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"SO, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY MY GRANDDAUGHTER?"
The way my eyes grew wide at gramps' unexpected question was inevitable. The next second, I heard Baekhyun choking on the water he was drinking. When he turned to meet my eyes, he was wearing the same expression as mine. He blinked his eyes a couple of times as he wiped the spilled water around his mouth.
We were in the living room, seated on the couch like kids being scolded for behaving badly. I closed my eyes, feeling stressed out as I remembered what happened inside my room earlier.
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"Fuck. You seriously decided to be on top of me like this, now?" Baekhyun whined as quiet as he could as he breathed out, sounding like he was struggling.
I couldn't answer, I was too speechless at the moment.
"You're really trying to kill me, don't you?" He gritted his teeth as he sighed near my ear. "Damn it."
When I came back to my senses, I immediately frowned at him thinking how ungrateful he was when I only did this to cover him. But he was right, I was on top of him and I could still feel him poking down there. I gulped, realizing how our position made it worse for him.
"I..." I trailed off biting my lower lip, my next words buried in my head when I heard another voice in the room.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Gramps' question came like a roaring thunder, making us both look at him at the same time. "Why are you on top of him like you're not done making out?"
He was so mad, it was written all over his face. His forehead creasing, eyes protruding from sockets as he threw dagger looks at us, nostrils flaring.
Baekhyun and I froze.
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Baekhyun looked baffled. Who wouldn't be after being asked to marry me out of nowhere? He opened his mouth but closed it when no words came out. He took the glass of water to him mouth once more and emptied it. He placed the glass on the table in front of us before looking at gramps.
"Gramps, isn't...isn't it too early to ask me that question?" Baekhyun managed to answer, letting out of a casual laugh.
Wow, he sounded so natural.
"Too early?" Gramps replied, sounding annoyed with his reply. "What, do you mean you go to her room for years and years now but you don't have a plan to marry her?" His eyes were big as if Baekhyun just said the most ridiculous thing. "WHAT DO YOU TAKE HER FOR?"
Gramps moved towards Baekhyun probably to hit him or something but I was quick to stand on my feet and blocked him. Baekhyun, on the other hand, seemed to be a little taken aback by my grandfather's interrogation.
"Gramps..." I intercepted, wanting to pacify him. "All Baekhyun does in my room is sleep."
"Exactly!" He exclaimed like what I just said added to his suspicion. "YOU GUYS SLEEP TOGETHER! You have been sleeping together." He paused, blinked his eyes twice as if proving a point.
Oh damn, gramps. No stop there.
I sat and Baekhyun and I exchanged looks before my attention automatically darted to the thing between his legs as I recalled what happened inside the closet earlier. My brain lagged for a millisecond before I heard Baekhyun clearing his throat as awkwardly closed his legs, giving me the look. I shook my head, dismissing certain thoughts.
"Do you think that's normal?" He went on, his eyes trailed from me to Baekhyun.
"No," I exhaled harshly. "That's not what I mean gramps. C'mon-" I tried to reason out but got my statement cut.
"MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE YOUTH TODAY?!" He yelled, intercepting.
I sighed as I covered my face with my hands, annoyed and not knowing what else to say. I could feel my head throbbing due to the stress.
"Gramps," I heard Baekhyun spoke beside me. "Seol and I, yes we sleep in the same room sometimes but we don't SLEEP together." He told him, still trying to sound and act naturally. "In fact, she always lets me sleep on the floor and my back would hurt so much in the morning." He went on, acting like his back was hurting as he placed a hand behind his shoulder. "You know her, she's not very caring."
I glared at Baekhyun's last sentence but noticed how gramps scoffed, definitely not convinced by his explanation.
"Then how do you explain the fact that you were both crammed inside the closet earlier? You can't be folding clothes in there, can you?" He added in a matter of fact tone. "Whose idea was that?"
I remained quiet on the couch, my hands folded in front of my chest. I was about to give up explaining. This was way too messy. My brain couldn't anymore.
"Gramps..." Baekhyun called in a light tone as he stood next to him. "It was mine." He admitted, placing an arm around my grandfather's shoulder. "I was just helping Seol find her handkerchief-"
"YAAAAH!" He yelled at him, making him jump on his feet. "What do you take me for?"
I rolled my eyes at Baekhyun, wanting to give him a flying kick for his ridiculous statement. The way he wasn't helping with the situation at all was driving me nuts. I wanted the ground to eat me alive at this point.
"So," Baekhyun opened his mouth once more as soon as he was seated on the couch again. "What do you suggest we were doing inside the closet gramps?"
I sighed, momentarily closing my eyes in irritation. I swear, I'd love to kick his face right now.
"I don't know!" Gramps replied in a quite embarrassed tone. "Maybe something scandalous."
"Scandalous?" Baekhyun repeated the word. "Hmm, you mean like kissing?"
Gramps nodded agreeably. "Yes kissing or more than that."
"Aye, gramps." Baekhyun let out of a small laugh. "You're not serious, are you?"
How calm he sounded right now despite gramps' interrogation kinda fascinated me. It must be the alcohol still in his system, somehow. But then, he had always been the one to keep his cool during these kinds of situation.
"If we were to do something SCANDALOUS as you suggest, I...personally, wouldn't want to do it in a small space like that."
My jaw dropped at his remark as I immediately stepped on his foot, catching his attention. He stared at me only to look away the next second.
"I mean, her bed would be comfortable... or the floor, the wall or the bathroom at least right? Or...or this couch!" He blurted out mixed with hand signals. "If her closet was bigger then maybe we'd enjoy doing some magic tricks in there but it was too small, Seol even had to place her hands at such a dangerous place..."
"YAH." I said in gritted teeth but remained ignored by him.
"As a man, I'm pretty sure you get what I mean gramps. It would be so difficult to..." He stopped talking, his mouth forming into a thin line, his hands balling into fists like he was trying to communicate with gramps non-verbally. "You know?"
To my surprise, gramps nodded as if getting what he meant. I couldn't believe he sounded convinced. UNBELIEVABLE.
"Fine." Gramps uttered in surrender.
I let out of a sigh of relief.
"So, when are you marrying her?" He asked for the second time, catching us off guard once more.
Oh, not again.
"You really want me to be your grandson in law, don't you gramps?" He teased, his crescent shaped eyes in full display. "Heeey, you're being obvious."
