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Jungkook's heart thumped heavily inside his chest, almost at the verge of popping out and roll on the perfectly trimmed grass. All because of the girl who gave him her hand. Her hand was small and soft, making Jungkook feel as if he doesn't deserve to engulf her fragile one in his rough hands. He softly tugged her arm, making the girl stand up abruptly. Jungkook then without telling anything, pulled her with him as he walked back to the secret staircase.

"Where....where are you taking me?" the girl asked, tugging her hand back, Jungkook's grip on her hand tightens. He had no intention of letting the girl go.

"Back to the castle"

"I don't want to go there, I can't go there!" the girl whisper-shouted as she used her other hand to release Jungkook's grip. "Can you let my hand go? It hurts"

"Oh" Jungkook quickly released his grip as soon as the girl said so. He doesn't want to hurt the girl, nor scare her. The girl massaged her wrist, her brown orbs sneaking glances at him. Jungkook stood awkwardly as he let his mind wander selflessly. He had no idea how to convince the girl that he just want to know her better without freaking her out. He had no experience with kids, anyway. Especially girls. Jungkook took a deep breath after realizing that he held his breath to the point his lungs almost burst. He wanted to talk with the girl, he wants to know everything about her, he wants to smile with her, paint her in his mind. She looked so delicate he wanted to bring her into his embrace and hid her from the cruel world.

Jungkook wants her...

Just as he was about to bring his hand to her shoulder, the girl did something he didn't expect at all. The girl kicked him and ran away, carrying her big gown with in her hands. "Hey!" Jungkook shouted, bending his knee that she kicked. Honestly, it didn't hurt for him at all. Instead, it felt as if someone just caressed his leg with a feather. He didn't feel angry that the girl just tried to hurt him, the prince of Jeon Kingdom. Instead, his heart started to bloom and he let out a chuckle, The girl was so weak that he wanted to protect her even more. Without waiting any longer, he ran after her. It didn't take long for him to catch her arm and pull her into himself. The girl tripped and fell backwards on his body. She quickly turned around and covered her face.

"Please let me go, I beg you!" the girl said, jumping adorably on her spot with her face buried in her hands. Jungkook's lips started curling upwards to the point his cheeks hurt. It has been a long time since he felt this euphoric. He fake coughed, and with his most deepest and sternest voice he could do, he muttered.

"No..."

The look on her face made him chuckle.

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Y/N's heart thumped madly in her ribs when the prince denied letting her go. She made another weak attempt to escape from his grips but winced when he tighten his grips on her wrist.

"I'm not going to lead you into trouble, but if you're not going to listen to me, I don't have a choice..."

"Okay!" Y/N shouted. "I'll follow you!"

"Great" the boy in front of her beamed. He pulled her forward and started walking. Y/N for a fact knew that he was going to bring her into the castle but she remained stiff, not knowing what to do. Regret started filling her insides, if only she obeyed her mother's command and stayed inside the basket, she wouldn't have found herself stuck in such a absurd situation. It was as if she had no choice but accept the fact that her life is going to take another turn again, either if she ran away or walk with him, she is still going to end up in a problem.

Y/N's eyes lingered on the grass as they walked, refusing to look at the boy in front of her. Her mother had talked so much about him, the prince who wasn't like a prince at all. Every words her mother spill about how kind and good the prince of Jeon Kingdom was made her coo, but now looking at him sends tingles down her spine. She knows for a fact, that Jungkook knows that his handmaiden, Mina has a daughter called Y/N and the kind prince always give the maid things to be handed down to her. That's how their cottage ended up with expensive storybooks and toys, even when they didn't have enough money to buy them. But what he didn't know was that the Y/N he secretly give things was actually standing right behind him. Her mother told her that for Jungkook, Y/N was a girl who lives with her aunt, far away from the castle they're currently staying in, and she's not going to drop the secret to him.

No matter what, Y/N will never break that secret her mother worked hard to cover up.

"Ouch!" Y/N shouted when she accidentally bumped her nose at the boy's back. She nursed it, looking at the boy curiously. Jungkook was resting his palm on the damp wall of the castle and began caressing it, as if he's searching for something.

"Aha!" he smiled at her when he pressed his hand to one particular place. Y/N was about to ask him why he was doing something stupid like that when the whole wall went inside, forming a narrow door. A gasp escaped her mouth and she can't help but look inside, seeing a dark passageway inside with stairs.

