It Was Always You // Joo Seokhoon × Bae Rona ✨🌌🌠

4// In Each Other's Arms

Year 2026
Seoul, South Korea
Penthouse, ShimWoon Palace

'Here we are..... Just so you know, you guys are the first people to sleep here. So please be careful....my mom will probably check on you two at the most random of times during the night. '

Blushing and looking down, Rona smiles and awkwardly nods at her best friend.

As the doors close behind them, Rona turns and chuckles at Joo Seokhoon's pouty face.

' Well you heard Jenny.... Don't even think about doing anything. Now stop pouting like a little child and go wash up.'

As Rona started to walk towards the bathroom, a grip on her wrist stops her and pulls her back making her land on Seokhoon's lap.

Blushing at his bold actions, Seokhoon wraps his arms around her petite figure tightly and grins in a rather naughty way.

'What do you say.... We try to save time and water. How about I join you in washing up then we can turn in for the night early?'

Flustered at his comment, Rona slaps his chest gently and avoids his piercing eyes.

'Stop joking around, I need to go and wash up..... Separately from you.'

Pushing her way out of his strong hold, Rona dashes off to the bathroon and locks the door behind her as she slumps down the marble bathroom wall and calm her erratic heart.

'Ugh.... What's wrong with him? His suddenly so confident.'

Replacing her shy expression, Rona smiles naughtily and continues.

'Well.... Two can play it at that game.'

After washing up, Rona enters the bedroom as she gently dried her hair with the towel.

Noticing her presence, Seokhoon who had been laying on the huge bed observes her actions and gazes at her with a smile plastered on his face.

It's been 3 years since he last saw her and over those few years. She had changed and matured a lot.

He could write a long ass thesis paper and list down every little thing even the most intricate details of her evolution.

Rona silently ignored the male and sat on the chair in front of the vanity table.

Patting her face softly with the little kit Jenny had lend her for her skincare. She could feel the piercing gaze from behind.

'At this point, You might as well shot a bullet through my face.'

Tilting his head with a slight pout, Seokhoon smirks and replies with his teasing voice.

'You can't blame me....you've become so different since the last time I saw you.'

Standing up with a sly grin, Rona approaches her boyfriend and kneels down to stroke his cheeks slightly startling him with her bold actions.

'Well then... You can't blame me either. It's probably because I'm in love.'

There was a pause in the air as Seokhoon's ears turn red and a blush appears on his cheeks.

Internally, Rona's lips curve up into a triumphant smile that simply reads SUCCESS !!!

But even before she could react and stand back up, Rona was soon pulled into her boyfriend's arms.

What happens next was unexpected, Seokhoon and Rona literally has a wrestling match. They scuffle here and there just like little kids.

The room was either filled with his grunts and small groans or her shouts and their nonstop bickering.

From the other room, Mari gently puts down the book she was reading and pauses as she listens to the sound from the other room.

Covering her mouth with a shocked face, she swiftly opens her television and puts it at the highest volume.

Shrugging to herself, she slightly chuckles and comments.

'Well... I shouldn't blame them, it's been a long time..... DongPil and I were just like them once.'

As she lays on her bed, Mari smiles at the thought of her husband.

Deep into the night, the couple lay asleep on the guest room.

Rona was laying her head on Seokhoon' s chest as she softly sleeps the tiredness of the day away.

Holding her hand gently, Seokhoon smiles as he gazes at her peaceful face. He didn't want it to end, knowing that they had to seperate and go back to their respective countries after this. He knew it was going to be hard but there was something in particular that clouded his mind.

'Just wait for me.... Rona yah'

And with that he also had closed his eyes and start his journey towards dreamland.

It was the second time Seokhoon had slept so well in 3 years.

The first time being the night before where they had been intimate for the first time ever.

He would never forget that feeling.
The feeling of the adrenaline rush and the plethora of emotions that followed.

Ever since he first laid his eyes on her when they were merely 16. It was the first time where he could finally pour all the feelings and love that he had held back all those years.

A moment where two teenagers who had only been infatuated with each other during their high school days. Became adults who truly fell in love and through that love became one after so many years of waiting for each other.

The door to the guest bedroom opens at around midnight, Peeking in the dark room Mari releases a sigh of relief as she checks on the couple.

Gently smiling as she observes the couple who slept soundly as they were wrapped in each others arms. A tear had escaped Mari's eyes unexpectedly.

Silently whispering to herself, she gently closes the door and wipes her tears.

'YoonHee ssi, Suryeon ssi..... You don't have to worry about them anymore. They're both home now.'

Home meant a lot, it wasn't simply because they were in South Korea. But because the lovers had somehow found their way back ti each other after so much tragedy and pain.

And indeed..... Mari was right.

"Seokhoon and Rona were finally home."

But the story doesn't end here, in fact..... It starts here.