Taehyung stood there on the marble flooring with a heavy heart, eyes widened, his grey hair making him blend in with the rest of the people there. The crowd was gigantic, all there to see River Vorian- the queen of Jupiter.

How the fuck did he not know that?

He'd never bothered to search her name up. His father rarely talked about it, so all Taehyung could do was envision what she would do. Every time he asked his father about her, he shut Taehyung down and told him to move on.

But how could he move on? It was his mother.

His mother, sitting on a throne, pristine held eyes glancing over the room in a manner that was nothing less than intimidating, and-

"T-Taehyungie you're a prince?" Jungkook gulped, and Taehyung's eyes were wide.

"Bitch is royal," Jimin stated dryly, and Taehyung still continued looking at his mother with the widest of eyes.

"Hey!! Why are all of you freaking out!! I am a princess in my planet too!!!" Lav said with a small scowl, and Jimin wrapped one arm around her waist and then leaned in to whisper.

"Yeah, but you being a princess makes sense! Tae, a prince? I mean, look at him. A person who dips bread into ranch isn't a prince, Lav-"

"Shut up Jimin!" Taehyung whisper-snapped, and then looked ahead. He walked towards the line that led to the queen. Oh my god, he couldn't do this. He just couldn't.

How could he face her like this?? He looks like some common bitch!

But he's been waiting. He's been waiting for 20 fucking years to finally meet his mother one day. Hoping she's be everything he'd envision. As a 6-year-old child, seeing his friends getting picked up from playschool by loving mothers- he'd never had that.

But now that he knew she was a motherfucking

Queen??? He doesn't think she's going to be all that loving, especially with how scary she looked.

Jungkook stuck behind Taehyung, eyes starry.

"Wow, Tae you're going to be a prince!"

"No, I'm not," Taehyung chuckled dryly. The other boys waited on the other side.

"Yes, you are! King Taehyung. King Taehyung, King Taehyung-" Jungkook began chanting.

"Shut it, Kookie." Taehyung snapped, and then looked back at her. She was talking to some young girl, who was crying.

"T-thank you for h-helping my mother. -i-if it wasn't for you, my-my mother would've died!" The little girl cried, and Taehyung saw as his mother looked at her gently cupping her face.

"There is nothing I would do more. I hope you lead happy lives." She whispered, and the little girl hugged her and then rushed off.

"Wow" Jungkook said, and Taehyung hummed.

Suddenly, two guards came up to them, dark grey with almost black hair. "Are you Kim Taehyung?"

"Um..yes-"

"Come with us." The guards said, and then grabbed Taehyung from either side and dragged him to the side.

Jungkook followed along, eyes wide in worry.

"Guys please don't embarrass me in front of my mom or the people that work here," Taehyung said, and Jimin scoffed.

"Wow Tae! I wish you would have at least a little faith in us! It's not like I'm going to SCREAM about how you FIS-TED Jungkook in the middle of a mission-" Jimin laughed, and then all of them heard a clearing of the throat.

"Mr. Kim," A voice came, and they looked and saw the butler, who was frowning at Jimin. Jimin looked down and got hit on the head by Lav. "Please come with us to the side."

Taehyung nodded and got up to walk with the butler. He saw a maid rushing past him, and as she did, she bumped into him. "Sorry," Taehyung said quickly, bowing. The woman nodded politely and then walked past him. "Do your work properly, Lailah." The butler snapped, and the woman nodded.

Taehyung walked up to the man and then heard him sigh. "So, Taehyung. You are half human half Juno, yes?"

"Yes. My- my mother is Juno." Taehyung said, and the man smiled.

"And your mother, as I'm sure you're aware, is the Queen." The man stated affirmativer and Taehyung's breath hitched, and he nodded.

"I-I was skeptical, but it's true, isn't it?" Taehyung let out and then looked down.

"That's... that's crazy," Taehyung began, and the Butler smiled.

"Don't worry. You will fit in quite well here." The butler said, and Taehyung looked at him.

"Oh, I mean, I don't plan on staying, but-" Taehyung began, but the Butler cut him off.

"Your friends. Are... are they also going to stay? I can already feel the kingdom's discomfort at their presence," The Butler said, and Taehyung frowned.

"Discomfort...?"

"Yes. Jupiter doesn't have a good relationship with

Humans or any beings related to Earthlings, I'm sure you are aware." The Butler snickered, and Taehyung sighed.

"Ah, yes. Of course. But that was hundreds of years ago. I can vouch that my friends and good people and don't plan to do any wrong." Taehyung said, and the Butler looked unsure.

