𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐒

| white rose

White:

Purity
Innocence
Sympathy

"I'll go."

Her voice, quiet but clear, cut through the ghastly crackling tension in the room. Hands folded behind her back, a hint of resignation threaded through with desperation in her voice, she looked into the man's cold eyes and swallowed hard before continuing.

"I'll go instead. You want a hostage, right? Don't take my brother, please-take me instead-" Her hands dropped to her sides, fists clenching as she anticipated reaction, nails digging into palms almost deep enough to draw blood. Please... show some mercy...

Park Jimin cocked his head to the side as his sneer faded; he looked almost thoughtful as he considered her proposition.

Take his sister instead? What an intriguing idea,

He swept his eyes over her body quickly-not so quickly that she didn't notice, didn't feel his eyes crawling across her flesh-her body, hidden by a simple, white dress, her delicate neck, veins pulsing rapidly as her heart rattled in her chest-her startling brown eyes and shining black hair, trailing along one shoulder in an intricate braid... She's certainly no eyesore-

She could definitely be of use to me-

Chanyeol's eyes widened as the gravity of what his sister was asking of Jimin fully dawned upon him; he pushed his glasses up his nose with a shaking hand. Sister... what could she possibly be thinking right now? His voice emerged, strangled and high-pitched as he darted to her side, grabbing both her hands and squeezing them tightly, his eyes meeting hers helplessly-hopelessly.

"Rosé-don't be ridiculous... This is my fault-it's all my fault-I won't let you suffer because I made this mistake...!" Voice growing thick, cracking along the edges as he sniffed, trying uselessly to hold back tears-the tears that threatened to bubble over his eyes. Unmake him before his own sister-before this
cruel man-

Rosé lifted her brother's hand, still clutching her own, and kissed it briefly, gently, before her forehead crinkled, lower lip wobbling, as she responded, quietly, almost raggedly: "Chan-if you go, who will run the company? Jaehyun? Me? We have nowhere near your level of expertise in these matters-without you, our business wouldn't stand a chance..." She breathed in a cool breath, hoping to stop the quailing of her stomach, the bile rising in her throat-to appear strong and confident for her brother, able to handle the seriousness of her decision. She was scared. So scared.

Chanyeol rolled his eyes, nose growing red, scoffing almost sadly as a tear slipped down his cheek. "I'm the expert? Yes, Rosé-that certainly did a lot of good for us, didn't it..." I'm such an idiot. I'm such a fool-and now my sister wants to pay the price-

Jimin merely crossed his arms and looked bored at this whole maudlin family drama. "Will you two make up your minds, already? I have a company to run-you know, an actual corporation-and I really don't have time for you two sniveling and weeping all over one another." A sneer in his voice. Gaze narrowing. "One of you goes with me, or I ruin you-it's that simple."

I do not forgive. I do not forget.

What did Chanyeol do? Find out in the next chapter!
(this story is 100% inspired by an old perfect anime au. Bless the author. Thank you for reading!!)