The Living Room

“YOU CHEATED!”

“I DID NOT!”

“Yes you did, Jungkook!” Sia threw the controller on the couch dramatically.

 Jungkook stood up immediately. “Skill issue.” “Excuse me?!”

Savi sat on the side, watching them with a soft smile. “Both of you are still children,”

 she said, shaking her head. Sia pointed at the screen. “He literally pressed pause mid-game!” “That’s strategy!” Jungkook defended. “That’s illegal!”

“There are no rules!”

“Exactly—because you break them all!”

Within seconds—They were arguing again. Half shouting. Half laughing. Completely unaware of the storm brewing just rooms away.

Jungkook smirked. “Accept it. I’m better.”

Sia crossed her arms. “In your dreams.”

“Say that after losing again.”

“Oh, you’re on.”

They sat down again, restarting the game like it was a life-or-death mission.

Savi watched them quietly. Her smile softened.

For a moment… it felt like the past had returned.

Simple. Happy. Safe.

But then—

Her eyes shifted toward the hallway.

Toward the closed door.

Where she knew—

A very different conversation was happening.

Inside one room—

Secrets. Power. Danger.

Inside another—

Laughter. Innocence. Comfort.

And right between them—

Was a girl who belonged to both worlds…

Without even knowing it.

The door to the private room opened quietly.

Taeyhung stepped out.

The conversation still lingered in his mind… heavy, unfinished.

But the moment he entered the living room—

He heard it. Laughter, Bright, Carefree, Familiar.

His gaze shifted and there she was.

Sia sat cross-legged on the floor, controller in her hands, completely focused.

“JUNGKOOK DON’T YOU DARE—”

“TOO LATE!” Jungkook laughed.

“NOOO YOU CHEATED AGAIN!”

“I call it talent!”

“You call everything talent!”

She hit his arm lightly.

Jungkook gasped dramatically. “Violence?! In this house?!”

“Yes. Specifically for you.”

Savi laughed softly from the couch, enjoying every second of it.

Taeyhung didn’t move, Didn’t interrupt, He just… stood there, Watching.

The way she laughed without holding back.

The way her eyes sparkled when she argued.

The way she looked so… free.

Something in his chest tightened.

Because this world—

This light, chaotic, happy world—

Was not the one he lived in anymore.

But she was still in it.

“HA! I WON!” Jungkook shouted.

Sia froze. “Wait… what?” She looked at the screen.

Then at him. Then—

“You did NOT just win.”

“I DID.”

“You’re lying.”

“I’m not.”

“You are!”

“I’m not!”

Sia grabbed a cushion and hit him again.

Jungkook laughed, dodging. “Sore loser!”

“I AM NOT A LOSER!”

And then—

She laughed Fully Openly.

And that’s when—

Taeyhung’s expression changed. His jaw tightened slightly. Eyes darkening just a little..Not because she was happy. But because She was happy with someone else. Even if that someone was Jungkook. Even if it was harmless. It still didn’t sit right.

Without realizing it He moved Slow steps.

Quiet But enough to be noticed.

Jungkook was the first to see him.

“Hyung—”

Sia turned.

And their eyes met again. This time she didn’t look away immediately.

“Done with your serious meeting?” she asked casually.

Taeyhung stopped a few steps away.

“Yes.”

His voice was calm But his gaze… intense.

Sia raised a brow. “You always this quiet now?”

A pause.

“Only when it matters,” he replied.

Jungkook looked between them.

Then slowly stood up.

“Okay… I suddenly feel like a third wheel.”

Sia threw a cushion at him. “Sit down!”

“Nope. I value my life.” 😌

And just like that—

He walked away.

From a distance, Savi watched them.

A small smile on her face.

But down the hallway—

Viranshu stood in the shadows.

Watching too.

His expression unreadable.

Because unlike everyone else—

He knew exactly what was coming.

And it wasn’t just love.

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