A pearl rolled down the pale cheeks, heart burning in fire and a desire to crush whatever comes in his view was blazing inside both his heart and mind.

"How....How can I let this happen?"

Jimin sniffled while clinging onto Jeongguk's chest who himself was out of any words of consolation.

"This.... isn't the end, Jimin-ssi. This is a beginning, a chance for you to make everything alright." 

Came out from Jeongguk's venom filled mouth. The venom wasn't for the male in his arms but for the one responsible for everything happening right now.

Jimin scrunted his brows in confusion as he detached himself from the other.

"W-what do you mean?"

Jeongguk took a sigh before answering the question.

"Burn him....bury him, but for that you'll have to sacrifice this ... You will have to .... marry him."

He said with fire in his eyes and Jimin immediately got the meaning behind his words.

He hurriedly got off and started to wipe off his tears, giving a re-touch to his look.

"You always confuse me... where are you going ?" Jeongguk asked, getting up too.

"I'm getting married, so I've a lot of things to do. First of all, I need to contact Taehyung's best friend."

Jimin replied with a tight lipped smile.

"My majesty's best friend?" Jeongguk asked with confusion  "I mean... Aren't you his best friend along with being his lover too?" he added but in present tense cause he would never agree that whatever both the lovers  had would fade away.

Jimin huffed at that.

"Yeah...but he had a bestfriend beside me,Jung Hoseok- is his name."

Jeongguk could spot jealousy in the other male's eyes but it wasn't an unhealthy kind of jealousy.

"Oh"

"I need to contact Hoseok anyhow. You'll need to deliver my message to him regarding the safety of this Kingdom."

Jimin said and without waiting for any answer he left the room , leaving behind a confused Jeongguk who himself was upset because of Jin.

Flashback-

The Kims were busy in their own celebration when they were interrupted by a sudden arrival.

Kim Namjoon has arrived , surprising everyone.

Seokjin ran towards his husband, embracing him.

"You came? Oh my god! I'm really happy. Thank you so much for coming." He exclaimed while hugging his husband.

In the  very corner , there stood Jeongguk whose heart burned with jealousy , aching so badly that he has to force himself to look somewhere else.

Meanwhile, Jimin was shocked that what could be the reason  behind this cunning man's sudden arrival.

"Yeah" Namjoon dryly replied and gave a smile to his husband before softly pushing him away .

He walked straight to Jimin who stood motionless and took Jimin's hand in his own and kissed his knuckles.

A silent hiss  left Jimin's mouth as he felt the disgusting touch creeping into his skin like some poisonous snake.

Everyone looked at them with disgusted gaze as no one found happiness in the sight.

"I came for you, my beauty."

Namjoon spoke with luring tone.

"What?" Jin almost yelled with anger flowing in his veins.

"I came to marry you, Jimin. I don't want some fancy wedding...My late brother in law has left us.....and sadly , its not too long since then. In that case, a simple wedding would be the best."

Jimin felt the land beneath his feet slip away and the others weren't too long.

"J-joon, are you really doing it? Jimin is just fine without anyone , he doesn't want to get married. You don't have to worry about his future and m-marry him."

Jin said with a painful sigh or more like pleaded the destiny to not let this happen. This is going to ruin everything.

"We'll be getting married tomorrow then day after tomorrow, we'll go back to Elino, our land." 

With that much being said, Namjoon  moved away to greet his in-laws.

Everyone started to leave but three people stayed rooted to their place.

Seokjin glared at the male standing in front of him.

"Are you happy now? You'll be getting married to my husband. Wasn't this your plan?"

But Jimin didn't defend himself from the accusations because he wasn't in the state of reacting at all.

Namjoon dryly chuckled and left from there towards the combat room to get to know about the new equipments installed over there.

Shortly, Jimin also left to his room , blank and broken.

Jin finally burst into tears, loud sobs leaving past his lips as his heart burned like gasoline.

Unknown to him, Jeongguk stood in the corner , watching the painful sight of his love of life crying for someone else's love.

But he couldn't let that happen so he ran to embrace the older in his arms.

"Don't cry. please."

"K-kook, why? Why joon has forgotten our love? Why is he behind Jimin? Am I not enough? I k-know that Jimin is against this wedding too but I envy him, I still do. He got the heart which I've always wanted. He got the eyes on him which should originally gaze over me n-not him.

You know what? This is all Jimin's plan to get Namjoon...oh shit! I was such a fool to think that he was actually innocent but he is not. He is a cunning man who has set traps for my husband."

Jeongguk wanted to scream and ask Jin to stop blindly supporting Namjoon and Stop blaming Jimin for everything but he couldn't as he was busy in shushing down his lover.

Suddenly, Jin got up.

"I'm g-going to my room. No one should disturb me... I'll come for the wedding till then I need privacy."

Saying this he left upstairs.

There stood Jeongguk alone in the middle of the hall with his hands wet from wiping Jin's tears while his shirt was soaked in tears too, some from Jin while some were his own which he was freshly shedding.

Flashback Ends

Namjoon stood in front of the huge portrait of the late king of Silia with a cocky smirk on his face.

"Are you having a peaceful life there, brother in law?" 

He let out a dark chuckle.

"Well, all I wished was to get you out of my way but I didn't know that you'll leave permanently."

He traced his hand over the portrait.

"After you died, not only you gave me the treasure of your Kingdom but also a pretty husband.

Don't worry, dear brother in law. I'll take good care of both, especially the needs of your pretty husband."

Throwing a wink at the portrait, Namjoon walked out of the chamber , a sly smirk adorning his pretty face.

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I'mma focus on this book for now...
I want to end the shits and focus on vmin part asap!!

Dw vmin moments are on the way.

Any thoughts about Namjoon's character?
Jin? Jeongguk? Jimin?

Date- 28th September 2023
Words counting- 1322