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 𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠?
𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬?
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.
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.
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 dont you know how he looks?
Relative 2
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?
Relative 1
Maybe he isn't that eye-catching or beautiful, but he has a beautiful heart.
Relative 1
So shut your mouths.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆.
Relative 1
Taehyung, son... don't mind them.
Relative 1
I didn't see you since morning.
Relative 1
Where were you?
Kim Taehyung
Granny, I had some homework, so I was in my room.
𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅—𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.
Kim Taehyung
Um… excuse me.
𝑺𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.
Relative 1
Huh... how polite this child is.
Relative 1
The person who will get him might be lucky.
Relative 2
That person will be the most unlucky.
Relative 1
How can a person like you know the inportance of a real gem?
𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐞𝐡𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠
𝐀𝐠𝐞: 23
𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞… 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲… 𝐇𝐞 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.
The Rising Star
𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒎…
Kim Taehyung
Mom, did you call me??
Mrs.kim
You’ve been in your room since morning… Tae, your sister’s wedding is tomorrow.
Mrs.kim
Don’t you think you have some duties?
Mrs.kim
Staying in your room won’t solve your problems, and again with the mask…
Mrs.kim
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.
Mrs.kim
Just don’t care about others… hmm.
Mrs.kim
Argh… okay, the reason I called you here—Jungkook has sent the accessories
for Nancy.
Mrs.kim
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.
Mrs.kim
The way people keep praising her… she’ll surely get a pimple on her wedding day from all their bad eyes.
𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒎.
Mrs.kim
Why don’t you believe me…
Kim Taehyung
I do, Mom, I do.
Kim Taehyung
Okay, I’ll go now.
Kim Taehyung
Don't mind others.
𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔.
Kim Taehyung
Don't worry, Mom, it's a habit now.
𝑺𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 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 𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 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.
𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚'𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈'𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚'𝒔.
𝑻𝒂𝒆𝒉𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 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. 𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒅.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏, 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆.
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎 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
Noona, I did knock.
Kim Taehyung
Maybe you didn’t hear… but why is your room in this condition?
Kim Taehyung
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.
𝑯𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕.
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.
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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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✨ 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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