"Shut the fuck up," Yoongi told him kindly, before dragging him along further and heading outside. He didn't much like the idea of outside, made his heart beat faster again, but he knew he would have to deal. He spotted Hoseok first, who gave him a nod, a smile and a wave, before looking at Ten and smiling a bit wider.
All right, so one of his friends might know. "Where's Namjoon?"
"He's talking over there." Hobi gestured vaguely, then called out. "Joonie?! Yoongi-hyung wants you."
"What?!" Namjoon turned and looked back before saying some final words to the men he was talking to and hurrying over to Yoongi, bowing to his hyung. "Yoongi-hyung, sorry for the delay. All the prisoners have been released."
"All of them? Some of them sucked, you know?" Ten just wanted to point that out. Yeah, they were all political prisoners but they were jerks too. One of them threw food at him so clearly he needed his head removed.
"Uh... what did you need, hyung?" Namjoon gave Ten a confused look, mostly wondering why Ten was still with Yoongi and not in a cell or something. Or dead.
"Less of an audience." He definitely needed that. The weight of everyone's attention on him was already getting on his nerves, making his heart race. He started walking, leading Ten along and hoping that Namjoon - and Hobi, apparently - would know to just follow.
"You didn't kill him," Hoseok pointed out.
Yoongi shrugged. "It wasn't necessary. I'll take care of him, his power is broken."
"I'll get someone to disperse the crowd. It's hard to get rid of them, they're excited. We're finally free." And that was a cause for celebration, people wanted to be a part of this moment but if Yoongi wanted them gone, he would try. He passed the message on to the guards as he walked by, rushing to catch up.
"Celebrating? People are so ungrateful." Ten looked back at Hobi and winked at him, cruel and mocking. "I'm too pretty to kill."
"They can celebrate, whatever. I don't mind, but I don't want to talk to you in front of everyone. Just... Give them food, or something. I bet there is loads, they always had too much." Yoongi breathed easier once they were inside and he felt fewer people were looking at him. He exchanged a look with Hobi, who just raised an eyebrow, then he focused on Namjoon again. "We have to talk."
"I figured we would have to talk. Shall we lock him away and have some alone time?" Namjoon was thinking they lock themselves in a room and discuss this privately away from the mocking former king and all the loud people. "I might be best to talk." Given everything that just happened between them.
Ten pouted and purposefully nudged at Yoongi to remind him that he existed and needed more attention and love. Did they not need to talk? How dare he be ditched?!
"Come with me." Yoongi ignored Ten, outside of tightening his grip on him as a warning, and then looked at Hobi. "Can you handle the celebration?"
With a bright smile, Hobi nodded. "I was born for that."
He walked off and Yoongi shrugged. "Go figure." To each their own. He started walking up the stairs, looking at Namjoon. "We can go to the royal bedchamber, it's entirely too big anyway, I'll deal with him and he won't hear us. Is everyone all right? Did anyone get hurt?"
"No, no one got hurt. There was a few fights with the royal guards initially but they gave in pretty quickly. It's not their fault they had to work for a tyrant. They were pretty happy to surrender." Namjoon explained as he climbed the stairs, unsure how he felt about Ten being near them. "Everything went without a hitch."
His royal guards surrenders and didn't even fight for him? Dear God. Ten hated his guards. What the hell? Where was the loyalty. He followed after Yoongi, pouting all over again and that pout turned to a glare when he learned of Yoongi's plans. He dug his heels in and made it harder for Yoongi to move him. "I'm here. I can hear you talking. Stop pretending I'm not here."
"I know you are here, but you aren't relevant. Don't you remember? You aren't king. You don't rule anyone. I've told you what you are. We've been over this." Yoongi gave him a jerk, not quite as violently as he could have. He knew that Ten would be pissed, but he couldn't risk being separated from him. Anyone could kill him. Anyone might. This was the only way he could trust that wouldn't happen. "I was a leader for the rebellion, Namjoon."
Yoongi opened the door to the bedchamber and walked inside, waiting for Namjoon to follow and pulling Ten along. "There's no rebellion any more."
"True, we just have to work out the next step. What comes next, you know?" Namjoon had no idea that he was going to become leader, he was very happy to listen to his hyungs and follow as he was told. Even if he was doing most of the work, he didn't see himself as an authority.
"He thinks you can be a ruler but you can't. You're pathetic. No one would follow you. You have all the charm of a diseased mutt." Ten sneered, jealous and stung by Yoongi's cruel words. He didn't want Namjoon to rule - he wanted to rule. He wanted to be treated nice and be taken care of like a king always was. Not this! "Your precious rebel leader is a coward."
Namjoon glared and put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "What is he talking about?"
"Shut the fuck up," Yoongi told Ten again, this time tightening his hold a lot more than previously, wanting it to be painful. He had to deal with this properly and Ten wasn't making it easy. He knew he had to talk to Namjoon about this slowly. He would understand, if only he had the time to get through to him. But, of course, Ten wouldn't give him that.
So he marched him over to the closet and opened it up, turned him around and pinned him to the still closed door, catching his eyes. "Are you going to submit or do I have to get cruel? You are a prisoner right now."
"I'm not your prisoner, I never will be. Don't you dare treat me like one!" Ten raised his voice, clearly not happy with being treated like shit. He was a king, he had royal blood. Who the fuck did this guy think he was, treating him like this. "You don't understand who you are provoking." A fallen king with no power but that wasn't going to stop him. He was determined to be a total pain until the bitter end.
