Darlings! Sorry for the late update! So here's a verrryy long update..
PS: Don't hate me for the title!

"You're seriously looking very pretty" Taehee complimented Haneul who was standing in front of the pier mirror in Taehee's room.

"T-Thank you..But I think it's your dress which makes you say that" she felt embarrassed.

Taehee had lent her dress to Haneul for the event. It was an elegant blue strapless long dress. The material was thin enough to highlight her slender silhouette. Her pale skin matched well with the dress and her hair was neatly tied up to a bun. Her pink lips were painted red making it fuller than usual.

Taehee stared at Haneul cause she never realized that she's this pretty. A hint of jealously sparked in her mind cause she looked a little duller in her haughty pink dress when compared to Haneul. The metal black Limousine awaited for their arrival at the door step. They carefully got in and the car drive off to the place of the event.

"Remember, I've registered your name and I told them that you're my college mate to avoid any complacations" she reminded me. And I nodded.

The chauffeur opened the car door and she stepped out. She saw quite a few ladies greeting one another and from their looks it was clearly evident that they were plutocrats.

Taehee held her wrist and started walking towards the place. Haneul's jitters multiplied when few people started noticing her. She grimaced well and gazed at Taehee but she was casually walking.

"I'll introduce you to my girl friends and they'll die due to jealousy!" She whisper-squealed.

"W-Why would they be jealous?"

"Cause almost every friend of mine wanted Taemin and they tried their best to lure him but he least bothered to even look at them. Their efforts went in vain to the point they mistook him as gay...Haha but if I show you now, they won't mind to even poison your drink" she laughed and the so called "joke" made Haneul gulp in fear and plastered a *I find it funny to die* smile.

They stepped in a grand hall with a humongous chandelier suspended from the conical ceiling making the place glow in vibrant golden yellow. The tables were covered with red velvet cloth and the cutlery was neatly arranged. A ramp was seen in front, with three main chairs on the either side.

"Mr. Lee Taemin" she whispered when she looked at the table bearing Taemin's name. They comfortably sat on the spot. Her eyes scanned the card describing the things that were on auction that day. Her mouth was agape seeing all the contents which would cost a fortune for her to own it.

They were seated amidst a crowd of 40 and the ambience was really classy. Taehee waved at her friends once in a while. The event had already started and there was a huge round of applause for the things that were placed for the auction which includes 7th century potteries, painting etc...and that got a lot of Ohh and Ah's. On the other hand, Haneul was anxiously waiting for Taemin's arrival.

"Haneul! Let's go!!!" Taehee suddenly grabbed her arm.

"W-Where...?"

"It's fun time!"

Haneul's POV

"W-Wait! Are you telling me that they'll auction the ladies here including us?" I asked unbelievably.

"Hmmm...well not exactly..We just have to dance with the highest bidder..it's like an auction ball " she said coolly.

"What the?! Do you think I'll even ac-""LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I PRESENT TO YOU THE 10 GORGEOUS LADIES OF THE EVENING!"  The event host declared and the spot light was on us. I stood there totally perplexed about the happening that was ahead of me.

"These gorgeous looking ladies will give their first dance to the highest bidders! Let's give hem a big round of applause!"

When I heard it, I became so embarrassed. It's soooooo humiliating!

"Don't worry...it's just for the sake of charity fund raising. For a good cause only..." She cooed me.

Whatsoever!

"Here wear these masks!" She gave me a ornamental mask which they wear for masquerade balls.

Something to hide my face! I was glad and so where the few other participants.

"The first is Ms.Alexandra! She is the youngest chess champion, most fluent in French, best ath..." He was going on and on about the pretty girl.

"$2000" A man from the audience rose up.

"$2500!" Another one said.

"$2500! Going once, twice..SOLD!" The host shouted and the crowd applauded. Sold?! Aagh!! Disgusting!

"Ms.Alexandra, you may dance with your bidder!" He cheered and she smiled and took the bidder's hands.

When they were auctioning the 6th girl, my nervousness tripled as I was the 7th girl. And Taehee was the 9th.

"$4000! SOLD!" The crowd applauded with a lot of Ooohhsss

Omo! That's the most expensive bid so far!!!!!!!

"And now we welcome Ms.Jung Haneul!" He declared and the spot light was on me.

I froze on the spot and my hands tightly gripped the mask that was covering half of my face as I kept looking down.

