Browse Try Premium The Painting || BTS KIM TAEHYUNGby Emily_as_Em Chapter 33: Masquerade Ball 4.3K 183 44by Emily_as_Em
What is love? We try so hard to make sense of it, feel it, label it, grab it and touch it to understand the sensation everyone talks about.
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Taehyung proved me that Love is undefinable.
Because it isn't just a word, it's a feeling, a heart skip and an action.
I thought when I meet the one who is meant for me then everything will eventually fall into its right place but again he showed me that love is messy and complicated.
But for me love is a beautiful mess
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And one thing was for sure,
I couldn't allow something happen to Taehyung because of me, only the thought of him getting hurt or worse would burn me alive and not letting me breathe.
How could I let something happen to him just because I'm too selfish to leave him ?
I made my decision right when the mysterious man who turned my life upside down appeared in front of me.
"Willing to sacrifice his life for you in order to protect you, blood will be shed, this sacrifice will take his life, his heart which will stop beating right here, in this very hall!
His words were tormenting me and killing me slowly in a pain I have never felt before but for Taehyung I would do anything, I would give my life for him even if it meant that I could never see his beautiful eyes again.
I could never let something happen to you
Taehyung, never
I glanced at my mask on the desk and grabbed it with shaking hands to carefully wrap it around my head without destroying the beautiful hairstyle.
I turned around after putting the mask on and glanced at every corner of the room I used to spent my days and nights in, sleepless nights because the thoughts about Taehyung and the butterflies he caused to explode in my stomach.
It was an unknown and weird feeling the first night I had slept in this room, I can still remember how I searched in every corner for that stupid door, pushing the walls, opening the cupboards and searching for more information about the castle until the sun rays peeked through the sheer curtains and I slowly fell asleep on the comfortable bed.
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When I stepped out of my room, I closed the door, inhaled and exhaled deeply before flinching when I turned around and met the familiar grey hair and soft brown eyes, leaning against the wall and tilting his head to the side when I closed the door behind me.
"Jimin?" I asked confused while looking around to see if he was waiting for someone else.
He pushed his body away from the wall and bowed respectfully before casually walking towards me while I started nervously scratching the back of my neck in confusion.
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I nodded and felt my heart skipping a beat at the thought of Taehyung
Maybe I shouldn't think about midnight and enjoy the left hours, filling the castle with good memories before the storm shatters us apart..
"Blue roses.." He smiled knowingly while glancing at all the blue roses on my dress
I nodded while smiling and averting his eyes to hide my teary eyes and flushed cheeks.
"Are you ready. your majesty?" He asked teasingly, my head shot up and my eyes widened in shock
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"Don't call me like this" I chuckled shyly and shook my head when he tried to say something against it.
He politely offered me his arm which is why I linked our arms and straightened my body to walk towards the main hall of the castle where the masquerade would take place.
"Jimin?" I asked him nervously, my hands were trembling and my voice was shaking while we were slowly walking down the empty hallway.
"Yes Y/n" He turned his head and looked at me with curious eyes behind his dark mask.
"Can you do me a favor ?" I gulped while licking over my lips and opening my hand which revealed a folded letter I wrote last night when I felt I was suffocating in the darkness of the night without Taehyung.
Flashback
For the first time in my life I was thankful that we had to study the old Chinese alphabet called Hanja in University, though the classes were boring and we would rather act on stage we knew that a part of acting required the old language.
While staring and the blank paper my mind shifted to the first time I met Taehyung and he immediately pulled me in his trance, his alluring cold eyes, his pose and charisma, the way he would tease me or stare at me and making my heart accelerate in an almost unhealthy way.
I know our start wasn't the best, he was a dickhead in the begging, a cold hearted asshole almost.
I chuckled at my own thoughts while wiping a tear away.
But suddenly our bond started to develop into something so magical and electric which was even felt by the people around us, we couldn't hide it, I felt so many emotions at once that I was at the verge of doing plenty of jumps and black flips through the castle.
I felt happy
I really did
And I know I shouldn't be sad because it is ending, I should he happy because it has happened
"King Kim Taehyung of Mahiron, that was what they told me when I asked who you are, the ruler of a nation and the one who turned into the ruler of my heart.
You started a fire in me which can't die down, just like my breath which got stuck with you since the first day I glanced into your eyes and saw my world inside them."
A tear fell on the paper while I started whimpering in pain and closing my eyes to find his dark brown eyes again.
"You let me live the fairytale I always dreamt of, you made me laugh and turned into the home I was craving for.
The first one who believed in my story and curiosly listened to everything I told him about the unknown world he has never been to. You haven't doubt me, you trusted me with the power of love and showed me how it feels like to be alive even though I was far away from home.
