ᏗᏒᏒᏗᏁᎶᏋᎴ ᎷᏗᏒᏒᎥᏗᎶᏋ (Jihoon x Reader x Daniel) Wanna One

Chapter 34 ♔

"Noona...you won't believe me when I say this. It's about my parents...they.."

"What Jihoon? What did your parents do?"

"My parents, they...they...THEY SET ME UP FOR AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE!!!"

My eyes widened and I gasped, "W-What??! No way!! You're getting an arranged marriage too?!!"

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And just like that, I was now in Sewoon-sshi's car, on my way to see Jihoon.

Jihoon told me that his parents had set him up on 3 blind dates with 3 different girls that they had chosen for him. His job was to go on short dates with these girls and pick his favourite one.

That's the girl he'll end up marrying.

Technically, it's not really an arrange marriage since he has a little bit of a choice. In my case, I didn't have the option of choosing between multiple guys.

My fate was to be with Daniel and only Daniel.

When I told this to Jihoon in an effort to comfort him, he denied it and explained that these blind dates only offered an illusion of choice.

In the end, it's still an arranged marriage that he's being forced into against his will.

And that's where I come in.

The main reason why Jihoon contacted me so early in the morning was so that I could put a stop to this mess.

More precisely, he wanted me to pretend to be his girlfriend for a day so I can "crash" his blind dates.

Being the very kind person that I am, I agreed to help him out and was on my way to meet him in his family's cafe.

Since all the blind dates were taking place in the cafe, Jihoon wanted to meet up there so we can practice acting like a real couple before his blind dates arrive.

Not gonna lie, I felt a bit uncomfortable when Jihoon asked me to be his fake girlfriend.

I mean, I'm already engaged for god's sake!

Besides...what will Daniel think of this?

I didn't exactly tell him where I was going today since he was probably busy with work.

But judging from his jealous and possessive behaviour last night, I'm guessing he wouldn't be too happy if he found out.

Hell, he even told me to stop hanging out with Jihoon.

And here I am less than 24 hours later, on my way to not only hang out with Jihoon, but to be his fake girlfriend as well lol.

But I can't worry about Daniel's feelings right now.

Jihoon's future is at stake. I have to do everything I can to trash his blind dates and stop his arranged marriage.

I had no control over my arranged marriage. But if I am presented with the opportunity to save someone else from it, then I will gladly do it.

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Once we reached the cafe, I bid my farewells to Sewoon-sshi and walked inside.

Once I entered the cafe, I was greeted with many things;

the warm and welcoming temperature that contrasted with the harsh Winter weather outside;

the pleasant aroma of freshly roasted Arabica coffee beans;

but most importantly, I was greeted with Jihoon's comfortable embrace.

My eyes widened as I was a bit taken back, but soon relaxed into Jihoon's arms and returned his hug.

As my face was pressed against his chest, I unintentionally inhaled his sweet scent.

Wow...he literally smelled like fresh roses combined with hints of sandalwood and lavender.

It's official. Jihoon is an actual walking flower garden.

While Daniel smells like...alcohol and cigarettes..

"You can stop smelling me now, noona." Jihoon remarked with a playful tone.

I pouted and pulled away from him, "I can't help it okay?! Women are attracted to beautiful scents. It's your fault for smelling so good!"

He chuckled.

I placed my hands on my hips, "Besides, why did you even make the effort of smelling good today? I thought you were supposed to "crash" your blind dates. That means you have to be as unattractive as possible, Jihoon."

He smiled and reached out to pat my head, "Sorry, I completely forgot about that haha. I just wanted to smell good for you~"

At that, I couldn't help but blush a bit.

I took a deep breath to regain control, "Jihoon...at this rate, all 3 women might actually end up falling for you." I sighed.

He laughed and ruffled my hair, "And that's exactly why I called you, Y/N. C'mon, let's sit down and start practicing." he said and pulled my arm, leading me to an empty table.

We walked over to a fairly small, two-seater table for couples. The table was made of thin but strong glass, which was covered by a delicate cotton tablecloth with coffee bean patterns all over it. There was also a colourful flower vase at the center of the table, along with two dimly-lit aromatic candles.

Jihoon graciously pulled out a chair for me which I happily sat on. Then he ran over to the opposite side of the table, taking a seat himself.

I looked around the cafe and noticed that it was completely empty. Jihoon and I were the only ones here.

"I see you've closed the cafe for today," I commented.

He nodded, "Yeah. My parents told me to for the sake of the blind dates. I had no choice."

"I see.." I murmured.

We sat in silence for a few seconds until I spoke up once again, "You know Jihoon...I'm glad you asked me to come and help you today. Even if you didn't ask for help, I still would've done everything in my power to stop your arranged marriage.." I blabbered out the first thing that came to mind.

This caught his attention.

Jihoon looked up at me in interest, "Really? Why is that, noona?"

I looked down at my lap and clenched my fists under the table, "I don't know how to describe it but...the moment you told me you were getting married...I felt this weird burning sensation in my heart...it was as if my whole world had crashed into pieces. It also felt like...the only thing that made me happy was being taken away from me.."

Jihoon stared at me for a few seconds before speaking up, "Noona...where are you going with this? Please be more specific."

I sighed, trying my best to put my thoughts into words, "What I mean is...Jihoon, I felt like I was losing you...to someone else."

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Another couple of seconds passed as none of us uttered a single word. Awkward silence filled the air and the only sound that could be heard was the loud beating of my heart.

No...it was pounding. Hard. And I didn't know why.

I internally slapped myself.

What the hell was I thinking, saying something like that? Geez, I sound like an emotional mess..

Now Jihoon will probably think I'm desperate or something.

After what seemed like hours, Jihoon finally spoke up.

And what he said next literally took my breath away:

"Y/N. Do you by any chance...have feelings for me?"

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