Water ripples, to the stones fell on it....
To create a beautiful chime....
And not shroud away....

Moon festival's ending ceremony, embarked Taehyung's sixteenth Birthday, his coronation was nearly two years away now.....

Kim Taehyung was gazing down on his reflection in the cold water as his feet dangled upon it.

The water sending calming sensations through out his whole being.

He looked to his side to witness Hoseok looking at him with a sweet smile on his pink lips.

Taehyung's pale lips opened to utter something, but soon closed again.

"I do not wish to be the king...", the young prince murmured.

The smile on the Paladin's face faded, only for it to be replaced by a shining glitter in his almond eyes.

"Your highness, you are scared..?",He asked carefully not to make the prince uncomfortable. He looked at his own scarred hands, the other's eyes following his actions.

"These must have hurt, right..?", Taehyung asked in an inaudible small voice, as if he was the one who felt the pain.

The other shook his head slowly and turned to face the prince.

"You can share, whatever you feel",Hoseok reassuringly said while trying to smile through his painful eyes.

"I may know what you feel better than anyone", Hoseok gave him a tight lipped smile and looked down onto the water.

"What was your story...?", The prince asked with a frail voice while looking ahead.

"Something similar....
I was born into the family of warriors....
I was destined to serve the royal reign...
to serve the heir......
I was not allowed to have any dreams of my own....
Not allowed to feel anything...
except than the loyalty to the throne. It was my destiny......
my fate.....",
He shook his head and looked into the enchanting green orbs of the prince.

"Are you happy....being the way fate decided for you...?",Taehyung looked at the always strong looking Paladin, looking almost vulnerable and weak in front of him. He looked like a child with fears and dreams.

These words, made Hoseok's eyes filled with unshed tears. He wiped his eyes harshly with his scarred hands and nodded while his eyes followed the current of the water.

"Now i have a reason to be happy...only for a while of happiness is enough in my life", He said as if he was talking about something precious to him, something beautiful.

And then he gazed at the prince, his head feeling light to see Taehyung in front of him. His saviour, His happiness.

'Its you, my happiness...i wish I could say it but I am a coward'

"I am glad seokie...", Taehyung hummed and looked at the clear blue sky above him. The free sky, without boundaries and responsibilities....

'I want to find my happiness as well seokie...i wounder where it is'

"Comander Park! what are we doing here?!", General Min whisper yelled to the Short boy trying to climb up the palace walls.

"Hush!!! Call me Jimin xiānsheng* Yoongi, we cannot let them know our real identities", Jimin said while hanging on the wall half way up.

'yoongi..?' Yoongi grinned upon hearing his own name and became cherry red.

"Come up now!",Jimin said as he landed on the other side of the horse stable of the palace.

"Ah, Climbing up this instant!",Yoongi shook his head and climbed the twenty ft tall wall.

"Okay! Let us find out who that boy was!", Jimin nodded to Yoongi who replied back with a nod as well.

"Who told you he would be here..?", Yoongi whispered in Jimin's ear suddenly.

"Aish, stop scaring me xiānsheng!!",
Jimin hit Yoongi on the arm. he looked up from under the table under which the two were hiding.

"Ouch, that hurt....so what is it?!",Yoongi hissed.

"He could be a servant here...my sources told me he entered the palace with another guy"

"Oh.....well then shall we get out of this place first...? ", Yoongi suggested as he slipped past the guy who was trying to look up.

" What do you think you're doing..?!", Jimin seethed his teeth and raised his eyebrows.

WATCH ME , yoongi signaled using sign language.

Jimin was unsure as to nod or drag him back under the table. However, he decided to let the General show his talents.

Both of them sneaked past a few servants while holding huge baskets full of fruits.

They moved swiftly out of the Royal kitchen while looking for the green eyed person they were assigned to find about.

And then after three hours in palace while pretending to clean the floor of the corridors both of them, saw the man accompanying the boy the other day.

"That is him", jimin cleared his throat and followed him with his eyes.

"His built body makes him fit to be a gaurd or even a royal paladin.....are you sure he was with that boy..? ",Yoongi said while washing his hands from the Fountain on the side.

"Probably that is him, Yes....let us be discrete ", both nodded at each other and followed the man secretly.

The chambers they were heading to had a lot of security and many soldiers bowed to the man as well.

HE IS NOT A COMMON FISH, yoongi signaled again.

Jimin frowned and decided to play a gamble.

LETS GO TO THE CHAMBERS THROUGH THE BALCONY...

YOU ARE CRAZY COMMANDER...?!

THAT IS A ONCE IN A MILLION CHANCE TO ACTUALLY FIND THAT BOY....!

FINE, Yoongi sighed and gulped as he looked at the height of the corridor they were on.

WE CAN DO IT XIĀNSHENG!!

FINE ALRIGHT

And that was how both of them were hanging on a railing made of slippery marble, 50 ft above ground.

"Do you see anything", yoongi asked as jimin stood on his knee.

"Yes! That man is talking to someone..but i am not able to see their face ", Jimin whispered as he tried to stand on his toes.

"Looks like that person has blonde hair....", Jimin's ears perked up as he said his next words.

" This voice..!"

Both of them looked at each other and their faces brightened up.

"That boy is the Prince..!", Both said in unison.

But due to the excitement, they spoke a little louder than what they should have, attracting the attention of the two inside the room.

"Who is there?", Hoseok asked as he bared his sword and moved towards the balcony.

"On the count of three, Jump!", Yoongi told Jimin and both let go of the railing they were hanging onto.

Both of them Falling onto the flower bed underneath the prince's Garden about fifty ft. Below.

Hoseok saw Jimin's face and their eyes met while the other pulled over the cloak he was wearing and despite all the shouts and warnings both of them ran out of there.

Finally, escaping by jumping off the walls of the fortress, with Soldiers behind them.

Both ran endlessly, until they reached the market.

"Where did they go?", One of the soldiers spoke.

The two of them got mixed up in the crowded market and escaped swiftly.

The Pedishan warriors are often one of the finest spies on the continent.

No wonder both of them casually went to the prince's chambers and snuck out without a trace.

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*Xiānsheng
Xiansheng was a courtesy title for a man of respected stature. Middle Chinese pronunciation of this term may have been *senʃaŋ or *sienʃaŋ.

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