Don't panic! Calm down! Deep breaths! Read slowly... the development of emotions is real... Every word held a meaning.

Jungkook felt conscious when everyone became too silent after listening to his decisions. With a thundering heart, He turned his head towards his Alpha. He looked down immediately when he found the Alpha staring at him with an unfazed gaze.

Did he make a mistake?

But it doesn't have to be the last decision. He judged the situation on the basis of his own observation, he doesn't have to be right at all.

He was about to mindlink his apologies when he heard that rough voice against his face, an order," Each word of the Royal Empress will be taken as an order of Royal decree. Without any Changement, it should be followed thoroughly." 

Their eyes were staring at each other. Jungkook wasn't able to see much but his throat felt a contraction with the overwhelming pride he received. 

The Commander bowed, a smile was adorned on his lips," It will, Your Majesty." 

He showed the people a way out of the declaration hall and went to the door without making any noise. He closed the door, eyes still smiling while watching the couple who had no awareness of themselves, they were just staring at each other.

Jungkook felt like a sculpture of soil under the unbearing gaze of his Alpha. It's like those eyes were restraining his body movements, keeping his breath steady and at the same time making his heartbeat go insane. 

His Alpha's hand that was placed over his small back, slipped down to his right hip and Jungkook stopped breathing altogether.  

His eyes got enlarged and a storm of butterflies bubbled inside his stomach, they spread into his bones and Jungkook felt like passing out. 

But those eyes were still holding him, motionless. Jungkook's toes crumbled under his skirt, those butterflies were now roaming up to his lungs and diving inside his abdomen. He opened his lips but due to the lack of oxygen, no words came out.

His tongue was going slack inside his mouth, like a useless weight he has to carry. Even his hair felt chills around his nape, building up a sensation that spread around his body in goosebumps.

And behind all of this, the culprit was his Alpha's gaze. 

Jungkook should do something, he should find a way to escape himself from these sensations. It doesn't seem healthy.  

He acted on impulse and covered his Alpha's eyes with both of his hands. He didn't touch but made a barrier of his hands between their faces that were covering his Alpha's gaze. 

Thankfully. Jungkook inhaled deeply. 

Taehyung blinked his eyes when the black canvas of the omega's eye was replaced with the smooth pale skin of a hand. He whirled his gaze right away, frowning a little, not knowing what possessed him to stare at something for so long.

He probably had made the omega uncomfortable, his tongue peeked out and licked his lower lip, a virtue of his habit. 

Jungkook's fingers loosen up a little and he looked in between the cracks, Royal Alpha's gaze wasn't over him anymore. 

Various sensations that flowed in Jungkook's body were subsiding now, he was able to breathe without expecting an explosion of his heart. 

He pulled down his hands, placing them again on his lap. Alpha's head was still turned in the other direction, leaving a large expansion of his neck to stare at. And Jungkook… he stared shamelessly.

His nose twitched adorably when he reminded himself about the awful wound he found on Alpha's nape yesterday. 

"Alpha?" He found his lost voice almost immediately, surprising himself. 

Taehyung didn't react, kept looking away from the omega in his lap. 

So Jungkook continued," May I see the recovery of the wound?" With a low voice, he asked. 

Speaking about any wound of an Alpha in an opening never ends well, that's why he whispered his wish to see the recovery. He didn't want to trigger any people of the eclipse because Jungkook knew they would be as concerned as he felt. 

Once again, Jungkook didn't get any verbal replies but when Taehyung turned his neck a little far so that his nape hairs become visual to Jungkook, Jungkook knew it was his permission to see. 

This is how much understanding Jungkook has developed with his Alpha. Even a gesture or a flick of his eyes make Jungkook read his movements like words. 

Jungkook hesitated as he lifted his arm and brought it behind Taehyung's back. His fingers reached to the black robe that was covering Alpha's skin under the nape hairs. 

His body inclined on Taehyung's chest in an effort to look behind. His fingers pulled down the robe and Taehyung heard the omega sigh in relief just under his ear. 

"It's healing." Royal Alpha heard that pleased whisper. 

The wound was not fully recovered but it was now clean and healing. Jungkook smiled and retraced himself in his previous positions.

He noticed his Alpha was looking towards the door now. He frowned and glanced around the room.

It was empty.

A heavy blush scattered on Jungkook's body, his ears to the tip of his fingers, everything sprinkled by a soft hue of pink. 

