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"we think it's someone from inside" mr. lee says with a frown, glaring at the pictures on the table. the queen sighs exasperatedly, bringing a hand up to her temple. "for now, we have to make sure these pictures doesn't get leaked to the media" mr. lee nods, standing up from his seat before bowing and making his leave.

jungkook sets the pictures down, feels the fire in his veins as he glares up at mr. lee unintentionally, "who could have done this? thailand paparazzi?" he seethes questioningly, hands clenched into a fist. "i don't think so, crown prince. if so, they wouldn't have sent the pictures first, they would have asked for a ransom therefore i don't think it's anything related to the people of thailand" the old man explains, taking the pictures away from jungkook before excusing himself, wanting to burn the pictures away before anyone else sees it.

jimin walks up the stairs, yugyeom and bambam walking past him which made him stopped, glancing over at both males who turned away when caught staring at jimin. "he looks sad today" he hears bambam say to yugyeom and jimin sighs, entering his own classroom, not wanting to have an encounter with any of jungkook's friends. the said male isn't attending school today, due to the rumors about him and yugyeom, he would have to explain himself to the king and queen at their domain and also make up an apology speech for all the drama caused to the media.

jimin screams mentally when seokjin starts chattering about recent events, hoseok and namjoon adding and he honestly feels guilty that he can't register anything that is being said by his friends although they should noticed his mood seeing how he's just zeroing on the wall instead of listening to them.

"can you guys stop talking for like a fucking minute?" yoongi suddenly says, catching jimin's attention as he snaps from his daze, blinking at yoongi when the said male gives him a small smile, turning to look blankly at the other three, "sorry to break this out but jimin here probably didn't catcth anything you all were saying, he's kinda out of it today, if you guys can't tell, which you obviously can't considering how you guys can't shut the fuck up for the love of god"

"i'm sorry, i just want to be alone" jimin smiles, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes and that made his friends look at him worriedly as he gets out from his seat and step out from the class, thankful that the teacher isn't in yet but not realising that a person followed him out.

it's when he stop walking as he enters a quiet hallway that he realises someone is behind him, turning around to meet crestfallen dark orbs looking at him, stopping in his tracks as well. jimin's shoulder drops, leaning against the wall in front of taehyung as he plays with the hem of his sweater, both of them silent for a while.

"are you not going to talk to me anymore?" taehyung slowly asks, hesitation in his voice as if he didn't want to know the answer but he looks over at jimin, the crown prince not once turning to look at him which made his heart clench harder.

"it's hard to be like how we used to be now, uncomfortable, i mean" jimin mutters out after a few seconds, closing his eyes as his leans his head to the side. "are you hurt because of what i said?"

"i've said harsher things to you" jimin hears taehyung's footsteps, the male walking closer to stand beside jimin, keeping a distance between them, "maybe i took it too far, but if i didn't tell you, you wouldn't have known"

jimin shifts slightly, looking down as he bites his bottom lip anxiously, "why do you like me?" taehyung smiles sadly, tilting his head to the side, "you told me you felt bad for jungkook at first, and then you understood him, learned to know him, and then you fell for him, didn't you?" jimin hums, nodding his head a little and taehyung lets out a breath, "well it's the same for me. after i know you, i worry about you. . . i miss you, and now it hurts"

"taehyung-"

"you gave me a hand, when no one did" his words made jimin's breath hitch a little, tripping over his thoughts, "that's because you're a friend" the blonde smiles, turning jimin around so that the latter can face him, "i'm sorry, but i can't accept you" jimin mumbles out, a pout pushing out his lips when taehyung laughs softly, even if it still sounds heartbroken, "i never asked you accept me, jimin-ah. i never asked for your feelings to come to me, i just don't want you to push me away, i don't want you to ignore me, as if i'm not here"

"but you'll get hurt. i don't want you to get hurt because of me" taehyung lets his hands fall to the side, looking to the side, "if you push me away, i will get hurt. so please, don't" jimin feels the tears stinging his eyes, he can't do this, seriously, everything feels so heavy right now and here is taehyung, bearing his heart open for him and he can't even return the feelings back because his heart, it belongs to someone else.