Taehyung gulped, wondering if they thought he was doing something wrong.

"The Queen wishes to meet you later in private."

"O-oh," Taehyung let out, a small smile growing on his face.

"Oh thank god! I thought they found out we entered this palace illegally!" Jungkook said, and the guards looked at Jungkook.

"What?" The guards snapped, and Taehyung walked in front of Jungkook, who widened his eyes.

"He speaks rubbish! He is merely my...." Taehyung trailed and then gulped. "Pet."

"Oh. Of course," The guards said, and Taehyung began petting Jungkook's head. "Yes yes," Taehyung said, and then brushed Jungkook's head. "Bad pet," Taehyung said loudly, sounding convincing, while Jungkook frowned.

"Your pet?! How the hell do you expect them to believe that?" Jungkook whisper-snapped to Taehyung, who shrugged, but then mouthed just go with it, Jungkook rolled his eyes.

"Sir, please come into the room to wait. We've been expecting your arrival." A man said to them, looking like a butler.

Taehyung nodded, and the butler ushered for the rest of the boys and Lav to come over as well, so they did.

They all began walking towards a dining room, but the guard grabbed Jungkook.

"No pets in the dining room." The man said.

Jungkook furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm not a pet!"

Jungkook barked, and Taehyung sighed, rushing up to them.

"He- he's domestic. It's fine." Taehyung mumbled, and then grabbed Jungkook from the side and began walking with him.

"Fine. But here," The guard said, and then took out a leash (out of where, who knows?) and handed it to Taehyung.

Jungkook's eyes widened like saucers, and Taehyung looked at him like he was about to laugh.

"Don't you dare make me wear that leash" Jungkook whispered.

"I'm so sorry," Taehyung whispered back and then cleared his throat. He put the collar around Jungkook's neck and tied the leash to it and tugged him towards the dining room.

"T-Tae this is humiliating!" Jungkook whined, getting dragged into the dining room. Once they walked in, all 8 of them gasped. It was royal as fuck, with huge chandeliers and expensive looking decor and very extensive embroidery on the walls. A huge table was in the middle with many chairs and a lot of snacks on it.

"Food!" All of them said excitedly, and the butler laughed.

"Yes, all of it is for you." The butler said, and Taehyung let Jungkook's leash go, looking at the butler, who had light grey skin and blue tinted hair.

"When you say you've been waiting for our arrival..." Taehyung trailed, and the butler smiled. "I think you know what I mean. Please wait here, the Queen will come to see you soon."

"Okay," Taehyung said softly, and then turned around to see six of his friends sitting on the chairs, digging into the chicken drumsticks and pizza. It felt like Hogwarts.

Taehyung sat down on one of the seats and then paused.

Wait, someone was missing.

"Tae...." A whimper came, and Taehyung looked to his side and literally shouted when he saw Jungkook on his knees on the floor with a bowl in front of him. Jungkook leaned up, putting his little hands on Taehyung's chair. "T-they said I can't sit on the chairs!"

"O-oh..." Taehyung trailed, and Namjoon looked and frowned. "Girl what the fuck is going on.."

"Tell them I'm not a dog!" Jungkook said, scratching Taehyung's leg. Taehyung sighed. "Sorry bunny, but you kind of got us into this when you told the guards we got here in the wrong means!"

"Still! This is violating my human rights, Tae!" Jungkook cried. Jungkook put his cheek on Taehyung's thigh.

"Is he meowing? Why the fuck is he doing that?" Jin asked, and Yoongi quickly grabbed a sugarcane and handed it to Jungkook.

"Here, good boy," Yoongi said quickly, and Jungkook grabbed it from his hands and then sat down like a little baby panda and began eating it, getting distracted.

"He's so easy to please, jeez." Hoseok mumbled, and Taehyung hummed. He turned his attention back to everyone else.

Meanwhile, at the table, the maid from earlier- Lailah, gasped. "O-oh my! You're- you are the Royal Princess from Nour!" She said, and all the maids and other people in the room stopped to gasp, looking at Lavender, who smiled.

"Yes. It is my pleasure to be here, visiting Jupiter. I come hand in hand with the half-earthling, long-lost Prince" Lavender said, and everyone in the room paused and gasped.

"But they aren't dating!" Jungkook said from the floor, drinking banana milk with a straw. Yoongi pet his hair gendy, and Jungkook looked back down at his milk, drinking it happily.

"Wait, long lost prince?"

"Half earthling?"

"A prince?!"

