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"...You mean... you recorded everything?"

Watching a small smile crawl upon his swollen lips, I felt a tingling sensation in my body.

"Uh... I didn't know what to do, also... I was lucky that I got that idea in time..."

He spreads his legs and buries his face in between the empty space, a small sniffle escaping his lips.

"Are you okay?"

"I-I am...thank you."

"Need help in getting up?" I stepped forward but he shook his head, slowly flexing his body and got up, dusting the dirt off his pants.

"You saw me crying," his cheeks dusted pink, "I don't know how to react...I-I didn't mean to cry, I was just-"

"It's okay, you're a human too," I smiled, "it's alright to show emotions. And I don't really mind, I cry too."

When I'm alone.

"Ah, I didn't catch your name. What was it again?"

"Hana. Kim Hana is my name."

"H-Hana?"

"Mhm..."

He slowly lifted his head to glance at me and I impatiently shifted my weight from one leg to another, not knowing whether to make an eye contact or not.

"Was that y-"

"Can we go?"

We breathed out at the exact same time and I found myself at loss of words. I scratched my head in confusion, "what were you saying?"

"N-Nothing. Let's go now. The ceremony must be getting over till now."

"Oh, my mom would be looking around for me like crazy!"

I was the first one to step out of the dark room, followed by Jungkook, who's collars were still crumpled.

"Mind if I...."

Scooting a little closer to his slender figure, I placed my hands on his collars in an attempt to straighten them, when I realised that he was really tall.

At the contact, Jungkook seemed to get a little taken aback when he stepped back quickly, only to stop when realisation hit him.

"Ah...th-thanks..."

"It's okay."

Thank god mom made me wear heels.

If I was in sneakers I would barely reach his shoulders....

I gulped and glanced back at him when I was done and he quickly moved his eyes towards the floor, thinking I didn't catch him?

Cute.

"Please pretend that nothing happened for a while. Be normal, I'm with you," I said before finally turning my steps away, "Just be confident. We'll have to defeat Yena and her arrogant mother. And it's quite easy. Just....cooperate with me, please?"

He scratched the back of his neck for a while, but nodded quickly. "Okay."

"Let's meet after the ceremony. We don't want to create a mess in front of every guest now, right?" I giggled, only to find his lips curling up into a grin too.

He looks so good when he smiles.

"Yes, Fighting!" He showed me a thumbs up, and we both turned to our ways, following different routes so that no one suspects anything.

This is going to be a little disastrous...

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"Hana? What took you so long?"

I heard my mom whisper when I stepped near her, the ceremony still going on.

"Ah mom, I met Yena and she took me somewhere to show something."

"Oh, so you're finally getting close to her? I always wanted you to give her company and stay around her so that you could learn better in her shadow."

Mhm. Thank god I followed her this time.

I smiled to myself and she quickly caught it.

"Why are you smiling? Was it something special?"

"Yes, I recorded it too. I'll show you and her mom after this ceremony." I whispered in her ear and she smiled.

She got some tea. Her all time favourite thing.

"Aigoo... look at the bride, she looks so pretty."

"She does." I couldn't control my smile every time I would glance at Yena and her mother standing at a distance. She would look back at me from time to time, only to flash a deadly fake smile.

I'm already feeling giddy about what's going to happen to you, Yena.

And I don't mind if it hurts you.

Nothing hurts, if you don't let it. That's what you said, right?

I pursed my lips to look at the back, where a crowd of men gathered together.

There was Jungkook standing at the back, nervously rubbing his hands and nibbling on his lower lip.

When our eyes met, I gave him a reassuring smile, only to see him shyly look away, trying to hold himself back from bursting into a blinding smile.

You were too innocent for that Jungkook.

I promise, I won't let anything happen to you....

A/N

Quick update for my lovely readers! I was so excited while writing this like my mom caught me smiling several times sskskdmjdksms

It's always the male lead saving the female one, so I thought, why not turn the tables? ;)

Thank you for reading <3 I truly love you💖🥺