love maze

fifty-seven

Lunch was already being served the moment my family and friends (excluding Jin, the Jungs, Namjoon, and the Jeons since they're too shy to join us) stepped inside the restaurant that Taehyung's family specifically rented for their reunion. Inside, I saw familiar faces – my husband's parents, his grandparents, last but not the least – the man I was not expecting to see among the crowd.

"Is that...?" I said, pulling Taehyung's sleeve to get his attention.

A few tables away from where we were standing, I saw one of the most unforgettable professors I've had in UOS. Who could forget such a handsome face, anyway?

"Taehyung," I called my husband once again when I didn't hear his reply.

I was still looking at him, so I didn't know who Taehyung was currently talking to for him to not hear me beside him. "Yes, Chi?", he finally replied.

"Oh my gosh!" Jennie gasped, now standing beside me, "Is that who I think he is?" Oddly enough, she was also looking at the familiar face I was also looking at. Guess it's not just me who found him familiar.

"Uncle!" Taehyung suddenly exclaimed, his hand raised. As I followed his line of sight, I soon realized that he just called him his uncle.

Jimin, from Taehyung's right, held my husband's arm and said, "The hell? He's your uncle?"

Yoongi shook his head. "No. He's our cousin too. He's just a little older than us so Tae likes to call him uncle."

"Come on! I know you guys want to talk to him." Taehyung happily held my hand and gestured for the others to follow us.

We went to his table, where Taehyung's parents were also present.

"Hey, mom, dad." Taehyung greeted his parents, followed by me and the others.

Mr. Kim took Taesoo from Hana while Mrs. Kim talked to Bora right after. When no one from our group dared to speak up about him, Yoongi took his chance to introduce him to us.

"Hyung-Sik, long time no see!" Jennie's husband finally mentioned our professor's name.

Mr. Park, our professor from UOS during our second year, smiled at us welcomingly. He looked older yet he's definitely still good-looking just like the first time I saw him during my first day.

"I was expecting to see my past students here." Mr. Park said, standing up to shake our hands each.

"Hyung-Sik, why don't you eat with your cousins first? We'll just talk to you again later." Mrs. Park told him then looked at me, "We'll take care of our grandchildren, Jisoo. I want to meet your new nursemaid."

"Sure, mom."

Once we're all holding our own plates, we found a vacant table that could fit us seven.

"Mr. Park, let me just say that I am not that surprised to see you here in their reunion." Jimin finally cut the awkward atmosphere around our table.

Mr. Park chuckled, covering his mouth shyly. "Why? The girls look surprised though."

I swear I saw Chaeyoung sit straighter while Jennie just masked her feeling with a shy smile. On the other hand, I couldn't hide the redness of my face.

Between Jennie and Jimin, Yoongi smirked. "Tae, looks like your wife couldn't deny what our cousin just said."

Taehyung faced me and pouted. "Why are you surprised to see him?"

I snuck a glance at Mr. Park, only to see him smiling fondly at me and my husband. "It's so nice to finally see that you two ended up together."

We all looked at him, surprised yet again with what he said.