LOVE ME LESS ۞ taegyu

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soobin went inside beomgyu's room to see wine bottles littered around his bed, and his dirty clothes on the floor. he was just wearing a long dress to sleep and the knight thought that he was ridiculous for sleeping in a dress that was probably more expensive than his handgun.

he sighs when he saw the smashed bottle. so that's the noisy thing last night.

(context: he was guarding the queen's room while she fell asleep with her lady friend, and the smash woke all of them up.)

soobin rubbed his temple. how does kai manage to get beomgyu's shit together? he's still confused as to how the hell kai became his aide when it's incredibly difficult to keep him at bay. in short, beomgyu is unpredictable as hell and is hard to keep track of. well, unless you know him well.

the older knight knew him for a long time, so he knows what this means. he's just confused as to why he managed to sneak in the palace without anyone rushing to beat him up. and besides, where was he?

he cleans up his room by placing all the bottles in a secret compartment, putting the clothes in a basket for tzuyu to pick up later, and he placed them neatly. he also put his rapier in it's case and loaded his handgun with new bullets- beomgyu doesn't like his handgun empty. "for emergencies," he once said. soobin doesn't exactly know what he means by emergency, but he just went with the flow.

oh, he's not awake yet? he just seized a pillow and placed the muzzle on it, and fired. it was guaranteed that he woke up, because the revolver was loud enough. the boy got startled and whines, rubbing his eyes and rolling off of the bed, hitting the floor with a thud.

he looks up and sees soobin clicking his tongue, chuckling softly, "good morning, your highness."

beomgyu sat up and fixed his dress, "that wasn't funny, soobin hyung. hyuka wouldn't do that," he whined, pouting. a pain suddenly hit him and he groans.

soobin laughs and placed the poor pillow and the revolver down and helps the boy up to the bed, looking for a jar of aspirin. he found it and gave him one, while he reached for a glass of water that was nearby. he gave it to beomgyu, to which he accepted reluctantly and drank.

loud clicking of heels were heard, and the door bust open to reveal the newly-awoken maid, and her long hair wasa mess, and tzuyu's dress was wrinkled. she sighs once she surveyed her surroundings.

"who shot the gun? you know that it's illegal to use weapons in private quarters," she scolded, crossing her arms. her thick tilunaidan accent came through as well, and both boys shivered slightly. it wasn't cold.

"o-oh, noona, it was me. i'm sorry, i had to wake his highness up because it's always difficult to wake him."

tzuyu visibly softens and she smiles, her stance becoming less stringent and she just giggles. it was painfully obvious that she was fond of soobin.

"that's fine, soobin-ah. just be careful next time, okay? and the queen might get mad at you for abandoning her and miss chungha in the room. they're also hung over, and i can take care of his highness right here-" she noticed the dress and gasps softly, helping the boy up and inspecting the dress.

"oh dear. get changed, we will be having visitors from deyamour- about the war," she announced, before she went to fetch the clothes and put them in the laundry.

beomgyu looks at soobin with a confused look, "since when did deyamour visit us?" soobin shrugs. "definitely a long time ago."

the blonde sighs and runs his hand through his hair, still hung over. soobin frowns.

"how many bottles?"

"only two, and a dose of heartbreak, i guess."

he watches as beomgyu leaves to take his bath and he sighs, walking outside to visit the infirmary.

♙

soobin has been quite busy lately, as is the queen. both of them have been going in and out of the kingdom, meeting people, helping people and negotiating with the rich. he doesn't have time for everything, and he feels..left out for some reason. it makes him feel guilty, but there's always someone to help him.

he stepped inside the infirmary to see the nurse - momo - asleep on one of the beds while her lover was on guard, reading a book. heechul looks up for a moment to see who it is, and smiled.

"he's in the back - sorin was with him, and we're doing our best to keep both of them hidden for a while. you know how it is," he says, already expecting what the younger one's about to ask. soobin's eyebrows rise up slightly, and he went inside, closing the door and attempting to walk quietly without waking the exhausted nurse.

he opens the curtains to see kai awake, and sorin still asleep in another bed. he smiles, "ning ning-ah~," he calls out softly. the boy turns his head and grins widely, opening his arms wide. soobin gladly wraps his arms around his waist and holds him delicately, inhaling his sweet scent.

"hyung, i thought that you were busy," the younger one whispers, looking into his eyes. soobin smiles his cute, dimpled smile and giggles.

"i was, and i just woke up beomgyu up. did i..disturb your sleep, hyuka?"

the boy laughed a little quietly, being giddy because his hyung came to visit him, "kinda, but it was to be expected, right? he's pretty hard to wake up.."

he watches as kai talks about how beomgyu is difficult to manage and he just wishes that he was the aide to the queen, and soobin smiles softly.

he just cuddles the injured knight, careful to not crush kai and just stays there by his side, happily getting his cheeks squished and his tummy rubbed by the younger (and cuter) boy.

ah, isn't that young love right there?