A YEAR LATER;

The rays of the shining sun stroke through the window and into the pearly, white shiny room.

Hana's POV:-
"Madam? Master Soobin is waiting for you, downstairs" the female butler alarmed and I hurriedly sat onto my bed.

"Oh no....am I late?" I asked rubbing my eyes.

"You could be if you don't make it in 10 minutes" she bowed and I hurriedly ran to the bathroom to shower ordering her on the way to iron my clothes.

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"Dad~" I sang while running down the magnificent staircase to greet my dad.

"Sunshine~" he opened his arms wide and I hugged him while giggling. Yup, I'm the princess of my father. The father who has filled my every single wish. "How is my princess?"

"I'm good. How're you?"

"I'm starving" he chuckled and we sat down to have lunch.  "Raquelle called yesterday. She wanted to talk to you but I told her you've gone out with your friends,"

"Oh she called me too. She congratulated me and I complained about her congratulating me after like 6 months of my graduation,"

"I'm so proud of you, sweetie," he patted my cheek and I smiled to him warmly. We started to dig in when my father sat quiet, working his way with the fork and spoon.

"She.....she didn't talk to you?"

"Nope." He sighed sadly. "I miss her alot. Whenever she calls me to ask about you I don't know I get so emotional. Only if Aera and me could have worked out things would have been alot easier,"

"Mom never did call me actually..."

"She was so stubborn sweetheart. The only thing I wanted from her back was Raqeulle. I don't even know what kind of influence she has on my Raquelle,"

"I'm I'm Raquelle misses you just as much as you miss her,"

"Yeah. So," he changed the subject. "What's new today?"

"My friends have invited me to hang out with them today. So, can I go?"

"Sure you can"

"Alone. Not with these armed men following me"

"I do this for your protection, Hana, " he sighed and I begged him to let me go without the guards and he finally agreed.

"Okay sweety, I'm getting late for work. Also, I have a big surprise for you"

"Really? What type of?" I smiled.

"That you'll be knowing at night. I want to talk to you about that when I get home. Okay?" He asked caressing my hair and I nodded. "Bye angel. Take care" he kissed the top of my head and left.

"So are you coming?" Jiwoo called.

"Ofcourse I am! Ask the boys to get ready" I smirked and went upstairs to get changed.

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"Hana what would you like to have?" Jk asked.

"One coffee for me. Taehyung?"

"An extra straw," she immediately looked at him with a smile before their smiles dropped as Jk interfered, "Urgh,"

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They were chilling and everything but she noticed that something was wrong with Taehyung. He wasn't too enthusiastic like he used to be. She noticed him standing alone and she excused herself from Jk and Jiwoo who were talking about their own marriage and flirting in public which was cute.

"Tae? Are you alright?"

"I sure am," he smiled to her.

"C'mon don't lie to me at least,"

He sighed as she asked him and he looked at her before, "It's been 4 months Hana. We graduated and you still haven't talked to your father about me. I don't want you to be my girlfriend forever but I want to be the one who can replace your surname. I want to be the one who wakes up next to you every morning..."

"Taehyung," she giggled. "You are the one-"

"No Hana," he pushed her hands away from her slightly before turning around. "It's not always perfect. I know your father hates me. And I remain so tensed that he'll give you to someone else,"

"But that someone else can never love me the way you do. I can never be happy with someone else rather than you."

"Your father doesn't understand this. I just-I just...." he cupped her cheeks with his warm hands. "I just don't want us to be apart," he rubbed his thumb on her cheek and she smiled sadly before holding his hands,

"I promise you we will be a part. Not apart. My father loves me and he can never decide something for me which does not hold my consent,"

"I hope so,"

"Though, marrying someone else rather than you will be thrilling," she teased and he had a poker face on. Before he could even burst, she laughed it off and hugged him.

"Look at Jk and Jiwoo. We'll be like them one day. Carefree,"

"You're comparing me to Jk? No thanks. I don't want to freak out everyone while being that cheesy,"

"That's just his way of loving Jiwoo," she admired them and the set of eyes near her admired her.

Only the feeling of his arms wrapped around her made her feel safe. No one can harm her when she's in the arms of Kim Taehyung. She looked up at the sky and it was beautiful though the night had fallen,

"The night is beautiful,"

"You're beautiful," she looked up at Taehyung and he kissed her cheek. "You really are,"

"Okay now who's kissing me in public? Isn't that cheesy," she placed her palm on his lips to stop him.

"Sometimes I think I've spoiled you with my love,"

"Indeed. Understanding, honesty, loyalty, affection everything," she giggled.

"I don't think kissing you in public is a problem. I mean look at them she's literally sitting in Jk's lap,"

"But-" before she could even stop he started to steal kisses from her face and she laughed.

