Heal Me (Married To Brother-in-law)

15.

Munhee was stressed. Utterly stressed.

Stress of presenting herself as a good daughter-in-law.

This was the very first time her mother-in-law would visit their house after their marriage. Not that she wanted to impress her husband by getting the favours from his mother. It was just a housewife instinct that she wanted the very first guest in her house, who was also her mother-in-law, not to be disappointed at her. She wanted her hospitality to be commendable.

This was also a big chance for getting back at Byun Baekhyun, who happened to be pretty arrogant and sarcastic towards her while pointing out her poor skills in cooking.

She will make him shut his mouth for criticizing her cooking skills and make him lick his fingers after eating her delicious food. At least this was what she had been planning ever since she'd entered the kitchen in this early morning.

She had already revised all the recipes four times - which she had jotted down from her mother at the previous night. She was confident enough to not forget any step and apply all the tricks for the perfect dishes just like her mother cooked.

Munhee was currently marinating the chickens that she would fry and dip in the red sauce just before serving the food.

"Isn't it too early to start cooking?" Munhee jolted up from her concentration at a gruff voice, that was none other than Baekhyun's.

"You scared me!" Munhee mumbled as she turned to glare at her husband for startling her in this quiet hour.

"It should be me who should say this." Baekhyun crossed his arms as he leaned on the opposite counter,  "Do you ever expect to wake up and come to the kitchen, only to find someone with messy hair and white gown, moving around in the kitchen? It will look scary, definitely." Baekhyun smirked, it looks like he liked making fun of her. He used to do it in the past also, but those were in a less humiliating way.

Munhee realized she didn't comb and tie her wavy and messy after-sleep hair before starting her cooking mission, it must've looked scary. Also it wasn't that hygiene either. As much as she wanted to rebute or reply him with a bigger sarcasm, he was kind of right.

"I forgot to tie my hair." She muttered to herself. She raked her eyes over the kitchen and found her hair tie she usually used to tie her hair while cooking. But both of her hands were occupied and she was in the middle of mixing the ingredients, so she couldn't just wash her hands to do her hair.

'I should just be careful till the marinating, after that I'll tie my hair up.'   Munhee planned inwardly and went back on finishing her half finished work, without giving the man still standing there another glance.

Munhee could see in her peripheral vision that Baekhyun took a glass of water, and drank up before he vanished somewhere behind her.

The girl let out a silent 'what the heck!' when she felt him come closer, much closer than her comfort, behind her. He was close enough to make the both of them feel the heat radiating off their bodies. She tried not to shiver in the unusual contact. He didn't say anything. Without any warning, he had scooped her messy hairs with both of his hands, making her heart rate palpitate irregularly, and tied them with the hair tie. After that he immediately scooted away, giving both of their bodies a respective distance which they always maintained.

"Uh t-thanks." Munhee mumbled, she wasn't even sure whether her small voice reached his ear or not. She wasn't sure either, why in the earth her heart rates seemed to be increasing by every passing seconds.