"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"

His words knocked the air out of my lungs. What is he trying to do now? Why is he messing with my head?

"My turn ! " he said, pulling me out from my thoughts.

"How old is your sister ?" he asked with that weird smile again. AND HE IS BACK. This moron !! seriously.

"Thirteen" I said with gritted teeth. I wanted to kill him right now. But I have to let him live so that I can get to know why he lied to me. So, I pushed that thought aside.

"The fact that you are Jin oppa's brother, why are you keeping it a secret from Jimin and Chaeyoung ?" I asked with a straight face. I might look like I am trying to invade his privacy, but somehow I couldn't convince myself to let the matter go. I wanted to hear his reasons. I wanted to know him better.

"Tell me Y/n. Would you treat me the same if you knew that I was a rich kid? Do you think Jimin and Chaeyoung would treat me the same, if they knew who I really am? Do you think that anyone in the school, including the teachers and the principle, would treat me the same if they knew my real identity?" he asked me in a weird, deep voice. He was at the verge of crying.

"First of all Taehyung, I would treat you the same. Because, I don't judge people by standards. None tried to talk to me back in school. So, it doesn't matter to me if you were even a cave man" I said which made him smile a bit. I felt relieved that he smiled so I continued with my reasoning.

"It's okay if you had to hide it from Chaeyoung and Jimin, then. But when do you plan on telling them, Taehyung? Or are you planning for them to find out on their own in the future and to think that you had kept such a secret from them for that long?". He fell silent at my words. There was a glint of sadness in his eyes. He looked on his lap to avoid my eyes.

"Look at me Taehyung" I said to which he snaped his head right back up.

" Its okay to keep one or two secret from ones who are close to you. But if the same secret, which is keeping you together might hurt you both in the future, you'd rather tell them now than never. Lies might help you in the present tae, but truth, you have no idea of the wonders it can do." I said and paused to examine his face. He was looking at me with sad eyes. He didn't even blink. I got the message that he's not gonna say anything. So, I just continued again.

"About Chaeyoung and Jimin, I don't know them that well to judge whether they can take the fact smoothly. But, if they really love you, they will understand you and forgive you. Tell them tae, tell them everything. I have this gut feeling that they will understand you. If they don't, I promise I'll be there for you as a shoulder to cry it off. So don't make it wait. Tell them everything, please?" I pleaded.

He was in tears now. It was the first time I had seen him crying. The tears just wouldn't stop. He held his face in his hands and cried like a baby. I hugged him tight. It was a habit of mine. Whenever I saw someone crying, I would just hug them and tell soft calming words in their ear. I had learnt it from my grandmother. Because that's what she would do whenever I cried. And that's what I did for the crying boy in front of me. And he hugged me back and cried on the crook of my neck.

In my opinion, he needed it. How hard was it for him to pretend like he was an open book to his close friends when he was actually hiding a big truth from them. I consoled him until he stopped crying and wiped off his tears with the sleeve of his T-shirt. He suddenly turned all red and tried to avoid my gaze. Wait! was he shy? Oh my god, this bastard is so cute!

"Its okay Taehyung, even boys cry when they are hurt. For your kind information humans cry when they are sad. If you think I'm lying, google it" I said with a warm smile plastered on my face. He looked at me from the corner of his eyes and a small smile crept its way to his lips. I swear this guy looked gorgeous even when he cried and the 'after cry look' was like desert of a nice three course meal. And that small smile was like the cherry topping.

I just admired his beauty; more like drooled over him. I realized what I was doing and composed myself. He was still fidgeting with his fingers. Although he looked all cute and adorable I had to break this awkward silence. So I cleared my throat and said, "Its my turn now". He snapped his head towards me as he narrowed his puffy eyes.

"No, its not. Its my turn now". he said with a straight face. He recovered so quickly that even professional actors would be amazed by him. But I was grateful that we were back to normal. I pushed the rim of my specs up my nose and crossed my hands over my torso to look intimidating. He was really confused now and I loved that I had the upper hand.

"I think you forgot you asked me about Chaeyoung and Jimin knowing about your secret and also the others knowing about your secret too. So, 'Mr. Its my turn now', If they were not questions, then what were they?" I asked. He just made a disgusted face and murmured a small fine. I had to smirk since it was my first time mocking him. Bwahahahaha.

