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"Should I be worried that I have been invited for a lunch with you, your highness?" Minister Han spoke soon as he entered the room he had prepared for them to dine.

"You can," He replied, "but knowing your age I would suggest you to not, minister Han"

The smug smirk painted across the minister's lips fell with the king's reply before he wordlessly walked over to sit across him, an array of diverse meals on the table seperating them.

He signalled him to enjoy the meal while picking at his own, having no appetite to enjoy a meal now. A short nap with a tragic nightmare, only ended up with a severe headache to the exhaustion. But duty calls.

"You seem to be troubled, your highness," The minister asked, swallowing another bite.

"Minister Han, what do you think is more essential for a soldier? Potential or rank?" Taehyung asked, predicting his answer.

"Rank, of course," Came his expected reply, "You wouldn't know of an Alpha's anger, would you, your highness? "

"Indeed not," He replied curtly, biting at his tongue.

"But I am sure neither that, nor this delicious meal is the reason for me to get invited, am I right, my king?"

"Have you ever been wrong, Minister?" He questioned back, hoping a little boost to his ego might make this task easier.

"Tell that to your little minions too," The minister gritted, making him fist his hands hard enough to leave indents when he breathed out a small 'sure' in reply.

"Well, Minister, lately it came to my concern that there is an increased rogue activity at the borders and frequent attacks within the territory," He began, wishing on moon for this to go well, "I invited you to ask approval for a special task force with an alpha at it's lead to prevent anymore such happenings and ensure safety within the clan. What do you think of this?"

"Well, you seemed to have considered that it needs an alpha to lead," The minister commented, munching on the gimbap. "I assume it's Min hyung whom you spoke of so proceed, my king"

"Well, you see, Minister Han," He drawled, "Min hyung has been busy with border patrols, and so is Ryejin. Jang wook, has been entrusted by me to spy on the rest of the clans to check if they are facing such similar incidents of frequent rogue attacks"

"Your point?" The minister raised a brow at him, placing the spoonful of food aside.

"Jung hyuk seems to be quite capable to me," He articulated, "And I-"

"Don't you know the difference between an alpha and a monster!?" The minister interrupted, outraged.

"Mind your tongue, minister Han," Taehyung gravely replied, feeling fire erupt neath his skin. "I don't support such ill-discipline. I hope minister Lee was just enough of an example"

"Now you are defending a rog-"

"I am sure I proved and quite publicly declared of his identity, Minister"

"Whatever," The minister scowled, "But with how he beat Min hyung up, you should know his identity is the last thing you should care about"

"I serve my people, and I know what I should care about the most, Minister Han"

"From all that I know, all you care about is that petty intruder"

"I asked your approval doesn't mean I need it to lay down my orders, " Taehyung warned, "I am sure you're aware of that yourself, Minister"

"You know nothing of intruders and their intentions!" The minister bellowed, "They lie through their teeth without a second thought and you- You'd never know!"

"You have found them all out till now," Jung hyuk smiled, "Won't you if I repeat?"

"I will take responsibility, if that were to be true, Minister," He offered, running the alpha's words through his head.

"And!? " The senior alpha questioned, raising his brows further, "What if the harm is already done!? "

I won't let it, I promise.

"I won't let it, I promise"

"An alpha! Also a rogue!" The minister cried out, "you aren't capable to not let it, my king! There are reasons why-"

"You keep insisting on your false accusations on him?" Taehyung piped in, done with calculated words and prudent talks. "Enlighten me, Minister"

"An intruder, a suspected rogue, a brutal mons-fighter, impudent and brash! Do you want me enlighten you more, my king?"

"A rogue won't kill one of their own kind but he killed four of them right before his arrival here and numerous of them right before my eyes," Taehyung reasoned, "Now why shouldn't I recruit an alpha with potential, minister Han?"

"Because he is potentially capable of harm!"

"I said I would take care to let no such mishappening occur," Taehyung gritted out.

"You can't stand a chance against that monste-"

"You can leave, minister"

"What?" The minister whispered, offended.

"I said, you can leave, minister"

"You! I- I would make sure to not allow that monster in my land! He is a monster, so are you to allow him-"

"I said, Get out!"

"You'd pay for all of this, Kim Taehyung," The minister snickered walking up to the exit," Just because you're the son of Seok ho, you got it all on a platter, else, you are like any other omega too! Remember that" With that, he stormed off.

