" Hi" he said with a smirk. He leaned onto the door sideways crossing his arms in front of him.

There he goes again with that face. I really wanted to punch him right now but I restrained myself. Don't wanna create a scene in front of his family.

" What is it taetae? Is something wrong?" Irene unnie asked him breaking the staring contest between us. " Does Jin want something ?" she asked. Her concern for her husband was really adorable. The hell; their couple was goddamn adorable.

" Your husband was worried why you were taking so long ? So he sent me to make sure everything is okay" he said as sarcasm was written in bold all over his words.

"Where are you people? Why are you taking so long?" a voice was heard from behind V. "Speak of the devil" V mumbled which was quite audible to me as was i in close proximity to him. But I doubt the other two heard it.

" Noona, how on earth do you manage to live with this man? Doesn't he annoy you? like everyday ?" he said which made me snort. He didn't even care about the fact that Jin oppa was standing right behind him.

However, he had to be rewarded for praising his hyung. So he received a hard smack to the back of his head by his brother. The fact that they really seemed like Tom and Jerry was making it hard for me to hold my laughter. We were all laughing at some point.

I felt happy, relieved and moreover satisfied that I didn't have to pretend to be enjoying their company. These lovely people were so welcoming that even a depressed person would enjoy their company. They had their way of making people feel like home.

" Irene, don't forget we have an appointment today in like 15 minutes " Jin oppa said which made my head snap towards him. " You two stay here and have fun. We will go now and will return maybe after an hour or so" he said pointing at me and V.

I really wanted to reject his offer and tell him that I'd rather go back to the hotel but then realized that my clothes were still here as it was being washed. So V took the honor of replying on my behalf.

" Its okay hyung, you two go on. We'll be here until you two return" he said casually as though it was not at all a big deal for him that both of us will be alone in this huge mansion while I am wearing this short uncomfortable dress. By the way I WAS DAMN UNCOMFORTABLE!!!

" Okay then we'll leave you two on your own. And for Jesus Christ's sake don't mess with the baby room. I have put all my blood, sweat and tears into it. I believe in Y/n but, you, brat don't even think of laying a single finger on it" Jin oppa said shooting death glares at V.

" Okay now there's a baby room. Why doesn't that surprise me? Oh wait, it is Jin hyung we are talking about here" V said as he held his chin with his right hand and his left hand was crossed to his torso.

" You know what? I'm tired of this kid. Hun, let's just go. I might get high blood pressure because of this brat" Jin oppa said as he made his way out of the room and he disappeared from our sight.

"We'll be back soon, Okay? Just have fun until then" Irene unnie said as she made her way out of the room. Both I and V followed her to the main door. Both Jin oppa and Irene unnie put their coats on and headed to the car which was waiting for them. It was a different car from the black Lamborghini that Jin oppa had brought earlier to pick us up. They waved to us and we repeated the action as the car moved forward and soon disappeared from our sight.

Now it starts, my day with Kim Taehyung, alone, in a mansion. We walked into the house and closed the doors. I wanted to break the awkward silence; so I was the first one to talk.

"So, what are we gonna do ?" I asked him. He just shrugged and made an 'I have no idea' kinda expression. Wow, V thank you for helping! I am so glad I asked you.

I suddenly remembered about something and my eyes widened. My glasses.

I remembered that I had took it off when I had put on this dress in the bathroom earlier. Before V could even ask why I was so bothered, I hurriedly made my way to the room we were earlier in and barged into the bathroom. A relieved sigh escaped my mouth as I saw the familiar round glasses beside the sink.

I hadn't observed the bathroom properly the last time I had entered. So, I had to stop and admire the beautiful room with marble tiles and elegant taps. There were scented candles placed beside the bath tub. The towels arranged at the end of the sink were also so soft to touch. Than a place to bath, it was more like a place where you can sleep without a single worry to disturb you in this world.

Suddenly V came running into the bathroom and stopped with a slight skid as he saw the pair of glasses in my hand.

"You could have told me you were searching for them. The way you ran here really scared the hell out of me" he said concern laced in his deep voice. " I'm sorry " I said. Since I had found my glasses I was going back to the door but as I walked, I suddenly slipped on the marble floor.

I shut my eyes tight and waited for the painful impact with the ground. But to my surprise I felt no pain instead there was hand wrapped around my waist. Taehyung was protectively holding me from falling down.

Our faces were just a few inches apart and both our breaths were hitting each others faces. My heart was pounding so badly that I could hear it clearly. I didn't want him to know how flustered I was due to our sudden skinship.

Both had a fierce staring contest. His eyes were a slight golden yet brown colour. They were so mesmerizing that I couldn't look elsewhere even for a second. Eventually, his eyes made their way to my lips and my breathing became uneven. I knew where this was going to and I had to stop it soon or else the consequences were not in my favour.

" V, can we go back to the living room now; since I found my glasses" I said in such a soft voice that he wouldn't hear it if he wasn't so close to me at the moment. Both of us straightened ourselves and moved our foots to the living room like robots and yet again, the feeling was back... awkward.

" Let's eat something " he said and in a flick of a finger we were back to normal. "Didn't you eat like half an hour ago? You're already hungry?" I asked in disbelief.

