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Love is beautiful yet painful. Even if you are not close,you feel each other's pain. That's the soul mate bonding. Because you are a one soul already.

Prince charming cannot wake up the snow white this time. He cannot reach her. Yet,her pain had engraved in his heart. He knows. He knows every syllable her soul speaks.

Yibo knew that she is going through a hard time. She would never leave without Dongwook but this time,she had gone alone.

He stared at his wallpaper screen intensively. Her picture calmed his soul. Without her,he felt like loosing his mind.

"Yibo,it's time!" A staff member peeked through the door of the make up room.

He sighed and nodded his head. It was the day he is going to talk to to public about the engagement. He had never spoken a word about their relationship infront of the public because of Igarashi. But now,he could freely claim himself as her fiance.

He will speak today. He will show everyone that to whom she belongs. He wished that she could see it. He thought she will watch it. But little did he know,she cannot even lift her body to walk. And she never wishes him to see her like that too.

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Hoseok was holding a boy's collar infront of their college building. He was outrageous for something he uttered.

"I do not like your girl! Fuck off! She is the one who clings onto me!" Hoseok roared in frustration.

It wasn't Hoseok's fault to be perfect. Being a heartthrob,he and his brothers have to face these kind of problems every single day. But this time,the guy had gone too far to the point beating up Hoseok.

And Hoseok isn't a guy who will back off. He and his brothers had the reputation to be trouble makers. So yes,he too lives upto his reputation very well. He has a big ego to back off.

Hoseok had a bleeding lip and the guy had a bruise on his cheek. The guy unexpectedly pushed Hoseok harshly making him stumble back.

Not a second passed when another hand grabbed the guy by his collar. Yoongi stood in between Hoseok and the guy holding the guy's collar. Now it is a different story. No one wants to mess with him.

Yoongi's calm face scared the shit out of the guy. He is the one person in the family who had somewhat a similar personality as their sister Igarashi. Both of their's calm faces are the scariest when it comes to a serious situation.Not to forget that they shared the same type of skin colours,pale as ice. Anyone could tell that Yoongi is Igarashi's younger brother.

"You dared to hit him?" His voice was terrifyingly calm which was able to bring shivers to the guy's spine.

The guy collected his courage and spoke."Yes,because he deserves it!"

Yoongi's face twitched. The grip on his hold tightened dangerously. He does not tolerate anyone raising their hands on his brothers. Deserves or not,he will always stand by their brothers' side. Because only themselves had the authority to punish their siblings.

Jin and Namjoon stood behind looking at the scene. They didn't stop. Looking at Hoseok,they were furious.

Yoongi was about to punch the shit out of him when a voice distracted him.

"Now now,we do not need to gather anymore attention. Do we?release him"

It was Dongwook. He was lazily standing beside the gate looking at the scene.

"You again?" Jin asked in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

Dongwook shrugged his shoulders walking closer to them. He pulled the poor guy out of Yoongi's dead like grip.

"What do you think?" He asked casually.

Namjoon got alerted a bit. "Is it about our safety? Did anything happen?"

"What else. I have to be with you all 24 hours"

"What about maknaes?!" Hoseok freaked out forgetting about his condition.

Dongwook sighed." It's not like I can be in two places at one time. I've sent someone there to look after them. Let's go inside. I have already talked to the vice chancellor in your university"

Boys nodded forgetting about the guy. They all turned to go inside but the guy wasn't satisfied.

"Where are you going?!! We are not done!! Kim Hoseok!You son of a--"

He couldn't talk any further when Dongwook abruptly turned to him and grabbed him by his neck." Go near them one more step closer and you will be in a hospital bed when you open your eyes"

Boys looked back and smirked. They headed back to their building.

Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours,hours turned to days and days turned to weeks. They haven't seen or heard from Igarashi for almost 5 weeks.

Dongwook was always with boys and Yibo. Since he goes to the university with boys,he often sees Jennie.

The girl was always glancing at him secretly however,Dongwook very well knew about her stares.

Dongwook was lazily sitting on the cafeteria with the four boys,having their lunch as usual.

He was placing his feet on the table while his hands supported his lazy head behind him.

"Dude,put down your feet. This is not home" Hoseok muttered,feeling disgusted.

Dongwook decided to ignore him and hmmed to a soft tune.

"By the way,did you guys see Jennie?" Jin asked out of blue.

"No,I didn't see her since morning" Namjoon answered stopping his chopsticks in mid air.

Dongwook opened one eye with the mention of the girl.

"She is weird in these days. I saw her skipping classes few times. Her friends also don't know what has happened to her" jin said tilting his head feeling strange.

"That's weird. She is a batch top. Skipping classes is a big no for her" Yoongi also joined the conversation.

Suddenly a girl shouted from the top of her lungs, "SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM! JENNIE IS INSIDE!!"

Alerted,everyone ran towards the girls' bathrooms including Kim boys and Dongwook.

When they reach the place,everyone was gathering around the bathroom door but it was locked. Screams of a girl could be heard from inside the bathroom dreading everyone. That was Jennie!

