Love or Destiny

Between Confession and Collapse

The night had not settled peacefully.

It lingered. Heavy and unfinished. As if something had been set into motion and refused to stop.

Across the sea, inside a quiet office dimly lit by a single lamp, Jennie's father stood still. His sharp gaze fixed on the dark window ahead.

His phone rang once. He answered without hesitation.

"Yes?"

A voice spoke from the other side, low and efficient.

"...The job is done."

A pause. Then a long-calculating silence followed.

"Good," he replied calmly. "Send me everything. I want full details."

The call ended. But his thoughts did not.

His fingers tapped slowly against the table.

Kim Taehyung.

Kim Jisoo.

Min Yoongi.

Everything was falling into place.

And now, he would decide what came next.

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Back at the house, things were far less calm.

"Namjoon hyung, you are already acting like a married man," Jungkook said with a grin.

Namjoon sighed. "I was always responsible."

"Responsible and boring," Hoseok corrected.

Jihyo laughed softly beside him. "Don't bully my husband now."

"Oh~'husband'," Jin repeated dramatically. "That sounds dangerous."

The group burst into laughter.

Lisa leaned toward Rosé. "They didn't even last a day without teasing."

Rosé nodded. "Expected."

"Where's Taehyung?" Jimin suddenly asked.

Jungkook looked at Jisoo and shrugged slightly.

"He's inside, I think."

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Inside, the atmosphere was completely different.

Taehyung stood in his room. When his phone buzzed and he answered without thinking.

"Hello?"

The voice on the other end spoke quickly.

Taehyung's expression changed instantly.

"What?"

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Meanwhile...

At the quiet corner of a rooftop, away from everyone, Yoongi leaned against the railing, hands tucked into his pockets.

He had asked her to come.

And for once, he wasn't planning to hide behind silence.

Footsteps approached, soft and familiar.

Jennie stopped a few steps away from him, her fingers nervously intertwining.

"You called me..."

Yoongi turned.

His usual calm expression was there but something beneath it had changed.

"Yeah."

A pause.