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16: Behind the Smile

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"Sera hides her pain behind a smile," Jun spoke calmly, seating himself in front of Jin at the table in the cafeteria. A tray of cafeteria food with him, as he had a calm smile on his face, "No matter what we tell her, she always blames herself for Ji-Ho's death."

Jin had ended up leaving Sera's hospital room, finding it difficult to breathe as he couldn't think clearly. To see Taehyung cry and for Sera to keep that same fake smile of hers, was just too much for him. He wanted to be stronger, to comfort Taehyung and support Sera, but he just couldn't. Instead, he ran away to the hospital cafeteria, where Jun found him.

"That boy, I think Taehyung was his name, passed out from crying. Baekhyun said he was gonna take care of him," Jun informed, keeping his gaze on Jin, watching for his reaction.

It was difficult to come up with a reply, wanting to run and see his soulmate, but also feeling willed to stay seated to those intense amber eyes that were so similar to Sera's; it was overwhelming. "I-is Sera okay?" He hated the way his confidence was sapped away from him.

"She's your soulmate, can't you feel what she's feeling?" Jun's voice held not an ounce of anything except a comforting fatherly tone. Even with his intimidating appearance, he was a kind person.

To say the least, Jin was thrown off guard with Jun's direct question, but all the more being down. Yoongi has told everyone what Baekhyun had told them, that their bond with Sera was fading and was one of the reasons why he couldn't feel Sera's emotions, mixed in with her blocking the connection.

"H-How did you know?"

"My daughter spent years obsessing over her marks and parading it around, it's burned into my mind. You also don't do a good job at hiding it."

Jun remembered the days his daughter would talk on and on about her soulmates, constantly dreaming the day she would get to meet them. Of course with Sera being his baby girl, Jun was never fond of the thought of the day she finds her soulmates. As silly as it sounded, the marks on her daughter's arm was a constant warning; that one day her soulmates would come and sweep her off her feet, take her away from him.

Never did he think that one day, Sera would find her soulmates but instead of being smothered in happiness and love, she would be in a hospital bed.

"I don't know the full story," Jun sighed,

Leaning back in his chair, food left forgotten, "But, I can connect the dots. Sera would do anything in the world to have Ji-Ho back, but even she knows it's impossible, so she's willing to sacrifice her own happiness to keep Ji-Ho's soulmate happy. Excuse me for prying my nose, Baekhyun gave me a brief explanation of the situation."

"Are you mad?"

"No, of course not. Well a little bit of me is, after all, my baby girl is hurting. However, I know this situation is messy. I know that Sera's constantly sacrificing her own well being for others, hiding her pain behind a smile. This is just an old man pouring out his hopes to a young, handsome fellow, but I hope one day, someone can see behind that mask of hers and pull her out of that miserable hole she dug herself in to; to not believe her when she says hurtful things, to realize that she's in pain and needs someone to see past her cold exterior, and just give her a hug."

He didn't wait for Jin's reply. The older man got up, patting a comforting hand on Jin's shoulders before walking away, leaving Jin to ponder over his words.