A Mutually-Assured Attachment ✔️

Part 50

~ 50 ~

The ceremony begins.

Finally, the priest came out and asked everyone to stand.

It was your turn!

All eyes would soon be on you. Oh no.

The flower girl lined the path with red rose petals as the music started. You only took two steps out before you were greeted by your father. He walked you down the aisle, and you started to shiver. You would have fainted without your father, but his reassuring smile gave you an instant boost of strength.

Everyone was staring at you, taking videos of you, waving at you, and smiling while no one spoke, that much was evident.

Up ahead you saw him,

Taehyung.

Your future husband, the one you'll be promising to in front of everyone not being sure if you'll ever keep up to them in the future.

He stood taller, his shoulders back and his eyes on you, a wide body smile spread on his face. But you could have sworn tears filled his eyes that he tried blinking away.

Reaching the end of the aisle, your father hugged you while weeping and then escorted you to your groom. Your father smiled as he put your hand in Taehyung's.

The guests immediately applauded.

Then, as a couple, Taehyung and you stood in front of the priest.

You exhale anxiously.

This is it.

Before your father walked away, he patted Taehyung on the shoulder. That was his way of formally embracing him into the family.

The priest clears his throat in response of speaking.

Everyone takes a seat again.

"Dearly beloved," he says, "we are gathered here this evening to witness this man and woman join together in holy matrimony."

He said the speech and afterward you both exchanged vows, tears filling both your eyes.

"I, Kim Taehyung, take you, Song Y/N, to be my lawfully wedded wife, my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward. In the presence of our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live."

Jungkook lips syncs to Taehyung's vow, imagining himself performing the marriage ceremony instead of Taehyung. The ring he's kept for you, remains in his pocket as he clutches onto it tightly.

After you exchange your vows, the priest turns to face Taehyung.

"Kim Taehyung, do you take this woman to be your wife, to live together in holy matrimony, to love her, to honor her, to comfort her, and to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"

Taehyung sighs, giving you a hand with a light squeeze. "I do," he said and his eyebrows rose along with his smile.

Your heart raced.

No, no, no.

This is wrong. This is wrong!

You're betraying everyone, not just Taehyung, but his family as well.

How dumb were you to realize all this right now? At this very moment- at your wedding?!

The priest turns to you. Your eyes wide slightly.