It was exactly like the adventure books she read while waiting for her  mother in her basket. The staircase was muddy, wild plants decorating the dirty walls. The both of them walked carefully, avoiding the uneven surfaces of the staircases. Jungkook then grabbed her arm and guided her inside, his eyes still lingering on the closed door behind him. Y/N stayed quite, not wanting to disturb the boy or even worse, make him angry. The walk to wherever Jungkook was taking her made her feel anxious as she didn't know what was waiting for her at the end of the staircase. Jungkook however looked calm.

They had only gone for another few paces when they met with a dead end, Y/N however was sure that the rough wall in front of her had a secret door hidden in it, and as confirmed, Jungkook placed his hand on it again. His hands searched wildly, and then he pushed his arms forward, creating a bigger door than the one below. Y/N gasped at him, torn between amusement and anxiety.

Jungkook opened the door, sliding it to the side instead of pushing it in, and moved aside. There was a sound, as if something heavy fall down, and Y/N looked at the source of the sound. There was a thick hardcover book right at the center of the entrance and she furrowed her eyebrows, curious in how it ended up there.

"Come inside" Jungkook chirped, his hands in hers immediately. Without waiting, he pulled her inside. Y/N found herself standing inside a big room, which she assumed as his. There was a king-sized bed, a canopy right on top of it. The room was painted yellow, an expensive carpet sprawled right in the middle. She felt small standing there.

So..." Jungkook called. Y/N turned around and saw him standing near his bookshelf, which was a door just a second before.

"Why did you bring me here?" she asked him out of curiosity. Jungkook smiled.

"I want to be your friend!" he said excitedly.

"Friend?" she asked back, being extremely confused. " Why do you want to be my friend? I'm no one"

Jungkook cleared his throat significantly and looked down to the end of the carpet where she was currently standing. "You know you don't have any choices expect being my friend, right? If you refused, I would send you straight to my father"

"But why do you want to be my friend?!" Y/N asked. She was genuinely confused to why the prince wants to befriend her, a normal girl who just lied to him that she's an angel. Did he found out her identity that she tried her best to hide? Or is he planning to get her into trouble?

Jungkook rolled his eyes and muttered, "I just genuinely want to be your friend. I don't normally talk with people my age and I'm quite alone here..."

Oh, he's alone.

Y/N couldn't help but feel pity for him. She understood the feeling of being lonely, and how it lives inside and eats you like a parasite. Of course she would, if Jungkook needed someone to understand him, she would be the best candidate, because she is going through the same thing.

"So" Jungkook eyed her with his doe eyes. "Will you be my friend?"

"Sure!" Y/N said hurriedly. For her, no one deserved to be lonely.

"Great!" Jungkook clapped his hands together. He then started walking towards his bed, ducking under it and taking out a big box. Jungkook then opened it and dug his right hand inside the hills of papers and pens, his nose scrunching. He then let out a small 'aha' as he took out his hand from it, revealing a purple bracelet.

" A friendship gift" he muttered softly as he approached her, swinging the bracelet between his fingers. Jungkook motioned her to give him her hand, and she did, not finding the urge to refuse such a beautiful accessory. Now that it was finally hanging on her small wrist, not too tight or too lose, she observed it. The bracelet had shiny stones decorating it, rainbow like lights reflecting back to her face when she held it near to a light. She subconsciously let out a small giggle, not realizing Jungkook smiling lovingly at her.

"Do you like it?" he asked her.

"I love it!" Y/N beamed. "Where did you get it?"

Jungkook awkwardly scratched the back of his head. "Someone gave it to me". He patted her shoulder, grabbing her attention that he was searching for. "Uhm...not sure if you know or not, but my name is Jungkook"

"Of course I know you, you're the prince-"

"What should I call you? How old are you?" Jungkook asked back, a sense of urgency in his voice.

"Y/-oh wait!" Y/N slapped her mouth. She almost told him her real name, forgetting that she was currently an angel for him. Is he believing it, she doesn't know but for now she goes with the lie she came up abruptly at the moment because of the angel story book in her basket.

"I'm ten years old" she said. "About you calling me..."

"Can I just call you angel?" Jungkook asked, his eyes round. Y/N was about to reply to him but then her eyes landed on the cuckoo clock behind him, and the time showed 12:10, making her gasp in horror.

"Oh no, I'm late!" she shouted. "I need to go back!"

She left Jungkook dumbfounded, running back to the bookshelf. She tried to push it, just like how Jungkook did but failed to do so. She tried again but it only left her breathless, while the bookshelf stood proudly where it was, not ,moving an inch. She looked back at Jungkook, eyes begging him to help her. Jungkook smiled and approached her.

