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"w-what??" now it was hyunjin's time to screech as he was so taken back from what he just heard.
"i want you to marry my son." the man repeated, his tone now more serious.
before seungmin could say anything he was already shooed away by his father, "seungmin would you mind me talking to this boy in private?" he requested politely and the latter obeyed and exited the room.
"oh my, so rude of me! nice to meet you, my name is kim seungjae, i'm seungmin's father." he introduced himself with a kind smile as he reached his hand over the table and lifted his hand in for a handshake.
Hyunjin immediately took his hand and slightly bowed, "i'm hwang hyunjin, nice to meet you too." he chuckled awkwardly.
"you must be very confused about all this, but i'll try my best to explain you.."
"seungmin's mother passed away 2 years ago and we have had many family and money problems, but i finally got a decent job offer to make living for the both of us.. but it's overseas, in japan. that's not the reason for you to marry my son, or well the word marry was a little over-exaggerated, sorry if i scared you.. actually seungmin was in an abusive relationship until about three years ago when his 'boyfriend' was sent to prison for physical abuse and sexual harrassement. seungmin hasn't been in any interaction with anyone else but his couple of close friends since kindergarten as he was very traumatized. when you started to come by the shop frequently, always bringing the brightest smile on my son's face that I haven't seen in years since the incident, and how you never gave up on that quiz.."
"i was sure that you could make seungmin happy,,, there was this one time that I saw a book laying on the floor, which happened to be his diary that he hadn't written in years, until now. i didn't mean to look but when I saw this unfamiliar name 'hyunjin' meantioned so many times, i couldn't help but read a few pages. after reading those I honestly thought that this could be the time, the chance that i would be able to see my son happy, smiling again, for him to stop hurting. the prize at first was just money like normally and some gift card.. " he let out a heavy sigh before continuing.
"you remember the optional self-evaluation that could be done on the internet?" hyunjin nodded,
"well the questions were to evaluate you, and it was actually only available to you and no one else. reading your answers were what made me so sure that it was you who i wanted have in my son's life, of course with his approval. and well you got all the 325 questions right in the quiz too, which honestly surprised me since the quiz was made to be kind of 'impossible' to everyone."
hyunjin just nodded at everything that the male said but especially one thing stood out for him,,
'of course with his approval'
the boy couldn't stop thinking about the fact that the younger had agreed to his father setting him with hyunjin, he was by no means angry or upset, he was just truly confused.
"would you mind if you stayed over at seungmin's? you could talk about this in private and make up your mind, you know, about all of this.. it must be overwhelming. you have a chance to back out."
hyunjin tilted his head in confusion, "at seungmin's? he doesn't live at home anymore?"
"yeah, he lives in a dorm with his small group of friends, since he greatly dislikes being alone and i'm at work most of the time." seungjae spoke with a sad smile, guilt prominent in his voice.
"oh okay, i'll make sure to visit when his shift is over." hyunjin smiled him sweetly to lighten up the latter's mood.
"well, the bestest of luck to you, my future son-in-law!"
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🌨️ song: victon - time of sorrow
i hope you enjoyed this filler-ish chapter which was meant to somehow clear your confusion from the last chapter! ♡
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