kidnapped | jikook

24 ⇢ mainland

once the royal ship drew nearer, the tension among the crew grew. once the ship was close someone from the royal had shouted that they didn't want to fight but talk.

captain jeon allowed the royal on board. the royal captain, captain kim informed they were looking for the prince who had been kidnapped a weeks ago. the crew was dead silent.

was the captain going to tell the other the truth?

was captain jeon going to give them jimin?

before captain jeon could answer a crew member from the royal ship shouted, "up there!"

everyone looked up.

jimin.

jeongguk's heart raced.

captain kim shouted, "every crew on this bloody ship is to be arrested!"

the fight began. the royals took in the pirates. the royals took jimin, the royals separated jimin from jeongguk.

jimin was arguing with captain kim, telling him that he wasn't kidnapped but the captain was not listening. jimin wanted to go to the cellar but the captain didn't allow it.

once they reached shore jimin tried to find jeongguk but couldn't. the pirates were sent to the castle's jail while jimin was sent to his parents.

jimin's parents welcomed him with open arms, cold they felt, as they hugged him. they sent him to clean up before they talked about what happened. jimin washed up and was in royal clothes again. filthy he thought as he joined his parents for dinner.

jimin explained what happened. he lied about being kidnapped, he said he had run away, wanting to join them. his parents asked about the missing treasures in the vault, that, jimin said they had stole. they were furious that jimin didn't call the guards to protect the kingdom's treasure.

jimin continued to explain that he had a wonderful time but apologized for the trouble he had caused them and the kingdom. the parents said they would think of a punishment for him later and sent him off to bed. before leaving jimin asked if they wouldn't harm the pirated, for they did steal the treasures, but they saved his life from byulmang. they had saved a royal's life and shouldn't be killed.

their parents promised not to kill them and would decide later on what will become of them. jimin thanked them and went to bed.

around midnight jimin went down to the cellar to find the pirates, to find jeongguk. jimin told the guards to take a short break as he visited the pirates. they just left the room, guarding the outside.

baek, mark, jinyoung, and the captain were in one cell. they all, even the captain were happy to see him. the other crew members were in another cell. captain kim had placed jeongguk in a cell alone for he had rebelled the most during the rest and being alone could drive one mad.

jimin approached jeongguk's cell with eagerness. jeongguk looked up once he heard the click of the key turn on his cell. his eyes widened as they met with jimin's. jimin immediately hugged jeongguk, jeongguk smiled again. he pulled jimin into a kiss, "i missed you," he said as jimin pulled from the kiss.

jimin smiled with tears in his eyes, " i missed you too," jimin said and shared another kiss with jeongguk. jimin explained that no one was to harmed since they had saved his life, however he didn't think they would be getting any prize money. jeongguk didn't care, he had jimin back in his arms.

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"they may go," said jimin's father, the king, "we will spare you yours as you have saved the prince from harm."

the crew cheered. jimin smiled as he stood beside his father.

"however," the king continued, "you are never to return." the crew calmed down.

"we didn't kidnap him," captian jeon said.

"i am well aware of that," answered the king, "however you did steal the kingdom's treasure."

"if you take a look at the ships cabin, you'll see all of your bloody treasure is there," said mark.

the king glanced at him then at captain kim.

"take a look and recover it. then burn the ship."

the crew went mad, throwing questions at the king who remained calm. jimin too upset at his father's words.

"i have an offer," the king said to them, which quieted them down."