Y/N's POV

I woke up feeling warmer and a lot comfier than I usually do. At first I just blamed it on a good nights sleep in my new bed, before I realised that, either the duvet was really heavy or...

I forced myself to pry open my eyelids and looked down to find an arm draped over me.

I then let my eyes wander further back as I turned my head to look over my shoulder, my heart rate increasing with each passing second. However, my features softened and a small smile made its way onto my lips, at the peacefulness radiating from Jungkook behind me.

On one hand, it was cute that he had moved over to hug me in his sleep, on the other hand, he was almost suffocating me...

With the second thought in my mind I managed to gently grip his arm and shuffle it until it was no longer wrapped round me. He slowly flopped onto his back, before I followed suit and faced the ceiling with a deep sigh.

Jungkook suddenly made a small half-asleep groaning noise and I couldn't help but giggle, as he rolled back onto his side and his arm flopped back over my stomach as well as the new addition of one of his legs splaying over mine.

I twisted my body to face the sleeping form beside me and brushed his hair away from his forehead, before poking his nose, "Kookie~ Wake up~" I hummed quietly but he made no movement.

"Jungkook, you're heavy, get off you heffalump~" I mumbled a little louder with my croaky morning voice and shoved his chest a little.

"Five more minu..." he whispered and gripped me tighter, pulling my body almost flush against his shirtless chest and abs. I felt my cheeks reddening as heat rose to my face.

"J-Jungkook, cmon get up now, let go." I spoke clearer this time and tried to pry his arm off me but he still only emitted a muffled hum in response. Despite being asleep, he was still extremely strong, much stronger than me anyway.

His body heat was radiating onto my already warmed form, almost breaking me into a sweat as I struggled to breath under his suffocating grip and through the humid air.

I couldn't think of any way to escape without screaming and waking up the whole house... Until a stupid idea came to brain, but if he wasn't getting off, then maybe it was the only way.

I brought my face closer to his, with my still embarrassed red glow tinting my cheeks...

And harshly bit down on the side of his neck.

His eyes shot open and he yelped in surprise before shoving me away from him.

"N-Noona!" He gasped as he sat up away from me on the other side of the bed. I spread myself out and stretched freely on my side of the bed, ignoring his sleep ridden yet confused expression.

"Did you just... Bite me!?" He questioned with a hand to his neck and a red hue climbing up his neck to his cheeks. I giggled a little at his completely lost persona, the way he gently touched the teeth marks I'd left in his neck with a frown.

"You are a very deep sleeper, and apparently you have no respect for personal space." I grinned teasingly at him as he cocked his head to the side slightly, like a confused puppy.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you managed to roll over and suffocate me in your sleep, then refuse to get off or wake up no matter how hard I tried. So yes, I bit you." I smiled and sat up to stretch my arms above my head.

He blushed harder before chuckling with embarrassment, "oh... hah, sorry Y/N-Noona..." which only made me laugh harder, "It's fine Jungkookie, it was funny."

We were interrupted by a soft knocking on the door, which we both turned our heads towards upon hearing.

"Yes?" Jungkook called quietly and the door opened to reveal Taehyung who shuffled inside and shut the door before sitting on our bed.

"I don't know where everyone's gone..." he mumbled and cutely rubbed at his eyes with his baggy dark blue pyjama sleeves.

"What? Who's here?" I asked after he dropped his arms back into his crossed lap, "Nobody except us, I checked all their rooms as I made my way here, I thought everyone had gone and left me." He chuckled a little but I could hear the relief in his voice.

"So they're all gone? Hobi, Seungyeon, Jimin... Even Mrs.Park?" Jungkook questioned again and Taehyung just confirmed with a small nod, "Well I'm sure they'll be back soon, they wouldn't have literally left us..." I mumbled but I wasn't so sure.

I looked up to Taehyung and couldn't help but notice the way his eyes were scanning Jungkook's shirtless body, I couldn't blame him, but still smirked and raised an eyebrow as we caught eye contact. He coughed a little and looked away from me with a blush creeping up his cheeks.

"Sooo... What're you guys up to?" Tae asked after a moment of silence, I looked over to Jungkook who instinctively brought his hand up to the bite mark on his neck and I couldn't help but laugh.

"What?" The unaware newcomer questioned which only made me laugh harder, Jungkook looked both embarrassed and shocked at my laughter to begin with before he broke into a grin and started laughing with me.

"What seriously what happened was it something I said?" Taehyung asked with a grin and a chuckle while watching us both almost crying of laughter on the bed.

"Ani Hyung ani..." Jungkook managed to breathe out between laughs, "Don't worry Tae, all you need to know is Jungkook is an extremely deep sleeper, so good luck if you ever have to be the one to wake him up." I explained after our laughter had died down.

Tae raised a questioning eyebrow to Jungkook, "okaayyy... Thanks for the advice Y/N." He laughed a little before we regressed into another awkward silence.

Until my stomach broke it.

I was clearly hungry.

I blushed again as both boys looked at me, "maybe we should get breakfast?" Jungkook suggested, "but isn't it rude because it's not our house or our food?" I asked with a grip on my stomach that wouldn't shut up.

"No of course not, Chloris would want us to, if she were here." Tae replied and Jungkook nodded, so we all stood to make our way out the room. Jungkook stopped to grab a baggy white shirt and pull it over his head before we all went down the steps and into the kitchen.

"What should we eat...?" Jungkook asked us while looking through the cupboards, "Pancakes!" Tae squealed and pulled out pancake mix from one cupboard. I giggled at his childishness while getting a jug and a pan from another cupboard as Jungkook brought out the milk from the fridge.

Things were going pretty smoothly as I begun to pour the now ready mixture onto the pan for the first pancake, until of course Taehyung insisted on flipping it.

"I promise I've done this before, I had to for a pancake commercial once back in Fantasia. Sure it's been like 3 years but that's besides the point, it only took me like twelve tries the first time." He attempted to assure Jungkook and I but we were both still hiding on the other side of the breakfast bar.

As expected, he failed miserably.

The pancake flew and got stuck to the ceiling, until half of it ripped and fell down to the floor.

"Uh..." was all Tae managed as I sighed and stood up to clear up the splattered half cooked pancake off the floor.

However, I clearly didn't think it through, because as I stood up, the other half of the pancake fell and landed on my head.

I screamed and dropped the pancake pieces I was holding back onto the floor. There was a few seconds of silence until both of the boys burst out laughing.

I ripped the frying pan from Tae's hand and immediately started whacking him with it. He squealed and started to run away from me as I laughed and chased him through the house, the pancake still stuck to my head.

Suddenly, a pair of strong arms wrapped around me from behind and picked me up to spin me around, I was giggling and squealing until Jungkook finally placed me back on the floor.

He ripped a bit of the pancake from my head and put it in his mouth, "What a waste of a good pancake." He laughed. I grinned at him as I pulled the pancake off of my head, he frowned a little at the mischievous look I clearly had on my face in that moment but he had no time to react as I slammed the pancake into his face and smushed it around.

Taehyung had ventured back into the room by this point, only to burst out laughing once more. The pancake eventually fell from Jungkook's face onto the floor as we all stood in laughter.

Our ruckus was suddenly silenced by the sound of the front door opening. We all whipped our heads to face whoever was entering. Both Jimin and his mother walked through the door but came to an immediate halt as they looked at us all.

"Uh... Hi." Jungkook, who was still covered in pancake, lifted a hand slightly to wave awkwardly at the homeowner and her son.

Chloris suddenly burst out into laughter which made me release the tense breath I had been holding, and it seems everyone else present did the same thing.

"Y-You're not mad?" I asked quietly and she wiped her eyes a little, "No! Of course not! Jungkook! You look ridiculous! And Y/N! Is that pancake in your hair!? And on my ceiling! How the hell did you manage all this!?" She gasped out between her frantic laughter.

Jimin stood in the doorway with a confused frown on his face, "um, mother, are you okay?" He finally asked and the questioned woman nodded after her laughter had died down, "I'm great Jimin, I don't think I've laughed that hard in ages, now come on let's make some actual breakfast."

"I think I'll sit this one out, I'm not really hungry." Jimin mumbled and it was only then I noticed the slight puffiness of his eyes, either through lack of sleep or crying, or both..?

"No, Jimin, you will eat." His mother said rather sternly for a woman who had been almost crying of laughter just a few moments ago. She then proceeded to get a pre-made selection of breakfast buffet foods from the refrigerator and set them on the large table.

"Oh... sorry for making such a big mess, especially since you had clearly already prepared food..." I apologised to Chloris while using a mop Jungkook handed to me to clear up some pancake remains from the floor.

"Don't worry about it, as long as we all work together to clean it up after we eat then it's perfectly fine, here Y/N, come and eat now, we'll deal with that after." She beckoned to me after she had finished laying out the assortments of fruit and toast and pancakes and cereal onto her dining table.

"Thank you Chloris." I grinned and followed behind Jungkook over to the table, Taehyung and Jimin were already seated on opposite sides. Jungkook took the seat beside Taehyung, leaving me the seat beside Jimin.

I tried to smile at him as I took a seat but he remained facing forward, staring at his empty plate, almost emotionless.

What happened for this sudden overnight change in behaviour...? Come to think of it... If only Chloris and Jimin returned, where are Hoseok and Seungyeon...?

"Uh, if you don't mind me asking, how come everyone except us three was just... gone, this morning?" Taehyung piped up as he moved a few pancakes onto his plate.

"Well I suppose I should explain that Hoseok and Seungyeon have returned to the Capital." Chloris began to explain and I looked up in shock, "why would Hoseok leave without saying goodbye?"

"Mother can we please not discuss this now." Jimin finally looked up from his plate only to stare coldly at his mother in an almost threatening way.

"Jimin would you please eat." Was her only response. The boy scoffed slightly before grabbing a slice of bread and leaving the table in a huff.

Taehyung continued to eat, somehow ignoring the whole scene. Jungkook sat awkwardly with wide eyes, gawking at the way Jimin had rudely left. Chloris seemed to surprisingly more resemble Taehyung's reaction than Jungkook's.

How can she not be mad at him for speaking that way?

"I'm sorry if we have caused any trouble for you and Jimin?" I questioned slightly but Chloris just shook her head slowly, "no need for you to apologise dear, it's nothing of your doing." She smiled sadly at me before continuing to delicately cut a strawberry on her plate.

I had suddenly lost my appetite.

To be polite I managed to eat a few pieces of fruit and a small pancake before asking to go to the bathroom.

After excusing myself I went up the stairs and past the bathroom, past my bedroom, and stopped outside Jimin's bedroom door. I could hear the faint sniffling sounds from through the deep brown wood and my heart seemed to sink at the sorrowful cries.

Why is he crying?

I hesitated a long time before bringing my clammy fist up to gently knock at the door. As soon as my soft knock had been heard I listened as Jimin coughed and sniffed a little and some shuffling could be heard before his weak voice called out, "who is it?"

"I'm really sorry to intrude and I'm not even sure why I decided to come up here but I guess I was just worried and also curious even though it's not my place but-"

Before I could say any more Jimin had pulled down the handle and he appeared in a small crack between the door and its frame, "Just come in, Y/N..." he sighed before fully opening the door and moving aside.

His face was slightly red and puffy and his eyes still glistened with the remnants of his tears just moments before.

As I reluctantly stepped into his room he closed the door behind me before sitting back into his bed, beckoning me over to sit with him.

"So what were you so worried about?" He asked quietly, his gaze cast down at a ring he was fiddling with on his middle finger, "Well I'm worried about what happened to Hoseok and Seungyeon... and you, I guess." I mumbled.

His eyes flicked up in surprise to meet mine for a split second before they returned to his hands sitting in his lap, "oh... well, they just went back to the capital together, Seungyeon and I are no longer together, by the way... but I'm not sure why you'd be worried about me?"

"Oh Jimin don't be ridiculous I can tell you've been crying, I won't ask what happened between you and Seungyeon but I'm sorry for whatever caused her to leave." I frowned in sympathy at him.

Although the news of their break-up of course brought me joy, I also was in no way selfish enough to not consider how heartbroken Jimin would be feeling... and no matter how much I knew he deserved way better, he didn't know that, so I wanted to be the one to make him feel better.

"Thank you for not prying Y/N... I'm sorry for being pathetic." He mumbled with his watery eyes meeting mine once again, but this time he didn't look away, "Jimin you're not pathetic, it's okay to be upset, I think if you weren't upset that would seem even worse... so I'm promising you now, crying does not make you pathetic. Especially since you must be heartbroken."

He looked at me with such admiration in his glossy eyes it made my cheeks flush red. One tear slowly trailed down his soft cheek as he smiled solemnly, "thank you. That's all I can really say right now, you render me speechless Y/N... you're so selfless and caring, I haven't known you long but I think you're probably the most amazing person I've ever met."

His face suddenly contorted into pain once again as more tears fell from his eyes, "I'm not even crying over Seungyeon anymore... all of that's already out of my system... but I just can't help always feeling like I'm never enough, I'm a prince, one day I'll be expected to be king of Arcadia, but I'm not fit to be king, I'm so weak... I'm supposed to be strong and keep peace in the land but I'll just freak out all the time and cause stress and worry among my people... I can't even keep my girlfriend happy, how am I supposed to keep the whole of Arcadia happy...?"

His eyes could no longer meet mine, as if he were ashamed of himself... I couldn't stand it.

"Jimin look at me."

He hesitantly flicked his shimmering eyes to meet mine and I frowned, "why do you speak of yourself in this way? I simply can't understand how you don't see what everyone else does? Jimin you're not weak, you're one of the most strong willed people I've met, even when you're feeling upset you've always stayed positive, even this time you tried so hard to keep how you felt away from everyone else, that shows how selfless you are. You care more about keeping others happy than yourself, it's stupidly selfless but it shows how kind and caring you really are, because Jimin I think you're amazing."

"But Seungyeon-"

"Who cares about Seungyeon!? She was rude and arrogant and she didn't deserve someone like you, the worst people always take the best ones for granted... Its unfair for her to have made you feel this way, whatever she did was wrong because you'd never deserve to feel the pain and heartbreak you do now, and she's lowered your confidence way too much for someone who barely has a flaw I can think of."

His cheeks were dusted with a light pink but he still frowned and shook his head to disagree with me nonetheless, "I have many flaws Y/N, I definitely don't belong somewhere like Fantasia."

"No you're right, you don't belong in Fantasia. You're too good for Fantasia. The people there are bland and the only positive thing about them is the way they look, you're way too unique and bubbly for a place like that. Arcadia needs someone like you to keep the peace. Everybody struggles, and when I've been upset you've been there for me, so I know you'd make an amazing king. Never doubt yourself Jimin, please."

He shuffled toward me a little with a slight smile now present on his features. For a moment I tensed up but I relaxed as he wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his head in the crook of my neck.

I placed my arms over his shoulders and leaned against the top of his head, his blonde fluffy hair tickling me slightly, but his warmth was too comforting to pull away.

He turned his head to the side on my shoulder and I could feel his hot breath, "thank you so much, for everything." He mumbled and his lips gently brushed against the skin of my neck.

His tears continued to wet the sleeve of my pyjamas I still hadn't changed out of yet.

My heart was cracking more the more I saw him in this state, it's not right for someone who brings others so much joy to feel this low...

But holding him in my arms made me feel important... maybe I actually could be the one to help him feel better... and the fact that I want to so badly really makes me question the way I feel about him.

His soft breaths still stroked my skin but now it was only comforting...

Wow... I've really fallen in deep...

3rd Person POV

As the two continued hugging they were oblivious to what was happening downstairs, a knock was heard on the front door and one of the villagers had come to inform Queen Chloris of Capital guards entering Arcadia.

"Taehyung, please could you call Y/N and Jimin downstairs, the guards are more than likely here to look for you." Chloris instructed and the tallest of the two remaining boys downstairs nodded, a sudden look of fear overcoming his usually cheerful face, before he ran off up the stairs.

Taehyung politely knocked on Y/N's bedroom door but frowned and pulled the handle when there came no reply.

As he turned to leave the room Jimin's door opened and two confused faces fitting the two he was searching for walked out the room, "what's going on Tae?" Jimin asked with a frown, "the guards are here, Chloris wants us downstairs, now."

As all three hurried to the living room Chloris lead them out to the back door, "Jimin honey I know now is not a great time but I need you to help these three escape Arcadia... I know I said my conscience couldn't handle keeping you here but I also don't think I could handle throwing you all back where you clearly don't belong or want to be... and that feels worse to me... so Jimin, take them round the back while I talk to the guards and just, find somewhere to go for a while okay I love you you need to go now."

And with the final sound of a knock on the front door, we were shoved through the back door, left to fend for ourselves...

"So... where to?"

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- A.N.

Aghhhhh, okay it's officially been waaayyyy too long since I updated anything, but I find this book easier to write than my other one but for both I'm soooo stuck...

I know exactly what I want to write and I always have known I just never know how to formulate it into a good story anymore, I don't know what's happened to me...

But I had a sick day off work today and decided I needed to at least finish this chapter that's been half completed for about three months 😩🔫

So here it is and I hope it's good enough for how long it took, I'll try to write more I promise, I think I might be getting back into the flow of this story now cause I'm super hyped for where this is going next!

Thanks for reading 😁

> Jazzi :)