V

"Let's make love."

The older prince choked on his own saliva. "W-what?"

"We are husbands now and if we do not do anything, it will seem strange." Jungkook shyly said, staring at his shoes.

"Oh, I see." Taehyung chuckled. "Is it because of the rumors? You know Jungkook, I am really used to this inside the castle. People like to talk, do not worry about this."

"B-but-"

"I know they are making you uncomfortable but just live with it. You are the prince now, you cannot have everyone on your side."

Jungkook sighed and lifted his head to find the older smiling to him.

"It means that you do not want to do it with me?" He silently asked, feeling the tears burning his eyes.

"What? No! It is not like this Jungkook, it is j-"

"Tae!" The younger shouted making the older jump with surprise.

Taehyung widened his eyes, looking at the younger's angry eyes.

Jungkook took a breath and softened his stare. "It is not about people, I do not mind them. I came here because I could not sleep and you must guess why." he shyly said.

Taehyung stared at him, eyeing him from head to toe. He realized that he was half naked under the silk rope. He gulped.

He could see his bare body well built-up with a very soft looking skin. His eyes ran to his thighs, firm, strong and very manly. Then he finally realized what the younger was talking about. Something between those thighs, he could see through the rope that the prince was very excited. Finally, his gaze went up to his face, the younger was staring at him shyly, fifty shades of red painted on his cheeks, teeth biting his lower lip.

"Jungkook." He finally spoke. "Approach, please." He said with his deep voice.

The younger approached him slowly and stopped until they were very close.

Taehyung put his hand on his cheek and caressed it. "You are very handsome." He whispered, making the younger's body shiver.

"Tae, please kiss me." The black haired male could not wait anymore. It was burning him inside. It was a feeling he did not feel for a very long time.

Taehyung closed his eyes and gently put his lips on the younger's. It started with a soft peck and it became a very passionate kiss when the heat dominated their bodies.

They sat on the edge of the king sized bed, still kissing, while the younger took off his rope, exposing more of his body.

"Jungkook." Taehyung nervously whispered. "I-I never did this, I do not know how to start."

The younger smiled and kissed his cheek. "I never did it either." He said. "Let us go slowly."

They did exactly as Jungkook said.

They lied on the bed, kissing slowly and gently touching each other.

During a moment, Taehyung opened an eye and sat, making the younger look at him in confusion.

"It is not your first, isn't it?" He asked.

Jungkook blushed.

"Right?"

"N-not entirely." Jungkook nervously answered.

"Who was it? The prime minister's son, am I wrong?"

The younger widened his eyes, wondering how he guessed it right. He bit his lip and nodded slowly.

"Please Jungkook. Please tell me everything." Taehyung sighed.

Jungkook took a breath and turned his head. He didn't want to face him.

"I was working as a gardener in their mansion." He started. "Everyone was treating me badly because I was just a peasant but sir Jung was always nice to me. He would spend the afternoons watching me working and asking me questions about flowers. He was a very enthusiastic and curious man." He chuckled, remembering the good times he had with Hoseok.

"After a while, we confessed to each other and became lovers, secretly of course. We were hiding it from his parents because they would not like seeing their son with someone like me. It was nice being with him but I was always uncomfortable.

Kind and beautiful girls would come to see him and court him but he was refusing them because of me. I was ruining his future."

"And if you want to know, yes. We did kiss and touch before but we never went too far, we never had the chance to." He ended with a sad smile on his face.

The prince was looking at him, his heart breaking inside his chest. He could not understand how people would start comparing themselves with others. For him, there was no difference between a royal, a noble and a peasant. They were all people, all human.

He sighed and hugged the younger tightly. "You are not a peasant." He whispered in his ear. "You are the most kind and most handsome man I have seen. You have passion, courage, strength most importantly, love. This is exactly what defines a real noble person." He smiled. "No money and no status do. Only your personality does." He finished and kissed his forehead.

Jungkook started crying and hide his face in the crook of Taehyung's neck. "Why are you saying such nice things after knowing that I had a lover?!"

The older chuckled. "Past is the past, I cannot interfere. But now, all you have is me and I will prove it to you." He whispered before wiping his tears and kissing his lips. "I have no experience but I will do my best to make you feel good tonight." He smiled.

