Sitter

15

"Good evening everyone."

Everyone turned to look at the stage where Yang Hyun Suk stood.

He wore a customized suit by the famous Black Label with a red tie and despite his age, he looked fit and healthy as he stood like a King, looking at his subjects.

He commanded a certain air around him that would make anyone pay attention to whatever it was he was talking about in fear of being stared down to death with those cold unfeeling eyes.

"First of." He started and with a swift move, he had removed the mask on his face. "I hope that no pictures of our faces will be uploaded tonight."

It was a warning. The family had already allowed the guests - who posted the event's details on the internet and leaked its information to the media, to slide as they were wearing masks and their identities would remain private to the public, but if anyone posted pictures of their faces, they wouldn't be so generous.

Besides, sino bang timang ang gustong magsuot ng mask sa event na sila mismo ang nagorganize? It might not seem like it, but wearing masks were extremely uncomfortable.

"Thank you all for coming to this special event. Today not only marks the day of the merging of the Yang and Park Empires but it also marks the wedding anniversary of my beloved daughter and son-in-law.

"Not everyone may know, but my daughter and her husband met at this City, fell in love and got married. So in honor of their 30th wedding anniversary, my grandson and I decided to hold it here.

"A-Yeong and Jaejin loved to dance and they were both fascinated with the Victorian era. This said, help me welcome my grandson - Park Sanghyun, and granddaughter - Park Sandara, to formally open this banquet with a dance that both their parents loved dancing to - the Varsovienne Waltz."

The ballroom exploded in applause as 3 people walked down the grand staircase.

A woman dressed in royal blue was in between two dashing men, one in an all black suit and the other in a black suit over a white dres shirt and a dark blue tie.

Dara was holding onto both men's arms as they escorted her down the staircase. All three of them had removed their masks and almost everyone was speechless at the beauty of these three people.

They were like gods and goddesses who descended on earth to make humans jealous with their beauty and wealth.

"Reserve your second dance for me princess." Se7en said before kissing her on the head as she let go of his arm. "I'm going to check if Bom's here."

"Nah!" She cheekily said with a grin, making both men chuckle.

Sanghyun lead his sister to the center of the ballroom and frowned.

"There are a lot of sparkling eyes. Both from men and women."

Dara chuckled. Tinopak na naman ang kapatid niya.

When they arrived at the center, Dara did a curtsey while Sanghyun did a bow. Dara then held on to her brother and started doing the familiar steps as they moved to the flow of the song.

"Mom loved teaching you this dance." Sanghyun whispered with a small smile on his face. "I'd always look at the both of you with Dad and laugh every time you step on your own foot."

Dara smiled at the memory of her family spending time together. It was faint - as she was still young then, but it was there.

"When you fell, Dad would help you up tapos he'll toss you up in the air para hindi ka umiyak. When he was sure that you had calmed down, ibababa ka na niya niyan sabay hablot sa akin para tayong dalawa ang sumayaw while both of them do too."

"They were beautiful." Dara said as a faded memory of a beautiful woman dancing with a dashing man came into mind.

"Yes. Yes they were."

~

"A goddess!" Jiyong heard a man sitting with them at the same table utter as he stared at the dancing woman.

The man was basically drooling, but no one could blame him.

The woman dancing was gorgeous.

"Dara." Seungri said in disbelief. "The elusive Sandy is DARA?!"

It was as if Jiyong couldn't hear anything as he continued to stare at the woman dancing gracefully with her brother.

"So, if Dara is the elusive Sandy, then she's the one engaged to that man!"

Jiyong - at the mention of Dara's engagement, immediately turned his head to look at Seungri.

"What do you mean engaged?" Si CL ang nagtanong but Jiyong knew that if she didn't ask first, siya mismo ang magtatanong ng eksaktong tanong kay Seungri.

"Ito dapat ang sasabihin ko kanina eh. While Mr. Yang was talking to someone, may lumapit sa kaniya and said that he almost died at the hands of Mr. Yangs granddaughter. Akala namin may mamamatay na kanina but they were apparently just joking around.

"The man said something about an engagement with his granddaughter and Mr. Yang smiled. Kung tama ang dinig ko, then Dara and that man are engaged."

Dara and that man are engaged.

Dara.

Engaged.

Jiyong's mood dropped.

Hah! She was engaged.

~

After the song, Dara and Sanghyun once again bowed to each other before bowing to the guests.

A staff then walked towards the two with  2 microphones and handed one to each of them.

"Good evening." Came Sanghyun's calming voice, invading the ears of the guests - especially unmarried and single women. "Thank you for coming to our parents' 30th wedding anniversary event."

"In behalf of the Yang and Park families," Came a gentle and distinct voice from the goddess - Park Sandara. "My brother and I hope you all enjoy the night."

And with that, Sanghyun held out his arm for Dara to hold. The siblings then walked to their seats and waited for their food to arrive.

Jiyong watched as Dara walked away from the dance floor.

He watched as she gave a woman wearing a red floor length dress a tight hug before a man walked to her with a plate of macaroons.

"That's him!" Seungri exclaimed as he saw a man handing Dara a plate. "That's the guy who talked to Mr. Yang!"

CL looked at the man and thought long and hard.

She knew him from somewhere but she just couldn't tell from where exactly.

"Oh? He's sitting at the table nearest them?"

As if adding salt to injury, Seungri kept on announcing every single thing the man did to Dara.

"Can you shut up?" Jiyong roared just as their food was being served.

Not wanting to explain why he suddenly burst into annoyance, Jiyong focused on his food while CL ans Seungri looked at each other, totally confused.