Cherishable | Yeonbin ✓

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*kinda long chap*

That night, as he brushed his teeth, Kai's words were still spinning in his head. He couldn't help but wonder...

Was Soobin resentful? No.. on the contrary, he always seemed so jovial. So unlike the cold and stern businessman he had always imagined him as before he met him.

Was Soobin unhappy? He never showed that he was. Maybe the only times he seemed to be were when Yeonjun rejected his affections (which he hadn't done in a while) or when he talked bad about himself (he was trying really hard to stop because it made Soobin upset whenever he did it). But, other than that, Soobin seemed content.

Did he rob Soobin of a chance at true love? Maybe. They were married after all. Although Soobin could always divorce him if he wanted to.

Somehow, that thought sent a pang to his chest. Maybe a couple of months ago, he wouldn't mind the thought. In fact, he thought about it several times.

But now... He really couldn't imagine being divorced from Soobin... His heart ached just thinking about it..

"What are you thinking about?"

Yeonjun let out an unmanly squeak as suds of toothpaste flew everywhere. At the doorway, Soobin laughed.

He glared at his husband. "Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" he screeched before spitting out the rest of the toothpaste into the sink and rinsing his mouth.

As he spat out the rest of the water, he felt arms wound around his waist for the second time that night.

"Did I scare you?" was the playful question from his husband, who cutely tucked his head on top of his shoulder.

Yeonjun scoffed. "You just startled me that's all." He wiped the excess water around his mouth, trying to avoid their reflection in the mirror.

They looked like any other married couple. Sweet. Domestic. In love. But, it was all just a façade.

Soobin didn't love him. How could he when Yeonjun had been nothing but a brat to him? But, it didn't hurt to pretend, right? Besides, the older made it easy.

He leaned back against Soobin's chest, allowing his husband's warmth to fill him from his head to his toes.

Soobin's eyes closed as he hummed and swayed them side-to-side. His gestures had been bolder lately. He touched Yeonjun more. Kissed him more. Flirted with him more.

If Yeonjun didn't know better, he would think that Soobin was trying to woo him. "Kai should be in bed now" the older whispered, seductively into his ear. It sent shivers throughout Yeonjun's body. "Should we go to bed too?"

The younger swallowed the lump in his throat and let out a nervous chuckle. "Did you know your cousin has a crush on you?" he asked instead.

Soobin hummed in answer as he pressed his nose into Yeonjun's fluffy hair.

"It's hard not to notice when he practically declared to our entire family that he was going to marry me back when he was in middle school."

Somehow, that irritated Yeonjun as he felt his eye twitch. "Oh, really? Our marriage must have broken his heart then."

Soobin chuckled. "l guess so."

"You know, it's weird that your cousin wants to marry you."

"Well, he's a distant cousin on my mother's side. I'm not even sure we're blood-related."

The explanation only made Yeonjun's eye twitch more. He scoffed before shrugging out of the elder's hold. "Whatever. Not like l care. I'm going to bed."