His Majesty|Taekook, Yoonmin

XVII

When Jungkook woke up, the other side of the bed was empty.

Again.

After Iris arrived, they had not shared a spicy night. Both were busy with their own concerns.

The prince lazily cleaned himself and put on a simple long sleeve white shirt and silk black trousers.

He headed to the dining room and found his husband eating with the Azuria's princess and the queen.

When Jisoo spotted him arriving, she stared at the empty seat next to her son and cleared her throat. "Iris, my dear, why are you sitting in the other side of the table? You should sit next to the king."

"Mother, this is Jungkook's se-"

"Come on my dear." the queen did not mind his words. She was impatient to see the princess sitting next to him. She did not want Jungkook to be closer.

The prince frowned and let out a quiet sight. "Good morning." he said before sitting far from the three of them.

"Good morning, my prince." Taehyung smiled to him while the two women remained silent.

"Good morning, your highness." Namjoon approached the prince. "What would you like for breakfast?"

"I would like some crê-"

"He will have what everyone got." The queen mumbled coldly. "We do not have picky eaters in our family."

The butler bit his lip and smiled sadly to the prince before going back to the kitchen.

"What should I prepare?" Jin asked.

"Like the rest. Fried eggs and grilled bread."

The cook furrowed his eyebrows. "But Jungkook does not like eggs too much."

"I know but the queen.. she did not gave him a chance to speak."

"This is seriously annoying Joon." the tall man clenched his fists. "Our prince does not deserve to be treated this way. He did not do anything wrong!"

"I know." Namjoon rubbed the back of his neck. "The arrival of the princess is starting to change things."

"I will not tolerate it." Jin mumbled coldly. "We need to help. We should also write a letter to Jimin and King Yoongi, they are powerful, I am sure they can convince the queen or do something."

"Yes, you are right." the younger nodded. "But for now just give me his plate, he should be very hungry. He did not eat dinner last night."

"Whose fault do you think it is?" Jin rolled his eyes. "That childish princess kept mocking peasants and commoners in front of him. She did it on purpose to remind him of his dark past."

"At a moment, I was ready to break the rules and shout at her." Namjoon said. "I was so angry. Even Taehyung looked like he was about to kill someone."

"God help us be patient." Jin sighed and gave the plate to his husband. "I put on more sausages for him. He needs to eat."

"Thank you." the younger smiled and pecked his husband's lips before heading back to the dining room where a dull atmosphere was reigning.

"There is a ball organized by the prime minister to celebrate his son's prison release and you are obviously invited." Jisoo told her son. "I thought you could show up there with Iris."

Jungkook gulped.

"Oh! I love parties!" the princess giggled. "I need to prepare my dress and shoes."

"Mother, only me and the prince are invited to such events." Taehyung said after he took a sip of tea.

"You are the king, you can go with whoever you want."

"B-but I want to go." Jungkook said, with a small voice.

"You have other things to do." The queen said. "Why don't you help your commoner friends? It is cold now so they sure will need wood for fire and food to eat."

Commoner friends.

Commoner.

"Mother, he can do this after the party." the king said.

"Oh dear son, will you listen to me for once? If you go with the prince you will be the only same s*x couple there. What a shame in front of people."

Jin and Namjoon who listened to the entire conversation were ready to throw fists.

"Your majesty, same s*x marriage is not illegal in our country." Jungkook protested.

"It is different for a king." Jisoo answered. "A marriage with a man would only make him less powerful because he has no chance to get an heir."

"This is why men cannot live without women, am I wrong your majesty?" Iris asked with a venomous tone, not taking her eyes off Jungkook who looked like a little lost puppy in front of the queen.

When Taehyung wanted to pour more tea for him, Iris stopped him by putting her hand on his. "Let me pour it for you, my king."

Jungkook could not take it anymore. Seeing someone else touching his husband was too much to handle.

He put down his cutlery and got up from the table.

"Where are you going? You have not finished your breakfast." Taehyung asked.

"I.. I have something to do." the younger lied.

"You can do it after eating, no?"

"I am not really hungry." the prince lied again. He was craving. "Tae, can we walk together in the garden later?" he asked his husband.

"I asked him first this morning." Iris mumbled.

"Mm indeed. You should walk with her first." Jisoo nodded.

Taehyung sighed and stared at his husband.

"And stop speaking informally to him." the queen told Jungkook. "Tae? What kind of disrespect is it?"

"B-but he is my husband."

"He is your king!"

"Mother." Taehyung stared at her.

Jungkook nodded and faked a smile.

"Well you should go with her then." he said, feeling his heart shatter into small pieces inside his chest.

He decided to keep his head up, with a strong facial expression. He did not want the queen and the princess to think they won.