"He didn't marry you to become King, he became King so he could marry you."
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After the King of Korea dies suddenly due to disease, his oldest son Park Jimin is next in line for the throne. The problem is, he doesn't have a partner, and he hates the...
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It's been a week since Jimin was shot, and a week of waiting for Jimin to wake up.
The guards had been successful in capturing Minjae, and news about the shooting and the imprisonment of one of the competitors spread like wildfire.
And of course, Minjae's parents caught wind that their son was in jail.
"What do you mean the Queen is refusing an audience?" Minjae's father bellowed, making everyone within the vicinity turn their heads to look at them.
Hoseok looked unfazed. "Her Majesty requested that no outsiders request an audience until her son wakes up."
Minjae's father grew even angrier at the sound of Hoseoks monotone voice.
"That's absurd." Minjae's mother snapped, her lipstick painted lips in an ugly frown. "Don't you know who we are?"
Hoseok looked at them unimpressed. "I don't know who you are, which means you are not royalty. And if you are not royalty, who are you to disobey the Queen?"
Minjae's father looked like he was about to tear Hoseok a new one, but one look at the gun hanging off Hoseoks hip made him change his mind.
He huffed and spun on his heels, grabbing his wife's hand and stomping away.
Yoongi, who had been watching from a corner appeared, looking to where Minjae's family left disdainfully.
"Dang, even his parents are stuck up assholes." Yoongi commented, making Hoseok laugh. "You know how it is, like father like son. Or mother or whatever."
They chuckle quietly.
"How's Jimin? Is he awake yet?" Yoongi finally asked, which makes Hoseok still. "You've always been asking me every single time you come. Wouldn't it be better if you go visit Jimin yourself?"
Yoongi smiled sadly. "I still feel guilty because Jimin is only like that because of me. If I had been somewhere else, or maybe trusted him-,"
Hoseok kicked him.
"What the fuck was that for?" Yoongi yelled, hissing while holding his shin. Hoseok looked only slightly apologetic.
"Don't blame yourself for Jimin's condition. If anything, it's Minjae's fault, and I don't think the prince wants you to beat yourself up." Yoongi still looked a bit miserable, making Hoseok sigh.
"Go visit him Yoongi."
The door creaked as Yoongi slid it open. He could see the second prince sitting beside Jimin's bedside, holding his brothers hand in his own.
"I was wondering when you'd come." Taehyung said, not sparing a glance at Yoongi, who took a seat beside him.
Taehyung kept looking at his brother, not saying anything after that. Yoongi took this chance to get a look at Jimin after a week without him.
Jimin was cleaned without any traces of dirt, still looking ethereal as he lay there unconscious. Yoongi could still see bandages under Jimin's hospital gown, with an iv bag connected to his arm.
Taehyung noticed him looking. "The doctor said he should should be fine without one tomorrow. It's just a matter of him waking up now." Yoongi nodded.
"Why didn't you come? I thought you'd be the first one to visit, but you're not." Taehyung said in an accusing tone. Yoongi swallowed harshly.
"I-I feel guilty because Jimin is like that because of me." Yoongi confessed, biting his lip harshly as he looked away from Jimin's sleeping face.
"Don't be ridiculous." Taehyung said, staring hard at Yoongi. "You couldn't have foresaw what would've happened."
Yoongi shook his head. "Yo-you don't understand. I could've prevented this." Taehyung studied him, his face not betraying any hint of emotion. "What do you mean?"
Yoongi sucked in a breath. "Before this....happened, there were a lot of times that Jimin tried to talk to me about something, but admittedly I always brushed him off. I had just witnessed something I didn't want to see, so I was hurt." Yoongi looked at Taehyung to see if he had any reaction.
"That still isn't your fault." Taehyung says gently. "Sure, you didn't listen to Jimin when you had the chance-," Yoongi winces. "But you were hurt. Besides, no one is blaming you. I don't think Jimin would have any ill will towards you. He could never think that way with you."
Taehyung gently slipped his hand from Jimin's and stood up, stretching a bit. "I'll give you some private time with Jimin. Who knows, maybe he'll wake up with you by his side."
Taehyung leaves. Yoongi scoots over time the other chair and sits down, taking Jimin's hand into his.
God, Yoongi forgot what it feels like to touch Jimin.
Jimin's hands were soft, and Yoongi played with his adorable chubby fingers. He lifts it up to press a kiss to Jimin's knuckles.
"I'm sorry." Yoongi whispers, drinking in Jimin's sweet scent. He lowers Jimin's hands and leans over to caress his cheek.
"Please Jimin, please wake up." Yoongi begged, pressing kisses to the side of Jimins face. "I'm sorry for acting like an ass to you, not even giving you time to explain. I caused you so much pain, didn't I?"
A lone tear slips from under Yoongi's eyelid. He lets it drip onto Jimin's hand, before he closes his eyes.
Then, there was a hand on his cheek.
He opened his eyes to see Jimin staring at him with a small smile on his face, his eyes barely open.
"Why are you crying?" Jimin whispered hoarsely. Yoongi stares with his mouth open before pulling Jimin into a hug, careful that his wounds don't stretch.
Yoongi grips Jimin tightly, burying his face into Jimin's neck as the other rubs his back and whispers soothing words into his ear.
When they part, Yoongi kisses Jimin, the other gripping onto his shirt tightly. "I'm so sorry," Yoongi breathes, and Jimin smiles. "It's okay, it's all over now."
