Eyes Don't Lie

chapter 36

As per jungkook's request the engagement was to be held in the next week, Wafiyah other siblings also landed in Seoul for the event. The program was to be kept as simple and private as possible. Jungkook had invited Aaron, somi Mina dong IL and few close friends, everyone was overjoyed to hear the good news except for 2 people mingyu and Mrs jeon. And to make it worse Abdul Rehman had asked him to help in the preparations, wafiyah tried to convince her brother to not overburden mingyu just so he doesn't have to go through emotional pain but was Abdul Rehman oblivious "he's just as brother to you as I am wafiyah, it's his right he has taken care of you all along" Abdul Rehman would say leaving both of them speechless. Mingyu sighed tiredly taking his cigarette out, he was sitting on the rooftop of his building as Wafiyah's siblings were gathered in his apartment, he was sure that they would be looking for him but he want to avoid them, run away from them. He had kept the facade throughout the day but it shattered as his patience gave up. At last she was going to be someone else's he thinks bitterly, what did jungkook had that he was lacking, why did God favored jungkook over him, he looked at the sky through the smoke "you broke my heart, you were unfair toward me, what made him better than me hmm" he says aloud looking at the sky "this is life, someone's heart is supposed to break, someone's prayers aren't going to be answered, someone isn't going to get the love of his life. It doesn't make God unfair, it's just the mechanism of life mingyu. If you were on jungkook's place would you have said it then too?" He doesn't look back to see the person, maybe embarrassed at being caught or maybe he didn't had the courage to face that person. He drags the cigarette over concrete wall and threw it away. Abdul Rehman pats his shoulder encouragingly or sympathetically he doesn't know he just wanted to jump off, all this time Abdul Rehman thought he was being a brother to her not a lover he must be ashamed of him. Mingyu wallowed in his thoughts "I knew about your feelings toward her" he snapped his head to Abdul Rehman "then why did you accept jungkook's proposal hyung" "that's because wafiyah too love him mingyu you know that too, and even if didn't accept the proposal she wouldn't marry you" mingyu breathes "you should've waited asked for some time what's the rush" "mingyu my brother, jungkook has done something which one in a million does for their love, I can't break 3 hearts, one was bound to be hurt. Try to understand if I force her to marry you let's suppose, it will still be 3 broken heart people.  No one will be happy think about it" he gulps the burning sensation in his throat "I know it isn't going to be easy for you but accept this reality you're a nice guy mingyu we love you and appreciate your role in our lives don't cut off wafiyah or us you mean alot to me" He looks away from him "this isn't easy for me hyung" "do you know why I always referred you as her brother?" Mingyu shakes his head "so that in your subconscious mind you are prepared for this situation I thought maybe you'll take the hint but please dont go hard on yourself" Abdul Rehman hugged him saying encouraging words to him trying to cheer him up but he knew it will take mingyu some time to get over his heart break.
Jungkook was on cloud nine, and everyone was a witness of it. He did all preparations by himself from choosing the place to decore to food, he looked after everything, his friends asked him to not overburden himself and let them do work for his day but was the boy persistent "kook come on man, sit down for a bit" namjoon says as they gathered at his apartment "hyung I'll make a last call and then I'll join you guys" hoseok coos at him "our Jungkookie is all grown up" "he hardly had time for us but now I think we're losing him" Taehyung adds munching on the Ramen "bro literally reverted can you believe it, the jungkook who couldn't live without beer and pork will now live without it" yoongi says lazily "I'll miss our BBQ sessions" jungkook joined them smiling at his friends response "I'm not leaving Korea hyungs, just getting engaged though I wish it was wedding" "remember you said marriage is the last thing that you'll ever do" Jin remind him "that was before I met her" the room erupts with ohhs "are you ready kook tomorrow is your big day" "I'm more than ready finally she's going to be mine hyung I'm so happy" "not yet boy" yoongi says making him pout "hyunggg~" Jin starts scolding him for pestering the boy.
