Life resumed as normal, although being surrounded by a Mafia family , life would never be normal. The members of Sakura Ichor & Bangtan were barely home as they had plenty of work to keep them busy all day. Taejoon made sure that everyone kept up with their studies and training. Sohee had still distanced herself from everyone, avoiding her family like the plague. Yuan would try on attempts to talk to her, but he couldn't find it in himself to do so. He understood the bliss of being alone, the comfort that surrounded him. "What are you doing?" He turned his head and was met with a mirror image of himself, causing Yoogun to roll his eyes. "Just ignore her if she's bothering you that much." Yuan shoved his brother's hand off his shoulder, a scowl on his lips. He didn't want to ignore her, that was the point of all this. Yoogun rolled his eyes again, a natural habit. "Whatever, do what you want. I didn't care anyways." Yuan knew that was a lie, so clearly obvious. Gun was just worried for trivial matters that didn't concern him. "Just go hang out with Taejoon, or something. Leave me alone, Gun." Yuan watched his brother bite back a sarcastic remark, a rather snide one. "Fine! I guess our cousin is suddenly more important that me, huh?" Soojung wiped her calloused hands against and old apron, provided to her by the mansion's chef as to not get her clothes dirty, as she walked along the narrowed hallways. Her steps were quiet, as to not attract attention, thankfully as she ended up stepping in on one of the twin pairs she'd seen around. Yuma and Yoonjin? It never really mattered to her. She ducked at the corner before they had a chance to catch a glimpse of her silhouette. With her back pressed against the wall, she could clearly hear them arguing until a hand suddenly yanked her backwards. "What do you think you're doing sneaking around?" And Soojung could recognise that voice from anywhere. The same voice that made her heart leap. Taewon was staring directly into her eyes, making her face flush bright red and weak at the knees. "I-its nothing, sir. Just getting back to my work right away." "Hmm, I better not catch you snooping around again. Understand?" She nods shyly as he walked away. "Ugh, seriously! I can't believe _he_ always catches me out." Soojung continued her work which she was assigned for the day to help her mother out. "No no no! That melody doesn't flow with these lyrics at all!" Min Hun adjusted the strings on his guitar and checking the lyrics if it had flowed properly. "Ahhh, perfect now." he started practicing the demo of the song. Yeji, who was about to walk past, had stopped in her tracks to listen to the lovely melody whilst hiding by a wall close by. "Oh, what a beautiful voice he has..." she blushed as she listened to him sing. Jooheon was walking by feebly, he was lost in thought until he saw his sibling hiding behind a wall while she listened to Min Hun. As usual he wanted to embarrass her like the spoilt brat he is. "Hello, Yeji. When did you get here!" he said loudly which made Min Hun stop in his tracks. 'Damn you Jooheon!' She tried looking for a suitable hiding place but ended up hitting her head against the wall as she panicked. "I didn't know you were back there listening to me." Min Hun turned his attention to her. "No, I-i should be the one apologising. I interrupted you." she said and turned to leave. "Aww, what a sport aren't ya!" Jooheon hit his sisters back hard, causing her to fall over on Min Hun by accident. He walked away, laughing maniacally at the circumstances. "Are you alright? You're not hurt are you?" Min Hun asked. She shook her head slowly and tried getting up quickly. She scurried away as soon as she was on her feet again, while Min Hun just sat upright on the floor and watched her scramble away from him.
"Hmm, I wonder why she reacted like that." he scratched his hair and looked confused. _Sighs_ Min Hun looked downwards towards the floor to pick his guitar up when suddenly his subconscious succumbed to an image of Yeji. "Agh, now's not the time to get horny...Go down will you!!!" he shouted at himself. Lots of mishaps were happening within the estate without the careful care of their parents. "Hmm, where are the kids?" Yu Yang asked. "Mr Taejoon is asleep in his room, Mr Taemin has locked himself in his room, Mr Taewon is busy in his gaming room, Mr Taesung went out with Mr Jinwoo, Ms Sora and Ms Sohee are in the garden, Mr Yuan and Mr Yoogun are training in the combat room, Mr James is in the study room with Mr Eunjae; Mr Min Joon and Mr Hyun, Ms Byeol is in the bike garage, Ms Minji went out with Ms Yeji and Ms So Jina, and Mr Min Hun is down at the race course." Soojung said. "Wow, you know where everyone is." Namjoon said. "Well, I'm glad they're out of trouble and doing productive things with themselves." Jin said. "Ma'am, if you don't mind...I-id like to work for you as a helper and maid since my mother is not well lately. I would like to take over her work load, if you don't have a problem hiring me of course." Soojung asked. "Its no problem at all, sweety. I see your determination and that you're a hard worker that will not disappoint me, of course." Seohyun said, smiling at the girl and giving her the salary for the month which was quite a large amount of money that any normal helper or maid would ever dream of having. "How could Mrs Kim pay that measly girl which just started up her work and not pay us a single thing. Our salaries are due for around 8 months now!" a chef complained at the servants quarters. "Calm down, we can not leave even if we wanted. Madame Kim Seohyun will have our heads if we give her our resignations as we know too much about what they all do. Its hopeless to dream such dreams." the Butler butted in. "Damn, this is frustrating!" another maid complained. "Shut up, you barren woman. Its not like you have a child like Chohee, Soojung's mother, does." the chef gossipped. Soojung, who was about to walk into the servants quarters stayed outside and listened to what they were talking about, had run away with tears in her eyes. She ended up in the garden and just broke down, not having a single person to share her sorrows and wipe her tears after finding out that Chohee had died in the hospital earlier that day. Sohee on the other hand was sharpening her blade when suddenly she slit her hand by accident. Not shedding a single tear, she watched the thick red fluids drip from her hand at a slow pace. The pain was slightly enjoyable. "Sohee! Why are you so careless, here let me bandage this up for you." Sora ran to get the first aid box and fixed her twins wound quickly.
