LOVE ME LESS ۞ taegyu

✯ 33

after the projectile went off and all of them had calmed down, taehyun removes the walls that has been guarding them and all of them ran, and taehyun had only one location in mind— the palace.

he'd run back there to fetch his sister (the real one), but it would be a daunting task. the palace is in chaos at the moment, and taehyun could easily get captured once the knights knew that he was one of the people they need to destroy. he takes a deep breath, and took one glance at the situation right now.

every moon angel is trying to protect each other, even the voids that were scared of the war. they weren't hurting each other; they were united, in a way. taehyun smiled and almost teared up, but there is more important things he has to do right now. he left starbrace after he knew that it was safe and dashed through the forest, caring less about the cape he wore. the forest was still burning, and he could faintly smell ashes and the fresh, rotting bodies of his fellow men.

if only chaewon could bring them back..but necromancy is difficult.

taehyun clicked his tongue in disappointment before he managed to reach the white curtain stained with the dirt from the forest. he climbs up, and opens the locked window thanks to him managing to “borrow” beomgyu's spare key for that one.

✯

he went inside, and looks around the room just in case he needed to retrieve something. he spots a pearl-encased revolver and it's bullets spread across the bed. he smirks and picks it up, refilling it and looks out at the hallway, checking to see if there was someone near. there was no one, but he could hear footsteps. he quickly hid and glances around. the room was a mess, and if the war was over, he'd help the prince clean up.

taehyun sighed, and placed the gun inside his satchel, patting it and the bumps of the gun disappeared, making it seem like it wasn't there in the first place. the footsteps subsided, and taehyun quickly ran out to the palace, not caring if he was too noisy. all he needed to do is find the three members of the group that was missing.

a short knight found him, and it was the aide of the king, without a helmet. taehyun stops and stares at him. yoongi stares back. taehyun was breathing heavily due to all the running he had to do, and yoongi strikes a chance to attack the vulnerable boy. he unsheathes his sword and ran to the boy, aiming his sword at his heart.

taehyun raised a fist, and time stopped. he walked away from yoongi and once the smaller man was out of sight, he released his fist and time went back to normal. he quickly dashed through the hallways until he reached the secret room, his hands roaming through the walls before he pressed the button and the door opens. he saw that sorin was asleep, while kai was being calmed down by his sister. the king is nowhere to be seen.

he immediately went to their side and checked kai, seeing that his cheeks were stained in tears and his whole face flushed. he takes a look at his sister and she seemed just fine.

“..are you three okay?” he asked, kneeling in front of kai and grabbed a handkerchief to dab away his tears, “we seem to be fine at the moment,” chaewon states, and she also looks at kai, quietly caressing his hand. “but kai, he's..”

taehyun frowns when kai looks down at his wound, and lifts his head up for his patient to look at him, “hey, it's alright. does it still hurt?” the angel knight nodded, trying to breathe, “h-hurts a lot. never gotten a wound this deep before.”

the brunet looks at his sister, as if looking for some answers. she nodded and taehyun looks at the wound, hands grazing the bandage wrapped around his stomach, and kai winced. taehyun looks up at the younger boy shaking his head, “n-no, it'll hurt more, taehyun-ssi. please don't remove it.”

“but, kai, your wound is fairly deep, and although sorin and my sister did their efforts in stopping the bleeding, you still need the help of botanical moon angels,” he explained as he slowly removed the bandaid, and kai gripped chaewon's hand, “and besides, these kinds of wounds normally last longer, and would hurt more. i'm just glad that chaewon didn't hurt you in some way.”

chaewon hits his arm, and taehyun giggles softly as he fully removes the bandage, and the woman helped kai sit up properly for the other to examine properly. the wound was indeed fairly deep — thank god that it didn't hit an organ, that's even harder to heal — and there was still fresh blood near it. taehyun grabs something from his satchel and it was a towel, and positioned it near kai's mouth. the knight looked at him, confused. taehyun tilts his head, “bite on it. it'll hurt even if i use my magic here. it's skin and muscles and tissues, for stars' sake.”

kai stifles a giggle before he bit on the towel, and chaewon sighs unironically. taehyun's hand hovers over the wound and he whispers incantations, and focused. the wound slowly closes up, and kai bit on the towel harshly, breathing heavily as chaewon steadies him. taehyun bit his lower lip as the wound slowly turned into a thin line, and all three of them sigh in unison.

kai takes out the towel and exhales quietly, and taehyun smiled, “your wound's fine as of now, so you shouldn't do any extreme activities and rest as much as you can. you needed to be assisted, the wound might open up.” kai nodded obediently and stops, realizing something.

“then..i can't..guard beomgyu hyung? what if he gets in danger? he's definitely a target, even if yeonjun didn't start it.”

shit. yeonjun had plans to place himself on the throne.

taehyun sighs, “let's just..hope that sorin could convince yeonjun hyung to not get the throne.” chaewon chuckles dryly and stood up, “ha. let's see if that happens, that boy is stubborn as hell.”

she shook sorin awake, and the blond stirred from sleep, blinking and whining, “hmngh, five more minutes..” he turns away from chaewon and the pink-haired woman sighs, turning to kai.

“we're going to go, sorin,” kai calls out, grinning, “yeonjunnie is definitely worried sick about you.”

now that made sorin get up. he hastily stands and adjusts himself, and the three laughs at the boy's shenanigans. taehyun felt a slight earthquake, and he knew what the earth was telling him. he beckoned them to escape, with sorin and kai going to another route as kai isn't allowed to run.

the siblings run to starbrace, holding hands.