60. Chuseok

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"It's so big!" Taehyung was awestruck.

They had returned to Geumsan and celebrated the evening of Dae Eun's birthday with her family. Afterwards, they retired to Dae Eun's house and Taehyung stayed in the room beside hers, while his Do-Hyun hyung slept in the guest room downstairs. When they woke up the next day, Dae Eun took him up to the clearing and he was shocked to see that the cottage he had slept in on her birthday last year was gone. In it's place was a huge modern building, the structure of which was almost done.

"They worked so fast." Dae Eun thought out loud. The house was pre-fabricated and after the foundation was laid, its parts were delivered and assembled.  She showed her oppa a picture of how the facade would look when finished. "It's just slightly bigger than Deok-Su's and Cheul-Soo's, Oppa. I think Appa is trying to make up for scolding us so hard."

"I don't know what to say, Eun-ah

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"I don't know what to say, Eun-ah." It was a very expensive gift and he felt humbled and quite grateful. He hadn't been sure how the arrangements would be whenever they went to Geumsan, and he would've been happy to stay in Dae Eun's house, but this was so much better. They would have a place of their own - a very large one at that. "Did you design this?"

"Yes, with the help of the architect, Oppa. It was one of the things I used to distract myself from the haters. I put in a dance and music studio for you, and a mini theatre for our family."

Taehyung was surprised, then he remembered when Dae Eun asked him about his favorite colors, the ones he would be okay to see everyday. She had been working on this right before her accident. "And what space did you design for yourself?"

"Well, I'll have a green house so that we can raise our own strawberries year round and other vegetables for winter, and a small office that I can work in for our businesses. Please tell me what else you'd like to put in our space."

"A small outdoor pool or jacuzzi would be nice." Taehyung smiled at his gongjunim and put his arm around her waist as they looked at their future home. He felt really happy about it. It's design would give them a view of the scenery outside constantly and would become a place for them to breathe. He realized why his gongjunim didn't like their Seoul apartment that much. From her design, she wanted sunlight and fresh air, and a view of all the seasons of the year in their forest setting.

"I'd like that, too." Dae Eun kissed his cheek. She felt happy that he finally saw it and was as excited as she was.

"The glass will reduce our privacy though." And he also wondered if it would be dangerous during strong storms.

"I ordered smart glass, Oppa. You can control the transparency by remote. And the windows have metal panels for extreme weather." Dae Eun answered, reading his mind.

"Baby, you thought of everything." Taehyung kissed her head. "I'll furnish it."

"Let's furnish it together, Oppa. You can advance the funds for now, but as we start and grow our businesses, we'll use the earnings to pay you back." Dae Eun didn't want to deplete her oppa's hard-earned money.

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