~later that day...
Dinner time...the one time during the day where the whole family sits down together and talks about their day and what they got up to. Sora and Sohee were seated first. Yuan sat next to Sohee and put his face in his hands. "Are you alright?" "Yeah, don't worry about it. I overworked myself and my muscles are strained." he replied softly. "Well at least you're not dying." Sohee said. He looked at her, raising his brow in confusion and noticing that her cheeks were stained with tears which she shed earlier and her eyes were slightly red and discolored. The rest of the family members took up their seats eventually and waited for the meal to be served. "So, how was your day mum?" Byeol asked. "Tiring, those foolish bastards never listen to us. I had to beat a few guys up today." Yu Yang said. Everyone took turns on sharing their day until they noticed that two of them were oddly quiet. "What's wrong my little princesses?" Taehyung asked with a concerned look. "Sohee cut herself with a blade by accident and I'm not talking to her because of how careless she's become." Sora said. "I don't understand why she's so concerned about me. Not like I'm special or anything!" Sohee said. "Do you even hear what you're saying? I'm your twin, Sohee. We're both bonded for life." "Oh yeah? It doesn't really seem that way now does it. Thanks for the meal but I'm not very hungry." Sohee got up from her seat and was about to leave. "Sohee, Christmas is coming up soon in a month from now. Would you like to celebrate with us?" So Jina asked. Sohee looked at her younger cousins innocent face, clearly she wanted the whole family to spend the holiday together. "Sure, don't worry about it." she left the dining table. "Everyone should spend Christmas together this year no matter what, that means no work or anything like that in December." So Jina continued. "Alright my child, we'll listen to whatever you say." Jin smiles at his little daughter as they continued their meal. "Oh, in that case we should inform Namjoon that we can't work in December and rather postpone the work load for January." Seohyun said. "I'm sending him the message now." Eunji replied. "Two steps ahead as usual." Yu Yang said with a grimace.
~One week later, 01 December 09:24 AM
"Wake up!" So Jina tried waking the whole family up by bashing two pot lids together and walking through the hallways. "Why did you give her the pot lids? Mrs Kim is going to beat me up for sure!" the Chef complained. "She insisted that I should give them to her, it would've been worse if I refused." Soojung said and went to continue her work. So Jina made it to the top floor and started bashing the pot lids again. Just then she was pulled into a room and held against a wall. "Shhh! I want to sleep!" His face was equally recognisable yet only few could spot the difference between him and his twin. Taesung stared deeply into her eyes with rather tired expressions lingering on his face while So Jina was now quite flustered and dropped the lids on the floor by accident. "I-im sorry..." he let lose of his grip and moved away from her, flopping on his bed and covering himself with a soft blanket. "Close the door on your way out, will you!" he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep again. So Jina ran out of the room, carrying her pot lids and closing the door behind her. "Goodmorning. What are you doing up here so early, and by Taesungs bedroom too?" Taemin asked. "Uh, nothing. I was trying to wake everyone up but I'll be going now, see you later." She darted for the elevator. "You should know that its highly impossible to wake any of us up on this floor except my father of course. The rest of us enjoy sleeping just like my mother does." he said and without delay So Jina was headed downstairs to the lounge where she just put her face in her hands out of frustration. "Idiot, Idiot, Idiot. That was so embarrassing! Why did Taesung had to come so close to me and he wasn't even wearing a shirt!" she mumbled to herself. "Is everything alright, dear?" Jimin asked. "Uh, yeah. Everything's just...great." she was embarrassed to tell anyone what happened. "Oh come on, you can tell me anything. What's bothering you so much?" Jimin insisted, he didn't like seeing the kids upset and he could tell when they were lying at this point. "No its just- uh... I tried waking everyone up today but Taesung got annoyed and told me to let them sleep instead so I felt bad for waking him up." So Jina said. "Is that all that happened?" "Yes..." Jimin looked at her but she remained calm and didn't show him that she was panicking. "Alright. Don't worry about it too much, all of Seohyun and Taehyungs kids love sleeping as much as Seohyun does. Its near impossible to wake her up, I wonder how Taehyung manages to get her out of bed." Jimin said. "That's a mystery I never want to solve." So Jina said and the two of them laughed. "Come on, I was going to make some hot chocolate would you like some?" "Yes please!" She followed him to the kitchen. "Hey you! Mrs Kim, wake up already." Taehyung whispered.
