"Will you allow me to attend to your wounds?"

Jungkook looked up in surprise, not believing the words that had just come out of the prince's mouth. He must have been dreaming.
"Huh?"

Taehyung rolled his eyes, presumably not too pleased with his reaction. "You told me you got injured on your journey here, and your highly pained face expressions every time you move your body tell me you ought to get these injuries treated." The brunette proceeded to goggle at him in surprise.

"Y-Yeah, but... Why would you treat my injuries? You're the prince and I bet you have thousands of nurses and doctors here!" The blue-haired male blinked. "That is true, we do have our fair amount of able medical professionals in the palace. However, you still seem not to have noticed that we must not risk anyone knowing you come from the common grounds and I am certain that your injuries would raise suspicion." The prince paused for a brief moment.

"I also happen to be very fascinated by the fine arts of medicine. It is astonishing to see wounds mend themselves by nothing but simple herbs and oils and I pay my deepest respects to physicians who have endless amounts of knowledge on them and can nurse men and women back to health in a short amount of time." For a moment, Taehyung almost smiled.

"I have read my fair share of medical books and have gained a significant amount of knowledge through them. However, I did not get the chance to treat any injuries by myself as I am a royal heir and medicine shall not be part of my expertise." Jungkook frowned.
"That's ridiculous, you should be able to do what you're interested in." This time, Taehyung actually smiled, but it wasn't a happy smile.

"You do not understand royalty, Jungkook. There are things that you are simply born to do." Yeah, I don't, the younger thought inside his head but did not dare say it out loud.

"Well, you can treat them. As long as you don't accidentally amputate me." Taehyung shot him an annoyed glare. "How very amusing. I will try my best. Even if my first patient just so happens to be a commoner."

His eyes trailed down the brunette's uniform-clad body. "Would you mind unbuttoning this? You barely move your arms, clearly you must be in pain. As this is an emergency, I will exceptionally allow you to sit on my bed. Let us start there."

Deciding not to tell the other that the main reason he refrained himself from moving around too much was the fact that he didn't want the precious fabric to rip, Jungkook sat himself on the gorgeous canopy bed as soft as clouds and awkwardly fiddled around with the tiny buttons as he felt himself slightly panic at the demand.
"You take too long, I will do it myself." Taehyung suddenly decided to lean over and unbutton the uniform himself which left Jungkook in an alarming state of panic.

He felt the heat rush into his face as he watched the older's slender fingers skillfully loosen the buttons from their loops, even more so as he saw his concentrated expression and his eyes mainly focused on his chest. He wasn't exactly complaining, but he wasn't exactly not complaining either. He also couldn't help but think a bit... dirty-minded. Just a bit.

"Oh, goodness gracious...," the blue-haired male whispered and sucked in a breath as he saw the little scratches all over his bare chest. Jungkook himself had to admit they were a bit unpleasant to look at. He hadn't even noticed most of them before. But before he could think any further, he felt something get sprinkled over his injuries which made him inhale sharply as he felt a ticklish sensation take over.

"This is yarrow powder, it is excellent for healing bleeding, even small bleeding. I advise you to avoid covering up your chest for the night as the effects would not be as far-reaching. I believe these cuts will heal completely in only few days, now, let us take a look at your back," the crown prince explained calmly as the brunette changed his position and turned around silently. Jungkook had to say, he felt like he was getting treated by a doctor. A very beautiful doctor. Taehyung surely knew what he was doing, even without any first-hand experience. In that moment, he felt a little fond of him.

To see the rest of the injuries, Taehyung freed the younger's arms and complete upper body of the fabric and gasped as he saw a huge gash all over his entire back, gleaming in lovely reddish colours. "I will have to rinse that," he mumbled, reaching towards his completely golden and huger-than-average bedside table to grab a delicate porcellain bowl and cup his hand for the crystal-clear water within. Also grabbing a handkerchief that looked too precious to use just like everything else in this room, he soaked it in the liquid.

"Do not jump, this might sting," he warned before dabbing the gash with the soaked and icy cold handkerchief, Jungkook flinching at the sudden wet and slightly stingy cold, however, he couldn't help but feel a tad refreshed and soothed by the freezing water. He also couldn't help but notice how soft the other's hands were, one supporting his shoulder and the other rinsing the wound carefully, his touch was gentle, so very gentle...

When he had finished rinsing the wound, Taehyung applied another huge portion of yarrow and blew it softly to soothe the pain, something he had seen nurses do when he'd been a child and his brother Namjoon had fallen off his horse and injured his knee. And Jungkook couldn't help but subconsciously smile, perhaps enjoying this a little more than he should. "You know, for someone with zero experience you're pretty damn good at this," he commented with a little grin.

The prince felt his heart swell by getting complimented and bit his lower lip in order to prevent himself from smiling, now applying a huge dressing and steadying it with bandages to let the wound heal overnight. "When I was a little boy, I escaped my guards' clutches nearly every day to observe the physicians nurse soldiers back to health. Things were rough for Elysium to those times, our men returned to the palace littered with battle scars and bloody wounds." Jungkook blinked.

