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            “The strain of travelling back and forth just got to be too much.”

            That’s what I told anyone that bothered to ask about me moving back into the dorm.  Most never questioned me about it at all.  I think most people wondered why I bothered moving out in the first place.  Despite how packed my schedule was, Kyuhyun’s was even crazier.  He was filming, practicing for his upcoming theater production, performing solo concerts, and still doing other promotional events.  We hardly spent much time together at the dorm, aside from sleeping a few hours together and occasionally eating breakfast.  That being the case, he looked so much happier and healthier than he had for nearly two months and I realized what a strain I’d put on him by leaving. 

            I thought that he would become a little suffocating, now that we were alone in the dorm by ourselves and there was no one around to witness us kissing each other when we came home or making love in any given room of the dorm—and we did, trust me—but due to our hectic schedules, we didn’t spend as much time together as I thought we would and I even had to give him a little hell about it, every once in a while, when he made time to hang out with Changmin or Minho but not me.

            “We live together,” he argued back, smiling at me as he sat on the couch with me.  “I see you every day.”

            “I know,” I sighed, still mostly ignoring him and reading my magazine.

            “And Changmin is leaving soon.”

            I looked over at him and frowned.  “I forgot about that.”

            “I thought you might have,” he said, leaning over to kiss me.

            “That really will shorten your social circle even more, won’t it?”

            “I still have you,” he said, resting his head against my shoulder.

            “But Changmin is your best friend.”

            “I know,” he whined.  “Quit talking about it.  I’m already not taking it well.  It was bad enough when Hyuk left me.”

            “How are you going to survive enlisting yourself?  You’ll have to leave everyone behind,” I pointed out.  “And this is coming up soon.”

            “I’ve debated abducting you and moving out of the country.”

            I laughed at this and patted his leg.  “I don’t think that would be good for our careers, jagiya.”  I went back to reading my magazine, but then wondered why he’d grown so quiet suddenly and glanced over at him.  He was staring at me, his brows furrowed.  It was creepy.

            “What?” I asked, almost startled.

            “What did you just call me?” he asked, poking me in the chest playfully.

            I looked away from him and scoot to the other end of the couch.  He followed after me, not willing to let the subject drop.  I held the magazine up to my face and he crawled over and snatched it out of my hand.  “What’s so strange about me calling you that?”

            “You’ve never done it before,” he informed me. 

            “Haven’t I?” I asked, although I knew perfectly well I’d always avoided terms of endearment before.  It was out of self-preservation.  I couldn’t call him cute names when I knew I’d eventually have to leave him.  It would make it harder to going back to calling him simply Kyuhyun-ssi when we broke it off finally.  But since we were planning to stay together, I decided I could finally give in and call him all the cute names I’d been wanting to throughout the years. 

            Kyuhyun cupped my cheeks and kissed me briefly.  “You know perfectly well you’ve never called me that before.”

            “Does it bother you?”

            “No.  Say it again.”

            I shook my head, suddenly embarrassed. 

            “Please, jagiya.”

            When he called me like that, I couldn’t stop from smiling like mad.  “I already said it once.  If you make me say it when I don’t want to, I won’t do it anymore.”

            Kyuhyun let out a long breath, but he nodded and kissed me again.  “All right.  Back to our original point of discussion.  I’m sorry that I have been spending more time with Changmin than you lately.  I’ll make it up to you once he leaves.”

            “Okay.”

            “Am I forgiven?”

            “Yes.”

            “Now, I hate to do this to you, but I have to practice my parts for Werther.  Should we order something tonight?  I’ll pay.”

            “Sure, jagiya.”

            Kyuhyun smiled wide and kissed me again on the cheek.  “You pick where to order.  You know what I want to eat from everywhere anyway.  Just take my card out of my wallet when you order.  Thanks, love.”

            Kyuhyun headed out of the room to practice in his bedroom and I smiled to myself.  This was what it was like to live with your significant other.  Alone.  This was what we could continue to have together, even after our enlistments.  Never before had I dreamed that I would be in that position.  Ever since I start