"Are you coming, Y/n?" Chaeyoung asked and the smile on my face disappeared.

"No, I can't. But you guys go on without me. I have other work in hand that I have to take care of anyways" I said trying my best to convince them.

"Ayee. C'mon, all three of us are going. Whatever work you have, you can do it later" Chaeyoung said. I wanted her to just let me be and go to goddamn party, but this girl wouldn't listen. Okay, Y/n, come up with a lie fast. Think, think, think...

"I am really tired since today was a long day. I don't think I will last even for a minute in that party. So, please let me off the hook today, okay? I am begging you" I said like I would faint if I stood for even a minute more. "Alright. We'll let you be this once. But, don't think you can escape us tomorrow", she agreed. Great job, y/n!! I didn't know I had talent in acting. I mentally patted my back.

Both I and Chaeyoung went to our shared bedroom. While I went straight to the bed and wrapped myself with a thick blanket, Chaeyoung started getting dressed for the party. She wore a short white top and ripped denim shorts with white converse. She applied simple make up and she was ready to go.

Chaeyoung was actually very pretty. Even without make up, she would be called a head turner. But the little make up she had put effort in, made her looks more defined. Any guy would be drawn to her just by a single glance at her. But even though she was all that, she was never fake. She never showed off her looks. She was just beautiful to look at and also on the inside.

"Okay, you will call anyone of us if you have any problem. If anyone among us are coming to you, we will call you and inform you first, so don't open the door for strangers. We'll be back late so I suggest its better if you had your dinner before us. Call for room service for dinner, don't go down alone. Be careful and take rest, understood?" she asked both hands on her hips. She really looked like my kinder garden teacher at that moment. I just nodded my head like a small kid.

"So, I'm gonna go now" she said and headed to the door. She went outside the room but before closing the door she gave me a flying kiss which made me smile. She waved her hand and closed the door. Well now I'm on my own. So, I will do what I am best at, reading manga. It was still 7:45 and the dinner was served after 8:30 which means I still had time to complete at least a few chapters.

It was over an hour now; 8:40 to be exact. I thought of ordering dinner and leaned to my side to get the receiver but a knock on the door made me halt in the same position. I thought it was just my imagination and go hold of the receiver but another harsh knock made me drop it. I slowly got up from the bed and laid silent steps towards the door.

Unfortunately, this hotel didn't have an eye hole for its doors. So, I couldn't even see the person who knocked. I held the door knob and slowly opened the door to peek in the hallway. There was no one there but that did not satisfy me. I slowly went out and turned to my left side where the elevator was.

Suddenly I felt a pair of hands on my shoulder. I took the right hand of the stranger pulled it front and then threw him to the ground from my backside. The person started groaning in pain and his face was very similar. I pushed my glasses up my nose to get a better view of the guy. And... it was V.

He had a black leather jacket on and under that he had put on a white t-shirt. With that he wore black ripped jeans and timberlands.

"What is wrong with you? Are you a guy in a girl's body? How can you throw off someone who weighs more than you just like that?" he yelled as he got up on his feet. "Why didn't you call me before you came? I thought some creep was trying to stalk me" I said in defense.

It was his fault though; he didn't call me. His face became void of any expression all of a sudden. But I could make out that a small smirk was creeping its way up his lips. This guy was predictable but very hard to read. You can never understand what is going on in his brain. Some alien....

"I wanted to check whether you are really tired and after looking at your condition a minute ago its pretty obvious that you were lying earlier. If I had called you before coming here, you would continue with your acting of being sick" he said. Busted! I really wanted to run and hide under a rock but I just smiled and scratched my head.

He then turned me around and pushed me into the room holding my shoulders. He then went and sat on the bed. Somehow we were wearing matching coloured outfit; except that I was wearing a huge white T-shirt and black shorts.

"You are going to get ready and come with me to the party" he said with an annoying smile. Has he lost his brain somewhere on the way. What makes him think that I would listen to him?

"And why should I do what you say?" I asked placing both my hands on my hips to look intimidating.

