The Only Way

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"It needed to be a secret place." I sighed when I heard the doorbell.I wasn't really expecting anyone since Jiyong left my place a while ago.I was completely busy with my school and I was sure that he was doing the same about his company, he was disappeared for a long while and he was a control freak.I knew he would want to control everything for days.

"Hello, Mr.Lee?"

I furrowed my eyebrows but then nodded.

"Yes, it's me."

"It's for you, can you please sign here?" 

I signed the placed he showed me and then took the box from him.I closed the door with my feet and walked inside to see what was in it.It was really heavy and I could just drag it inside.

I rolled my eyes and smiled after reading the note.

 

"Thank you, Little Lee."

 

"Well, at least you can be polite if you want." I mumbled while opening the box.Honestly I was expecting some expensive clothes with watch or anything like that because I was used to receive this kind of gifts.I lived my life as a Lee until this year and people always do this to pamper each other, so it wouldn't be a surprise.Jiyong didn't even need to spend his time on preparing this, he could just tell someone to buy some and it would be done in a hour, I was familiar with it.

But I stared at the box for a while after opening it.

I definitely didn't expect this.I couldn't even guess it even if I would think for days.

"No wonder why it was so heavy." I smiled as I started to take the books out of the box.It was filled with Math books, the exact ones I wanted to buy but I couldn't step back after acting like that to my parents, plus I didn't want to step back anyway.I was living by myself for a while and it wasn't so easy, I couldn't spend a lot money on books.

He must have been notice it when he stayed with me.

"Awesome." I mumbled as I kept pulling them out because these were what I exactly needed.My classes were really difficult and I was a bit rusty, this happened so on time.

"My babies!" I hugged few of them with a chuckle because I loved them and it had been so long since I received a nice gift like this.

I pulled the box closer when my phone started to ring, still looking at others with a huge smile.

"Yes mom?" 

"I just wanted to remind you that the dinner is at 8 and--"

"Yeah I know." I checked my watch. "I will be ready in a hour."

"Okay, are you smiling?"

"See you there." I hanged up and placed them in the box again.Then I dragged the box into my room because I needed to get ready for another, very very lovely family dinner.They were probably going to talk about the wedding day and all, because Jiyong's accident messed up every plan they've made.

I wore my jeans and white hoodie after taking a shower.I didn't style my hair at all, just dried it with the towel and let it cover my forehead as I grabbed my phone and car keys.I was still smiling during the ride because I really needed that books and it made me happy, really happy.

"Hi there, little brother!"

"Hello." I smiled at Sandara as she hugged me gently. 

"We were waiting for you to--"

"Where is Jiyong?" I asked as I looked around.Our family members were sitting around the table in the garden and there were few new faces I haven't seen before.They were probably Kwon's relatives or close friends.

"Oh--he was inside and--there he is, Jiyong!" She waved at him when he walked out of the house, talking on the phone as he fixed his shirt.

"Hey----Just one question, Yongie." I put my index finger in the air with a smile as I ran to him.He seemed confused but I was really happy and didn't care if he was on the phone or not.

"Did you pick the books or did you made someone do it?" I asked and he paused for a while.

"I will call you later." He said as he hanged up.

"Telling someone to do that would be embarrassing." He said with a small smile and I chuckled before hugging him.

"Thank you so much! You can't believe how bad I needed them! It was the best gift I've ever had!"

"Hey hey---did he buy you a car or something?" Sandara said as she walked closer and I pulled back to look at her.

"He bought me books." I said with a smile.

"Books?" She looked at me. "Books?" She then looked at him with her raised eyebrows.

"Let me guess--since you are this happy, they were math books." Daesung said while holding a glass in his hand and I quickly nodded.I was completely feeling like a spoiled child and couldn't stop smiling.It had been so long since someone noticed something I need before I said.

"You are the best!" I hugged him again and heard the other two chuckling at the scene.I knew it seemed childish but I didn't really care, it was important to me.

"You know you could tell me if you needed them this much." Daesung said and I was about to pull back from the hug to tell him it wasn't about him.Because really, this had nothing to do with him.I just wanted to stay away from my family, at all cost.

But I was kind of surprised when Jiyong placed his palm on the back of my head.

"You know he is the rebel, Daesung." He said and they smiled. "At least he accepts gifts from me." He said and I realized that he didn't tell Daesung the truth, Jiyong offered to get me a new house and give me a card for a lot of times because really, it was nothing to him.He was too richer than most people could imagine but I kept refusing him since we were not real lovers at all and I didn't want to keep living with the help of others.But he didn't tell it to my brother, he knew it would make Daesung sad to know I didn't let anyone help.

"Yes honey, at least he lets his boyfriend take care of him." Sandara said as she caressed Daesung's arm and Daesung smiled with a nod.

"A typical rebel."

