The Queen of Ice

Chapter 17

Dahyun

"Is that your eomma?" I asked as I pointed to a figure of a beautiful tall woman who was sitting on a bench near the lake.

I was quite surprised when Taehyung took me to this lake. I mean, I knew that there was a lake in this school, but I had never been here.

"Yeah."

"She's really beautiful," I said, "she could be a model."

"A wizard model? You're kidding me."

I chuckled. "Go, apologize to your eomma."

He sighed. "It's harder than I thought."

I faced him, then cupped his face. "Kim Taehyung, you can do this. Your eomma is waiting for you on that bench. This is your time to meet her again. Go, before you regret it."

He smiled, then he cupped my face too. "Kim Dahyun," he said, "do you miss me?"

I widened my eyes a bit as I raised my eyebrow. "Why are you asking?"

He let go of my face, so did I. Then, he put both of his hands in his pocket. "Because, the fact that I didn't talk to you for weeks is literally killing me. I've really missed you."

There, I would like to thank Kim Taehyung for making my heart beating again. Ugh, why did he have to say things like that? It made me blushed.

"Apologize to your eomma first, then we'll talk about it."

"Shirreo," he said, "say that you miss me too."

"Yah, Kim Taehyung."

He shrugged. "Then, I won't do it," he said as he walked as if he was leaving me.

"I've missed you too, Kim Taehyung," I said, which made him turned around. I couldn't believe that he made me saying it.

He looked at me as he  smiled brightly, then he suddenly hugged me. "I'll be right back."

And once again, I felt myself just froze.

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Taehyung

"Eomma."

The woman, who was sitting on the bench, looked up and said, "Oh, Taehyung ah."

I took a seat beside her without saying anything.

"How are you?" she asked.

"For the past twelve years without you, I'm surprisingly fine," I said, "I've missed you though."

She smiled and reached out for my hand. "Taehyung ah," she called, "I'm really sorry for leaving you, your hyungs, and your appa."

I tried so hard to hold back my tears as I smiled bitterly. "How did Hyunjae hyung and Jaeyoung hyung find you?"

"They didn't find me," she replied, "I went home."

I furrowed my eyebrows as I turned to my eomma. "You went home?" I asked. "So you met her?"

"Her as in your stepmom? Kim Mina?" she replied, "yeah, I already met her."

"And...?"

"What? You thought I would be upset when I found out that your appa already has a new wife?" she asked as she smiled. "Kim Taehyung, I'm a grown woman. It's completely normal if he is married to another woman when her wife was gone for years."

"Besides, I didn't go home to reunite with your appa. I just wanted to visit him and your hyungs," she continued.

"What was his reaction?"