"Its lunch time and at lunch time you eat lunch, genius" he said. Did I look like an idiot to him. Of course people have lunch at lunch time. I was not ready for an argument with him and again go back to being awkward all of a sudden. So, I just went with whatever he wanted to do.

"Fine then what should we eat?" I asked the obvious. "Can you cook ?" was his response to it. I opened my mouth to say something but closed it since I understood what situation we were in.

"I'll take that as a no. Its fine we will just eat later on when hyung arrives home " he said. But on of his earlier questions was bugging me: so I just let it out; " Aren't there any maids who cook food here?"

"There are maids, but there are none for the sake of cooking. Jin hyung cooks pretty well and even Irene noona is not bad herself. So, they thought that having a person just to cook for them was not a necessity" he said with a smile. I just nodded in response as a smile was decorated on my face.

Again I remembered something!

"V? you said you wanted me to keep another secret, right? You wanna tell me what it was now?" I asked him which made him fall silent all of a sudden. I already knew that he had lied about his relation with Jin oppa. But I didn't want to jump into conclusions with just one fact. So, I waited for him to speak.

He suddenly held my wrist and took me back to the backyard. A white swing was placed in the middle of the garden which had space for two on it. We seated ourselves on the swing and V sat slightly facing me. It was difficult for me to turn my face to him for a long time, so I just followed his actions.

"Let's play a game" he said which had me confused. All of a sudden he wants to play a game? But it looked like he was serious so I just obliged to him. "Okay" I said as I pulled down the material of the dress which was revealing the skin of my thighs. V had seen me fidgeting with my dress. A playful smug was plastered on his face.

"You know I've already seen most of it before" he said and that smug wouldn't go away. I just rolled my eyes and said " Tell me what was game you wanted to play" I said with an expressionless face. This face I made was a trait I had inherited from my family.

"Wait " he said and suddenly got up and ran into the house as I was left in confusion. He brought a towel and gave it to me. " Put this on your lap" he said which made me smile. His kind gesture made my heart soften towards him.

"So, the game?" I asked reminding him. He sat down next to me and said " Let's each other some questions and the other should answer truthfully"

"So you want to play truth or dare but excluding the dare part?" I asked. "Yeah something like that, I guess?" he said he himself being not sure of it.

"Okay" I said as a light smile was plastered on my face. "You know how to play right?" he asked with a questioning stare and my smile dropped. Does he think I live under a rock? Of course I knew how to play the game!! "Yes" I said blankly.

"You wanna start?" he asked.

"No you start" I said.

"As you wish. We will start with simple questions first, okay?" he said to which I just nodded.

"No lying " he said raising his fore finger. Is he serious? 'You are the one lying you knuckle head' I wanted yell at him but I rather smiled at him as a yes.

I had 20 chances to get the truth out of him for the lie he had said about his relation with Jin oppa and somehow I had this feeling that he wanted the same too. So, eventually its a win-win situation for both. He wanted to tell me and I wanted to know.

" Why do you not often dress like now?" he asked. A few painful memories surfaced back to me which I had buried deep inside. I decided to be honest with him. I can't expect him to pour-out all his secrets while I am being fake.

I think he noticed how my face went pale as his face showed concern. I took a deep breath and started looking far away into the huge garden

" My grandmother would always dress me up for any festival or program or any kind of feast. She always said 'my princess looks so beautiful' after she had finished dressing me. Whenever I heard that from her mouth, I felt joy, I felt that I was the most prettiest girl in the whole world. But four years back, she got admitted to the hospital since she was diagnosed with cancer". I stopped for a moment and gulped on the lump forming in my throat.

" It was not that hard for me when I knew she would die within a few days. So, I started spending all of my time with her. I didn't want to have any regrets. But the way she died took a toll on me. If she died due to her illness, it wouldn't have bothered me. But she died of a car accident. Some bastard just rode off the road and came onto the footpath and just like that my grandma was gone. If only I could have spent one more day with her" I said blankly. I had no tears left to shed

" The last time I dressed up was for her funeral. And that's when I decided that I am not going to doll up for anyone. I did not know the logic in what I had decided that day. But not having my grandma call me pretty when I doll up made me feel ugly. It made me feel like I'm some kind of garbage and I did not want to feel that way ever again. I hope that answers your question?" I said with a painful smile as I turned to him at the end of my sentence.

He had this sympathetic smile. He did not ask further neither did he stop me in between my words and I was grateful to him for that. I had this burden inside me as I had never told it to anyone. After letting it out, I felt relieved. I didn't want to make this time all emotional. So, I continued.

"My turn" I said with a huge grin.

"Are Chaeyoung and Jimin your only friends?" I asked.

"Yes" he said and I just nodded. "You don't want an explanation?" he asked to which I just shook my head. I wanted him to get comfortable with me so I asked the most obvious question.

"Do you have siblings ?" he asked. Why would he ask that? At first I wanted to say no or that I had a brother as I didn't want him hitting on Minji in the future. But later I just realized I was overthinking. So, I just let it go

" yes, I do. I have a younger sister" I said. He just nodded his head.

"why did you hide the fact that Jin oppa is your brother?" I asked. I expected him to be surprised and get panicked. But to my surprise, he was calm. He was just blank. He just stared at me for a moment and then answered.

"Because, I didn't want you to treat me different. Because, I didn't want you to feel uncomfortable with me. Because, I wanted to get close to you"

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