He felt the hand over his hip tapping over the skirt and Jungkook sprinted on his feet, leaving enough room for his Alpha. He forgot that Alpha has yet to meet the Eclipsers after returning from his tour.

He kept Alpha to himself for so long, so selfishly.

He knew that Eclipsers would not mind but Jungkook still felt bad. He still could not have enough to look at that face that his wolf and he longed for ten months.

This yearning anxiety will pass by soon. Jungkook believed that.

The Royal Alpha stood up, his robe circled his shoulders itself without any need of flicking. Both of them stride down the stairs and go out of the declaration hall. 

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Both of them were walking side by side but slowing his pace a little, Jungkook laid a little behind his Alpha so that he would be able to look at him properly from the back.

There is some kind of aura in the way his Alpha walks, so intoxicated, as the owner of the place, botherless, effortless. 

The man walking in front of him has given many things to Jungkook. This blooming feeling inside his heart is one of them. His Alpha has introduced him to the ease of being carefree while fulfilling responsibilities. 

He has given him new strings of sensations, new connections when he was on the verge of losing himself. Something is still missing but Jungkook chooses to not be too greedy. 

Jungkook is now able to acknowledge the greatness of a happy soul. His smile becomes wider while following the Royal Alpha. 

No one can understand the happiness inside his heart when he lifts his head and finds his Alpha being in front of his eyes, doing nothing but walking.

A feeling that his mate is present here, smoothen each worry of his wolf. 

Jungkook's eyes fell on Taehyung's hand and a strong urge to walk fastly just to cover those hands with their own fell on him tremendously. 

Should he greet? Request? Plead? Wish? So that his Alpha would stop and grab his hand between his palms again.

He doesn't know why but his wolf was craving to be close to his Alpha and that intoxicating scent of his.

Jungkook stopped in his steps and leaned his head over a pillar just to stare at the waning solitude of his Alpha. His crown grazed the pillar, diamonds scratching some of its paint. 

He wasn't aware of his surroundings, at all. He wasn't aware of the stares he was getting from the maids and soldiers as they were now out of the declaration room. 

But all of them have a shy and knowing smile over their faces. Their luna is whipped for their Alpha, there is no interpretation other than that and they felt overwhelmed with gratitude towards their luna for that. 

The content smile from Jungkook's face wiped off when he found his Alpha turning around the corner, he jerked away from the pillar and lifted his skirt a little to follow his mate with fast steps, pulling out several giggles around him.

He matched his steps with Taehyung again and walked alongside with a content heart. 

Both of them are now approaching the main entrance of the packhouse. As soon as they stepped outside in the clearing of the grounds, a rain of cherry blossoms fell over their bodies. 

Bunch after bunch, people of Eclipse were showering their Alpha and Luna with flowers. 

Jungkook saw Commander Hoseok leading the eclipsers and Prince Jimin laughing by his side at his weird gestures. Yoongi came with a battalion of soldiers that were holding healing pads and various kinds of drinks. 

Healing pads? Jungkook frowned.

Taehyung stepped forward, discarding his black crown and giving it to one of the soldiers as if he knew by rituals what was about to happen.

Jungkook followed the Royal Alpha with utmost curiosity. Taehyung went in between the circle that Eclipsers were surrounded around and stretched his hands towards them with open palms.

Jungkook stopped following his Alpha and stared at the scene in front of him, awestruck.

He saw a really old lady come out of the Eclipsers, an omega. And sprinkled some herbs on Taehyung's feet. People made their Alpha sit on the carpet that was sprawled on the ground and roamed in circles, each of them touching the king's palms and inspecting wounds around his body.

He found his Alpha sitting there comfortably, his eyes were intoxicatedly content. People discarded his shoes and two healers started applying the herbal paste on his feet.

Jungkook tilted his head in curiosity.

"And what is our Luna doing here standing so far away?" Jungkook heard the Royal omega say, approaching him.

Jungkook smiled and looked towards his Alpha again," Witnessing something new, hyungnim. What's happening here?"

Jimin chuckled and stood beside Jungkook," Your Alpha is getting punished." 

When Jimin saw a confused frown on Jungkook's features, he laughed," it's his punishment for going away for so long. Actually, after coming home from every tour, Eclipsers pampers Taehyung like their child. No matter how many times Taehyung had told them that medicines never work on him, they just liked to ignore him. Always prepare herbs, healing pads and force him down to perform a full inspection until folks are satisfied." 

