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twenty-one

the clattering sound of the glass plates colliding onto each other fills the entire kitchen, followed by the gushing water coming out of the tap at the sink.

it turns out that yeoreum is washing— no, just rinsing some plates that get dusted due to being left untouched by the owner for months. a few seconds after, the tap is closed and seungyoun's house becomes quiet again.

bingo, yeoreum is currently inside her boyfriend's apartment.

that night after the final showcase ended, seungyoun and yeoreum decided to spend some time together. a small celebration party that includes only two of them is already planned by yeoreum but seungyoun told her that he just wanted to have some rest after all of the things that happened and only want his girlfriend to be there and accompany him the whole time.

and of course yeoreum wouldn't insist that.

after dropping haerin at their house, yeoreum drives directly to seungyoun's apartment, which is also located a few kilometres away from her living place, as they are staying in the same district and not too far from each other. seungyoun is the one who bought an apartment of his own to make it as a resting place where he can be alone and make himself busy doing his own stuff without getting distrupted by other people.

when seungyoun called yeoreum and talked to her to go to his house, yeoreum felt a little bit hesitant because, yeah, this place is seungyoun's temporary getaway and yeoreum wasn't fully adequeated for like, she felt like she's invading his privacy.

but there's one thing that seungyoun spoke to her that it hits right into her heart, and those not-so-called magical words are going to occupy her brain for the rest of her life.

"what's mine are yours and that's on that. we're going to share most of the time our life together so no compromise."

the repetitive beep sound sourced from the front door cuts off her deep thoughts. realising that it might be seungyoun who is about to enter the house, yeoreum brushes off her clothes from any possible dirts before she walks speedily to meet her boyfriend.

after inserting the password, the key automatically clicks and seungyoun then slowly twists the doorknob as the door opens.

his thin lips immediately curl into a genuine smile, his eyes radiantly sparkle in passion when he sees his girlfriend approaching him in pace.

"welcome home, seungyoun." yeoreum says as seungyoun pulls her into his embrace.

"i've missed you..." seungyoun mumbles, inhaling the sweet scent of his girlfriend as he looks down that their faces are just inches away from each other. feeling shy, their cheeks both slowly become red.

seungyoun then scans the entire house and he notices the small changes that probably yeoreum has made at the details and things are neatly in their place before he reached home.

seungyoun gives her a smile full of satisfaction. "what have you done to this house?"

"just want to make it look tidy. you left the house for such a long time," yeoreum replies, arms still wrapped around seungyoun's waist. she asks again, "does it changed too much? do you want me to clear things back?"

seungyoun shakes his head. "no, no, it's okay. this looks way more nicely eye-catching than the last time i saw it and i'm super grateful for that." after that, he plants a kiss on yeoreum's forehead. "thank you so much, love..."

"you brought something, don't you?" yeoreum shots a question, eyes travel to seungyoun's left hand.

seungyoun raises an eyebrow. "you know me so well," he then raises up his arm and a white paper bag is hanging onto his grip in the air.