Thin Line Between You & Me

Chapter sixteen: My biggest accomplishment has been you

Minji

I could feel Hanni's nervousness but I didn't give a single fuck about what was gapping around us. I held Hanni's hand tightly as we walked down the street, right outside the giant building. Cameras flashed as I had to push some people out the way as they were bumping in to Hanni repeatedly. I knew the press was going to be on my ass about my first love scandal. But it had to be done, me and Hanni talked it through and we both agreed on making our relationship public to the people. We both wouldn't want to hide our relationship, we love each other so what? It's none of the people's business either way.

"Ms. Kim, this is your first appearance with a woman after your night-outs years ago. Is this the woman you will settle down and form a life with?"  One of the most calm reporters asked me. She was far away from the pushing crowd but was still more respectful of her words than the men that dared to call Hanni some slurs. I abruptly stopped and pulled Hanni close to me, hugging her tightly. "My relationship with this woman shouldn't be your business, but to answer your question, yes. This is the woman I will settle down and form a life with." I said and I could see some of my guards pushing through the crowd trying to open a space for us to walk through.

Hanni held tightly on to me, a deep part of me regretting making her go through this. The press and the paparazzi are one hell of people to deal with. But I'm still proud of her for being strong. I kissed her temple as one of my bodyguards reached us and started to shove some of the reporters away from us so that we could make our way through the crowd without a problem. I dragged Hanni towards the entrance of the building, finally being free of the chaos going on back there. Why do people have to be so nosey? Like people should really start to care about their own problems and not about others.

But now that part is over, here comes the second part. The eyes that surrounded us from one end to the other, as me and Hanni made our way to the elevator. I could hear women running their mouths. And I wanted to give them a lesson but I could take care of them later. So I had to settle with a glare thrown their way. The women looked at me surprised and quickly wandered away trying to act as if nothing. I let out a scoff as the elevator door opened. Hanni was the first to get in as I looked around, throwing daggers at every single one of my workers that were looking at us.

I don't even know what it was, but it felt so primal. It was like an instinct to fight anyone who dared to look at her. "Minji?" I turned to look at Hanni who looked at me with soft eyes, holding the elevator door open for me. I gave her an apologetic smile and she returned the smile. "How are you feeling?" I decided to ask once the elevator doors closed. Hanni let out a shrug as she thought of what to say. "Pressured? Overwhelmed? I'm not really sure, but it's only because of the crowds and the magnitude of horrid questions." She said.

And I completely understood that, the press probably already has this uploaded to the world, every person that's heard or seen me on the news will be seeing me again with a partner now. I don't even want to remember all of the headers back then. A new woman every night, caught leaving the hotel before sunrise, and have had some public indecencies. The reporters have no sense of privacy and the paparazzi will have a picture of her to post at any damn time. I know Hanni is beautiful, but her pictures are only for me.

Plus, Hanni's face was publicly revealed, soon they'll find her name and that's all they'll talk about for a week. And that means a week of torment for me and Hanni but it's worth it. As I told Hanni repeatedly, I didn't want her to be a secret. I wanted to show her off to the damn world, and maybe I wanted this to slap Yuta across the fucking face for everything he did to her. I hope he realizes exactly what he lost, but he's definitely not getting her back now. Hanni's mine, only mine. Her love is mine and I definitely don't plan on sharing it.