12. We even kissed
Written by Malranggong.
“Did you sleep well?”
Yeonhwa woke up rubbing her eyes as the morning sun rose at Taehyung's question of whether she slept well. Then, just as she was about to answer "yes...", Yeonhwa was so startled that she fell under the bed. When Taehyung approached Yeonhwa who had fallen under the bed and asked if she was okay, Yeonhwa abruptly woke up and yelled.
“No, why are you and I waking up in the same bed?? We’re not that kind of… relationship yet, are we?? We’re still just… dating… that kind of relationship!!”
Even as she spoke, Yeonhwa seemed embarrassed, and only spoke faintly when she said the word ‘dating.’ Taehyung found Yeonhwa cute, lovable, and a little embarrassed at the same time, and scratched the back of his head as he spoke.
“We even kissed, so why are you so flustered? We just slept in the same bed, right? We just slept… And it wasn’t me who asked you to sleep with me, it was Yeonhwa.”
"yes……?"
Yes. The one who first persuaded Taehyung to sleep with her, no, the one who hung on to him was Yeonhwa. Last night, after watching fireworks (a kiss that was dismissed as watching fireworks), the two went out to eat. And they ended up drinking there, and for some reason, the alcohol was too sweet for Yeonhwa that day, so she kept drinking until she blacked out. Yeonhwa had a tendency to let her true feelings come out when she was drunk, so as soon as she got home, she hugged Taehyung and asked him to sleep with her, continuing to act cute. Taehyung, of course, couldn't help but fall for her cuteness, and Taehyung, who had wanted to sleep next to Yeonhwa from the beginning, hugged her tightly and fell asleep right there.
Yeonhwa, who only now remembered what had happened last night and what she had done, blushed deeply and lowered her head.
“Are you that embarrassed?”
“……Don’t talk to me. I feel like hiding in a hole right now.”
“How can even her shy appearance be so adorable… Is Yeonhwa a fox demon? She’s been captivating me since the first time we met.”
“…What are you talking about, really……”
Yeonhwa's face flushed bright red, as if it were about to burst, like a carrot. But a faint smile spread across her lips. Taehyung's words seemed to be both secretly delighted and amusing. Taehyung chuckled at her faint smile. "You're such an easy person to understand," Taehyung whispered softly and hugged Yeonhwa tightly.
“Do you want to get married?”
“…We haven’t been dating for very long.”
“Then how about we get to know each other a little better and then get married?”
“I won’t marry a freeloader. So, help me with my work.”
“Then will you marry me?”
“Is marriage that great?”
“Rather than saying I like marriage… I just like Yeonhwa. The word marriage keeps coming out unconsciously. Because I want to be your husband.”
“Oh my…”
“But if Yeonhwa doesn’t want to get married, I will of course respect and follow that opinion.”
“I’m doing it with Taehyung, so what could I not like?”
Yeonhwa muttered in a very small voice, her words trailing off. Perhaps because of this, Taehyung couldn't hear her clearly, and he insisted that she say it one more time, wanting to hear more clearly.
“What? I didn’t hear you properly. Please say it again, Yeonhwa.”
"……I don't know."
“Ah, Yeonhwa~”
Taehyung whined and asked Yeonhwa to do it, but Yeonhwa, who was too embarrassed to repeat what she had said quietly, just pretended not to know and went into the bathroom to wash up.