"It was hilarious in the starting years but now Alpha has developed a habit of it. He welcomes them with open palms and will keep sitting there until his people approve of his good health." 

Jimin smiled and looked at Jungkook," It's enchanting, isn't it?"

Jungkook's mouth was parted in pure awe," I have never witnessed such sacred love of folks towards their king, ever. It's truly mesmerising."

"Not only King, luna. They admire you and feel immense respect towards their Empress as well. Wanna see?" Jungkook didn't want any proof of Eclipser's love but he couldn't deny the Royal omega when Prince Jimin dragged him towards the circle of the crowd.

"Now, now my lovely fellows, our Empress was hiding from us, it's not fair to give all the love to the King alone? Is it?" Jimin asked with a blinding happy smile.

"Not fair! Not fair!" The crowd cheered.

Jimin made Jungkook sit on the carpet just behind the Alpha, their backs touched, both of them were facing the crowd but in opposite directions.

Jimin applied the herbs on Jungkook's feet as well before giving space for another Eclipsers to shower their Luna with their love and concern. Jungkook felt thankful that he remembered to wear socks today. 

Jungkook starts giggling when the faint aroma of roses and jasmine along with sandalwood spreads throughout the entire atmosphere. It felt so calm and refreshing that Jungkook closed his eyes under his veil.

The loud thumping of drums and cymbals starts reverberating the walls of the packhouse. Jungkook opened his eyes and found many people dancing with their mates to the rhythm of the wolgeum and haegeum instruments playing together.

It was a scene of appreciation when music bloomed inside Eclipse after so long.  

The same old lady came towards Jungkook and sat beside him, she caressed his hand while applying the paste inside his palms.

"We were craving to see this smile of yours, my child." She said with her wobbly phrases and Jungkook found himself blinking back the tears of gratitude. 

She grinned showing the absence of teeth inside her mouth but it was the most adorable sight Jungkook had ever seen. 

"Your patience is your strength, Luna. In this mortal world, nothing is eternal, nothing is reversible and that's the assurance that Everything will pass. The days of longing will bloom into intriguing love, trust me." 

It's like the lady was reading Jungkook's insecurities as an open book. He focussed his heart and soul on her words. She smiled and stood up.

Jungkook was following her with his eyes. She took Jungkook's hand and from the other side, she took the Royal Alpha's hand. 

As soon as their hands got emerged together, she starts singing;

Their union is like 
Clay and a Potter,
The clay got mould into a statue
As soon as potter touch it,
Keep patience like soil
Motion like water,
They both will result in a blessing of togetherness.

The crowd spread the words in a captivating tune and gave rise to everyone around to start singing along with her. 

The Royal Alpha and Luna were staring at the lady with wide eyes, despite being too old, she has a perfect voice.

Maybe a boon of being born as a member of the ancestors of music. 

Jungkook looked at their combined hands, long fingers clutching his palm in a firm hold, his wolf howled inside him in happiness.

Jungkook couldn't look at the Royal Alpha due to their opposite positions but he found himself praying that somehow his Alpha would ignore the harsh beating of his heart against his back. 

Little thumps of drums pulled Jungkook's attention. That old lady was looking at them with knowing eyes and a beautiful smile. She pointed at them and sang again;

He is a bit into pieces,
You are not whole either
And yet got separated by fate
So cruelty,
So brutally,
Lonely are their nights,
Lonely are their dreams.

Darlings, paint yourself with 
the flaming colours of passion.

The crowd was roaming around them in dancing steps. Two teenage mates requested Jungkook with their wide hopeful eyes and got pulled in between the Eclipsers for dancing.

Jungkook was now standing in the wide vision of his Alpha, he couldn't dance and stand with the Royal omega. 

Jimin smiled and moved up to his ears," If you are not dancing then sing, please. Eclipsers will be happy ."

Jungkook looked back at him with wide eyes," Can I?"

Jimin bobbed his head in affirmation," Everyone is dying to hear your voice and I know you have the talent to play with words. Show it Jungkookie, someone is waiting."

The tune was vibrating inside Jungkook's chest like a yearning memory, words after words jumbled inside his mind as if someone was pulling his emotions thread by thread.