"She is Ms.Lee Taehee's college mate, fluent in Korean, a beautiful singer, act-..."

"$3000!" One from the audience got up.

"$3500!" Another one said.

"$4000!" A blonde man declared.

"$4000! Once...twi-"

"$150,000"

My jaw dropped and I looked up with my wide curious eyes. The entire crowd turned their heads with their mouths wide open.

A man in his early twenties, sitting amidst the audience was looking directly at me with his hands raised up. I gulped my saliva and I blushed crimson from head to toe when I recognized the person.

"WOAHHHH! $150,000!!!!!!!! The biggest fund of the evening!" The host declared with a bright smile.And the crowd stood up and applauded.

From the corner of my eyes, I could see Taehee rolling her eyes.

"Isn't he doing too much? $150,000 for a dance?" She whispered unbelievably and all I could do was smile awkwardly at her.

"Mister, you can take Ms.Jung Haneul for a dance!"

He stood up and walked, gaining the entire attention of the crowd. Every step he took to walk towards me increased the jitters in my stomach. He looked a lot more gorgeous than ever today and I had no idea why.

"Hello Lady,..I'm Lee Taemin" he kissed my knuckles looking at me sternly with a sly smirk on his face. I tried my best to avert my gaze from his eyes cause the more I look at him, the more I flush.

"H-Hello...Mister Lee Taemin..I-I'm Jung Haneul" I shook his hands trying my best to hide my smile because of our self introduction.

"So, shall we?" He asked and I nodded nervously.

He directed me to the hall way where a faint music was heard. The other auction bidders were already dancing and we joined them.He gently held my waist and pulled me closer, slowly moving according to the music.

"You know..I was so mad when I saw you on stage waiting for some random person to dance with you" he spoke up.

"It was Taehee who pulled me into this..and well, you didn't have to spend that much for a dance!" I looked up.

"Well, I can spend more than a billion for a dance than seeing you dancing with another man" he held me more closer.And all could do was smile and roll my eyes.

"Did I tell you that you look so gorgeous today?" He whispered in my ears and I smiled casually swooning my arms around his neck.

"You've become voluptuous while I was away, aren't you?" He whispered in my ears and that my face turn bright red.

"Perverted creature!" I hissed and stamped his foot. 

"I'm telling you the truth.." he pressed his face against mine, looking deeply in my eyes, our foreheads and nose touching each other and our lips were only a millimeter apart. I couldn't stand his erotic gaze so I gently closed it.

I could hear him smiling as he gently spun me around me. He moved swiftly and gracefully and it was easy for me to follow back. A little giggles, few jumps, few swirls were involved.

All of a sudden, he forcefully pulled me closer and his sharp eyes darted mine, gently tugging my hair behind my ears. He slowly moved towards my direction making me step back slowly. His lips quivered it's way to meet mine and I closed my eyes awaiting for his landing. It was sooo close but it didn't touch.

"I love you..." he whispered brushing his tender full lips against mine. Before I could completely melt in the delicious trap, he gently raised my chin, pressing his lips gently on mine. His cologne hit me hard, drifting me off to the space.

His warm long fingers brushing my already red cheeks, feeling me closer as ever..the feeling of his warm breath against my skin was enchanting..we were so close.

"People are staring at us Taemin" I warned him as he bent down to my neck.

"Let them watch...die of jealousy..I don't care" he shrugged and that made me hit him on his arm, slightly pushing him back with a smile.

"Come on" he smug smiled and reached for my waist again and I smiled at my own helpless situation.

"Control your horny self, brother" Taehee sounded pissed off. And my face went red again. She's been here all the while?!

"Mr.Harry wants to meet Taemin. So if you don't mind?" she looked at me.

"Of course!" I waved my hand in the air.

He raised his eyebrows at me and Taehee went ahead.

"Don't think you've escaped" he said as he ran his hand through his hair making it a seductively messed up one.

"..I'll be continuing this in my room again" he smirked and that sentence suddenly made me blush from head to toe as I felt a weird feeling in my stomach. That kind of feel you get when you're on a swing and you're swaying high for a long time and the dizzy feel accompanied by some churns in your stomach.

I looked at him agape the sentence still processing in my head..replaying..as I blushed every time I did that. I shook my head to clear my now-turning-dirty thoughts.

