Scandalous ( Arin X Soobin ) AKKONG

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The request snapped Arin out of drowsiness as she looked at Soobin's mother wide-eyed.

Was this some kind of prank?

"I don't get it?" Arin blurted out.

Soobin looked at her with an expression which said,'Same.'

"I will be inauspicious if Soobin enters his room until the next sunset, and he can't sleep elsewhere. So -" Mrs Choi's face looked softer as she spoke, "I was hoping you two could share a room. I'm sure it would not be the first time -"

"Mom!" Soobin interrupted her, technically yes they did share a room, but it was for reasons different than his mother assumed. They were just drunk and wasted. [Context in Chapter 1]

Arin looked embarrassed. Wordlessly, she pushed open the door and walked in. Soobin's mother was relieved that nothing inauspicious was going to occur, and her son agreed with her request. She left with a wide smile.

Soobin stood near the gate like a dummy with his blanket and pillow, looking at Arin and then at the bed and then the room.

"It's OK, you can sleep on the -"

"I can't let you sleep on the floor, noona." Soobin said with a seriousness in his voice.

"I- I was going to say the floor, Soobin." Arin said nonchalantly as she sat on the bed, fluffing up a pillow and preparing to sleep.

"Oh, I see." Soobin said his ears, turning a shade of scarlet. He was afraid Arin would catch on it.

Meanwhile, Arin already knew the embarrassment Soobin was facing since the moment his mother requested her to share a room with him. Unfortunately for him, Arin wanted to burst out laughing, but she kept holding it in because the two of them were still in a fight, and she won't be the one to break ice. [Context of fight in Chapter 13]

"I'm sorry about mom. She believes in these." Soobin said, apologising for troubling Arin at night. "I meet her too little to say no to her, so I simply agreed with her request to make her happy."

Arin nodded. Not saying a word.

"Are you still angry about earlier?" Soobin asked.

"If you apologised, then no, I'm not angry. If you didn't apologised then yes, I am angry." Arin replie,  not sparing him a glance. She sat on the bed.

Soobin was keeling the mattress on the floor and tucking it with a cover as they conversed.

"Well I'm sorry, Arin Noona, but I think the argument was pointless." Soobin said carefully, biting down the words that he assumed could start another argument.

"Why is it pointless when something bothers me, Soobin?"

Soobin rolled his eyes making sure that Arin didn't she him do that. To not continue the argument further Soobin announced that he was sleepy.

"Do you want the lights turned off?" Soobin asked once they settled in their respective sleeping options.

"I don't know, I can't sleep with them turned on." She said turning left to face Soobin.

Soobin looked at her as her hair fell on her face, she tucked then behind her ear. Her cheek was buried in the pillow but the other one looked so red. Arins eyes had an essence of drowsiness in them, and Soobin felt drunk. Heck even his body started to feel warm and his hands had tingles.... to do something.

To do something to her body, to touch an un-manned territory and claim it as his own. The dip of her waist and the curve of her hips made Soobin want to outline her body with his hands.