~No response
"Come on, honey. I want to play with you and tease you for a bit." he played with her hair but Seohyun still wouldn't respond to him. "Hmm, what can I do to wake you up?" he started tickling her but only receiving a kick to his leg in return. He noticed that she was wearing one of his hoodies which reminded him of their wild nights spent together. Just then the perfect idea came to him, he smirked sneakily. He moved downwards and find his way through the hoodie, which was always baggy for her , noticing that she had forgotten to adorn her torso with a shirt and undergarments. He held his face against her warm chest before doing what he had ventured there for. Biting at her stomach and holding her waist tightly with his hands was sure to wake her up, eventually. He moved his lips upwards till he reached her chest area and began to enjoy himself. "Hmm, what's happening?" Seohyun rubbed her eyes and looked around. Taehyung didn't stop for a single moment, he simply continued with his momentum. "Uh, Tae. What are you doing?" she asked. "Can't I just enjoy myself without you asking me what I am up to?" he said. "No, its not like that. Its just that you're acting like we just got married yesterday." she giggled. "Well, I can do whatever I want and you can't stop me." he said. "Ok ok, what time were you awake before you started all of this?" she asked. "An hour ago. Its already 10:24 AM." he replied. "Oh no! So Jina wanted all of us to wake up early so that we can play daily games together until Christmas. We should freshen up and head downstairs quickly!" Seohyun said. "But...I want to tease you some more." Taehyung complained as she got up and moved out of the bed. "We can do that later, or do you want me to do something worse to you? I don't want to break little So Jina's heart, she is trying to bring the family back together again." Seohyun said and stood up. Suddenly she felt that it was way colder than she had expected, she looked downwards towards her legs and noticed something was missing. "Where's my pants?" "I couldn't help it..." Taehyung laughed and gave her pants back to her.
"So, what are you planning on doing today?" Jimin asked. "I was thinking of doing daily games so that I can bring the family back together. I noticed that a few of my cousins fight a lot so I don't want that to happen anymore." So Jina said and sipped her hot cocoa. "That sounds like a fun idea." "Wake up already. Don't make me drag your ass out of bed!" Seohyun shouted and pulled Taejoon off of his bed. "I'm awake, I'm awake. Why did you wake me up so early?" Taejoon asked. "Early? You think its still early! Its 11:35 AM, Joonie!" Seohyun opened the curtains and blinded Taejoon with the sunlight. "Alright, I'll freshen up now." "And be quick, we don't have all day to wait for you." Seohyun marched onwards to Taewon and the Tae twins bedrooms direction while Taehyung went to wake the girls up. "Come on, Sora. It's time to wake up my little princess." "But, papa...I don't want to wake up. I want to sleep here." Sora complained. "Are you going to spend the whole of December sleeping?" he asked. She nods and covers herself in the warmth of the silken blanket which Taehyung bought for her and Sohee. "Alright then. You're going to miss out on Christmas and the feast that mum's going to make, all the chocolate desserts and your gifts from Santa...but don't worry, I'll eat your share of the desserts and food for you if you're really going to sleep the whole festive month away." he smiled. He knew exactly how to wake his kids up. "No, no! Papa...I was just kidding." Sora said and sat upright, rubbing her eyes. "Come here, out of bed now!" he said and put her on his shoulder, hearing her yawn and rest her head against his head. Sohee was already awake and got ready before her team of siblings did. "Get your ass out of bed right now Taewon! I don't want to hear another word from you!" Seohyun shouted. "Alright alright, geez...I'm getting up now." Taewon stumbled out of bed and was heading the wrong way. "Freshen up, dumbass!" she kicked him into the bathroom and he fell on the floor. She moved to Taemin's bedroom which was a huge mess. "What the hell died in here....Taemin, get out of bed!" she said and kicked him off of the bed, he landed on the floor. "Aigoo, mama! Why did you have to kick me? My butt hurts..." Taemin complained and got up. "If you don't start moving right now then much more than just your ass will be in pain, understand!" Taemin nods and goes to have a shower. "Did you wake everyone up yet?" Taehyung asked. "Almost, I still need to wake Taesung up." she heads to his bedroom to find that he had already gotten dressed up and was working on making his bed and cleaning up the room. "Goodmorning." "Goodmorning. Make your way downstairs as soon ad you're done, alright?" Seohyun said and he nods. "Thank you so much for the hot cocoa, Uncle Jimin." So Jina said with a warm smile. "Its no problem at all. But keep this a secret between us, I don't want Minji or Eunjae to find out that I had hot cocoa without them." Jimin said and took both of their cups to the kitchen. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." So Jina said. "Oh good, because I used some of Seohyun's cocoa powder. She's going to kill me if she finds out." he laughed shyly. "Goodmorning So Jina, Good morning Jimin. How are the two of you?" Seohyun said as she came downstairs. "We're good." Jimin said. "I'm sorry that we woke up late, you know how it is with my kids..." Seohyun said. "No no, its alright. We still have the whole day to play today's game." So Jina said.