"Ew. Go get a room," Jk interrupted and Taehyung stopped before,

"You done with your cringy-" she elbowed him to stay quiet.

"C'mon you two. Let's head to the top,"

They were walking and talking when Taehyung stole another kiss from her making her laugh everytime Jk turned around. He slipped his hand into hers and suddenly she knocked over but was still balanced on her feet.

"You alright?"

"Yea-"

"Hana your laces!" She looked down and they were untied.

"Oh I didn't realise-"

"It's okay." He assured before dipping down and tying her laces. She placed her hands on his shoulders and he tied them.

Whenever she had her laces untied, he was always the one to volunteer to tie them because to him, queens don't bow.

"Done," he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and she smiled as she kept staring at the man who was talking. She leaned forward and took a kiss from his cheek cutting him off.

"Okay so Jk? We're heading back to kiss each other will be back-" Taehyung turned her around and she laughed as Jk ran after the couple.

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"Good bye guys!" She was getting out of Jk's car as her house arrived before Taehyung from the front seat beside Jk caught her hand.

"You'll talk to your father today?" He asked rubbing her soft hand and she smiled to him before nodding.

He just stared into her eyes because he couldn't leave her. It was so hard for him to say goodbye even when he knew tomorrow he is meeting her again.

"Taehyung? We have work tomorrow. You have a case and I've my meeting. Leave her hand,"

"Jk! Can't you stay quiet for a minute," Taehyung rolled his eyes at Jk before he kissed her hand and let her go.

"I love you!" He yelled and she threw a flying kiss to him.

"Bye guys!!" She waved and the car's engine started before it revved to drop Jiwoo.

She walked into the house all the while thinking that she should again talk to her father about Taehyung. She kept it a secret from Taehyung that she did talk to her father twice about him ever since they started dating but he was always against it.

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"Did my princess enjoy?" Her father opened her arm and she hugged him from the side.

"I sure did,"

"Come I've to show you something," he took her inside the drawing room and there was a beautiful, pearl white wedding gown. "How is it?"

"It's beautiful. But whose it for?"

"You," her smile immediately dropped. "It's for my princess because I've given your hand in marriage to Suho,"

"S-Suho?" She teared up.

"You remember my child hood friend Jaebong? His son Suho? Remember you two always played together and were always buddies,"

"But Dad we were only 7 then," she cried out and her father's smile dropped before he raised his hand and the minions disappeared.

"Sweetie, I've given my oath-"

"Without my consent? That's how much you love me that you'll give your daughter to someone who she barely knows?"

"You're misbehaving Hana," he calmly sat back down on the couch. "Rupert? Why is she misbehaving?"

"Sire because she's in love with that poor boy again," Rupert, father's only loyal and favourite secretary.

"Ahh what's his name again?"

"Taehyung,"

"Kim Taehyung," she corrected.

"Rupert do research on him,"

"Whatever you need to know about him just ask me,"

"Sweetie I'm your father and I know what's best for you."

"You don't!" She shook her head. "You're setting this up."

"What do you mean?"

"Oh cut the crap, Dad. This is a business marriage. I don't want that sort of life. Look at you and mom. You guys kept me and my sister separated for years, that's the influence which made our perspective different. You both became parents but didn't become spouses and each other's comfort that's why you landed in a divorce! Don't ruin my life atleast,"

"Ruin? I'm sabotaging your life? I'm making your life by giving you everything. He has everything!"

"What's everything in your definition is not necessarily in mine!" She sobbed. "Father please, I love him,"

"He doesnot deserve you. Look at you, your lifestyle, the amount of comfort you have. You're well-off, strong, successful and especially the daughter of Lee SunghMin,"

"Comfort? Having a family that's not even a family, that's my comfort? I've never been comfortable with all the luxuries I was surrounded with. I would have been comfortable if mom and you had sort things out like a normal couple and we were living like a normal family where each other's problems are considered like our own"

"With all the things I've done for you, you repay me this. That's great. I wish I would have kept Raquelle with me,"

"I'm glad that you didn't," she chuckled sarcastically. "I wonder how manipulated she would have been if she were in my shoes,"

"ENOUGH!" Mr. Lee shouted, standing up and raging with fire. "I decide things in my own damn house,"

"That's the problem." She smiled wiping a tear. "Business marriages end with this single sentence. Thanks for letting me stay in your house father for all these years,"

"Hana...."

"And for the record, if you think I was comfortable with these luxuries then let me clear. I was comfortable knowing I have my father with me. You were my comfort but now I look at it, I think I'm all alone in my life,"

"Hana dear." He sighed hearing her voice crack. "Stop acting like that now. Whatever I have is yours, after me everything is going to be yours. You're going to be accountable for all of these billions. Isn't this a father's job to keep their children surrounded with benefits and luxuries?"