They shared a really long and passionate night together.

Both of them were ridiculously clumsy and sometimes did not know what to do but they laughed about it and did not care about making everything perfectly.

They had the most beautiful first night, kissing each other, their bodies connected making them as one.

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"Good morning my prince." Taehyung kissed the younger's hair.

He could not stop smiling, remembering each moment they had the night before.

They were maybe still strangers but it felt like they knew each other for a very long time.

"Good morning." Jungkook smiled back.

"It is late. Jin will certainty kill us for being late for breakfast."

"I do not want to see how an angry Jin looks like." Jungkook chuckled and stood up, wearing his robe and heading toward the bathroom.

"Very beautiful." Taehyung whispered, staring at him from behind.

After bathing and wearing their uniforms, they finally left the room.

Taehyung put his arm around his husband's waist and smirked to the servants staring at them. "We are very late, I know." He said. "But I had a really great night with my husband." He smiled. "I hope we did not disturb you!" He said, dramatically putting a hand on his lips.

The maids blushed and hurried to leave the corridors.

Jungkook was laughing, he found it very funny that the prince could do such things.

"Good morning princes." Jin was ready to explode but he softened when he spotted their entangled hands.

"Oh, my!" He widened his eyes. "Joonie!" He called the butler. "Bring the wine and the chocolate!"

The couple blushed and sat at their breakfast table.

"Would you mind me joining you?" A deep voice surged from behind.

"Sir Yoongi!" Taehyung smiled widely. "You are welcome, please join us!"

"Good morning sir." Jungkook smiled to the king.

"I heard you had a good night." The older smirked, causing both of them to choke on their wine.

He laughed. "Easy gentlemen! You look very good together I must admit." He said.

"Thank you sir."

"Good morning Taehyung! Good morning Jungkook!" Jimin entered the hall with a wide smile.

"Oh." He stopped when he spotted the charismatic king sitting with the princes. "Good morning your majesty." He bowed to him.

"I feel hurt." Yoongi said. "You call them Taehyung and Jungkook while you call me your majesty, it is not fair."

Jimin smiled. "I cannot call you by your name sir, I am not a disrespectful man."

Yoongi rolled his eyes. "Will you please sit with us?" He asked.

Jimin stared at Jin who was poiting at an empty chair.

He took off his long jacket and sat in front of the king.

He stared at him while he was talking to Taehyung. He thought he looked very beautiful. His eyes are the part he liked the most, they were small but very attractive.

His white shirt highlighted his dark eyebrows and hair.

Even his posture was amazing, he could do nothing special and he would still appear classy. Looking at him, he could guess that he was brave, serious, honest, charismatic, intimidating and very mysterious.

"Hum

"Hum." Taehyung coughed and woke him up from his trance. "Have you not heard me?"

"Hum no, pardon me."

"I asked if you could show sir Yoongi the Garden Alley, I am sure he will like it."

Jimin shyly nodded, feeling Yoongi piercing him with his stare. "With pleasure." He said.

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"What is the name of this flower?" Taehyung asked after picking a small yellowish plant.

"Oh, it is called Acacia." Jungkook smiled examining it.

"Acacia...pretty name." The older smiled. "What is the meaning of it?"

"This flower represents love and beauty." The younger said. "They say that whilst exterior beauty may be fading, inner beauty will last forever."

"I see." Taehyung rubbed his chin before writing something on his notebook.

"What are you writing?"

"What you just told me. I want to learn about flowers, you are my instructor now." He smiled staring at Jungkook who chuckled.

"Right. First lesson, Acacia flower."

"I think I will call it Jungkook instead." The older said.

"What? Why would you?"

"Because you represent love and beauty." The prince said with a very serious tone, making Jungkook's heart flutter.

"Then I would like you to take good care of this flower and cherish it until it grows stronger to live longer." Jungkook said, not taking his eyes off him.

"I will, with all my heart."

"You should teach me how to read Tae."

"Accompany me to the library after dinner, I will look for some good books for you."

"There is a book I always heard people talking about in the village."

"Which book?"

"Snow White."

