Mistaken

Chapter #43

Author's PoV :

"I'm dating someone." - Jisoo.

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"Taehyung, what is this?" Lisa's amused voice questioned, her eyes scanning the heart shaped candles that were formed in a big heart as well, with Taehyung standing in it. He said nothing and grabbed her wrist, slowly pulling her closer to him.

She looked up at him as the hood of his hoodie that she was wearing on top of her swimming dress fell down from her head. He stood there shirtless with her other hand resting on his bare chest, where his heart was. 

Her eyes widened for a second when she felt how fast his heart was beating, he smiled down lovingly at her as he tucked some strands of her hair behind her ear. "Do you know how much I love you?" His deep voice couldn't have sounded more heavenly to her at that moment.

"No," She shook her head adorably, a teasing smile forming on her lips. Taehyung let out an airy chuckle at her response, he hadn't expected anything less from the girl anyway. "Well then, would you like to hear it instead?" He asked, and she nodded.

"Okay then, but before I tell you, look at that . . . " He stepped away from her, letting her see the people that were standing behind him. "Eomma! Appa!" Lisa grinned widely, running into her mother's arms. "How are you, my child?" Her mother said sweetly to her, running her hand through her daughter's hair.

"I'm great, eomma. How have you been?" Tears formed in Lisa eyes as she studied her mother's face. It had been exactly a year since she had last met her parents. Yeah, she called them every now and then, but she had missed hugging them and seeing them next to her so much.

"We've been great, dear. And we've got some news for you" Her father smiled at her, and from that smile, Lisa could sense that the 'news' seemed to make him quite happy. "We hope it makes you happy," Lisa's head snapped towards Taehyung's father, and she was confused as to what she was about to hear from them.

"We have engaged you both."

Taehyung's eyes looked between Lisa and her parents' faces with nervousness; he expected anything from Lisa right now, he even expected her to reject him.

Even after their argument had been settled out back in korea, Taehyung couldn't help but feel insecure about their parents' decision on engaging them. The elders knew what had happened, and they had come to a conclusion that this was the only way this could have been resolved forever.

"No.way" Lisa covered her mouth in shock, her eyes wide as saucers. "Yes way!" Seulgi peeked out from behind her father, a wide grin decorating her face. Taehyung stated at her in shock, he hadn't been told that Seulgi was coming as well¿

"Oh my gosh this is so awesome!" Lisa threw her arms around Taehyung, hugging him tightly. "Is this what you meant earlier"? Taehyung snapped out of his daze at Lisa's voice. "Huh? Yeah, yeah" He nodded, kissing her forehead as he hugged her back.

"Selfie time!" Seulgi caught everyone's attention, making them laugh at her silly request.

"Say cheese,"

It was a beautiful picture. Honestly, Taehyung had never liked a picture more than this one in his entire life, it had everyone he loved and everyone that mattered to him in that frame.

"I'll be back" Lisa smiled at him with one last squeeze on his hand that she was holding before she walked away to her mother who was previously talking with Seulgi. He watched his father drinking some tropical punch as he chatted with Lisa's father, and Seulgi who was on the counter ordering something.

"Thank you."

Seulgi turned to face her brother that she hadn't even talked with properly after their parents had divorced, and was amused at his choice of words. No, she didn't ask what he was thanking her for, even if she didn't know it.

Taehyung did jot hesitate to shoot her a smile before he nodded and walked away. Usually, he would avoid even making eye contact with the girl, but today, he felt the happiness that she was showing.

Maybe it was becuase it wasn't fake and pretense, maybe it was because she was actually very happy with the whole engagement thing. Today has been different, today, everyone was happy for them, even the girl who never cared about her brother.

People could change after all.

~*~

Could this get any worse?

First, it was raining.

Second, Jisoo's phone was dead.

Third, her car wasn't working.

And forth, even Jin wasn't here with her!

It was late at night, almost 10 PM, Jisoo assumed. And she didn't know what to do.

She was working extra hours today because some worker under her supervision had misplaced some files and well, being the great leader she was, she took all the blame on herself and had to work instead.

Though she didn't mind working, but she was definitely regretting it now since she couldn't go home. "What should I do"? Jisoo whispered to herself helplessly, her hair was already starting to get wet and so were her clothes and heels.

The night was dark and the rain was pouring, and a levanter —that wind which brings cold and misery and illness- was blowing fiercely. She wondered why, though, the wheater had been fine in the morning. And the more it increased, the more it scared her.

"What's that?" She asked herself, covering her eyes at the bright lights that were getting closer to her. A car pulled up in front of her, but it was too dark for Jisoo to distinguish who was inside.

"Hey, Soo!" The familiar voice was heard, and the glass was seen rolling down. "Hobi? Is that you?" Jisoo asked loudly, trying to see him clearly. "Yeah, hop in!" Hoseok shouted out to her again, and she quickly walked forward to the car, pulling the door open and sitting inside.

"Thank you so much, but what are you doing in this area? And at this time?" She asked, almost breathlessly. "Well as you can see that my beautiful girlfriend has been wasted in the back," Hoseok paused, pointing at the backseats of his car with a laugh.

"I was just driving back to drop her off to her house. Then I saw someone standing here and thought the person might need a ride, but when I looked closer, I recognised it was you" He explained, shifting the gears.

Jisoo took a second glance at the sleeping beauty at the backseats and giggled. "How have you been"? She asked, grimacing at the sight of her branded Louis Vuitton black heels that were wet and muddy from the rain.

"Great. How about you? I hope you're not too caght up in work like the last time I met you, I don't like seeing you like a zombie who's always drinking coffee" They both laughed at his response.  "Oh no, I'm doing fine. And, someone's courting me actually, so I do have a distraction from work" She told him with a smile.

"Really? Congrats! Who is it"? Even before she had told him, he had started to tease her. "Kim Seokjin" Hoseok's smile faded into a frown at the mention of the name. "Yes, exactly the same Jin you're thinking about" As if reading his thoughts, Jisoo answered before he could say anything.

The car came to a stop, and Jisoo realized that they had arrived at her house.  "Look Jisoo, I won't stop you or anything, becuase you know what you're doing. I can onky advise you that..." Hoseok sighed, looking at her.

"Be careful."

unedited.