THE UNREQUITED LOVE

31.

Taehyung walked past me and greeted him,

"Hello, Mr.Kang"

"Sorry for being late Mr.Kim"

I heard his voice after almost 15 years, I felt goosebumps rising on my skin and my heart was beating loudly against my ribcage scaring me. Oppa squeezed my hands gently making me open my eyes, I looked up at him finding him smiling sadly at me, I tried to reciprocate the smile but failed miserably. He nodded encouraging me to face Dad, I nodded back in reply and took a deep breath before turning around, as I turned around I saw a young boy, probably near my age standing beside Dad, I bowed to him as a greeting then my eyes met Dad's.

The last time I saw him, I was around eleven years old, a part of me was afraid that he didn't recognize me but the other part was relieved of that fact, if that happens I can avoid everything right?... I broke eye contact to observe him, he was looking healthier than last time, and he was wearing a perfectly ironed suit, and black derby shoes paired with an expensive Rolex around his wrist, my eyes traveled back to his face, his skin loose now, there were wrinkles around his eyes and mouth making him look a little older, unlike every old man he was tall well taller than me around the same height as of Taehyung and his body was in perfect shape, he got some muscles.

I observed his eyes widening as he finally recognized me, he looked back into my eyes after observing me and spoke,

"Ynah~"

Hearing my name from him made me forget everything for a while, my lower lip quivered as I struggled not to break down, and the tears collected at the brim of my eyes, I inhaled sharply and almost whispered,

"Dad"

He smiled and opened his arms wide and I lost it all, I burst out, tears fell out before I could control them, a sob escaped from my mouth, and my legs automatically rushed towards him. I wrapped my arms around him tightly not caring about anything in the world right now, he chuckled and held the back of my head hiding my face in his chest, as might know how much I hate to cry in front of anyone. He kept caressing my back as I cried my heart out in his embrace, I know I should get mad at him for leaving me and Mom but right now I care less, I just wanted to hide from the world in his embrace and cry my heart out and tell him about everything, the little girl in me still believes that he can fix all of my problems.

I felt him pecking my head multiple times, he patted my head and whispered in my ear,

"Let it all out, baby"

I clutched the fabric of his suit and cried ugly, I wailed loudly not caring about anything right now. He kept holding me and whispering comforting words into my ears, while I cried and cried because of both pain and happiness. After almost 10 minutes which felt like an eternity, I stopped and calmed down mostly, I snuggled into his chest and whispered,

"I love you, Dad"

"I know baby and I love you too"

He replied making me want to cry again, but I controlled myself as much as I could, tears were still flowing out from my eyes, and I sniffed. I collected myself and pulled away from his embrace, I looked over at his shirt stained with my tears, mascara, and lipstick, I apologetically looked up at him and apologized,

"I'm sorry for this"

He chuckled while cupping my face in both of his palms and said,

"It's nothing, Baby"

Finally, I smiled happily once in a while looking at Dad, he smiled back while wiping away my tears from my cheek. I looked around and found no one, it was just me and Dad, he seemed to read through my mind, he patted my cheek and said,