Spring Love

S I X

I arrived at the restaurant, but they're still not here.

I received a message from my mom telling that they're already on the way here. She made sure that I'll join our dinner tonight.

I just read it and didn't bother to reply.

I make myself busy by checking my social media accounts. I'm too caught on what I'm watching that I didn't notice someone is sitting on my front.
I saw Chanyeol looking at me intently, his eyes just like earlier in the meeting.

"Oh, hi, you're already there," I said as I saw him then fix my focus again on my phone.

"Why did you leave without saying goodbye to me, to us?," he spoke and it caught me off guard. It's too early to talk about what happened in the past.

"I left a letter," I answered without looking at him. I know he's about to speak when our parents arrived.

I greet my parents as well as his parents, he did the same also.

"Is this Rosé? She's a grown up woman and speaks elegance," Chanyeol's mother said and I just smiled. This is just awkward.

"Well, the reason we both called you here," Chanyeol's dad said.

"Is because of what both of you acted in shareholder's meeting," my Dad continued. I was just listening to them as I eat.

"That's not a good thing son and Rosé," Chanyeol's mom said. Yeah, I know.

"You are both the leader of your respective company. You cannot just act like that, people are looking up to you," my mom said in her sincere voice.

"Well," I speak as I put down the utensils I'm holding. I saw they all looked at me. "I'll apologized on what I did earlier, it's our project and I need to defend it," I continued. "Chanyeol cannot just spoke that he doesn't want to support us, just because he's our major shareholder," I explained and looked at Chanyeol.

"I wasn't like that just because I'm the major shareholder of your company. I just need to make sure that I'm investing on a project that will make a profit," he said and matching my look.

"Enough, both of you. You are here to make an agreement about that project," Chanyeol's dad said. We are making a scene again.

"Well, your son just need to agreed on our plan," I told Mr. Park.

"I won't if you will use that strategy," he said and he is really getting on my nerves.

"Look, he's being childish," I told my parents and looked on his parents also.

"I'm not being childish, this is business, Rosé," he respond and I see my Dad closed his eyes. He's being patient with both of us.

"If you will not stop on your banters, we'll make tonight an agreement of your marriage," my Dad said and I was like what? Did I hear clearly? Marriage?

I looked at Chanyeol, he is also shocked as me. But to our parents, it was like they already know this.

"No!," I immediately disagreed. "Arrange marriage? Come on Dad, it's a modern world. It doesn't exist anymore," I told my Dad and I don't care if it looks like I'm answering him.

"Fine, I'll agreed on what Mr. Park Chanyeol wants, submit to me on what you want to do on that project. I'll go whatever will be your decision," I told them to end this conversation. I lost my appetite because I never thought that my parents will come in this kind of set-up. "If you'll excuse me, I'll go first," I said as I stand up from my seat and grab my bag.

I heard my mom called me while I'm heading outside. But I didn't turn around, it's just too much. I started walking and I just need to get out of here as much as possible. A tear fell on my cheek, I didn't notice that I'm already crying.

I'm taken aback when someone hold my wrist and hugged me.

"I'm sorry," he said between our hugged. He is caressing my hair as his other hand support my back. I can feel his heartbeat and it looks like he run. "It's not my intention that what I did earlier will end up like this," he said and I can hear the sincerity in his words.

"I know my dad, when he speak, it will be final. But this is just too much," I answered while sobbing.

"It's fine," he said and we stayed like that for a while. I feel safe in his arms, it comforts me and I feel like no matter how I want to forget my feelings to Chanyeol, I'll always end up loving him.