A flurry of soft kisses all over Kihyun's face woke him up. Shownu placed one last kiss lovingly on Kihyun's nose as he opened his eyes. The morning sunlight flowing in from the bedroom window made Shownu look like a Greek god. He stood next to the bed already fully dressed for work.
"Good morning, angel." Shownu's morning voice and loving smile made Kihyun's heart swell. Unfortunately, it didn't last long as the events of last night flooded his mind.
"Morning." Kihyun responded, quickly trying to push the thoughts away. He wanted to hide under the blanket.
"You were out pretty late last night. I hope everything worked out." Shownu's words made a huge lump of guilt swell up.
"Yeah, it did. I didn't want to wake you when I got home. You looked too peaceful." Kihyun hated lying to his fiance about meeting up with Minhyuk. All the memories of last night swirled in his head making him feel so guilty he finally pulled the blanket over his head.
"I noticed you started a load of laundry," Shownu began as he playfully ruffled the blankets Kihyun hid under. "I put it in the dryer. I'm surprised you let it sit all night."
"It slipped my mind once I crawled into your arms." Kihyun's muffled voice explained. Shownu chuckled as he finally unburied his fiance from the blanket. As Shownu took a breath in to speak, Kihyun pulled on his arm bringing him closer. Their lips met for a sweet, loving kiss that lingered until Kihyun pulled Shownu the rest of the way back into their bed.
"I'm gonna be late." Shownu whined keeping a playful tone as he fluffed Kihyun's hair.
"Call off. Let's both call off and just cuddle in bed all day watching netflix and eating pizza." Kihyun wanted a soft day in desperately as soon as the thought had crossed his mind. Erasing Minhyuk from his mind would be much easier this way. He gazed hopefully into Shownu's shocked eyes.
"Are you sick, my love?" Shownu placed his hand on Kihyun's forehead, checking for a fever. "I never thought I'd see the day that you'd suggest playing hooky. Add on the wash sitting in the washer and I'm about to rush you to the hospital."
"I'm not sick." Kihyun pouted, cutely swatting his fiance's hand away. "I just need some us time. We've both been super busy lately and, honestly, I miss having a lazy day in just the two of us."
"You are so very tempting, my love, but I can't today. Remember? I have my big presentation today."
"I did." Kihyun sighed disappointed in himself. "I definitely forgot. Ugh! How do you put up with me? I'm such a bad fiance." Kihyun buried his face in Shownu's chest. He couldn't believe he forgot. That, compounding with events from last night, just proved to Kihyun that he didn't deserve the handsome man whose strong arms were now wrapping him in a hug. He felt like crying, but he knew it would only make things worse right now.
"You are not. Kihyun, you're busy too. It's not the end of the world if you forget things. I will still love you." Shownu smiled brightly at Kihyun as he got out of the bed, and adjusted his clothes so they weren't too wrinkly.
"I don't deserve you." The words slipped out of Kihyun's mouth before he could catch them. He slowly looked back up into beautiful dark brown eyes that held an edge of sadness. A pang of fear shot through all the guilt. He really hoped he wasn't being too suspicious.
"Don't say that." Shownu gently scolded. Kihyun swallowed back tears. "How about I make you a promise?"
"Promise?" Shownu picked up Kihyun's pinky with his own, holding their hands together like that as he kissed the cute man's knuckles.
"I promise to have a lazy day in with you on Friday. No work. No distractions. Just you, me, some pizza and movies." Shownu wiggled his pinky to prompt the sealing of the promise. Kihyun finally genuinely smiled at his fiance.
