TRWBU Ch 5 part 4

PR by neji

Taewan opened the door and entered inside. A pair of pink flats were neatly placed next to the entrance. Now that he thought about it, it had been a long time since he’d seen HaYeon’s shoes at his place.

At a certain point, HaYeon stopped coming to his apartment. She refused to visit in case his manager caught them. Because of this, he’d always go to her place to see her.

He walked through the corridor and into the living room. He smelled delicious food. The dining table was already filled with food. It was his favorite mille-feuille nabe, rolled omelettes, and bulgogi. They were all steaming with a delicious aroma.

“Welcome home.”

Taewan saw HaYeon raise her head in greeting. She was holding a bowl in front of the rice cooker as she gave him a smile. Taewan grasped a dining chair and stared at her.

“What is all this?”

“You won the Best Actor award, but we weren’t able to celebrate. I know it’s late, but I wanted to congratulate you.”

HaYeon scooped out some warm rice and placed it on the table. Then she pulled out a cake. There was a small trophy on the cake.

She had gone to the bakery and took her time to pick out a cake. Just imagining her finding the trophy cake and picking it out made him want to laugh. Taewan chuckled as he gazed at her.

Although she came off as a bit indifferent, she was always attentive to details like this.

After washing his hands, Taewan sat down and scooped some rice with his spoon.

“Did everything go well today?”

HaYeon asked cautiously. When he told her that he was meeting up with his manager and the drama director, HaYeon was as tense as if it were her own business.

“Yeah. It all worked out.”

When she heard Taewan’s answer, HaYeon felt herself completely relax. She smiled. She took the cake out of its box and lit a candle. Then she began to clap as she sang.

“Congratulations on your award. Congratulations on your award. Congratulations, dear Taewan.”

Taewan propped his chin in his hand and gazed at her as she sang to him. The candlelight flickered in his black eyes. 

“What are you doing?”

He asked as he smiled at her.

“I thought I should congratulate you properly.”

Taewan accepted her congratulations and gazed at HaYeon’s face. HaYeon always took care of their anniversaries. Although it was about time for her to get tired of it, she’d always buy a cake and sing to him before blowing out the candle.

“It’s a good day. Good days are precious, and we need to take care of them. If we do, I feel like even better days will come.”

A twenty-year-old HaYeon gazed at the candle as she told him this. He felt that such thoughts were so lovely. Na HaYeon had never changed. Back then and now, she was still the same.

As he gazed at her, his eyes narrowed.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

HaYeon wondered if there was something on her face.

“Because you’re so pretty.”

“……”

“And now that I think about it, it’s been a while since I saw that expression on your face.”

“……”

“Even though we were always together…”

Although they were together in the same space, they never noticed the expressions that were slowly disappearing from their faces. That wasn’t all. They thought they always saw each other because they were always together, but they’d lost so much.

Trivial jokes, looking into others’ eyes, smiles, and even warmth.

Taewan’s eyes filled with regret as he recalled all the wasted time.

“We’ll have more days together than the ones that have already passed.”

HaYeon’s calm voice caused Taewan’s smile to deepen. She said these words so casually, but they never failed to console him.

When he was in a slump, when his grandmother had passed away, and all the other moments when he was going through something difficult…

“Yeah.”

Taewan nodded his head.

There was nothing else he could do other than accept those words.

* * *

Taewan emptied every single dish on the table. He never ate this much whenever he was in the middle of filming something because he had to maintain his physique.

Shocked, HaYeon tried to stop him. She asked him if he could eat this much when he was in the middle of shooting a drama, and Taewan nodded his head.

“I decided to change my priorities. I’ve decided to put anything Na HaYeon does for me and anything I do with Na HaYeon at the very top.”

He flashed her a boyish grin and resumed eating.

“The food you make is always delicious.”

When she heard this, HaYeon didn’t have the heart to stop him anymore. He really ate as if it was the most delicious meal in the world. He didn’t even lift his head. Once they finished, he washed the dishes, and HaYeon tidied the table.

When HaYeon stepped out of the shower, Taewan, who had washed first, was already propped up against the bed. After she dried her wet hair, she glanced at his reflection in the mirror.

He was staring at HaYeon, who was wearing a pair of sweatpants, as she dried her hair. His face as he watched her do various tasks was the same as it had been in high school.

“I heard you met with my father three years ago. Why didn’t you tell me?”

HaYeon asked quietly.

“…How did you know?”

Taewan asked in a low voice.

“My father came to visit me today. He told me. Why didn’t you tell me you met with him three years ago?”

“I didn’t say anything because it wasn’t anything good. What did your father say to you today?”

