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hiyyih is currently busy doing her assignments from her professors that doesn't seem to know that it's just the start of the semester. "please end my misery" the girl sighed, dropping her head on the table.
"here, some food. you've been in your room for four hours. you haven't eaten yet," her older sister said. hiyyih opened her eyes at the sounds of glass clanking. lea brought her some sandwich and a cup of tea.
"thanks, unnie" hiyyih took the sandwich and munched on it.
"i poison it," the older said jokingly, making the younger glare at her. "jk, jk," lea laughed, looking at hiyyih who was still glaring daggers at her with the sandwich stuff in her mouth, making her look like an angry dumplings
"oh, by the way, dad wants to talk to you" lea said. hiyyih raised an eyebrow, munching on the sandwich left.
"where is he?" the younger asked. hiyyih quickly cleaned up all of her assignments
"at his study room," the older simply said
"alright," hiyyih replied before leaving her room
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on her way to her father's study room, hiyyih couldn't help but overthink. she remembered their conversation two years ago,
two years ago
the blonde was busy watching 'mean girls' when she suddenly heard her brother shouting "hiyyih, dad is looking for you"
"gosh, why is his voice so goddamn loud. im pretty sure people from miles away could hear him" hiyyih said to herself, definitely not exaggerating.
she paused the show "alright, I'll be on my way" hiyyih shouted back. hiyyih wondered why her father was calling for her.
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"dad, are you looking for me?" hiyyih said cheerfully, her head peaking out of the door
"oh my little princess, you're here" her father patted the empty space next to him, signalling her to sit down
the latter sat at the empty space, smiling sweetly at her father, curious about what her father had to say "what is it, dad?"
"bahiyyih," hiyyih froze hearing her full name,
bad news
she hated it. her father has only called her full name when it's something that she knows she won't really like it, something serious
"well... I was thinking about..." her father hesitated. seeing her father hesitating is only making hiyyih much more nervous
"about?" hiyyih, looked at her father, confused. she swore that if her father was not spilling whatever he was about to spill, or not, she's gonna jump off a cliff
"about marrying you to one of my friend's sons," her father said still hesitating.
"what?!" hiyyih stood up from her seat. "but why?" she looked at her father in disbelief.
that just sounds ridiculous
"it's for the company" her father simply said. hiyyih tilted her head, looking at her father in confusion
is this man serious right now?
"but why? isn't kai oppa gonna be taking over the company, why do i have to be the one to get married?" she really couldn't understand what her father was thinking
"your brother is going to take over the company. but this, this marriage could benefit our company even more" the old man explained, hoping that the young girl could side with him
hiyyih felt very confused for some reason her heart said she should do it but her mind said no.
when you think of marriage you think of love, right?
but the idea of falling in love has always scared her.
after what happened to her parents, and to the man in front of her. she never believed in the idea of falling in love
she feels like 'love' is just a temporary thing, which means a waste of time
her father sighed, looking at the pouting little girl in front of him "It's okay if you don't want to do it, I won't force you. I'll let you consider first"
but maybe, just maybe-
her father got up and was about to leave when,
"I'll do it," hiyyih said making her father shocked. the old man just looked at his daughter in disbelief
"are you sure? you know, it's okay if you d-"
"I wanna do it," she said, "but can you wait until I graduate from high school"
her father nodded "sure, my little princess" the old man patted his daughter, before leaving the study room
but this is an arranged marriage, love can just not play a part.
back to present
the girl was thinking so much she didn't even realise that she was in front of her father's study room. she hesitated for a second, she knew where this was going to lead. hiyyih took a deep breath before opening the door.
"my little princess, you're here," her father said as soon as she opened the door
deja vu
"come, sit down," motioning her to take a seat
hiyyih quickly obeyed her father and sat on the huge couch in front of her father's table
"hiyyih, you know the time has come right?" the old man continued
the blonde nodded, she took a deep breath before answering "yes, I know" part of her regretted it but at the same time she didn't know how to feel about it, the emotions were just unexplainable
"It's okay if you don't want to do it. It's never too late to back out" her father reassures her
"no, I wanna do it" hiyyih really doesn't know what happened to her. her mind and her heart are not working together
she has been thinking about it every day ever since the day her father told her about this.
"alright then, you're going to meet them tomorrow. we'll have dinner together" the old man clasped his hands together
hiyyih looked at her father, confused
"ah, with your soon-to-be husband," he said after looking at his daughter's confused face
that was fast
I hope I made the right decision
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