"I appreciate that father. I've always done everything in which you were happy and that which made you proud even if I had to keep my happiness aside. But Mark my words, after you or whenever is the right time I will never ever inherit your property  instead I'll like to donate all your money to charity, to children and people who need it rather than spending it on myself. If I want everything in my life, I'm going to make it myself or with the person I'll have a family with."  They stared into each other's eyes before Hana's father and Rupert started laughing out heavily and that made her hurt.

"Y-you....Oh God!" He laughed holding his stomach.

"She thinks that poor fucking lawyer can give her the life Sire has given her bahahahhaha,"

"Sweetheart," her laughing wiped his tears out of laughter. "You're immature right now. That lawyer doesn't deserve you,"

"Suho doesn't deserve me either. What's the guarantee that he can keep me happy? Respect you?"

"These are elderly matters in which I don't want your interference. You want to leave a business man over a lawyer who barely earns for himself,"

"More like leaving a Tesla for a Subaru 360," they were ridiculing.

"You always say that I'm your most prized possession. Let me tell he earned me. Won me. I owe alot to him which this money of yours can never fulfill,"

Her father remained quiet before glancing at Rupert and they both started to laugh,

"Honey I love you. I'm your father. I know what's right and what's wrong."

"This time father you don't. You'll break me by doing so,"

"He doesn't even have a proper house, a car? He lives on rent. He can't afford an engagement ring for you, you think that a man like him is worth spending your life with? How is he going to keep you happy?"

"I believe in him and we'll work through this father please give him a chance-"

"No!" He spat and stood up to leave but she grabbed Mr. Lee's hand.

"Father please don't do this to me. Or I will-"

"You will?"

"I will run away with him," her father's saturation point was reached and his jaw clenched before he slapped her across the cheek.

The first time in her 24 years of life she was slapped by her father. "You leave this house and the next thing you'll be crying at is his grave. Do you want me to do that?"

The maids and the minions gasped and were very concerned for Hana as she was slapped in front of everyone. "If I see you ever talk back to me, I will slap you even harder." He warned and she felt so empty.

"Rupert, do a little more research on this poor guy. Wherever he works we've to get him cancelled,"

"Yes sire!"

"F-father-"

"Areum! Take Hana to her room and lock her up. Tomorrow she's getting married and I don't want any further issue. Make sure she remains thirsty and hungry so the other day she's weak enough to do whatever I say," he pushed her to Areum and he caught her arm.

"Father! Father please. Don't do this! This is so wrong. Dad please! I will die while living! Father!? Areum ask him to please don't do this!" She cried heavily as Areum took her to her room.

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"Areum? Am I never going to see Taehyung again?" Her tears were leaking as she was staring at the maids bringing her wedding dress into her room. She had her head placed in Areum's lap and she was patting her head to comfort her. Areum was the one maid who was very kind and friendly with Hana. She was like a God mother to her.

"Dear please stop crying. You will dehydrate yourself,"

"If my father doesn't care about me....then no one should,"

Even though Mr. Lee asked everyone to not give Hana water and food, Areum still sneaked in everything for her.

"Areum," she raised her head to look at Areum. "You tell isn't this unfair?" Her cheeks were stained.

"Ofcourse it is." She pursed her lips. "We're women,"

She settled Hana's hair for her and wiped her tears before she smiled sadly.

"I love him Areum. I love him so much!" She cried again. Her phone rang and it was Taehyung. "He's calling,"

"No!" Areum shook her head. "Don't let him know," she stared at Areum for a while before her phone buzzed and it was a text,

"I hope you're fine. I just had a gut feeling that you're not okay. Very well sweet dreams love,"

"I can't marry Suho," she pursed her lips as Areum rubbed her back.

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There was no one in her room and it was already 2 in the morning. She couldn't take it so she called Jiwoo.

"Jiwoo....I'm getting married tomorrow."

"What?"

"And that person is not Taehyung, this is the saddest part" she was numb at this point. "I don't have the courage to tell all of this to Tae,"

"Are you nuts!? He'll literally destroy himself,"

"I don't have a choice,"

"Or you do?" Hana listened carefully to what Jiwoo had to plan and she thought for a moment and it was perfect but still risky.

"How will I run away? The guards here are very alert,"

"Look me and Jk are already on our way. I will call you and before that you get ready as a bride. The car will be at the back for you and don't worry we got this. You just ingest courage-"

"But-"

"You want Taehyung don't you!?"

"Yes I do,"

"Look sometimes it's hard to face reality but for us to exist we have to,"

"Jiwoo I will and I can do anything but the only problem is the guards and minions over here-"

Suddenly, the door of the room opened and in came Areum who was concerned for her. Hana immediately hid the cell.

Areum smiled and walked towards Hana settling her hair and sighing,

"Promise me you will come to meet me?"