"So what company does your father own, huh?" I asked to which he frowned.

"Are you trying to spy on me now? What are your dark intentions ?" he asked. This guy really has his own way of ruining my mood. What does he think I am, some secret service agent? Bitch, I can't even pull off a simple fake laugh, who am I kidding?

"If you don't answer that question, I will consider your previous two questions as a part of the game too. If I count properly they are 4 questions excluding the earlier one. So, answer it. And for your kind information, I already know you are Jin oppa's brother. So, I can just google about your father and know about his company, you dimwit" I said as I smacked his head. He gave me a nod and made a weird face.

He has real talent, I see. If he tries a bit harder, he might successfully become a world famous clown.

"Its K&J corporations " he said. The name was somewhat familiar to me. I had this weird feeling that I had heard it somewhere before. But, I just shrugged it off. I might remember it later on or maybe its just in my mind. Anyway, I was too lazy to bug over something like this.

" So my turn now. You said your grandma died from a hit and run accident. What happened to that bastard? Was he arrested?" he asked. I sighed at the thought of the case.

"No. The case was closed just like that. The police just said that there was no information on the owner of the car. They said that even the car had disappeared. So, it was dropped just like that for lack of identity of the perpetrator" I said with a straight face.

"So your saying he was not at all found in the first place, to be arrested?" he asked with a confused expression. "Yes " I said with the same expressionless face, the trademark of our family.

And so the game continued. The next few questions were quite simple. way to go with the 'we'll start with simple questions'. Apparently, V was a year older than me since he was home schooled for a year before coming to Busan. He loved playing video games, reading Manga and watching anime; an interest we both shared. I had fun talking to him and lost the track of time. It was already 3 pm in the afternoon.

We were enjoying each other's company like we were friends from a long time. We were so immersed with ourselves that we never noticed that we had audience behind us hiding and listening to our conversation.

We had finished the small checkup and had arrived home. I searched for the two young lads but they were no where to be found. That's when yeontan pulled my dress and led me to the garden in the backyard. A worried Jin also walked behind me. Yeontan stopped at the door that opened to the garden. There I saw them. They were laughing so warmly and talking to each other.

They looked so adorable that I wanted to interrupt them and get them all flustered. But I restrained myself from doing so. Taehyung was never happy when he came to us. He always had this gloomy face when he visited us. But the fact that this girl could make him smile like that, I was sure that she was the one for him.

"Wha- Oh now I see" said Jin from behind me. " I knew it. My advice is always right! I told him to tell her the truth about our family status and he did it. I'm so proud of him" he whispered almost in tears. I just nodded. Suddenly, I remembered something which made me widen my eyes. I slowly turned to my husband and asked, "She didn't know that the two of you were brothers?" I asked.

"No, sweetheart. He had hid it from all his friends. You remember I had told you how dad wanted him to study in Busan under the guidance of one of his friends there?" he whispered. "Uhuh" I said with an awkward laugh. Wow. I was really careless, wasn't I?

Although we were really enjoying peeping on a young couple like creeps, we had to feed them. I decided not to embarrass them. So, dragged an emotional Jin to the living room with me and started screaming their names to give them an impression that we had just arrived. Just on que, the two of them hurried to the living room.

"So I guess you two are starving now? Lets go to the dinning room and wait. Jin's gonna prepare something for us" I said as I went to Y/n's side.

"Unnie, my clothes" she reminded me.

"Oh sweety. I'm sorry, I had totally forgotten about your clothes. The maids have already washed it and dried it. Come on lets get you changed" I said as I held her hand and took her too my room. On the way, I asked one of the maids to bring her clothes to my room.

We went to the room and a maid arrived with Y/n's clothes. She took her clothes and excused herself to the bathroom and was back after a few minutes, with her hoodie and jeans on. We went to the dinning hall where Taehyung was playing some game on his cell phone chanting some 'bow wow wow'. As soon as we arrived, his eyes met with that of Y/n and a smile was plastered on his face. As for the young lady beside me was also smiling at him.

Jin brought the food to the table and all of us settled down around the it. We chated for long as we had our lunch. We finished our lunch, after which Jin and Y/n were washing dishes in the kitchen. I was sitting with taetae in the living room. He was searching for Y/n like a lost puppy.

"Taehyung" I called him making him look at me as I said.

"Never let her go. Okay?"

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