Taemin was busy conversing with the so called Harry who they say as the most influential person in the media whom I don't even know. I took the free time as a chance to roam around the place.

A narrow crowdless hallway greeted me with paintings on the either side. My eyes fell on a painting of a cupid. A beautiful one in black and white. While I was busy admiring, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"You took forever to come! By th-O-O..Oh..K-Kai..."

WHY IS HE HERE?!!

"Yea..."

I almost had a panic attack. Why is he here?? Especially when Taemin is somewhere near here!!

"How you're doing?" He asked in a formal manner. And I don't know why I'm staring at the floor.

"Y-Yeah..fine"

"Now you won't even look at me?" He raised his eyebrows and a little pain can be seen in his eyes.

Yes Kai! I'm not looking at you!  Cause I'm scared! You know the reason? Well yeah..Taemin doesn't like it. I don't know what flash back you both have...but to me...you're always my friend...but if Taemin sees us together then I can't predict his reaction.

"K-Kai..I-I think someone's calling me..so I hav-"" No you're not going anywhere, Haneul" he cut me off.

Placing his hand against the wall, he trapped me between his arms. My heart beat tripled making me highly nervous. But his eyes that are indicating pure pain made me feel bad.

"You won't speak to me even as a friend? Huh? Am I that cruel? You won't look at me too?"

"K-Kai listen...If Tae-MY GOD! KAI!!"

I stood there...immobile...with fear and shock plastered all over my face as I saw Kai fallen on the ground. My hands voluntarily covered my mouth which hung open due to shock. I slowly drifted my eyes from Kai to the person standing parallel to Kai.

Those never-seen-before feary pair of eyes, looking sharper as ever, indicating hatred and..., that made me shiver even to look at it twice.

"T-T-Taemin.." I whispered but it was only audible to me. The huge thump sound gathered a lot of attention. Before I could even rest, Kai stood up from the floor, wiping the blood on his lips with his hand.

He marched towards Taemin with a murderous look and clenched fists. Before his fists would land on him, Taemin's sharp knuckles hit his face hard and that made him raise his leg against Taemin. The double turn kick pushed Taemin a feet away.

"TAEMIN! KAI!" I shouted, blinking back tears in my eyes but the same time scared to go near them.

Both managed to smirk at each other despite blood oozing from their skin. They grabbed each other's collars and pushed each other. Taemin punched him hard on his stomach and that made Kai trigger his violent self. When he attempted to kick him back, Taemin blocked his leg with his hand. Taemin was not totally into the fight like Kai. But Kai's continuous failures triggered him to push Taemin to the ground.

"Oh shit!" I could hear Taehee running towards me. She went in between them and pulled Kai out of the fight. She signaled me to pull Taemin.

I walked front wiping my tears and grabbed Taemin's arm.

"Taemin please.." I teared up. I don't like this. I'm scared of this violence..But now, I'm scared of his reaction.

He now knows that Jongin and Kai are the same person as he clearly heard me shouting his name. The disaster is, he came to know that Jongin loves me too. I felt like I was backstabbing him all the while. Though I never did anything wrong, I felt guilty. How will he react? Will he hate me for this? Will he have a wrong impression on me? I don't know. Just thinking about it makes my palm sweat..

He looked at me, panting. And I took that as a chance and went with him to the parking lot. He opened the car door for me and I got inside. But he never spoke a thing. He got on the either side and started the engine.

The drive was very silent. Neither of us spoke a word. I took a great courage and turned my head towards him to check if he's in a mood to answer. He gripped on the stirring wheel too much and intently glared at the road with his jaws tightened.

He's definitely not in a good mood.

"So...Jongin was Kai all the while?" He sounded unusual with a glint of sarcasm in his voice.

I looked at him. He had the same expression but his eyebrows were now crooked and his eyes were still intently fixed on the road. My heart beat raised tremendously as I heard the words that I was feeling scared of.

"T-Taemin...I-I'm s-sorry..A-Actually T-Taehee told me not to reveal...and I myself came to know about it only after I came to Alaska. Back then he was just asking me why I was n-not talking with him. T-Taemin trust me"

The car stopped. I kept on looking at his face for a reply not realizing that we've already arrived at Minho's guest house.He never looked at me and just got out of the car. I rushed and followed him.

"You've been lying to me all this while..?"  his voice was soft and I could clearly feel the pain in it.

