~Y/N POV~

Thank goodness I don't have to do the serving at meal times anymore. Now I'm in charge of the laundry duties and so far it's not that bad. It took a couple more weeks but I eventually got what I wanted for a change as you know living as a maid in the castle you grow accustom to not getting what you want. It's almost as if your rights as a human being get taken away from you, most importantly the freedom part.

I wish for that one day. This is all I've ever known since I cant remember my life before I came here and I just wish one day luck will be on my side and one day be free of this place, even if it means leaving Jungkook behind.

I know he doesn't love me anymore by the way he treats me and speaks to me. It's like that saying actions speak louder than words, except in my case there are no words to say other wise. All he does is shout at me especially when Jungkook's friends and cousins are around. I don't know if it's a show off thing or what to show his authority but in my opinion he's turning out like his dad. A massive bully the only difference is that he doesn't beat me on a daily basis.

However whenever Jungkook and his friends are about to enter a room I would be in Hoseok always and for some reason comes to warn me. I don't know why but he does and I appreciate it because he gives me the heads up and gives me just a little advice on Jungkook's mood because sometimes I would have to watch what I do or even sometimes as to who I look at.

I like Hoseok very much he's become very kind to me over the years so it gives me that little extra someone I could talk to other than Minseo, the head maid. She's like a grandmother to me and I tell her almost everything but not about Jungkook. I never wanted to risk her knowing and have her get in trouble if she were to know.

So all in all Hoseok and Minseo are the only two I really interact with other than a few other words to other maids in the castle when it comes to duties.

At least with working now with laundry I don't have to see Jungkook so much and most importantly Sakura. She's noticed over the last few weeks Jungkook for some odd reason has been giving me a little more of can I say reactions to things I've been doing. Saying more than just a few words to me, or so much as asks for a lot more things he doesn't need just to get my attention or even so much as to get angry at me for just the littlest of things.

It scares me when he does but Sakura loves it but the past few days it's like she's noticed Jungkook's sudden change of behaviour after all these years. So thankfully I don't have to live in more fear of Sakura smacking me across the face or kicking me in the shins anymore or even in the off case Jungkook hits me again like he did once before but hasn't touched me since, but with his temper you never know since it is like his dads.

It's like the laundry room has become my safe haven and I'm actually really liking it. Not having to worry about Jungkook's stares or to listen to Sakura babble about stupid things. It's quiet and I almost feel like it's my space in a way while I work.

It was a nice day outside so I took the opportunity to hang out some bed sheets on a washing line in the garden. It's also so I could enjoy the smell of the flowers and sun on my face as I work at the same time. Though up a head I could see the very same tree Jungkook and I use to play at all the time as kids and the place we shared our first kiss. It'll forever hold that memory that I now remember as a sad one.

Sighing sadly to myself at the once happy memory I finished hanging up the last white bed sheet clipping the last peg on the corner of the fabric and picking up my basket and walking back inside through the single door that leads right to the laundry room. Though after closing the door again and turning around to put my basket away I squealed in fright when I seen someone sitting on the far corner counter top next to the door to enter the room within the castle.

It was Jungkook.

With a hand over my heart after almost feeling like I peed myself with the sudden surprise of his appearance, I bowed to him like I always do now.

"Your majesty."

Is all I say to him, taking my basket and avoiding the fact he dropped his amused smirk on his face the moment I bowed to him while he was still hanging off the edge of the counter with his legs hanging there.

With taking my basket I walked across the room placing my basket to the floor in front of the tumble dryer. Then having to walk closer to Jungkook because he's sitting next to the washing machines and I need to take the other basket of dirty sheets that I left in front of the washing machine earlier and begin to load it up.

All while I could feel Jungkook watching me quietly from the side. I don't dare say anything or even look at him. I feel awkward now that I don't even know how to look at him or be around him alone right now. This is the first time in years we have been alone together, even with the day he hit me when he was drunk we weren't alone. Another maid was there but this time it's just the two of us. His stares are intimidating with the way he's just sitting quietly watching him. Year before all this I use to love the way he looked at me. He wasn't intimidating then, he use to look at me all adoringly and giddy sometimes, he use to even get shy if I made eye contact with him but now it's different.

I want to ask him why he's here or not saying anything because surely he would be here for a reason but he hasn't said anything at all. Another sigh escaped my lips, closing the washing machine door and picking up the basket putting it on the counter top and then turning on the washing machine to start another wash. If I cant find anymore space in the washing line I'll obviously have to use the tumble dryers.

In the centre counter of the room there was a pile of sheets and some maid aprons that needed washed so I began to work on folding all that up. The aprons first since they were the smallest, folding them up neatly and starting a pile in a neatly fashion.

Behind me I heard Jungkook slide off the counter and his feet land back on the floor with a thud. I literally stopped breathing feeling his presence come up behind me to the point I felt his breath on the back of my neck.

But the laundry door opened and he stepped back away from me and the sound of Hoseok's voice made me feel like I could finally breath.

"Jungkook, I mean your highness. I've been looking for you." Hoseok

I still didn't turn around but I heard Jungkook only hum in response.

"Well Sakura's parents are here for your scheduled lunch. They're waiting for you out on the patio as we speak." Hoseok

I scoffed with the roll of my eyes but froze when I realised I did that out loud. No one said anything but I had a feeling they were both looking at me from behind. I heard Jungkook's chuckle and I cursed internally at my embarrassment.

"I'm on my way." Jungkook

Is all he says until I could see him coming into view to grin at me as he walks to the back door leading to the garden and leaving through the door.

"Y/n are you okay? What was he doing in here?" Hoseok

He was just as curious as I was. Hoseok stepped up to stand beside me with a hand on my shoulder.

"I don't know he didn't say and I didn't ask."

I shrugged and Hoseok removed his hand from my shoulder with a deep frown.

"None of you spoke to one another?" Hoseok

"Nope. He's the king I'm not aloud to speak to him first unless it's to greet him unless told otherwise and that's all I did when he scared the hell out of me when I came back inside from hanging out sheets."

Hoseok sighed heavily, shifting on his two feet and putting his hands in his pockets.

"You can talk to him first Y/n, you know given your history together." Hoseok

Oh yeah I forgot that he knows because Jungkook told him which I have no idea why he would do such a thing. Maybe when he was drunk because Jungkook seems to be a talker when he's been drinking.

"No I cant do that anymore Hoseok. He doesn't feel the same anymore as he once use to so I do not have the privilege to address him first."

Hoseok gave me a sad look when I glanced at him but I chose to ignore it.

"Look Y/n it's not what it se-" Hoseok

"Seems? I doubt that because his actions speak different. Did he ever tell you he hit me once?"

I asked him staring right into his eyes and given his shocked look that quickly spread across his face I would take that as a no when he didn't say anything about my question.

"No I didn't think so. I may still love him Hoseok but I can chose to forget about it because he is the king and I have no right to do anything else about it. Now excuse me I have to take these apron back to the maid quarters so everyone can get their new freshly washed aprons."

That's when I picked up the pile of aprons I had finished folding and walked out the laundry room. I felt bad so being rude but I didn't like that he was trying to tell me Jungkook still have feelings for me when he clearly doesn't its not like something could happen between us again anyway. We had our last night together the night before he married Sakura and I'll hold that deep in my memories to remember the sweet times with him, with the real Jungkook and I love so much and not the man that walks around now.

Jungkook lost his love for me years ago. I don't know how or why but he changed over the years and it all happened around when his dad died. Maybe because it was the only parent that he had left and he died?