"Lav, I don't think you were supposed to say that to everyone!" Jimin hissed, and Lav gulped, eyes widening.

Suddenly, the doors of the dining hall opened and silence spread across the room. All the maids and servants in the room all moved to align with the walls, bowing their heads. Lavender stood up in an instant, and upon seeing so did the rest of the boys. The queen had walked in.

"Oh please, do relax." The queen stated softly, her royal blue gown dragging behind her. Taehyung turned and he felt his hands coil when he saw her.

She saw Taehyung and walked up to him, smiling softly. "You must be- you must be Taehyung."

Taehyung looked up at her. She walked till they were closer, and examined him a little. Taehyung felt nervous, "You're half human?"

"Yes," Taehyung said hesitantly. She smiled. She was much taller. She reached a hand forward, trailing it down his face, and then let it down.

"I've waited 20 years for this." She whispered gently, and Taehyung a feeling of sorrow heavy in his heart, but smiled, smiled a little.

"You're my-" Taehyung began, and then saw her smile bigger. "You're m-my mother? Truly?"

She leaned down. "Of course I am, Taehyung. Can't you tell?" She laughed, and Taehyung smiled.

He wanted to hug her, but she looked a little... icy. So he kept still. "Why didn't you come to visit me? Or father?"

She paused for a second, looking down.

"Your father. Of course. He was never my soulmate, love. I'm sure you know about that, don't you?" She said, and Taehyung gulped. Except for the fact that his father had never dated or looked at any other woman for the past 20 years and only smiled when he talked about her.

Yet... they weren't soulmates?

"You weren't soulmates?" Taehyung asked with a small frown. He was hoping when he'd meet his mother, she'd want to meet his father instantaneously.

"Of course not. A Jupiterian can't be soulmates with an earthling" The queen said as if it was obvious. "Scientifically, it's proven. Humans don't feel the same pain or love like us."

"R-right," Taehyung said, and then darted his eyes to Jungkook, who was on his knees on the floor, licking the sugar off his knuckles. When Jungkook saw Taehyung looking, he blushed, putting his hands down.

"Let's sit down and talk properly, Taehyung. There are many things to discuss. I'm sure you feel the same way." River spoke, and then put her thumb to Taehyung's chin. Taehyung smiled and then saw her turn around and walk out of the dining hall. Once she did, the workers got back to work.

Taehyung sighed, looking as she walked out.

He wasn't expecting that. He guesses he'd built it up too much in his head. He was expecting her to hug him tightly and do everything a mother would. But this felt..awkward. Cold. Taehyung shouldn't have expected so much.

Taehyung walked up to Jungkook, who looked up at Taehyung. Jungkook put his hands up.

"Taehyung look- my fingers got all the sugar cane juice on them! Now it's all sticky.." Jungkook squeaked, and Taehyung smiled a little bit, feeling a fondness in his heart.

"How was it, Tae?" Namjoon asked, and everyone looked at him expectedly.

"Um." Taehyung trailed, and then scratched the back of his head. "Fine, I guess."

"Let me lead all of you to your rooms." The butler said, and they all got up. Jungkook stood up as well but saw Yoongi grab him by the leash.

"Yoongi.. stop that," Jungkook mumbled in annoyance, and Yoongi ignored him. Hoseok walked up to Yoongi.

"You'd like this, wouldn't you kitten?" Hoseok whispered into Yoongi's ear, and Yoongi smacked his shoulder. Hoseok giggled, and Yoongi glared at him. Suddenly, the leash was yanked out of Yoongi's hand.

Yoongi looked and saw one of the male servants. "We shall groom the pet for this evening?"

"Groom?!" Jungkook cried. "What's this evening?" Jimin asked.

"A royal dance." The man said, and the boys all nodded. Jungkook frowned.

"Guys! Help me!!" Jungkook said, throaty. He saw Taehyung walking away and whined. He felt himself get yanked away from the rest of the boys and get taken down another hallway. "Taehyung!" Jungkook called loudly but then heard a loud shush by the man who was taking him.

Jungkook got tears in his eyes. This was funny at first, but now it was terrible and inhumane. They were going to put him in a cage or skin him or something! Jungkook saw a dark room at the end of a creepy hallway and whimpered.

"Stop being a bad rabbit!" The man snapped, and Jungkook frowned. He wasn't even a rabbit.

Jungkook opened his mouth to curse back, but then the door of the room opened, and his eyes widened.

It was a room with some women and men, all smiling widely. The room was mainly white, with a big high pink chair on it. There was a nice rose-like fragrance in the room, and it was like a spa. With all parlor equipment and bubbling blue water in the back.

