Wikigirl 2 //PJM

Chapter 22

Isn't it weird, how the same fear that has held you back, can become the sword you wield towards victory? How a stranger's hand can give you more warmth and support than any blood relative had ever managed. The voice that was barely audible in your head and the belief that your nervousness will show, being washed away by every step you were taking closer to the people that were your so-called family, simply because he was standing right beside you.

"What a delight to meet you after such a long time...grandfather, grandmother." You halted your steps at a close distance before him and spoke up your greeting, following your words with the right respectful bow before you straightened your posture and observed the shock in their faces.

"Y/N? Is that you?" Your father stepped a bit closer, visibly stunned over the fact that you had attended his birthday party.

You proceeded to take off your mask, just to get a slight satisfaction observing your grandparents' faces twist further in shock.

"Allow me to wish you a happy birthday father. I hope next year you will give me the joy and not invite me at all." The smile you had on your face created some monetary confusion show on their faces for it was contradicting what you had exactly uttered.

"Y/N, I am so glad you came. You seriously look so beautiful and with that mask, I almost didn't recognise you." BreeAhn rushed to your side and hugged you, whispering a 'thank you' near your ear for only you to hear, as she felt touched that you had come for her sake.

"You look beautiful too. I think this green pastel is your colour." You smiled at her meaning your words and you squished lightly her hand before she placed a proper distance from you again, looking way more relieved and happy than she was prior.

"May we know who is the gentleman, next to you?" Your father couldn't help but direct the attention to the silent gentleman that he couldn't even see the face of.

"Allow me to introduce myself Sir-" Jimin spoke in a different tone of voice from the one you were used to, thing that made you look his way with slight surprise and amusement at how he had managed to change his voice to such a degree yet still end up having a voice that was pretty nice to hear. 

" Kwan Leo. I am Y/N's companion for this evening. It's nice to meet you. I wish you health and may this night be delighted for you, Sir." His excellent mannerisms were shown by his poster and the way he spoke, but what you were stuck at was the fact that he had made up a name by using a surname from one of the previous characters he had used and the name of the main character of that book you had attempted to gift to BreeAhn but she hadn't taken it.

The name certainly wasn't bad, but you had acted out a scene from that book and it wasn't exactly the most innocent scene or something so him speaking that name, had you look down momentarily, feeling slightly flustered.

"Oh, I already like this guy. There was a character on my once favourite book series with the same name." BreeAhn spoke of what you had thought, making you instantly clear your throat a bit and throw your eyes her way, reflexively but she just smile at you.

"Thank you for coming young man. Since she brought you along I will assume you are a good friend to her, right?" Your father tried to figure out what was the relationship between you but you just linked your arm with Jimin's and with a smile you replied instead of him.

"What he is to me and what I am to him is something that doesn't concern you. Being nosy is a bad trade, don't you think so too, father?" Despite your profound politeness all of them could tell that you were trying to pick a fight but your father said nothing back, as with all those people around and especially your grandparents there, he couldn't allow himself to show a bad image.