LOVE YOU IN ALL TIME [TAEKOOK]
Royalty and loyalty ~ 5
Crown Prince Kim’s Tent – Just After Sunrise
The flap opens. Prince Kim and Jeon slip inside quietly, boots muddy, clothes slightly rumpled from travel. Their eyes meet, warm and reluctant to let go
Soldier Jeon
We made it back unnoticed… I think.
Crown Prince Kim
If the guards spotted us, they’ll lose their tongues before noon.
Soldier Jeon
(teasing)
So romantic. I love your threats in the morning.
They laugh softly, only to freeze as two figures step out from behind a screen: Asung in robes, Lalana in full armor, arms crossed.
asung
You both smell like mountain air and sin.
lalana
And here I was starting to think you got ambushed by a bear.
Crown Prince Kim
(startled, then composed)
You’re early.
asung
We never left. Someone had to be in your tent all night, to keep the illusion.
Soldier Jeon
Wait… you stayed here?
lalana
(grinning)
Told every curious maid and nosy soldier that His Highness was busy with his concubine.
asung
(smirking)
I even messed up the sheets and left a wine cup tipped over for effect. Very convincing, if I say so myself.
Soldier Jeon
You covered for us… again.
Crown Prince Kim
They are more than friends, rabbit. They are our shield in the shadows.
asung
And you’re both the reason we keep sharpening our blades.
lalana
We’re not just protecting your love. We’re protecting ours too.
asung
(softly, glancing at Lalana)
You think you’re the only fools risking everything to love in secret?
lalana
We’ve been together for three years. Since before the last border skirmish.
Soldier Jeon
I… didn’t know.
Crown Prince Kim
Neither did I.
asung
Now you do. And now you understand why we’d lie, fight, and bleed for the four of us to survive.
lalana
But we need to move. The camp will wake fully within the hour.
asung
Let’s not give the real enemy more reasons to hunt you.
Crown Prince Kim
You have our gratitude. Always.
Soldier Jeon
And our silence. Your secret is safe.
lalana
Good. Because if it slips, I will know.
Asung chuckles and brushes dust off Jeon’s shoulder like an older sister
asung
Get cleaned up. You both look like you rolled down the mountain instead of making love on it.
Asung and Lalana exit through the back flap. The tent quiets.
Soldier Jeon
Do you think this can last?
Soldier Jeon
No… this. Hiding. Sneaking out. Pretending you were with her while I wait outside the gates like a shadow.
Crown Prince Kim
If the world weren’t at war, I’d build one just for us. But for now… this is how we survive.
Soldier Jeon
(sighs)
Then I’ll meet you in the shadows. Every time.
A brief, stolen kiss. Then they separate, one heading left, the other right, both fading into duty once more.
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