"Hye, you can sit on the cart if you're feeling tired." Jimin smiled kindly at the girl who was beginning to drag her feet across the dirt path. "I'm sure Jungkook wouldn't mind pulling the cart with me."

"Are you calling me heavy?" She joked, wincing as she stubbed her toes on a root sticking through the floor.

"No! No! The cart is just made out of a heavy wood, the extra weight of even a light thing would cause my muscles to seize tomorrow." Jimin stopped the cart. "I'll help you on."

"I'm fine Jimin." Hye lied, her legs ached. But she wanted to prove she could carry her own weight in the group, she didn't want to make the boys feel like she was weak and something they had to protect.

"If you're sure..." He knew she was lying, but he knew he would be best just letting her make the decision herself instead of forcing her. Hoseok looked at the girl, and felt the fire radiating off of her in determination. He couldn't help but smile at this, she was pushing herself to her limits which he wasn't exactly happy about, but she was determined and for a Princess that had been sat with a silver spoon in her mouth her entire life, he couldn't have been happier to sense that aura off of her. 

It soon came to night time and Hye collapsed into a seated position around the fire that Taehyung and Yoongi had made. She rested back on her hands and looked up at the starry sky, shaking her legs to ensure the blood continued flowing to them. 

"We can take a days break here if you guys want?" Namjoon had seen the state she was in, and knew she wouldn't be able to walk the day tomorrow until they reached the outskirts of his kingdom. The boys all looked around, seeing Namjoon's darting eyes to the oblivious girl next to them and nodded. 

"Good plan. We can scope out nearby and see if there's a nice place we can set up." Jimin spoke. The boys nodded in agreement and began cooking over the fire. Hye couldn't do much but sit there and watch them. Her legs refused to move more than the slight shaking she had made them do, so she doubted she could support her weight on them at the moment. She wished she could help, she wished she was of more use to them than she was right now. But she wasn't sure that if she stood up, her legs would be steady beneath her.

Once the campfire was set up and burning Seokjin and Yoongi began cooking. Hye's legs still shook, but she managed to shuffle over to Jungkook who was sat nearby, not caring that she probably just got soil and dirt all over her trousers. "Hye, are you okay?" Jungkook smiled softly. She nodded. 

"I was bored sitting by myself, and everyone else is busy." She gestured to Yoongi and Seokjin around the fire, Jimin, Taehyung and Namjoon were deep in conversation and Hoseok had gone to the nearby river to wash up. Jungkook nodded.

"You do realise that you could've sat on Jimin's cart. None of us would've cared." There was a pause that was filled with the crackle of the fire. "You're going to be aching tomorrow. I can see if Yoongi knows anything that can relax your muscles?"

Hye shook her head. "I can't let things get to me now that I'm living with you guys... Back at home, I had more luxuries than anyone could imagine... I never experienced this, the grass on my bare feet, the constant stream of fresh air that wasn't tainted with the smell of the villages..." She smiled softly, her hands running through the grass. "It was too easy back at home, if I don't let things like this occur naturally, I won't ever get used to it."

Jungkook looked at the girl, realizing she was somewhat opening up to him. "Well I don't know where you came from, what kind of life you lived before you came to us. But we don't expect you to push yourself beyond your capabilities. We don't expect you to be this strong lady, who can get through anything. We don't care as long as you're safe and you're healthy." He hummed gently. 

Hye couldn't help the smile form on her face, with the few happy tears that pricked in her eyes. As the days passed, these boys felt more like family than anyone else she knew, and it caused her heart to warm and swell.