surely the question was started off innocently, but some where along the line it was now a serious question which was rare from such a bubbly person's mouth

when he looked at her in surprise, he saw fat tears welling at the corner of her eyes, about to roll down her rosy pink cheeks

jungkook felt a lump form in his throat, he approached her while trying to stop her from crying futher

"why do you think I'll go away? we've had only each other all our lives, do you think I could just walk away like that, leaving you? how silly is that? I promise, I'm never going to leave you, okay? ever."

but instead of being quiet, chaeyoung started to cry harder this time

in between of hugging suddenly her voice rang in his ears, making him face her with a confused face

"but don't you know?"
"I'll get engaged when I'll be eighteen......headmistress lee has fixed my marriage with one of Mr. Kim's sons,I will be going away to Daeg-u in five years, as soon as I turn eighteen"

and cried more harder while saying the words

jungkook was too shocked to give a reply, this was too much for him to comprehend and accept

chaeyoung, his love, his soulmate, his only family leaving him?

he felt everything around him spinning and his grip around her loosened,he felt tears welling in his eyes

no, he reprimanded himself

he couldn't cry or appear weak before her, she was already so sad and broken-hearted

she would be devastated if she saw him crying too

jungkook wiped his tears and got up