|| HIDDEN AGENDA ||♡ {ON HIATUS}

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

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WITH ALL COURAGE, Yerin took a deep breath and knocked on the slightly open door.

SinB: Come in.

Yerin faked a smile and opened it. The both of them stilled but Yerin just discarded the thought. When Taehyung saw her, he was confused at her smile. It was close to being fake but also close to being real. Depending on how a person sees it.

SinB: Eonnie...

Taehyung: Yerin...

Yerin: Uhm... I just went by here to give you... uh... this.

She put the basket down beside SinB's bed. SinB smiled even though she thought something was wrong.

SinB: Gomawo.

Yerin: The members cooked it for you. We know you're not fond of hospital food considering the fact that you already hate hospitals.

SinB: Thanks, eonnie.

Yerin: No worries.

Yerin faced Taehyung who looked uneasy.

Yerin: Can we... talk? Privately?

Taehyung:(gulp) Sure, baby.

Yerin left first and Taehyung followed her like a lovesick puppy. When they reached the rooftop of the Hospital, Yerin halted and faced him. Taehyung can't run away from his problems and Yerin can't seem to understand everything. A few seconds later, Taehyung broke the deafening silence.

Taehyung: Have you been crying?

Yerin nodded, still not looking at him in the eye.

Taehyung: Why?

Yerin faced him with all her might. She tried not to show the pain in her eyes but she failed. Taehyung saw it amd was about to hug her when she took a step back which made his heart ache.

Taehyung: What's wrong?

Yerin: I heard you and SinB... talking about me... and Miyeon.

Taehyung's eyes filled with guilt and regret.

Taehyung: Baby, I can explain...

Yerin:(cold) No need. Because, Taehyung, your explanation will lose its credibility. It will become an excuse and I don't want that.

Taehyung: Yerin, don't leave me---

Yerin: Who are you to demand that? Given that you used me for your happiness.

Taehyung: Please, baby, don't take my happiness away.

Yerin: What the hell, Taehyung? I don't hold your happiness just because I look like your dead ex-girlfriend. Happiness is in you. You just have to find it.

Taehyung: Yerin ah... I'm sorry---

Yerin: Guess what, Taehyung, I don't think I can believe in your sorry anymore.

Taehyung's eyes were begging and his voice broke.

Taehyung: Don't you like me?

Yerin: Oh, yes! I do! But just because I like you, doesn't mean you take it to your advantage and use me. I'm different, Taehyung. I give my all and you know what, you just broke it.

Yerin can't stop her tears from flowing down.

Taehyung: Yerin, don't be angry at me.

Yerin: Don't worry, Mr. Kim, I'm not angry at you nor disapppointed at you.

Taehyung: What? Why?

Yerin: Because I'm angry at myself. I'm so disappointed at myself. Imagine? I, who knows my worth, was made as a replacement---

Taehyung:(snaps) You are not a replacement!

Yerin: Then, what?! A toy?! A thing you used for your happiness?!(scoffs) For your fucking information, Mr. Kim, I am a human being! I have emotions and feelings! I also have a heart that breaks, too! So, don't use that 'don't you like me' line on me because you are not manipulating my feelings.

Taehyung: Yerin, I'm sorry...

Yerin: Oh, don't worry, Kim Taehyung. I am not angry at you. But at myself. Disappointed as well. But, what the heck... It was my fault in the first place. I let you in my life despite my doubt, I let you hug me and I let you kiss me.

Taehyung: No... Yerin, please, be angry at me. Be disappointed at me. Please...

She shook her head as tears started flowing down her cheeks.

Yerin: Taehyung, whatever we have, let's end this now.

Taehyung: Y-You... You're breaking up with me?

Taehyung's eyes were filled with tears.

Yerin: As much as I don't want to break up with you, I have to.

Taehyung: Please... Stay with me.

Yerin: Taehyung, you don't get it. I might be playing the role of Miyeon in your life and forgetting about being myself. I will lose myself if this continues, Taehyung, and I am not worth being a replacement considering the fact that I am myself and I know my self worth.

Taehyung: Please... Yerin... don't go. Don't break up with me.

Yerin: Then, what, Taehyung? Stay with you and I will lose myself? You don't even know the complete difference between Miyeon and I except that she's dead and I'm alive.

Taehyung: I know the difference. I know... Believe me, I know...

Yerin:(sarcasm) Oh, yeah! The real difference you know is that you love Miyeon and you only like me because I look like her.

Taehyung: Yerin, please...

He was about to pull her close when she dodged him.

Yerin: Tell me, was there any time that you didn't refer me as Miyeon? Or was there any time that you see me as me and not her?

Taehyung was silent and his expression changed. And that means she hit a spot.

Yerin: You lied. You even thanked me yesterday for being me but you lied! The kiss... tch. With no doubt, I know you kissed me because I looked like her. You referred me as Miyeon when I'm not her. You kept on saying you don't want to lose me again. That wasn't actually for me but for Miyeon. I can deal and understand with you referring me to her but using me?

She shook her head while tears kept streaming down her face.

Yerin: That's what broke my heart, Taehyung. Maybe because it's my first time feeling this way, liking a man beyond my limits, but that doesn't give you the right to use me. I'm sorry Taehyung, but like I said, I can't stay with a man who only sees me as a replacement considering the fact that I know my self worth and I know that I'm not worth all this.

Taehyung just stared at her as she wiped her tears aggresively.

Yerin: I was not born to adjust to anyone, Taehyung, you know that. I was born to be an heiress, to be the Head of Asia, and you know that I think differently. I am friendly to all people but I am very careful who to trust. I do not hold your happiness, Taehyung.

Yerin took a deep breath and walked passed him to the exit of the rooftop. And Taehyung just stood there, like an idiot. But before Yerin went away, she faced him once more, his back facing her.

Yerin: And, Taehyung?

He immediately looked back at her like he was afraid to lose her.

Taehyung: Yes?

Yerin:(smiles bitterly) I take it all back. You're not mine. You're not my Taehyungie. And we're over.

With that, she left.

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"Be friendly to all but be careful who to trust."