"N-No..T-Taemin...I - I've told you this before right? He likes me..but I like him as a friend" I tried to sound normal blinking back my tears.

"I don't care about that Haneul..All I care about is you've hid the fact that Kai and Jongin are the same person!" He raised his voice this time and that made me flinch a step back.

"And...What was he trying to do you earlier..?" He turned his head towards me raising his one eyebrow.

"H-He was just asking me..why I'm not speaking with him the way I used to be..."

"Does he have to pin you against the wall to ask that?" his gaze felt like it's piercing my soul.

"N-No...He thought I-I would run away...that's why..I don't know why you hate Jongin too much..He never did anything. I cam-"

"Oh..now you're supporting him?" He sounded nothing but absolutely sarcastic. I was speechless for a minute. This is too much for me to handle. I couldn't stand to see him asking me such questions. It hurts..And now, he's telling me that I'm supporting Kai?!

I have to make him clear about my relationship with Kai.

"I didn't mean that Taemin! He told me everything that has happened to him in the past and he's still regretting for the mistakes that he has never committed. You never know a thing about him! You just hurt people without knowing their feelings!" Before I could think, those words slipped out of my mouth.

I could see Taemin staring back at me with a hint of disbelief.

"S-Sorry..I-I didn't m-mean it th-"

"So I'm the villain here and I just hurt people without knowing their feelings. Great!" He ran his fingers through his hair.

"I never knew that you were so interested in his feelings.." He tightened his jaws and moved from the place at once not allowing me to speak further.

I called out for his name but he was long gone. Tears sprang in my eyes. It was my fault!

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I sat in the corner of my room, staring at the ceiling blankly. I called him up more than a fifteen times but he's not answering to any of my calls. I pulled up my legs and hugged my knees, sobbing silently.

Taemin... I didn't mean it that way.. You've misunderstood..Listen, I love you Taemin.. only you and not anyone else. You don't hurt others like I said. I don't how to tell..I want to meet you Taemin...Please..Don't be like this..I just didn't like to answer your questions cause I felt you didn't believe me and in that pain I just vaguely said some non sense...I'm really sorry..I'll meet you at your office tomorrow. I love you...-Haneul

I hit the send button. I never checked the spellings or anything cause my eyes were too blurry. I continued to stare blankly waiting for his reply.

"Eat something Haneul.." I felt Alice holding my hand and I shook gently.

"Or at least tell me what happened?"

"Nothing..just a little misunderstanding.." I said short.

"Everything will be alright tomorrow. You know about Taemin right? He can never be angry with you..Just wait and watch tomorrow, he'll himself come and apologize even if the mistake is on your part.. Now just go to sleep" she patted my head. I smiled reassuringly and she walked out.

Hoping her words should come true, I tried to sleep. I tried hard but I just couldn't. I missed him. I know I saw him today but this feeling is just too much. I badly wanted to speak to him. But that perverted creature is not answering his calls.

All of a sudden, my room echoed with the loud ring tone, making me jump out of my bed.A huge smile crept on my face and all the worries vanished in a split second. Smiling widely, I reached for my phone.

But just like how my worries vanished in a second, all my 3 second  happiness fleeted away when my eyes fell on an unfamiliar number. I hesitated to answer the call at first but something triggered me to attend the call.

"Hello, Miss Jung Haneul" a voice of a man who by my perceptions, would be in his late 40s, greeted me.

"Hello Sir.." I politely replied with my voice low.

"Sorry to disturb you at this late hour"

"It's okay sir. But may I know who you are?"

"I'm your boyfriend Lee Taemin's father"

That made me speechless for a moment. I stayed silent as I underwent a swarm of emotions. Respect, fear, anxiety, shock etc.. He took my silence as a "Proceed" and continued.

"I would like to discuss with you about some thing that's very crucial.. Can we meet tomorrow? I will text you the place and the time" he sounded so like gentleman.

"Y-Yes S-Sir"

"That's good. This is a little confidential. So it's good that you don't inform it to anyone"

"O-Okay Sir.."

"Good night Miss"

The call ended.
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Guys!! Can you smell the ending? It's not far away...:( :( :( I'm planning to end this fanfiction soon :( Reason? Well, Lack of motivation and encouragement and also academic pressures etc..

Sorry for not updating regularly. I'm so very hyper busy that I barely have any time to think.

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