A familiar stranger
Taehyung
*ready to open the door but someone beats him to it*
Taehyung
*steps out of the car and quietly*
Taehyung
**The house—or rather, the mansion—looks exactly the same.**
Taehyung
**It’s beautiful, gigantic, and cold. Nothing about it has any character. It’s perfect, but in the worst way.**
Taehyung
*walks up the stone staircase to the door is the soft*
Taehyung
*Rushing sound of the water fountain behind him*
Taehyung
*knocks once and the door opens almost instantly*
Taehyung
*steps inside and the bags in his hands are quickly taken from him*
Taehyung
**This isn’t home. It never was.**
Author
The clicking of Taehyung's shoes echoes in the vast, silent space. The interior is stunning. Not a single detail seems out of place.
Taehyung's Mom
Darling! ☺️
The voice draws Taehyung's attention upward.
Taehyung's Mom
**standing at the top of the grand staircase and smiling down at him**
Taehyung
**The house hasn’t changed, but she certainly has.**
Taehyung
**Not even the best botox can fully hide the signs of aging.**
Taehyung's Mom
*walks down the staircase gracefully*
Taehyung's Mom
*Heels clicking against the marble*
Taehyung
*Can’t help but notice how much they look alike*
Taehyung
*Inherited her thick, dark hair, her almond-shaped eyes, and her full lips*
Taehyung's Mom
Darling, we have a gala to attend tonight.
Says, as if no time has passed between them.
Taehyung's Mom
The Suit you’ll wear is already hung up in your room.
Taehyung
**My room?** *thinks*
Taehyung
**I don’t have a room here. This was never my home.**
Taehyung
**She doesn’t even ask about me.**
Taehyung
**Ten years of silence, and she can’t bother to catch up. She doesn’t know about my life—how I graduated from college, how I put my career on hold to take care of MY father. Nothing.**
Taehyung
**To her, I am just another business deal, a pawn in her game.**
Taehyung
Where is that exactly? *trying to keep voice neutral*
Taehyung's Mom
*Looks surprised*
Taehyung's Mom
*Expression a mix of confusion and faint irritation*
Taehyung's Mom
Oh, you don’t remember? *says lightly*
Taehyung
*Fights the urge to roll eyes*
Taehyung
**If I remembered, why would I ask?**
Taehyung
**I remembers Milly, my mother’s loyal housekeeper. She had been with my mother since she married Seungwoo.**
Author
Taehyung had always been fond of Milly. When he was younger, she was kind to him during his brief visits. Over the years, she was the one who sent him pictures of his younger half-brother, Joonho.
Taehyung
**At least one familiar face in this place might make things bearable.**
Author
Hope you guys are enjoying this so far.😊
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