Soon the Tae kids ramblings could be heard from the elevator. "Stop stepping on my foot!" Taewon shouted. "Shut up, I'm fixing my hair now stay still would ya!" Sora shouted back while staring at the mirror. "Stop fixing your hair, its fine!" Taemin said. "Stop being a jerk would ya!!!" Sohee shouted and hit him in the gut. "Aigoo...sOhEe.!" "Thats what you get for being a jerk to your kid sister, you dumbass." Taesung said. "Stop fighting, all of you!" Taejoon shouts and they all hushed to a complete silence. "Wow, and I thought that only Seohyun could do that..." Jimin said. "Well, Joonie is just like his mother. They both have extremely strong personalities and they are both equally confident." Taehyung said. "Hey, there you are!" Min Joon said. "We've been looking for you the whole time, So Jina." Min Hun said. "Don't lie, the two of you were sleeping until now." So Jina said. "Don't say that. We were looking for you in this huge house." Min Joon said. "Clearly..." "So, what are we all doing here so early in the morning?" Taemin asked. "Its the afternoon now, keep up with the time sweety." Yu Yang said. "Dumbass..." Taesung giggled under his breath and tried to hold in his laughter. "Is everyone here now?" So Jina asked. "Yes, now get to it already. We don't have all day to waste on you." Jooheon said. "Stop being an ass your whole life, get your head out of your ass sometime." Yuan said after punching Jooheon's arm. "You all are gathered here today to be part of the _24 Days till Christmas_ competition. Now, everyone will be divided into pairs and whoever you got is your partner for the entire contest and noone can back out. I put the names at random now everyone needs to pick names and find your partner. I won't be included as I'm in charge of the games." So Jina said. Everyone split up in their pairs and So Jina jotted all of the teams down :
~ Byeol & Hyun
~ Yu Yang & Hosoek
~ Eunji & Namjoon
~ Hana & Jungkook
~ Seohyun & Jimin
~ Taehyung & Yoongi
~ Sora & Min Joon
~ Sohee & Yuan
~ Yeji & Min Hun
~ Minji & Yoogun
~ Taejoon & Eunjae
~ Taewon & Jinwoo
~ Jooheon 'James' & Taemin
~ Taesung & Jin
"Great...how did I end up stuck with the worst person here?" Taemin said. "Hey, that's not a nice thing to say." Hana said. "Its not like I want to be your partner either." Jooheon said and rolled his eyes. "Can you all just shut up for once? So Jina is trying to explain today's game to us." Taejoon shouted in annoyance. "Uh- thanks Joonie. Now, the first challenge is... A slow dance. Everyone has only 2 hours to practice with their partner. Oh, and I forgot to mention the little twist of the game. You each have to stick with your partner until the day is over which will be around dinner time and you all should look out for something I call _'The Christmas Traps'_ . Today's trap is mistletoe, it will be by various doorways so watch out. You all should submit the songs which you are going to be dancing to and remember to have fun. Good luck!" So Jina said. Everyone split up with their partner while So Jina started planning the next game.
"Come on, I have a room where I practice my dance moves. We can practice there." Jimin said. "Sure, no problem." Seohyun tied her hair up in a low pony tail and the two of them began with their practice. "Wow, you're a really good dancer, Hosoek!" Yu Yang said. "Hey its no big deal. Let's keep practicing." Hosoek said shyly.
"Why do you want me to be the girl?" Yoongi asked. "Well, I'm used to slow dancing with Seohyun so...you should be the girl." Taehyung said. "Thats not very fair." Yoongi complained. "Hey! Do you want to win the challenge or not?" Yoongi sighed and had no choice but to agree with Taehyung. "So, how are we doing this?" Yoongi asked. "Put your hands on my shoulders and I'll have to hold your waist?" Yoongi seethed in embarrassment, placing his arms around Taehyung and trying to dance with him. "Stop pulling me so close to you, it feels weird..." Yoongi said. "Huh? What feels weird?"
