"Don't you have your own office?" Jongin looks at his best friend laying on the couch,

"It's lonely." Sehun pouts,

The CEO squints his eyes at him, "Don't you think we see each other too much?"

Sehun purses his lips to think, shaking his head, "Nope."

"Sehun, I'm fine." Jongin says, knowing his friend is worried about him.

"Who says this has anything to do with you? I told you, it's because I'm lonely." Sehun tells him,

"Why don't you go spend time with your- Heeyoung?" Jongin blurts, shushing Sehun,

"I don't." They hear Heeyoung's voice from outside his office.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you in without an appointment." The secretary politely says,

She sets a lunchbox on the counter, "It's fine, I don't have to meet him, but here's his lun-"

"Heeyoung." The office door slams open and the CEO runs to his wife with a bright smile,

"I'm here to drop off your lunch."

"Oh." Jongin picks up the lunchbox with one hand and grabs her hand with the other,

"Secretary Cha, this is my wife." Jongin gives him a long look, the secretary understanding the unspoken words to show the lady inside whenever she drops by.

"Heeyoung." Sehun perks up, hurrying to clear the coffee table

Heeyoung nods at him, helping Jongin with the food. Sehun drools at the sight, Heeyoung silently sets a container in front of him while Jongin hands him a pair of chopsticks.

"I missed your cooking." He comments, popping an egg roll in his mouth,

"How are things at BE?" Jongin asks,

"HR is working on filling in the positions." Heeyoung tells them,

"I've heard a financial director was involved." Sehun comments,

"Baekhyun's cousin." Heeyoung nods,

"How's he handling it?" Sehun asks,

"Disappointed, of course."

"Do you want to move to KJC?" Jongin suddenly asks,

The lady raises an eyebrow, as Jongin scratches the back of his neck, "Just a thought."

"CEO Kim, We'll get bored of each other if I work here." Heeyoung says, amused,

"I think I would be more energized after seeing your face." Jongin flirts, causing Sehun to silently gag at the cheesiness,

Heeyoung chuckles, shaking her head, "I like working at BE, though I don't mind meeting up for lunch when our schedules permit."

"Really." Jongin perks up and Sehun thinks had Jongin been a puppy, his ears and tail would be wagging from excitement.

Sehun hates being the third-wheel, but there's good food, so.

The third-wheeling carries on to dinner, however now he's become the fifth-wheel with the addition of his sister and her boyfriend.

"How disrespectful!" Sehun slams a hand on the table,

"What now?" Sera asks the older,

"I'm also here. Why are you guys isolating me?" Sehun whines,

"When did we do that?" Sera argues,

"Right now, these two keep ignoring me," He points at Jackson and Jongin,

"Shouldn't that be a hint?" Sera mumbles,

"This ung-"

"Jackson, how long before your place is ready. Tell us ahead of time, so we can free our schedules." Heeyoung interrupts, not wanting an Oh argument.

"Where is this place?" Sehun wonders, as Sera refuses to tell him.

"Building E." Jackson grins,

"We're going to be neighbors?" Sehun blurts,

"Building neighbors, not actual neighbors."

"E? Isn't that exclusive?" Jongin wonders,

"It is and I've heard they're floor-through apartments." Sehun adds, Jackson nods,

Heeyoung taunts, "A Wang sure has benefits."

Sera scoffs, defending her boyfriend, "Says the Par-." 

"Are you moving Friday or Saturday?" Heeyoung cuts her off,

"Friday. We're going to need help unpacking since I've hired movers." Jackson states,

"Who did the interior?" Heeyoung asks,

"I recommended Yiming and Jongdae. I'm planning on surprising them on moving day." Sera looks excited at the thought.

"No wonder." Jongin mumbles, as Jongdae has been dropping by quite often the past few weeks.

"I'm going to miss having dinner together." Sehun sadly mumbles,

"Lawyer Oh-"

"Sehun."

"Sehun, no one is stopping you from joining us and Jackson and Sera really can't cook." Heeyoung says, knowing they'll be meeting for dinner frequently.

"She's not wrong." Sera acknowledges her lack of cooking skills,

"Don't worry about us, Hope. I've hired a private chef." Jackson tells her, Sehun's eyes widen, turning to his sister.

"No." Sera rejects, understanding her brother's look.

"Sera."

"No."

