Predestination (운명)

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"Taehee! Where are your manners?" Taehyung's mother shouted at the girl.

"Manners huh? Will you please tell Oppa to stop bringing orphans into our house? It was Miso first and now he's brought this girl." She gave a dirty look to you and walked into the house.

Oppa? Taehyung had a girlfriend? And who is Miso? So many questions ran through your mind and you felt betrayed again.

"Y/n, don't mind Taehee, she's a bit rude. I apologise on her behalf." His mother spoke again and bowed to you.

"No no, it's okay." You bowed back to her.

"Speaking of Miso, where is she?" Taehyung asked while looking around, as if he was searching for her.

"She's at school. She was very excited to see you and talk to you about your recent case." His dad chuckled but Taehyung slightly got tensed up.

"Ah I see." Taehyung giggled nervously, "I will take Y/n to her room, she must be tired." He took both of your suitcases and headed upstairs.

"Sorry, you've gotta adjust. My house is not as big as yours." He started the conversation and you disagreed to his statement.

Sure it was not as big as yours but it was very homely and self-decorated unlike yours.

"This is your room. Sorry, we don't have many rooms so you're sharing it with Miso." He made a guilty face.

"It's okay Taehyung. By the way, are you alright? You seemed a bit off downstairs." You asked, concerned. He motioned you to sit on the bed and he sat beside you.

"Miso keeps track of all of my cases through newspaper, TV and the internet."

"That's so cute of her! Why are you worried about that?" You were confused.

"That's the problem, because the recent case involved you. There were photos of you and me all over the internet. After all, I was solving your case. You, the heiress of Lee Corporation, were the trending topic in social media. She might recognise you."

"Shit, I never thought about that." Now you get why he was tensed up. No wonder he's a detective, his brain works really fast.

"Plus, I don't think our marriage will be a secret for a long time. Good thing my parents are always in the farm and aren't interested in news. And Taehee is busy with her own social life with her friends that she'll never bother to check about mine. I am worried about Miso." He bit his lip in frustration. He was thinking about a way to avoid everything.

"I wish I could put Miso and Taehee in the same room but both hate each other to the point where they'd kill each other and I'm not ready for that."

"Hopefully she won't recognise me, I am much more uglier in reality anyways." You tried to lighten up the air and fortunately, it worked.

He's been with me during my tough time, it would be fair only if I'll be with him during his hard times.

You got up and gave him a comforting hug, "It will be okay Taehyung, it will get better. Thank you for being with me."

He returned the hug but kept quiet. He placed his head on your shoulder and took shaky breaths.

Gosh he was really worried, how come he's good at hiding most of his pain?

He didn't break the hug. You took it as a sign that he was still not okay. You started caressing his back at the same time making sure you're not crossing the line of personal space.

You aren't real couple after all.

Sure you like Taehyung a lot, but you could never see him in the light of a boyfriend, life partner or a husband. He can just be your guy BFF, nothing more.

"Let's just..." He took a deep breath and you suddenly felt nervous, "Let's just stay like this for a while." You were flustered, but just hummed back in return.

"OPPA! YOU'RE HERE!" A high pitch sound came from the door of the room and you broke the hug.

It was a young girl, probably around the age of 8 or 9, her eyes shining out of happiness. Her twin ponytails swayed up and down as she hopped towards Taehyung.

Was she a sibling? You thought, but when you compared their features, they were nothing alike.

"Miso-yah, you're back from school?" Taehyung bent down to her height as he engulfed him into a tight hug.

"I missed you a lot oppa!" She let out a few tears but Taehyung was quick enough to rub them off and plant a kiss on her round cheek.

"I missed my Miso a lot too!" Miso kissed him back.

Seeing them bond, you found it really adorable and remembered the time when Taehyung told that he loves kids a lot and even joked that he'd like to have five kids after he gets married.

Kids? I don't even think our marriage will last a year. He'll divorce me soon.

"Who is this eonnie?" The little girl pointed at you and titled her head.

"She's my best friend. , introduce yourself to her."

"Hello, I'm Kim Miso, nice to meet you eonnie." She bowed.

"Hello Miso, I am L-uh—Park y/n, nice to meet you too!"

Taehyung shot a thumbs up when you managed to give Miso a fake surname.

"Taehyung, when you were referring about her, I thought she was in high school or something, but she's so tiny." You ruffled her hair.

The girl pushed your hand off your head, "I am not tiny! I am 11 years old!I even know the entire case of assassination of Lee Su-Hye." She crossed her arms in pride.

You being the only one standing bent down to her level beside Taehyung, "Alright sorry, you're not tiny."

"Oppa I approve, you can marry her!" She clapped her hands.

With that statement you both looked at each other, cheeks turning into a bright shade of red.

"What are you saying Miso?" Taehyung tried to stop his sister.

What if Taehyung's and your marriage was leaked to the public? What if Miso read it?

Both of you panicked and waited for the girl's answer.

"You both look good together!" She squealed and both of you heaved a sigh of relief.

Mission: Hiding news articles of Taehyung and you, starts now.