"i won't express my feelings for you anymore, so i just want to stay as friends with you" the male concluded, trying to lift the atmosphere and jimin finally twists his body to fully look at the blonde, "i don't think you feelings will fade away quickly, but i'm happy you're here with me, when i'm sad or happy or alone" a sincere smile paints across the prince's lips, and laughs when he hears taehyung's sigh of relief, making a funny face to keep the smile on jimin's features.

"should we skip school?" he asks and jimin tilts his head in confusion, "you like you're going to cry" was taehyung's only reply before the silver haired was being dragged by the male, hands locking together as they walked out of the school, entering taehyung's car before driving off, the adrenaline slowly pumping in.

they stopped by the han river, standing away from the eyes of the public in a patch of grass as the wind blows harshly, the sounds of cars driving and birds flying across being heard as they stood there, looking at the view. "you ready?" taehyung counts down to three and they scream, jimin screaming to his heart's contents, wishing that all this heart ache would go away by the scream he's letting out but his heart still hurts the same, not realising he's bursting into tears just as he finished, looking away from taehyung and the blonde lets him cry, knows he's bottled up his feelings way too long and knew he needed the shout.

when he hears jimin's sobs becoming louder, he pulls the silver haired into his chest, letting jimin cry into his shoulder, hears a mantra of 'he's so mean' and 'i hate him' repeatedly fall out of jimin's lips, voice muffled by his hiccups, trying to wipe his tears away harshly with his hands but the tears won't stop, he's held on to it for too long, the pain feels more unbearable now.

"i'm sorry i can't do anything for you" taehyung whispers, rubbing jimin's back soothingly, calming the male down slowly. jimin's cries simmers down, hiccuping here and there but taehyung lets him, doesn't stop him and just holds him till he stops, till he feels better. i will wait until your feelings come to me.

taehyung brings him to a carnival, an attempt to lift jimin's sad demeanor and wipe the frown off his face and it works because after a few rides and playing at the booths put up there, the male is laughing again, hurling himself forward as he laughs, eyes curving into crescents, taehyung laughing as well, heart bursting in his chest.

"this is a proposal project by the goverment under the educational cultural organations. and then this is the record. . .your highness, you seem restless, should i stop for awhile and make you herbal tea?" jungkook snaps from his daze, looking down his phone to find nothing and clenches his jaw, "no it's okay, carry on mr. lee" as soon as the older starts talking again, jungkook picks up his phone for the umpteenth time, throwing the iphone on top of the table when he doesn't see any calls.

mr. lee startles, looking at the phone and then to jungkook with wide eyes, the prince looking up at him before turning away, asking him to continue with his talk.

"we should go home now" it's past evening and the sky is getting darker, jimin breathes in deeply, "you should go first, i'll go back on my own"

"why?"

"the last time we went to the forest, we got into trouble so i'll just go back myself" taehyung gives him a quizzical look, "you sure you'll be alright?" jimin rolls his eyes and pushes the male away, waving him off and walks away, taking a stroll alone to clear his mind as taehyung leaves.

"we have tell the others now, mr. lee" kihyun stresses, pacing through the hallway worriedly, "lets wait for awhile"

"what if something happened to him?" kihyun's eyes crosses and jungkook walks into the room, startling his servants, "what is wrong?" he asks with a gruff voice, getting closer to them, "your highness" kihyun darts his eyes to the floor, hands crossing in front of him as he doesn't dare to answer the question.

"i asked what's wrong, mr. lee?" the said male bows his head, "i'm sorry your highness but we haven't been able to get in contact with the crown prince"

"since when?" jungkook takes his phone out, checking time before looking back up at the old man expectantly, "since awhile now"

"don't tell the elders yet" both male bows, jungkook walking out from the hall with rushed steps, pressing his phone to his ear as he walks to the porch, the person answering on the third ring.

"i need you to come to the palace, taehyung" was all the black haired curtly says before ending the call, running a hand through his hair as his brows furrows together.

"where the hell are you jimin?"

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