LOVE ME LESS ۞ taegyu

✯ 30

the meeting was interrupted when they heard loud banging at the door. has someone uncovered their tracks? by the orders of the queen, they went silent. the banging continued, and they all hid. chaewon drew a protection sigil on the table with black chalk, and prayed to the god of souls, sydhros. after the prayer, she projected her energy there so that no one could hurt anyone from the group. taehyun was quick to drag her to their hiding spot inside a closet, leaving the door slightly open, and the hidden doors of the quiet library suddenly swung open.

taehyun went to see who went inside, and it was the king. he was wearing far more regal clothing than beomgyu, and he was holding a heavy sword. he looks around, and taehyun closed his eyes, and his older sister gripped his hands, “hey, tyun-ah, shh..it's okay..” she whispered.

his heart was pounding, and taehyun closed his eyes, breathing. he tried not to think of the king that was coming to behead him and his sister with ine stroke. he tried to not think of beomgyu or the queen getting hurt. he didn't want anyone to get hurt.

the tremors started again. chaewon did her best to keep him calm and to keep him quiet. he definitely needs someone to get him away from the king. she kept consoling him and her aura was just so..mother-like. he missed these moments. he wished that he could experience it under better circumstances.

“where are you, beomgyu?! where are you and your mother?!” he yelled loudly, and taehyun flinched, his breathing unsteady. he opens his eyes, and he saw beomgyu at the other corner, holding his mother close, and he didn't even look afraid.

(or maybe he was— he just didn't show it. yeah, that's more likely the case.)

taehyun glanced to the others— sorin and yeonjun were hidden behind a bookshelf, and sorin was holding him close. it was feasible that he was nervous for the king to find him. soobin, kai, and seungwan were all in seperate places; soobin was near the queen, and he looks at kai in panic. seungwan and kai were hidden just behind the king, and the woman was worried for chaewon. the younger of the two siblings noticed that chaewon was using her illusionment skills to make the king think that the queen and beomgyu weren't there, and was replaced by two cupboards. it looked like a projection if you are knowledgable enough as a moon angel.

their eyes met. beomgyu looks at him in shock, having never witnessed the doctor suffer in this way, or anyone in that matter. he shook his head, mouthing the words “it's okay, we're gonna be alright” to him. taehyun looks away and closed his eyes, trying to focus.

the king's footsteps were getting closer to taehyun and chaewon's hiding place. chaewon didn't show any fear— she's seen far worse than this. she let taehyun hide behind her and she looks directly at the king.

taehyun didn't look, but the king did. he peered at his sister, and she glared. hard.

“state your business here, and tell me where my wife and son is,” spat the king at chaewon's shoes. her face contorted to anger and brandishes a knife behind her back. she cast an illusionment spell on taehyun, too, making him invisible. taehyun looks at her, his whole body shaken up with his anxiety and terror.

“i am here to discuss matters with them. why, is it wrong to meet with the prince and the queen? the queen is my friend— and the prince is close with my brother, whom i haven't seen in a long time.”

taehyun widens his eyes, no no no no no no no no—

the king looks down at chaewon and scoffs, slapping her cheek. the woman breathes heavily and looks straight into sorin's eyes, and nodded.

the boy's eyes glowed gold and at once, the lights of the palace went out, and chaos emerges. everyone was screaming from the outside. it was loud, too— everyone was scrambling to get out while sorin and chaewon were distracting the king. the necromancer tried her best to do what she can, and sorin was getting exhausted quickly— he was still recovering from his injuries, and being an elementalist takes up a lot of energy.

“run, everyone! we'll take care of him!” yelled the woman, and the younger of the siblings noticed that seungwan was begging yeonjun not to leave her, but yeonjun drags her out as they run. unintelligible shouts were heard from every direction, and it was enough for you to cover your ears and wish for a quick death.

taehyun, luckily, could see well in the dark and managed to run past them, finding his way to beomgyu's hand and gripped it tightly. beomgyu laced them together as they ran through the dark. he could hear the others—

“soobin, go with me! kai can do it by himself!”

“but—!”

“let's go, ser choi! time is of the essence!”

despite all of this, taehyun couldn't find some comforting aura. he can't breathe, it was too much. his chest, his chest, his hyung, his—

“hyu-hyung, i-i..” taehyun said, still trying to breathe after his incident inside the meeting place. beomgyu stops, and looks around before running to a corner, and immediately went straight to the topic.

“hey, love, what's wrong? was it because of the king?” he asked in a gentle tone, holding him, but not too close in order for him to get air. taehyun nodded and tried to breathe.

he was shaking underneath beomgyu's coat, “m-my sister, let's check on her later, hyung..please..c-can't lose her..” beomgyu runs a hand through his hair, hushing him softly.

“shh, it's okay, we're gonna go back for her, okay? we also gotta get sorin, too— i can't lose him either, and kai doesn't want to lose him, too.”

kai? but i thought it was jjunie hyung? kai definitely would've went with us, but i couldn't hear his voice..

the ground beneath them shook, then they heard a loud explosion from outside, and taehyun could sense that it was near starbrace, or somewhere in lockechapel. and then another one was heard.

“we need to go to the village!” yeonjun yelled at them as the lights slowly turn back on, “chevaria is attacking!”

they dashed to the other prince as they ran out of the palace, and taehyun has never seen this much chaos.