Taehyung collapsed on his seat soon as the minister left, knees giving up their stance the next moment. He knew not when he stood up to take a seat, but with how it ached all over he concluded it was longer than necessary. His head hurt, the dull ache all over contrasting his blood boiling beneath.

He decided he was sleep deprived, despite waking up late knowing not when he slept. So, sighing heavily he dragged himself back to his chambers.

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"Are you alright, my king?" It was Jung hyuk.

"No, am not"

"Why! Are you h-"

"Because of you," Taehyung replied, turning to him. It wasn't a lie, nor a complete truth. But now he was just too tired to calculate how much of both.

"I? What did I do, my king?"

"What happened last night? Why don't I remember anything? What happened to the rogues?" They tumbled past his lips, tired of having stayed hidden there for long, "And how did I end up in my chamber, when I was out there sparring rogue-"

"My king?" Jung hyuk quietly asked, interrupting his rant, "what are you? "

"Huh? "

"What are you, your highness? " Jung hyuk repeated, walking towards him.

"I don't know what you're talking ab-"

"You said, you're an anomaly. But how does that justify your purple eyes-"

"P-purple? "

The anger from the minister's words hadn't worn off, when he felt the fire return. Only much stronger now.

"You had purple eyes," Jung hyuk whispered, like if he were to talk any louder it would break him, The Kim Taehyung.

"I still am clueless of what you're speak-"

"And you were so angry, Taehyung, " His name sounded good on his lips.

"A-angry? I was angr-"

"You were livid, " There was just an arm length distance between them now. But neither cared, too caught up wandering the other's forbidden lands.

" L-livid? W-why?"

" I wish I knew, but you were so angry, Taehyung," Jung hyuk repeated, his whisper going quieter, "You threw a rogue to the ground. Countless times. And nothing I did could stop you, my king-"

"Why?" Taehyung asked, barely a whisper with the wind. Slowly inching back wards, afraid the fire burning his skin would sting the alpha too.

"I don't know, your highness," He shook his head before mumbling a small yet sincere "sorry"

"But -I, are you lying again, Jung hyuk?" Taehyung asked, halting on his steps.

"I could have, but I won't lie about you to yourself, my king" Jung hyuk replied, locking eyes with him, "My lies are to protect you. From myself"

"But I don't do things like you said when I am angry," Taehyung reasoned, shaking his head, edging backwards to the wall. "I-i... I walk away"

"But last night you didn't"

"I- I refuse to believe, " He ruled out, wincing as the cold wall came in contact with his sweaty nape. The fire in him fumed; rising up to tides, he could only fathom whose heights.

"You didn't walk away, my king, " Jung hyuk spoke, as if calculating his words. He just stood where he did when they were about an arm length's distance, as if he knew that the fire burning Taehyung alive would sting him if he came any closer too. "Last night, you lost control"

The fire erupted, losing control.

" I lost control!? " He snickered, the scorching hot of the fire scalding his insides, " And who are you to say that? "

"After all, it's all because of you that I did, " Taehyung snickered, his words tasting foreign on his tongue and sounding oddly remote.

"I? What did I do, my king? "

The fire seared through his fingertips, burning wherever it travelled. And it burnt everywhere.

"What did you NOT!?" He heard himself asking or maybe yelling, "IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU I LOST CONTROL! IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AM LOSING CONTROL! IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I KNEW I HAD CONTROL! IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF YOU-because of you that now I don't, " What started in thunder ended with not even lightning, but a windless whisper.

"W-why?" The alpha's voice was a waverly murmur and Taehyung swore, his chambers was at a dearth for wind.

His skin burnt and tore at his insides, when something hot but oddly comforting fell on his cheek. They should be tears, because now he doubted if he had any control over them either.

"WHY!?" Why did he sound this angry, when he was just tired, "ANSWER ME, WHY!?"

"Tae-"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!? WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!? WHAT MORE LIES ARE YOU TO ANSWER ME!?" He yelled, the fire within swallowing him whole. "And how many more-how many more of them should I believe? "

"Taehyung? " From a murmur, it had now escalated to a loud whisper of worry. "Are you- are you alright? "

He gave a hearty chuckle, tears streaming down his cheeks. The fire within had turned unbearable, but still, no pain was new to Taehyung.

He was just about to walk away, like he always does when the mirror beside caught his eyes. Messy hair, tear streaks, a faint red painting his features and the horrific purple of his eyes. The beast in there looked back. And maybe it's fear or might it be fury, when the fire came back, burning everywhere it ached, and aching everywhere it burnt. He felt his tears fall, hot and comforting. But they felt more hot than comforting now.

