𝖂𝖆𝖓𝖙 || 𝕶𝖎𝖒 𝕿𝖆𝖊𝖍𝖞𝖚𝖓𝖌

Chapter 11

My eyes open as the sound of curtains being pulled is the first noise I hear in the morning. Opening my eyes the light hurts them after my long sleep. I open them after rubbing them, I see two maids standing at the end of my bed, they bow to me and smile, one steps forward, bowing again and tells me why they are here.

"Prince Taehyung has sent us to help you get ready for today, he has gone into the villages to address news with the mayors"

She smiles and steps back next to the other maid. I smile and pull back the covers and sit at the end of the bed, I stand up and walk to the water basin and wash my face. A maid hands me the towel to pat my face dry. I smile and watch as they unfold the dress. I swear, I'm going to have a heart attack, these dresses I'm wearing, they just shout expensive!

I sit alone at breakfast, everyone is nice to me, well they have to be nice, even if they didn't like me. I smile, standing up after finishing my breakfast. I see a maid coming over to collect my dishes.

"Oh no, please, can I help you?"

I ask picking up my own plate. She looks at me worried, looking over at a man isn't a butler of footman, judging on his clothes. He looked back at her.

"Please, I'll get really bored here just sitting down and looking at a fire all day"

I ask again, she looks back at the man and he nods. She smiles and walked me down to the kitchen. The staff stop looking at me and bow, I smile back at them, the maid tells them why I am here, they smile and go back to their work. I walk over to the sink and help them clean up, while talking to them, this is actually really fun.

"How long have you been working here?"

I asked the old woman who is wrapping some herbs to hang them in the pantry to dry them. She looks at me, smiling.

"Since Prince Taehyung was a young boy, and you wouldn't think it, but he is the kindest, sweetest person I've met miss, you remind me of him, you don't care about status, you came down here even though we are the poorest of the country, that's why Prince Taehyung gave us work here"

She smiled and looed at all the staff. She explained that most of the people were living in the worst of conditions and Taehyung took them in and gave them work and pay, most of them live here or in houses Taehyung rents for them until they are stable.

I'm shocked, everyone has always told me that he is so mean and cares about no one. The woman can clearly see the shock in my face, she chuckles and pats my head.

"I know, they all portray him as a big scary heartless man, he only wears a cold expression to be taken seriously and to be professional"

I feel so guilty, I made fun of this man who has definitely saved peoples lives. I smile and look at her and the rest of the staff. My eyes divert, now looking at the man from upstairs. He walked over tome, bowing.

"Miss, I thought you might like to enjoy some fresh air outside, we have set out an easel and canvas with paint and brushes"

I smile and nod, he looks at the staff before walking me outside, passed the big French double doors. He took me along the concrete patio to where they had set up the easel and the other things. I smiled as he walked away. They have given me water colours. At least this will pass the time.

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I'm startled as I hear a voice behind me, I place the brush down and look over my shoulder, It's Taehyung. He stops beside me examining my painting of the mountains and the village. He stands up straight and looks at it again.

"Your a good artist miss Y/n"

Taehyung compliments. smiling I thank him, it sounds weird when he says miss in front of my name.

"Please, just call me Y/n"

I smile at him, smiling back he shifts his weight to one leg.

"As you wish, the same for you, Just Taehyung then"

He smiles at me, I smile, moving some hair behind my ear. Looking back at my painting Taehyung starts walking away with the man from this morning.

I look around for anybody to help me take the easel and other things in, my eyes land on a maid walking back inside with a silver tray, I walk up to her and stop her before she walks in.

"Could you find someone to help take this in?"

I ask, she bows before walking off, she stops walking and turns around to me.

"Miss, no need for you to wait on us, go take a walk around the grounds, we will do this for you"

She bows, walking off, not letting me protest. I smile walking away, off the patio and onto the gravel path around the gardens. It's refreshing, and the garden is beautiful, this is much better than staring at a fire inside.

Walking past hedges, they opened up as I seen the green grass, and Taehyung,  practicing his bow and arrow skills. He notices and motions for me to come over. I walk up onto the grass, over to Taehyung who's arrow just landed in the centre of the target.

May I say he is looking very handsome...

He held the bow down and sat against the table with his arrows and other things on it. He smiled as I walked over.

"Have you ever shot one of these?"

Taehyung asks as he stands up as I walk closer, stopping beside him.

"I have merely laid eyes on one"

I smiled looking around at the beautiful surroundings. Taehyung, smiling stands up and walks closer to me.

"Well then, I shall teach you"

Taehyung smiles handing me the bow, Smiling, I take the bow, questioning how I hold it, thinking back to how Taehyung held it, I look over my shoulder and see Taehyung chuckling.

"Stop laughing"

I look at Taehyung, he smiles, walking behind me, standing behind, he held my hands and fixed the way I held the bow, handing me an arrow. He told me what to do. I pulled back the arrow and looked at the target, closing one eye, I felt his hands on my bare arm, he moved my elbow down slightly. He told me to let go. The arrow landed in the outer ring of the target. My eyes widened, It actually hit the target! I looked over to Taehyung, forgetting how close he Is to me. Our faces inches apart, Taehyung looks into my eyes, I looked at his brown eyes, I heard and felt his warm breath...