Mistaken

Chapter #35

Author's PoV :

"We have something in common." - Irene.

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"Hi." Taehyung decided to pass his time using this chance. "Huh? Oh, hi" Irene turned around and smiled at him. "How are you?" He asked, tucking his hands in his pockets. "I'm good, how are you? how's Lisa?" She asked, adjusting the strap of her bag on her shoulder.

"We're doing great. You . . . seem to have an interest in fishes?" He said, glancing at the fish tank behind her which had some sort of white fishes with black stripes. "Ah, yes. I was writing a poem about them" She brought her face closer to the tank, tapping her finger on it as a grin formed on her face when a fish came closer to where her finger was.

"Really? I like to write poems too" He replied, a bit fascinated on the fact that this conversation was actually interesting rather than some formal words being exchanged between them. "Yeah? We have something in common then" She giggled, her eyes lighting up.

"Would you like to read some of them? They're in my diary actually, come over some day, I do remember seeing you in our house one time" He said. "I'm sorry about that, you know how Seulgi is" She sighed, the same memory flashing in her mind as the day she had met Taehyung and Lisa in that boutique.

"Of course, I know her very well. I . . just wanted to ask something" He pursed his lips, a bit hesitant. He knew what he was about to ask wasn't actually something he should ask her, considering she was his sister's best friend. But then again, he couldn't go and ask Seulgi about it either, they didn't even speak unless it was something regarding their father's business.

"Sure," She just shrugged, not really caring about whatever he wanted to ask, she had to answer it anyway. "Is Seulgi really in a relationship?" Her breath hitched when he stopped his words there for a second.

"She didn't confirm the rumors yet, but . . is the news actually true? I didn't mean to ask something like this from you since you're her best friend, but as you are aware, we're never on good terms." He shook his head in disappointment.

She let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding before she answered him. "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone, but you're her brother so . . . yeah, it's true" She nodded, thinking if she'd regret this in the future.

"So, she really did that huh?" Taehyung mumbled to himself, and the hurt was evident in his voice. Irene, for a reason, understood why, since she too had an older brother. It was simple; the two never talked, but even if, it seemed like Taehyung wanted it to work out, and he was hurt because Seulgi hadn't even bothered to tell her own brother that she was dating someone.

"Please don't tell her I told, she'd get upset" Irene honestly didn't know what to save; her years of friendship with Seulgi, or her being more than acquaintances with Taehyung. But of course, she was not going to let something as little as this get in the way of their friendship, she didn't want Seulgi to know about this.

The girl would be furious if she would know that Taehyung knows about it, and moreover, she might even cut Irene out of her life. Seulgi was that sensitive with their parents' divorce, it was as if she despised being siblings with Taehyung.

And Taehyung? The poor boy still tried to save it. He wanted his sister back, he wanted her to forget about what happened in the past and move on from that issue, he wanted those beautiful days of his childhood with his lovely sister back, he wanted the old Seulgi back.

"I won't. In fact, she won't even get to know that I'm aware of everything" Taehyung gave her a small smile upon noticing the worry on Irene's face. "So . . um, how about some coffee?" He didn't want to leave now. The girl was way too interesting for him to not be friends with her, and so, he decided it was best to give this friendship a chance.

But Lisa . . . Taehyung brushed his thoughts off. It wasn't like he was cheating or anything, even she hanged out with some of her guy friends, so it was fine, right? 

"I'd love to" Irene smiled, once again adjusting the black purse on her shoulder. Taehyung wasn't supposed to notice that habit of hers, but he did anyway, and he didn't even realize how wrong it was to remember that the last time they had met, Irene had a red purse instead of black one.

unedited.

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