"Are you sure you don't want to kill him...?" Namjoon was just saying. He trusted the judgement of Yoongi but at the same time, he really didn't see the appeal of keeping that spoilt brat around.
Yoongi's eyes narrowed and he hauled Ten against himself, opening the second door. That done he pushed him inside the closet, holding on to his bound hands. It only took a few moments to tie them above his hand to the clothing rack, making sure the knots were tight, secure, and outside his reach. He grabbed a hold of some cloth and forced it into Ten's mouth, not going easy on him now. He had given him his chance and this was ultimately for his own good.
So he gagged him tightly and then bent down to tie his legs together and off to the back of the closet as well. Not much sound possible that way. All in all, this had only taken him minutes. He stood in front of Ten and looked right at him, mouthing the words 'You are mine.'
Then he shut the closet and walked away from it to Namjoon, shaking his head. "There is no need to kill him. And, no, I don't want to."
Ten tried his best to make noise and cause a racket but it was very difficult. It wasn't exactly quiet from the closet but he wasn't able to cause the kind of chaos he wanted. He could barely whimper around the cloth forced into his mouth.
"So the plan is to keep the king alive and ... hope he never does anything or tries to reclaim the throne." Okay. Sounded dodgy but okay. "Hyung... do you really want me to be the leader? Cause I can't be. I'm too irresponsible!"
"The plan is for the king to be gone. There can't be someone who the people might look to, negatively or positively. Not like that. That's why I have to be gone too. If they just replace him with me, we'll have accomplished nothing." Yoongi shook his head, frowning as he tried to think of how to explain this. "Just notice how they look at me. They are so used to see someone as chosen to lead, by some higher power. I'm not that person. I don't think there should be such a person. I think you should choose who you want to lead you. How you want to be lead. So I'll be gone, and Ten will be as well."
"You and Ten will leave and I'll have the kingdom... I dunno how much I like that." For many reasons. Yikes. He was going to rule. He really didn't see that coming. "I guess I can try. Maybe I could set up a government. I could have people come in and then we could create something that is less single ruled and more democratic."
He heard Ten make an annoyed sound from the closet and he had to admit, it was impressive that he was still able to react. Namjoon shook his head and then turned to Yoongi. "If you want me to do it, I will."
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All right, so one of his friends might know. "Where's Namjoon?"
"He's talking over there." Hobi gestured vaguely, then called out. "Joonie?! Yoongi-hyung wants you."
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"All of them? Some of them sucked, you know?" Ten just wanted to point that out. Yeah, they were all political prisoners but they were jerks too. One of them threw food at him so clearly he needed his head removed.
"Uh... what did you need, hyung?" Namjoon gave Ten a confused look, mostly wondering why Ten was still with Yoongi and not in a cell or something. Or dead.
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"You didn't kill him," Hoseok pointed out.
Yoongi shrugged. "It wasn't necessary. I'll take care of him, his power is broken."
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"Celebrating? People are so ungrateful." Ten looked back at Hobi and winked at him, cruel and mocking. "I'm too pretty to kill."
He was just saying.
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Ten pouted and purposefully nudged at Yoongi to remind him that he existed and needed more attention and love. Did they not need to talk? How dare he be ditched?!
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With a bright smile, Hobi nodded. "I was born for that."
He walked off and Yoongi shrugged. "Go figure." To each their own. He started walking up the stairs, looking at Namjoon. "We can go to the royal bedchamber, it's entirely too big anyway, I'll deal with him and he won't hear us. Is everyone all right? Did anyone get hurt?"
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His royal guards surrenders and didn't even fight for him? Dear God. Ten hated his guards. What the hell? Where was the loyalty. He followed after Yoongi, pouting all over again and that pout turned to a glare when he learned of Yoongi's plans. He dug his heels in and made it harder for Yoongi to move him. "I'm here. I can hear you talking. Stop pretending I'm not here."
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Yoongi opened the door to the bedchamber and walked inside, waiting for Namjoon to follow and pulling Ten along. "There's no rebellion any more."
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"He thinks you can be a ruler but you can't. You're pathetic. No one would follow you. You have all the charm of a diseased mutt." Ten sneered, jealous and stung by Yoongi's cruel words. He didn't want Namjoon to rule - he wanted to rule. He wanted to be treated nice and be taken care of like a king always was. Not this! "Your precious rebel leader is a coward."
Namjoon glared and put his hand on the hilt of his sword. "What is he talking about?"
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So he marched him over to the closet and opened it up, turned him around and pinned him to the still closed door, catching his eyes. "Are you going to submit or do I have to get cruel? You are a prisoner right now."
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"Are you sure you don't want to kill him...?" Namjoon was just saying. He trusted the judgement of Yoongi but at the same time, he really didn't see the appeal of keeping that spoilt brat around.
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So he gagged him tightly and then bent down to tie his legs together and off to the back of the closet as well. Not much sound possible that way. All in all, this had only taken him minutes. He stood in front of Ten and looked right at him, mouthing the words 'You are mine.'
Then he shut the closet and walked away from it to Namjoon, shaking his head. "There is no need to kill him. And, no, I don't want to."
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"So the plan is to keep the king alive and ... hope he never does anything or tries to reclaim the throne." Okay. Sounded dodgy but okay. "Hyung... do you really want me to be the leader? Cause I can't be. I'm too irresponsible!"
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He heard Ten make an annoyed sound from the closet and he had to admit, it was impressive that he was still able to react. Namjoon shook his head and then turned to Yoongi. "If you want me to do it, I will."