Promise

A Picture

"It's weird to come back to this city but not return to my house." You looked down to the view in the hotel. You used to have staycation here with your family when your dad couldn't take you to holiday overseas.

"Hmm?" Jimin was tying his tie. He fixed them several times.

"My mom likes you. You win her heart already." You back hugged him. He looked handsome in his suit.

"One down, two to go." He joked. Taehyung didn't seem to be like him. Your dad was also the same. Well, to be fair he had bad image he had hard time to erase even if he didn't want to.

Moreover after telling them the one you date was Park Jimin. They immediately checked his latest gossip about him. It was quite scandalous. Those pictures. But they couldn't see them anywhere any longer.

"My brother is easy to get along with." Not with you but he was quite friendly to other people. Since Jimin had reputation for himself. You sure Taehyung wouldn't want to make trouble.

He wasn't fully take over your dad company and still likes to play. He didn't want an opponent like Jimin.

"It's not him I'm worried about." Blessing from your parents were all matters. He didn't show it on his face, he was nervous.

"You look tense.." You kissed his cheek.

"They will like you." These words was the key to his sanity right now.

Jimin wanted to arrange dinner in the hotel but your mother was insisted to invite him over to have dinner in your house. Couldn't turn down your future in law in the first meeting and being the gentleman he was, he agreed.

"Welcome home, sweetie." Your mom kissed your cheeks, "You look stunning." Her eyes caught the ring on your fingers. The least expected, were you engage without telling her?

You shook your head, noticing her gaze was glued to your fingers, "Jiminie." She went to greet Jimin, too.

"Where is brother?" Taehyung was no where to be seen.

"In his room. Go and take Jimin to greet your dad first. He keep asking about the two of you since morning." Dad loves his daughter the best. You nodded.

Jimin followed you closely from behind.
The maid was greeting you along the way to the dining room. You missed your house dearly. You grow up here after all.

"Daddy!" Your head lifted his head from the newspaper. He was old fashioned man. He couldn't read from those gadget. His eyes got tired easily.

"You are here." "Is this your boyfriend?"
He asked sternly.

"Yes." "Jimin, greet my dad.."

"Mr Kim, how are you.." Jimin politely bowed to him. Jimin sent three bottle of his best wine for your dad and prepared silk cashmere bedding for your mom before he came.

Your mom likes him even more.
"They are here." Taehyung spoke with someone, "Little sister and her boyfriend."

Jungkook smile to your direction, he was coming, too?
"Jungkook is like second son in this family. So i also invite him over." "I used to think he will my son in law." Your mother had feeling of you and Jungkook. She likes how gentle he treated you. However he suddenly had girlfriend in college. Popping the balloon, however she was still loves him dearly.

"You made it here." Jungkook greeted him.
You saw the two of them talking to each other, it felt so awkward.

"Yes, if you don't mind, please don't take Y/n to go on your cheap date anymore."

Jungkook pulled out a picture from the pocket inside his suit, "Lovely family, isn't it?"

Jimin hid his expressions behind this calm mask, "I don't know them.."

"Gyeoul and Momo, I believe? Still forget?"
Jimin snatched it away from his hand, "Where did you get this?"

"I know a very good detective."

The dinner went well, you believed so..
However Jimin had not saying anything after the two of you reached the hotel. You went to clean yourself, thinking he would join you but he went to drink glass of wine in the balcony instead. What happened...

"Jiminie.."
"You hair is still wet, why do you go out?" He signed you to come closer to him. The weather was quite cold now.

"You don't like my family?" Did he had second thought after meeting your parents?

Or because he argued about something with Jungkook, they seemed to be tense earlier.
"I like them.. Don't worry about it." He rubbed your head. He wrapped you inside his embrace Blocking the cold weather for you. He was already warm because of the wine.

"You look sad.." He offered you his wine, "Tell me what's going on.." He avoided to see your eyes, "Jimin..." He was straight and blunt person. Seeing him now struggled to say a words to you meant that it was something big..

"You don't need to tell me i you don't want to." You reassured him, "Can i help you take it off from your mind?"

"Y/n, i have something i wanna tell you.."
He reached inside his suit. Taking out a photo.

It was a woman and a child. Candid picture.
Seems like to be taken from safe distance.
She was pretty and the kid was so cute.
"Who are they?" You asked to him, smiling.

"My ex wife and my daughter..."  Wife and child? You felt your heart dropped, the smile on your face was gradually disappear.

"Why are you joking about something like this?" You tried to laugh it off.

He was Park Jimin, ok? If he was married and have a kid around five years old, people will know. You will know. Everyone will know.

"I've been married once.." He wish for you to never know. He wanted to keep his past in the past, it scarred him to remember those time as if it was the sin he could never erase,
"I used to have wife and a child with her..
This is all i can tell you now.." "Will you stay with me?" There was unhidden pain in his eyes. This time he was so scared to lost you as well, "I understand if you don't want to be with me anymore.." "We will separate here.."

After all, he loves you and wants you to be happy. It wasn't necessarily with him.. This secret was a part of him, if you can not accept, he didn't want to force you. You deserved to be with someone with clean past. Someone with nothing to hide.