Jungkook got taken into the room, and the man sat him down on the high pink chair. All the women and men were servants for the kingdom and gave him warm smiled. "Here," One of the women said, handing Jungkook an ice cream cone.

Jungkook very quickly realized this was a pet parlor. He should probably protest. But then- "Would you like a massage?"

Jungkook grinned. "Maybe this wasn't so bad...

-

Taehyung sat down on his bed, sighing. Jimin sat down beside him.

"Something's bugging you."

"Yes. One, where's Jungkook? Like he just disappeared and now I'm terrified." Taehyung said, and Jimin looked around.

"Oh jeez, he's gone. Hm. But what's actually wrong?"

"My mother," Taehyung said, and then looked at Jimin. "Something's off about her, I can't tell what," Taehyung mumbled, chewing his bottom lip. "Plus she said this thing about how a human can't scientifically be soulmates with any whose Jupiterian because- I don't know.

But that scares me. B-because what about Jungkook and everything he'd been feeling?"

"I can't explain any of this to you, Tae. But... and I know this sucks to hear, but don't keep your hopes too high. At least you met her, right? At least she's accepting you." Jimin said, and Taehyung hummed, nodding.

"I know, but still. This is weird. I mean, am I a prince now?"

"I guess so." Jimin laughed. "My best friend's a prince and my girlfriend's a princess. Damn."

"Girlfriend?" Taehyung asked, smirking. Jimin blushed. "W-what? Nothing. Shut up. Okay, I'm going. Bye." Jimin said quickly, and then got up and left.

Taehyung smiled a little, but then it died down. He got up and walked out of his room, and then walked out and towards a big hall. He walked in and saw his mother in there along with the Butler.

"But ma'am, are you sure we should-"

"I don't care, Zaivis. You know that. Every other person now days gets in a car accident or gets cancer or dies or something. You can't expect me to visit all their families! I'm a Queen, I can't just keep talking to peasants like this," Taehyung heard his mother say, and froze.

"Yes your majesty, but-but this injured woman belongs to the Saar family. They are the ones who ship mass weapons from other planets."

"Oh, really? Ah well, then I'll go see them. Perhaps this could get the fund for the weapons to increase. We have too much unnecessary money going into things like Education and Health." Taehyung heard his mother say, and then put his hands over his mouth.

He sneezed.

"Is someone there?" River said, and then walked towards the door. Taehyung widened his eyes and ran away.

He ran into his room he was given and closed the door quickly. He breathed heavily. What the fuck?

So his mother was a corrupt Queen of a planet who cared more about herself and power than the people and stuff like education??? Fuck.

He ran towards his bed, jumped onto it, and then fell asleep for a good hour. He needed a nap. The door of his bedroom opened, and he sat up tensed, but let out a sigh of relief when he saw it was just one of the maids.

"Hello. I'm sorry for disturbing you," The woman said, and she looked older. Taehyung hummed. "It's okay."

The woman, Lailah, brought in a tray of tea and biscuits. "Just some snacks for the daytime." She said softly and set them down on the bedside table. "The tea is very hot- so don't drink it just now!"

Taehyung smiled. "Thank you." He said. Lailah was about to walk out of the room, but then turned around to see Taehyung, and smiled a little. "I'm sorry- I-I should go. But... I must ask. If you do become the prince- It would be great if you would change the way things were around here. The queen... though your long lost mother.... mistreats the workers and sometimes executes those who go against her will."

"O-oh my god." Taehyung let out, frowning. "Still? I didn't realize this place was so backward,"

"Ah, very unlike your planet." Lailah smiled. "I-I assume." She added quickly. Taehyung hummed.

"Yes, it is," Taehyung said, looking down.

"I wasn't expecting my mother to be like this. To be so... I don't know. I shouldn't be saying all this. I'm sorry." Taehyung said, and Lailah smiled. She was probably 35 or so.

"It's alright. You don't have to apologize." Lailah said. "I will see you later. Do tell me if you need anything." She said, and then walked out of his room. Taehyung sighed, lying down on his bed to fall asleep properly.

He dozed off for an hour and woke up when he felt a slap to his face.

Taehyung jolted up after the hour nap and then saw angered looking eyes in front of him. Jungkook.

"You look so fucking cute." Taehyung let out, and Jungkook blushed harder.

"Shut up! You left me! And then I got dragged into some room and they did things to me!"

"W-what? Oh my god, Kook, what happened?" Taehyung asked, and Jungkook frowned. "Look at me!! Do you not see it?!"