The hall was buzzing with highly ranked men and women. Not only their dresses, their walk, their talk... everything just screamed out one thing.

First-class royalty.

As I held hands with Jungkook and walked down the stairs I watched the women who intertwined their fingers with their partners. They neither bothered nor cared to spare a glance at us. Luxurious fur coats and leather purses the women wore, simply showed how rich they were while men proudly stood there lavishly. The golden pocket watches popped out of their pockets as they avidly scrutinized the time for their prearranged meetups.

Walking passing them through the foyer made me feel intimidated. Many judgemental glances pierce the thin air like bullets as they were digging through my soul.

Uh, I feel like I got stripped in front of thousands.

Reluctantly my hand gripped Jungkook's tightly. I could feel my heart stomping with jitter. The raven-haired man lowered his head and whispered to me.

"Not very welcoming is it?" I slowly nodded, looking carefully at everyone who was passing us. All the affluence of the people surrounding me made me feel so small.

Did I make the right decision by coming here? Am I to be judged lowly?

But I must admit, I was happy that I had Jungkook walking next to me. He walked so closely that I could feel his perfume, which made me feel at the edge. My cold hand was wrapped around his. Jungkook looked rather confident unlike me who was jittering with nervousness.

"There they are" he pointed to the circle of people near a big table as we entered a ballroom-like hall where it was filled with tables and chairs for guests. In the middle, there was a little elevated space where people danced to slow music played in the background.

The Harpers were sitting at one table, acquainted with some strangers that I haven't seen before. The little girl Lilian waved at me as soon as she saw me. I couldn't help but wave back at her. As we walked towards the table, Jungkook greeted the guests. My brain signalled me to promptly copy his action and bow slightly to the people we met.

Anderson Harper took a good look at Jungkook head to toe before stating "Looks like Edward is too busy to join us?" He arched an eyebrow at Jungkook with a question on his face written "What are you doing here instead of him?"

Jungkook didn't panic, he talked smoothly and calmly.

"He had to stay back and operate the ship sir, we are charging her at her full speed. By tomorrow we will arrive at our first destination, just like you discussed with him"

The man looked defeated by his words. He didn't dare to talk again, his lips tighten to a smile "Let's have a seat shall we?"

With his gesture, both I and Jungkook took our seats next to each other. Juliet Harper gave me a sincere smile and slid her hand around her daughter's waist.

"Thanks to you Miss Park, my daughter is doing well now. " She caressed Lilian's face tenderly and switched her gaze back to me. "We are so happy that you agreed to join us" I nodded to her with a smile.

Juliet introduced me to the people who were sitting with us. Among them, there was Mr John Pierpont Mogan, who was the owner of R.M.S Titanic. He and his wife were close friends with Harpers since Anderson Harper was an investor of the British white star line. Late in his seventies, Mr Mogan still looked strong enough to handle a bull, he was a lot talkative and flattered himself by mentioning the fact that he own the biggest ship of the century. His wife on the other hand was a silent character, who was too recessive to talk.

And another person I was introduced to was Joseph Bell, the chief engineer of the ship. He was quite a pleasant person. He was kind and was a liberal person. Margret Brown was an interesting character among all of them. Her words were sharper than daggers, slithery and unbeatable in debate. I'm sure she kind of annoyed the rest by her being extra in her character. But anyone couldn't wipe out the smug look from her face. I was personally amused by her character.

"Miss Park, Lilian was so lucky that you were passing by, or else it would be such a tragedy to lose a young soul as hers" Mrs Brown said, pouring herself a glass of champagne. She completely ignored the annoyed and threatening glare from Juliet Harper.

"We shall begin the feast" Mr Harper stood up and did the honour of the toast to prevent a future brawl.

"To Miss Park!"

The glasses of champagne clunk as everyone cheered. Jungkook gave me an eye smile before tasting a sip of alcohol. The mixture of smoke and alcohol strongly dominated the air, while the wild chatter escorted it along. Anderson turned to Jungkook.

"So Jungkook, how's it going? I know you are a talented man. You should be thankful that you are selected as a crew in this ship" he asked shoving a piece of roasted beef inside his mouth. Less or more his tone was coated with irony rather than appreciation. My eyes secretly studied Jungkook's emotions. His jaws clenched together but he didn't drop his smile.

