rich [k.d.h fanfic]

i - importance [2/2]

"You really make me wonder who I should be on my guard," Youjung comments once they were in the comfort of Donghyuk's office after sending Yunhyeong off. "You've been with so many girls. Will I be randomly attacked on the streets if I just walked?"

"Very funny, Youjung," Donghyuk says, sitting next to her on the couch. "I can arrange bodyguards for you if you like it."

"Even worse," she retorts with an eye roll and he laughs. "I don't want to attract attention. If you haven't realized, I hate being in the center of attention unlike your previous dates."

"Flings," he corrects her and she shrugs. "But why don't you like the attention?"

"Because there is an attention hogger next to me," she replies with a sweet smile, leaning slightly towards him. "There isn't a need for me to fight for the attention."

"That's true," he replies cockily and she laughs before hitting him lightly. "But... knowing you. That shouldn't be the only reason. That is the reason that you will tell people when they ask, the veil to cover the real reason."

"You're learning quick," she comments and he grins.

"Of course! I'm Kim Donghyuk! Your fiancé and future husband! I got to know what my wifey is like," he says leaning towards her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

Youjung rolls her eyes without a hint of annoyance before pushing his arms away. "We're not real, Donghyuk," she reminds, returning his arms. "We're doing this to show me your world."

He kept silent and doesn't move, unlike her. "Tell me why you don't want the attention," he changes the topic to avoid the atmosphere.

"I naturally shy away from spotlights. I hate it when everyone is staring at me. My face would heat up and my speech will quicken due to nervousness," she replies with a small sigh. "And since now, I'm your fiancé and known for helping you with your business once I graduate... It makes sense."

He tilts his head with a confused look. "Please enlighten me, princess," he says and she sighs once again, wishing that sometimes he knew how to read her mind.

"Ever heard the saying that behind every successful man, there is a woman?" she asks and he nods slowly, not getting it. "You're successful, Donghyuk because you turned the tables for this company and rose quickly. If I were to become your wife, even if it was temporarily, there is an image I have to hold. If I were to take all the credit and spotlight, the media would comment me as a woman who married you just to be famous. When you're standing under the unstopping flashes, I'll be at home watching you with a proud smile because you're my husband."

His tongue darts out to lick his dry lips. "We're constantly being watched by the media and the competitors, that is why most of the time I act passive," she says and he nodded his head in understanding. "If I were to say what was on my mind to whoever I want, your associates would talk behind your back about getting a woman who has a loose mouth and doesn't know how to act appropriately in a professional environment. It decreases your creditability and value."

He muses over it a while as Youjung stood up to get a drink for the both of them. "You think too much," he says softly while she was pouring water. "If the previous girls thought about half of what you think about, I wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble."

"But if they did, you wouldn't have met me," she replies teasingly and he smiles, looking at her back figure and realizing that she was still very pretty and it confused him.

He had seen prettier girls; way prettier but they never had such a beautiful back view or even front view. But Youjung's looks were average, not exceptional. "Donghyuk!" she calls him and he looks over to her. "Here's your drink. I was thinking we could look through the proposals from other companies."