SUDDEN MARRIAGE

Eleven

Jeno already went home after sending us back. Out of excitement, I immediately threw the things I bought and scattered it all over the bed. Nothing heals me more than shopping does!

I heard a knock on my door but I was busy opening bags.

"Love?"

"Wait!" I shout back. "Or just come in!"

"Can I?"

"Uh, yes!" I said but I was too entranced with the clothes that I bought, so what I replied to Mark wasn't really what I wanted to reply but it's just on the tip of my tongue and it came out.

I heard Mark chuckle. I lifted an eye on him and saw him putting down his specs. He crawled towards me and rested on my back.

"Can I hold you?"

I furrow my eyebrows as I tilt my head. "Hold?"

"Like this..." My breath hitched when he wrapped both his arms around me and hugged me from behind. "Is this okay?"

To be honest, I like his warmth. I love his clothed chest behind me and his lovely clean scent. I found myself scooting closer to him and inhaling his scent.

"Do you like these?" Mark asks behind me in a shushed tone, referring to the things that I bought.

"Yes..." I honestly replied and suppressed myself from smiling too widely. "I love them! They're such a beauty!"

"I'm so glad that you're happy." He sighs, then I feel him plop his neck on my shoulders. "God... I'm so tired."

"Just rest." I said in a small voice while playing with the flesh of his arm.

"I feel so much better here with you than with that massaging chair..." He chuckled in a deep voice and pulled me close. "I'm sorry, love."

"For what?" I twist my lips and bite it as I wait for his reply. Truth be said I can't even count how many times he has apologized to me already!

"For everything that you're upset about that I'm not aware of. I don't know what disappointed you about me today, so I'm saying sorry for all of it."

Oh damn it, Mark! Why are you so thoughtful despite being so unattentive? You take good care of me so much!

I try to ignore him this time and focus on my bags that I bought. These aren't that expensive compared to what I used to buy before but this is enough.

"Donghyuck..."

I hum an answer. "What is it?"

"I forgot that I'm still courting you," He laughs for a bit before continuing. "Do you remember how I courted you before?"

"So much." I reply simply.

Recalling all the things he did to court me is making my heart beat fast and the butterflies inside my stomach swarm. It was so hard to forget despite me being over Mark already.

"Really?" He chuckled and I felt his chest vibrating behind me. "Of all those things, what did you like the most?"

"Why are we talking about this?" I huff with my forehead crunched.

"I'm sorry..." He said in a disappointed voice, then he cleared his throat. "I just thought it would help me. I didn't mean to make you upset."

Oh, dang it! Mark said it so sadly and now I feel bad for snapping at him like that. His soft tone isn't making me feel better either!

He was about to remove an arm from me but out of sympathy for what I assumed he felt, I pulled him back and sigh.

"When you gave all your attention to me," I shut my eyes, reminiscing about everything that I liked the most when he was still courting me. "You never made me feel alone. You are always there for me."