The Devil Dancer

Chapter Forty Nine

"Me too, Lisa. Me too."

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I was a total wreck by the time evening passes.

As soon as I got out of Mr Kim's office, I immediately went to confront my mother inside her room and its safe to say that we were both a huge crying mess once the talk ended.

I mean, it was pretty much obvious to me now. As poor as we were back then, my mom would never had accepted an offer from a mere stranger.

But then she met Mr Kim and all of a sudden we were both moving to South Korea and were given financial aid for the rest of our lives.

Financial aid which I now knew was meant for me ever since I was born. Turns out my father used to be a big shot businessman back then and had saved all of his assets under my name.

My father.

The term still felt foreign to me whenever I thought about it but after learning everything from Mr Kim today, I guess it wouldn't hurt for me to start getting used to it.

It was what he deserved after all.

I may not be able to see him anymore but I will always keep him inside my heart from now on.

I briefly felt the tears forming at the corner of my eyes again when the front door opened.

Wiping at them hastily, I whipped my head from the comfortable couch to find Taehyung making his way towards me.

He did a double take once he saw my face, "Hey."

I smiled. "Hey."

Taking a seat opposite from me, his eyes never even once left my face. "I got a call from my dad just now."

"Did you knew about it?" I didn't waste any time to ask.

The same sad smile that I saw on his father today appeared on his own face, "Yes, but only before we went to Jeju-do."

"Oh."

I stared down towards the coffee table between us and heaved out a deep sigh.

"Well then, cousins huh?" I joked.

"I guess? Not gonna lie, I actually had a hard time accepting that fact."

I lifted my eyebrows at him, "Why?"

His smile turned sheepish for a second, "I mean, I did had a small crush on you after all."

At the reminder about his unrequited love towards me, I barked out a laugh for the first time today.

"Treat me burgers again and we'll forget about it."

"Deal," he agreed.

Both of us were grinning at each other when I remembered about something. Or someone specifically.

"How's Jungkook?"

At the mention of his best friend, Taehyung flattened his lips. "He's doing fine. Still wouldn't talk to us save for a few short messages but fine nonetheless."

Wait. So he could reply to their messages but not mine?

I was just about to express my frustration regarding him when Taehyung beat me to it.

"He knows, by the way."

I shot him a confused look, "About my father?"

"Well no, for now it was only Jimin because he was with me at that time. Jungkook knows that you didn't post the confession."

I briefly felt the air whooshing out of my lungs, "Did you guys explain to him?"

Taehyung shook his head, "We didn't have to. He practically insisted about it to us."

Feeling my heart swell at the thought that he actually had faith in me, I had just let out a relieved sigh when something struck inside my head.

"Oh my God," I groaned out loud, catching Taehyung's attention.

"What? What's the matter?" He asked in concern.

"He knew I didn't do it yet he still ignored me. Does that mean that he doesn't want anything to do with me anymore?" I widened my eyes at him.

Taehyung seemed to be struggling for words as he watched me hyperventilate opposite him.

He cleared his throat, "Well, Jungkook wasn't exactly the kind of person who would just remove someone from his life without meeting them first—"

"So he's really getting rid of me?" I cut him off.

He was sweating by this point, "Uh, I don't really know," he stopped when he saw my teary face, "Are you crying?"

I sniffled as I rubbed at my eyes.

"Oh my God, you're really crying. Do you need me to hug you like last time? I mean, Jungkook is probably gonna kill me—"

I sniffled again.

"Alright, alright," he exclaimed in panic just as I felt the couch dip beside me, his arms instantly going around me.

"God, I don't even know why I'm crying, really." I managed as I wiped away the tears, "I guess I'm just so sensitive right now after learning about my father."

I felt Taehyung nod beside me, "I know how you feel. I was still a kid when he passed away but I still remembered the pain as if it was yesterday."

"Were you guys close?"

"Very. Although Jungkook was much more tight with him."

I lifted my head in surprise, "Jungkook was close to my father?"

"Yeah, he was his favourite too. I guess he kinda had a soft spot for him since he knew about the situation with his parents." He explained.

"Oh."

Taehyung let out a deep sigh, "This may sound ridiculous but I think your father actually knew."

"Knew what?"

"That you and Jungkook were meant to be together."

I can't help but smile at the thought, "Maybe."

We were both silent for a few seconds before I opened my mouth.

"Hey Taehyung?"

"Uh huh?"

"You're honestly the best cousin that I could ever wish for."

I didn't even have to look at him to find him smiling.

"I know."

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Author's Note: This was honestly the most depressing chapter that I had written so far but I hope it answers everything that you guys have been wondering for a while now.

Anyways, who misses Jungkook?