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THE next day, Jennie met him again, in the bus stop. She was waiting for her school bus when he arrived there, in a bike, stopping right in front.

He glared at the gang who were standing opposite to her, which included her dearest cousin, who even cowered in fear before fleeing from the scene. Jennie chuckled quietly seeing her cousin literally running away, who in fact, came to see this girl standing next to Jennie.

He glanced towards her side, giving a slight nod at the person beside her, before riding off.

But soon came the confusion. Jennie wondered how the hell did her cousin knew this mystery man. In fact, everyone around her knew him, except herself.

For the first time, Jennie missed her school bus. She had no idea when the school bus came or left. Her mind was completely occupied by the mystery man!

To her surprise, when Jennie reached back home, her father had brought her a new mobile phone. She had told him that she didn't want one. But it was rather very useful for someone else!

To one of her best friend, Min Lalisa.

"Hello?" Jennie answered the ringing phone, but instantly gave to Lalisa, to whom the call was. "Hi baby~" Lalisa cooed, walking away, talking animatedly.

Min Lalisa and Im Nayeon are Jennie's best pals. Lalisa flirts with 3 - 4 guys at the same time and Nayeon can eat 3 - 4 pancakes at one go! But even though Jennie was sitting with them, her thoughts were on the mystery guy.

"What are you weeping about?" Nayeon exclaimed, savouring the last chips she was currently eating. "I'm hungry again.."

"Yes!" Jennie literally screamed, jumping up from her seat. "Taeyong, Lee Taeyong" She wiggled her body in excitement as an idea struck her.

"Isn't he your cousin?" Nayeon wondered out loud, confused with Jennie's outburst. "Unfortunately yes" Jennie sighed, but a ghost of smile played on her lips.

Lee Taeyong.

Jennie's other cousin. Joohyun's twin brother.

Mischief maker, flirt, someone you'll never let into your house, born to bring disrepute to the family.

One of a kind.

He was the one from the day before, at the bus stop.

He's an expert in the vanishing act. When in trouble, he'll disappear and reappears when everything goes back to normal.

"What is it?" Nayeon questioned, curiosity lacing her voice. She had not missed the expression Jennie had made. "It's time to pay my dear cousin a visit!"

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Skipping, Jennie made her way into Taeyong's house, only to be greeted by the man himself. He was standing with one hand on his hip, and the other on his phone, talking to someone. He was wearing a Dior safari oblique bomber jacket paired with a black jeans.

A sweet smile made it's way to Jennie's lips as Taeyong waved at her. "Why are you here?"

"The other day when a guy came to stop, you all ran away scared right? Who is that guy?" Jennie asked softly, her persuasive voice coming up.

"Oh, him!" Taeyong scowled, fishing for the bike key from his pocket. "It's Kim Taehyung"

"Kim Taehyung" Jennie mumbled, a stupid grin on her lips. "And I was not scared" Taeyong stated, mounting on his bike. "He's not a good guy. An arrogant bastard"

Jennie's lips puckered in a pout. "He's our enemy. Don't even look in his way!"

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"Taehyung and arrogant in the same sentence?" Jisoo chuckled. "Who told you this?"

Kim Jisoo is Jennie's neighbour. A talented fashion designer and Jennie's sister figure. A beautiful and kind soul.

"He's the son of late Kim Hanjae, Chairman of Kim Holdings. After graduation, he took the position of CEO. I was fed up with your Taeyong brother's flirting so I asked Taehyung to come to the bus stop that day" Jisoo explained, removing the pins from the mannequin. "But, why are you asking me all this?"

"See you later unnie!" Jennie literally ran to her house, before kissing Jisoo's cheek. Storming to her room, Jennie leaned on the door, calming herself.

Jennie could only hope that Jisoo would not question it anymore.

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"Kim Taehyung?" Jung Hoseok wondered, fixing Jennie's bike. He's her usual mechanic and she's her usual customer, a cute bond between them. "He's a great guy. He's the epitome of 'give respect, take respect'. I can go anywhere with him. He's a tiger!"

Jennie giggled, seeing Hoseok's animated talking. She knew she could count on this guy.

"I need to change the brake lining" Hoseok commented, after checking Jennie's bike. "It'll be 100, no, around 1000 won"

"That much?" Jennie questioned, her mind still at the thoughts of Kim Taehyung. LOf course, I've to change everything you know!" He defended.

"Okay" Jennie sighed, fishing out the money from her purse. A little giggle escaped Hoseok's lips as he watched her struggling to take the cash. There was only one thought zooming past his mind, watching her. "May this girl never sell her bike!"

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A groan escaped Jennie's lips as she dropped a book from her hand. Her father, Jaeho, had asked her to arrange the books in his study properly. As much as she hate to do any chores, Jennie's a daddy's girl! She can't see herself saying no to her dear father.

"Doctor, what shall we do regarding the committee meeting?" A bald, middle aged man asked her father. Both of them were discussing something across the room. "No need to worry about that. Just inform Taehyung and he'll look into it!"

This caught Jennie's attention, more like, a certain name had her turning to face her father.

Taehyung as in Kim Taehyung?

That day, Jennie realized one important thing.

Everyone there knew Kim Taehyung except her. Even her parents knew him very well!

"Everyone seems to know him..." Jennie breathed out. Lalisa as expected was talking with some boy and Nayeon was sitting beside Jennie, a packet of biscuits in her hand.

"You mean the Kim Taehyung?" Nayeon asked, after listening to Jennie's rambling. "You know him too?" Jennie exclaimed, her tone one octave higher.

"Yeah, he's the kung-fu master at the academy where my twin brothers are learning kung-fu " Nayeon answered, remembering the times her brothers used to talk about this great master. "Where is this academy?" Jennie inquired, excitement rushing through her. Apparently, this was a new TMI about her mystery guy!

"To the canteen!" Nayeon exclaimed, before dragging Jennie to the school canteen. A chuckle left her lips seeing an excited Nayeon. She shaked her head, cursing herself for forgetting about Nayeon's endless love for food.

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So the second chapter! How was it? Don't be a silent reader and comment something :)

Additional characters in this chapter :

Lalisa Manoban as Min Lalisa

Im Nayeon as herself

Lee Taeyong as himself

Kim Jisoo as herself

Jung Hoseok as himself