Undoing Us - KNJ

3 | Rules.

I enter my house after spending a tiring day in the office. Namjoon was on leave for the day, definitely giving me a lot of time to think about marriage during lunch. 

Walking towards my bedroom, I see my husband getting ready to leave for his evening plans. "Going somewhere?" I ask as I put my bag and other belongings into their place. "Yea...drinking with colleagues," he replies, his fingers brushing through his dark locks.

Hmpf! Another lonely night.

"I thought about it and I wanted to establish certain rules about the whole open marriage thing." His eyes perk up at me, sparkling with some emotion that I can't decipher right now.

It's weird, right? I used to understand this man's emotions just by looking at him and now I find it a bit difficult to understand him sometimes.

"Come here" he gestures me to sit on the bed while he walks towards the same.

I sit down on the bed, facing him "Look...I trust us, our bond, I am just worried about us spoiling our marriage-"

"Don't be" he cuts me off, trying to reassure me.

"Also...I was wondering if we can try this open marriage thing for a month first, and then see where it goes?" my eyes focus on his face, trying to gauge his expressions.

He relaxes in his spot, taking his time to think things through. "Sure..." he speaks in a different tone. 

Is he not okay with this request? Or maybe I am reading too much into this. Trying to push back my thoughts I focus on the man in front of me. "Thank you for understanding me" I peck on his lips softly.

"Okay...so I wanted to establish some ground rules, before we move further" I speak, waiting for him to reply. He nods for me to continue.

"No. 1, We will always communicate about our feelings with each other" I speak as I hold his hands in mine. He blinks slowly, expressing his affirmation with his eyes.

"No. 2, We will always be each other's primary partner and keep things strictly sexual with other people, no emotional discussions with our sexual partners"

"Babe, don't worry about that" he smiles softly at me.

"No. 3, We will close our relationship if any one of us is uncomfortable-"

"I promise" he kisses me.

"No. 4, Always wear protection, don't want any unwanted case of STD or pregnancy in our life" he laughs at my final rule.

"Don't worry love, I will be super careful about that" he reassures me.

"Oh! and-and we will not sleep with the same person more than once!" I interject.

He frowned "why?"

"To avoid developing feelings for them" I reply honestly.

"I told you that will not happen" he tries to reassure me. But I shake my head sticking firmly to my last request "nu-uh".

"Okay," he replies half-heartedly and leaves for the night, this time taking his keys with him. I, on the other hand, remove my clothes and prepare a bath for myself.

These past two days have been super stressful and I really need to relax. Lighting a few scented candles, I prepare the bath and pour in a glass of wine for myself, finally slipping inside the warm water. The water relaxing my muscles, instantly.

My phone pings, alerting me that I received a text message. I check my phone to see a message from Namjoon.