Arranged Marriage to Mr. Nam Woohyun

⤜Chapter Thirty-Four: Moments⤛

Woohyun backed away and rested his forehead against yours. Both of you had your eyes closed, absorbing each second you two had together.
Your heart was racing so fast, you knew he heard it as well. Woohyun backed away, opening his eyes. Meanwhile you still had your eyes closed. You slowly leaned your head on his shoulder. He moved closer to you and searched for your hands. Once he found them, he intertwined them together. You didn't care what he did. You wanted this moment to stop.
"Is there...anything you want to tell me?" Woohyun asked.
You opened your eyes when he asked that.
Of course! There's so much I want to say to you.
You thought.
"...thanks for today." You managed to say to him without tearing up.
In Woohyun's mind, he didn't want that answer. He wished you had said something else.
There was a long silence before Woohyun asked you another one.
"I wanted to know...why did you marry me?" He asked.
You lifted your head up and looked at Woohyun, making him look at you.
"Why did you agree at the alter?" He asked, giving you a serious look.
"It was an arranged marriage. I couldn't object to it." You told him.
"Why didn't you run away?"
"...I did. You saw me that day."
"I did?"
You nodded your head.
"I bumped to you on my way out."
Woohyun tried to think hard. He wanted to remember that moment.
"It was short, so it's okay if you can't remember it. But, I did. At least, I tried." You said, looking out to the sea.
"Do you regret anything?"
You gave him a confused look. Why was he asking you all of those questions?
"Of course. There's many. Are you okay? Why are you asking me all of those questions?"
"Nothing. I was just curious. What's something you regret?"
"Well, I am guilty of something." You started. You wanted to make sure you used the right words.
"I lied about something, but it's for the best, you know." You told him.
"What's the lie?" He asked.
"Nothing important."
"Didn't you say we were friends?" He asked. "You can tell me, if it'll lift some weight off your shoulders."
You wanted him to stop. The more he acted like that, the more you wanted to stay with him. However, this was your only chance to let him go without hurting him.
"I can...live with it." You lied.
"Tomorrow morning, we'll forget about today. Today will never exist."
"It's better if it stays with me."

Woohyun was determined to get an answer from you, but all answers you gave him were short and led to nowhere.
You guys sat there for a few minutes in silence.
"Should we head back?" Woohyun asked.
You looked at Woohyun and nodded your head. Woohyun stood up first, and then he held his hand out to you. You looked at his hand and then him. You smiled at him and took his hand. This time you weren't hesitant to take his hand. Woohyun pulled you up and pulled you into his embrace. It caught you by surprise, but it felt right. You hugged him right away too. As time was passing, you were more scared. You wanted time to slow down, so you can be by his side.
Woohyun backed away from the hug and held your hand. You both made your way back to the sidewalk. You both spent time walking around and doing small gift shopping. You guys had some of the most delicious street food as well.

"Try this." You said, offering some dango to him.
Woohyun looked over to you and saw that you were offering him your food to him. Woo-Hyun was a little hesitant, but he took a bite of the dango on your stick. Woohyun chewed it and savored the taste, while you ate the last dango. Woohyun turned over to you and gave you a thumbs up.
"I told you." You smiled at him.

"Here you go." The grandma said, handing the snack to Woohyun.
"Thank you." Woohyun said in Japanese to the grandma who handed him his snack.
Woohyun skewered a Takoyaki on to the cute food pick, and just as Woohyun was about to take a bite of it, you quickly grabbed his hand and took the bite instead. You looked at Woohyun and smiled to him, while giving him a thumbs up.
"Yah, that was my piece." Woohyun said. He couldn't believe what you just did.
"You weren't fast enough." You joked with him.