You helped me to accept my self and see myself through your eyes filled with love and desire, how can I forget the way you would look at me?"
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I startled when the window of my room slammed open and a heavy wind blew inside which made the goosebumps rose upon my body. I placed the pen on my desk and rushed towards the window to close it when my eyes fell on the white shimmering horse on the yard.
She was shining in the darkness of the night and I smiled remembering where this fairytale horse brought us.
"Take care beautiful" I smiled while closing the window and caressing the window right through where she was standing before turning around and slowly heading towards the desk.
I took the feather pen in my hands and dipped it into the black in before continuing with the letter.
"I wish I could spend each moment of my life with you, watch you smile and fill my ears with your laughter because this is what home feels like. I wish we could create a world just for us, were only you and I belonged to.
Promise me to not lose the warmth inside your eyes and heart Taehyung, don't turn cold again and let the flame of our love die down in your heart.
Promise me to get married and try to love again, don't search for me because it will hurt me even more.
Forgive me my love, forgive me for not keeping my promise and trusting you the way you wanted but I promise you that someday we will meet again, in a better place where time is on our side instead of trying to seperate us because your colors are printed on me Taehyung, you have marked me and I only belong to you. love you Taehyung, I love you so much that it sometimes feel suffocating but I promise to love you until my last breath.
I miss you and I love you.
Goodbye my Love
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Y/n."
The pen fell out of my hands when I started crying out loud while placing my palm on my chest right above my aching heart and calling his name over and over again.
"Forgive me my love.."
End of flashback
"Can you give him this letter tomorrow ?" I lifted my eyes and his eyes widened a little when he met my teary eyes.
He gulped and looked down at the folded letter in my hand.
"Why don't you give him this by yourself?" He asked confused, eyebrows furrowed in confusion while looking between me and the letter
"Because I have to meet my family on the farm and I don't want him to find out, please keep it a secret until you give him the letter" I pleaded him with my eyes until he slowly nodded and smiled softly.
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"Your wish is my command"
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I gasped when we entered the hall on the other side of the castle I have never been to, it was already filled with the guests, my eyes were glued on their beautiful dresses and matching masks, filling the golden hall with so many beautiful colors.
"You may close your mouth miss or else you might catch a fly" Jimin chuckled next to me which made me send him deathly glares while smiling softly and letting my eyes travel around the hall.
My eyes were only searching for one person but he was nowhere to be found, worried I looked for him in every corner
"He will be here. very soon, patience madame" Jimin said while walking me in a corner of the hall.
I nodded while gulping uneasily, my eyes fell on the grand clock on the wall and my heart sank painfully.
Only 4 more hours until midnight.
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I shut my swollen eyes, inhaled and exhaled deeply before opening them again trying to calm myself.
"Jimin, where is he? I'm getting worried" I started nibbling on my lower lip, my heart was beating unhealthily fast while I was burning in an unbearable heat, I was nervous and I couldn't hide it while uneasily glancing at his smiling face.
"There he is"
I turned my head over where everyone was staring at and my heart fell into my stomach when I saw him entering the hall with Jungkook next to him and Jugyeong along with Prince
Byungsu behind them.
I felt a tear escaping my eyes and my lips curving into a smile when he entered the hall, I was crying all day that I almost forgot I still had time left with him, I still got the opportunity to see he his god gifted face and warm eyes again.
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Everyone started clapping when the royal family entered the hall but I stopped breathing when his alluring eyes met mine so intensely that I felt almost naked in front of him.
Familiar emotions similar to the ones I felt the first time I had met him flashed through my body but with a different intensity caused by all the intimate moments we had experienced together, his eyes flashed like an electric shock through my body and numbed all my senses.
My heartbeats filled my skull and my hands started shaking uncontrollably.
But everyone stopped clapping when Princess
Aera along with Taehyung's aunt started heading towards the royal family but not once did Taehyung break the eye contact with me while staring at every corner of my body and smiling teasingly.
Right before they reached Taehyung he started walking away from them and making every single royal guest in this hall gasp and turn into a murmuring mess.
"Uh oh" Jimin chuckled and stepped aside when we realized that Taehyung started walking
towards us.
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With a blurry vision I watched the man of my dreams walking towards me with an authority filled aura that made every woman's jaw drop immediately, his black mask sitting perfectly around his eyes while his royal suit ignited a fire inside me.
I tilted my head to the side when the usual smirk appeared on his damn lips that I loved so much.
When he got closer I felt the whole hall staring at us but the only thing that mattered to me was Taehyung and the last few hours we could spend together.
I lifted my eyes and could positively feel my heart skipping a beat when he locked his eyes with mine and blurred out the whole hall for me.
