Love ✔ [Mark Tuan]

; 13

Your dad’s words repeat over and over in your mind. You can’t believe this and you have no idea what’s going on. Mark and Myungsoo are giving you stares you never even imagined they would give you. You give your parents a “What’s this all about?” look and your mom takes the mic and explains, “We feel that she needs to get married early, so that when the time comes, she will have a family to run the company.” You walk over to her and you whisper, “Mom! Dad! What’s this? Marriage? I’m okay with taking over the company but why do I have to get married with someone I don’t love?”

“Sweetie, you love him, though,” your dad says.

“Everyone, we already talked to our daughter’s future husband’s family. They approved of it. I would like this young man to step up on this stage with us. Mark Tuan, please come up,” your mom announces.

Mark is shocked, and so is everybody else. The camera takes pictures of him and pictures of a surprised you.

You go over to your parents again and say, “Mark?! Why him? He doesn’t even know that I’m that girl yet!”

“Don’t worry! We have a plan on how to tell him,” your mom says, rubbing your back.

“We know you love him,” your dad says.

Mark finally walks up on the stage and goes up to you.

“What is this all about? Did you know about this?” he asks you.

“No, I didn’t!” you reply.

“It’s not like I’m opposed to getting married to you, but I’m not ready for marriage! And my parents even agreed?” he says, trying not to look too problematic in front of everyone. Everyone applauds, and your parents lead you down the stairs to go down. Mark’s parents meet you at the bottom of the steps.

“Hi, nice to meet you,” you say, looking at the familiar faces.

“Oh my goodness! Y/N? It’s so good to see you again,” Mrs. Tuan exclaims.

“Shhh!” Mr. Tuan says, giving her a weird look.

“Wait, you know her? You’ve met her before?” Mark asks, shocked. “Is there something I don’t know? If there is, tell me now before we get married.”

“Son, we’ll talk about this after the party. We don’t want to make a scene,” his dad says, patting his back. Mark quietly nods, still wondering what’s going on.

“Are you guys alright with this?” your parents ask in unison. You and Mark respectively say “yes”. You’re both alright with getting married with each other. It’s just that everything is happening too soon. Of course, you’re still thinking of how you will explain everything to him. You know you’re even more worried than him. It’s happening too fast, but you know you’ll have enough time to prepare for it. The party continues, and Myungsoo approaches you.

“Why didn’t you oppose, Y/N? Why? You know I love you and I want to marry you! Why Mark? I’ve known you for nine years! You’ve known him for one month!” Myungsoo yells.

“No, I’ve known him my whole life,” you tell him.

“What?” he asks, confused.

“I’ll explain to you tomorrow. I still have preparations to do tonight,” you say, rubbing his shoulder. He nods but he’s really pissed off.

        As you go around each table to greet everyone, Yu Ra takes your wrist and drags you to the back of the ballroom.

“Y/N! I can’t believe this! You’re getting married to the super cute guy we’ve been watching on TV for years!” she exclaims, giving you a hug.