sovereign.

( — ft. @daltaejun ! continued from here ! )

nahyun held the teacup to her nose with careful hands to inhale the sweet flowery scent of the liquid inside. she was lucky enough to have escaped the confines of her prison long enough to sneak into her friend’s house, and even luckier to discover that he was home. she waited for him while she tried to sip her tea, pondering how much further she could push her luck; consequently burning the tip of her tongue and almost bursting into tears at the pain it caused her. nahyun pressed her tongue against the back of her teeth harshly, and looked up to the ceiling so as not to ruin her makeup.

@daltaejun

“you would think that I would be better suited for teaching today with a cute face like that.” she teases the elder with the shortest of sighs, resting the soft flesh of her cheek against an open palm. she often felt slight senses of frustration when it came to teaching the other….he was doing well to learn japanese from her but there were times when his stubborness took the better of all of them and those were the lessons that were the most troubling. 

however it was her at the center of the this controversy. 

she could hardly be given incentive to pay attention to the very same lesson that she had been the one to plan —- the sun was shining high and glazing the earth with a comfortable warmness that signaled the end of spring and the high times of summer again. like a child, she wanted away from the lessons and an in to the balmy day. “let’s call it a day….I’ll be your translator if you need…but today is just so nice, how can we stay inside?” she asks him, preparing pout if he were to turn away her wants. 

effort would never betray you, they said.

no matter how tedious it seemed, the former never found it to be on going practice an irksome. sure, there were at times he had been confused. drawing to a blank when it came to katanaka passages, it only ignited the spirit of wanting to learn more. which at times that he felt that yujin was jaded when all they did was learn, repeat and continue with the steps regularly when he finally got the hang of it. not that he had been truly oblivious, the weather had been marvelous. “already? i’m almost finished!” the statement came eventually, opting a glance onto the compounds. “it’s nice, alright”

( — ft. @daltaejun ! )

“good night, lady eunyeong,” the attendant said with her final words for the day before she shut the door. bae eunyeong had hid herself well under the sheets, pretending to be fast asleep. her father wasn’t oblivious to his daughter’s true nature and had assigned her quite a meticulous and strict attendant to follow her around the household during the day, in order to keep a leash on her. however, the sun had set and so did her attendant’s job for the day. without a pair of eyes trailing after her everywhere, the weight on her shoulders have become lighter.

under the moonlight, the crickets chirp signaling her time to reign free from her chains. the full moon makes an appearence presenting mother nature’s true awakening state. nocturnal creatures open their eyes and begin to pry during the night. with a high-leveled intuition, she senses a presence approching her household. lucklily passing by her room, she hears the voice of her eldest brother speaking to someone from afar. 

as the twenty-eight year old made along his presence in the comfort of the bae residence, allocating a visit after what it seemed quite a while for that dear friend of his. offering a few set of greetings, out of custom, alongside a simple gift. after all, it was considered as rude if you came empty handed, and entered the manor after obtaining permission. true, huisoo had been a pleasant face to see after a long day—it felt nice to stop by and unwind for a bit. 

at the mention of choi jeung, an immediate blush spread across her cheeks without so much as a warning, leaving little seulhye to look nothing less than a tomato, glowing under the moonlight. truly, leave it to her brother to catch her completely off guard. 

“what ever do you mean?” feigning innocence, her eyes fluttered downwards to stare at her wringing fingers before looking up at him again. “i bumped into him in the market one day, he was gallant enough to send me home –” she gasped mid-sentence, the possibility appearing in her mind and throwing all caution to the wind. jeon seulhye immediately felt breathless. 

“why? did he say anything about me? hm? …what did he say to you, brother?” 

it was then that he had knew he struck a chord, seulhye is all grown up now to be blushing about a certain gentlemen. quite endearing, he’d say. although the very thought of it seemed rather harrowing in such ways. alarming in a sense that his dear sister had been eligible for marriage. 

the notion remain afloat inside the registers of his mind, clouding around and cloaking the idea of it. as much as deemed baffling, taejun prompted that such ideas to be uncluttered. one of the rare moments whereas he had not been thinking thoroughly before asking such question, however, her response managed to shift his focus. “how thoughtful,” was all he could ever manage as the former deliberated for a mere moment.

“I hope you know i wont go easy on you brother.” he calls out, eyes sparkling from the thrill of their sparring they were about to start on. smile widening on his lips. “i just hope you dont sulk when i beat you again.”

@daltaejun

blood is thicker than water, if there was one thing pertaining the jeon siblings, the bond they shared had been ineludible. there were the four of them, and yet, the eldest was able to persevere if their relationship. though in minjun’s case, he lived off the dream that the former aspired for so long. it was his purpose to serve the military, still, the government official chose to let it slide and let his younger brother to strive on that wish. 

fortuitously, a form of courtesy could go a long way when he aforementioned to the latter when taejun voiced out his opinion in having his own brother assist him on their discreet session—delving deeper in the art of swordsmanship. 

after all, it was an astute bargain. 

somehow, a sense of gratification never dissipated from him as the other never opposed to whenever their reserved time had been intact. sure, he had to travel to the family estate for it, as that beloved wife of his had a tendency of having paranoia to struck whenever the clang of swords swishing into each other. not that he had been mindful of it, never. 

both standing across one another, the simple gesture was returned. it had been something which he found delight in being with his siblings as he made forth to obtain the weapon offered prior to that. a mindful custom, almost as if it were a ritual. not that he had completely forgotten in regards to it, taejun knew better that he needed to be prepared. in the end, he was one without the presence of the tool provided as his own line of work had nothing to do with having any form of contraption involved. 

it had been a while since she found herself going to the forest. it was peaceful, and all of the time no one was around, and if they were she hadn’t heard a anything from them. today was like any other day, she slipped away from her family and made her to her mother’s. the woman wasn’t there but that hadn’t been a problem for inyoung, she was still allowed to stay and use her mother’s home as she saw fit.

not many had been aware of the actuality that it was one of his to go places, a secret hideout to whenever he needed to replenish his thoughts and himself included. subsequently excusing himself from the people, the male opted resting for a while. nearby the slab of stone until something which had looked like paper caught him. shifting it away, to obtain a better sight he had found it. a note. it’s probably a random one, yet, it urged him to unveil its content. a message was conveyed before departing from the scene.