Thorned Rose // chae hyungwon (#31)

Thirty-seven

Yiwon

I woke up feeling so refreshed for the first time in a week and I find myself smiling without even wanting to, it is a natural thing and I find myself finding myself smiling not doing anything and I looked out of the window. The skies are clear and there are no signs of the clouds turning dark and everything will become gloomy in an instant, that is not what I want for a perfect day.

I got out of bed and washed up, preparing myself for another day of work as a full-time waitress and I came out of the bathroom to find Chae Hyungwon outside waiting for me with his arms crossed. He uncrossed his arms as soon as he sees me and I see him smile for the first time in the morning, he usually doesn't smile in the morning because he is not a morning person and he wishes that he would work in a bar and he wouldn't have to wake up so much every single day but sadly, he is married to his job and he needs the job to pay off his loans and his bills.

"Good morning," I said to him. "Did you sleep well last night?"

"Did you?" He asked me back and I find myself smiling again, this time I am feeling really shy as well. I don't ever feel shy, it is not an emotion that I am used to feeling.

"I think I am, did you?" I asked him back, it is the most lovey-dovey thing that I have ever done and it is the first time that I am feeling this way towards a guy. I am definitely in love and I am in love with Chae Hyungwon, my feelings are real for him and I find myself liking him even more.

"Good morning, fellow roommates!" I immediately hid my own emotions and cleared my throat, Yoo Kihyun doesn't have a freaking clue that my relationship with Chae Hyungwon has changed overnight and he still probably thinks that we are about to fight each other every time we see each other. "How was your night? Was it good? Because mine was good and I slept for a good 7 hours last night and I feel so energetic right now."

"Then don't show that tired face to the customers at 9 am, I dare you to not do that." Chae Hyungwon says to him and I almost burst out laughing, it is a thing that Yoo Kihyun runs out of his energy very easily and it is usually in a matter of hours. "What do you guys even want for breakfast anyway?"

"I want to have pancakes." Yoo Kihyun said happily.

"And you?" He asked me.

"Same like him, I don't want to eat a lot today," I said to him. "Don't you dare serve me the burned ones, I would set your room in the fire for sure."

"You can't do that, all you can do is run away from the fire." He mocked me just like he always does but now it is filled with love, a new feeling that I have never been able to experience before and that feeling is lovely to have around, it changes you into a new person and you make the whole world a better place.

"Aww, you guys are having one of your lover's fights again? How adorable is that?" Yoo Kihyun announced and the both of us looked at him like he is a psychic or something, how did he even know that we are dating each other right now?

Maybe he is just saying that because we fight all the time and people with opposite personalities usually fight a lot and these kinds of people usually make the best couples and all-- "Yeah, we are dating each other if you are wondering about that." Chae Hyungwon said to him and my jaw dropped, I was not expecting him to even say that.

We had an agreement that no one should know about our relationship until we are ready to tell the entire world that we are dating each other, and he just revealed our relationship 7 hours after we had our first kiss and made it official. "Say what again? You guys are dating? For real?" Yoo Kihyun laughs and asked the two of us again. "Are you for real? When did that even happen?"

"Last night, after dinner. It was a natural thing for us to confess our feelings to each other and we decided to make it official, I am so sorry that I couldn't tell you as soon as possible and you have to find out about it the next morning."

"You are not even supposed to be telling anyone about it." I elbowed him in the stomach. "You said that you would shut your mouth and not tell anyone about it until we are ready."

"But I am not anyone, I am Yoo Kihyun your beloved roommate and lovely employer. We have such a special relationship with each other and I should know about it as soon as possible." He said, sounding a little sad because I didn't plan on telling him.

"There is a reason why I have to hide the relationship, my father is still out there finding for me and he will drag me home as soon as he knows and we will be separated and I have no idea if we will ever be able to see each other again," I said to him, that is my real reason for not wanting to reveal the fact that I am in love. "My father will never want me to get married to the love of my life, he wants me to get married to his new shares."

"He is your father, he would still want you to be happy." I laughed at Kihyun's words. "Don't laugh at me like that, you're scaring me the hell out of me."

"You have no idea how heartless my father can be, after all, he murdered off my mother to get her money and became the emperor of the Minatozaki empire with that, he wasn't always the emperor and he was only a lowly peasant who somehow got married to a princess."