Me and my Husband

24

Come home soon

HAE-MIN LAID ON SUNOS ARM AS HE STROKED HER HAIR.

it felt weird to be in her own bed again. Cuddled next to her husband in her pjs. "Suno....i need to know. Did you love me?" she asked. The hand stroking her hair paused for a second as he looked down at her.

"Did i love you? What i feel for you surpassed love a long time ago. Don't use past tense either, i never stopped loving you and i won't" he said before going back to stroking her hair.

"I remember the exact time i fell in love with you. June 12th, our first kiss made me realize i wanted to only be kissed by you" he stared at the celling with a fond smile.

"i remember what you were wearing. A black long sleeve and a jean skirt. You wore the frilly little socks i teased you about and converses with the two stars drawn on the side of them,".

He shifted to get comfortable. "Your hair was in a bun and on the walk to your house you pulled your hair out of the bun. You tucked the right side of your hair behind your ear, you do it everytime we kiss".

She looked up to watch him, the same fond smile on his face. "Besides when your hair is up that's the only time i ever see your ears. I've taken it as a sign you trust me" he looked over at her.

"i'm not going to lie to you Hae-min, when i first met you i was so angry". "I was jealous of you. you saw my mom more than i did and even with people nitpicking you still smiled".

"I've grown to love that about you, but at the start i was a bitter kid. I couldn't understand why my mom would leave me that why. Why my brother disappeared and why i couldn't get you out of my head".

"Suno" she said softly. "Eventually i couldn't help myself. I had to be near you, i had to talk to you and hear you laugh. I had to watch your cheeks turn pink. A part of me didn't want to touch you, i didn't want to risk bringing my bad luck onto you".

"Why haven't you told me this?" she asked. "I was ashamed. I tried so hard to keep Eun-Sung away. I thought that if i didn't think about them they wouldn't think about me. I would be free to live my life" his eyes glossed over.

"To be honest Hae-min" he sat up and reached around his neck to unclasp something. "I was mad at you for not remembering me" He placed the necklace in her hand.

Tears welded in her eyes "it was you". Suno was the boy from the tree. "Why did you steal this?" she asked him. "I felt connected to you. In a way i never felt close with anyone before. When i found out i was getting sent away i took it to take a piece of you with me".

He looked in her eyes "Don't you understand Hae-min. Fate brought us together again and again because you are meant to be my wife" he sounded desperate.

His breathy plea hung in the air. "I shouldn't be doing this" She screwed her eyes shut, metal weighing thousands in her palm. She wanted to believe him. "Hae-min-" "How long were you targeting me?" she looked at him.

"Ha-" "no answer me suno. How long?". "From the moment i turned 12 to the summer before my junior year". She got off of the bed "i shouldn't have came here" she shook her head. He followed her in a rush "please".

"i don't even know who you are anymore" she said grabbing her purse. "You know who i am. Im Choi Suno, the man you married 8 years ago. The one who makes you dinner and watches movies with our daughter" he said.

She stopped, tears slid down her eyes what felt like the thousandth time this week. "No baby don't cry" he pulled her into his chest. "You are the love of my life suno" she choked out.

"Let's start over. I'll tell you everything, the only think i want you to know is that i've devoted my life to you and i'll do it a million times over".

Was it weird to say he was a beautiful crier? The wetness on his cheeks created an almost heavenly glow on his face. She was conflicted however, if she forgave him she'd be the same forgive and forget doormat everyone saw her as.

But if she didn't she'd be betraying her heart, could she really stay away from the only man she'd ever loved? Would So-won hate her in the future for not staying with him?

"What are you thinking about my love? talk to me" he rubbed her back. "If i forgive you i'll be the same doormat i've always been. If i don't i'll lose you" she looked up at him.

"You could never lose me, i told you the only way i wouldn't still see you as my wife is if i had a hole right here" he pointed above his heart.

"You may hate it now but please don't lose yourself because of everything" he sighed. "I fell in love with your heart first. There isn't another girl who would ever fill your place even if you put her in it" he sat back down onto the bed.

This time she sat next to him. Her body turned to envelop herself into his side. "I love you" she mumbled against his shirt. He pulled her onto his lap to lay his head on her shoulder. "I love you too".