“I don’t think I’ll be seeing him very often from now on. You know how he is. It doesn’t faze me anymore.”

“……”

When he heard her calm voice, Taewan didn’t say anything. They didn’t meet very often now, so if she was saying this, it basically meant that she had been completely cut off.

“Let’s go meet him. Let me introduce myself to your family, and let’s try to properly have a talk with them. Let’s receive his blessing.”

Taewan spoke with a determined look on his face.

“I don’t want to.”

“HaYeon.”

Taewan called her name in a pleading voice.

“I don’t need it. I don’t want to see him. Even if we went, nothing good would come out of it. We’d only hear the same things over and over again. I’d be hurt by those words, and so would you. I don’t want that. I don’t want to get hurt again. Especially not because of other people.”

HaYeon spoke firmly.

“It looks like he’s still not accepting me.”

HaYeon kept her mouth shut. Taewan’s mouth opened. After hesitating to say something, he closed it shut. Even though he had run all the way here, nothing had changed.

Taewan looked hopeless. No one spoke. Once HaYeon turned off the hair dryer, a heavy silence filled the room.

Just as HaYeon opened her mouth to say something…

“…Sorry.”

Taewan’s low voice apologized, breaking the silence.

“For what? What is there for you to be sorry about?”

HaYeon asked. Taewan was slumped over as he stared at the floor.

“No matter how hard I try, I don’t think your family will ever accept me.”

“And why is that your fault? It just means that my father has strange standards.”

HaYeon turned around and gazed at Taewan. His eyes were still glued to the floor.

“And whether it was back then or now, I think I’m still being selfish.”

“……”

“Like always, I can’t make myself tell you to choose your family over me.”

Taewan’s head drooped even lower.

As an orphan, he knew just how important family was. The security it brought…

The president of a hospital for a father, a wealthy household…

If HaYeon wanted, she could have lived a life that lacked for nothing. But she gave all of that up for him. And because of him, she had to go against her family once again.

Even if he could do everything else for her, he couldn’t give her a new family. And he knew that, at one point, he’d have to return her to her family. But Taewan couldn’t bring himself to let go of her. He didn’t think he’d ever be able to.

Taewan’s fingertips began to tremble. He clenched his fist so that she wouldn’t see this side of him.

“Taewan.”

He could hear her steady footsteps grow closer. When he lifted his head, HaYeon was looking down at him. Her clear eyes were looking into his.

“Even if you tell me to go, I won’t go. I chose you.”

“……”

“I didn’t choose to throw away my family. I chose to gain you.”

So don’t feel anxious. Don’t feel sorry.

HaYeon stretched out her slender arms and wrapped them around his neck. She lowered her head and pressed her lips on Taewan’s forehead.

“I’m the one who should apologize. I only need you. I should have told you this earlier…”

With her lips still pressed against his forehead, HaYeon whispered. If she had told him this, Taewan wouldn’t have been obsessed with success. They wouldn’t have lost their way.

Taewan felt her warm breath against his skin. HaYeon’s lips began to travel down his forehead and stamped kisses down his nose. Finally, they reached his lips. Although they’d kissed hundreds of times, his heart began to race.

He felt like he could smell the faint scent of the summer rain.

Just like the time they kissed under the umbrella during a summer shower.

Taewan’s large hand wrapped around HaYeon’s cheek. Her skin was still slightly damp from her shower. Taewan pulled her arms.

HaYeon lost her balance and fell onto his bed. Taewan kept his hand behind her head so that she wouldn’t get hurt. Then he climbed on top of her.

“Say it again.”

Taewan murmured.

“Say what?”

“That you only need me.”

Taewan held her tight as he spoke. His face was filled with anxiety.

You worked so hard to get rid of this anxiety. And I never even noticed.

HaYeon lifted her hand and wrapped them around Taewan’s wrist. She wanted to touch him a little more. Afraid that she’d deny his request, Taewan gazed down at her. HaYeon looked into his eyes and opened her lips.

“I only need you.”

“……”

“Whether you’re successful or not, no matter how you turn out… You’re all I need, Taewan. Ever since you gathered those cherry blossom petals and handed them to me, it’s always been that way.”

She couldn’t help it. Just as the cherry blossom petals fell to the ground, HaYeon’s heart fell towards Taewan’s. And like that, their hearts belonged to the other.

“My love for you has never changed, Kang Taewan.”

HaYeon softly whispered in earnest. As she said these words, she pleaded.

Please let these words reach Taewan’s heart.

