Contract Love • Jihoon

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Jihoon's pov

"Because I'm in love with you too"

The emotion that builds inside of me finally reach its peak. The horrified looks on her face doesn't faze me.

It feels like a slow motion as I reached for her waist and pull her closer to me. Her eyes widen in a concerning way and the way her beautiful lips stay apart while her body froze in my arms.

" I'm in love with you so much that I'm going insane."

"I admire you. From the first time I saw you in this place since now, my eyes are always on you. You are the air that I breath every time I'm in the misery that the past brought me"

I tighten my grip around her waist.

"I acknowledge everything but I still foolishly ignore every obvious sign. I don't deserve you yet I can't stop reaching for you. I admit, the contract marriage that we had at first was just purely to clear my name and I had no attention to force you to stay. But now. I can't let you go. I can't even let you out of my sight anymore"

I fix my gaze onto her glowing eyes. "What have you done to me, Hani?"

Her face change from faze to confuse like her emotions were all over the place. She turn her gaze to the floor, with her chest rising up and down faster than before.

I pull her body even closer to mine, making sure that all of her attention is on me.

" Can you answer me?" I whispered slowly to her. She pulled herself out of my grip before turning around facing the window.

"If you are joking right now. You have to stop it. This is not funny" her voice sounds on edge. I took a few steps closer before stoping right behind her. Her distress face can be seen on the window.

"Hani, look at me"

I reached for her shoulder and pulled her to face me. Our eyes met and I could tell that she's aware with what I'm going to say.

"Hani. I know that this might sound like a joke to you but I'm serious about it. I'm aware of my feelings towards you and I'm tired of holding myself back just because of the past. I want you more than anything."

She just stay silence.

"Hani?"

"Hani, I'm sorry-"

Before even I could finish my sentence, I can feel her hand reaching out for the collar of my shirt as she pull me closer to her. And before I could digest all of the emotions that I have been feeling she pull me for a kiss. Our lips brushing together sending a wave of shock through my whole body.

Now, I'm the one who froze with my mind blank in an instant.

Then immediately after that she pull out instantly and her eyes widen in a very shocked way. Looks like her body just follow her brain without any warning.

I smile.

I reached for her waist. "You can't just stop, Hani.. I'm not even done yet"

I lower my head to reach her height level and our lips meet again. I smile between the kiss as she close her eyes, completely giving in. Her lips were soft, almost silken, and pillowy against my own. I could feel the soft tickle of her breath beneath my nose, fingers carding through her hair as we breathed each other in.

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Hani's Pov

Its been a few hours since we got back and I have been trying to avoid him since then. I try everything. Not going out of the room at the same time as he did? Done. Running away every time I heard his footstep approaching my spot? Done.

Now tell me why am I currently laying down on the bed side by side with the man that I have been religiously avoiding?

"You can't sleep?" A raspy voice can be heard from my right side.

"Thanks to you who had locked my bedroom" I sneer and he just chuckles.

Thank to my genius husband who had locked my bedroom door as I get out to get some food. In that such a short time moments, he take that opportunity and locked my bedroom. What a genius.

"If you hadn't been trying to avoid me then I wouldn't have done that"

I just scoffed at his words as I let my eyes focused on the ceiling.

"Are you embarrassed? Is it because of the kiss?"

"No!" I immediately turn my head at him and he just quietly hiding his smile behind the pillow that have been left between us.

"Are you mad because what I said?"

"No!" It's like a reflex. I answer his questions so fast that he look taken aback. I could sense his smile that he cover with the blanket.

"Then?"

I hesitate. I don't know if it's the right decision to blurt it out right now in this situations.

"Hani?"

"I'm nervous" after saying that I immediately cover my whole face with my hands. Talking about embarrassing myself for the third time today. I done it again.

I can feel his hand reaching out for my right hands and he immediately pull it closer to his chest. His gaze soften as he smile.

"That's good..  this means that you're still in love with me" he said that before he lower his head down and kiss my hand.

And before I could react he's now a few inches away from me and again before I could do anything he reaches for my lips. And for the second time that day. We kiss.

My old self could've never predicted any of this. The way I would be involved with him in some unpredictable contract marriage and the way we would accidentally helps each other's wound from the past. At last, I couldn't predict that I would be staying in his bed with our lips brushing each others like this.

As my eyes are still closed, I could felt the warmth of his touch on my forehead before it slowly moves to my eyes and my nose. Before lastly he kiss my cheeks.

I open my eyes in a split moment while trying hard to take a sip of another oxygen as I'm drowning in his touch. His hand is now caressing my cheeks as his eyes still stuck on me.

"Can I?"

His soft voice did something to me as I immediately nodded like a robot.

"I love you" he whispered before we both drown back again into the night.

And that day, another history have been made.