First encounter with ML
The door opened with a soft click.
A man stepped inside — tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in a black suit that clung to him like a second skin. His features were sculpted to perfection, and his aura screamed money, power, and... distance.
Jungkook’s breath caught.
Exactly like the novel described. No—better. In person, he was devastating.
But the moment their eyes met, Jungkook flinched.
Because Taehyung’s gaze was colder than winter. He looked at Jungkook like he was something unpleasant stuck to the bottom of his shoe.
Kim Taehyung (ML/MC fiance)
“So you’re awake"
*Taehyung said, voice smooth, almost lazy, as if he couldn't care less. His eyes swept over Jungkook with no interest at all, just a hollow, tired kind of disdain.*
Jungkook blinked, unsure how to respond.
Before he could open his mouth, Taehyung continued, tone dipped in icy sarcasm.
Kim Taehyung (ML/MC fiance)
*He asked*
“What’s the plan this time?Throw yourself off the building next? Or maybe stage a little overdose for extra drama?”
Jeon Jungkook (MC/ML fiance)
*Words hit Jungkook like a slap. He stared, stunned.*
“What...?”
Kim Taehyung (ML/MC fiance)
*letting out a quiet, humorless laugh, stuffing his hands casually into his pockets.*
“Save the act, Jungkook. I’m not interested. If you’re trying to guilt-trip me, don’t bother. It’s pathetic.”
The air between them turned suffocating.
Jungkook’s hands clenched the bedsheets unconsciously. His mind spun.
Was the original Jungkook... driven this far?
Jeon Jungkook (MC/ML fiance)
“Listen, I think there’s been some—”
*he started, voice rough.*
Kim Taehyung (ML/MC fiance)
*cut him off without mercy.*
“Don’t waste my time.”
He took a few steps closer, looming over the bed.
Jungkook instinctively shrank back, confused, hurting, furious all at once.
Kim Taehyung (ML/MC fiance)
“You wanted to be tied to me so badly, right?”
*His voice dropping lower, harsher.*
“Congratulations. You got what you wanted. A fiancé you’ll never touch. A life you’ll never live.”
Jungkook swallowed hard.
Taehyung’s lip curled slightly in disgust, like he couldn't believe he was even speaking to him.
Kim Taehyung (ML/MC fiance)
“One more stunt"
*His voice cold as ice*
“and next time, don’t expect anyone to find you in time.”
Without another word, Taehyung turned on his heel and left. The door shut with a heavy click, leaving behind a silence so thick Jungkook could hear his own heartbeat.
For a few minutes, he sat there frozen, staring at the door like it might swing open again.
It didn’t.
Kim Taehyung was gone — cold, disinterested, and disgusted — just like the novel said he would be.
Jungkook leaned back against the pillows, letting out a hollow laugh.
Jeon Jungkook (MC/ML fiance)
"So that's how it is, huh?"
*he whispered to the empty room.*
Memories from his old life flickered like dying embers — the smell of the movie set, the feel of the script pages between his fingers, the voice of his assistant whining at him to take a break.
“Hyung, you have to read this book! It’s full of drama, betrayal — you'll love it! You should read it to have better understanding of script"
He could still hear her voice teasing him.
He had read the damn novel back then, breezing through it between filming scenes.
A trashy love story, predictable but addicting — where the strong, cold Main Lead finds unexpected warmth and love with the Female Lead.
Except...
Except for the side character.
The abandoned fiancé.
The boy who tried too hard, loved too deeply, and was thrown away like trash.
Jeon Jungkook.
Jungkook clenched his fists tightly, the IV line pulling uncomfortably against his skin.
The book hadn’t spared much sympathy for him.
From the Female Lead’s perspective, Jungkook had always been painted as pitiful, annoying, desperate.
Wearing too much makeup. Dressing ridiculously. Trying to cling onto Taehyung, who never even looked at him properly.
Until finally, after the engagement broke, he withered away in the background — dying quietly, almost like an afterthought.
Jungkook swallowed the sour taste rising in his throat.
Jeon Jungkook (MC/ML fiance)
💭And now... I’m him.
Taehyung and the Female Lead.
A chance encounter at a party.
A drugged drink.
A drunken mistake turning into a contract marriage.
Taehyung, who had been cold to everyone, slowly melting under the Female Lead’s sincerity.
Their growing love.
Their happiness.
While Jungkook — the original Jungkook — was cast aside like garbage, deemed too clingy, too fake, too much.
Jungkook exhaled slowly, a humorless smile tugging at his lips.
Jeon Jungkook (MC/ML fiance)
"Funny"
*he muttered.*
"Back then, I just thought he was pathetic."
He pressed his hand against his chest, feeling the faint, steady beat under his palm.
It hurt to admit it — how easily he had judged when he didn’t understand.
Now, he understood perfectly.
Desperation was ugly.
Loneliness was uglier.
And unrequited love... was the ugliest thing of all.
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