A Warrior's Heart

Chapter 17; Fight on the mountainside

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They continued their journey towards where Yoongi knew the prince was taken and Taehyun still didn't know the name of. Why hadn't he asked the older about that yet?

They walked further over the mountain paths and way too soon for their liking the evening fell upon them. Owls flew over their heads and the stars made an appearance at the dark night sky. The full moon was bright tonight, lightning their way as they carefully shuffled sideways over a small wooden path attached to the mountainside.

"We have to hurry." Yoongi said as Taehyun looked down, some rocks falling down and disappearing through the clouds that seemed to hang lowly between the mountains. Why couldn't the one that made this path make it wider? He had trouble keeping balance but the voice in his mind kept yelling at him to keep going, following the older who didn't seem to have any trouble with it.

A bridge was up ahead, and Taehyun could see a boy not much younger than himself stirring a long stick into a large bowl, which he figured was probably filled with some sort of soup. How cliche again, he thought. He could hear the boy muttering to himself as he smelled the soup, smiling wide.

Taehyun whined as he quickly ran and jumped the last few steps towards where Yoongi was standing on the path next to the rock wall, finally feeling like he could breath again now he wouldn't fall down if he so much as lost his balance. He still pressed his back against the wall anyway though, just to be sure.

They approached the bridge but they couldn't pass as the boy was cooking right in front of it, as if he had known they were coming and wanted to annoy them or hold them back. He sat on a rock with the pot on a sizzling fire in front of him.

"Excuse me," Yoongi said, addressing the boy who looked up upon hearing his voice. "We have to get through."

"And I need to finish my soup."  The boy answered. Taehyun looked up at him then, taking a second to take in his appearance.

The boy had long curly brown hair, falling down his forehead messily but it still looked good on him. His nose was short with a cute dent in it, pushing the tip upwards a little and his eyes were small, framed with double eyelids. His lips were uneven, his bottom lip being slightly fuller but they nonetheless looked soft and had a light pink color.

"And how long is that going to take?" The warrior asked him then. The boy hummed in thought and then smiled mischievously. "All night!" He beamed.

"W-We don't have all night." Taehyun piped up, stuttering because standing on a cliffside in the dark wasn't really one of his top favourite things. The brunette stood up, setting his stick down in the soup. "You do now." He simply said.

Yoongi blinked a few times and reached for the bowl. "Maybe if we move the-"

"Hey hey hey!" The brown haired boy said and quickly stopped him. "Have respect for the children of Kai!"

The warrior sighed. Taehyun furrowed his eyebrows at the words. Kai? Who is that? He made a mental note to ask Yoongi about it later.

"I do, but we're on a very important mission. We have to get through." The warrior told the boy, who just shrugged in response, not looking all too fazed. "Well your important mission has to wait. At least until my soup is done cooking anyway."  The boy said, smiling down at the soup.

"I'm sorry,"  Yoongi sighed and stepped forward. "It can't." He said and reached for the bowl again but the boy wasn't having it. He stood up and lashed out, attempting to hit Yoongi with his fist but the older was faster and quickly blocked the attack with his arm, pushing the boy away from him afterwards.