Landed on Us

The Lines

Chapter 14: The Lines

Gu Seung Jung woke up and saw the smooth white ceiling of his own bedroom. He blinked several times to chase the sleep fog out of his eyes and also to settle the slight pounding from 2 bottles of wine he shared with Seo Dan the night before.

Speaking about the woman, he turned to his side and frowned when seeing a blank space on her side of the bed. He quickly sat up and scanned the room, then sighed a deep relief when seeing the woman was standing facing the glass wall on further corner of his bedroom. Dan seemed to notice him getting awake, as she turned her head towards him and smiled.

Her figure took his breath away.

She was only wearing the button down he wore last night, with her long lustrous hair fell freely on her back and shapely legs went on deliciously like forever until they disappear on his shirt's hem; which barely covering her bottom. He knew he just tasted every part of her less than 3 hours ago, but he felt his mouth salivating just seeing her visual.

"Morning, sleepy head" she teased and Seung Jung rolled his eyes as he glanced towards the clock on his nightstand. It was barely 7 AM.

"Whatchu doing?" he smirked while sitting up and reclining comfortably on his pillows. If he closed his eyes, he could still smell her shampoo on the pillow and blankets they shared last night.

"Watching sunrise" she said, then she raised a cup of tea she was holding, "And having my first cuppa. This is my morning routine."

Seung Jung nodded. Something that he learned during his time with Dan these past weeks, was that Seo Dan was really a creature of habit. Despite her changing environment, she still managed to maintain to do things in the order that she always did; like her first tea in the morning, coffee and toast for breakfast, and punctual time for lunches and dinners. She once mentioned that she never liked changes in her life, which made the things she was doing for Ri Jeong Hyeok even more significant.

Gu Seung Jung sighed and slightly cursed the Ri boys for being so charming, they both managed to tie the heart of two beautiful women in his life. Dan turned to look back to the horizon and sighed.

"Even our bedrooms are facing the same towards sunrise," she said softly, "I spent a long time to find a matrimonial house whose bedroom face East in Pyongyang; just like my childhood room."

Seung Jung kept silent after the revelation, not quite knowing how to react. Did it mean she wants to see more sunrise from this bedroom since it fits her requirement? Or was it only meaningless words she said to fill the silence between them?

He continued watching her watching sunrise, when suddenly the first ray of light burst through and illuminated her silhouette beautifully. He decided that he liked it and actually itched to put his hands on that silhouette. After a few considerations, he threw the blankets and put on his house robe before walked purposely to Dan.

He hugged her form from behind, relishing the exquisite smell of her neck. Dan also closed her eyes and enjoyed their closeness, before moving slightly to put her teacup on the window sill. She caught his hands on her waist, before saying the next thing in a somber tone.

"I should let you know before last night, that I don't want to be tied to anyone ever again, Gu Seung Jung-ssi" she said, causing his heartbeat to quicken, "I think I was swept away by the moment and didn't use my better judgement."

Seung Jung tried to control his tone and left the flicker of hurt in his words.

"Are you regretting it already, Seo Dan-ssi?" and to his biggest relief, she shook her head. She sighed and let her head fell back to his shoulder.