"The garden would be the best place for us to practice. We will have so much of space." Sohee said with Yuan following behind her. "So, will you be completely comfortable to dance with me? I only need you to trust me as I noticed in many slow dances the guy leads the girl while they are dancing together. Do you trust me?" Yuan said. "Ofcourse I trust you, Yuan. You don't have to worry about a thing, you can do whatever you want to and I'll just follow you." She smiled at him while she tied her hair up in an untidy bun. Yuan watched her in awe as she didn't care about how she looked, a complete opposite to her twin sister that's for sure. "Alright, let's do this!" Yuan nods at her words and pulled the long sleeves of his shirt up. He pulled her close to his body, one arm holding her waist while the other held her soft hand. Sohee rested her free hand around his neck as the two of them glide around the Cherry Blossom tree. Spring time again, when those beautiful flowers came in bloom. A gentle breeze surrounding them as the petals of the newly propagated buds fell and swayed elegantly in the breeze. Yuan was a pretty good dancer although he was just winging it and Sohee herself was able to keep up with her recently appointed partner. It almost seemed like the tree's were hinting the two of them to be together, a few flower petals graced Sohee's hair, Yuan moves his hand to brush it away and that's when it all went downhill. He tripped on a rock, causing the both of them to fall over and press their lips together. An almost pleasant accident. "Are you ok?" "Yeah I'm fine. What about you?" Sohee asked. "Uh actually... Sohee- you're sitting on my junk..." Yuan said. "Oh, I'm so sorry...its just that you broke my fall and I didn't realise what I was sitting on." Sohee got up quickly and helped him to stand upright. "Whats going on with your pants?" "Uh- never mind that...let's sit down for a while. We shouldn't strain ourselves." Yuan said and she nods. They sat on a bench under the shade of a tree.
"This is a little weird but its not like we have a choice here now do we." Jinwoo said. He and Taewon decided to practice in the lounge instead of going off into a different room of some sorts. Soojung was done cleaning the stairway and was about to clean the lounge when she stopped. She hid behind a pillar and watched Taewon dance with Jinwoo, she didn't know why but she took a liking to Taewon. However she knew it was preposterous to dream such dreams, Taewon wouldn't love a servant girl and why would he? She removed her thoughts from this fantasy and carried the bucket of soapy water to continue with her work. "That seems like a good routine. We should work on cleaning up a few of the moves and keep practicing until the time's up." Taewon said. Jinwoo nods and restarts the track for them to begin again. Soojung was battling to focus on her work and accidentally spilled some of the water on herself without realising it. Her baggy dress soon revealed her thin body as the dress clung onto her. She continued to scrub the floor and and paid no attention to herself. Taewon got distracted and accidentally stepped on Jinwoo's foot. "Pay attention, Taewon." "S-sorry. I lost my train of thought for a moment." Taewon was glaring directly at Soojung's direction as she finished up her work and got up to leave. "Come on. One more practice and we'll be ready. Pay careful attention this time." Jinwoo said.
"Why are you so stiff? Loosen up would you, or else the routine will look odd!" Hana said. "I'm sorry. I get awkward around girls, the four of you especially." Jungkook said. "Wait why? We're not monsters are we?" "No no, nothin' like that. Its your husbands which keep me on edge. I don't want to slip up and risk getting lectures from Jimin, Yoongi, Jin and Taehyung. They are extremely protective men." "Well, its clearly obvious that they are with everything that happened this far. Its only natural for husbands to be that way." Hana said. "I feel that Taehyung and Yoongi are the most protective when it comes to their wife's." Jungkook continued. "The two of them are too clingy." "Anyways, back to practice. Loosen up and have some fun. There's no reason to feel awkward around me, just think of me as your younger sister." Hana said and pulled him to stand up.
"So, you think we have a chance of winning?" Hyun asked. "I know we can win if we danced well enough. Stop being a downer and believe in yourself!" Byeol said. The two of them walked through the doorway together and only afterwards did they notice the trap. "Aww shoot, d-does that....does that mean we have to k-kiss?" Hyun asked. Byeol pushes him against a wall, held his face with her soft hands and pressed their lips together. After a few good minutes they parted lips "See, that wasn't so bad now was it?" Hyun pulled her against the wall and kissed her again before breaking free to catch his breath. "Want to continue with the dance practice now?" Byeol asked and he nods his head slowly.
