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Jungkook had an hour to complete his errand before he was due to be back on duty before the king’s chambers.  He had headed into the village a couple of minutes ago.  For some reason, it was packed with people selling their wares today.  

As he hurried towards the shop he needed to visit, Jungkook suddenly found himself accosted by a fishing rod.  The unheeding fisherman smacked Jungkook in the head with the long pole.  He rounded on the hapless fisherman who seemed to be completely oblivious to his offense.

The chap was a couple of inches taller than Jungkook but didn’t outweigh him.  Undaunted by his superior height, Jungkook pulled back his fist and popped the man in the nose.  

“Watch where you’re going!” he grunted in the man’s ear.

Jin, completely unbalanced by the fist that had just connected with his face, threw his leg up in self-defense, kicking Jungkook in the waist.  Jungkook rounded on him again, grabbing the fisherman by his coat.  But then, his eyes focused on Jin’s face.

“Jin?”  Jungkook dropped his hands.  “I’m so sorry!  I didn’t realize it was you!  I just got smacked in the head by your fishing pole.  I thought you’d done it on purpose. But I know you would never do such a thing!”

Jin held his nose in his hand as his blood flowed through his fingers.  “Unfortunately, Jungkook, I can’t say the same of you.  You really need to get that temper looked at.  See if there’s anything the surgeon can do to cut it out of you.”

Jungkook sighed.  “I’m just hot-blooded.  I’d rather die than live without passion, you know?”

“The problem is I’m a little worried your passion is going to kill the rest of us.”  Jin chuckled.  Then he groaned.  “My poor nose.”

Jungkook glanced down at all the blood on his shirt.  “Man!  I’m so sorry!  I didn’t mean to give you a bloody nose.”  He threw his head in the direction of the clothing shop.  “Come on.  I’ll buy you a new tunic.”

“How about you buy me a new nose instead?”

Jungkook glanced around.  “A pig’s head?  You could make a mean soup out of that.”

Jin looked at him like he was crazy.  “I’ve got a whole string of fish for dinner.  I just need a new nose.”

“It probably would serve to help you find a wife,” Jungkook pointed out.

Jin rolled his eyes.  “Don’t remind me.  I’ve been trying to court this cute girl in the village, but she’s got eyes only for the butcher.  I’m most frustrated!  I even took her three fish a couple nights ago.  She rolled her eyes at me and told me she couldn’t accept such a stinky gift.”

Jungkook gaped at him.  “Jin, you really need to work on your romance skills.  You’re not going to woo a girl with fish.”

“Why not?  I mean, she’s got to eat, doesn’t she?”

“And you really should shave that beard.  It makes you look ten years older.  If you want to attract a young woman, you need to look young.”

Jin scoffed.  “Like I’m going to listen to you!  You’re just a kid.  You’ve never had a single girlfriend, so why do you act like you know everything there is to know about a woman!”

Jungkook huffed.  “I never said I know it all.  I just think a girl wants flowers and poetry.  Not fish!  And nobody wants to be smacked in the head with a fishing pole!”

“Okay, okay.  I’m sorry!  It was an accident!  But you more than punished me for it, you know.  My nose is going to be sore all week now!  But I guess that’s what I get for tangling with the king’s guard.”

“Just watch where you’re going from now on.”

“I was daydreaming about Aeja.”  He sighed.  “She’s so lovely.”

“Get her out of your head.  She clearly wants the butcher.  Maybe she prefers pigs to fish.”

Jin just stared at Jungkook.  He was not amused.  

“I gotta go.  I’m going to stop by the medicine woman’s house and see if she can help my nose.  Try not to injure anyone else today, okay?”

Jungkook nodded.  “I won’t.  Unless my job requires me to.”

Jin quirked a dark eyebrow at him before heading to see the medicine woman.  He shook his head.  Jungkook was impossible!