arranged marriage

“Hoseok” I whispered.
I can’t believe I met him again after all these years, he was my only friend in the orphanage. Our parents didn’t want us so they send us away, and that’s how I met Hoseok. He got adopted before me, so while he was at his new home, playing with his new family. I sat alone in the corner, while the other kids played without me. I remember crying every night without him. the nights where we would sneak out to look at the stars ended being sleepless nights with a lot of tears that wouldn’t stop pouring out of my eyes. But here he was. Standing in front of me, with his big smile.
“I missed you Hoseok” I said.
“me too” he whispered.
Meanwhile Taehyung just stood there, not knowing what’s happening. We walked inside and me and Hoseok began explaining everything.
“if you wonder why me and Hoseok now each other, it’s because we both were in the orphanage. We became good friends and was together every day. We would eat together, play together, sneak out together in the middle of the night. I think I noticed him right away, because of his smile”
They nodded, thinking that everything made a bit more sense than it did before. After they asked all their questions and I answered all of them, Taehyung introduced me, as his future wife. My cheeks began to heat up, so I hid behind Taehyung. They began laughing at my silly act. I like his friends, they are really nice. We all sat down and began chatting about random stuff like do you believe in aliens? Have you ever had a ghost experience? What’s your favorite color? And we kept going on like that. The sun was slowly setting, so we chose to leave before it was getting too dark. We said our goodbyes and left. Well I learned a lot about them like, they all live together and that Jung kook had, had a ghost experience.
When I got inside my room, I collapsed onto my bed. I was so tired, but it had been a really long day. I changed my shirt and was about to take my pants off, until the door opened. I quickly pulled them up and was glaring at Taehyung.
“Can you knock?” I asked in an annoyed tone.
“Well can you lock?”
I didn’t answer but pushed him out, of the room and locked the door. I changed my pants to shorts and was about to go downstairs. I wonder what he made? I walked over to the door and heard that familiar female voice, it was Taehyungs ex. He wouldn’t cheat, would he? He said he was done with her, and I believe him. I listened to their conversation, my ear against the door and my hands supporting me. I opened the door and walked downstairs, eyes on her the entire time. I examined her face. Her face was nothing than make up. I could clearly see the foundation which were lighter than it should be, her false eyelashes and her big lips that were over lined with a lip liner. I sighed, maybe I have a better change. I walked up to them and placed my hand Taehyung’s shoulder, feeling extremely cool.
“Hey babe, who’s this?” I asked looking over at his ex.
“s-she’s my ex” he answered.
“oh, can we help you with something?” I asked smiling innocently.
“yeah, can I talk to you alone?” she asked glaring at me
I nodded and followed her outside. I’m not in the mood for her right now, so she better leave me and Taehyung alone. She stopped walking, and so did I.
“Listen. You better leave my Taehyung alone” she said.
I rolled my eyes, well if you want to argue then that’s what you get.
“since when did he become yours? If I’m right this is a one-sided love, he doesn’t have feelings for you anymore and if he had he would have complained about marrying me long time ago” She just stood there not responding.
“if you don’t have anything thing to say then leave” I said in a stern voice.
I left and walked back inside. I saw Taehyung sitting on the couch waiting for me. When he saw me, he jumped off the couch and ran over to me, with a worried look.
“Whoa, I felt so badass and cool” I said amused over my sudden change.
His worried face quickly changed to a smile, when he saw I was alright. We walked over to the kitchen and began to eat the food, that he prepared while I was talking to his ex. It was so delicious. I really liked his food, maybe it was him who made the breakfast too. We began talking trying not think about what just happened. We finished quickly and washed the dishes. I ran up to my room and so did Taehyung, but tonight we slept separated. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and went to bed.
‘I was running in a forest, someone was chasing me. He wore a white mask, and had a knife in his hand. I couldn’t clearly see what was in front of me, it was too dark. My phone was dead, my legs hurt and my lungs was screaming for air but if I take a break I’m going to get killed. I saw a big fallen tree and ran towards. I quickly got down on my knees trying my best to hide. I put my hand towards my mouth, so he couldn’t hear my breathing. I closed my eyes, trying to calm down. I slowly opened them, but was met with something horrifying. The white masked man was right in front of me. His hand came up to his face, and grabbed the mask. He removed it slowly, I could see the burn marks on his cheek as he removed it. Soon the entire mask was off and he flashed his smile. A smile that would have looked like the devils. I gave off a high-pitched scream’
I sat up in my bed, sweating like I ran a marathon. Calm down Nari, it was just a dream. I got my phone from my night stand and turned on the flashlight, scanning the room making sure there wasn’t anything like a man with a white mask on with a knife. I was still scared. I walked out of my room, and was standing in front of Taehyung’s door.
“Taehyung” I said like a little kid while opening the door.
He didn’t answer. I tried again but no reply, so I walked over to him and poked him on his forehead. He opened his tired eyes looking at me.
“can I sleep here tonight? I had a nightmare” I saw him smile a bit.
He nodded and pulled me closer to him.
“don’t worry you’re safe with me” he said hugging me.
I buried my face into his chest, I felt so comfortable in his arms. Soon sleep took over and I fell asleep in his arms once again.

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