The Fox Prince | J.JK ✔

• Twelve •

"Stop following me." You said, turning around to face the person following you. Your eyes widened at the sight of Jungkook there.

You stood there, staring at each other as your eyes kept spilling tears, holding back sobs forcefully. "You left me." You whispered, shakily gasping for air.

Jungkook looked shamefully at the ground, his hand gripping the handle of his sword. "You left my only family to die." You whispered again, heading closer to him.

"Only kids managed to live thanks to me." Once in front of him, you punched his chest, over and over again as your hits slowly grew weaker.

Your sobs started coming out, Jungkook's eyes now on you. "I hate you so much but my heart keeps telling me to go back to you." You whimpered.

Jungkook pulled you into his chest, hugging you close and exhaling a sigh. "I am so sorry... I wanted to stay..." He whispered.

"Why didn't you?" You whimpered. "I needed you beside me, Jungkook. And you left me." You sighed, pulling away. You wiped your cheeks and blinked the rest of your tears away.

"I'm going home." You said, turning around and continuing down the path towards your home. You could hear Jungkook's steps following after.

"I know I can't do anything for you to forgive me." Jungkook suddenly said, making you turn around after stopping.

"I only want you to know that whatever happened before that, was not to use you. I truly am growing feelings for you and I deeply regret leaving that night." He explained.

You could see tears grow in his eyes, watching him step towards you slowly. "Seeing you holding your aunt like that, it reminds me of holding my dad. The way he died." He said.

A sob left his lips, looking down as he kept making his way to you. "It took everything inside me to not run to you. I even tried but I only got a punch from one of the guards." He sighed.

"You wanted to run back?" You asked in surprise. "I tried to. But they didn't let me. They forced me back to the palace and locked me in for weeks until I..." He lifted his hands.

With his fingers, he did a quote-unquote sign with them. "Agreed to cooperate." He said.

You looked down at your hands as you fiddled with your fingers, his hand coming in sight and engulfing yours. "I truly am sorry, Y/n. I stand by you no matter what and I will not let anyone under me-" He cut himself off.

You looked up at him in worry, seeing his wide eyes staring in the distance. "What is it? Is something wrong?" You asked in confusion.

"It was my mother." He said in disbelief. Your eyebrows furrowed and you shook your head, not understanding.

"What do you mean?" You asked. He looked at you, scoffing in disbelief before running his hands through his hair and pacing around.

"She has always wanted the throne for herself, that's why she never talked about bringing me to the throne." He sighed.

"I was always just a prince." You looked around at the trees and bushes, nibbling on your lower lip as you thought.

"That's why she was so alarmed when she knew I was getting married to you and becoming the future queen." You replied, his head turning to you.

"Was she behind it?" You asked, staring at him with slight anger in your eyes. Jungkook sighed, "The fire? I'm not sure."

You sighed, closing your eyes and looking down. You jumped slightly when his cold hands rested on your cheeks, making you look back up.

"I will find out. If it was her who made your village burn down and not let me run to you, I will punish her." He said with a serious tone.

"But she is your mother, Jungkook." He shook his head, smiling at you softly. "I don't care. She doesn't have the right to hurt the future queen of Joseon."

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"There. The stitches will hold for a week or two. Make sure he doesn't move much and that he doesn't lift anything heavy." You explained, caressing the little boy's head.

"Will he be okay?" The boy's worried mother asked, kneeling on the ground beside him. "As long as he doesn't rip the stitches, he'll be fine." You sighed.

You yawned softly as the mother left with the boy in her arms, stretching your arms out with a sigh. Your eyes fell upon a figure rolling a cart down the street as you were in your house.

You quickly got up and gripped your skirt before heading outside in a hurry, following the few people left in the town that followed the figure.

Once the figure came to a stop with the cart, you saw some of the royal maids, including yours waiting by a fire where some water was boiling.

You looked up to the figure, your eyes widening when you saw Jungkook staring at you with a grin, Jimin beside him with a smile.

"King Jungkook has brought you food and water for the next few months as an apology for not being able to help!" Jimin shouted.

Everyone started cheering once the blanket on top of the cart was pulled off, revealing countless raw meat, vegetables, fruits and grains that could feed the less than 20 people in your town for a year.

You smiled widely, happy to see everyone happy as they kneeled down to thank the king. You mouthed him a 'Thank You', seeing him shake his head.

"Anything for my future queen." He mouthed back.