He took slow steps towards the mirror and the figure in the mirror came closer too. Petrified, his tears fell harder. This shouldn't be him. He was abnormal, but he couldn't be this brute in the mirror. So he ran forward, smashing the mirror with a raging fist, breaking the figure in it to shatters. A satisfying laughter left his lips when his knuckles hurt and the pain felt cool, competing the internal inferno.

But the cold of the pain didn't last long, leaving him stranded with the fire engulfing him whole. So he punched the wall again awaiting the cool, but it came and went by in mere moments, not even a trice or so. So he tried punching the wall, again and again and again until-

A pair of strong, familiar arms held him from behind. And he felt his back hit a hard chest, the fire extinguishing without punching any more walls. He leaned back, breathing out, tears of respite raining down. The fire slowly washed off, leaving in wake the cool of the embracing chest heaving in tandem with his.

Wherever it once burnt, it ached now. And his blurred vision shut to an inviting dark. But the dark didn't last long either, a pair of purple eyes- petrifying and furious- flashing before them. And the longer he stared, he realised they were his own. So flinching, shrugging off the inviting arms, he turned around to be met with the pair of galaxies he had come to long.

They appeared glazed, like it was monsoon there and the stars were dripping wet.
He saw saline marks down that familiar cheeks, worried if the fire before would return to sting if he swipes his thumb down to wipe them off clear.
He saw those lips, pulled down to a frown, wondering why only the smirk or smile should be the only ones there to dance along.

But before he could find reasons for any of these, two callous but tender hands cupped around his cheeks. Holding him like he were a rain drop, afraid he would slip through the cracks if he left any at all. The alpha's grip was unyielding and warm. And when their eyes met, his galaxies let their monsoon crack through to let a few tears fall.

He was about to bring his thumb up to wipe those tears, when fear clouded if the fire would anytime soon return. He decided that if it didn't sting the alpha's palm to hold his cheeks, then neither would his fingers. So bringing a trembling arm up, he swiped his thumb over the tears, watching them wet his thumb instead. The tears felt cold, unlike the alpha's gaze.

The galaxies felt warmer today, despite the fire inside, moments ago ready to burn him whole. Safe, he felt safe. From the fire. From the fear. From the control. From the loss of it. From lies. From truths. Safe from the purple eyed Taehyung in the mirror, moments ago.

"Aren't you scared? " He asked, it was a low mumble. He still sounded remote and tasted foreign to his tongue, almost scared of himself. The Kim Taehyung.

"Of you? " Jung hyuk questioned back, like he always does.

"No, him," Taehyung then lifted a heavy trembling arm to point at the shattered mirror.

"It's also you," The alpha smiled, like he feared nothing, "so, no I don't"

A few moments of silence passed, when the purple haunted him, and the galaxies battled them.

"But I am," Taehyung finally mumbled, unsure if he was audible to the alpha.

"Why? " It seemed he was.

"That can't be me"

"Why not? "

"Because, I don't lose control, " It's like the reply switched something in him, maybe his rationale- because then he looked around, their decreased distance, the palms securing his cheeks, the shattered mirror and a cracked wall.

The alpha was probably calculating his reply, when he stood up, abruptly. His limbs felt heavier, but again, is any pain new to Taehyung?

He was just about to walk away, owning up to none of his actions, pushing back the purple eyed brute that's also Kim Taehyung, wiping tears like they weren't his, when a hand wrapped around his wrist. Callous and tender.

He didn't fight back. For unexplainable reasons, he didn't want to. But he didn't turn around. For inescapable reasons those galaxies won't let him to.

"Don't run, " Jung hyuk spoke, a convicted whisper.

"I have nowhere to, " He replied, and a sad smile accompanied.

"Then stay, your highness, " The alpha beseeched. He could without turning around say that the stars would be beaming at him expectantly now.

"I don't want to," He replied, feeling the warmth of the familiar callous palm slip through. So he ran, never looking back, from a purple eyed himself in the mirror and the monsoon galaxies of Jung hyuk.

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A/n: planned for a longer update then decided against~

Thanks a lot dandies! This book's almost gonna reach 4K and I have no idea how do y'all bare with my fluctuating style and literally senseless writing! Anyways *showers Korean hearts* y'alls r the best!

Ask the camera, and it would write pictures of you, inked in my love~

(Okay, that's kinda delulu butt-)

Hope u liked the read~

Bang bang con.... was.... like a visit to my hometown...
Now, I miss being home~