
...[ BaekHyun POV ]...
"Ma, Pa?" I walked into the house and everything looked quieter than usual.
"BaekHyun, get into papa's study."
I don't know where papa came from but suddenly it's behind me.
"Yes pa" I walked into his study. Usually if I'm told to go to his study he'll want to talk about something very important.
Ordinarily.
I went into papa's study, and there was my mom, too.
"Sit Baek." Mama said. I sat on the couch in front of Dad.
"Where are you from?" Ask papa.
"Meet pa." My answer.
"Where to?" Ask papa again. Why do I feel like a thief who just caught a citizen.
"Let's go, pa, what's the matter?" My toot.
"You're seeing that woman again, right?" Ask papa.
"No, Baek said, Baek went to a meeting."
PLAKKKK!!!
"Honest answer, papa never taught his son to lie." I was shocked when papa woke up and directly slapped me. My cheeks are hot now.
"What does papa mean?" My toot.
"The correct answer, where are you from? Meet that girl again?" Ask papa.
"Meet pa."
PLAKKK!!!
"Shh." I grimaced softly. Papa slapped me again in the same place. It hurts more than the first.
"Pa, it's pa, calm down first. Patience." Mom tried to calm papa down. Now I'm sure, you must have seen my car in front of TaeYeon's house earlier.
"Ma, our son will make us ashamed, how if the Jung family finds out," said papa.
"Yes, mom knows, but we can talk slowly, don't play physical first."
"So how? Decision in your hands BaekHyun, you could have kept dating that woman, but until you and Yerin don't get married, don't expect you to come back here again." Papa.
"Why do you want me to marry Jerin so badly? I don't love her, I love TaeYeon, what did TaeYeon do that you guys hate her so much?"
Papa looked hard at me. "That's because of his family, you don't know anything about his family," Papa was like challenging me.
"Didn't her parents also jump into the same field as you?" I was very sure of that, but looking at the expressions of my parents, I became unsure, did they know more than me? "That's ah he said." I said slowly.
"As far as you are Baek, you don't want to know how you are with the woman, but if you can't marry Yerin and her parents cut off the relationship with papa, then you can't, don't expect you to be considered part of this family again, and don't expect you to enjoy all these family facilities again, papa warned you in the first place."
Papa looked hard at me. "Your brother is much more successful than you, he can build his own company abroad, he can succeed there, while you? Papa has said many times, just continue the company papa and you can live alone, but your nature is still like a child," Somehow longer papa sees me as a child. My goal is not to take it so that papa can see I can also be independent like Jae's sister, but papa hates me more and more every day.
"Is papa done?" My toot.
"Why? you want to see that woman again?" Ask papa in a cynical tone.
"For papa only company and papa's self-esteem are important, my feelings, my opinions are all not important to papa, I've been patient enough to stay together this time, all this time, papa never let me choose my own school, papa also did not let me choose my own campus, even now, papa does not let me choose my own future wife, he said, then papa will keep curbing me like this? Or maybe you'll pick a child for me later?" My toot.
"BaekHyun, enough, come out first, let your papa calm down first." I came out as soon as Mama told him to. I just want to listen to Mom. Only my mother was on my side.
I got out and walked to my car. I looked in the rearview mirror of my car, the corner of my lips bleeding. I didn't know that until I saw him. Maybe it's because I'm so emotional that I don't know if my lips are torn. I thought I'd go back to TaeYeon's house to stay the night. My business with papa is done.
At the red light, I accidentally saw Yerin with TaeHyung there. I don't know what they're doing, but Yerin looks really happy with TaeHyung. Maybe this match shouldn't have been made. I think we both have partners who can make us happy. I'm sure Yerin isn't happy with this match. So too with me.
No matter how hard I refused, and no matter how hard Jerin refused, our parents would definitely not listen to him. I always wished myself to be JaeHyun's brother, my father and mother always defended him, he was free to do anything without being restrained. As for me, they were very protective of me because I was the last child. They just keep seeing me as a little kid when I'm 25 and 26. It's not kids or teenagers anymore.
I can make decisions for myself. But no one wants to accept my decision. The red light has turned green. I plugged the gas through Yerin and TaeHyung there. I accidentally saw them hugging. Is that how close they are?
TaeHyung left first and Yerin was there alone. Would I be evil if I just went and pretended not to see it? My common sense and my heart are both aligned this time. I opened the car glass.
"Yerin, come on in, I'll take you home." My speech. He nodded and got into my car. He sat next to me and put on his seatbelt.
She's staring. "Brother fight?" Ask.
"You think I'm that tough?" My toot.
"Who hit you?" Ask. His eyes looked worried. Why is he worried about me. This marriage is only temporary.
"It's nothing, just a little emotion." My answer. He's nodding.
"To my apartment sir." Her speech. I stepped on the gas and headed to his apartment. Looks like TaeYeon can wait a while. I'll just take her home and go again. It shouldn't be too long.
"Sir?" Call her. I cleared my throat without seeing it.
"Have you been scolded because of me?" Ask in a soft voice.
I can't say yes directly, but the truth is that it's true. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have been slapped by papa.
"Can I say that." My answer.
He lowered his head. "Sorry sir, I should have just returned to the apartment." Her speech.
"Why? Didn't your parents pick you up?" My toot.
"No, I was at the bus stop alone, and it just happened that papa went through there, he told me to come home, he asked, where you go, I said you don't know, it was just a doank." He explains.
"Yes, it's not worth discussing anymore, guys if you bleed a little ordinary," I said.
He looked straight ahead, "Once again sorry sir." Her speech. This time he sounded more sincere.
"I'm sorry Jer, now stop apologizing" I replied. I don't want him to keep blaming himself if he doesn't know what makes papa slap me like this.
...[ BaekHyun POV END ]...