"Stop teasing me, I am happy tonight!" I said as they chuckled and turned my face to the other side, let them face with the back of my head since Jiyong wasn't letting me move away and I couldn't make it obvious.

"I am embarrassed, stop it." I mumbled but he just ruffled my hair.

"You can tell me if you need anything." He said before kissing my head. "They were all watching and I made it a nice show." He whispered before pulling away and I rolled my eyes with a chuckle, because people around the table were really looking at our side and as always, Jiyong was the clever one.

"Let's go eat, our uncle is here tonight." Sandara said to Jiyong and he nodded but his phone started to ring again as Daesung and Sandara walked to the table.

"Why don't you go, I need to take this and--"

I quickly shook my head no and grabbed his hand.

"They all watched us because of you and they are gonna ask millions of questions, Jiyong.Don't leave me alone now."

He sighed deeply.

"But I really need to--"

"Please, please, please!" I kept whining because the table was pretty crowded and we were always becoming the hot topic, I didn't want to deal it alone. 

"I am happy tonight! Don't ruin it, Jiyongie!"

He rolled his eyes as he put his phone back into his pocked and I grinned.

"You are being a child again." He teased me but I could see the small smile on his lips.

"It's all on you, that books made me happy like this." I said as he held my hand, walking to the table.

"I didn't know you would be this happy."

"Are you kidding me? That was so thoughtful, thank you." I said with a smile, squeezing his hand as we reached the table.

The dinner was pretty cool, even my mother couldn't make me feel bad cause I was feeling nice.I knew Jiyong sent that gift for taking care of him while he was sick but it was good to feel like there was someone for me, plus it wasn't under my control.I just felt good.

"Thank you." 

I looked at Jiyong when he thanked Youngmi and she smiled before bowing.I didn't know if he was starting to seem different to me or he was really changing, but I didn't care that at the moment.

After meeting with their relatives they were all over the soon to be married couple, Sandara and Daesung.And I needed to accept the fact this was the very first dinner I didn't give a about them.At first times even if it was slightly, I was feeling a weird pain in my chest as I saw them.But it was completely gone and I didn't care at all.

"Why don't you make it a double wedding?" His uncle suddenly said and I started to cough.

"What?"

"Oh--that's right!" Sandara seemed so excited about it as I grabbed a glass of water. "A double wedding would be so fascinating! It can get more special like that!"

"It's not even legal here, Sandara." Jiyong tried to look cool about it but I could see that he was nervous too.

"Don't be ridiculous!" She said. "We can make the wedding here and you guys can actually get married on honeymoon, it's easy peasy." Everyone chuckled at her excited voice, except us.

"It's too early for that." Jiyong said and I quickly nodded.

"You don't even have rings, you are together for a while." His father suddenly said and I gulped, he always made me nervous and usually he didn't talk much.

"He is right, I think it's not that early." His mother said and I could see my mother nodding, seeming too happy about it as expected. 

"It's not like they are getting married tomorrow." My mother said and Mrs.Kwon nodded with a smile.

"That's right, we can set up a new date for a double wedding."

"Double wedding!" Sandara chuckled happily and Daesung smiled at her cuteness.

"It's early." Jiyong said, this time more seriously and I was still nervous about this.

"It's not." His father said, making me get even more nervous. "I thought you were serious about Seungri, Jiyong." He said all of sudden, making everyone stay quiet.

"I am." He answered.

"We know honey, but it's been months and you guys are not even engaged." His mother said, in a lot softer tone. "If you ask me, you shouldn't let Seungri go." She smiled. "He took good care of you for whole this time, didn't even care about the rumors." She said, meaning Melissa and I smiled at her before tilting my head.But I was nervous as .

"You guys look happy together." Daesung said all of sudden, making me surprised. "You should think about the double wedding."

"Absolutely!" Sandara quickly said. "We were thinking about next month but we can wait for another month."

"It means you have two months." His father said.

"But dad--"

"You are together for almost a year Jiyong, you told me you were serious this time." He said in a serious tone. "This much time is enough to understand what do you want to do with the person in your life." He said, looked at me after Jiyong.

"Let's just give them some time to think." My father said and I was surprised again, he usually didn't comment on anything.I knew deep inside he knew that I didn't love Jiyong.

"Yes, we can talk about this next week." Sandara said and everyone agreed, again, except us.

 

 

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"What the are we going to do?" I asked very calmly when we walked inside his room, leaving others in the living room since this night was becoming more longer than we expected.All of sudden everyone was talking about the double wedding, especially Sandara.She was so excited and throwing new ideas about the wedding day since she wanted it to be double.

"I don't know." Jiyong sighed as he started to his shirt and I took my face into my hands.

"What do you mean you don't know, Jiyong? They are going to make us get married! We need to find a way!"

"There is no way." He looked at me after thr

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