"You're supposed to unlock it with the books" he said, pulling and pushing random books in the bookshelf, and surprisingly, the bookshelf slides away, revealing the same staircase they used to come inside. She muttered a quick bye and run inside. She needs to be fast, or else her mother would find out the terrible deed she did. Her ears managed to catch the sounds of Jungkook's heavy footsteps behind her, but she didn't turn to see if it was really him.

The moment Y/N reached the last step, she couldn't help but groan. How could she forget that the door in front of her has a confusing lock in it too? She was about to turn back and call Jungkook, but tied her tongue when she saw him literally standing behind her.

"Turn around" he ordered, and she obeyed him. Now with the back facing him, Jungkook grabbed both of her arms and placed them on the wall, searching for the lock. She realized the lock was the softest part of the wall and pushed it just like Jungkook did. The door appeared and Jungkook let her go, allowing her to push the door open herself.

"I assume you can do it on your own now" Jungkook said to her. Y/N nodded, too distracted to answer him.

"I hope you will come back tomorrow" Jungkook said again, trying to look at her face, but she looked down. The only thing that was in her mind was her mother and how she would react if she knew her daughter sneaked out of the cottage.

"I need to go..." she said and ran away, but then stopped. "Don't follow me" she sternly said before going off again.

The run back to the cottage took a long time although the castle and the cottage where only a stone throw. Her mind subconsciously remembered a story she read a while ago, the main protagonist was supposed to save his loved ones, and the journey he took was taking a long time, although it was only a few hours.

Is she experiencing the same thing as him? The moment when you're facing a real problem and it seems like the time is going too slow to your liking?

Y/N panted heavily as she finally reached her cottage. She knew for a fact that Jungkook won't be able to see her if he was at the castle. Again if, if the boy refused her request and chased after her, her identity is at the stake of getting thrown away from a cliff. As she calmed her breath, Y/N opened the wooden door of the cottage, relieved that her mother was still not there yet. As quick as she can, she closed the door, dived to her basket, buried herself inside the stakes of clothes and tried to calm down her alarming breath pace. She was covered in sweat but ignored it, her mother would just assume that the basket was too hot that she started sweating as usual, not knowing that she just had a run from the castle to the cottage.

She wasn't even in the basket for two minutes when the cottage door burst open, her mother calling her at the top of her lungs. Y/N threw the clothes that covered her, running again towards her mum. The woman in front of her looked tired, and Y/N could see, fear and worry in her eyes.

"What's wrong, mum?" she asked, hugging her. Why did her mum entered the cottage in such a hurry, while looking truly disturbed.

"Oh, Y/N!" Mina sobbed as she hugged her tighter. "You're alright. I was really worried"

"What happened?" she asked again, patting her mother's back.

"Just a few hours ago, I heard some maid talking about guards checking the garden because of a intruder" she took a deep breath. " And they would eventually check the cottage too. I was so...so afraid that they would find you" Mina kissed Y/N's hair and cheeks. "Thank goodness, thank goodness they didn't see you. I couldn't even come back here to stop them. Oh, what would have happened if they found you?"

"They didn't mum" Y/N said, pulling her mother down. When Mina finally sat on the floor, Y/N sat on her lap and hugged her tight, patting her back to calm her down. "They didn't find me, mum"

Mina sobbed on her shoulders, hugging her tight to the point she had trouble breathing, but Y/N didn't complain. If this is how she could calm her mother's emotion, she didn't mind doing so. She hugged her mother tighter, comforting her when she must and letting her cry.

Y/N was grateful, somehow. If Jungkook didn't force her into his room, maybe she would have been caught, maybe she won't be able to be this close to her mother. Jungkook may not know, but he just saved her life, and her mother's.

And she was grateful for that.

"Did they find the intruder, mom?"

"They didn't honey" her mother snorted. "Promise me you won't come out of your basket no matter what" she continued, grabbing Y/N's face and kissing her forehead.

"I won't" Y/N said, knowing really well that what she said is nothing but a lie.

"And..." her mother sniffled. "and tell me if you met a young man in a black cloak"

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DUN DUN DUUNNNNN....

A wild character had just made his entrance. Who do you guys think?

By the way, I really like this new character to the core of my heart since I spent a really long time building his character and I hope you guys would too!

Also, I have a question for you guys. What is the most weirdest fanfiction you've ever read? There are way too many for me but my most memorable one was a Jungkook and Y/N fanfiction where Y/N is an ant .In the end, Y/N died after getting stepped on by Jungkook.

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