do we look odd?

The air around the dining table was just too dense as the both boys could feel the tension around them. Taehyung gulped when he felt the women in her early forty's which was presumably his boyfriend's mother stealing glances at him almost every minute, at least once.

"It's good to see you invited Mr. Kim over dinner." Jeongguk's father said and smiled before eating some of the rice from the very expensive bowl.

"I wanted to say something to you both. Actually... we both wanted to say something." Jeongguk took a quick glance at the older before intertwining their fingers and pulling their hands up for the Jeons to see.

"We love each other." Jeongguk abruptly blurted out and Jeongguk's mother who was busy eating stopped and now looked at the taekook couple. The expression on her face was quite weird. She had a small smile on his lips but something about was off.

"Mr. Kim is quite older than you, isn't he?" the lady asked and Jeongguk nodded, "He is and that's what makes him more mature. Age is just a number and what matters is we love each other. It's enough for us."

"So this is where you used to go? And he is the reason why you didn't like Hara?" Jeongguk's father laughed and the couple sitting opposite to him smiled seeing him okay with their relationship.

"How old are you, Mr. Kim?" Jeongguk's mother asked making Taehyung a little uncomfortable and insecure but he still managed to pull up a smile sweet, "37."

"That's a huge gap between you and my son but I guess love doesn't see all the short comings. My son didn't even see yours. I am so proud of him." The woman says taunting the writer in a decent way and smiled― a fake one.

"I have to say, your choice is really good, son. Taehyung is really pretty." his father tried to lighten up the mood and Jeongguk just let his mother's remark go this time not wanting to start a fight.

"By the way you are only 8 years younger than me." Mrs. Jeon pointed out and Taehyung's smile faded but still he flashed another forced smile and bit his bottom lip when Jeongguk pulled their intertwined hands and kissed the writer's hand in front of his parents.

Seeing this his mother's jaw went firm as he tried to confine her anger within and she did as he filled some meat in her mouth, her hand holding the fork turned into a fist.

"I am done eating." She suddenly pulled herself to her feet and smiled at the couple in front of her, "And you two look good as a couple but at the same look odd because of the age gap."

Jeongguk's mother even knew that what she told was just a plain lie cause damn they two look really good together.

Jeongguk wanted to say something when Taehyung tightened his grip on his boyfriend's hand calming him down.

"Don't mind what she says." Jeongguk's father said and Taehyung smiled.

"Babe. My mom might not like our relationship but dad is okay with it, you saw that right?" Jeongguk said cupping the other's face when he hung his head low.

"Do we look really odd?" Taehyung asked when all his insecurities kicked in and Jeongguk regretted bringing his boyfriend here. But it has to be done someday.

"Everything will be alright." Jeongguk pulled the writer close and hugged him tightly, "I love you."

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again a short chapter but might update again!

10 more chapters and this book will be finished :((((