LOVE ME LESS ۞ taegyu

۞ 27

“beomgyu oppa?” speaked up a woman as he was walking back to his room. he turns to see a girl with wide eyes and rosy lips, her hair slightly curly at the bottom. she was wearing a deep, violet dress with poofy sleeves that reached her ankles, adorned with jewels and she wore rings on her finger. she wore a sweet smile.

“oh, bahiyyih, it's been a while,” he says, smiling softly, “is there anything you need from me?”

she walks, her heels clicking on the floor, it's sound echoing through the halls. bahiyyih smiles.

“is kai oppa in here somewhere? i remember him fancying one of his fellow guards here, and i want to tease him about it—and spend time with him, of course,” she asked, giggling softly. beomgyu grins at the younger girl and whispers his location, and she smiles widely.

“thank you, beomie hyung! and can i ask something else?”

he tilts his head as he looks at her, suddenly curious about the girl's sudden statement.

“do you own a black cat?”

well, that was weird. he only has toto, and no one else. he furrows his eyebrows in confusion. huh?

“uh..i..don't own a black cat..why?” he said, dragging his words a little bit, stunned by the question. she shrugs, “just a random question. anyways, i gotta go see him now; lea unnie left me alone in the meeting room, and i better find kai oppa. thank you!”

he watched as the girl hurried off to find her older brother, and his confusion only rises higher.

what the fuck's going on..?

he continues his walk back to his room, and opens the door, locking it immediately, not wanting anyone to disturb him. he's had enough of these meetings. he then looks at his bed to see the figure of a small boy with black cat ears and a fluffy tail, looking through his not-so-secret stash of stolen wine bottles, as if counting them.

“hey! don't touch that!” he yelled, seizing the wrist of the boy, and his wide eyes looked at him, his ear twitching slightly.

beomgyu got even more confused, “hyunnie, what the fuck are you doing here? how did you manage to?—”

he was hushed by the boy, who was staring at him, his eyes the color of the sea. taehyun smiles mischievously and his cat tail swishes slightly.

“be quiet, hyung,” he whispers, “no one caught me yet. well, the angel knight did, but he just let me be..i don't know why he didn't just throw me out..”

beomgyu pulls taehyun up to the bed and sees that the window was closed, possibly after taehyun got up. still, he couldn't wrap in his mind how and why taehyun has cat ears and a tail, how he managed to sneak in, and many others.

“okay, first of all, where did you get those cat ears?” he asked, and taehyun smiles, his green eyes sparkling as he giggled.

“hm..it's hard to explain, so i'll refrain from any topic regarding how i managed to get up here, why i have cat ears, and such. let's focus on more important things, hyungie,” he answers, the cat ears and tail disappearing and the room went silent.

taehyun looks into beomgyu, as if looking into his soul. it was quiet, and the air was filled with tension.

beomgyu broke the silence, “what were you doing at the execution of mom's lover?”

taehyun moved closer, and he clearly hesitated to answer that question. beomgyu noticed, and frowns. he laid down on the bed, and the other boy follows.

“i'm sorry, hyun-ah, was i not supposed to ask that? i can ask something else; you don't have to answer it..” he says, pulling taehyun a little closer. the smaller boy cuddles up on him, and nuzzles his head on beomgyu's shoulder, kissing it softly.

“hm, it's alright, i can answer that,” he says, looking up and the prince and smiling. beomgyu sneaks a hand on his waist, not minding the closeness. it isn't his first time being this close with a boy before.

“i was there because the husband of one of your father's advisers came to my house and told me,” he said, quietly playing with beomgyu's hair, unconsciously turning his hair back to it's original color— black. he stares at beomgyu, seeing the boy smile softly.

“it's jimin, right?” taehyun nodded, his heart beating quicker. he just noticed his cute lisp, and the way his deep accent comes out so well..wow.

beomgyu sat up a little, and takes taehyun's hands. the night has finally unraveled, and the candles were lit. it was a beautiful sight; to see two boys stare in each other's eyes and fall deeper, deeper in each other's universes.

“and will you forgive me..for not realizing who your connections are? i have realized how immature i can be, reacting when i shouldn't have..i apologize for that, hyun-ah.”

the brunet finds himself smiling  sweetly at beomgyu's words. how raw and honest they are. i love it.

taehyun intertwines his fingers with beomgyu's slowly, “i will forgive you, but i will be haunted by the memory of seeing you there, hyung. give me time..but i will forgive you. i will be certain of that.”

a soft chuckle, and a kiss on the knuckles. everything felt perfect right now.

that is, until his mother knocks on the door, “cookie, it's time for dinner! don't worry, the king won't be sitting with us tonight. he's out for..a rendezvous with someone.”

beomgyu frowns, and looks at taehyun, mouthing an apology as he let go of his hands.

“will you stay?” he whispers.

taehyun nodded, and before beomgyu left, he managed to sneak in a confession by kissing his nose softly.

he catched the boy blush, while taehyun hid in the dark. beomgyu went out to meet his mother, and yeonhee catches a glance of taehyun, and for a moment, their eyes met.

the queen didn't ask beomgyu about him at the dinner hall. a knowing smile is all beomgyu needs to know that.