Sunset at Hamdeok

Chapter 33

Taehyung slowly opened his eyes. His vision was blurry, but slowly he could see the ceiling above him. Weird, he couldn't recognize whose room that is. It wasn't his room nor Tiffany's room.

Taehyung spontaneously got up when he remembered Tiffany. Oh no, where is this? Why am I here? He scrambled to his feet to reach for the door. He shook the doorknob but it wouldn't open. He banged the door in frustration. "Let me get out of here!!!!"

Taehyung turned around to find something to break the door when he saw the curtain that was closed. He reached for it and open it harshly. His eyes glared when he saw the view outside the window.

It was all white. The ground. The trees. The sky. Even the mountain. It was not Seoul. Taehyung felt his heart beat faster and faster. Suddenly, he heard a click on the door knob.

Taehyung turned around and found Gong Yoo standing by the threshold.

"Samchon!" He shouted. "Where is it? Why did you.....?"

Gong Yoo looked awry. "You're in Iceland right now."

Taehyung frowned in horror. "What? Wh-what? Iceland?" He walked toward Gong Yoo and clutched his collar. "What are you talking about, Samchon? Iceland? What kind of joke is it!? Tell me!!!!"

Gong Yoo let Taehyung firmly gripped his collar. That young man was furious, he understood. Taehyung had every reason in this world to be furious.

"Taehyung ah, please understand that your grandfather's doing this for you."

Taehyung had had enough. He let go off his grip. "I don't have time for this. I need to see Tiffany. I need to be by her side."

"You can't do that, Taehyungie."

"Don't call my name!" Taehyung glowered at Gong Yoo. "Only Tiffany who can call me by that name. Not you." He shoved Gong Yoo aside.

"You can't go back to Korea. You don't have your passport, plane ticket, you don't even have any money. And we're in the middle of a secluded mountain."
Taehyung turned around.

"Please understand, Taehyung ssi. Your grandfather does everything to ensure your safety and well-being."

Taehyung's eyes were full of hatred, agony, and pain. He was betrayed by someone who he had trusted with all his heart. "How could you do this to me, Samchon?"

Gong Yoo stared at his bestfriend's son. "I have to."

"Samchon, have you ever loved someone?" Taehyung knew Gong Yoo had never been married to anyone. He didn't even have a girlfriend. "If you have ever loved someone, you'd understand how I feel at this very moment."

Gong Yoo could see the bitterness in Taehyung's face.

"But if you have never loved anyone, then you wouldn't understand how desperate I am right now."

"Taehyung ah, your father and I were bestfriends. We grew up together. And I witnessed how your father fall in love with your mother...."

Taehyung couldn't understand what Gong Yoo was trying to explain.

"I was there when Seokjin went against your grandfather's wish not to marry Yoona. But your father was as stubborn as you are. And only because your grandmother didn't want to lose her only son, your grandfather let Seokjin marry Yoona.

"Your parents were probably the happiest couple I had ever seen. They were inseparable, especially when you came to this world." Gong Yoo smiled a lonely smile. "But everything changed when your mother passed away."