The ball and the dinner party was well on the way to a success. The king and queen looked radiant and the prince looked even more so. So many people wanted to talk with him and Jungkook was getting irritated by the second.

He stood close to the prince, ignoring the annoyed looked he sometimes got from Taehyung's wanna be pursuers. It was easy to ignore competition when you know very well that the prince belongs to him. They may try to flirt with him now but at the end of the night, he's the one who's going to be in prince's arms.

Taehyung knows that his baby is getting irritated but there's nothing he can do about the situation. As the crown prince of the country, he is expected to behave in a certain way and he can't just disregard them.

He's not worried though. Taehyung knows how to make it up to Jungkook. Taehyung smiled to himself as he thought about just what he will do to his guard tonight and the man who he was talking with thought that he's smiling because of him.

From the corner of his eyes, Taehyung saw captain Hoseok entering the ball room. One look at him was enough for Taehyung to realize that Hoseok had something important to say. Something very important that Taehyung himself was the one who sent the captain to find it.

Taehyung quickly excused himself from the foreign prince he was talking with and made Jungkook answer his questions about the fight. He could see the surprised look on Jungkook's face but there wasn't any time to dwell on that.

He quickly followed Hoseok who led them in to a empty room.

"So, what did you find?" Taehyung asked in an urgent tone.

"They are not talking at all, your highness. Either they don't know anything or they are shit scared. I think it's the second one." Hoseok answered with a sigh.

"Do we even know whether Jungkook is the intended target?"

"We got nothing to actually confirm it but I would say it very likely, your highness. The way all of them positioned themselves to that one fight and they were not afraid to get killed for it either."

Taehyung gave a nod at that.

"It's almost as if they knew how good he is at combat. No one would have had a chance with him one on one. It had to be one against atleast ten." Taehyung said with an uneasy tone.

"Yes, and there were total 46 of them.  I'd say it's a damn good plan, would have been definitely successful if your highness hadn't noticed it in time." Hoseok added to that.

"But why would anyone want to kill him? Does he even have any enemies?" Taehyung asked with a groan.

"I don't know. He has a pretty normal life. The only thing.... uhhh... special about him is.. uhhh..."

Hoseok didn't complete his sentence but Taehyung knew what he was going to say. The only thing in Jungkook's life that could have earned him an enemy, is Taehyung.

"There's one more thing I noticed, your highness." Hoseok said and Taehyung gave a nod for him to continue.

"One of the men I.. uhh... talked with had a slight accent. It was very subtle and I can't be even hundred percent sure, but I think it's from prince Kai's country."

"Kai??!!" Taehyung thundered and Hoseok gave a nod.

"But like I said, your highness, I'm not sure."

Taehyung thought for a second. Prince Kai was supposed to be here tonight with his father but his sister came instead. Maybe he should enquire why.

If that bastard is indeed responsible for this, Taehyung didn't know what he would do. He just can't get his head around the fact that Jungkook might be in danger because of him.

"Ok, let's keep our eye out and try to find any details you can about them. And not a word about this to Jungkook." Taehyung said in a tight voice and the captain gave a nod at that.

"How's your men? And others?"

"They are still in the infirmary. It seemed they were drugged. They were given some drinks at the tent before the fight started and Jungkook was called out just before that. As they were wearing the half masks, nobody noticed the difference." Hoseok answered in an annoyed tone. That's how the attackers were able to sneak in to that fight.
  
  
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The prince returned to the ball room and noticed that Jungkook was still talking with the foreign prince that he left him with. He saw that Jungkook noticed him too as the guard excused himself and came to Taehyung.

Jungkook was really pissed off and he wanted to know where Taehyung went but there was no chance of him asking any questions from the prince with all these people around. He settled with giving a pointed look to the prince, a look that prince understood.

A look that said, you and I are gonna have a talk tonight and I don't think it's gonna be pretty.

Taehyung could only gave a reassuring smile to the guard as they were in public. Anyway he had a more pressing matter to check right now. He saw the Kai's sister, princess Jenny talking with the king and the queen and quickly walked there.

Jungkook walked with him but had to stop few feet away as it's the custom. Taehyung spoke very sweetly with the princess, much to the surprise of Namjoon and Jin and annoyance of Jungkook.

Taehyung swiftly asked the princess for a dance which she of course was more than happy to agree. Jungkook watched with a confused look as prince Taehyung talked merrily and animatedly with the princess, holding her closely by her waist.

