Arc 1: The reborn young miss hates me 10

"Jangmi, why did you send Yuna to my house?"

Taehyung was on Jangmi immediately after she entered the company. He did not know how Yuna could sleep through that awkwardness but he could not. Just the thought of Yuna seeing him like that…Gosh, she is underage, what was he thinking?

"Yuna got kicked out of her house," Jangmi said lightly, unable to comprehend why Taehyung looked so angry. I thought they were close, why does he look so angry?

Taehyung was choked up, "Why did she get kicked out?"

He knew Yuna's tragic back story, she was the one who told him herself, and he was the one in charge of forming a sob story for netizens to buy. How come she ended up…

"She might have unalive one of her cousin's dick…"

Previously on Life in the golden cage

After Yuna's confrontation with Wonyoung, she has been feeling suspicious of everything and everyone. Even the curtains seem to look at her weirdly.

"Is this the best time to put Jangmi's plan through?" she wondered. Even if she runs away and changed her identity, she doubts any one would care in this house, not only does her so called father not like her, some people still think that she is a maid.

Lost in thoughts, she was shocked when the door to her room was being forced open… how did she know it was forced? Because she locked it with a fucking kill. She reached under her pillow and brought out a taser, just for safety, she turned her phone recorder on and then lay under her blanket and pretended that she was asleep.

"Hehehe," from the malicious laughter, Yuna was sure it was a boy, specifically, that perverted cousin of hers she had a lot of problems with.

Her heart pounded wildly, but compared to the fear she felt, anger blinded her vision. Is this how Wonyoung wants to ruin me? Just for a simple conversation.

The boy came closer, flooding her nose with his thick cologne. No matter how bad it is to judge people based on their looks, there are just some people who look like bad people and are bad.

Immediately he pulled her covers, Yuna opened her eyes sharply, scaring him with her cold glare, "What are you doing?"

He froze and shifted a couple of steps back," Yu-Yuna ssi…" he paused for a few seconds and then tried to cover her mouth with his hands.

"Mmm mmmm…"

"It is not my fault, blame yourself for being too beautiful, going all day in those outfits of yours, you were trying to seduce me weren't you?"

Yuna scoffed in her heart, she never left her room in clothes not her school uniform or at least triple protection for safety. How was that seducing?

She suddenly stopped struggling and smiled with her eyes, the boy felt an eerie feeling in his heart, but he did not have time to dwell on it too much before he felt a sudden SPARK there.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"

Yuna have to say, he would make a good vocalist, his belting skills were top notch.

…

"So that is what happen," Jangmi sat on her table and brought out her phone, "She got kicked out of there late at night and has nowhere to stay. Just bear with her for a while."

"And then, the family…"

"The family won't do anything since I sent them the recording this morning and they would be dumb to try anything on her," Jangmi glanced through her messages, only to find nothing, and sighed. "My brothers are very aggressive."

"But the cousin…"

"Yes, the cousin might want to do something stupid, "Jangmi agreed, one of the funny things about most supporting roles in stories is their ability to not use common sense. Even with his family's warning, the boy will still want to punish Yuna and teach her a lesson.

"That is why I sent her to you my love, he can't do anything with you there."

Taehyung was not impressed and even scowled at the nickname, "Why can't she stay with you?"

"I don't like people in my home."

"Do I look like I like people in my home!!"

"Should I pay you rent?"

"Wang Jangmi!!!"

…

"You need to stay away from that Jangmi girl."

Jiho rolled to the side of the bed, unwilling to see Chanyeol's face. He was gone, Chan was gone. Just like before, a hint of sweetness that will leave him craving for more, then he leaves him to his emotions.

"Jiho…"

"Hyung I'm tired," he said softly, turning to his back. He was on Chan's bed, finally, but instead of feeling sweet and happy, all he felt was a stuffy feeling in his chest.

"You are only tired because you are lazy and refuse to work," Chanyeol complained, fixing his collar, "I can tolerate you not working …"

He can tolerate me? All he does is tolerate me? Am I that tiring?

"But you can't keep cheating that girl,"

"I've heard," Jiho interrupted, Chan paused to stare at him but he did not say anything. Jiho always behaves weirdly after Chan comes and goes, he was used to it.

"Go home when you are done."

Jiho did not reply. A big part of him wanted to cry, but he was tired of crying.

"I've heard, I will go home."

A few hours after he was gone, Jiho brought out his phone and texted Jangmi.

Let's talk.

She replied almost immediately.

Sure, come to XXX street in YYY, I was planning to talk to you before.

…

Jiho was not dressed too brightly today, he wore neutral colours and his outfit was more gender neutral, he was not even putting on any makeup.

Jangmi's house was to his style, it had a lot of space, and looked simple yet sophisticated. Maybe it was because Jangmi wore no other colour apart from black but Jiho was expecting her house to have a gothic theme and all that.

Jiho came out with lot of plates and placed them on her table. A simple, romantic dinner, with candle light and roses, she was stealing his heart.

"Mimi…"

She looked up at him, her eyes running across his body like he was a piece of meat.

"You look good."

"I feel ugly." his voice cracked as he said that for no reason. Jangmi dropped the dishes on the table and opened her hands. Jiho, without hesitation, ran into her hands and buried his face into her neck. He did not need water this time before the tears were pouring like rain.

"I'm so stupid. All these years, I put my hope on someone who will never love me."

"It is okay…"

"I let myself go till I became Toxic to myself and those around me,"

" But you are smarter now,"

"I'm not, I'm just bored," he let go of her, and said with a shaky smile, "There is a possibility of me going back to him tomorrow."

"Then we will wait for tomorrow."

Crystal tears fell from his eyes. Can't you understand what I'm trying to say? I don't want you to become the next me, I'm not sure I can give you the love you deserve. I don't deserve you.

"What I feel for you… is lust."

"That is a great place to start."

"I am a boy," he confessed. He stepped back, not daring to glance at her face, just the thought of seeing the look of frustration and agony on her face made his hands tremble.

"Jiho…"

Fuck what did I do? Never had he heard her voice so soft, so delicate, so confused.

"You…"

"I'm sorry," he bowed repeatedly. "I didn't mean to deceive you but then shit just happens and I let this go on for so long."

He heard her break into soft sobs, his heart felt like an arrow was shot through it and not the good kind.

"Jangmi…" he raised his head and saw her covering her face with her shoulders shaking.

"Jangmi, I …"

She raised her head and he saw her laughing so hard, tears were pouring out of her eyes.

"Jangmi?"

"Are you dumb? I just can't … hahaha, do you forget you have a dick?"

"Pardon?"

"We made out Jiho," she said pushing her hair back, "I could feel your dick print. I don't know why you were looking so fucked out in a female bathroom but I knew you were a boy, I've always known."

"Are you fucking with me?" Jiho could not believe what he was hearing, "I felt guilty, I felt like I was using you but you fucking knew…"

"You didn't say anything and I was not sure if you were comfortable speaking about it or not. You could be going through trauma?" she said with a shrug, opening a wine bottle.

The fact that she was still so calm while he was screaming at the top of his lungs annoyed him more.

"Did I look like I had a fucking trauma when I came to meet you at the coffee shop dressed like a boy!!!!!" he expected her to be surprised or upset but her guilty eyes told him all he needed to know.

"You knew then right?"

"Jiho…"

"From the fucking moment I stepped into that dumb bean smelling purgatory, you knew I was the one you kissed, right?"

She did not reply.

Jiho laughed at himself, his giggle turning into sobs, till tears were pouring down his eyes.

"Am I a joke to you?"