Namjoon and Jin tried to open the door but it was locked from inside. They shouted calling her name. "JENNIE!!JENNIE!"

"MOVE!!" Another voice boomed flinching everyone.

Dongwook walked furiously towards door and kicked the door with full force. It was enough to break the door. He rushed inside just to witness something which made his blood boil.

Poor girl was on the floor trying to cover herself by her ruined top. She was a crying mess. There were four boys surrounding her.

Kim boys widened their eyes seeing their cousin. They looked at the four boys and to their shock,one guy was the one who beat Hoseok few weeks ago.

Dongwook's face twitched. He didn't waste a second before knocking the four to the floor at once. It wasn't a big deal to knock out some college idiots for him. The boys couldn't even defend themselves and when they realised what happened, they were already groaning in pain on the floor.

Dongwook removed his shirt revealing his shaped toned body. He immediately dressed Jennie to cover her.

Jennie was suppressing her sobs. She looked at Dongwook who was kneeling next to her. She forgot her pain the moment his memorising eyes met hers.  She didn't even realise that she was lifted up in bridal style by him.

He was just looking forward while taking her out but she was lost in his face. She found a safe place. She couldn't help when she fell for him for the thousands time.

She came back to her senses when she felt herself being placed on a bed. It was the infirmary.

He was about to retract his hands but she immediately tightened her grip around his neck and hugged him. She knew that he will push her away but she wanted to savour the moment.

But to her astonishment, he sat beside her and let her hug him. He even patted her back to calm her down. He didn't say anything. Just stayed with her. And that was enough for her. His body radiated a warmth she never wanted to give away. She preferred to stay in the warmth forever.

Just then,Kim boys entered.

"Jennie!--"

She parted away immediately.

Yoongi stopped himself awkwardly. He sealed his lips and looked away smirking secretly.

Dongwook raised an eyebrow and just sat there without moving. He wasn't affected a single ounce.

Hoseok cleared hi throat. "Are you okay?"

Jennie nodded lowering her head.

"What happened?! Why did they do it?!" Jin brought the atmosphere to the serious one.

"It's all because of you! Why did you have to mess with that guy?! He bullied me every day" She screamed feeling annoyed.

"Why would he bully you because of us?" Hoseok asked with wide eyes.

"Why do you think?! Obviously because I'm your cousin and it's easy to bully me! For God's sake!stop messing around!" She yelled like an erupted volcano.

"Then why didn't you tell us?! We would have helped!" Yoongi also spoke with the same intensity.

Jennie kept quiet and looked away.

"Tell us" Namjoon demanded.

"What can I do?He threatened me about something and they wanted me to find something which can cause troubles to you. They wanted to shame you in public"...."I refused. So they kept bullying me"

"What did he threaten you with?" Dongwook asked squinting his eyes.

She blinked few times when she heard his voice next to her ear. She felt her cheeks going red. "Y-You don't have to know it"

Everyone raised their eyebrows looking at her suspiciously.

"It isn't something serious. It's a lie. Don't belive them if they say something" she babbled.

"If it isn't something serious,then you wouldn't have refrained yourself from telling us about their bullying" Yoongi said crossing his arms.

Jennie still didn't open her mouth. How can I say it?! They literally threatened me saying that they will tell my parents that I'm having a crush on this man behind me. They knew my secret. If my mom got to know,I'll be doomed.

"Just forget it. They got caught" she tried to dismiss the topic.

"No" Jin strictly spoke. " Just say it! They can take advantages again. Tell us. We will take care of everything"

Jennie cried internally.

"They knew about my secret" she mumbled fiddling with her fingers."And they threatened that they will reveal it to my mom"

"And what is this secret?" Namjoon asked with a raised eyebrow.

Her cheeks took a deep shade of red. "You don't have to know" she mumbled softly.

"Kim Jennie!" Jin raised his voice."If you won't say a word, it will be revealed to your parents soon. And we won't be able to help"

"I-It's just I like someone and they got to know about it. Mom wouldn't like it. She will send me away or worse cause troubles to this person. So yeah" she confessed nervously fiddling with her fingers.

Everyone's eyes went to Dongwook. He just stares at Jennie's back with a raised eyebrow. Everyone knew who she is talking about.

"Don't worry" Dongwook broke the awkward silence which was currently suffocating everyone." That someone is perfectly safe and no one can do anything. Also,your fantasy will remain as a fantasy forever. So,you will not go away from this country"

He stood up and walked away leaving the heartbroken girl with her cousins.

"It's better this way" Jin whispered patting his head.

Jennie lowered her head hiding her tears. She felt Jin hugging her softly.

"It's okay. Everything will be fine"

Dongwook walked out from the infirmary and sighed. He didn't really feel anything towards Jennie. She is just another girl in his eyes. He wondered what made her like him. His handsome face? He shook his head with a sigh.

He isn't interested in getting into a relationship. Plus,he is much older than her by 9 or 10 years. He just saw her  as a little girl.

Just then he got a call,

"JIMIN WAS KIDNAPPED!!"

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