That Night in Italy

Epilogue

"Your dad's never been hostile around anyone, hasn't he?", Hyun Bin asked pensively as he took a second look at the mirror, assessing his golf outfit.

He and Ye Jin had returned from Italy the day before and the first thing he did was call her dad and invite her parents to the country club they frequently went to.

He wanted to personally let them know about their new relationship as soon as they got back, desperately praying for them to take the news positively. He knew how much Ye Jin loved her family and their approval mattered a lot to him. 

"Well, he's certainly never beaten any of my exes with a golf club before.."

"That's because none of your exes ever made an effort to meet your dad.", he deadpanned. 

Ye Jin laughed. Good point. She was putting on her makeup and her heart fluttered when the light reflected on her diamond earring, a gift that Hyun Bin gave her on their last day at the Mondello beach.

...

Ye Jin was very annoyed when Hyun Bin cuddled her awake. She was severely tired from their all-night romping that he had to pull her up to her feet and dress her in her bikini by himself.

She was rubbing sunscreen on her body when Hyun Bin sat beside her and held up a small box.

"What's that?"

"For you.", he said with a sweet smile.

She carefully took it, maintaining her pissed façade until the frown on her face was instantly replaced with shock upon seeing the crystal Swarovski studs inside the box. 

"Why did you get me this?", she chided.

"I saw you looking at it", Hyun Bin defended. 

He caught her eyeing the pair of earrings when he paid for their swimwear back on their first day at the beach and was going to ask her if she wanted it when she suddenly dragged him towards Lucia's restaurant.

"So I went back to the boutique yesterday and got if for you.", he was going to say that he also bought it as an apology gift, but she was already annoyed that he woke her up for a last quick swim and decided to keep that to himself. 

Ye Jin blushed and couldn't keep the bashful smile from creeping on her face. 

"Thank you.", she uttered in the softest tone she could produce and leaned to kiss him. 

"Are you finally willing to go on a dip with me now?", Hyun Bin teased.

Ye Jin giggled, "We could miss our flight and even that won't make me mad."

***

Ye Jin was smiling as she recalled a few moments from their heavenly trip when she heard Hyun Bin sigh. 

"Do you think they'll take it well?"

They're about to leave in 10 minutes and his nerves were really starting to get to him. Her dad had a pretty mean swing and her mom wasn't bad either, he could only hope for their golf clubs to stay where they belong once they find out.

Ye Jin stood up and approached him, encircling her hands around his waist. "You have nothing to worry about."

"I mean... I told them repeatedly that what they think is going to happen between us didn't really have a chance to happen between us."

"I told them the same thing", Ye Jin tried to boost his confidence. "I bet you they'll be even happier after realizing that their hunch was right."

There was no reason for him to get anxious when her parents always loved him. In fact, they loved him a tad bit too much. 

She briefly pulled away, "Actually there is something you have to worry about."

Hyun Bin took the bait and his eyes widened, "What? I should have gotten them a different wine, right? I was so hesitant about that, I wasn't sure if it was going to suit your dad's taste–"

"Aniya, aniya." Ye Jin shook her head

"Then what?"

Ye Jin looked at him seriously, "When they find out..", she sighed animatedly, "I'm afraid they're going to like this pairing too much and just might get us married at the soonest possible..."

Hyun Bin scoffed, finally letting out the breath he was holding and allowed himself to relax a little. He giggled as he pulled Ye Jin closer to him and rested his chin on the top of her head.

"Well, that's something I never have to worry about.", he whispered. "Like I said, I'll marry you in a heartbeat."

Author's Note:

And that will be the last for this story. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this! I certainly enjoyed writing it and I hope most of you were satisfied with how it went :) 

I started writing this as my own little BinJin project for Valentine's and a way to distract myself as we wait for the joint CF, and now it's out!! 

I wish you all well and til next time <3 Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

*The amazing digital art that I used for this chapter was a work by twitter user @ chumchururum