as he tried to wrap his head around the complexities of witch-hood.
"Is everything in your life always this intense?"

The witch lifted his head to face the elder, "I have no idea what you mean."

"Like," he started, crossing over his legs and sitting up so he can face the younger easily, his voice soft as he tried to explain his thoughts, "you have a familiar, but instead it's a life bond. A permanent relationship with her and you love her so much, it's truly amazing. You make contracts, things bound by soul and if failed, you chance losing your powers and your life. You get this wand, and rather than it just be a tool, you see a persona in it as well, calling it a her and so forth. You seem to view life with this filter of pure intensity that every little thing has feelings and thoughts. Is it not... exhausting?"

The witch was left stunned. He'd never once thought about his life like that. Before he could even begin to try and answer the elder, Jimin continued.

"Even the reason you came to my kingdom, it wasn't just an accident, it wasn't just a misplaced traveller.... no. You're a young witch who had been forced to venture their life journey early in order to save their family. Like, everything about you just seems so.... I keep saying it but the only word I can think of is intense," he chuckled softly, not exactly sure on how to read Yoongis silence.