Taehyung smiled and kissed his cheek. "It is a story about a princess who was very lonely at her castle until a charming prince came to change her life." He said. "Her story is somehow similar to mine. Maybe I should be called Snow White instead." He chuckled.

"I will tell you until I read the book." Jungkook said.

"Do not worry, you will learn in no time."

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"Come on Bulletproof, come on my boy." Jimin kissed his white horse before heading to the Garden Alley.

"You give all your affection to your horse and you do not let anything for us people." Yoongi rolled his eyes.

"Sometimes horses understand you better than people." Jimin said.

Their horses were close to each other while they were staring at the beauty of nature.

"What is it that people do not understand?" Yoongi asked.

Jimin sighed. "Sometimes I feel lonely and bored. Everyone at the castle are busy with their own things. I find no one to talk to and no one to spend my time with, this is why horses keep me good company. I forget everything when I go to the stable. It may seem strange but horses really do understand us. I can talk to them and they would put their head on my neck to comfort me." He chuckled.

Yoongi was just staring at him.

Serious Jimin had nothing to do with theJimin who talks about something he likes, the Jimin smiles.

"You have me now." These words went out of his lips without realizing it.

Jimin turned and looked at him confusingly.

"If you feel lonely, I can keep you company. If you need to talk, talk to me."

"I would not want to bother you, your majesty."

"You won't. It is my pleasure." Yoongi said with a serious tone. He widened his eyes during the scenery that appeared in front of them.

"This is the Garden Alley." Jimin smiled.

"Beautiful!" Yoongi was amazed by how the different colors of thetrees leaves could create such a marvelous scenery. "If only I did not forget my camera at my palace."

"Camera?" Jimin asked.

"It is a device that captures what you see. If I had it I would have taken a picture of this alley."

"You make me more curious about Agustus." The blond haired male said. "It seems like a very advanced country."

"It is." Yoongi said proudly.

Yoongi's horse started to make weird sounds and shaking his head violently.

"Scarlett!" Jimin shouted. "Easy! Scarlett!"

"What is wrong with her?" the King widened his eyes

"I don't know. Scarlett what is wrong my girl?" Jimin tried to reach her but she shook her head.

"A mouse!"

"What?!" Yoongi shouted loudly when Scarlett moved violently, tapping with her heels everywhere.

"Scarlett!"

She let a loud sound before throwing Yoongi's body on the floor and ran, escaping the small creature.

"Your majesty!" Jimin jumped from his horse and ran to the king. "Oh, god are you alright?" He asked, kneeling in front of the male.

"I am, do not worry."

"No...y-you hurt your leg." Jimin said, pointing at some scratches. "There is blood."

"It is nothing bad, no need to panic sir Jimin." Yoongi said with a comforting voice.

"No." the knight shook his head and tore the sleeve of his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Yoongi furrowed.

"I should stop the bleeding. Look, you cut this part on your knee." Jimin said before putting the piece of cloth around his knee.

Yoongi groaned when he felt the pain.

"It hurts a lot?"

"Just a little." Yoongi mumbled.

The knight stood up and offered his hand to the king to help him stand up.

"I am really sorry for this, your majesty." He bowed to him. "She is not usually like this."

"It is alright." The king smiled. "I am sorry that she ran away."

"She will return, she knows the road." Jimin pressed his lips. "Can you walk?"

"I think so." Yoongi tried to move but his injury hurt him.

"Wait a moment, Bulletproof!" Jimin called his horse which came running to him.

He turned to Yoongi and lifted him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" the king widened his eyes, not expecting it to happen.

"The wounds hurt." Jimin said before he put his small body on the horse and sat right behind him.

The king's heart started beating very fast when the younger put a hand on his waist and the other around him to guide the black horse.

"I am sorry your highness, it is just for your security." He whispered in his ear.

"I understand."the king nodded with a nervous smile.

They went through the alley, admiring its beauty. Jimin stopped the horse to let the older look around.

Yoongi wanted to look at something else. He turned his head slowly to face Jimin, who was too close.

"You know." He whispered. "I have met many young men and women back in Agustus, but I have never seen such gorgeous eyes before." He said, not taking his eyes off his eyes.

Jimin shyly smiled and nodded. "Thank you, sir Yoongi."

