Since it was quite late at night Jungkook had to keep his steps quiet as he walked down the hallway in search for Taehyung, the pile of documents stacked in his hand making him only more and more anxious.

The Prince already checked the guest room, the gym, the game room, and practically everywhere in the Castle for him. Well besides the kitchen which he was heading to right now.

He tried to keep being in a good mood, but it was so hard after hearing what his father told him. He mentally could not be separated from another person he loved again. It would kill him.

A soft smile appeared on Jungkook's face once he noticed a small light on in the kitchen, meaning someone was in there and who else besides Taehyung would be in the kitchen so late. Adding on to the sad smile, the younger also quietly giggled when he saw the black haired struggling to take a cookie sheet out of the oven. 

"Kook!" Taehyung whisper-exclaimed once he saw the said male in the entry way after turning around, not noticing how sad he looked before turning back around to set the heated cookie sheet down.

"What are you making?" Jungkook sweetly asked as he made his way over to the latter, trying to hide the worry in his voice. 

"Late night cookies!" Taehyung excitedly whispered while pointing to the three cookies. "These two are for us, and this small one is for Pete." 

The Prince only nodded in response as he kept watching the older pace around the kitchen in order to prepare the dessert.

"Speaking of Pete, I haven't seen him lately. Have you?" 

Taehyung was expecting some sarcastic answer from Jungkook, but when he got no response he became confused. He turned around to face the said male who was only longingly looking at the older.

"Kook?" Taehyung worriedly questioned. 

The said male quickly blinked his eyes and placed a fake smile on his face to not worry the black haired. "Sorry, I was thinking about something.."

As he was not worried anymore, Taehyung replaced his frown with a smile as well and turned back to face the cookies. "Well stop thinking about that and start thinking about this." He said as he handed Jungkook's free hand a cookie. He didn't bother to ask about all of the papers he was holding since he thought it wasn't any of his business. 

The younger sadly smiled while staring at the treat, his mind still running in circles on how to fix this. He has grown so attached to Taehyung that he knew he wouldn't last without him. 

"Now we just have to find Pete and then we can all happily eat cookies together." 

"Hey, how about we go to the table in the garden? He might show up there."  Jungkook suggested, wanting to be able to sit down to talk about all of what he's learned.

"Okay!" The older exclaimed, obviously excited about everything. Again he didn't know what was going to happen which upset the Prince because he wanted Taehyung to keep the same amount of happiness forever.

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Taehyung smiled while setting the three plates down on the table located in the garden under the night sky. After the said male sat down, Jungkook sat down as well and placed the documents onto his lap.

"Pete!" The older yelled into the sky, really confused on where the dove was. "Me and kook are having cookies! I made one for you!"

Jungkook still found it so cute how much Taehyung loved that bird, even though it still made him jealous which he hated. The latter raised a brow once the dove didn't come flying over to them.

"He'll show up later." Taehyung said before taking a bite out of his cookie. "Look it's a full moon!"

The Prince didn't move a muscle because he was still so lost in thought. All he did was subconsciously watch the elder happily smile while munching on his dessert and looking at the moon.

"Hey why aren't you eating?" The latter asked before looking up into Jungkook's eyes, his smile quickly dropping.

"Kook why are you crying..?"

"S-sorry." Jungkook apologized as he wiped the tears away from his eyes. He didn't even realize he was crying until Taehyung pointed it out.

The older pushed his plate aside so he could focus on the Prince, softening his eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Ah n-nothing, I'm fine." He lied because he really did not want to bring up the subject. "I know you're not okay Jungkook, please tell me." Taehyung persisted.

Sighing the said male sniffled his nose before reaching into his lap and picking up the stack of papers, staring at it while talking.

"You don't want to be a King, do you?" 

The question startled Taehyung a bit, confused on why he was asked that. 

"Why are you asking that?" He questioned before Jungkook handed him the stack of papers, letting himself cry again as the black haired scanned over the papers.

"I have to become King soon.." The younger started. Taehyung didn't understand why he was crying over that. "That's great Jungkook! Why are you-"

"Meaning I have to study abroad so I'm not 'distracted' until I am ready."

Taehyung's smile dropped as well, that is until he had a 'brilliant' idea. "I can come with you! I can help you study!"

Jungkook really wished that were the case, if it were he wouldn't be crying right now. He wouldn't even hesitate to travel somewhere with Taehyung and take a break from royalty with him.

"But that's the thing, y-you can't." He told, causing many questions to bubble up in the elders brain.

"According to my dad, you're a distraction to me. He said if you want to become King beside me in the future, you'd have to travel and study abroad too until you're ready which could be many.. many years. And if you didn't-" He paused.

"Then what?" Taehyung worriedly questioned. He didn't like the direction this was going at all. 

Jungkook looked the older with tears in his eyes before looking back down at the table making Taehyung feel like breaking down as well. He hated when the Prince couldn't look at him.

"Then I'd have to leave you and find someone else.."

The black haired males whole face, body, and heart dropped once he heard those words come out of the Prince's mouth. Jungkook was still trying to wipe all of his tears away while staring at the table. 

Everything was silent for a while, the only noise being the youngers quiet sobs while Taehyung had wide eyes and a heavy heart. 

Taehyung had no experience being a royal, he didn't even want to think about how long it would take him to learn all of the rules and policies of being a King. He wasn't even a Prince. But he didn't want Jungkook to leave him either.

"I hate being a Prince." Jungkook cried, out of anger hitting the plate off the table and onto the ground causing it to shatter into pieces. Taehyung shuttered at the sound while watching the younger rest his head into his arms. "W-why can't I just be a normal p-person, everything would be s-so much easier."

"Kook.." The older mumbled, rushing over to the said males side and wrapping his arms around the youngers shoulder. Taehyung was pulled into a hug seconds later, sitting on Jungkook's lap as they both comforted each other.

"I-I can't leave you T-tae.. I can't find another p-person you're the only person I w-want." He stuttered while holding onto the black haired for dear life. "You make me a g-good person and without you I'm going to l-lose all of my emotion again, I l-love you too much."

Taehyung was on the verge of crying as well. He had no clue what to say or do since everything seemed to be falling apart once again. He couldn't be without Jungkook either, he hasn't felt this loved ever and it was what was keeping him alive.

Just as a tear was about to slip from the elders eyes, another idea came into his mind. But this was a better idea than the last. He pulled away from the hug and looked right through Jungkook's water-filled eyes, softly smiling at the said male before speaking.

"What if we ran away?"

bye im literally such a hopeless romantic 😩😩😩 

anyways i hope you liked this chapter! I'll update soon i lof you guys <33333