Two days had gone by like a breeze since the lawsuit and things were already falling back into place. In spite of all the stress and commotions, everything went as planned and it was a glory that Y/N's vengeance mission concluded with such fulfilling outcomes. Sure the journey to it was difficult but how things ended up turning was worth the while.

Sang Ook's rehabilitation in the police dungeon was made official and I personally took it upon myself to make sure that he was uncomfortable. And boy did I do a good job! Poor man was having such a hard time adjusting among a bunch of young brawny jailbirds. Him being the only man to linger around his fifties made him the perfect prey for the juvenile delinquents.

Pestering the middle aged ajhussi had become their new source of entertainment now and as much as Sang Ook seemed to struggle with his new life, I couldn't care less. I had other important stuffs to worry about, the top of the list being rejoicing in triumph. My first mission was a success and I was now a significant member of the Seoul Police Council, just like I dreamt to be.

I did it Dad, I made it through...

However, every story is fabricated with both good and bad. Life is meant to have sad memories for they make us value the happy ones. And my life? Well, it had a lot of those.

Emotions, both vivid and vague loomed at the surface of my conscience and the promises I once made still remained vibrant in my mind, some of which I kept, some of which I broke and some were yet to come. I brought down the Kim Mafia just as I promised Namjoon I would, I freed Y/N's family from the shackles of their dire lives like I promised her I would. But I also promised that very family of hers that I would bring back their sister to them.

What about that one?

My life so far had been a series of simultaneous ups and downs. While the former bestowed me with the happiest moments that I'd cherish forever, the latter left me with some nasty scars that I'd in my heart forever bear. But still I owed one to those same ups and downs for they made me who I am today, a responsible lieutenant, a loyal friend and maybe, just maybe, a loving partner as well.

With the last thought came in the realization that I was late for meeting a certain someone very special and with a bouquet of freshly plucked flowers in my hands and a congenial peace in my soul I entered the Seoul Cemetery.

The morning Sun shone bright in the sky and some excited birds twitted their early choir. A slightly cold breeze stirred up every now and then which contrasted against the warmth of the Sun and also the one in my heart for I felt serene as my feet slowly approached a particular grave reading Kim, in the middle of the meadow where the love of my life currently awaited me.

"I avenged you. I hope you are proud of me and I hope you know how much I love you, always have and always will. No matter how far you are, you'll always be in my heart and your memories will forever be cherished. I know I had said some mean things to you and judged you for your profession and I'm so sorry I hurt you like that. But the truth is I'd never trade the little time I had with you for anything else. You were the best parents one could ever have and I'm so proud of you both. I miss you so much omma, appa. I hope you rest in peace..."

"They will"

Taking small steps closer to the grave I knelt down behind the girl who was sitting by the tombstone before wrapping my arms around her waist and placing a chaste kiss on the top her head, a familiar sense of peace and security washed over my body that very instant. I didn't want to intervene her little reconciliation with her deceased parents but I couldn't just wait any longer. God knows how much I missed her!

"Hey"

The flowers from my hands fell on her lap as I deliberately let them go only to tighten my hold around her body and she promptly picked it up before turning around while still in my embrace and nudging her face into my neck.

"Hey"

Her soft reply made a wave of bliss crash against my ears. Oh how long have I been waiting to hear that voice which was my ecstasy, the girl who was the cause of my euphoria.

"How have you been, Y/N-aah?"

Breaking the hug with much reluctance I placed my palm on Y/N's cheeks, once again feeling her skin emit the healthy warmth that had been gone for so long. The last time I touched her, she felt as cold as ice and I couldn't describe in words how vulnerable it made me feel but one thing's for sure, I never wanted to feel that way ever again. I traced my thumb on her scar that she got when that bastard Sang Ook sliced open her cheek. She had similar marks on her limbs as well but those didn't make me love her any less. If anything they posed as a reminder that Y/N is so much stronger and braver than all of us.