"What are you guys doing here?" Jongdae frowns, watching his friends walk in after the movers,

"This is the homeowner, VP Wang." The manager introduces, surprising Jongdae and Yiming,

"This looks really good." Sera exclaims, looking around the open apartment, while Heeyoung heads to the kitchen.

"Wang, let me steal this espresso machine." Heeyoung yells,

"Nu-uh. That's the only thing I know how to use." Jackson yells back,

"I'll get us one." Jongin jumps in,

"I don't really want it. It's cute but not better than ours." Heeyoung runs her hand over the shiny machine.

"Don't just stand there. Come help us." Sera yells, as the movers have finished unloading the boxes.

"I'm not getting paid for this." Jongdae refuses, leaning against the counter,

"I'm here." Seungwan yells, walking into the apartment with Chanyeol.

"Babe, what are you doing here?" Jongdae asks,

"Sera called for help." Seungwan tells him,

"You sly little.." Jongdae narrows his eyes at the Sera,

"Thank you." Sera smirks, supervising the men moving the boxes to the appropriate rooms, while the ladies unpack and organize the things.

"Food is here." Jackson walks in with pizza.

"I have everything ready." Jongin hears Chanyeol tell Heeyoung, before he waves them goodbye.

"What's with him?" Jongin asks, as they're walking back home,

"We're hanging out tomorrow." Heeyoung smiles.

After months of marriage, Jongin is able to differentiate her smiles and that one is painfully fake.

"Are you doing something special?" Jongin asks, but the lady shakes her head, keeping quiet as they walk into their apartment.

Jongin doesn't prod for more details, but when he's heading to their bedroom, Heeyoung calls him.

"Can you take a day off tomorrow?" She asks, the CEO looks over his schedule and though he does have a semi-filled schedule, he cancels everything.

"I can." He tells her,

"Oh."

"Did you not want me too?" Jongin asks, noticing her dejected,

"It's not that. I'm. This is one of my biggest secrets and I'm scared to reveal it to you. But I want to." She gives him a soft smile.

The next morning, Jongin is surprised as they reach Chanyeol's apartment. Chanyeol is waiting for them at the lobby, but instead of the elevator, they head for the stairs and down to the underground garage.

"Am I making the right decision?" Heeyoung mumbles to Chanyeol, glancing over her shoulder to look at her husband,

"I can't answer that for you." Chanyeol tells her, unaware of Jongin listening to them.

"Heeyoung, I will wait until you're ready." Jongin softly says,

"I don't think I'll ever be ready, but I've come to trust you and want to share this with you." She tells him, honestly,

~

Less than an hour later, Chanyeol stops the car. The two follow Heeyoung through the flower shop. The elderly lady behind the counter perks up at the sight of Heeyoung as she hurries out to hug the younger.

"Granny, have you been fine?" Heeyoung questions.

Jongin and Chanyeol watch the women go around the shop with the granny picking out the flowers, 

"Which one is your husband?" The granny asks,

"Hello, I'm Kim Jongin." He introduces,

"Nice to meet you, take good care of this sweet child." The granny says, and Heeyoung introduces Chanyeol as her brother. 

They chat while the elder lady arranges the flowers into a bright, but beautiful bouquet.

~

Half an hour later, they pull into a parking lot. The building doesn't seem like much from the outside, but the inside is completely different. After signing in and surrendering their ID's at the front desk, Heeyoung leads them to the elevators. Jongin realizes the place is a medical facility, seeing nurses and medical staff walking around.

Standing in front of Room 631, Heeyoung takes a deep breath before sliding the doors open. The only sounds in the dimly lit room are from the machines attached to the patient on the bed.

"Mom, I brought someone to meet you today."  Heeyoung cheerfully says, walking over to the bed to kiss her mother's forehead. "Meet my husband, Kim Jongin and you remember Chanyeol Oppa."

"Hello, Aunty." Chanyeol bows to the comatose lady, while Heeyoung changes out the flowers on the nightstand.

"Mother-in-law, it's nice to meet you. Please look at me kindly." Jongin introduces,

"Mom, you won't believe this, but he's Choi Inhee's son." Heeyoung adds, the only response they receive is the beeping from the machines.

~

"I'm going to go talk to her doctor." Heeyoung walks out with Chanyeol following after her.