Jungkook watched it for few more minutes but that was all he could take. He walked out of the ball room, totally unaware of the eyes that was following him. The king, queen and prince Taehyung all saw how the younger stormed out.

Taehyung saw that Jungkook leaving in apparent anger and even though he would like nothing more than to go after him, he need to get the information first.

Jungkook didn't return to the ball room and Taehyung didn't had a chance to go look for him either. They were at the end of the party and the guest were leaving.
  
   
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Taehyung was in his room with Hoseok as both of them discussed what to do with the prisoners. They can't kill them but keeping them here is also a hassle. They were discussing options when Namjoon and Yoongi came.

Taehyung was surprised to see the king this late at night. Namjoon just walked in and sat on the sofa.

"What's going on?" Namjoon asked in an commanding voice and after getting a confirmation nod from the prince, Hoseok explained everything to the king.

"Kai? I guess that's possible. I always had a bad feeling about it." Namjoon said after thinking a little.

"And apparently he had told princess Jenny that he's sure that I will not attend this part."  Taehyung said in a tight voice.

"So that's what you were dancing with her. I was wondering why you seemed to have a death wish suddenly." Namjoon said in a teasing voice.

Taehyung gave a small smile at that. Yes, he had noticed the death glares he got from a certain guard too.

"I wonder how he knew about Jungkook? There's not many people that knows about you two and I think all of them are loyal." Namjoon asked in a troubled voice. A prospect of a traitor is not a good one.

"We... Uhhh... made a mistake after the UN summit. Anyone could have seen him." Taehyung replied in a kind of ashamed voice and Namjoon raised his eyebrows at that.

"It... uhhh... just turned out like that. It would have been very.... uhhh....clear, who he is to me." Taehyung was definitely upset now.

"I have some connections there. I'll see what I can find out." Yoongi said in a reassuring voice. The young guard is a friend for them all.

"I was kind of hoping you would say something like that." Taehyung said as he gave a nod to the commander.

"We could-" Yoongi started to talk but his voice was cut from the sound of door opening.

Jungkook came in, closing the door hard behind him. "Tae, you better have ohh--"

The younger looked absolutely shocked to see all the people in the living room and his face turned in to a dark red colour.

"Jungkook." Namjoon said in an amused voice at the younger's flustered state.

"My apologies, your majesty. I-I didn't know you were here." Jungkook was  totally embarrassed at the situation.

He just stood by the door frozen and Taehyung walked to his lover.

"Hey, it's ok. It's ok." Taehyung said in a reassuring voice. "Now what were you saying, what should I better have?"

Jungkook looked at the prince and his former anger returned instantly.

"You better have a fucking good excuse for flirting with that girl." Jungkook whisper yelled at the Taehyung and the prince just gave a light chuckle.

"Baby, I was not flirting. I was just dancing."

"Ohh.. didn't knew you were so much in to dancing. My bad!" Jungkook said in a mock apology.

"Well I do have a fucking good excuse this time. We needed...uhhh... some information and I was just trying to get it. The others are here to just discuss that." Taehyung said in a clear voice and Jungkook looked at him in surprise.

"Information..?"

"Yeah.."

"Information about what..?"

Taehyung looked a bit uneasy and Jungkook immediately regretted his question.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"It's ok." Taehyung gave a reassuring smile to the younger. "So are we ok now? Is my excuse good enough for my boyfriend?" Taehyung asked in a teasing voice and Jungkook gave a huff in response.

"Yeah, whatever." Jungkook muttered and turned to leave but Taehyung held him by his hand.

"Where are you going? You can go to bed, I'll be there soon." Taehyung whispered and Jungkook rolled his eyes at him.

"Are you crazy??!! I'm not gonna go in to your bedroom when the king is here. Good night." Jungkook pulled his had back.

"But I wanted to-"

"Too bad, you have your all important information to share with the class. And also, for future references.." Jungkook leaned a little closer to the prince and whispered in to his ear. "Keep your meetings in the office, not in the fucking living room."

With that, the young stepped back a bit, gave a respectful bow to the king and went out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Taehyung looked at the closed door for few seconds and sighed. He had so many plans for tonight but it looks like he'll be sleeping alone after all. He turned to look at the other 3 men in the room, all of them who were trying their hardest to not laugh at the prince's crestfallen expression.

Taehyung gave another sigh and walked back towards the other.

"Gentlemen, can we take this discussion in to the office room please? I've been told not to have meetings in the fucking living room!"