Sister, Back-off From MY MAN

'Nice, this will ensure my Hwan would be away from that girl' Ji Seo Yun sighed in relief seeing how keen Kims were to make Kiaraa theirs.

"Still uncle Dong-il, I feel it is too early we have such kind of a discussion" Lee Myung Soo tried to sound as polite as he can while his wife held his hand, caressing it, reminding him to keep his cool.

"Lee Byung Ho, why does it feel like your son is unhappy having my grandson as his son-in-law?" Kim Dong-il directly asked his friend.

"Hmm, I think he is just being possessive of his daughter. Don't worry Dong-il, you have my word, Kiaraa is going to be the daughter-in-law of your house" Lee Byung Ho declared pissing his son off.

"Can we have the word too that Aera will be daughter-in-law of my home?" Ji Seo Yun decided to take advantage of old man's happy mood to get a promise for her household too.

"My daughter-in-law is smart" Grandpa Song proudly looked at Ji Seo Yun, appreciating her smartness.

"Why are you all eying my daughters? Are there no other girls in this world?" Lee Myung Soo tried a lot to hide his displeasure.

"What is your problem?" Lee Byung Ho questioned his son.

"Aera is not correct for Song Ji Hun and neither Kiaraa is right for Ian"

"You are overreacting" Lee Byung Ho didn't take his son's words seriously and laughed at his statement.

"Byung Ho, you gave me your word, don't you forget it" Grandpa Kim reminded him.

"Byung Ho, I too want your word" Grandpa Song said as he didn't wish to miss out on such a good opportunity.

"Yeah, yeah, you too have my word. Aera will be your household's grand daughter-in-law, happy?" Grandpa Lee laughed proudly as he was delighted to see his granddaughters being in such great demand.

Lee Myung Soo wanted to chime in but his wife, Chu Yu Ri signalled him to keep quiet assuring him that these things don't matter and it is not necessary for future to unfold exactly like this.

Due to his wife's assuring eyes he calmed down but he didn't like this discussion even a bit.

On the other hand, kids were busy in their own world unknown of the discussion happening among their parents.

Kiaraa went to get the hoodie which was neatly washed and kept in her room.

She searched for Song Ji Hun and got to know from Hwan that he was sitting in the lawn area, reading his book as usual.

"Hwan, can you do me a favour?" Kiaraa seriously requested him.

"Sure"

"Can you keep Ian busy for a while and ensure he doesn't follow me where I go?" 

Kiaraa was used to Ian always tagging along with her. At times, it annoyed her as he was always in her personal space.

Today, she wished to talk to Song Ji Hun in private so she requested for Hwan's help.

"Yeah, sure" Hwan didn't question her the reason behind this request and quietly agreed. He was sure Kiaraa is going to meet Ji Hun.

After getting assurance from Hwan, Kiaraa went to meet Song Ji Hun.

Although it looked like Song Ji Hun was reading a book, his mind was somewhere else.

Right now, he was nervous to face Kiaraa, he was aware that it is inevitable for them to talk about what happened at the amusement park but he couldn't help feeling anxious.

He was already prepared for it as he and Yang Nam-il decided what to say but now that he was actually in this moment, he felt uneasy.

"Song Ji Hun" Just then a cold voice called his name, freezing him at the spot as he recognized who this voice belongs to.

Hearing his name coming from her mouth was something he always craved for but now that he could feel the coldness in her voice, it pained him.

Closing his book, he calmly turned around to look at Kiaraa, who was holding his hoodie.

Her eyes were emotionless and he couldn't predict what was going inside her mind. She looked like a statue with no feelings or emotions.

"Thanks for this, it is neatly washed and ironed" Kiaraa's voice sounded plain, it didn't carry the feeling of thankfulness she was claiming she felt.

Song Ji Hun calmly accepted his hoodie.

"Do you wish to talk about…"

"Obviously, I do. That's why I am here" Kiaraa interrupted him.

"You want to go first?" Song Ji Hun asked her.

"No. You go first, explain yourself" Kiaraa declared surprising Song Ji Hun as he didn't expect this.

He thought Kiaraa would take the lead to spurt out her feelings.

Clearing his throat, he started explaining himself.

"While doing all those activities with you, I found your intelligence attractive. You are the smartest girl I ever came across and I felt dragged towards you. Then there was that moment when I was so close to you, that it felt like everything stopped, including time. I suddenly wished to kiss you and because you gave me your silent consent, I decided to go with it but Ian interrupted us"

Song Ji Hun tried to be as honest as he could without scaring her.

He and Yang Nam-il decided to not reveal his long crush towards Kiaraa that had been lingering for years as he didn't wish to freak her out.

But he intends to be at least honest about how he felt towards her during the treasure hunt activity.

Unknown to Kiaraa, her anger slowly dissipated when she heard his reasoning.

At least, he didn't say it was a mistake or just a momentary thing, and how he now regrets it, etc, etc. He honestly shared his feelings from that day.

"After that, why did you pretend like nothing happened between us?" Kiaraa didn't show on her face how relieved she was and rather questioned him back.

"I didn't wish to embarrass you in front of your 'best friend'" Unintentionally Song Ji Hun focused on the word best friend, while describing Ian.

Kiaraa could understand his point as she definitely would have felt awkward if Song Ji Hun openly mentioned what happened between them in front of Ian, not to forget how much Ian dislikes him.

"So, that was it?" Kiaraa asked him.

"Hmm"

"Cool" Kiaraa turned around to leave when Song Ji Hun's next words stopped her.

"Are you not supposed to explain yourself too?"

"What's there to explain?"

"Why did you allow me to kiss you?" Song Ji Hun was really curious to know what was going on in her mind at that moment.

If he had a superpower, he would have jumped inside her brain, opened that moment's memory and would have read her thoughts.

"When did I allow you?" Kiaraa countered him.

Understanding there won't be a straight reply from this stubborn girl, Song Ji Hun kept his book aside.

"When I leaned closer, you closed your eyes"

"I closed my eyes in disgust, it didn't mean I allowed you" Kiaraa didn't wish to share what she truly felt.

"Oh, really?" Song Ji Hun was not sure what superpower he developed but he could see through Kiaraa's lie.

She had a straight face, but he was able to see through it and could even sense nervousness inside her.

'Am I overthinking this?' he wondered.

"Yes, really. Don't think too highly of yourself. At that moment, I rather wished to punch you in the face" Kiaraa declared and now he could feel the sincerity in her words.

But he had no idea that she wanted to punch him for leaving her hanging.

'I was definitely overthinking this, maybe she did not even give me her consent and I misread her intentions' Song Ji Hun thought.

"I am sorry if I made you feel unsafe" Song Ji Hun quickly apologized surprising Kiaraa. She could see the guilt painted all over his face.

"You should be. Don't you ever dare make a move on any girl; it would only be inappropriate." Kiaraa advised him.

"I would never" Song Ji Hun was on a guilt trip so he agreed to her order without thinking much about it.

"Good" Kiaraa turned away to leave and saw Aera, who was standing there holding a glass of juice.

"Thanks" Kiaraa was about to snatch that glass but Aera took a step back, "It is for Song Ji Hun oppa" she seriously declared, looking a bit angry.

"Fine, fine, no need to get furious over it" Kiaraa rolled her eyes and walked away not bothering about the fact that her sister might have heard their conversation.

Aera did hear a part of their conversation but she didn't understand a thing. As if her body was frozen, she continued standing there trying to understand what Song Ji Hun and Kiaraa were seriously discussing.

After Kiaraa left, she approached Song Ji Hun, who was clearly in a bad mood.

"Oppa" She sweetly called him.