"Shh Min Hun..what if someone see's us!" Yeji said. "Hold on..." he found a cupboard which had a secret room behind it and pulled her inside. "There, now noone will be able to see us." he put her on his lap and pulled her face into a tender kiss. Yeji wrapped her legs around his waist as Min Hun pulled her closer to his body. "Hmmm, enough...now..." she mumbled. "I wished I could kiss you all day and all night and hold you in my arms." Min Hun said. "I know. Just wait for a while and we'll work something out, alright?" she held his cheek with her hand which made him smile. "You think we have a shot at winning today?" "We'll have to wait and see. There are a lot of great dancer's in our family like Uncle Jimin and Uncle Hosoek so its going to be tough." Min Hun said. "Well, we're doing all this for fun right? As long as we have fun its alright if we don't win." Yeji said. Min Hun Kissee her one last time before they continued their dance practice.
"Now, just remember to follow my lead. Watch out where you are stepping too alright?" Jin said. Taesung nods as they try the routine again. "You see, that's much better." "Uncle Jim, you're too tall that I can't really reach your shoulders properly. That's why I'm having difficulties with the routine." Taesung said. "Hmm, what if I bent down a bit. Do you think you will be able to reach?" Jin asked. "Maybe." They adjusted the routine and continued practicing. "That seems much better now." Taesung said.
"Times up! Everyone head to the ball room." So Jina said. "We have a ball room?" Eunji asked. "I guess we've always had it but never known about it." Hana said and shrugged her shoulders. Everyone made their way to the room with their partner by their side. "Since I'm not taking part in the challenge I will pick who is going to go first." So Jina said. She walked around with a straight face and examined everyone, nodding her head slightly and holding her hands behind her back. "Alright, I choose Uncle Yoongi and Uncle Taehyung first." "Why us! Why couldn't you pick Yu Yang or someone else to go first? This is embarrassing." Yoongi complained. "Shut it you dumbass! So Jina picked you to dance first so just do it." Yu Yang said. "What's the worst thing that could happen?" Seohyun asked. "Oh you have no idea what he made me do." Yoongi said as they took their places on the dance floor. "You're forgetting something." Taehyung said. "Please...don't make me wear it." "Come on. You're holding everyone up." "Ugh, fine!" Yoongi reaches for the wig in his back pocket, puts it on and adjusted it. "What the-" Yu Yang was trying to hold in her laughter. The music started, Yoongi glides around the room with Taehyung leading the two of them. 'Damn, how embarrassing...' Yoongi thought. He couldn't face himself after this incident. "Amazing amazing!" So Jina said as soon as the music had stopped. The dances continued one by one with So Jina scoring each pair. "And the results are in!" The scores were out of 10 points.
~ Byeol & Hyun : 7
~ Yu Yang & Hosoek : 8
~ Eunji & Namjoon : 5
~ Hana & Jungkook : 6
~ Seohyun & Jimin : 9
~ Taehyung & Yoongi : 3
~ Sora & Min Joon : 10
~ Sohee & Yuan : 10
~ Yeji & Min Hun : 10
~ Minji & Yoogun : 9
~ Taejoon & Eunjae : 5
~ Taewon & Jinwoo : 4
~ Jooheon 'James' & Taemin : -1
~ Taesung & Jin : 7
"I'm glad that everyone had participated. Be prepared for the next challenge tomorrow. Everyone should be up earlier this time." So Jina said. They all nod. "Are the points individual or a team point?" Taemin asked. "Well, since you all are pairs they are team points. I added a point for teamwork." So Jina explained. "Hmm, no wonder the points are so low." Time went on, game after game until it was the 24th and the final game was in the middle of concluding. "Ok, after a long time I managed to sort out the couples and here are the results." So Jina put the results up.
Points -
~ Taehyung & Yoongi = 50
~ Seohyun & Jimin = 48
~ Yu Yang & Hosoek = 47
~ Hana & Jungkook = 45
~ Byeol & Hyun = 43
~ Sora & Min Joon = 42
~ Sohee & Yuan = 37
~ Eunji & Namjoon = 36
~ Taesung & Jin = 34
~ Minji & Yoogun = 33
~ Taewon & Jinwoo = 31
~ Taejoon & Eunjae = 24
~ Yeji & Min Hun = 20
~ Jooheon 'James' & Taemin = -10
"Wow, honey! You came first with Yoongi." "Yeah, I'm surprised." Yu Yang said. "Heh? We're last, you did this on purpose!" Jooheon said. "Shut it! It was expected because you're a dumbass." Taemin said. "Ok, let's get the house feeling more festive. Kids, hang your stockings up around the tree." Hana said. "Ahh, don't the top 3 get prizes?" Jimin asked. "No, it was just for the family to bond together. Look how happy the children are." Jungkook said. "Most of them. Jooheon is still a grouch." Yoongi scoffed. "Come on YuYu, we need to start making the deserts. Seo is already in the kitchen waiting for us." Eunji said. "The chef should be on holiday. I don't want him making food after that horrible incident." Seohyun sighed as she was cutting the onions. "Need any help, ma'am?" Soojung asked. "Ahh, sure dear. Could you get some fresh green apples for me from the garden? Sora and Sohee just love apple pie with the sour green apples." "Hmm, they are exactly like you Seo." Yu Yang grinned. Soojung took a woven basket and headed down to the orchard which was filled of fresh apples, she just had to find plenty of the sour green ones and be on her way back to the warmth of the kitchen.