A small smirk decorated his face. He got up from his seat and started to walk towards me with slow steps as he said with a deep voice, "Or else, I am going to tell Chaeyoung and Jimin about the 'me walking into you when you were only in a towel' incident during breakfast tomorrow, in. front. of. everyone". This snakue.

"Huh! you wouldn't" I said with a scoff and folded my arms. "Try me" he said bending down to come face to face with me. I narrowed my eyes to scare him. Who am I kidding? He didn't even budge. After a small staring contest between us, I agreed.

"Fine. I will get ready" I said whining. "Good girl" he said raising his eyebrows as he patted my head. He went and sat on the same spot on the bed, where he sat earlier. I glared at him and went to my bag filled with clothes. I stopped abruptly as I realized I don't have anything appropriate to ear for a party. I turned to him in slow motion with a proud smug.

"I don't have any clothes for a party. All I have are sweatpants and hoodies" I said with a pout. Of course I was faking it. I was dancing like a maniac in my head.

"I knew it" he said to which my face lit up. But I got confused when he didn't leave but started taping on his phone as he called someone. I couldn't see who it was since he swiftly placed his phone on his ear.

"Yeah, Chaeyoung-ah. I wanted to ask if its okay if y/n borrowed some of your clothes for the party... Oh I had come to my room since I had forgotten my phone and came to your room to check on y/n... She said she feels lonely here" he said looking at me with a pout. When did I ever tell him that?

"So, its fine then?" he asked and I ran to him to grab his phone but he ended the call before I could grab it. He turned to me and that annoying smile was back as he said, "Problem solved!!"

He got up and went to Chaeyoung's bag and started rambling through her clothes. He grabbed some of the clothes and shook his head as a no. After searching like a monkey for 10 solid minutes he grabbed something black in colour. He then searched for accessories and gave everything to me.

"I'll be in the lobby. If I don't see you down in 15 minutes, I'm coming up and I have the spare key. Get pretty now, hurry up" he said and disappeared to the hallway.

I sighed and closed the door. I went to the bathroom and put on the clothes. I went in front of the mirror to discover that the clothes actually looked pretty good on me. I put on light make up but gave a final touch with scarlet red lipstick. I let my hair loose down my shoulders and cured it at the ends. I put on Chaeyoung's deodorant and for the final touch up... I wore my glasses.

I was ready to go but I really wanted to annoy him. I still had 5 minutes in hand. I just sat on the bed and started reading manga again. I waited and the door opened with a click sound.

"I told yo-" he started but didn't complete his sentence. He was startled somehow with his mouth slightly open. After a few seconds he closed his mouth and cleared his throat.

"Let's go then?" he asked. "I don't want to~" I got up and whined like a small kid, stomping my foot on the ground. He came inside the room and stood in front of me. He took off my glasses and gasped.

"You know if I had a heart, I would've definitely fallen head over heels for your eyes." he said and I tried my best to control the smirk that was creeping at the end of my lips.

"Stop slouching and enjoy yourself. You don't get to live twice. Okay? " he said giving me his signature box smile. The urge to smile was taking over but I had to hold it. I can't give up on my dignity like this.

"So you don't have a heart?" I asked raising my eyebrows. I have to say I have somehow enhanced my acting skills these days. He shook his head as he said, "I don't have it now"

"Oh! So, where is it then?" I asked with a smirk. He too grinned and said, "Its in the party flirting with other girls" he said as he raised his eyebrows and nodded his head twice as though he was sad. It made both of us giggle and we looked at each other for a minute which felt like an eternity. But I broke the silence.

"My glasses" I said stretching my hand slightly forward towards him. "Nope, your not wearing them today. If you still insist, I'm going to tell Chaeyoung and Jimi-". I didn't let him complete because I knew what he would say.

"Fine! fine! Let's go now" I said as we both went out of the room and I locked it. We walked through the hallway and then the lobby side by side. I caught him looking at me sometimes but I ignored it.

We were about to exit the hotel but I felt V stop in his tracks all of a sudden. I turned back at him with a frown. He was smiling for some reason. He put his hands back and took long, but slow strides towards me until he stood right in front of me. He looked into my eyes while I was still in a state of confusion.

