His Bride - A Minsung Story

十九

Jisung's POV:

"I know I haven't exactly been the nicest to you and for that, I'm sorry," Minho takes a step back and hangs his head slightly, "I shouldn't have judged you so quickly just because of what my mother told me to think."

I reach out reassuringly and brush the back of my hand against his cheek, "Thank you and it's okay now. I can see the difference in your eyes. You don't look at me coldly anymore," I take a step closer and stare into his beautiful brown eyes, "It's.....softer now."

Minho takes my hand into his, "Only for you. Don't tell anyone." He puts his pointer finger to his lips in a 'shh' motion.

I laugh with the biggest smile on my face and put out my pinky finger, "Your secret dies with me." Minho just shakes his head and links his pinky with mine, sealing our silly little promise. 

"I don't want to go back yet. Do you want to go on a walk around the gardens?" Minho offers his hand to me in a very princely manner. I giggle and nod my head in agreement. I think this can be categorized as a romantic nightly stroll and I'm so excited.

He leads me around the side of the castle to a different garden filled with sectioned off roses that create a pattern in the ground. In the middle of the garden is a small gazebo and water fountain that reflects the moon light onto the surrounding areas.

We walk around for quite some time in a comfortable silence. I admire the scenery while out of the corner of my eye I can see Minho continuously staring at me. A blush creeps onto my face once I notice.

"Do you have any family?" Minho suddenly asks, breaking the silence.

"Yea!" I'm always happy to talk about my family because I love them so much, "I have my two parents and a little sister named Jiselle.....Now that I'm thinking about it, I miss them so much." My happy aura turns sad quickly and I look away to hide the tears stinging at me eyes. Since my family is so close, it hurts to be away. I change the subject, "What about you? I noticed you're closer to Soobin?"

Minho nods slowly like he doesn't want to let me change the subject but he answers my question anyways, "That's true. I always felt like Soobin understood me the best because my younger brothers haven't seen half the things me and Soobin have."

I furrow my eyebrows, "What do you mean by that? You don't have to answer if you don't want to."

Minho shoots me a warm smile, "It's okay. My mom is obsessed with perfection. Soobin and I had to be perfect in everything from the way we dress, grades, manner, who we marry, and literally everything. By the time Seungmin and Jeongin were older she was to hyper focused on me," Minho suddenly stops walking and stares up at the full moon in the night sky, "She hated that I married you and encouraged me to drive to you away, but I quickly figured out I couldn't. You're just so......wonderful. I realize now that can't ever do that to you." Minho finished his little speech by turning to me and flashing me an award-winning smile causing my heart to skip a beat.

"I......I don't know what to say," I managed to breathe out through the weight of his words. He really is the definition of beauty. I don't know about the queen, but I think he is perfect.

"You don't have to say anything. I just want you to know how I feel about you," Minho reaches out to me and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. He whispers, "We don't want anything covering that pretty face of yours."

Oh. My. God. I think he wants to kill me. I quickly wrap my arms around him and bury my face in his chest to hide my flustered face. He chuckles while returning my hug and places a light kiss on the top of my head.

"I think you're perfect, no matter what anyone says," I say loud enough for Minho to hear.

Hyunjin's POV: