Chapter 24

"give me all of you and I'll give you all of me"
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"I see, you're still a bad cooker."

"Oh shut up, just sit down and eat your pancakes."

Y/n looks down at the half-burned pancakes on her plate, she slowly sits down on her seat and grabs her utensils.

Y/n sighed "Well...at least you didn't burn the kitchen this time."

Y/n cut the pancake into a small piece with her knife and she puts it in her mouth before slowly chewing it.

bleh.

Y/n almost gagged but she holds it and swallowed the small piece of pancake.

"Rate it from one to ten." Mother Miranda said while holding a spatula in her hand.

"12."

"Describe the taste."

"I feel like there's a flower that bloomed in my mouth."

Mother Miranda pinch her cheeks and slightly twist them which makes Y/n let out a groan.

"You little midget, where did you get that attitude from."

"Literally from everyone in this forest, including you."

"Anyway, at least I make a good frappe." Y/n's eyes sparkled when Mother Miranda put the caramel frappe in front of her.

"Mommy you're the best!" Y/n get up from her seat and kissed her mother's cheek then she grabbed the frappe.

"I'll just take this, bye-bye!" Y/n run out of the cottage before her mother could stop her.

"That kid. I'll make sure she finishes her pancakes when she gets home."

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Y/n sips her frappe as she skips on her walk to the Palace, she happily greets everyone who comes across her and they happily greet back.

Y/n reach the gate of the Palace and the guards open the gate for her, she walks up the stairs and goes inside the Palace after the guards open the doors for her.

Chaos was all she can describe the situation that is happening inside the Palace.

Maids, Butlers, and everyone in the Palace is running and have things in their hands, they all look rushed and panic is written all over their face, Y/n tried to stop some people to ask what's going on but they just ignored her.

"Y/n!" Y/n look back and sees Marilyn running up to her, she didn't say anything and just grab her hand and start dragging her somewhere.

"Thank God you're on time, I've been waiting for you, They've been waiting for you."

"Wait what's going on?"

"I don't have time to explain what's going on, all you need to do is to take care of them." They finally stop in front of the hospital ward, Marilyn takes the cup of frappe in Y/n's hand before pushing her inside the room.

"hey! my frappe-" Y/n turn to face Marilyn but Marilyn already closed the hospital doors in front of her face.

"THOSE BITCHES TRICKED US!" Y/n jumped from the loud voice shouting behind her, she slowly turn around and her eyes widen when she witness the seven Kings laying on the hospital bed, they look so pale and sick that
Y/n is worried for them.

"THEY CUR-"

"SHUT YOUR ASS UP JUNGKOOK I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!" Yoongi pulls the covers up to hide his head.

Namjoon closed his eyes "You're lucky I'm stuck on this bed, otherwise I will stitch your lips shut."

"Lady Y/n? Why are you just standing there?" One of the maids asks after she notices Y/n, Yoongi is fast enough to remove the blanket that was covering his face when he heard her name, the seven Kings quickly look to where
Y/n is and the room became silent.

"Y/n!" They all cheered like a bunch of kindergarten kids.

"ALL OF YOU, GET OUT! Except for Y/n of course." Hoseok's tone gets softer when he mentions her name, the doctors and the nurses along with the maids rushed outside leaving them alone.

Y/n walk to the nearest bed which is where Jin is laying, concern and sympathy is all written over her face as she looks at his pale face and lips, he looks sick, all of them look sick.

"Hey..." He greets her with his weak voice but then quickly closes his mouth after he felt a sting in his sore throat.

"What happened?..." Y/n feel his hand grab hers and he flashes a smile while caressing her knuckles with his thumb.

"You don't need to know...what's important is that now you're here." He tries to speak more but then he got interrupted when his throat starts aching and he let out painful coughs, Y/n quickly help him to sit up and hand him a glass of water that was on the bedside table.

"Don't talk, just take some rest, Your Majesty." Jin's lips formed into a small pout when Y/n leave for Yoongi's bed.

"He-" as he was about to greet her, he was interrupted by Jungkook's loud painful cry.

"Y/n!" He calls her name while his hands were holding his right leg, Y/n quickly rushes to Jungkook's bed.

"Your Majesty are you alright?!" She questioned him with panic dripping drown her tone, he shakes his head and proceed to tell her.

"M-my leg, it h-hurts..." he sobbed as he tried to let the words out of his mouth.

"W-what should I do? I'm going to get the doctor." Y/n was about to leave but Jungkook grab her wrist to stop her.

"No..you can just massage it." his big doe eyes are sparkling as if he begged for her not to leave.

"Okay..." Y/n moves the covers that were covering his legs to the side, her fingers slowly wrap around Jungkook's calf and massage his hard muscle, Jungkook looks up and smirks when he sees the others are glaring at him.

Hoseok, who's on his bed beside Jungkook's, cleared his throat to catch the maiden's attention, which he successfully did.

Her head swiftly looks to the side to face Hoseok, with a clueless look she asks him.

"Do you need anything, Your Majesty?"

Hoseok gave her his weak smile and try to spark some conversation "No, I'm just wondering, how was your morning went?"

"It went great, my mom made me a cup of frappe but Marilyn took it before I get to finish it." She answered him while still massaging Jungkook's leg.

Their eyes directly went to Y/n when she mentioned her mother, Namjoon smirks and takes this as an opportunity to ask more about her mother.

Even though Namjoon knows that she's going to lie he still hopes that she unconsciously let out some information about her mother.

"Could you tell us more about your mother dear?"

She tilts her head as she looks at Namjoon with a slightly confused look. "What do you want to know about my mother, Your Majesty?"

Namjoon leans against the headboard. "Anything, we're bored here so might as well just tell us to waste the time."

Y/n is thinking about what lies should she tell them? She had to be careful cause she doesn't want her mother's true identity to be revealed.

"Umm...well, she worked as a farmer but now she's retired and now she's at home making knitted sweaters."

Y/n is a great liar, but Namjoon knew better. They knew better.

They even know something that she doesn't, thanks to Taehyung.

Taehyung silently scoffed when he heard the lie, Y/n heard him and secretly send him a glare behind her curtain bangs that are slightly covering her eyes.

"Is there anything more? You haven't told us her name yet." This time Jin is the one who asked.

Jin also wants to hear some truth coming out of her mouth even though he already knew who her name is, Jin is also as desperate as Namjoon but both didn't show it.

Meanwhile, Y/n is questioning herself in her head whether she should tell them or not, there's this huge weight inside her heart but her head is telling her that maybe it's okay to let them know her name, besides if she does tell them, they wouldn't know who her mother is.

"Her name is Miranda." She immediately regrets it after she said that, but nothing can pull her words back in her mouth.

The weight in her heart feels heavier and that makes her feel worse, guilt and regret mixed into one, she wishes she could just stitch her mouth together to keep it shut so no lies or truths could come out of her mouth.

Y/n could have just told them how her morning went without mentioning her mother, that way they wouldn't have started asking her questions.

'Good Lord, please forgive me for what I have sinned.' She always asks for forgiveness but tends to do the same sin again and again after she does.

"Where do you and your mother live?" Yoongi wants to test her. if she lies about her mother's identity then what other lies had she told them before.

"We live...we live in a village near the town's library."

"I thought you said you live with the albeirghts." Hoseok slightly smirks when he caught her on a lie.

But Y/n is a pro liar, so she immediately makes an excuse.

"That was when I worked for them, now that I'm not, I'm moving back with my mom."

'Pretty little liar.' Hoseok thought as he shakes his head.

"Y/n!" Jimin shouts her name loudly and his voice echoed on the walls of the hospital ward, not only did he get the maiden's attention he also get the attention of the six Kings.

"Are you done? My arm hurts!" He cried, he's upset that Y/n didn't give him the attention he craved, he was patient in waiting for the others to finish talking to her but he grew impatient, he thought she might forget that he is in here too.

Y/n looks at him with a startled gaze, her fingers slowly peeled off from Jungkook's skin "Your Majesty I-"

"No!" With a swift motion, Jungkook grabbed her wrist and stopped her before she could go to Jimin.

"She's not done yet! My leg still hurts!" Jungkook pulls her closer and wraps his muscular arms around her waist like he's protecting his toy from getting stolen.

"Y/nnn!" Jimin whines loudly like a kid that begs ice cream before dinner, Y/n is starting to get frustrated by the whinings, she also tried to free herself from Jungkook but he wouldn't let her.

"Your Majesty, how about- how about I go get someone for y-" Y/n wasn't able to finish what she said because Jimin whine again.

"No, I want you! It seems like you forget that I'm here too!" Y/n is shocked when she sees a tear roll down to his soft cheek, Jimin wasn't acting, he really does feel sad.

Y/n stop struggling for a moment and keep staring at the crying man in front of her, feeling her stop struggling Jungkook loosens his hold around her waist and hides his face behind her back.

Behind Y/n's back, his lips slowly morph into a sick smile, he is in pure bliss, Jimin's cry is like a beautiful song to him that he wants to repeat like a broken radio, he is trying his best not to laugh but that failed when a soft giggle escaped his mouth.

'So this is how it feels if I can have her all for myself'

Jungkook was busy smiling and he doesn't notice that his hold was loosening, Y/n take this as a sign that Jungkook has finally let her go, so she escaped his hold to go towards Jimin, his sick smile turns into a deep frown after he realize that Y/n is not with him again, he held himself to not throw a tantrum and just sharply stare at Jimin from his bed.

Taehyung is also jealous and wants her attention and so he starts singing loudly while he ignores Yoongi's curses that are directed at him.

Jin realizes that Taehyung is trying to get Y/n's attention, but Jin also wants it so he acted like he is choking on his saliva which did catch Y/n's attention and she quickly goes to him and give him a glass of water.

After Jin drank the water he place the glass back on the bedside table and starts talking to Y/n but she couldn't hear him clearly because of Taehyung's loud voice.

Y/n can see veins start popping in Jin's neck, Jin finally had enough with Taehyung and he takes his pillow and throws it at him, Taehyung got cut off by a 'thud' and that was the sound of the pillow coming in contact with his face.

"Anyway." Jin clears his throat "As I was saying-" Jin is once again interrupted and this time by Jimin's whining, soon Taehyung starts singing again, more like screaming.

They all start doing weird and annoying things just so they can get her attention, from Namjoon who's 'accidentally' knocked his bowl of fruits which results in it falling to the floor and creating a loud 'clank' sound, and to Yoongi who's done with everything and he starts screaming out the lyrics of a song with Taehyung.

Hoseok even thought about faking being possessed but he realizes that it's too extreme so he does other things to get her attention.

Some of the workers in the Palace are standing in front of the hospital ward, all curious about what's going on inside the room as they listen to the loud voices in the room, they were too scared to come in and check what's going on because King Namjoon had secretly ordered them to not get into the hospital ward, or they will get whipped in the dungeon as a punishment.

But despite knowing what the punishment is, Marilyn knows that she has to go inside and help Y/n, so she ignores her friend's warnings and steps inside the hospital ward.

All the heads in the room turn to the entrance after they heard the doors closing, Namjoon's sharp gaze makes Marilyn feel like she had been stabbed multiple times with a dagger.

Meanwhile, under Namjoon's stoic face, he is bubbling inside, his hands are itching to tear the woman's face off for disobeying his words.

Y/n was waiting for Marilyn to speak but she stay quiet as she observe the fruits on the ground, afraid that Marilyn is mad she opens to explain.

"Marilyn I-" Marilyn cut her off by showing her a small kind smile.

"How about you go to the kitchen and get the Kings meals, I'll clean the mess."

Not wanting to object to Marilyn's order Y/n agrees and walks out of the room.

Silence clouded the room and tension is getting higher and Marilyn could feel their dead gaze on her as she is picking the fruits on the floor.

She goes down on her knees as she is trying to grab the red apple under Namjoon's bed but someone grabs a handful of her hair and yank her head up.

She comes face to face with the devil himself, she heard horrid stories about his rage in the past but she never knows that she will be facing it now.

"Didn't I tell you and your little friends to not go inside and disturb us?" His fist shakes in rage and veins start popping in his hand, his neck, and forehead.

Marilyn harshly gulps down the lump in her throat and answers him.

"Y-yes. Your M-Majesty..." Marilyn's body shakes in fear under Namjoon's tight grasp on her hair.

"THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" Marilyn screams when he throws her head with full force and her head hits the hard floor.

Her ears start ringing and her visions start getting blurry as blood oozes out of the wound on her temple.

Hoseok hits his pillow as he laughed loudly with the rest of the Kings while Namjoon still keeps his furious face, he gets off his bed and starts approaching the terrified maiden on the floor.

"You lowlife wench! How dare you disobey me!!" He grabs her neck and lifts it before he gives the maiden a hard slap on her left cheek.

Marilyn tries to speak but Namjoon cuts her off by sending another hard slap on her other cheek, she feels her cheekbones and jaw are stinging, possibly broken.

Namjoon drop her neck and her head hit the ground again.

"Get up." Marilyn ignores the horrible pain in her head and cheeks and quickly gets up from the floor.

"Hide your face with your hair. And go to the dungeon to serve your punishment." He gets dangerously close to her and forces her to look at his eyes by grabbing her jawline.

"If I heard you running away, I'll hunt you and tear your skin myself, understood." His calm voice send shivers down her spine, she frantically nodded so she can finally get out of here.

Namjoon goes back to his bed and reads a book as if nothing happened while the other Kings are still laughing.

Marilyn takes off her hair tie and lets her long messy hair cover some part of her face, she bows before running out of the hospital ward.

Y/n comes back in with a trolley of foods and drinks, their crazy demeanor turns into a soft one after they finally see their ruby comes back.

"Y/n I'm hungryyyyy," Jungkook says while clutching his pillow.

"Then go eat shit." Yoongi said as he accept his plate from Y/n.

The afternoon goes and it was hard for Y/n, they all act like a bunch of toddlers, always wanting her attention.

Although Y/n is annoyed by this, she didn't dare to be mad at them.

Evening comes and Y/n starts closing the curtains around their bed. after she wishes Jimin a good night and closed his curtains she goes to Taehyung's bed but she is confused when she sees his bed neat and empty.

A small note sitting prettily on his bed, Y/n takes the note and reads it.

Astronomy tower.

It took Y/n some time to find the Astronomy tower because she forgets where it is, she almost lost her breath after walking on those stairs.

"Took you quite some time to get here darling."

His deep voice startled her, she looks up and sees Taehyung sitting on the railing with his legs dangling in the air, Y/n goes beside him and grasp the railings.

"Is there something you want to talk about?"

"I didn't know you still had that habit." He looks down at his feet as he slowly moves them.

"What habit?"

"Your lying habit, I thought you stopped."

Y/n sigh before answering him. "I had no choice."

Taehyung get down from the railings and stood beside Y/n.

"Aren't you scared if they learn the truth?"

"They will never."

'Oh, how wrong you are darling.'

Taehyung twirls a strand of her hair with his index finger and looks at her with a lazy smirk on his lips.

The silence went about for five minutes before he spoke again.

"Why did Miranda take you in when you were a baby?" His eyes slowly went down to her neck as he push back her (h/c) hair that was resting on her shoulder.

"What makes you so special in her eyes..." He slowly walks behind her and moves her hair to her left shoulder to expose more of her neck, he wraps his arms around her waist before resting his chin on her other shoulder, Y/n got goosebumps when his cold breath grazes her neck.

"She even rejected me." His slender fingers start caressing her neck with a delicate touch like she is as fragile as a mirror, his touch always affects Y/n in any way possible, Y/n feel like there's a butterfly dancing on her skin when his skin makes in contact with hers, she would be lying if she says she doesn't like it.

His cold wet lips lightly pressed against her lower neck, her heart feels like it's going to bursts out of her chest along with the butterflies in her belly, despite the chilly weather her whole body feels hot.

"So tell me...why?"

The art of seduction. is what Taehyung had mastered since he was eighteen.

Even though his question doesn't have anything to do with the plan, he's still curious.

Taehyung knows Miranda just like he knows Y/n, but he still doesn't know what her background is, who are her real parents? Does she come from magical blood? Is that why Miranda takes her in?

She is still a mystery in his eyes.

Y/n takes a deep breath before freeing herself from Taehyung's arms, he failed to lure her to tell him the answer he craves.

"None of your business." Just as she was about to walk away Taehyung turn her around by her shoulders and slam her on the brick wall behind her.

Y/n hissed at the pain in her back, she furrows her eyebrows looks up at him.

"What do you think you're doing?!" She push him but he didn't even move, right. He has superpowers.

He grabs her jaw and brings his face closer to hers.

"TELL ME!" He demands an answer from her.

"I DON'T KNOW!"

He looks deep into her eyes as he is trying to tell if she's lying or not, the result he gets is disappointing.

She wasn't lying. She really doesn't know.

Taehyung turns around and leaves the astronomy tower, Y/n stood alone under the moonlight with an uneasy expression.

'I should go home.' Y/n thought to herself before leaving the astronomy tower.

The next day Y/n walks into the Palace and goes to Marilyn's office to get her schedule, once she is in the front line she is confused because it was not Marilyn who gives her schedule, it was someone else.

The male hand the maiden her schedule of the day before she starts asking him a question.

"Where's Marilyn?"

The male stop checking the schedules and stare at the maiden with an intimidating gaze, they stare at each other for who knows how long before he sighed and answers her.

"She's sick. So she's absent, now go do your work." The male shoos her out from Marilyn's office.

Y/n finds out that the Kings are not sick anymore, they are even healthier than ever, the doctors couldn't believe but he just thought it was a miracle from God.

Jungkook run around the Palace with his once injured legs, Y/n could hear Jin singing beautifully from the second floor even though yesterday he was difficult to speak.

Yoongi is on the field, battling two hundred soldiers alone with his katana, Hoseok, Jimin, and Namjoon are all in the gym the whole day building more muscle.

Y/n's goal is to avoid Taehyung as much as possible, but that wasn't difficult because she hasn't seen Taehyung throughout the whole day.

Meanwhile, Taehyung is in the weapons hall, watching all the people under him making the weapons he designs.

"Your Majesty, do you want to try the new weapon you designed?" A male approaches Taehyung with the new weapon in his hand, Taehyung look kept his hand inside his pockets as he looks at the new weapon.

"We finished making the other designs too! They're on that table." The male guides Taehyung in front of the table full of his weapons.

Taehyung still kept his hands in his pocket as he observes the weapons that are made out of metal. Metal daggers, metal arrows, metal guns, metal bullets, and many other things that are made out of metal.

Taehyung does not dare to touch them.

"So? Do you want to try it?" The male asks him the same question once again.

"No, just show them to King Namjoon." He orders the male before going out of the weapon hall with his long black coat flying behind him.

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Written:16/11/21
Published:6/12/21