"Mother-in-law, I'm sorry for greeting you empty-handed. I apologize for asking this on our first meeting, but I would like your blessings to be with your daughter. I lik-, I'm in love with your daughter and wish you'll approve of me as a good partner for her. With me here, I hope you don't worry about Heeyoung and focus on getting better. I promise to take care of her." Jongin assures the lady.

~

Aunty is fine, her doctors are hopeful with the new drug therapy. i've seen someone follow younggie recently. ~ P.C.Yeol.

The couple is strolling through a park, when Heeyoung breaks her silence, "It's been 8 years, but I know she'll wake up one day. The reason I'm cautious is because I can't afford the wrong people finding out her whereabouts. Because of the accident, Mr.Byun briefly gained custody over me and managed to get his hands on my shares, since my mother is still alive, he can't use them. Thus, until I've gotten my shares, I have to extra vigilant."

"You still haven't gotten your shares?" Jongin asks, surprised since they've been married for a couple months.

"Not yet. I'm hoping to get them after the upcoming dinner." She sighs, rubbing her arms to warm up,

Noticing her shivering, Jongin takes off his jacket and wraps it around her shoulders.

"Jongin." Jongin pauses, turning to his wife,

"I'm trusting you." Heeyoung closes the distance between them, "Please don't let me regret it." Wrapping an arm around his neck, she pulls him down for a kiss.

"Is the food not to your liking?" Mrs.Byun asks, noticing Heeyoung playing with the food on her plate,

"I had a late lunch." Heeyoung politely states,

"You'll start training next week." Mr.Byun suddenly says,

Heeyoung lightly scoffs, "Without my shares?"

Mr.Byun looks at her, "You'll have them tomorrow."

"Finally." Heeyoung rolls her eyes,

"Speaking of training, Chairman Byun wants Baekhyun to sit in for the training as well." Heeyoung adds,

"Why?" Baekhyun asks,

"Grandpa is worried I'll be bored alone."

"Baekhyun is the VP, he doesn't have time to waste." Mr.Byun states,

"You're the President, yet I've never seen you work." Heeyoung sasses,

"Don't forget I still have your shares?" Mr.Byun threatens,

"You said I would have them tomorrow, which means you've already handed them over, meaning I'm no longer obligated to keep fake pretenses with you." Heeyoung pushes her chair back,

"Byun Heeyoung." Mr.Byun yells,

"Thank you for dinner. I'll see you later." Heeyoung smiles at Mrs.Byun, walking away without a single glance at her father while Baekhyun runs after her.

Jongin awkwardly bids the elders goodbye, hurrying away with Jihyun.

"Heeyoung, one dinner." Baekhyun pants,

"I don't owe him anything."

"He's still our father."

"Your father, Byun Baekhyun. If you want a relationship with me, stop pestering me about him. I refuse to acknowledge that man." Heeyoung declares.

"Heeyoung." He calls after her, Jongin side steps him to follow after his wife, while Jihyun wraps an arm around his waist,

Jihyun calmly says, "Baby, understand where she's coming from. He's your father, but for Heeyoung he's the man who abandoned her."

"Heeyoung." Jongin picks his wife up and spins her around, as their friends watch on amused.

"Hi." Heeyoung chuckles, as Jongin leans in for a kiss, Baekhyun interrupts them with a scream,

Jongin ignores him, giving Heeyoung a long kiss.

"Kim Jongin." Baekhyun yells, the CEO smacks a loud kiss on his wife's cheek.

"Who could have guessed, player Kim Jongin could be this sappy." Sehun teases his best friend,

"I missed you." Jongin pouts,

"You were separated for two nights." Sera yells,

"Two long nights." Jongin defends as Heeyoung cups his cheek.

"Did you have fun on your trip?" She asks him, ignoring the others around them,

"I did, but I missed you more."

"I missed you too." She leans up to kiss his chin, as their friends start protesting at the PDA,

"Hope Park, I didn't think I would see the day you turned this cheesy." Sera groans, pulling the couple apart.

"Kim Jongin, I need to be at the altar in an hour, so save your sappiness for later." Kyungsoo scolds, grabbing Jongin by the ear.

Heeyoung waves at the pouting male getting dragged by the groom.

"Hope!" Sera yells as her friend walks in with her husband.

"What'd you get me from Italy?" Sera excitedly, holds her palm out,

"Why would I get you anything?" Heeyoung deadpans,

"Look who's back?" Sehun teases, seeing the couple walk in.

