The Secrets To A Perfect Marriage

10

Jin’s POV

I feel like I’m at an art exhibition.

Except this time, I’m the art the people are looking at and adoring that they could touch and feel which made me feel embarrassed at the moment. For your information, I rarely feel flustered even if I’m facing the world’s richest man in the world or undergoing a contract that surely will acquire immense success.

No, what I feel right now could not compare to that stuff because what I will go through today is a personal matter that I cannot avoid at all. Mostly because I had agreed to it and that the date and reservation were already set by my parents so I could not just simply tell them I would not be able to go through with today.

It would stain my parents’ reputation, considering the other party’s position as a family friend.

That’s right.

Today is the day I thought would be so easy to face.

The blind date that was arranged by my parents and their friends. An arrangement that would probably lead to marriage since both of my parents and my possibly future wife’s parents are already planning a wedding in their minds. Even though they did not say anything and claimed that they would support whatever decision I made.

I have known my parents since the day I was born into this world. I could recognize the anticipation in my appa’s eyes of this marriage they’ve arranged and the eagerness as well as the plea on my eomma’s face, hoping I’ll accept this idea of an arranged marriage by meeting her first on a date they have discussed.

I’m quite surprised that Ms. Park Jihyo accepted the idea. On the contrary, I thought she would refuse this date because, nowadays, blind dates aren’t necessary anymore since there are dating apps and social media can be used too to get to know people. Well, not that I used any of that because it is such a hassle and I hate texting people I don’t know.

Maybe Ms. Park Jihyo has the same purpose as me. Perhaps, she’ll accept it if I offer her marriage in the future with conditions that will surely benefit us both that I have been thinking so thoroughly during the whole week. I put what Yoongi said to me into consideration as well and since I also asked for advice from the boys, I had a lot of things inside my mind.

Marriage does not have to be done when you’re in love. It can be arranged when two people have mutual agreement. Sometimes, this kind of thing makes marriages last longer than love out there.

I’m not that naive to think that love could make things easier. No, that Jin, who believes in pure love and happy ending died long ago and I have no intention of bringing it back to life.

But, I keep thinking.

Maybe.

Just maybe.

What if I harbor romantic feelings towards my date? What if I’m enchanted by her and feel some sort of connection? Will I be able to accept that feeling? The feeling that I loathed so much because of the bad things that come with it. I don’t want to experience that kind of pain anymore.

It was dark, heavy, lonesome, and traumatizing.

I don’t have any high hopes for this date nor do I look forward to it, especially when a certain woman with the same name comes to mind.

Fuck, why am I still thinking about her?!

Is it because they share the same name that whenever I mention it, her face comes flashing by? I have been truly curious as to why I couldn’t stop thinking about her.

It was as if I was bewitched.

“Jin hyung,” Taehyung’s voice brought me back to reality, “Give me a little twirl, please,”