"Why, what happened?," he asked, peeking over his own shoulder to see a concentrated Taehyung wrap the thin bandages around his entire torso. "Will you please not move? I need to secure these bandages tightly as I do not want them to loosen during the night." He looked up into the brunette's eyes and glared once again. "Elysium has not always been so charming. When my little sister was conceived, war and terror started ruling these walls. Other kingdoms wished to take over this fine castle and if our loyal allies would not have helped us, this kingdom might have ended up in ruins," he then continued in a calm tone.

"There are more kingdoms? How did no one ever notice any of them?" Taehyung smiled a little, finally tying up the bandages. "Because you commoners do not know where to look. Of course there are more, among the woods, hidden between the mountains. Of course, Elysium just so happens to be the biggest. In Korea, there are seven in total. And that includes the North. But we do not associate with the North. Most of them are barbarians." Jungkook looked impressed.

"Woah. I actually can't believe it. Kingdoms and royal families. Here. It's just like in a Disney movie." The prince's eyebrows furrowed.
"Disney movie?," he questioned, as if Disney movies were the most bizarre things to exist on earth.

The brunette chuckled. "You guys don't happen to have a DVD player, do you?" He chuckled again when he saw the face of the ethereal male morph into one of even bigger confusion. "Never mind. Just like you people, us commoners also have our traditions. Many of us love watching movies of fairytales or just stories, played by actors and shown on screens. It's how we grew up. They're pretty fun, I'd show you if I were home and I had my TV." His smile dropped all of a sudden, remembering that he might never go home again.

He thought of his mother and father, his aunt and uncle, his cousins- how much they'd miss him. Furthermore, he thought of Yugyeom and Yoongi and other schoolmates, they must be wondering where he was. They probably thought the worst: him getting attacked and eaten by a wild boar, him accidentally having knocked himself into a coma heavily injured, perhaps. What if they thought he had died?

Little did they all know he was actually getting his injuries treated by a beautiful, blueberry-haired royal crown prince while sitting on the softest canopy bed that any human would die to sleep in, talking about Disney movies and hidden kingdoms within Korea.

"I have finished. Please try not to move too much, or the wound might rip open again. How are your legs? Do they hurt?" The brunette grimaced, thinking of his poor ankle.
"I think I twisted my ankle and my knees are hella bruised. But I can live with it, you don't need to treat them, too." However, Taehyung looked disconcerted.

"I insist! If not treated, you could be in pain for a long time or make it even worse," he persisted, but Jungkook shook his head calmly, turning around again to face the other.
"Nah, it's okay. The ankle got a little better, after all. If it gets worse tomorrow, I'll tell you. And I'm a motorcyclist, bruised knees are nothing to fuss over." Taehyung's eyebrows furrowed.

"A motor... what?" The younger laughed fondly, actually finding the prince's inability to understand things that were perfectly normal to him quite adorable.
"A motorcyclist. Not much to it, you just ride a motorcycle. Or motorbike, whatever you wanna call it. It's like riding a horse, just much faster and on wheels with a motor," he explained.

"Wheels... Like in a carriage? And how exactly would a motor work?," the blue-haired male questioned sternly, thinking it through thoroughly.
"The wheels are made of aluminium and they have rubber tires, you don't have wooden ones like in horse carriages. And please don't ask me how motors work, I have no idea. I suck at chemistry. But you could see it as some kind of force that makes you move very rapidly while you sit. And if you're a beginner, you could lose control and crash into something. When I was a beginner, I got hurt all the time, my knees and elbows were bruised constantly."

Taehyung, who was listening very concentratedly, scrunched his nose. "How very horrible that sounds! A force that makes me move very rapidly while I sit? And the chance of crashing and hurting myself? Without my lovely horses' reassurance, I would not dare let myself get transported anywhere. I simply would be too frightened."

"It's fun once you get the hang of it, though. But yeah, I can tell you'd be scared. You seem like the type to freak out and shy away from all that stuff." Now, Taehyung looked thoroughly offended.
"I beg your pardon? Are you calling me a coward? I can be very courageous if I want to!," he protested.

"No offense, but you do seem a little prudish. Shit, I'd love to see you on a motorbike. That'd be a fun thing to see." The crown prince huffed and crossed his arms in front of his chest, turning away from him.

"I am not prudish! I am certain I would handle a motor...thing much better than you do! And I advise you to go to sleep now, you have a long day ahead tomorrow." Jungkook silently laughed, trying not to make a sound.

He then tapped the other's shoulder. "Hey, Taehyung. You do realize I've got nowhere to sleep?" The prince whipped around, glaring at him once again.
"Jimin will return with a mattress and some blankets that shall be appropriate for you. And do not call me by name. Servants only refer to me as 'Your Majesty', 'Your Grace' or 'Prince Taehyung' at least. You shall remember that if you do not wish to be suspected."

Jungkook formed an 'O' with his mouth, taken aback at the prince's fierce temper.

Damn, he thought when Taehyung had turned around again. He has a bed so big it could literally fit ten kids inside it and he still makes me sleep on the floor.

Rude much?

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(A/N: shdjjsks hi guys not me needing 2100+ words for one scene like wow girl🤡

butter hit #1 on bb100 again!💛 i'm so proud of us, let's keep going and keep it there for a while uwuwu bts out here making new history every single day istg i'm hella proud🥺

tomorrow is my first day back at irl school since a while and i have a spanish test tomorrow and i need to drink some coffee and study after washing my hair shfjjss anyways thank you lots for reading and i love you y'all are beautiful💜💜 )