Taehyung couldn't help but snicker as he looked at Yoongi dancing.
The crown prince immediately stopped and frowned as he whined, "You're laughing!"
The man finally lost it completely as he no longer had the strength to hold his laughter in. He fell back on his seat with his hands grabbing his stomach that had started to ache now.
Yoongi pouted and stood there with his arms folded. The veil on his face was no longer there and hence, all his facial expressions were clearly visible under the warm sunlight that hit the balcony. His pale skin seemed to be gleaming under the light with his lips pursed together in a thin line while his eyes were glaring at Taehyung.
"This is why I said I'm not good at dancing!" Yoongi added while trying to defend himself.
Taehyung immediately waved his right hand as he refuted this, "That's not it! That's not it!" He tried to calm his breathing as he looked at the crown prince and spoke in between his laughter, "It's just too cute! Bahahaha~" He cackled again and this time, his body completely fell down and he started rolling on the floor with his hands strongly clutching his abdomen.
Yoongi walked up to Taehyung and crouched down as he asked with a smile that didn't quite reach his ears, "You think I'm cute?"
Taehyung stopped laughing for a second as he looked at Yoongi's face that seemed to be kinda offended. His silence didn't last for more than a few seconds as he continued to chuckle when he replied, "Aren't you? Your highness is definitely cute!"
Yoongi's smile widened as he heard this but it seemed to lack joy. He nodded and in the next second, he pinned Taehyung to the ground with his legs trapping the man's body and his hands caging the man's head from moving.
Taehyung was taken by surprise and this surprise caused him to immediately stop laughing.
Yoongi smiled again and this time his smile looked to be a bit mischievous as he repeated his question, "Do you still think I'm cute?"
Taehyung gulped and refused to answer. He was too stunned to give a straight response. His eyes were wide open as he looked deeply into Yoongi's playful ones. For a second, he felt himself getting lost in those two dark orbs of black that had him enchanted ever since he first saw them through the veil.
Yoongi's lips curled up in a smirk as he saw this speechless reaction from Taehyung. It could clearly be sensed that the crown prince was somehow proud of himself at this moment.
Taehyung smiled brightly as he grabbed Yoongi's cheeks carelessly and squished them together, making Yoongi's lips pucker out, "If this ain't cute, I don't know what is!"
Yoongi squinted as he looked at Taehyung who was thoroughly teasing him at this moment. The crown prince immediately lifted his right hand and took a hold of Taehyung's wrists. He pushed them back and pinned Taehyung down to the floor as he questioned with a small smirk, "Still cute?"
Taehyung shut his mouth once again and smiled thinly as he questioned back, "Is your highness trying to prove something here?"
Yoongi chuckled softly as he asked, "What do you think?"
Taehyung smiled as he lifted his legs and wrapped them around Yoongi's torso, surprising the crown prince who looked down with a bit of shock apparent on his face.
"Your highness, I have a question to ask."
Yoongi gulped as he met his eyes, "What question?"
"Why'd you let her go?" Taehyung questioned with a serious expression.
Yoongi's pupils contracted as he heard this. He sighed, "What a way to ruin the mood."
Taehyung chuckled as he nodded his head, "Your highness is like a cat."
"Excuse me?!" Yoongi squinted
Taehyung simply smiled as he added, "As long as you don't turn into a lion, you're cute."
"So you don't want this cat to turn into a lion?"
Taehyung was silent for a minute as he seriously pondered over the answer and when that minute was over, he looked at Yoongi and replied, "I don't know. I've never seen a lion."
Yoongi couldn't help but snicker as he heard this.
"But please answer me," Taehyung once again spoke up seriously, "Why was your highness so kind towards her?"
Yoongi was silent as he heard this. When he looked at Taehyung's expression, he couldn't help but feel that the man was somehow unhappy with his decision to exile Lady Mirae.
"It feels like your highness is being attentive towards her," Taehyung added.
Yoongi couldn't help but smirk slightly as he asked, "Are you getting jealous now?"
Taehyung immediately glared at the man as a response, seeming to be offended as he asked, "Why would I be jealous?"
Yoongi decided to tease him a bit, "I don't know. You look quite jealous. Is it because I gave her special treatment?"
Taehyung frowned as he tightened his legs around Yoongi, forcing the other to press more into him, "Your highness, that's quite funny." He smiled but his feelings couldn't be deciphered, "Why do I need to be jealous? The one who stands next to you is me. The one who understands you is me. The one who receives your love is me and right now, the one under you is also me."
"..."
"So tell me, why should I be jealous?" Taehyung smirked.
Yoongi couldn't help but gulp as his eyes trailed down to Taehyung's lips that seemed to be tempting him to take a bite.
"Your highness, forgive me for being rude." As soon as Taehyung had said this, he immediately flipped their position.
Yoongi didn't have his guards up and hence it was a bit too easy for Taehyung to flip him.
Now, Taehyung was the one at the top, caging Yoongi.
Yoongi took a sharp breath in as he asked the same question that Taehyung had asked him a few minutes before, "Are you trying to prove something here?"