"It's going great Mr Harper, and I'm happy to say that all your investments are going to be successful. This queen is going to keep a record" he said with twinkling eyes, Savagely standing his ground without backing down.

So far I've noticed that there was a cold war going on between the British white star line company and the ship crew. For some reason, they didn't see eye to eye.

"Ah Anderson, I bet that she'll be setting records. This baby is designed to run by forty-six thousand horsepower" Joseph was convinced that the crew is doing their best. But Anderson Harper looked unsatisfied.

"She could only if we get all the engines working at once!" The surroundings were getting tensed with steamy arguments. It was stressful, to be honest. I could only worry that much about those stuff with the problems I was already tangled with.

"It could damage the propellers. She just hit the ocean, she needs time to stretch out" Jungkook attempted to clear the matter. Thankfully Mrs Harper interfered with the men's discussion.

"Anderson, we agreed not to talk about work during dinner, didn't we? We are here to celebrate, not stress out" I mentally thanked her for putting that to an end. With her interference, the subject changed their experiences during their visits to other countries. Lillian who was seated next to me was almost dozing out with boredom. Juliet ordered her servant to put their children in bed since it was getting late. While the others continued to talk I stayed there quietly, munching down my meal and listening to dull jokes they made.

I was literally hoping that this session will end soon so I can go back to my cabin.

Jungkook noticed my boredom.

"Feeling sleepy?" He asked me, pouring me a glass of champagne and also helping himself with one. He clunked his glass with mine and started sipping it.

"You see that guy over there, sitting like he owns the whole world?" He motioned his head towards a man passing nearby. He sure looked like he was born with a silver spoon. Jungkook slowly inched near me,

"That my dear Y/n, is John Jacob Aston, the wealthiest man onboard." I parted my lips with his statement and glanced at the man. Then Jungkook shattered my thoughts by showing another person.

"Look there, you see him?" He showed a lonely man sitting by the bar, stirring his glass of alcohol with his hand.

"Who's that man?" I asked Jungkook with curious eyes.

"Thomas Andrews, he is the designer of Titanic. Managing director and head of the drafting department of a shipbuilding company called White Star Line " Jungkook explained further.

"He looked so depressed," I said looking at him with concern. But Jungkook cackled to my surprise. I glanced at him with wide eyes.

"He always gets gloomy when he's drunk. Once he proposed to me, he said I was the only guy for him and he will do anything for me " I couldn't hold my laugh as he said.

"So what did you do, did you agree?" I asked trying to control my laughter. I felt sorry for the man who was sitting there all alone by himself, head hanging low. Poor guy.

"I said I'm straight and that guy blacked out" he silently laughed peering at Thomas who was leaning on the table of the bar at that moment.

" Oh and that man there, who's talking to Ruth Bukater is Bruce Ismay, he's the chief of the White Star Line." I looked at the man who was talking to a woman with red hair.

Damn, the Titanic was filled with all those wealthy people and here I was wondering how I ended up here.

The sudden reminiscent of the past made me shudder. I shrugged off the thought and turned to Jungkook.

"Jungkook, I feel like I want to go back now."

"Would you like to go somewhere we can enjoy ourselves for real?"

His face was filled with enthusiasm.

He looked like he had a plan.

That mischievous grin he had meant some crazy business.

But I agreed, for the sake of knowing what kind of fun he meant.

Hey guys I'm sorry the chapter was delayed, I meant to post it earlier but I couldn't. Also I want to share some news with you guys. This baby won her first award 😁 💕 Thank you all for the great support guys this win truly means a lot to me

Titanic won the second place in the Eclipse BTS Awards by Ravendipity. I'm so honoured. I'm so grateful to all my readers and fans.

Also guys I must say this, some information and characters I included here are real information I found from my research. Those mentioned characters like John Pierpont Mogan, Joseph Bell, Jacob Aston, Thomas Andrews and Bruce Ismay are real characters who sailed on Titanic. But I may have mended some information like their characteristics because this is fanfic, right guys :) I hope you won't see that as an insult or something. I mean no harm for those characters and I don't own them.

See you guys in the next chapter