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"What are you looking at?"
"Yes? No... no."
Jungkook hasn't sent a single message since. I was the one who broke up our relationship, but it wasn't him who wanted a reunion, it was me. The words he once said kept lingering in my head. He said he'd never liked anyone else since I left him. He'd truly die without me. I kept blaming myself for thinking too much about myself.
I held onto my phone, hoping he'd call me. Yoongi, even though he was right next to me, didn't even notice me. He pouts, seems displeased, and goes into his room, shutting the door firmly behind him. Only then did I notice Yoongi. Was I being too harsh? I put my phone down and quietly slipped into the room.
"Why. What."
"Are you upset?"
"I'm not upset."
"No, I'm upset."
As I wrapped my arms around Yoongi's waist and nuzzled his face against his back, even though he kept turning away from me, I felt his body stiffen. "Are you still embarrassed after kissing me?" Yoongi seemed uneasy about my unusually bold behavior today.
"You're acting weird today."
"So you don't like it?"
"······ no."
Only then did Yoongi turn around and pinch my cheeks. He then stretched them out and smiled, saying they were cute. My cheeks aren't soft to begin with, so I frowned and tried to let go, but Yoongi just straightened his fingers and cupped my cheeks, making my lips form a carp-shaped mouth.
"cute."
"Ugh, bruh!"
"Like a baby."
"Hehehe!"
"From now on, you're leaving me and going with another guy.
Are you going to contact me or not?
I won't, I won't! Only then did Yoongi let me go. "Then last," he said, locking lips before quickly pulling away. I was so surprised that my face turned bright red, and Yoongi teased me for blushing. But now wasn't the time to tease me...? Anyone could tell that Yoongi's face was even redder.
He was always so nice before, so why was he so shy? In the end, the two of them kissed and made out for a long time. As expected, my heart was completely focused on Yoongi. It was a moment where I felt sorry for my brother again.
"··· Oppa."
"······."
The next day, for some reason, Yoongi wouldn't let go of me from the morning and spent hours cuddling me in bed. Something felt off. It wasn't until the afternoon that I finally figured out why he was so eager to be so intimate today. Jungkook oppa was back. He was back as top manager, Yoongi's manager. He was back, as if nothing had happened.
Yoongi paled even more at the sight of Jungkook than I did. It was as if he knew everything. My prediction was correct. Later, I heard that Seokjin had vaguely told Yoongi about the events of his absence. I tried to hide it, though. But my brother's gaze was too harsh for me to dwell on Seokjin.
"I don't want to hurt the heroine again
If not, please stop here."
"Yeoju... You're calling me that with your own mouth.
Now that I look at it, it finally feels real."
"······."
"My answer is 'no'. It's selfish.
Whether you think about it or not, it's up to you."
Yoongi pulled me by the shoulder, forcing me into his embrace. Up until then, my brother's expression was fine, but when I didn't try to avoid him, his eyelids fluttered slightly. I still couldn't see his face.
"You can play with me. It's enough.
I'm confident it can be used as a toy."
"······."
"Even if you meet another man, don't get involved
Don't worry. As long as you're happy, that's all that matters."
"······."
"It's not Min Yoongi."
My brother clenched his fist. Only then did I raise my head and look him in the eye. He looked so, so hurt. A lot. My brother, still speechless even after so much time had passed, let out a deep sigh. "Then, just the two of you, let's talk for a moment." My brother grabbed my wrist and dragged me away, but Yoongi stopped him from taking me.
"··· Mr. Yoongi, let go."
"······."
"Don't worry, just stay here for a while
"Please wait. I'll be back soon."
Yoongi slowly let go of my hand at my words. I gave him a small smile and followed my brother.
My brother took me to the garden. Since I arrived, the thorns have disappeared and flowers have bloomed again. The poisonous weeds still remain, but they're nothing compared to when I first arrived. My brother, unlike when he was with Yoongi, was calm and collected. Something was unsettling. The thought of him trying to say something, that something, was so unsettling.
"I'm leaving for Korea today."
"··· yes?"
"I came to say that. This is the last time.
"I feel like I'll regret it so much if I don't see you."
"No, oppa... just a moment..."
"I'm sending it to Min Yoongi with great determination.
So, live beautifully as if you were looking at a mirror."
"I'm sorry to have to say this, but please tell me the situation is really dire right now. Min Yoongi's ex-bride, Min Yeon-ah. I found out that the Empress Dowager's side took care of it. It seems she didn't like Min Yoongi, who had been close to the Crown Prince from the beginning. She was cowardly planning to kill Min Yeon-ah while Min Yoongi was away from the Tower. And...
My brother trailed off on his last words, then hesitated and looked me in the eye with difficulty. I didn't rush him, but waited silently. Finally, he opened his mouth and spoke, his eyes looking as if they were about to burst into tears.
