The subtle sounds of the music in the atmosphere had started getting more and more your attention while you were standing by your husband's side, chatting with a couple whom had lost your interest long before they were to come to greet you.

Your garden was full of such unnecessary company which you would have liked to avoid under other circumstances however you knew well that tonight no excuse could get you out of this party sooner than its due time.

Leaving aside the energy you had to master in order to leave a proper image to all those guests, you also had to endure TaeYong's touches and rendering words that he would use while talking to you in front of all these people.  Words that were far from his true feelings for you and you both knew so yet he just had to go and pull a party out of nowhere and place you both at this uncomfortable state for hours. His logic surely seemed absurd to you even if you were to just take that fact only.

Thankfully till now, nothing seemed out of place as your suspicions were many about the intentions he may be carrying with his actions and because of it you had felt a bit relieved. Maybe you were just overthinking and he hadn't planned anything against you after all.

The significant change of the music drew your attention as well as your sight towards the center where people had started taking the first initiative to dance to the beautiful sounds of Waltz that had now taken over the soft music produced by the live orchestra that was located towards the right side of the pool.

The staff of the house where busy serving the costumers and so was Jimin as your eyes happened to take notice of his figure, dressed in black and having on his face a mask similar to all the other workers. However, even if his face was covered there was no way you would not recognize him, mostly because among all these people he was the only one with pink hair. Even if it wasn't for it however you would still know it was him just by a look. You had observed his body shape enough to not miss it anywhere.

The thought itself sounded a bit strange to you but no matter how embarrassing or inappropriate it may sound, it was the truth. His aura had become something you would never mistaken and there was no changing that fact. His presence was just something that was difficult to pass by unnoticed.

"..I am thinking to take my lovely wife for a dance. What do you say Y/N?" TaeYong's voice snapped your attention back at him that had apparently asked you to escort him on" the dance floor and you gave him a smile and a nod knowing well that you couldn't deny in front of the older couple that was till that moment chatting with you two.

He took your hand and bowed to the couple whom you assumed that he must have gotten tired of and had decided to bid them goodbye with an excuse such as having a dance with you, then he placed his arms around your body with a smile, that made you glad that you were wearing a mask and people would miss the grimace of disgust your face unintentionally left to form on the surface.

He brought your bodies way to close for your liking and unnecessarily close for this dance but you couldn't push him abruptly because everyone's eyes were on you so instead you just slowly wrapped your arms around his neck and leaned on his ear, to make sure no one would hear what you were about to tell him.

"You don't need to take the actions, that far. Please put some distance."You spoke between gritted teeth as you intentionally left some pressure on his shoulders as a warning but to your surprise, you heard him sneer near your neck as he had lowered his head on the crook of your neck, making you grow even more uncomfortable.

Annoyed you stepped on his foot and he jerked back in pain, making you pretend that you messed up your steps for a moment by mistake. Some people laughed and smiled at the scene along with your parents whom caught your eyes for a moment but by the time you returned your sight at your husband, he had a smile on his face, reassuring you that he was okay, even though you didn't ask nor you wanted to know.

TaeYong pulled you close again in order to continue this dance till the song ends and thankfully he had kept a more proper distance this time.

"Just what are you trying to do?" You whispered as you glared at him, your noses almost touching after a  spin he make you do and return on his arms.

"Showcasing our love, what else. Now stop complaining and play your part. We need to get our of this as the perfect couple." He whispered in your ear before he guided your body in the normal pose and his hands rested on the sides of your waistline gently.

You seriously felt like you wanted to rip his hands off at that instance and even the parts of your skin that he was touching but no matter how strong was the unpleasant feeling inside you, you knew well that you had to bear it and not show anything and that fact made you feel a bit miserable suddenly.