"Lawyer Oh." Sehun clams up,

"Kyung-Ae got married, but you went on your honeymoon?" Jihyun teases,

"Is it a honeymoon if they only spent 3 days there?" Yixing asks,

"Did you seriously not get me anything?" Jongdae frowns at his brother, smiling as Jongin reveals a somewhat heavy bag.

While Jongin hands them chocolate boxes, Heeyoung walks over to Junmyeon with a medium-sized gift bag.

"I thought, you might enjoy this." Heeyoung beams, as Junmyeon pulls out a wine bottle.

"T-that's worth over 800,000 won." Jihyun, the wine enthusiast blinks,

"Let's eat." Hyeri suggests not wanting to deal with whining over souvenirs.

"I prepared food for you." Chanyeol pulls out a plate from the oven,

"Thanks oppa." Heeyoung gives him a grateful smile, before he joins Baekhyun and Yixing.

"Try this." Sehun says, extending his fork towards her,

"What?" She asks, but the male feeds her a bite of the cheesy pasta,

"How is it?" Sehun asks,

"Good."

"Try the tofu dumpling." Sehun puts one in her plate, Heeyoung pulls it apart to check,

"Are you allergic to anything?" Sehun asks, seeing her being cautious with her food,

"Shellfish."

"Oh, Hyeri is also allergic to seafood, so don't worry." Sehun assures her, handing her another dumpling.

After a while, Heeyoung feels nauseous and silently makes her way to the guest room. After puking, her head starts feeling heavy and she has to dial Dr.Yoon.

"I don't have an epipen on me." She tells him,

"Where are you?"

"I've sent my location, please get here quickly. No ambulance, don't attract any attention." She heavily breathes,

She then calls Jackson, "Ge, I'm in the guestroom. Don't panic, but i'm having an al-lergic reaction. Jaeho is on his way"

Not even a minute later, Jackson runs in to see her lying against the wall. He carries her to bed before running to the kitchen for the first-aid kit. Sera and Chanyeol share a worried look and follow after him. They walk in just as Jackson stabs Heeyoung with an epipen.

"Jaeho will be here soon. Can you please bring him here?" Jackson asks, keeping an eye on his unconscious friend.

While Chanyeol waits for the doctor, Sera distracts the others by leading them to the movie theater.

Jongin is searching for his wife when he sees people running down the hallway. Following them, he walks in to see Dr.Yoon sticking a needle to his unconscious wife's arm.

"Heeyoung, What's going on?" Jongin worries, but Chanyeol holds him back,

"She's had an allergic reaction, but she'll be fine." Chanyeol assures him,

"You can go back to your guests." Jaeho looks at Jackson,

"I'll tell them Heeyoung and you left."

Jongin gently holds his wife's hand, worriedly glancing over her,

"She might be weak over the next few days, but she'll be fine." Jaeho assures him,

~

Heeyoung wakes to Jongin sleeping next to her and Jaeho dozing off on the couch.

In her attempt to sit up, she wakes Jongin,

"Heeyoung." Jongin startles the doctor up.

"How are you feeling?" Dr.Yoon asks, checking the oximeter,

"Sore throat, and slightly fatigued, usual symptoms." Heeyoung accesses,

"Come to the hospital for a check-up." Dr.Yoon instructs, handing her a water bottle.

"We'll be there tomorrow morning." Jongin states,

"I don't-"

"We're going." Jongin gives her a stern look.

"Morning doesn't work for me, but I should have time after 3." Dr.Yoon informs them on his way out.

~

Jongin turns to his wife, "Do you know how scared I was?" He hugs her to his chest.

"I'm fine, thanks to Jackson." Heeyoung slumps against him,

"Don't hide things like this from me."

"I barely managed to call Jaeho and Jackson." Heeyoung lightly chuckles,

"Call an ambulance first."

"I didn't want to worry the others."

"St-"

"Park!" "Hope!" Chanyeol, Jackson and Sera barge in,

"Don't scare me like that." Sera scolds, climbing on the bed to hug Heeyoung.

"I'll try."

"Me too." Jackson squeezes his girlfriend to hug his friend,

"Didn't I warn you to not eat anything else?" Chanyeol scolds,

"I had a bite of the mac n cheese and a couple of the dumplings." Heeyoung frowns,

"One had bacon and the other had beef." Chanyeol states,

"Oh."

"Sorry, I should have been more careful." Sera frowns,

"I'm fine. