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I tried clarifying and explaining most of what happened but if you guys are still unsure, Please leave a comment I'd love to clarify ❣️

Ps. YLL is the luxury brand HaRin's father owns for the purpose of this story in case you've forgotten. :)

Make sure you pay attention to the tiniest details. Nothing happens without a reason here...
Now on with the story—

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HaRin has her head in a twist, but she knew.

She knew now for a fact that they were back. Her parents.
They knew she was here and that she was happy.

She's conflicted with the overwhelming hysteria the situation has caused her.
God knows what happened, god knows why they are here after years. Had they now only finally found her? Or were they just waiting to hit where it'd hurt hard?

Yes, yes she knew they were that level of vile and malicious.

She turned to her only option. Taehyung.
She knew no one else, she had no one else at this point.

Through out their rushed phone call, Taehyung hears her out completely, asks her to meet him at his house even offers to pick her up if she can wait for a bit.

"Rin I'm so so sorry, I don't even know what to say," he says. as he holds her tight in his embrace.
Minhee, Minhee is here too. She wears a sympathetic expression.

Rin feels a weight leaving her shoulders, she had finally vented out about everything to him on the phone as she took a bus downtown to meet him.

Taehyung asked no questions, Taehyung Listened and that's what she needed right now.

He sits her down and hands her a bottle of water. To talk. And they talked, talked about all their concerns and options. What to do? When to do it?

Minhee oddly seemed unsettled through the entire conversation, though she sat right by Rin even though they hardly knew each other, holding her tight. But something definitely troubled her.

"Min-ah, what is it?" Taehyung's voice is laced with concern, he averts and directs his focus to the girl he just started going out with. The girl who was just starting to become his everything.

She purses her lips, swallows hard. Guilt, guilt formed a lump in her throat and it was threatening to choke her. 

"I-I haven't b-been completely honest—," she starts.

Both Rin's and Taehyung's eyes narrow at her, "What do you mean?" They both ask,
at once.

The stares slowly start heating, heating in anticipation and she was melting.
No searing —burning under their gaze.
She buried her face in her hands and mumbles into them "Rin, I work... worked for YLL."

A beat of deafening silence.

"Well atleast I used to. Your parents, they knew you were here, since like day one. I was sent to keep an eye on you. That's why I used to come to the store every single day. But now, now I quit. I severed connections with them because I knew they'd get to you and I'd lose Taehyung. The guilt was hammering down on me so I quit. I'm so so sorry, they probably came because they didn't know what was happening anymore. I'm sorry."

ㄴㅇㄱ

The near perfect word to describe Taehyung's state after her confession, was devastation. Rin, she was at a loss of words. She practically inched and jerked away from Minhee as the girl shuddered in sobs. Apologising repeatedly, over and over and over until the word almost lost its meaning. 

Rin sees tears line Taehyung's eyes and at that moment she feels numb. She's trying to process everything that's happening around her but the train that is her life, is moving way to fast and she has de-railed. She wholly starts blaming herself for the situation, the fact that they all got hurt seemed like it was her fault. 

The ripple effect. And it all started from her, from the day she ran away, it has affected a whole line of people since then.

Everything she touched crippled away and everything happening around her just reinforced the fact further. Something broke inside Rin that day, one that had been broken way too many times and mended. Only this time it was permanent damage.

Rin is pulled back from her thoughts as Minhee  finally speaks a string of legible words again, sobbing out her heart still, "You've got to trust me. We need to get out of here. Out of the country."

"They think you tainted their name in the media forever." She continues, "everybody knows their perfect daughter ran away but no one knows why and they don't intend on anybody finding out. They'll come back for you," her voice wavers but she tries to speak sternly.

Rin doesn't know what to make of it, she only has one question, "What did they do to Jungkook?"

Minhee inhales a deep breathe, "I don't think they went far enough to hurt him. Probably just made him leave, to where ever he left along with Yoongi and Jimin so you can't contact him. He'll come back Rin. He will—,"

"How can be so sure?"
"Because even I know he loved you too much to leave you like this, from what I saw. And I saw most of it."

A spy. An actual spy.
She'd been spied on the whole time.

Rin almost laughs at how low all of this is "—That is actually pathetic,"
She purses her lips, "When did it click to your senses to stop all this? Or is this a part of your act too?"

"Rin, I have nothing against you—," Minhee starts. 

Taehyung is quiet, awfully quiet.

"You have to understand that this was my job. I was employee employed and I had to!! In all honesty, I thought I was being sent to keep an eye out on you because they cared for their daughter, to see how well she was faring but no, how fucking idiotic of me to have not seen further."

"—an-and then I met Taehyung, and I maybe fell in love. I did and still am, and I realised what Jungkook meant to you and this entire thing was sick setup. I swear, please don't take this out on me," her hands are clasped and she's almost begging.

Her gaze shifts back and forth between Rin and Taehyung, either of their expressions stoic. She breaks down further looking at Taehyung, who wears a face of stone. 

He trusted her, he really did. Maybe even loved her even though they had only shortly met, because love isn't defined by time, it's defined by the individuals.

[A/N]
(Chapters will be in 3rd person here on forth)

Things just from 1000 to 1000000 real quick and you're welcome.

But fret not friends, there is sun after a storm.
Dawn after dusk,
A happy ending will soon arise over the horizon

LOL
Psych bitches I'm not that easy XD
3 or so more chapters to the end and a happy ending? Seems to far fetched don't ya think?

ALWAYS REMEMBER, I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH ❤️