"Hmm, Min Hun...we're going to get in trouble..." Yeji whispers. "I just want to kiss you, just kiss..." he pressed his lips against hers and began kissing her passionately. "I'm only 11 years old, we shouldn't be doing this." she mumbled. "Shh!" he continued to kiss her, unaware that Jooheon saw the two of them together. "Ughh, those apples are too high. How am I going to reach?" Soojung asked herself. She found a little step ladder, set it up and tried again. "Almost...there..." She managed to grab the apple but ended up falling off of the ladder. Luckily Taewon was there right on time, he caught her in his arms. "Be more careful next time. Don't want you getting hurt now." she stared into his eyes and clenched the apple tightly in her hands. Taewon put her down and gathered the apples for her as he was tall enough to reach when he was on the step ladder. 'Why is he being so nice...to me?' Soojung thought. He handed her the basket filled of apples and she headed back quickly to the kitchen. "Hmm, this girl. She's so cute. Huh, I think I'm in...love?" Taewon said to himself. They were the same age but was he truly in love with her? "Ahh, that chocolate cake looks so delicious. I want a taste!" _smack_ "Honey, you can have some tomorrow." Seohyun hit his hand away. "But honey, I want some." he hugged her, pulled her close to him as she continued to work. "You can try whatever you want, my answer is the same." she said. He nuzzles his face on her neck, giving her a few butterfly kisses as his hands lingered on her waist. "Mrs Kim I got the appl- Uh...I'll just leave this here." Soojung left the basket on the table and ran out of the kitchen. Taehyung just ignored the girl and continued to try and persuade his wife into giving him some desserts. "Fine, I can spare a cupcake but only if you do something for me." she turned around to face him. "Hmm, what do you want me to do?" "Huh, don't act like you don't know what I want." she stared into his eyes. He smirks, obviously he knows what she wants. Taehyung pulls her close to his body, holding her face with one hand and her waist with the other. They joined lips, passionately and sweet. No matter how much they kissed it always felt like their first kiss.
"Satisfied?" he licks his lips as he watched her nod with a smile on her face. Seohyun handed him the cupcake and waited for his comments. "Ahh, this is the best cupcake I've ever had! I love it!" Naturally he loved everything she made, however, Seohyun's culinary skills were so refined to perfection that she could rival any chef in the entire world and beat them with her cooking. "So, what are you making for dinner tomorrow?" Yoongi asked. "Slow roasted lamb with mushroom sauce and mashed potatoes. Salads, Beef Wellington, Roast turkey with garlic flavoured vegetable stuffing, Smoked salmon, fried calamari and chips and Cottage pie." Yu Yang said. "Woah, what a feast!" Jimin said. "Ahh, I'm getting hungry already." Hosoek said. "And what are you girls making for desert?" Namjoon asked. "Chocolate cupcakes, chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, peach cobbler, brownies, choc chip cookies, chocolate pudding, churros." Eunji said. "Apple pie, milk tart, crème brulé, doughnuts, peppermint tart, fritters, cream puffs." Hana said. "Oh, and we're making various ice creams because all the kids like different flavours." Yu Yang said. "Ahh, we're going to eat until we explode." Jungkook said. "I guess you girls won't have to cook for a while either." Hosoek said. "Well, not entirely. Seohyun likes to cook extra things so that we can give things to the people of the community as an act of kindness. She's always been like that at Christmas time, its what Grandmama taught her to do from the time she was five years old." Yu Yang said. "Geez, I respect her more now as my sister - in - law." Yoongi said.
*_25 December, 06:52 AM, Ichor Estate_*
It was a happy day in the estate. The children opening many gifts which made their faces light up with adorable smiles. "Papa, look what I got from Santa!" Sora said with a huge smile on her face. "Hmm, too adorable!" Seohyun said as she saw her childrens excitement. Even Sohee had a genuine smile on her face. "Mama, look at this pretty teddy bear that I got from Santa!"she sat on her mothers lap. "Do you like it?" Seohyun asked. "I love it. Will you thank Santa for me?" Sohee said. "Sure. My sweet Sohee, just know that you are not alone. Your father and I love you so much along with all of your siblings and the rest of your family members. You're too young to let the world break you down, my sweetheart." Seohyun hugged her daughter and kissed her cheek. "Thank you, mama. You're always here for me and I was always so mean to you and papa. I'm sorry." Sohee said and kissed her mother's cheek. Seohyun spent a few moments hugging her daughter as she opened the rest of her gifts.
