His Secret Smile (Vsoo)

- Chapter 9 -

Taehyung P.O.V - (Saturday, 1 day before the DIOR shoot)

A/No : Back to the part when Jisoo suddenly left the house after her mom called her.

Why did that lady run away like that? Was she okay?

"Oh god, she left her bracelet with me!" My mom exclaimed.

"It looks expensive." She added as she examined it.

"What is that doing with you? Hand it to me, Ill give it to her and come." I said and smiled.

"She gave it to me, she said it looks prettier on me. And sure, give it to her at school." My mom said.

"No, I'll give it to her Monday morning before school." I said.

"Why? Why are you so keen to go to her place?" My mom asked as she smirked.

"Do you lik-" my mom was about to say something but I cut her off.

"No, the answer is no." I said.

"In fact, I hate her. I'm just using her for my studies since she'll be a good buddy." I said and smiled.

"What do you mean?" My mom asked me.

"You heard it right, no further questioning!" I said and walked off to my room.

Jisoo P.O.V - (Monday, 1 day after DIOR shoot)

"Why did weekend have to go by so quickly??" I asked myself as I combed my hair.

"Meh, I guess it's just because you enjoyed this weekend." Said someone from behind me. My back was facing that person.

"That's not the case, Jin, it's just I hate school and every weekend goes by quickly for me." I said and continued my work.

"Wait, do you have cough or something? Why is your voice so deep?" I asked.

"Uhm, yes haha, I have cough." The person behind me said and fake coughed. Eh? I was too busy to care.

"Whatever, tell me about that boy Taehyung. Who is he? Your boyfriend?" The person behind me asked.

"Oh no, haha, he's just my classmate. Why would you ask?" I asked and replied.

"Just asking, he's just a classmate to you?" The person asked.

"Um yes. Why do you care?" I asked and turned around. Oh damn- it was Taehyung.

"Just came by to give you this." Taehyung said and handed my my bracelet and left right after. Why did he care so much?

Leeseo P.O.V -

I walked to my dad's room and saw him sitting there, reading the newspaper. As usual. I took a seat beside him.

"Im sorry dad!" I said from the bottom of my heart.

"Sorry for what honey?" My dad asked me.

"Sorry for last night." I said.

"Oh that, that's fine." Dad said and continued reading his newspaper. I felt so bad, I felt as if I was the only one he loved and that he would have expected better from me. I started crying, in front of him.

"Oh Leeseo, my baby, why are you crying?" He asked, kept his newspaper aside and patted my back.

"I'm sorry dad, I'm really sorry. I know *sniff* you would expect *sniff* better from *sniff* me and I *sniff* never wanted *sniff* to hurt *sniff* you like that! *sniff x 2*" I said between tears.

"See, that's not what matters." Dad said as I looked at him.

"Do I really offend Jisoo and Jin like that? Do you all really hate me THAT much?" Dad asked me.

"Yes dad. It really hurts SO much because I loved you so much before. And when you see someone you love talking to your other loved one like that, it's like a knife cutting your heart through." I said.

"I don't want to offend you but I love Jisoo, Mom and Jin so much, yet you hurt them EVERYDAY because of your words." I said.

"I'm here to apologize and look at me, lecturing you!" I said and dug my head into my hands.

My dad lifted my head.

"I know that I hurt you all so much. But I have a reason to do so." Dad said.

"Tell me a reason!" I exclaimed.

"I really want Jin to have a better future, I don't want him to struggle! I want to always see him happy!" Dad said.

"When I was younger, my sister had a physical appearance just like Jisoo's! They bullied her for being fat, I really don't want something like that happening to Jisoo and her taking some stupid decision because of the hate!" Dad added.

"I'm sorry if I treated your mother wrong, I tried my best to be like dad's these days but I'm sorry, I was raised in a family where men are superior to men and my mom always told me that. I will try and change my attitude and thinking." Dad explained.

I actually was voice recording all this to make Jisoo and Jin listen to it. I hugged dad.

"It's okay dad, I understand." I said.

"There's more to it, I thought me being so strict would make them perfect but I realized they were already perfect. Just not perfect for me. All of us view the word 'perfect' differently!" Dad said.

"There's one last thing, why do I hate noise so much?" Dad said and closed his eyes.

"It's okay dad, tell me." I said and stopped the voice recording. I will keep his secret safe with me if he's trusting me enough to tell me about it.

"The sister I told you about, she died. She loved making noise, she did it JUST to annoy me.

I wanted to forget all about her but I can't! I see her in Jisoo! The same person! She was my only one! She was the only one who cared about me after my mother. But even my mother died so soon." Dad said as I hugged him.

"It may seem like I'm a jerk but I have reasons. But I know these reasons don't define why I was so rude to you." Dad said.

"Mhmm." I said and patted his back.

"Wait, it's Jisoo's birthday day after tomorrow right?" Dad asked.

"Yes?" I said.

"I will apologize to both of them, tell them all I told you and I think I shall hand over Chanel to Jisoo." Dad said.

"Yes, that's right dad. I'm proud of you!" I said and smiled at him.

"Don't lose this smile Leeseo, it's very precious." Dad said.

"Sure!" I said and left the room. I deleted the voice recording, let dad talk to them peacefully.

I honestly felt a bit sad for the way dad's past was but I think it all will be fine now. I went out in the garden to get some fresh air, that's when I bumped into someone.

"Oh I'm sorry!" I said.

"It's okay, actually, pretty lady!" He said and walked off.

I was kind of blushing at someone calling me pretty but I really couldn't see his face since I was too blind and he had a black mask, hoodie and cap covering his face.

Oh my god, was he an idol? Did I just bump into an idol? Woah. Jin's gonna be proud of me.

I tiptoed towards the guy, "I know I'm annoying you right now, I'm a curious little kid, you see! But by any chance, are you an idol?" I asked.

"What, no for both, you're not annoying me!" He said and laughed.

"I'm sorry, the black outfit made me think so!" I said and pouted.

"I'll advice you to not to talk to strangers, kid." He said, laughed and walked off. That guy was really weird.

And It was weird of me to go and talk to some stranger, I had never done so.

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