Fall (1/1)

Fall - Ben&Ben

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ACT I: First Meeting WHAT?!?!  Dahyun and Sana both flipped their heads to Mr. Minatozaki's direction. Did they hear that right? An arranged marriage? In two weeks?  Sana couldn't understand the reason behind this. She knows that Mr. Kim was her father's best friend since they were in highschool but she had just met him as well as his daughter! This was absurd. What was her father even thinking? She stood up, angrily and left their table without a word. Her father stood up as well and went after Sana.  "Sana, come back here." her father called out. She was just outside the restaurant, tears falling down from her face. "Why would you agree to something like this? Don't you understand me at all? You're forcing me to marry a stranger for goodness sake. Someone I don't love!! " Sana was out of breath. She was scared of being tied down to a person she doesn't even know. "You have been nothing but trouble, Sana. It's time you learn to be responsible. In fact, Dahyun is good for you and for our company. She's your opposite; a good student and finished on top of her class. And the Kims are not a stranger to us, they're like family. " She looked at her father in disbelief. Did he really agree to this for the sake of their company? "I don't fucking care!! I don' t know them!!!" She received a slap from her father because of shouting and cursing. "You are going to accept this, whether you like it or not. I will not be embarrassment like this in front of the Kims. They travelled this far, from Korea for this." With that, Sana had no choice but to obey her father and follow him back inside the restaurant to the Kims. She knows what her father is capable of. She can ruin her entire life and neglect her in the blink of an eye. He was a very powerful man and she simply wasn't brave and strong enough to be on her own yet. She had to wait for the right time.  Dahyun on the other hand knew what was going on. She couldn't possibly argue with her father for this. She knew that their company was going bankrupt and needed to have a powerful company help them to rise again. She knew her father's best friend was going to help them. But not like this, not an arranged marriage. She was disappointed, yes, but she knew her father needed to take measures and she was also willing to take this measure for him. The hardships her father had experienced were already enough. So with Mr. Minatozaki's announcement she looked at him in shock but took a deep breath and accepted her fate. It was for her father and the future of their company anyways. But the other girl, Sana, was very disappointed. It was evident on her face. She couldn't blame the girl after all, it was their fault she got into this mess. She felt a bit guilty. Even her father was feeling a bit guilty, even if he wasn't speaking, she knows. She watched the heated exchange of Mr. Minatozaki and Sana outside which ended with him slapping his daughter. She was shocked but what can she do? Mr. Minatozaki and Sana returned to their table with Sana's eyes glistening and her left cheek still red.  After some hours of talking about their marriage, their company and, of course, eating. Their fathers left as they had some work to do for their company's merging, leaving Dahyun and Sana alone. It was awkward. Sana's left cheek was still a bit red and her eyes were still glistening from her tears threatening to fall. With Sana's state, she decided to make the first move.  "Hey, I'm sorry about the whole thing. Sucks huh? The whole arranged marriage thing?" She half smiled at Sana who had her head down, playing with her food. Sana finally looked up at Dahyun, who was smiling at her. Dahyun couldn't help but notice that Sana had beautiful brown eyes.  "Why are you sorry though? It's not your fault. You're just a victim here too. It's fine. My father is who I'm mad at." Sana said wiping the little tears that were falling from her eyes, fixed her slight disheveled hair and breathed in deeply.  "Well, it may be our fault a little? Our company went bankrupt and your father was just responding to our distress call. I'm sorry. But I can talk my father out of this if you want? I only knew this now but I'm willing to change my mind as well as my father's" Dahyun said quickly about to get her phone from her pocket. Sana looked at Dahyun. So it was their fault why there was this fixed marriage in the first place. She wanted to get mad at her, she wanted to give Dahyun a piece of her mind.But she couldn't.She could see the sincerity in her eyes. A daughter who only wants to help her father. She suddenly felt the need to help this girl. What the heck.  "No. It's okay, Dahyun. Besides I don't want to get to my father's bad side. He would ruin my whole life and blame me for not being able to help his best friend. But I'm mostly doing this for you though. Beacuse, again I don't like my father. " Sana smiled at Dahyun. Who would have thought that this girl was crying just moments ago? This girl was really something, Dahyun thought. She wanted to help this girl out too. She saw the fear in her eyes, when the thought of her father crossed her mind. She'd help her be brave enough.  "Thank you so much. I really owe you one." Now it was Dahyun's turn to be teary-eyed. Sana giggled, Dahyun was cute. "Don't go crying on me now. One person per day" Sana pouted which made Dahyun giggle as well. "Okay, sorry. Let's start over again, shall we? I feel like we got off to a bad start. I'm Dahyun, Kim Dahyun. Nice to meet you. " She reached out her hand and had a big smile on her face. Sana giggled. "Hi Dahyun. I'm Minatozaki Sana"  ~

ACT II: Fall Dahyun woke up from her sleep. She can't help but smile when she saw the sun seeping through the curtains. It's the weekend. She brushed her teeth, washed her face and went downstairs to the kitchen where she was greeted by her wife, Sana, who was preparing breakfast. She was wearing her favorite oversized pink shirt and shorts. She also had her hair up in a bun. She was as beautiful as their first meeting. And as beautiful on their wedding day just 6 months ago. It was the weekend so, Sana would naturally be up first to cook breakfast as it was usually Dahyun who would wake up very early from Mondays to Fridays to prepare their breakfast before heading to work. Dahyun must have been standing at the doorway of the kitchen far too long as Sana had already noticed her. "Good morning Dahyunie. You can take your seat now, breakfast is almost ready." It was her favorite part of the week; where she and Sana would get to spend a lot of time t