"Good, but better now that I am wrapped up in your arms"

"You have no idea how desperately I've waited to have you there"

"I don't......but you can show me"

Y/N's gaze willfully dropped down from my eyes to my lips and I didn't resist the wide grin that was now slowly forming on them. Soon it was stretched into a broad smirk and I found myself leaning closer to Y/N, the latter doing the same for me.

"That I can"

My voice came out like a raspy murmur as I felt myself getting lost in the tranquil anticipation that was growing with every curtailing inch between us. I moved my fingers to tuck some loose fringes behind her ear while she placed her one hand on my neck and the with other one she combed through my hair, pulling me closer. A heavy murk of love and passion seized us within itself and my heart, that had been cold and lifeless for some time now, thumped with a resuscitated vitality.

I felt her breath on my skin and watched her eyes taking quick glances at mine before dropping down to my lips and then coming back up again as if craving to devour the love in both at the same time. I did the same until our foreheads finally touched and we let our eyelids droop down for now all we wanted was to lose ourselves in the moment completely.

But I suppose fate wasn't done messing with us just yet.

A loud screech of heavy tires boomed through the vast stretch, shattering the serenity of the noiseless morning into shards and Y/N pull away from me with a major jolt.

With a swift motion she stood up and I followed suit only to perceive the lust in her eyes now completely morph into a childish elation. Clearly she was excited beyond wits to reunite with her family that had just arrived in the white SUV and as much as I wanted to trap her in my arms and never let her go, I didn't want to seize her first moments all to myself. She deserved to spend a fair share of it with the ones that had been in her life way longer than I have and so I let her go.

Also, this moment the six were going to share had sheer necessity for the boys still believed that their precious Y/N was gone forever. They were oblivious to her being alive and healthy and apparently, they thought I called them here today to mourn Y/N's untimely demise. I wondered how they'd react when they finally see her standing in front of them, all flesh and bones.

I know it was wrong of me to hide such a big thing from them but I really needed the genuine desolation to show on their faces in order to make the court believe that Miss Kim Y/N was really gone. I didn't want to jeopardize our only chances at a better tomorrow at any cost. And as per as being honest was concerned, Miss Kim Y/N aka Kim Brute was truly gone for now the girl with us was Y/N, just Y/N, with no burden of the Kim Mafia on her shoulders. And this Y/N deserved the second chance.

The sounds of the huffing engine dimmed down slowly until none of it was heard no more and all the four gates of the car flew open one after the other. Five men clad in black hopped down from the automobile shortly after and more sounds pierced through the daylight as they slammed the doors loudly behind them. Their dissimilar colored hairs remained bright and slick under the influence of their lustrous gel while a feigned nonchalance prevailed on their faces. However, their sleep deprived eyes gave away every bit of the pain each of them held in their hearts and honestly, it seemed too much to be contained in just one soul.

Taehyung was the first to begin his voyage towards the inside of the graveyard and I very much expected Y/N to run to him and detain him in a bone crushing hug. That would have been a very standard response for a person who was seeing her family after almost half a month but I guess, normal doesn't run in their blood for instead of doing the obvious, Y/N ran off to the opposite direction before hiding behind a tall tombstone.

Huh!?

I gave her a questioning look to which she stuck her tongue out and passed me a wink before bringing her index finger up to her lips gesturing me to keep shut. Aish, this kid!

Getting a hint of what she was plotting I decided to play along and I turned around to now face Taehyung with a sorrowful visage who by the way was completely unaware of the little scheme.

"Hey" I greeted him with a fabricated misery contaminating my voice, even though inside I was cracking up. I am going to hell for this, aren't I?

Taehyung responded with a small nod and forced a stretch on his lips and I instinctively wrapped my arms around his shoulders to console his broken state. These five had certainly gone through a lot within the last two weeks and I was so thrilled to end their sufferings, to finally return their happiness to them. My journey so far had been a great one for I didn't only get a woman that I can call my own, though at the moment she was behaving more like a child, but also an entire family that I now love and a family that loves me back. I am grateful, really.

One by one all the boys gathered around Myung Dae and his wife's grave and while some eyes reluctantly searched for a tombstone bearing the name of the other Kim, the other gazes stayed rooted on the grass underneath, still trying to deny the fate they knew to be true. The rough moments so far seemed to have left nasty bruises on each of their faces and I felt guilty to be hiding the truth any longer but Y/N clearly had other plans and as much as I wanted her to reveal herself already, I was also kind of curious about her next moves.

"W-where's her grave?" Yoongi's breath hitched but I couldn't tell if it was from the intense sentiments he was feeling or because of the added weight that oh so abruptly jumped on his back that even I flinched. Damn, that girl is fast. Just the previous second she was sitting behind the stones and now she was latched on to her brother's back like a koala to a tree.

"Woah-"

Loud gasps were all that echoed through the stones and the trees. Four pairs of bewildered eyes gazed at the two entwined figures while the last pair looked right at me with nothing but confusion, shock and a thin strip of hope separating the two.

As the eyes remained on me, I considered it to be my responsibility to ease his painful uncertainty and I spared him a small smile along with a reassuring nod to which he grabbed the arms around his neck with both his hands and started sobbing, as loud as he could, letting go of anything that could hold his tears back.

On hearing Yoongi cry Y/N slid down from his back and he didn't wait a second to turn around, taking a quick glance at the girl and draping her in a tight and profound hug. Y/N hugged him right back but that only made the latter cry even louder on Y/N's shoulder.

"Hey, don't cry-"

"I-I thought you left us f-forever..." the twenty eight year old man sounded just like a 5 year old baby deprived of a mother's love and unknowingly some tears rolled down my cheeks as I watched the entire scene unfurl. Slowly slowly did Yoongi loosen his hold around Y/N's back but didn't completely let go yet for it was now her cheeks that he had his hands on. He traced her scars just like I did earlier and then he joined his forehead with hers, both now crying hysterically. Actually, all seven of us were pouring our eyes out as if we were going to construct a second Han River right here inside the graveyard.

"I didn't Suga Oppa, I'm right here and I'm not leaving for a very long time" with several sobs intervening her ardent pledge Y/N let out a broken sentence which was soon followed by a gentle kiss being placed on her forehead by her older sibling. The delight on both their faces lightened up everyone's mood and just like that the gloom shattered into nothingness.

I guess every story has a happy ending, you just gotta wait for it...

After hauling the long moment for themselves when the duo finally broke apart, Y/N twirled on her toes to now face the other brother who had already turned crimson from all the crying he just did and was still doing. With absolutely no word spoken Y/N ran up to Jin and jumped on him prompting the male to extend his hands and catch her right away.

"I missed you so much Y/N-aah" it was hilarious how Jin's voice sounded two semitones higher than it normally does. I guessed it was from all the crying and sobbing but I didn't laugh of course. I wasn't that inconsiderate of others' feelings and also, I was hella scared of that dude. Never did I fancied coming face to face with his angry scoldings ever again. Sure Kim Myung Dae had passed on to a better place but he did leave behind a Kim Seok Jin who just happened to nail the role of a dad, always protective of the girl and never not skeptical of the boyfriend.

"I missed you too Oppa" breaking the hug the cousins shared an invigorating smile while more tears were shed on the already damp grass.

In a similar fashion the course of meet and greet continued until it was finally Taehyung's turn to have a moment with his friend. To think about it, he had been the most silent through the entire period that Y/N was gone and I also heard him occasionally blaming himself for not being more attentive during the shootout. Jimin was the same but he was a tad more hopeful. However when Y/N went to brace him with a hug, much to our dismay, Taehyung didn't reciprocate. Instead he just stood there, completely still, staring at the girl as if she was a ghost.

Y/N seemed to comprehend his conundrum and instead of squeezing the astounded boy into further depths of perplexity, she took his hands in hers and looked up at him with anticipating eyes. But still then he remained as shocked as ever and sparing Y/N a quick glance he turned to me as if begging me for answers. And I, being the gentleman I am, finally reverted to narrate the truth.

_Flashback_

"I'm sorry Jungkook, but I had to-"

"Y-you killed her!?"

"Not really"...

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To Be Continued...