Then You Came (DaraGon Fanfic)

Chapter 26

"Hey... Who's this?" Dara asked, touching the hands of the person who's covering both her eyes.

She was busy finishing a charcoal painting while a solemn music (Yiruma's Till I Find You) was playing in the background.

The kids were at school so she was left alone in the house.

"Guess who?" The person asked.

'I know that voice... He just tried to change it.' Dara thought.

"Jiyong?" She said.

"Are you sure?"

She tried to take the hands off her and turned around to look who it was and was shocked to see the person in front of her.

The man gave her a peck on her lips. "Missed me?"

"I thought you won't be back til next week?"

He chuckled. "Took the flight immediately after our last meeting... Didn't want to waste more time." He smiled widely.

"Sorry, I look like a mess." She replied, showing her hands full of black marks.

"You look tempting when you're like that... Are you using your face as your canvas, too?" He laughed, touching her nose that's marked with the charcoal.

"I'm a little clumsy when I use charcoal... I tend to touch wherever not realizing my hands are not clean." She replied, wiping her face with her dirty hands.

It made Jiyong laugh more. "I can see that."

He took his handkerchief from his pocket and wiped Dara's face.

She looked at the hand that's wiping her face and saw that she also marked it with black.

"Let's go ahead and wash up instead... Look at your hand that I touched. It's also with charcoal marks." She chuckled.

"Wash up together?" He said mischievously.

"Jiyong!" She reacted, knowing what he intended to convey.

"I was just kidding." He chortled. "Should we surprise the kids and go out together?"

"Shouldn't you be resting? You had a long flight. I know you're tired." Dara looked worried.

"I was able to rest during the flight so don't worry about me." He smiled at her and caressed her cheek with the back of her hand. "I really missed you."

She smiled back. "We missed you, too."

"How much did you miss me?"

"A lot?"

"How much is a lot?"

"Like a million." She crinkled her nose.

"Can you show me how much?" He teased.

She squinted her eyes and raised the side of her lips.

"I'm hurt... That means you really didn't miss me." He acted gloomy.

"Fine." She surrendered.

Jiyong smiled like a kid.

She kissed him at the side of his lips.

"That's how much you missed me? That means you didn't miss me that much." He commented.

"Jiyong..." She complained.

He shrugged.

Dara took a deep breath and sighed. She tiptoed to kiss Jiyong's lips.

He pulled her nearer, gently held the back of her head and kissed her deeply to which she replied with the same passion.