The Queen's General (✓)

CHAPTER 13

Taehyung POV

Dinner have been serve and we all in the dining table enjoying the food, chatting , laughing, teasing.

King Yoongi is glued to Jimin after they had cleared their issues forgetting that they are still in the other's palace. I sits between mom and Jimin while the king talking to mom in front of him from time to time

my mom is eating silently but I can sense she's feeling awkward to the Prime Minister which position in front of me I think uncle Namjoon will wait a little more than I expected.. they might knew each other as friends, not like now that the latter confessed his feelings

I silently eating and observing them, having smile in my lips, I didn't notice that I've been playing with my food with a fork

Jimin glance at me nudging my elbow to look at her with a questioning look

"What?" I ask staring back at her

"You are sad tae, I know that look! Even you can smile the whole time, I can tell you having troubles within yourself"

Mom look at our way hearing what the duchess said. She hold my hand and I release the utensil to hold her hand back

" What's wrong sweetheart? Do you have problems that didn't come in my knowledge?" Mom voice out her worries

"no, there is none mom...what problems would that be? And if there's something, you know you're the first person I would talk about it" I smile assuring them that everything is fine

"You can denied it for all you want Tae but you can't fool us" Jimin insist

"You have doubts in me now?" I dramatically gasp looking at her

"Queen Mother, I would like to ask for your permission to invite the queen to stay in my home located near here, I just bought that house last month and I want to show her my 2 horses" Jimin suddenly said

"what?! You never told me about it.. you bought a house? Really chim?" I'm so happy for her doing what she wants, so much freedom while I'm always here. I feel stuck, sometimes it's suffocating.

I want to experience going out to the market place, disguising myself so no one would notice me, buy my things on my own, not in the comfort of my home looking through from a lot of brochure

I'm looking down thinking..  I just realized this place is like a prison disguise as a palace

"Yes, you can darling I think she needed that" mom said her voice pull me back from my thoughts

"Really mom? can I go with her.. I would love to, can I stay there for atleast 5 days?"

"of course darling.. what are you thinking? You need a vacation for all of this, and I couldn't forget about him... Have you talk to him?" Mom squeeze my hand

" I have not, never got a chance..."

"Where is that idiot by the way?!" Jimin said dropping her fork in a plate creating a tingling sound

"Chim, just let it go for awhile... "

"It's been a week Tae, look at the King and the Prime Minister! They all had confessed. He's always here but didn't do anything!"

" Maybe that's the reason why he couldn't confess because he knows I'm always here, that I can wait anytime for him" I felt sting in my chest, feel hurt of the thought that I the only one hoping for more for us

I feel like I want to cry and a single tear rolled down from cheek so fast, I didn't notice I'm already crying

"Your Majesty!" Uncle Namjoon blurted out surprised for it's his first time saw me tearing up