"Princess Y/n, may I have this dance ?" His deep voice echoed through the hall and my heart almost jumped out of my chest.
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At the sight of my eyes widening the corner of his lips went up and he held his hand out for me, I looked between his large hand and chocolate eyes while my heart was hammering inside my chest.
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I couldn't help but smile, I was about to live the dream of every little girl but with a twist to it, it was about to turn into a nightmare which I couldn't escape from.
I slowly placed my hand in his and gasped when a heat flashed through my body as he wrapped his long and slender fingers around mine and pulled me against his body.
When the waltz music started I wrapped my arms around his neck, I didn't care if I wasn't properly dancing the waltzer, I have already danced it way too many times in the rehearsals with Hobi, now I only wanted to feel Taehyung connect my body with his.
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He immediately wrapped his arms around my waist and pressed me closer to his body while we were rocking our bodies from one side to the other.
"You look so breathtakingly beautiful that I can't get enough of you, no matter how much I stare at you I yearn for more" He whispered against my lips, his hot breath stroking my lips while teasingly glancing into my eyes.
"And you look damn sexy" I chuckled into his chest when he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, trying to understand the unfamiliar words I just dropped.
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"Damn sexy?" He asked confused, almost with an accent which made me giggle and shrug playfully.
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"You are the only man that is so damn sexy" I whispered in trance against his lips while he pulled my body even closer.
"Am I? Then you are the only woman I know that is so damn sexy" My eyes widened and I couldn't help but burst into laughter in the middle of the royalities who probably taught of me as a misbehaved brat but I couldn't care less and enjoy every second with Taehyung.
"You don't even know what it means" I smiled while tilting my head to side and glancing into his beautiful eyes.
"It must be something phenomenal if you associated it with me my love" He winked before he suddenly tightened his grip around my waits and lifted me up to swirl me around across the hall while the guests were staring at us with big eyes, I felt the heat rushing through my cheeks giving them a pink shade while I slowly lowered my eyes and glanced at the grinning Taehyung who had a breathtaking sparkle inside his eyes.
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I couldn't help but chuckle and scream while the butterflies almost exploded inside my stomach as we were moving across the dance
floor.
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He slowly put me down and soon I realized that the other guests started dancing too and minding their own businesses until my eyes met
Princess Aera's burning eyes while dancing the waltzer with Prince Byungsu, I squinted my eyes when I saw them dancing together while Jugyeong was nowhere to be seen.
I immediately looked around the hall and sighed in relief when I found her dancing with Jungkook near Aera and Byungsu.
"What is concerning you Princess?" My eyes softened when his deep voice filled my ears and made me almost forget about Jugyeong.
"Can you please keep an eye on Jugyeong, I feel like she isn't as happy as she portrays herself to be.." I glanced over at her delicate body inside Jungkook arms before I looked back at Taehyung whose eyes already met Prince Byungsu's dangerous dark eyes.
"He will pay for his life if he upset her even once" He said deeply which made a shiver run down my spine.
"Taehyung." I placed my palm on his cheek to make him look at me and trying to calm down his sudden anger, he turned his head towards me and sighed when he met my worried eyes.
"Please don't let any more blood shedding taking place in this castle" I softly caressed his cheeks and drown into his chocolate brown eyes.
Whom can I tell that I don't want to leave you?
"As much as I don't want to let this happen, for Jugyeong and Jungkook I will do anything just like I would give my life for you" He cupped my face with both of his hands while locking our eyes and making my heart shatter into million pieces.
I violently shook my head "Our hearts should beat together and cease together Taehyung" I whispered against his lips and closed my eyes to feel him the closest I could to my heart, takin in his scent, his warmth and the rhythm of his heartbeat underneath my palm.
"They beat together and they will cease together" His warm breath stroke my lips, I slowly opened my eyes my heart almost jumped out of my chest when I saw his alluring eyes one more time.
He suddenly entwined our fingers and started walking out of the hall. I silently followed him while my eyes traveled down to our entwined hands, I couldn't help but smile at the sight of his large hand around my petite fingers, I loved the sight and I could never get enough of it.
I was so focused on our entwined fingers that I hadn't realized that we already reached the dark yard of the castle where no guest were to be seen he pressed me against his body and made me gasp and my eyes widen in shock.
He grabbed my hand and swirled me around, one hand resting around my waist while the other was holding my hand.
"As breathtaking as you look in this dress as much I want to rip it apart because it is hiding your beautiful curves which I want to see, I want to see them all" With this he pressed me against the grand door of their stable and started placing open mouth kisses down my neck.
"It was really hard not taking you right in the filled hall princess" Drown in the heat of lust and the hopeless crave for love I didn't realized that there wasn't much time left for me.