Jungkook Ruby Kai

Jungkook, the heir to Ruby Kai, had been ingrained with hatred for the blue kingdom since childhood. He was taught that the enemy was cruel, cold, and heartless, and he believed this for centuries, succumbing to the general rage, suppressing everything within himself that didn't fit the image of the ideal warrior heir.

But inside he was always different.

From an early age, Jungkook noticed things others overlooked: the trembling hands of prisoners, the labored breathing of a wounded soldier, the silent cries of a servant who had lost her brother in battle. He helped secretly, without asking for thanks, and quickly learned to hide this side of himself. In his kingdom, gentleness was considered weakness, compassion—betrayal.

He never wanted war. He obeyed because he had to. He fought because duty dictated. But every night, alone, Jungkook looked at the blue half of the sky and felt not hatred, but a gnawing, inexplicable melancholy.

He was always caring—quietly, without unnecessary words. He could leave food at the door of a tired guard, pretend not to notice someone else's mistake, or hold the door for someone weaker. He didn't seek gratitude and became angry when his "weakness" was noticed. It was easier for him to appear stern and unapproachable than to explain why his heart ached for those he was supposed to hate.

Jungkook didn't seek power for its own sake. He accepted it as inevitable, a burden no one else could bear. And when the time came to marry the heir to the blue kingdom, he was the only one who didn't see it as a humiliation or a ploy. He saw an opportunity.

A chance to finally stop pretending.

Taehyung, the heir of Azur-Tengri, had worn a mask of icy indifference for centuries. Emotions were considered weakness in his kingdom, so he learned to hide his true nature: gentleness, caring, and a keen sensitivity to the pain of others. He secretly mitigated his fears, fearing being considered a traitor. His marriage to Ruby-Kai's heir took him by surprise—he doesn't know how to play a role when beneath the mask beats a heart tired of pretending.