"Just one last time for me
"Can you please hug me?"
"······."
"You too, the choice I made easily
You know very well that's not true... "
As I carefully hugged my brother, he embraced me and burst into tears. First love, it seems, is something truly cruel and heartbreaking. If my first love had been Jungkook, would things have been different?
"··· what···?"
"It's exactly as I heard. A person named Yeon-ah
"The person who tried to kill me was the Empress Dowager."
I relayed to Yoongi exactly what Jungkook had told me. After hearing what I said, Yoongi's expression darkened considerably. I couldn't help but understand. Just as Jungkook's first love was me, so I knew everything, Yoongi's first love was a woman named Yeon-ah. Because Yoongi was my first love, I tried to understand all the feelings he was feeling right now. I knew I could never forgive those who ignored and wasted the time we had together when I was given a terminal diagnosis.
"···Lady. Give me just a little
"Can you give me some time?"
"······."
"It may sound harsh to you,
"I loved Yeon-ah as much as I loved you."
"······."
"··· Maybe I'll be with that kid my whole life
I might not be able to forget. But I,"
"Have a nice day. Go and see him.
"So that you can sleep comfortably."
Yun-gi hugged me tightly without saying a word. "Thank you. Thank you so much, Yeoju." I patted Yun-gi's back.
That night, while Yeo-ju was asleep, Yoon-gi mobilized all his manpower to completely ruin all the empresses. It wasn't just that many vampires knew Yoon-gi because he'd had so many brides, but because he was a close friend of the crown prince, he held a fairly high position. When Yeo-ju matched all the circumstances to the empress dowager, he chuckled to himself at the fact that, as expected, the only person who would do such a thing was the empress dowager. I'd been wondering why his relationship with the crown prince had suddenly stopped after Yeon-ah's death, but it turned out to be her.
Before storming the castle, Yoon-ki stopped by the charnel house where Yeon-ah was. He saw her again after a long time. She looked exactly the same as four years ago. Yoon-ki placed a bouquet of beautiful flowers next to Yeon-ah's urn and looked at her beautifully taken photo.
"Yeon-ah, you said that to me before.
If you disappear from my side, I will be more
"Meet a woman who loves you more."
"······."
"··· I think I've met that kind of person. Now
I think I can be happy again."
"······."
"Do you understand my heart?"
So, Yoon-gi emerged from the charnel house. He planned to forget about Yeon-ah for the time being. Within the castle, spies planted by Yoon-gi were waiting. At Yoon-gi's request, Chris mobilized all of his Korean personnel in the United States and was able to contact the Crown Prince.
"So you tell me,
"To dethrone my mother?"
"What could have been killed was dethroned
"I'm glad you decided."
"Why are you thinking so complicatedly? All the charges
Strictly speaking, dethronement is the default and the death penalty is the cornerstone."
"Do you want to embarrass me in front of everyone? What, since you said I purified you, you originally wanted to kill me with your own hands." Yoon-gi said with a hollow laugh at the Crown Prince's words. "The Crown Prince is still a psychopath." The Crown Prince laughed and retorted at Yoon-gi's words. "And you killed three brides?"
"So it's because of the Empress Dowager
"Aren't you trying to get something done?"
"You crazy bastard. Okay, do as you wish."
After all, I'm adopted, and I've endured every bit of abuse from that woman. Given my temper, I'm sure she'd have something to do with it. Meanwhile, the Empress Dowager was arrested and charged with a crime thanks to Chris's influence. The Crown Prince hurled a "peace" at the Empress Dowager and leisurely escaped the castle. That idiot wasn't much help.
"What did you not like about me so much?
"Are you touching my bride?"
"··· At that time, Minyeon and that girl
We should have killed them together."
"Yeon-ah, don't put that dirty word in your mouth.
If you wanted to kill me, you should have killed me for touching that kid.
"It was a mistake by the Empress Dowager."
Bang—the sound of gunfire echoed throughout the castle. And then, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—the gunfire continued without pause. With the old woman alone, the entire place was a sea of blood, and the other vampires barely managed to stop the situation, stopping Yoongi.
In the end, I got what I wanted, but it wasn't all that satisfying.
Whatever the beginning or the end, the garden was now free of all poisonous weeds, leaving only beautiful flowers. The plants in the garden were Yun-gi. The garden, which improved day by day, signified Yun-gi's happiness.
"My lady, let's just be happy now."
"······."
"My real last
"Will you be my bride?"
Is this ending truly the end, or is it just another beginning? I was once again asked to become a priest. And the ending I chose was...
"great."
As always, the answer will be 'yes'.
Wow, finally Snake Bride is finished ㅠㅠㅠ I kept putting it off and was wondering when it would end, but it finally ended! Then we'll see you in season 2 later 0_< ❤️🔥