Hana let out a laugh when Areum herself volunteered to help. "I promise!" She hugged Areum and asked her is it's the right thing?

"If your heart doesn't feel good about marrying Suho then you should do what you heart says. After all, if you become his wife legally then no one in this whole world can separate you two lawfully,"

She smiled and told Jiwoo that she's in. "But don't tell Taehyung okay? He's going to freak out,"

"Got it!"

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Areum instantly did her hairstyle, makeup and packed her things which she will need.

"You look immensely pretty with this glow,"

"Thankyou so much Areum!" She hugged him tightly as Jiwoo and Jk were already outside.

"Where there is love, there is happiness and I just want you to be happy,"

"I assure you I will be because my faith in Taehyung is very strong,"

"By the sparkle in your eyes and the glow on your face I can already tell he's a very nice man,"

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"Come on" Jungkook grabbed my hand as Areum sneaked me outside and opened the car door I hurriedly sat into his car and we drove off to Tae.

"Wait! Who's going to be the priest?"

"Jungkook!" Jiwoo declared and Jungkook gasped.

"Me!? We decided you will do it!"

"Jungkook pease do it!" I begged and he gave up.

"I don't even know how to do an exorcism" he complained and we both smacked our foreheads.

Narrator's POV:-
Meanwhile Taehyung had already laid down to sleep in his pyjamas. He pulled out his phone and opened the picture of him and Hana together. He smiled as he zoomed in her smile and traced the curvature of her lips wanting her in his arms.

"Kim Hana." He chuckled all the while thinking about getting married to her. And her father agreeing to get her married to Taehyung. Little did he know, he's going to get married right about now.

"Okay this is his apartment. You ready?" Jungkook asked Hana and she smiled and nodded.

"I am." She blushed and picked up the flow of her pearly wedding dress and walked to Tae's window.

"How the hell am I going to reach till there?"

"Wait-" Jungkook spotted a ladder and placed it for her so she can climb up.

"How're you going to climb up in your wedding dress?"

"Will It make me Tae's bride?"

"Yeah?"

"Then I'm going to do it anyway" she smiled and with very difficulty climbed up the ladder.

"Do you see him?" Jungkook asked from down there and she nodded. "Go ahead." He nodded and she took a deep breath and knocked on the window.

"Tae" she whispered and knocked and knocked.

"W-who is it?" He asked as he got up. "Wait-" his eyes widened when he opened the window.

"Hana!?" He yelled and she giggled.

"Shh~" She said and lost her balance but thankfully Tae grabbed her forearms.

"Hana? What're you doing here? This late? What is-"

"Taehyung please~ just for once be quiet and only look into my eyes" she smiled and asked him to look into her eyes while quietly signalling Jungkook to start the Mumbo Jumbo that the priest usually blabbers in a wedding.

"Hana-"

"Taehyung please~ look into my eyes" she breathed out while looking into his eyes and he got lost into hers. And Taehyung has no idea that why Hana's here. He's just confused that she showed up at this late. When Jungkook asked to exchange their vows, Hana immediately and on purposely said out loud that,

"Taehyung how much am I important to you?" She asked and Taehyung being lost into her eyes didn't realise that Jungkook asked about the vows. The question of Jungkook was hid by Hana's question.

"You're very important to me, Hana. I can't promise you big cars, big houses, I can't promise you the moon and the stars and I can't promise you happiness all the time. All I can promise is that I will be yours, and you will be mine. I love you" he smiled. Poor naive fella.

"Taehyung, I promise that too" Hana breathed out when Jungkook asked about her vows. Now the difficult part came.

"Taehyung?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you love me?" She asked just as Jungkook asked do you Kim Taehyung take Lee Hana as your lawfully wedded wife?

"Ofcourse I do..." he smiled still looking into his eyes.

"Do you Lee Hana take Kim Taehyung as your lawfully wedded husband?" Jungkook yelled and Tae's ear peeked up.

"What!?" Tae yelled and looked down only to find Jungkook and Jiwoo together.

"Hana what's the meanin-"

"I do" she giggled.

"WHAT THE-"

"I may now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride and sleep with her tonight." Jungkook said and Hana cut Tae off with a kiss on his lips.

"They're married!" Jiwoo cried and Jungkook hugged her and they both ran to the car as the neighbours started coming out.

"Thankyou guys. I owe you!" Hana winked and they both waved.

"Enjoy your wedding night~" Jungkook winked and was met with a slap by Jiwoo and they both drove off.

"Hana What Just happened!?" Tae freaked out.

"WE GOT MARRIED!" She clapped.

"Are you serious-"

"Pull me in!" She whined and opened her arms wide and Tae pulled her in still confused from all that rush.

"I can't believe I just got married in my pyjamas" Tae complained and she giggled while again attaching her lips with his.

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These anime pics went so well along with the chaps....