"Mom." I scream and hug her immediately once I saw her standing in the kitchen while Marco opening the door for me and Mino. "I miss you."

"Oh dear, finally." She teared up while kissing my forehead and influence me to do the same. And here the girls are, crying while hug each other. "Go wash yourself first, you smell nice but the baby in here just make me more sensitive." She said sniffing on me make me pout and stomping my feet toward Marco who's now talking with Mino. I hug him.

"I miss you, Marco. Thanks for taking care of mom." I tell him while he taps my head lightly smile ear to ear nodding his head. He is the once in a million-year man, and I am proud to let him be my father.

"Well, that's what husband should do. And someone going to be the one in a very soon." He smiles then looking at Mino who's giving his thumb up for the statement. I snort and then watching Mino carefully, maybe he needs a bath too since mom is a sensitive 9-month-old pregnant woman.

"Let's take bath, mom could be uncomfortable smelling your scent." I tell him while extending my hand toward his direction.

"You are the one who smelly, I am fabulous this way." He said shamelessly. I roll my eyes on him and grab his hand forcefully.

"Stop kidding, I am hungry. Let's just take a bath quickly and have dinner." I simply drag him to my room make Marco chuckled.

"Mino, that one on your right is so good." Mom claimed as she pointed at the meat on the plate. I snort on mom, and she gave me the look, facing her jealous daughter with a shy smile.

"What? He is my hero. He brings my only daughter home when I thought that I already lost her." I rolled my eyes to see how smug Mino's smile just now.

"Just let's see how you will treat me after that little one come out." I said pointing at her bum, referring to her soon to be new kids, my new siblings. "And yes, you are worse than before with the drama queen thing mom. I can't even recognize you." I tease her. "Marco, how you through the day alive?"

"Stop teasing your mom, or she will be sulking all the time." Marco said while put the potato on my plate, I love potato.

"I just realize that you have too less belonging." Mom asks curiously. Well, I only bring two bags with me since I will stay only for a week. I only nodded while Mino answer it for me.

"It's only a sudden thing when she said she was ready to come home. It just a day before she said she will re arrange her schedule." He said while pointing his fork to me who's now munching my potato diligently.

"Re arrange?" it sounds more like a scream when mom looking at me surprisingly. "You will come back to Seoul?"

"Until the last day of the month. I promise." I give her my V sign smiling like a dumb.

"Your wedding is on the 2nd week of the next month after that. Don't you aware that you still not doing fitting for the gown, not picking the rings, not even visit the WO to check if everything is okay or not."

"Mother, it's okay. She is busy, and today she is in here to do fitting, maybe tomorrow with mom." Surprisingly Mino look so soft while holding mom's hand relaxing her. "Everything is okay."

--

"Jungkook." I snapped out from my thought when Jimin's hyung voice force me to back to reality. "Are you even listening, kid?" he grunted and looking at me annoyed. I could only stare at him blankly. We just have a personal meeting with him, Taehyun hyung and each of our secretaries about the project. The project progress was too fast, I am happy that we will earn a lot of money because it and sad at the same time. The end of the project will be the end of my life. I will lose her. There is nothing to tied her after this all ended.

"Sorry hyung." I tell him.

It's been a week; it's been one fucking long week. I act like an obedient dog for the promise. I never get drunk, I never lay my finger on a girl, I was smiling brightly every day waiting for the day she will come, I talk well to my stepmother and to dad, and I do whatever grandpa asked me. I am the obedient Jungkook, I can be a slave or more than that in exchange of the things that will never come. She is lying.

"What happen?" Taehyung hyung asked curiously totally done with the meeting since he also whined so much about how the project nearly kill him.

"You know what happen." I beam.

"Try to text her." I smile bitterly as I heard Jimin's hyung words. It's not like I do nothing, I wasn't only text her, I also try to call her, but she turns off her phone.

"Shall we partying instead?" processing my silence Jimin's hyung know that it's not good to talk about her now. I smirk at him, it's not usual thing he ask for the party. All know well he is the best husband being on this world, always got home on time, never get drunk, always attending party with his wife make me envy.

"In one condition." I tell him who's now looking at me curiously. "Don't take me home before I get drunk."

Kriiiiiing~

The fuck is calling late of the night, its midnight, it's only few minutes after Taehyung hyung send me home. I insist to stay in the club, but he and Taehyung drag me like a kid. Lazily I open my eyes slightly while pressing the answer button and half yawned take the phone on my ear.

"Hello." That voice, I thought. Instantly being the ice cube, which is quickly make me sober in a second, take a seat on the bed then I chuckled when I heard her voice. "Jungkook."

"I will open the door." I said to the phone thinking about her pouting lips because she can't enter the house this late. Almost standing when I heard her voice again.

"No." She said shortly worriedly. I frown and then sat back on my spot. "I can't come home." Silences lingering as the drunk me trying to consume all of her words. I didn't seems understand. She is not coming, but she promised me that she will.

"Mom give birth this afternoon, right when I prepared to go. And I can't leave the baby since she got surgery and can't take care of the baby. So.." cliche. She could make thousands of reasons now, since I am not important anymore, I am already erased from her priority list. Then for what I act like a dog just like now if I can't even have my reward after did all the boring things.

I am a fool. I hate this feeling; I hate when I still think that she is still love me the way she did. "Great." I answered because she seems waiting for me to speak.

"I am sorry."

"Don't be." I inhale my breath deeply wanting to take away the knot on my chest quickly.

"I'll coming back once mom healed."

"You don't need to."

I was battling myself to not stuttering or even trembling as I said that words. I make her went silences with the words. Right, I must move on, and it will be better if she is not around. It will be better if she is out from my sight, from my world. I should move on.

"Better to never coming back."

--

Tut...tut...tut...

He ended the call. I could only stare at my reflection in the mirrors as he hung up. Part of me feel relieved that he already chooses to stay away from me, but, why. Why did it sound more painful for me to feel. He, choose to throw me.

"Is everything okay?" startled on Mino's voice quickly I put the phone from my ear side and wipe my tears and then facing him with a smile. Shaking my head, I walk to him.

"I only checked on the project." I lied, and I hate it. I hate to lie to Mino. This is the first time I learn to lie to him. I just kind of uncomfortable to share the thought about Jungkook with him. "And everything is good."

Smirking sensing my lie Mino then hug me, kissing the top of my head repeatedly make me chuckled. Yeah, this is the best for us. Jungkook won't forget me if I keep come into his life. He will find out the way to unlove me, and I wish, we can success in unloving each other. I should put my attention to the man who hold me tight just now. The strong yet weak man that I should protect. Who's never questioning all of my weird thoughts, keep cheering all of my decisions, who's trusting me, and choose me over and over again.

"When will you come back to Korea?" he asks out of blue make my mood turning blue again. Gosh this man.

"I don't think that I will need to come back." He is loosening the hug and make me face him, studying my face.

"I don't like if you run away." He said pecking my lips. "At least, finish what you start. I am here, will always be waiting." He flashes me that manly smile again. What have I done to have this angel with me. "Because my heart is not the home for a coward, be brave, Liz."