It was always like this, your whole life was full of such moments. Of moments that you had to endure things that you may wholeheartedly hate just so would you portray a certain image in the outside. It was always about the surface, always about how you should keep the facade of perfection no matter what. A happy woman. A great daughter. An excellent student. A great example for anyone to follow. If you are one of these once, you have to remain one of those always. No matter how impossible it is to always be perfect, you had to seem so. No matter what it was to cost and how must you needed to endure.  You are to never let anyone know of your suffering.

Those words and rules under whom you had grown up had once again brought you this feeling of imprisonment and despair that hide under the expressionless face that you had at that moment but this time was all his fault. This time he was the one that had placed you in this position unnecessarily. Was this his way of making you suffer?

"You look pale my dear. What's the matter sweetheart? " He questioned you and you just gulped harshly trying your best to get your angered emotions under control and not make a scene. You refused to fall prey to his provoking ways.

"You shouldn't go around forgetting my dear wife. You are mine. I can do whatever I want to you. You are nothing but a decoration to make me look better. Your place is to remain quiet just like you are now." He leaned and left those words to fall to your ear and the urge to see this man dying on the floor in the most horrible state of pain possible just grew more. His arrogance having thrown oil to the fire of hate you generally had towards him.

Who was he? To think that you would ever belong to him or anyone? Whom did he think of himself? To imply that you at the end would have no choice but to succumb to his superiority? The audacity that his words held at that moment truly made you more than mad however his next action was to surpass that feeling as he took the unexpected initiative to crash his lips against yours.

The urge to push him away was strong and immediate but his hold was too strong disabling you to escape as he must have guessed your reflexive reaction which wouldn't look good at the eyes of the audience either but kissing him was like tasting poison and you hated every single second of it. 

You knew that you couldn't back away but you couldn't help but express your displeased feelings but placing your arms around his neck in order to hide your faces and then bite his lower lip till he grimaced in pain and pulled back. 

He gave you a pretty hateful glare as he tasted his own blood and you stared back before taking a step back, letting his face more exposed to the audience and as such forcing him to smile and pretend like nothing was wrong as he covered his lips skillfully.

In all honestly, all you wanted to do was slap his face at that moment but the cheering of the people that entered in your ears reminded you of what your proper behavior had to be. Your hand grabbed tightly hold of your dress in frustration of how your expression of emotions had to be kept limited and as you looked around, your gaze halted on Jimin whom had taken his mask off and was staring at you with an expression that cleared all the previous thoughts of your mind.

His eyes were soft and somehow pleading, his lips slightly parted as if his breath was caught up in his lungs and the way he avoided your eyes and looked down before taking his leave, somehow made your chest feel tight. A weird heavy fog formed in right above your heart at the thought and only that in any way that scene might have hurt him.

---Change of set---

SooLin was washing up the dishes after they had all eaten dinner while the voices of her two kids laying with their grandfather in the livingroom echoed around the house.

SuJae seemed to be the liveliest of them all as his voice was louder than his sister's while playing catch and somehow that made her smile, feeling relieved that he was recovering more and more every day.

Right after she placed the last dish at the side, the doorbell rung, making her look past her shoulder before grabbing the small cloth she kept around to dry her hands.

She looked at the clock for an instant, then went to open the door, having hopeful thoughts that NamJoon must have come to pay a visit since it's been two days he hadn't come to visit nor had given her any call. Not that she was expecting him to call her or anything but he usually would come by to take some food or see the kids and generally catch up with their lives pace however she also knew that he must be busy these days as only that used to excuse his absence for more than two days.

A smile reached on her face as her hand reach at the knob, wanting to greet him joyfully but as soon as she opened the door, her happiness dropped instantly and she grew pale at the gun she found waiting at the other side of the door, aimed at her forehead.

"Good Evening Mam. Would you be kind enough to let us in?" The man spoke politely while he pressed the weapon against her skin, causing her to lose her voice out of fear.

It was really a pity that it wasn't NamJoon who had come to pay them a visit but instead was someone way to unpleasant.

---To be continued......