Taewan’s eyes looked into hers. Almost as if he couldn’t believe it. It almost looked like he wanted to chew up every word she said and make it his own.

After biting his lips for a moment, Taewan lowered his head.

“Me too.”

“……”

“…I’m the same way, Na HaYeon.”

He called out her name so lovingly. Then his lips touched hers. Their light kiss quickly deepened.

“Mm.”

A low moan escaped from deep within HaYeon’s throat. As if it were a sign, Taewan’s eyes slowly changed.

He quickly dragged her pajama top and bra over her head. After squeezing her exposed breast, he planted his lips on her neck.

His finger fondled her hardened nipple. HaYeon’s hips tensed when she felt his breath against the skin of her neck and his eager touch.

Taewan pulled her pajama pants and her underwear down in one swift motion.

“Ah!”

His hand plunged between her legs. Every time his fingers moved, she could hear wet sounds ring in the room.

“Ah…!”

HaYeon grasped Taewan’s clothes. His finger plunged deep inside her before pulling out. One finger became two, and the two fingers began to frantically thrust in and out.

“M…Mm…”

HaYeon’s moan was swallowed by his lips. A water-like fluid began to pour out of her entrance.

Taewan got up and began to undress. His body was soon revealed to her eyes. His sleek body glowed in the light. After parting HaYeon’s legs, Taewan pushed himself inside her.

“…Ugh!”

HaYeon’s head tilted back.

“Haa.”

A soft sigh escaped Taewan’s mouth. After taking a deep breath, he steadied his breathing. He gazed down at HaYeon, whose eyes were closed underneath him.

Her pale cheeks had flushed like a peach. Her eyelids trembled. As she gasped for breath, HaYeon wrapped her legs around his hips.

“Haa.”

Just seeing her like this made him feel so good that he felt his vision grow dark. Taewan began to slowly move.

“Nng.”

HaYeon moaned. He plunged deep into her body before pulling out. HaYeon began to shake. At first, he tried to pace himself, but he couldn’t take it anymore and began to pick up speed. The bed shook with his frantic movements.

“Ah…! Haa…! Aah…!”

HaYeon grasped Taewan’s arm. Her body shook. Her head shook, and her back tingled. It felt like an electric current continued to run up and down her spine. As her entrance tightened, it began to tremble. After coming down from her climax, her body went limp.

Taewan pulled out a moment later and ejaculated on HaYeon’s flat stomach. He panted for breath and began to press kisses on HaYeon’s skin.

After cleaning his semen off of HaYeon’s stomach, he laid down next to her. HaYeon tried to get up to go and wash, but Taewan held her tightly to him. After squirming for a little while longer, HaYeon gave up and settled down.

* * *

“Are you planning on moving out?”

Taewan asked as he stroked her hair in bed. His long fingers softly brushed through her brown hair.

“To where?”

HaYeon asked back in a sleepy voice.

“To your old apartment.”

HaYeon realized that he was talking about the apartment below his. She slowly opened her eyes and gazed up at him.

“I was wondering about it and called the real estate agency yesterday. They told me it was already sold.”

She used to rent her old apartment. Taewan insisted on buying it for her, but she denied his offer and decided to pay the rent with her own money.

When HaYeon told her landlord that she was planning on moving out, the landlord told her that they’d sell the place. Thankfully, no one bought it before she moved out. She wondered what had happened to it, so she called them, and they told her that it had just been sold.

“I think it’s for the best. I just moved into the office apartment I’m living in now, so how can I move out again? And thanks to the scandal, there are many eyes watching us… I think I’ll just continue to carry on like this. And that place has already been sold.”

“It was sold. But it’s still empty.”

“Hm?”

Taewan’s answer was strange. HaYeon asked him what he meant by it. When Taewan didn’t respond, HaYeon raised her head and looked at his face. As if he’d been waiting for this, he lowered his head and pressed a kiss on her lips.

“I bought it.”

“……”

“I didn’t want someone else to ruin the interior decorations you’ve done.”

“……”

“All of our memories are there. So come back whenever you want. It’ll stay empty until you want to return. Or you can just move into my place.”

Taewan glanced at her. Then he smiled.

“I think it’ll be better if you just move in with me.”

HaYeon chuckled a moment later.

“Let me think about it.”

When he heard her response, Taewan lowered his head to hers.

“Okay. I’ll wait until you give me a good answer. Obediently, like a good boy.”

His lips brushed against her forehead. Just like how HaYeon had done it to him, Taewan pressed kisses down her face. HaYeon closed her eyes. His lips pressed down all over her face.

HaYeon began to think.

The feel of his lips brushing against her face felt like warm snowflakes.