white rose. // jinjoo

VI: andwyrde

Minjoo slowly placed back her teacup on the table before roaming her eyes lazily around the hall, murmurs filling her ears. She couldn't help but to let out a sigh, discreetly, she can't afford to be scolded by her mother in the middle of this important yet boring meeting.

Fixing her posture, she tilted her chin up and tried to listen intently to the discussion, she already noticed the heated tension around the hall. Her gaze went to her Father, the King was glaring at the person across them, a representative from the Hanteon.

She bit her lower lip, this wouldn't end well, given that both parties are arguing and wouldn't get along at all. Even the Queen was very distressed and worried, trying to calm her husband down. The last thing they wanted to happen is for the King to execute the representative and add fuel to the fire.

"Tell that King of yours to face me personally," Minhoon's baritone voice echoed, furious. The representative's lips curved up into an amused smirk, obviously having fun provoking the King. "Our Majesty is not available, he won't order me to go here if he's not busy," He said, and flinched after Minhoon smacked the table, creating a loud bang.

Minjoo also yelped a bit, even the people around the hall were surprised at the sudden harsh action.

"Cowardice." The King exclaimed before standing up from his throne, a dagger gaze remained on the bewildered representative. "You may now exit from my kingdom's premises, lowly human." He grunted and walked away, his fists clenched. The Queen immediately followed him, along with the guards.

The elders and the representative remained frozen on their seats, Minjoo sighed and shook her head. She quite expected it already but her father exploded quite early, that was the last straw.

"Well, then," The representative cleared his throat and stood up, also walking away with the elders following him and begging for him to understand the King's actions and all. The princess grimaced, standing up from her seat also.

Before she could even exit the empty hall, Yujin appeared, meeting her halfway with a worried expression. "Hey," The guard greeted, Minjoo forced a smile. "I heard that it didn't end well, again," Added by Yujin.

The princess shrugged, sighing. "It never ends well." She muttered tiredly, also in distress about the matters. She would like to blend in with the discussion, however, her father forbade her to speak in the middle of the meeting and said that he would handle it alone.

Yujin noticed that the princess was gloomy and tired. "Do you want me to escort you to your chamber, princess?" She offered with a small smile. Minjoo looked up, meeting her gaze. "You have training," She said but the warrior just snorted. "They wouldn't mind if I'm late for fifteen minutes or so. Let's go,"

Both of them reached Minjoo's chamber after a few minutes of walking. "You should go now," The older woman said softly which made Yujin pout. "Why do you want me to go there immediately? You don't want to spend time with me anymore, princess?" She asked, faking a hurt tone and puppy eyes.

Minjoo rolled her eyes playfully, a smile forming on her lips. "It's not that, you pup. I don't want for the General to scold you for being late, you might get punished too." She reasoned out, sitting down on her bed.

The warrior skipped towards her, huffing cutely. "Hey, it's worth it anyway!" She said, grinning before kneeling down, taking off Minjoo's shoes. The princess blushed, groaning. "I told you, you don't need to do this for me. I have hands too, I can perfectly take those off myself or you could call Hitomi," She whined but Yujin just stuck her tongue out, still in the process of taking the shoes off.

"I'm just treating you like a princess. Let me be." Yujin said, reaching for the more comfortable slippers under Minjoo's bed and made the princess wear it before standing up, straightening her clothes. "Should I hang around for a while?" She asked with a cute dimpled smile.