Taehyung smiled as he leaned in close to Yoongi's ears and whispered, "Hyung, you're right."
"..."
"Even though I have you by my side. Even if I have you close to me like this. My heart still feels bitter."
Yoongi frowned as he asked, "Do you want me to call the royal physician?"
Taehyung chuckled as he shook his head, "No need for that. This isn't a problem your royal physician can solve."
"Are you saying that the royal physician is incompetent of the job?" Yoongi asked once again, "Understood! I shall talk to Hyun and bring in a better doctor."
Taehyung smiled as he rested his head on Yoongi's shoulder in a manner that made it look as if he had given up on trying to explain it.
"Your highness, I'm not joking around," Taehyung sighed as he lifted his head and looked at Yoongi. Their faces just a few inches apart from each other.
"Then tell me. Why does your heart feel bitter? Are you unhappy with me?" Yoongi questioned with a face that didn't give out much.
"I'm greedy, Hyung."
"..."
'For what exactly?' Yoongi thought but he would naturally not ask such a question in fear of an answer that might shock him to death.
"The more I look at you, the greedier I become," Taehyung added with an honest and serious expression, "I want all of you."
Blood seemed to rush up to Yoongi's ears as he heard this.
"I want to own you completely. I want you to only look at me and I want there to be no other who'll receive your kindness and consideration. I know that it's wrong and selfish of me for wanting such a thing." Taehyung sighed as he added, "But I can't help it. When you were considerate to her and exiled her instead of giving her a harsher punishment, I couldn't help but feel jealous."
"..." Yoongi wasn't sure how he was supposed to react to such an open confession.
"It makes me feel like I'm a little-minded person, but what do I do?" Taehyung frowned as he continued, "I don't like her."
Yoongi smiled as he raised his hand up and encircled it around Taehyung's neck, "And why don't you like her?"
"Because she joked around about you," Taehyung answered without bothering to filter his words in a manner that could be understood better.
"Joked around about me? What do you mean?" Yoongi questioned back as his index finger rubbed against the back of Taehyung's neck.
Taehyung sounded angry and disappointed at the same time as he answered, "She said that you gave her a hairpin too."
"Huh?"
"She said that you were interested in her as well," Taehyung spoke spitefully.
Yoongi was silent for a minute before he broke out laughing, "And you believed that?"
Taehyung shook his head as he immediately answered, "At first, I didn't! But..."
"But what?" Yoongi wiped off the smile from his face as he asked.
"I don't believe her, but I can't help but feel restless. She joked around about having an interest in you and she said something that suggested Hyung also reciprocated her feelings. At first, I thought there wasn't any relationship between you two so I dare not believe such nonsense. However, it's different now."
"What's different?"
"You were kind to her!"
"..."
You're probably the only one who'll say that I was kind to her for exiling her from her home.
"You didn't even reveal all the things she had done," Taehyung added as his face twisted in jealousy, "She was the one behind everything and you let it all go. You let her go. If your highness and Lady Mirae really don't have any relationship together, why would you be so forgiving and considerate towards her?"
Yoongi sighed as he pulled Taehyung down by the neck and engulfed his lips in a kiss.
Taehyung was caught off guard however this didn't stop him from responding to the kiss.
When they seemed to have run out of breath, Yoongi pulled away and replied, "I'm sorry, but I'm really unable to understand your worries."
Taehyung who was breathing heavily couldn't help but frown as he heard this.
"I gave her the worst punishment she could have. Death is too good for her," Yoongi added as he looked at Taehyung with an honest expression, "You don't know her."
When Taehyung heard this, the frown on his face got more apparent as he responded, "Even if I don't know her, I can still see that she has no good intentions! What if she decides to take her revenge? What if she finds someone else to help her attack us? Is your highness that confident? Do you really think that she won't come back to bite us?"
Yoongi suddenly smiled as a response, "She's the type to choose a leg over a fist any day."
"Eh?" Taehyung tilted his head in confusion as he heard this odd response. It was only natural that he didn't understand. How could he if this saying was made up by the crown prince on the spot?
'The type to choose a leg over a fist'
The type to run rather than fight directly: This was Yoongi's perception of Lady Mirae. She was a coward who would never want direct conflict. She'll do everything behind the scenes and if she was caught, she'll simply run away instead of accepting the consequences of her own actions.
Yoongi only chuckled as he added, "You don't need to worry about such things. It's my job to worry about any future threats, not yours."
"But your worries are also my worries."
Yoongi couldn't help but break out into a warm smile as he heard this, "Then worry about something else."
"And what's that?" Taehyung questioned cluelessly.
Yoongi forcefully switched their positions again and pinned Taehyung to the ground as he answered, "Worry about me. I don't like you talking about other people when I'm the one in front of you."
"..."
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A/n: The type to choose a leg over a fist any day.
-Thank you 0Daechwita0 for suggesting this line
I thought it really sounds like something Yoongi would say so I added it XD
Next update: 19 April, 2021 is tiring
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