"You look beautiful, Princess" he said. The words did sound like he was flirting with me. But, the way he said them was completely different from flirting. It sounded like an honest compliment and it confused me. My face was blank while I tried to understand why he said that.

And it flashed to me. Now, I understood what he was doing. He remembered what I had said to him at the mansion. He remembered...

"Thanks Tae" It was a mild whisper that came out of my mouth. I did not hold back my smile this time. I smiled wholeheartedly and even he smiled at me. He lent his arm to me and asked, "Shall we?". I wrapped my arms around his arm and nodded my head.

The house where the party was held, was not that far. It was at beach near to the hotel we stayed. Both I and V walked towards the house and the sound of loud music could be heard from a distance. We entered the house and the strong scent of alcohol hit my nose. The loud music boomed throughout the room while everyone danced to the rhythm with their bodies close to each other.

I had heard about these parties but never went to one before. Now that I am here, honestly, I didn't like it even a bit. It was suffocating and the my other personality, 'the always puking y/n' wanted to come out. If it was not for this idiot blackmailing me, I would have never dared to come here.

"V, I think its better if I go to the backyard for fresh air. This place is suffocating" I said, more like I screamed. "I'll come with you. Chaeyoung and Jimin are also there", even he screamed. We were about to turn to move when suddenly a girl hugged V, I'd rather say climbed on him screaming "Taetae, where did you go? I was searching all over for you"

She looked really familiar. Even without glasses, I could tell who she was. I'm reminding everyone again that I am not blind. I just have slight myopia where I can see people near me quite well.

The girl had wore the least clothing anyone could ever design and less for the men around to imagine of what was under. Her dress stuck to her body like glue was on it. It was none other than the girl whom V had saved from falling off the ferry a few days back, Jenny. She was pressing her body on V like a sandwich maker and it was evident on V's face that he did not like it one bit.

A different emotion was surfacing in me which I strongly wanted to deny, jealousy. Though it was hard for me to do so looking at the plastic doll hugging V like a koala. Now the feeling was strong enough for me to do something since V was looking at me with pleading eyes for help. As soon as the girl loosened her grip on him, I was on duty.

I pushed the skinny bitch aside with one hand and wrapped my arms around V's neck with a seductive look plastered on my face. I leaned on to him to reach his ear as I said, "Just go with it". I said it a bit louder since whispering wouldn't work but was careful enough for the other girl not hear me.

"Huh?" V asked. He looked so confused and I found it really cute. I rolled my eyes and dramatically sighed.

"You said, you would spend time with me, handsome. So let's go continue with what we had started earlier, hm?" I said as I slid my right hand down his neck to his chest without loosing the eye contact. I grabbed his collar, turned around swiftly and started dragging him through the crowd ignoring a fuming Jenny.

We made it to the backyard where I found a cursing Chaeyoung and Jimin trying to hold her from hitting a girl who was scared to death. I let V's collar loose and he ran to help Jimin; even I went to hold Chaeyoung. It did work since as soon as she saw me she was surprised. She gasped and cupped my face with her hands.

"Y/n-ah, You look so pretty *hiccup*. The dress suits you better than me *hiccup*" she said like a proud parent and fainted on my shoulder. Wow, how much did she drink? She is going to have a painful hangover tomorrow. I was struggling to hold Chaeyoung's weight since the high heels were giving me a hard time.

Looking at my effort Jimin ran to me after consoling the girl whom Chaeyoung was tempted to beat up.

"I'll take her, Miss?" he asked. He. didn't. recognize. me. Was I that ugly without make up?

"Its me. Y/n, Jimin" I said with a light smile.

"Really?! I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you with the make up and the dress. Anyway I'll take her back" he said and excused himself. I waved him goodbye as he carried Chaeyoung in bridal style while she was mumbling gibberish. They did look like like a couple sometimes.

I felt someone tower over me from my back but the scent was too familiar to label him a stranger. I turned to find the one face which I was somehow happy to see as he said with a smile plastered on his face.

"Mind accompanying me for a walk on the beach?"

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I dedicate this chapter to one of my sweetpeas, @ArBina21. Love you sweety

With love,

sTae_with_min.