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Third person's P.O.V.

He cursed under breathe when he saw the name flashing on his mobile screen, he did not wanted to receive the call but still he forced himself to do so.

"Hello."

"Baby are you free today?"

"Aaa.. sorry Ruby. I will be busy with school work."

"Jungkook, you are a businessman then why do you keep on visiting that school?"

"Ruby, did you forgot that I love teaching? I had already told you about my passion. Also, this school is funded by Jeon group of Companies so I need to see what is going on here."

"I know Jungkook that you love teaching and you often spent your time with those kids on weekends but what about today? Today is Tuesday so why are you in school today?? Jungkook just try and understand I am your fiancée. Please spend time with me too..!"

"Fine Ruby I will call you later okay?"

"Okay, you know very well that I can't be mad at you. Call me soon or else I, Liu Ruby will kill you Jeon Jungkook." she laughed.

Jungkook chuckled and hummed in response.

Call ended.

"Take everything as it comes.." he mumbled.

Liu Ruby, daughter of Mr. Jeon's investor was recently engaged with Jeon Jungkook. Jungkook was in a new relationship, everything changed in these five years but then one thing was still the same. Guess what?

Jungkook focused on the kids which were admitted few days ago. He was excited when Mr. Wu, principal of the school informed him about new admissions. Unable to hold his excitement, he planned to visit the school today, that is on Tuesday. Due to busy schedule he is unable to visit school in the middle of a week so, Mr. Wu plans some extra classes for kids on weekends just for Jungkook so he can spend some time with kids.

He always wanted to be a teacher but he wasn't able to be one due to his father. Basically, he is following his passion on weekends by living a life of a teacher.

Today is very special day for Jungkook because there were new admissions and he can't wait to see them.

Jungkook studied the classroom, kids everywhere, some crying, some busy playing with soft toys and plushies while some were staring at the cartoon pictures drawn on the walls.

In between those, a girl caught his attention. Her clothes were completely different from other girls. She wore a short denim and black T-shirt, her long straight silky hair resting on her back and some on her chest. Jungkook noticed that she was the only girl wearing pant in the room while other girls of her age wore skirts and frocks.

Jungkook was amazed due to her personality and aura, he saw she was busy playing with alphabets wall-stickers. Jungkook knew she was smart one in the class just by the way she was following the correct order of the alphabets while none of the kids were interested in that.

Jungkook wasn't able to stop himself from walking towards her. He did not disturbed nor he helped her, he just stood behind her and waited for her to complete. Once finished, the little girl clapped for herself and Jungkook did the same. She flinched as it was totally unexpected for her. Slowly she turned and raised her head to see him. Jungkook fell for her mesmerising doe eyes which Jungkook noticed were gleaming. There was a spark on her face. She bowed and then tucked some hair behind her ear which he found it cute. She had a charming doll-face and an elegant personality.

Jungkook knelt down to her height and stared at her innocent eyes.

"What is your name?" he asked her politely.

The girl gulped, "Hello, my name is Jay." she smiled awkwardly.

"Hi Jay! how are you?"

"I am fine. What is your name sir?"

"My name is Jeon Jungkook."

"Nice to meet you Mr. Jeon." Jungkook's eyes never left the girl, he was amazed to see how well mannered the girl was and most importantly it reminded him of someone.

Jungkook wasn't sure why Haewon's face flashed infront him as he saw Jay. Jay's facial features were mesmerising, she was beautiful, her nose tip wasn't pointed but slightly rounded, her thin upper lip would become more thinner when she smiled and on the top of that she had a brightest smile.

"Why aren't you playing with other girls?" his eyes travelled to her small hands and he wasn't able to suppress the urge of grabbing it for a minute. Her tiny fingers perfectly laced with his manly ones, he won't deny but he started feeling good, nostalgic.

"They say my clothes are weird." the girl pouted, he chuckled seeing how cutely she scrunched her nose while looking at the group of girls and then at him, corners of her lips curved downwards.

"Weird? so why don't you try dressing up like them? try to be like them." Jungkook released her hands and sat down, he propped his elbow on his right thigh and rested his chin on it as he stared at her angry pose.

"You mean fake? no way, I am good." Jay spat and flicked her hair gracefully.

'Haewon..' he thought, her every movement reminds him of her. Jungkook shrugged.

'She is dead' he thought and sighed sadly. He shouldn't be thinking about her now at least when he has Ruby.

Jungkook's eyes travelled towards her neck and he was shocked to see the chain.

"Jay, who gave you this chain? is this yours?" he asked as his hand made its way towards the rose quartz pendant. The chain looked exactly the same like the one he gifted to Haewon when she rejected his proposal.

"This is rose quartz pendant chain and this gem is symbol of love. It is given by my eomma." the girl chimed as her fingers probed the pendant.

"Eomma? this is given by your mom?" a chill ran down his spine, his fingers trembled.

No way she is dead, he thought again.

"Jay what is your real name?"

"My real name? It is Kang Haejung."

"Kang?" Jungkook grabbed her shoulders lightly when he heard 'Kang', surely there was a connection the pendant, the surname, the hair flick.

"Jay what is the name of your mom?" he anticipated her answer, only he knows how badly he wanted to hear 'Haewon'.

"Jay."

