In Search of True Beauty
"Prologue"
The most successful businessman of Korea at the young age of just 25.
Fascinated by beautiful things, he always wants the best and the most beautiful.
Kim Nancy, the most beautiful model of South Korea…
With her beauty, she caught Jungkook’s eyes.
After dating for 3 months, they were about to get married.
KIM TAEHYUNG… Nancy’s little brother.
The complete opposite of Nancy—not so beautiful, very simple, and someone who grew up hearing taunts for not being as beautiful as his sister.
Bullied for the same reason, he stayed inside the house most of the time.
But he never felt offended, because he knew the world only chases after beauty.
So, he separated himself from this cruel world and started living in his own small world, filled with taunts.
When he is forced to marry a boy like Tae?
Will he stay with Tae, or will a storm come into their lives?
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starry_aya
"𝐼𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛!"
starry_aya
𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓'𝒔 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆:
“𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕—𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏.”
"𝑰’𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉."
“Behind the Mask”
The house was beautifully decorated, and the whole place was crowded with relatives, as most of them had come from far away, outside the city.
The house was now filled with laughter, conversations, music, dancing, and much more.
But in this lively crowd, someone was tense…and someone was sad.
Kim Family
They are a well-to-do family with a good reputation in the neighborhood and among relatives.The head of the family is Mr. Kim, along with his wife, Mrs. Kim, their son, and their daughter.
Everyone knows their daughter very well, as she is one of the top models in South Korea.
But when it comes to their son, very few people know him. Those who do often don’t miss a chance to speak badly about him, saying he isn’t beautiful, and he doesn't have any extra beauty to catch someone's eyes.
Some were happy, and some were jealous to know that Nancy was going to marry a Top businessman—none other than Jeon Jungkook.
Who doesn’t know Jeon Jungkook? He is a handsome bachelor who has achieved sky-touching success at the age of 25. He is just perfect from every side.
Every father wants a boy like him for his child, and Mr. Kim was even happier to marry off his daughter to him.
Now, back to the story.
The elder relatives were sitting in the living room and gossiping. Suddenly, a boy wearing a mask came down the stairs.
He was about to walk away when one of the relatives called out to him.
Relative 1
“Hey, Taehyung…”
[The boy stopped in his tracks and sighed, preparing himself.]
Relative 1
“Son, why are you wearing a mask in your own house…?”
Relative 2
“𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔?
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒌, 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅'𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆.”
Saying this, the lady started laughing, and some others joined her. Taehyung kept his head down… these words don’t really affect him anymore.
Relative 1
“𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔? 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒚𝒆-𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍,
𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑺𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔.”
[The others made a done face.]
Relative 1
“𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒐𝒏… 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖?”
Kim Taehyung
Granny, I had some homework, so I was in my room.
Tae lied—he didn’t want to come out because he knew he would hear these things.
Kim Taehyung
Um… excuse me.
Saying this, Tae bowed and went away.
Relative 1
𝑯𝒖𝒉… 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚.
Relative 2
𝑯𝒖𝒉… 😏 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚?
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚.
Relative 1
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒎?
𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕.
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Kim Taehyung
Age: 23
Nature: Sweet, soft, highly respectful towards everyone… can’t get angry…. has a high level of patience.
Skin issues: He has some allergies that affect his skin badly, though not due to any specific food or reason.
Beauty: He may not have eye-catching outward beauty, but he has a beautiful heart and deep ocean-like eyes. His skin tone isn’t very fair… a little pale, a little dull.
Habits: He wears a mask to avoid taunts and doesn’t go out much, as everyone loves to bully him. He even completed his studies from home.
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"The Rising Star"
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Taehyung came into the kitchen to find his mom…
Kim Taehyung
Mom, did you call me??
Mrs.kim
Yeah, I did. You’ve been in your room since morning… Tae, your sister’s wedding is tomorrow. Don’t you think you have some duties?
Mrs.kim
Staying in your room won’t solve your problems, and again with the mask… Why are you so afraid to face the world, Tae?
Mrs.kim
You are beautiful. It doesn’t matter who believes it and who doesn’t. Just don’t care about others… hmm.
Mrs.kim
Argh… okay, the reason I called you here—Jungkook has sent the accessories
for Nancy.
Take them to her room and tell her she doesn’t need to come downstairs.
Mrs.kim
Her dinner will be served in her room only. The way people keep praising her… she’ll surely get a pimple on her wedding day from all their bad eyes.
𝑻𝒂𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒎.
Mrs.kim
Why don’t you believe me…
Kim Taehyung
I do, Mom, I do. Okay, I’ll go now.
Kim Taehyung
Don't mind others.
𝑻𝒂𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔.
Kim Taehyung
Don't worry, Mom, it's a habit now.
Saying this, Tae went away… and Mrs. Kim sighed.
Mrs. Kim was a woman who loved her child more than her own life, but she was also very strict. Yet Tae always managed to soften her heart with just a single stare.
She had a special kind of affection toward him—almost as if she believed her son was better than others, truly beautiful inside and out.
The real beauty that lies within people shone brightly in her son, and that made her proud.
But still, she stayed strict with him—because she knew she needed to make him strong enough to face this cruel world.
Tae’s and Nancy’s rooms were on opposite sides of the corridor. The left one was Tae’s, and the right one was Nancy’s.
Tae came there holding a big basket filled with accessories. He knocked on Nancy’s door, but it was already open—so he just entered…
He placed the basket on the table and looked around. The sight shocked him—the room was a mess.
A big suitcase lay open on the bed, with clothes scattered everywhere. Tae frowned.
That’s when Nancy walked in, still talking on the phone.
But when she saw Tae standing there, she froze, gulped, and quickly ended the call, whispering, “I’ll call you back…”
kim nancy
Tae, you should knock before coming into someone’s room.
Kim Taehyung
Unnie, I did knock. Maybe you didn’t hear… but why is your room in this condition? And why are you—
Kim Taehyung
Packing this suitcase?..
kim nancy
Ap… ab… d-don’t you know girls have many things to carry?
kim nancy
I’m going to stay in Jungkook’s house from tomorrow, so I need to pack my things right… and that’s why the room looks like this.
Kim Taehyung
Oh… ah, the reason I came here—these are the accessories your would-be husband sent.
Kim Taehyung
And Mom said your dinner will be served here, no need to come downstairs.
kim nancy
Oh, okay… now you go.
𝑻𝒂𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕.
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Kim Nancy.
The most famous model in South Korea.
She is talented, and when she met Jungkook, she was already famous.
But the excessive amount of fame she received was because of Jungkook, as she started working under him after they got into a relationship.
After that, she began receiving many offers from abroad as well.
Age: 24
Nature: attitude… anger… but good-hearted.
She always gets extra attention for her beauty, which she enjoys.
In a relationship with Jungkook for 3 months.
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starry_aya
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✨ “𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒 💖 𝐼’𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑟. 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡? 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 🥰”
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