Wafiyah wore a white silk Abaya with golden emeralds adorning it, Selena did her makeup "you look so beautiful oh my God" nazia squealed, she looks down shyly "jungkook might faint considering the fact how goner he already is for her" Selena adds putting mascara on her lashes "I'm not taking my veil off Selena " she says "you don't have to his reaction will be same"  "hurry up how long are you gonna take we have to get to venue" Abdul Rehman peeked in the room "MashaAllah MashaAllah my princess is looking so beautiful, may Allah keep you happy my love" he kisses her forehead, blinking his eyes  as they start to blur his vision. Wafiyah too felt emotional "no no girl stop right there you can't ruin your make up, I didn't put all this effort for you to cry and screw it up" she pushed nazia and abdul Rehman out of room because if they cry wafiyah won't hold back "we will be out in 5 minutes" she says and closed the door behind them. Wafiyah styled her hijab and put her veil on , Selena had gone to get ready herself so she was alone. There's a knock on door after permission mingyu enters but halted when he saw her, wafiyah couldn't face him, the guilt never left but now standing there all ready to be someone else's in front of him made her even more ashamed "you look breathtakingly beautiful wafiyah " she kept looking down "you are going to be someone else's, what a lucky guy he is. I'm not a jealous type of person but rightnow I envy him so much that if I could give anything in the world in exchange for you I would in a heartbeat" he sighs long "you know sometimes I wish i had never met you" wafiyah looks at him he smiles sadly "but other times I think meeting you was the best thing ever happened to me" "mingyu" "why can't you love me back wafiyah am I not worthy, do I lack something that he has for you to love him instead of me" she was getting scared by the way he was reacting "mingyu please I am- " "you're sorry? I know that you've told me enough but it doesn't help at all" "why wafiyah do you even realize how hard it is for me to see you all dressed up for him, getting engaged to him. Do you know how angry I am right now" he says gritting his teeth "I loath him so much he took you away from me, he stole what was mine" wafiyah had never seen his obsessive side before "mingyu please stop this, you were, are and will always be my friend my support my protector my number one, please understand this not marrying you does not belittle or decrease my care, love and respect for you. I have apologized before and I'll do it thousand more time but love is not voluntary thing that I or you can control, it just happens with anyone weather we like it or not, weather we want it or not" mingyu stared at her without a word before he could say something the Door opened and Selena barged in looking between them "we have to leave wafiyah let's go" Selena grabbed her hand and walked out leaving him in the room alone. He was breathing heavily trying to calm his nerves but nothing was helping at this moment. He looked at his reflection in the mirror, he hated his face, he didn't like the tears the redness the veins poping in his neck so without much thought he punched it once, twice thrice until the glass shattered around "I hate him, I hate jungkook so much" he screamed on the top of his lungs, he felt as if all energy left his body, his knees gave up making him fall on the ground "I'm so pathetic" he chants while holding his head in his hands.
Wafiyah was quiet on her way, she didn't indulge in the conversation everyone was having, even after reaching the venue, she couldn't bring herself to smile. Her excitement and joy was long gone after that, she wanted to hide from everyone. She found every close friend of hers and jungkook along with their families, nazia and Selena walked her to the stage where jungkook was zoning out, the moment he laid eyes on her he lost it. Was this a dream, because how did he get so lucky. He couldn't take his eyes off "Angel" seung min yelled and jungkook couldn't agree more, she was a personification of an angel. Wafiyah stood in front of him "so jungkook shi how is she looking?" Selena asks trying to take him out of trance but he kept looking at her without batting eyelash "I told you he's a goner, let's go Eonni" Selena said to nazia who nodded in agreement. Wafiyah felt shy as everyone was looking at them and he was staring at her. Jungkook looks at Abdul Rehman who patted his shoulder "hyung" "yes Jungkook " "can we do the Nikah instead, let's skip this part" everyone laughed at him "I'm serious hyung" wafiyah eyes widened at his straightforwardness "calm down boy" Mr jeon says also amused by his son "she'll complete her studies first then we can arrange your nikah" Abdul says "I doubt that he'll wait that long " Mina adds. Mr jeon and Abdul Rehman got down to bring the rings leaving the two to themselves "you've no idea what you're doing to me, who gave you the right to look this beautiful. Do you want me dead before getting married" he whispers so only