Bun In The Oven

Can I Have Your Son For The Rest Of My Life?

Today is a sunny day. The sun shines so brightly, the sky is clear, and the bird is singing.

What a perfect day to ask for a blessing for marriage!

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Donghyun and Joochan were high school sweethearts. Despite their hobby of bickering since day one, Donghyun and Joochan's relationship has been going strong. Of course there are arguments here and there, but Donghyun and Joochan believe each other so much that they always go back to one another.

Donghyun is a really shy and reserved person that Joochan has to work really hard to win his heart. Yes, Joochan was the one who chased Donghyun from the very start. Donghyun is so nonchalant that Joochan used to have a suspicion that Donghyun can't love someone romantically.

At first, Donghyun felt overwhelmed by Joochan's loud, confident, and bubbly nature. But their polar opposite personalities weirdly make them gravitate toward each other, mostly by bickering. Joochan, who sent a challenge to Donghyun to meet him on the rooftop on their first meeting in their sophomore year, declared that he fell in love with Donghyun at first sight. Donghyun, flabbergasted and kinda flattered, thought Joochan was not serious. Since then, Joochan pledged to win Donghyun's heart and had been chasing Donghyun day and night.

Donghyun never thought that Joochan was serious. But he liked their dynamic and they have been inseparable ever since. Until Joochan asked for Donghyun's answer six months after his confession.

Donghyun, who genuinely thought Joochan's confession was not serious, answered that he always viewed Joochan as his best friend. Joochan, broken-hearted, kept a distance between him and Donghyun and stopped chasing him day and night.

Of course their strained relationship was noticed by the entire school because Joochan was their school's famous choir leader. He actually had a fanclub among the students. The news of the broken relationship between Joochan and his pursuit of Donghyun, bred an army of students who confessed to Joochan in hope of winning his heart.

Donghyun, already feeling devastated by the absence of Joochan in his life, finally realized his feeling when he heard Joochan being confessed to left and right. When he saw some girl about to confess to Joochan in the school yard, he immediately approached them and told the girl that Joochan was his. Since then, they are officially exclusive. Dramatic much, eh?

For how dramatic their get together story is, their proposal was definitely anti-climatic.

Joochan already planned his proposal over a romantic dinner in his apartment. He invited Donghyun to cook pasta together and it turned out to be a disaster. Their pasta caught fire and both of them couldn't understand how that was even possible. Donghyun immediately turned off the stove and Joochan threw a bucket of water towards the stove and Donghyun who stood in front of the stove. Donghyun, shocked and drenched in water, can't help but find the whole situation hilarious. He nagged and laughed and cried (because of laughing) at the same time and Joochan couldn't afford to lose him.

He asked Donghyun to marry him then and there, in the middle of his kitchen with Donghyun still drenched from head to toe. Donghyun, kinda used to Joochan's spontaneous behaviour, smiled and accepted his proposal with a kiss. He genuinely looked forward to living with Joochan and being surprised by Joochan's antics for the rest of his life.

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And we are back to the beginning of the story.

Today is the day Joochan will ask Donghyun's parents for their blessing.

Joochan always thought that Jangjun and Daeyeol are such cool parents. Jangjun is a jokester and he is really outgoing while Daeyeol is calm and reserved. They act like a friend to Donghyun but still being loving and doting parents. Joochan feels like their dynamic is similar to his own with Donghyun. And he never feels worried for one bit for this day, because Jangjun and Daeyeol love him, and vice versa. He shares a lot of similarities with Jangjun and they often hang out together, just Joochan and Jangjun. Until today happened.