"You're sure that they live there in Seoul?" Eon Jin asked. "Now why would I tell you if I didn't just find out where the lived. We should go there today no matter what." Jeong Gyu said. "Taehyung is going to pay for what he did." "Not before we take care of his pathetic excuse for a wife." Jeong Gyu had purchased a gun for their unfinished business and Eon Jin bought black clothes for them. "We should go today and finish this matter." Eon Jin nods at her brothers words. "Honey, could you help me bring out the meals. Its too heavy to take out by myself." Seohyun asked. "Ahh, its not too heavy." "Thats because you're stronger than I am!" she hit his shoulder slightly. After the table was set she began to dish out for everyone before dishing out some food for Taehyung and herself. "Can I have more lamb, mama?" Sora asked. "Yeah yeah. Sohee, do you want anything else?" "Some more mashed potatoes please." Taehyung stayed behind Seohyun, touching her waist and pulling her close to him while she was busy serving everyone. It was such a happy sight in the estate , however, this joyous moment was short lived. Just as they finished their meals they had two uninvited guests which joined their company. "Give me desserts now, please!" Taehyung pleaded. "It seems that we're late, Eon Jin. They've finish the meal already." Jeong Gyu said. "Ahh, too bad. I was hoping to eat some food made from our sister - in - law and eventually die today. Hmmph, maybe there's still some disgusting food left?" Eon Jin said. Everyone got up and turned their attention to the two 'siblings' dressed in black clothing.
"What are you two bastards doing here?" Taehyung got cold all of a sudden. "We have unfinished business with that pathetic wife of yours." "P-pathetic? You're calling _me_ pathetic! Have you ever looked in the mirror once in your life? Oh no, I forgot. If you looked in the mirror then it would shatter to millions of pieces." Seohyun shouts. "Taehyung, let us deal with those piles of filth! I can't stand them one bit!" Yu Yang advances next to them. "No, hold on. I have something else in mind." "What are you dumbasses doing here? Want to take Taejoon away again!" Yoongi shouts. "No, not this time. That little brat has that unpleasant DNA from this little bitch anyways so we're going to pass. We're here for revenge you see. Seohyun will pay for what she did. She killed our mother by adding poison to the food and making her eat it. We'll never forgive her for that." Jeong Gyu said. "I'll make you eat those very words!!!!" Hana shouts and tries to go and beat them up, but was held back by Jin. "I can't believe that you have six disgusting children from this bitch, brother. They all have her impurities, how sad." Eon Jin continued. "Hana, Jin, Eunji. Take the kids upstairs to the top floor. I don't want them to be around when I take care of these people." Seohyun said without taking her deadly gaze off of the duo. They followed her request and took the kids upstairs. "Ahh, Seo! Catch!" Jungkook throws her one of her Katana's which was one of her sharpest blades. "Uh, Seo. Let's rather take this outside. I don't want their filthy blood on our marbled floors." Yu Yang suggested. Jimin and Yoongi grabbed the siblings as they headed out to the garden, far away from the specially grown trees.
"Honey, do whatever you want. You don't have to hold back because they're my siblings." Taehyung rubs her shoulders and she just nods silently. "Hmm, you're really pathetic if you think that you can beat us with that thin blade." Jeong Gyu pulled out his gun, making the gun specialists laugh uncontrollably. "You really are a dumbass!" Yu Yang laughed. Taehyung just observed with his expressionless face. Jeong Gyu tries shooting feebly at the woman, Seohyun hits it away with her Katana and the bullet scratches Eon Jin's face and makes her bleed. She advances, slicing their necks through and revealing their bones. Thick warm blood swished through the cold winters air, staining the beautiful white snow. She slit their bodies open, watching their organs spill out and hearing their muffled screams. Seohyun pours snow into their exposed centres, making them feel torture while they died slowly. "Jungkook, Namjoon, Yoongi. Take care of then will you. Leave no evidence behind and make sure their corpses are not found." Taehyung said. They nod, grabbing gloves before heading out with the corpses. Seohyun went straight up to her bedroom and put her blade away after it was thoroughly cleaned. She sat on the floor and rested her back against the bed. Taehyung found her sitting on the floor with an expressionless face. He didn't know what she was feeling so he decided to sit beside her and wait until she was ready to tell him. He hugged her, stroking her hair and holding her in his warm arms. He pulled her on his lap and hugged her tightly. "Honey, I've killed so many people in my life but this time I don't know why I have such a horrible feeling inside. Its like my heart is pounding ten times harder and I'm finding it hard to process all of this. It still feels like their blood is stained on my hands, I- I don't like this feeling." she started crying. "Shh, its alright. I know how you're feeling. My siblings have always been horrible people so I know how they got in your head. Just know that you are the best thing that ever happened to my life and I will always love you till my last breath,ok? Stop crying now, honey." he pulled her face to rest on his shoulder and kissed her cheek as she cried in his embrace.