she could hear "Astagfirullah, what are you saying" "my heart can't take this much beauty, I can't even touch you what a misery" wafiyah glared at him "you're so shameless" he puts his hand over heart "you calling me shameless makes me so proud of myself" "don't talk to me" she takes a step back to create gap between them but he takes a step toward her "my heart dearest, my love, my only source of happiness, my beloved, my peace, my home, my serenity " "jungkook s-stop" "never, you have no idea what you are to me" "ladies and gentlemen may I have your attention" Mr jeon announces, they all shift their attention toward him "it's time to exchange the rings" their heart beat in sync pounding fast as they hold the rings to put in each other's finger, first wafiyah put the ring trying to not touch his hand accidentally, the room resonated with loud cheers and claps then jungkook put the ring even though he wanted to hold and kiss her hand he didn't touch her while doing so "I love you" her heart skipped a beat, it still made her feel like when he said it for the first time. He knew she won't say it back considering how shy she is, but her reaction was enough for him. Nazia, Mina and Selena clicked their pictures most of them were random. Seung min was bored everyone was busy in chatting he felt neglected so he went to the person who never neglected him "angel" wafiyah opened her arms smiling at him making jungkook roll his eyes. He will never let me spend time with her he thinks to himself "Hello there my sweet baby" seung min hoped on her lap "you look really pretty" "oh am I?" He nods his head peeking inside her veil "why does he get to see you and I don't" jungkook asks "because he's my baby" wafiyah kisses his head when he hid under the veil "so am I now" wafiyah snapped her head toward him "Astagfirullah jungkook what's wrong with you" "what? I want to see you again" "in your dreams" she plays with seung min locks "do you like my hair?" He asks her "I-i don't know, I haven't thought about it" he frowns "then look at me and think about it" wafiyah gives him a look "they're fine I guess" jungkook look offended "you disrespected my most appealing trait" "I apologize" "what made you fall in love with me?" He asks, wafiyah chuckles at his absurd questions so she decided to tease him "you didn't talk much back then" she says it so casually that it was hard for him to believe "okay I won't talk now" he straightened up looking ahead indicating he's upset but wafiyah continued to play with seung min both were giggling, few minutes passed but she didn't try to approach him "I'm noting these things down and will take revenge after we get married, you're being cruel now I'll be barbaric. Just wait and watch" wafiyah bats her eyelashes "we will see" she challenged "I think we should leave now" Abdul Rehman said to Mr jeon "I'm so tired I need a good nap" Selena adds and nazia agreed "okay than once again congratulations to all of you and thank you for joining us" jungkook frowns he has to part ways with wafiyah but he doesn't want to "we're leaving tomorrow so see you next time" Abdul Rehman announced "wafiyah " jungkook whisper shouts "yes?" "I don't want to part ways, please stay a bit longer" "but they're leaving jungkook and also my siblings are leaving tomorrow for Pakistan I want to spend time with them" "your first priority should be me wafiyah " she does her infamous eye smile "you are my priority jungkook " his lips turn into beautiful shy smile "but second not first" she stood up leaving a shocked jungkook to process what she said and went toward others "she will definitely be the cause of my death " he sighs and joined everyone who were busy saying goodbyes "jungkook see you mate, take care " "see you very soon hyung, start your preparations for the wedding" "there's a famous saying that the fruits of patience are sweet, so you my friend need to be patient " Abdul Rehman smiles patting his back encouragingly.
Wafiyah recieved congratulations and well wishes from her class mates, some even gave her small gifts including Miss Shin Hye who was shocked by the news but happy for her nonetheless. She was sitting on her usual spot, mingyu was late to the class, when he came she didn't believe what she saw, he smiled and waved at her like he used to do a few months ago. She looked at him when he was on his seat, his behavior was very unexpected. It wasn't the mingyu she met 2 days ago, the lecture started so she focused on it "wafiyah the ring looks really pretty " she jumped on her seat "m-mingyu"  "did your siblings leave already, I miss hyung my apartment had gotten used to his presence its so empty now" she was confused why was he behaving like that "you must be sad too, let's lighten up your mood and eat ice cream, it was last lecture anyway" he pulls at her sleeve. She got up, grabbed her bag and followed him out nothing made sense to her but then she thought it was easier and better this way so decided to not give much thought to his casual behavior but only if she knew