Heal Me (Married To Brother-in-law)

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Baekhyun stood there in a speechless state for a while, and Munhee started to wonder was it that much shocking for him to take in that she had finally put on the supposedly wedding ring, which apparently meant that she had forgiven him for his past behaviors.

"Oh!"  He muttered in disbelief again, one time pointing at the ring, other time staring at Munhee with wide eyes. 

Munhee couldn't stand his weird reaction, so she cleared her throat and patted her dress while she asked her kind of dumbfounded husband,   "Do I look okay? Is the dress way too casual?" 

"You look...."  Baekhyun's eyes were back at Munhee's figure, this time to scan her outfit so that he could give his opinion,  "...fine. Dress is also fine."  He mumbled softly, giving her an okay smile.  

Munhee nodded and closed her bedroom door behind her before walking into their living room, with Baekhyun beside her. Byun mansion was already decorated with modern interiors and all, so they didn't need to put any extra effort in the house's   appearance when any important guest would come over. All they needed to worry about, was the food and their hospitality.

"I should check the food.."  Munhee muttered to herself, but Baekhyun being just beside her, had heard her clearly.

"I've already checked the food before calling you. Food tastes good.  Miss Lonn did a great job."  Baekhyun proudly let her know.

"Oh!"  Munhee nodded, realization set albeit coldly inside her, that she would probably never be able to make Baekhyun this proud with her own cooking skills. She had already gone through a lot of hazards in this day, so she decided not to ponder on any other disappointing thoughts.  "Where are the babies?" She asked next, eager to end the topic of cooking skills where she had none.

"They were playing in their room when last time I checked up on them."  Baekhyun let her know.  "And the last time was like fifteen minutes ago."  He added.

Munhee craned her neck to check the time from their wall clock,   "I should get them ready too. There's not much time left."   She told the male standing before her and walked past him towards the stairs.

"Hey, w-wait!!"   Baekhyun held her left arm, successfully stopping her from leaving. He looked nervous, his eyes were roaming everywhere but her for the first few seconds. Then his gaze slowly trailed towards her hand which he was still holding. Munhee had a feeling he was again staring at the ring on her ring finger.

"Huh?"  Munhee mumbled in a questioning manner, since his behaviour was making her uncomfortable and her stupid heart didn't seem to be in the mood of compromising, it only raced more stupidly without any valid reason.

"You...you do know the meaning of wearing this ring, right?"  Finally, her husband let out what was troubling him all along.

Munhee wanted to roll her eyes at him.  They both had a clear talk about this, and the consequences of wearing the ring was also disclosed openly between the both of them. Then why did he need to confirm it again?  She wasn't  particularly willing to explain him the aforementioned consequences.  The girl sighed and was about to give him a slight snappish reply, but when her eyes leveled straight with his shaky ones, she pressed her lips shut immediately.  "I do." She replied, calmly.

"You're not doing this only to make us look.... okay in front of the guests, r-right?"  He again asked. And this time it made Munhee's blood boil.

"Why would I do that?" She threw her hands in the air in disbelief, losing the warmth of his gentle grip in the process.  "You gave me this ring saying that it's our wedding ring. And you also said that when I'd forgive you, I should just wear this ring and you'll get it that I did forgive you. Then why are you having so much doubt about this?" Munhee asked or more like yelled, she didn't even know how she managed to tone down her voice by the end of it, maybe because they weren't confined within the thick four walls of a room and the whole house would hear her voice if she raised her voice in the middle of their living room. Or maybe she didn't have the heart to yell at him after knowing a big part of him just today.