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14 ~ A pleasant surprise

I woke up to a sound of a door opening. I looked at the door and saw the love of my life just stand there, looking at me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up!" He closed he door and rushed to me.
"It's okay. What time even is it? Shouldn't you go to work?"
"Perhaps."
"Well, are you gonna?"
"Nah..."
"Hansol! You have to!"
"But I wanna be here with you."
"I want that too, but you know we can't do that..."
"What if I told you that I just spoke to Mingyu and told him that I'm sick, so I'm taking a day off to recover. I'll get back to work tomorrow. We have today just for ourselves."

"I love you." I smiled, looking at his lips.
"I love you too." My boyfriend got the hint and kissed me.
"My little idiot."
"My little bully."
"Come on! How do I bully you?!"
"Last time you were here you punched me and now you're calling me an idiot."
"I punched you because of my reflexes, because you scared me. We already agreed that both of us were guilty on that one. And you were the one who said that you're an idiot yesterday."
"You have an answer for everything, don't you?"
"You bet I do."

Vernon smiled.

"So, what do you wanna do today?" Hansol asked.
"I don't know..."
"Do you wanna stay here then?"
"For now, sure."
"Aren't you like hungry or something?"
"Yes, but I want to cuddle right now."
"But food..."
"But cuddles..."
"Food is more important."
"Nothing is more important than cuddles."
"Alright, fine, you win."
"I always do."

My boyfriend rolled his eyes and tickled me.

"How da- dare- you?!" I tried to say while he continued to tickle me.
"What did you say?"
"It- it hurts." I played hurt.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm really really sorry!" The tickling hell stopped. I held my belly to make it look more realistic. "Are you alright?"
"Weren't you hungry?" I asked as if nothing happened.
"Whaaat??"
"Let's go get some breakfast." I continued.
"Didn't... You just said... You were hurt?" He was still confused. I tried to play it cool and tried not to laugh. I turned around and laughed the hardest I ever have, I almost fell down the stairs.

"What... Is happening?"
"I was just kidding, so you stop tickling me. Now for real, let's go, I'm hungry."
"Alright, but no more jokes like this."
"Fiine..."
"Promise?"
"Fine." I responded. Hansol grabbed my shoulder and stopped walking. I almost fell down the stairs, but managed not to. I turned around and saw his mouth open as he was about to talk.

"What do you mean 'fine'?? You were supposed not to do it the first time you said it!!"
"Alright, alright, fine, let's not fight."
"We're not fighting."
"Then what's happening?"
"I'm explaining the situation."
"Oh, so you're "explaining"... You better stop explaining or I'm gonna get bored and walk home."
"Oh, so you remember where the front door is?"
"Yes! Walk down the stairs and then right. Dumbass." I turned around and begun walking again.

"Oh, I'm glad you remember." He said in a joking tone.
"Hm." I answered in a monotone voice.
"Come on."
"Hm."
"Kwanie..."
"Hm." I walked down the last few stairs and as I was about to stop, he took me by my shoulder again and turned me around.

"Seungkwan, what is going on?"
"Nothing, jeez."
"No, Seungkwan, let's talk it out."
"I'm hungry tho."
"We can talk it out while eating."
"Fine." I rolled my eyes. And followed him to the kitchen.

"Alright... Do you want... Fried chicken?" He asked, peeking from behind the fridge door.
"Sure."
"Well, that was quick..."
"Do you wanna heat it up i-"
"In the microwave. That's the quickest way."
"Alright." Hansol prepared the food and I kept watching him. He looks so good while working in the kitchen... And while doing overall anything. Oh my god... No! I gotta be mad at him! Jeez, I'd forget. I'd even forgive him though... But no! I'm not gonna do that!

"Here's your chicken." I got my food and he sat across the table with his. "Now please tell me, what's going on? Did I make you mad? What did I do? I'm sorry, I'm genuinely stupid."
"You did make me mad."
"How?"
"You made fun of me!"
"Seungkwan, it's okay to feel anger, but please, if there's something in our relationship that I really want, it's to talk everything out. I don't want us to yell at each other because of small mistakes. I don't want this relationship to end."
"Okay, fine. You made me mad by making fun of me. Also - the way you stopped me in the middle of the stairs out of nowhere, I almost fell. You even made fun of me when I said that I don't want us to fight. It all completely just pissed me off. Especially when it was one thing after another. I also hate it when someone tickles me. That's why I acted hurt." He was just listening to me without a word. "Damn, that felt great."

"See? That's why I want us to talk things out."
"I'm sorry."
"What are you sorry for??"
"Everything." My sight got blurred as tears filled my eyes. "I'm sorry that I screamed at you. I'm sorry for being such a bad boyfriend. I'm sorry for being mean for no reason. I'm just genuinely sorry." I cried. Hansol hurried to me and pat my back.
"It's completely fine, people sometimes just do things without thinking about others. It's fine. I love you." He consoled me and placed a kiss on my forehead.

We ate the rest of the breakfast in silence.I went into his room afterwards, not crying anymore, just sad. I think he went to the living room. At least that's what I'd do.