Jungkook heard someone calling her. The girl quickly turned her head towards the lady.

"Eomma." she chirped and ran towards her. Jungkook didn't moved, he just prayed that when he turns it will be Haewon who must be standing but when he actually turned, his hope vanished in thin air.

"Eomma... he is Mr. Jeon." she pointed towards Jungkook, "He is very nice." she hugged her and the lady ruffled her hair.

"Jay, you go and wait near the car. I will be coming soon." Jay nodded and was about to go but then Jungkook stopped her.

"Jay, take these chocolates." Jungkook offered her chocolates as he often keeps some in his pockets.

"Chocolates? thank you." Jay thanked him and smiled before leaving.

Jungkook stood up.

"Hello, my name is Kang Jaehwa."

"Hi, myself Jeon Jungkook. Nice to meet you." he faked smile, totally displeased when he saw her.

"I hope Jay didn't troubled you."

Jungkook shook his head in 'no', "She is smart and different. You raised her well."

"Thanks Mr. Jeon, she is well mannered girl and mature than her age." Jaehwa spoke as she saw her walking out, even Jungkook followed her line of sight and did the same.

"She reminds me of someone." Jungkook spat nonchalantly as if trying to murmur to himself.

Jaehwa switched her eyes towards the man who was looking at the door as if expecting someone to walk in.

"Someone?"

"Yeah, Hae...Haewon.." he bit his lower lip and looked away. Jaehwa could see his ears turning red, tears welled up in his eyes as he tried hard to gulp the lump formed in his throat. Jaehwa wasn't sure how to comfort the male so she decided to comfort him with silence.

"Haewon? who is she?"

His eyes beamed, even after so many years his heart still respond in the same way, "She is the girl I use to love... I mean I still love her but she is not in this world now." Jungkook sniffed and pinched his nose.

"I am sorry for your loss but I know she must be looking at you right now and must be happy for you." she rubbed his shoulder and he looked straight at her.

"I wish. I would have been the reason behind her happiness. I wasn't able to pamper her, love her. Sh..She never gave me the permission to do so." his lips quivered. He always showed his strong self but internally his mind was crashed to the ground in agony. He is helpless like a man frozen in times.

It is easy to confess to the one who is angry but how can one confess to the person who has gone beyond this world..?

"You mean to say she never loved you?" Jaehwa raised her eyebrow.

"... She loved me more than herself, more than anything else. She pushed me away just to save me. She set fire to the world around me but never let the flame touch me."

"Mr. Jeon, when a person loves you truly he tries to protect you. I hope she must have done that for you"

"I know, but I think she should have at least shared her feelings with me instead of hiding." Jungkook's reddened lips showed how much he must have been biting and nibbling it to stop the rain in his heart from pouring out, "...but even I was fool, I never saw the love for me in her eyes, I never saw the pain in her eyes when she pushed me away... She was a rainbow but I was colourblind..!" Jungkook nervously laughed it off.

Jaehwa was in total confusion, she could feel the pain Jungkook was holding, even she wanted to comfort the male but she wasn't sure what to say.

Jungkook nodded, "..I am sorry. We just met now and I started telling my sad story to you. Its just that I saw Jay and it reminded me of her." Jungkook let out an awkward smile, he still has Haewon's image in his mind. She always comes in his dream, the place where they stay together, he wished she should have stayed for him just to be with him.

"It's fine. I am happy that you were able to speak your mind and sometimes it is good to share your mind with a stranger." they both chuckled.

"We are not strangers now. I am your daughter's teacher." he said and she nodded.

"So Jaehwa are you Korean?"

"Yes."

"What are you doing here in Taiwan?"

"Actually we migrated few years ago to Taiwan from Japan but we shifted to Taipei few months ago. I am working here."

"Oh great. Its good then. Taipei is really beautiful I hope you are enjoying here."

"Yes I am. Okay then Mr. Jeon I think I need to go, Jay must be waiting."

"Yeah yeah sure. I am sorry."

"Its okay. See you."

They both bade farewell and Jaehwa walked towards the car where she spotted Jay.

"Come on Jay, let's go." she opened the door and Jay entered. Jaehwa drove the car away from the school building.

The traffic light turned red from green and she stopped the engine. She saw the little girl looking outside the window.

"Jay." she tapped her shoulder and the girl turned to face her.

"You enjoyed today? what all things happened?"

Her eyes filled with light, "Today I enjoyed a lot and you know Mr. Jeon? he is very nice. I talked with him. Today was the first time I met him."

Jaehwa drew her eyebrows in middle as she heard, "What all things did he asked you?"

The girl placed her forefinger on her chin, lightly tapping like a thinking gesture, "He asked me about my name, then about my mom and then about this necklace." Jay touched her necklace for a moment, looking at it.

"Necklace? you told him who gave you?" Jaehwa was curious, she wanted to know about the conversation.

"Yes, I told him that it was given by my eomma and I was about to tell him the name but then you came." the girl pouted cutely and Jaehwa chuckled.

"So do you like Mr. Jeon?"

"Yes" Jay chirped, clapping.

Jaehwa turned her head towards the traffic signal which turned green from red. She turned the engine on and started driving, "Haewon unnie, he still remembers you and loves you so much." she muttered under breathe as she smiled.

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