Love is Destiny's toy
Don't know what's written in the stars,
No one could read it
No one could interpret it,
I heard you can read and interpret everything
So please read me.

Soulmate, come on, paint me with the flaming colours of passion, paint my dreams with the colours of your love.

Jungkook was staring right into his Alpha's eyes. The crowd around them were losing their minds but no one interrupted when their Luna's emotions reflected into their Alpha eyes.

Taehyung's eyes were following the omega inside the crowd, unconsciously. He watched the old lady caressing the omega's head. 

She was pointing towards the Royal Alpha when she sang to Jungkook.

His heartbeat is hollow,
Yours is fitful.
When a half meets another half
Only then it becomes whole.

If Love are in flames 
Then why do you hide?

Dear Empress, paint our emperor 
with the flaming colour of passion;

Show him the power of colours,
Become his identity,
Breathe into him,
Paint our emperor 
with the colours of your love.

The public applauded with claps that matched with the melodies, their strong dance movements giving rise to the cherry blossoms flying high in the sky. The atmosphere was turning faded pink, blending the air into its softest tone.

Jungkook turned to the crowd with a heavy blush on his cheeks when he became unable to hold the vast gaze of his Alpha. But it wasn't for long when he heard that soulful voice again, Jungkook sprinted to that voice, his ear felt blessed to hear it again….after so long.

It was Taehyung's voice that sang;

Fluttering like a butterfly
Innocently he flies,
Bright stars reflecting in eyes
So sweet he smiles,
All I wish for truth
Tired of every lies…

Keeping his eyes closed Jungkook was living in those words, that voice was controlling his body when Jungkook took his first sway. He wasn't aware of his feet that were taking desired steps to create a beautiful dance in between the folks.

His body was swirling in circles, giving a beautiful enhancement to his skirt, norigae striking his waist with every swirl. 

Clay can become a statue
But never cries, 
You are so close
But felt far miles, 

How could I read you
When my touch left you terrified…

Overwhelmed Eclipsers surrounded the Royal couple until their King was standing close to their Luna.

I heard anything that can't lie
Are your eyes,
Rosemary is your scent
With a hint of pines….

Jungkook gasped and his body struck right into the Royal Alpha's chest. His hands drifted to Taehyung's chest, his body was shaking in torrents of air. His scent, Rosemary? Jungkook wanted to know this for so long, he had asked his Alpha.

Does that mean…

T-that means his Alpha was awake when Jungkook asked that question and said so many things….

Jungkook brought his hands down and opened his palms on Alpha's chest before diving into them in pure shame.

Half of his body was hiding in the broadness of the Royal Alpha's chest. His legs were aching and his lips, his cheeks were hurting from smiling so widely.

Jimin came forward to end Jungkook's misery and pulled him away from his torturer and hid him in the huge span of the crowd.

Jungkook's heart was palpitating with joy, he discovered a new thing today about himself. Adding contentment to his joy, he heard that voice again;

Never complained
For caring so many lives, 
Grateful is the emotion
That kept us tied…

Precious, come on, paint the Empire
with the flaming colours of passion.

Words made Jungkook still in his position, building an emotion that churned inside his abdomen as the sweetest pain.

His fingers trembled when the crowd roared over the last thumping of drums around him. His eyes felt lost, the sweetest pain was turning into a burning coil.

Taehyung was looking at the happy Eclipsers with content eyes when the scent hit his nostrils. His body went stiff as he breathed through his mouth open.

His eyes travelled in the crowd searching for the black doe ones. He found the retracing figure of the omega soon.

Jungkook was walking towards the main entrance of the packhouse with quick steps, he had recognized soon that the burning coil inside him wasn't a new sensation at all.

Holding his head high, Jungkook strides the stairs without letting out any whimper of pain. 

~

The Royal omega was holding hands with his mates when he heard his brother's words in his mind.

Follow the Empress. 

Jimin looked at his brother immediately, both of his mates went alarmed along with him. Jimin's eyes were looking for Jungkook but he couldn't find him anywhere.

'Where did Luna go brother? What happened?'

Jimin was frantically asking questions while looking for Jungkook everywhere. He can't follow him by scent only Royal Alpha can.

But he found Taehyung still standing in between Eclipsers, so calmly.

'Taehyung, where is Luna?' This time he received the reply of his brother.

In his chamber.

Jimin sighed in relief but soon his features went pale when he heard the next words.

He is in heat.

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