||Wedding day||

"Is that true? Is Jungkook going to get married, Jimin?" JK's mother was questioning Jimin, who stood there hopelessly...

"Well, Aunt. Its not what you think. He is not in love or anything with her. I guess its just give and take."

"Give and take? What's that?"

"Well...Aunty...I think Ria's dad was in debt, and JK gave some money to them...and asked Ria for compensation."

"That brat.....ahh!! Ask him to cancel the wedding. It's not a child play, Jimin." Mrs. Jeon glared at Jimin.

"But Aunt, I think he arranged everything and..."

"AND?"

"I don't think he will stop just because we tell him to..." Jimin stuttered in his words.

Mrs. Jeon's BP raised; she catched her neck and started calling her maid...to take and come her tablets. She took those tablets and noticed the calendar, as tomorrow it will be July 11. Death of Jeons twin brother. She noticed and dated and sat in her seat looking at Jimin.

"Jimin, are u sure he really want to do the marriage, today? Does he remember what day it is tomorrow?"

"But...Aunt...I want to know something...is it ok to ask?"

She raised her one eyebrow and asked, "What?"

"Well, I was not in this town when Jungkook's twin died. I heard he and a girl met with an accident and died. So why does Jungkook have to hate his twin brother so much?"

"Jungkook... was a sensitive person back then. He thought of his brother as his whole life. On that day, when he came to know that his brother left him all alone in this world and took and went the favorite person in his life, he crumbled down. He didn't cry that day; rather, he broke all the frames and belongings of his brother." She left a sigh.

"Who is that girl? Is she JK's favorite?" asked Jimin.

"She?. Yeah, and also, it's all because of her. Why JK is in this condition right now with no love and no sympathy...but I heard she was alive by then...we didn't tell those things to JK." Mrs. Jeon took a photo. "He is already obsessed and head over heels for her; also, they shifted to another town, and JK thought that she died and her father moved to another place." She cleaned the photo with her hands and placed it on her table. "Jimin...don't utter a word about this to him. Understand?"

Jimin hummed and looked at the photo; it was JK and his brother.

NIGHT 7:00, in Ria's house.

Ria was sitting in the chair, looking at her face in the mirror. She was surrounded by many stylists...doing her hair, makeup, and everything, which is different and weird for her. When they complained about her jaw lines and her color tone, she got super frustrated and overwhelmed by their doings and shouted to stop. Erxi, who was sleeping on the couch, woke up and asked confusingly, "What happened?

"Erxi, do my makeup; I don't want them to touch me."

"But ma'am, Sir...will scold us."

"Then, do the make-up for him. Get out!!!"

They all left the room cursing her and slammed the door to close it.

"Erxi... do I look ugly? DID I ASKED HIM TO MARRY ME?!!!!! !" She pulled out the hair designed by those stylists and asked Erxi to redo it.

"Erxi was struck dumb by the sight of Ria after redoing her makeups—her white frock, the flawless makeup, the glittering earrings—even her angry glare took her breath away, making her beauty almost unreal.

There was a knock on the door, and Erxi...went to open the door, where Ria sat in the mirror, who doesn't want to spoil her life in this way.

Erxi walked towards Ria and kept her both arms in her shoulder to ask her whether she was okay to go out now.

Ria, who was still depressed and thinking about her ill-fated life, "Why does the day have to arrive so soon..? When will I ever see my dad again? Is this my last day?" She stood up and hugged Ria.

"Everything will be ok, right, Erxi?"

Erxi rubbed her back and told her, "Everything will be over soon... Ria. Don't worry."

Jungkook stood outside the house waiting for Ria.

Here, Ria stood before her father's room, "Dad, I'm leaving; won't you see me? Dad?"

"Let's leave Ria; he will meet you after marriage."

"But I want to see him too, Erxi."

"Huh?"

"Nothing, let's leave."

Ria stood outside her house and noticed many black cars parked in front of her house, many bodyguards standing there, and Jungkook leaning before the wall. 

His jaw literally dropped, and he was mesmerized while watching Ria. He cleared his throat and asked Ria to cross their hands while they were walking.

Ria stood there as if she were deaf. He forced her hands to cross his hands and walked to the car.

8:00 AM IN Cathedral church

PRIEST: I

JEON JUNGKOOK: I

PRIEST: JEON JUNGOOK

JEON JUNGKOOK: JEON JUNGKOOK

PRIEST: Take you

JEON JUNGKOOK: Take you

PRIEST: To be my wife

JEON JUNGKOOK: To be my wife

PRIEST: to have and hold you from this day forward for better, 

JEON JUNGKOOK: to have and hold you from this day forward for better,

PRIEST: for worse, for richer, 

JEON JUNGKOOK: for worse, for richer,  

PRIEST: for poorer, in sickness and in health, 

JEON JUNGKOOK: for poorer, in sickness and in health,

PRIEST: to love and to cherish

JEON JUNGKOOK:  to love and to cherish

PRIEST : till death do us apart, 

JEON JUNGKOOK:  till death do us apart,

PRIEST: according to God's holy law;

JEON JUNGKOOK: according to God's holy law;

PRIEST: And this is my solemn vow.

JEON JUNGKOOK:   And this is my solemn vow.

PRIEST: I

RIA: I

PRIEST: RIA

RIA: RIA

PRIEST: Take you

RIA: Take you

PRIEST: To be my husband

RIA: To be my HUSBAND

PRIEST: to have and hold you from this day forward for better,

RIA: to have and hold you from this day forward for better,

PRIEST: for worse, for richer,

RIA: for worse, for richer,

PRIEST: for poorer, in sickness and in health,

RIA: for poorer, in sickness and in health,

PRIEST: to love and to cherish

RIA: to love and to cherish

PRIEST : till death do us apart,

RIA: till death do us apart,

PRIEST: according to God's holy law;

RIA: according to God's holy law;

PRIEST: And this is my solemn vow.

RIA: And this is my solemn vow.

After finishing her vows, Ria's eyes covered in tears and her heart broken into two pieces. Her heart was filled with only one word...die! To die!

The priest asked them to share a kiss as a symbol of love. JK didn't hesitate and grabbed Ria's waist. She refused and turned her head.

"Why? We did it before too. You forgot?"

Ria forced herself not to cry and gulped after watching JK so close.

He still didn't hesitate and forced his kiss and let his grip loose from her waist. Everyone clapped and raised to congratulate the couples.

JK's parents, who were sitting on the first bench, crossed their legs with a disapproval look. JK's and Ria's friends, who sat at the last bench, encouraged them—Erxi, who stood near the wall, witnessed Ria's melancholy day.

"Ria, who still doesn't understand the game, and JK, who lost his brother—was the fire of love kindled inside JK real, or just an ember of longing ignited by shared sorrow?"