"Oh, you said my name. " The silver haired male smiled widely.

"No." Jimin protested. "I said 'sir' Yoongi."

"But you still said Yoongi." The king chuckled.

Jimin laughed and they kept staring at each other for a while.

Without words.

They approached their faces slowly and kissed.

A very sweet and gentle kiss.

After parting, both smiled shyly.

"Well, back to the castle, shall we?" Yoongi said.

"Yes, you need a nurse."

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"Mother!" Jimin ran to hug his mother.

"Oh my dear son how much I have missed you!" she hugged him back and kissed his cheek. She spotted the black-haired man and asked, " Who is this gentleman?"

"It is Yoongi, king of Agustus."

She widened her eyes and hurried to bow to him. "I am sorry your majesty, I did not recognize you. You were still a child when I last saw you."

"It is a real pleasure to meet you, my lady." he kissed the back of her hand.

"Mother, he hurt his knee. I think you should take a look." Jimin said.

"Of course!"

"And why are you in the palace? Weren't you with the prince's mother?"

"Indeed, we came together because she wanted to see her son."

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"Thank you for taking care of my son, your highness." Jungkook's mother bowed to the king.

"Jungkook is now my husband, it is my duty to be good to him." He smiled. "And please call me Taehyung."

"But you are the prince."

"And also your son-in-law."

Jungkook blushed and held Taehyung's hand.

"Welcome to the castle." the queen arrived to the hall, looking gorgeous under her long dark blue dress and black fur over her shoulders.

"Your majesty." All of them bowed to the queen.

"Jungkook is a really kind young man, you worked hard my dear." the queen smiled. "I just asked a maid to prepare us tea, will you join me please?" She asked the three of them.

????

Three days have passed and everything seemed to be going well in the castle.

Taehyung was teaching Jungkook to read at the library.

Yoongi and Jimin always went out to discover the region and also have talks to get to know each other.

Jin and Namjoon were doing their duties in the castle. Their teamwork was amazing.

Everything was fine until a Friday morning, when the palace went upside down.

Loud knocks were heard on the princes room's door.

"Who could it be?" Taehyung groaned and lazily left bed to open the door.

"Namjoon? What are you d- are you crying?!"

"Taehyung!" The older cried. "T-the king! H-he's dying!"

The younger widened his eyes, he quickly put on his robe and ran along the corridors to his parent's room.

Jungkook and Namjoon ran after him.

"F-father!" Taehyung shouted when he saw his father looking very pale, his eyes were half closed, his lips were dark and he was breathless.

He knelt in front of him and hide his face in the crook of his neck. "Father please do not leave us."

The queen was a crying mess. She was sitting on the floor, staring at her dying husband.

"T-taehyung." The king mumbled.

"Y-yes father."

"Please take care of Virtus." He started. "Take care of your mother." He said, looking at his queen. "Take care of your husband." He looked at the young prince who was crying.

"Take care of your people." He looked at the employees and the important men like Jimin and Namjoon. "And take care of yourself my son." He difficulty held his son's hand. "And do not worry if you get problems. We have a strong ally." He said, nodding to Yoongi who bowed with a sad smile.

"Father." Taehyung kissed the king's head.

He gave his last farewells and left the world a few minutes after.

"F-father." Taehyung held his father's body in his arms, sobbing while the queen stood up to hug them both.

Everyone in the castle was crying. King Baek II was the kindest king anyone could meet. Despite his busy schedules, he always made time for his family, his friends and most importantly, his people.

He helped everyone in need, he did not leave any family without sending them what they need to stay healthy.

He was always a good husband, he never thought about other women then his wife.

He was also an amazing father to Taehyung. He taught him everything since he was a child, he made him grow up to be a modest and powerful prince.

Jimin cried a lot because the king was like a second father to him. After his own father died during war, the king took care of him and treated him like his own son.

Taehyung and Jimin grew up like brothers, they did everything together.

Still crying, he felt like it was finally the moment to do what he had to do.

He knelt in front of Taehyung and lowered his head. Wiping his tears with his sleeve, he cleared his throat. "Long live the king!"

Yes, Taehyung will now become the king.

Everyone in the room knelt a part of the queen and Yoongi.

"Long live the king!"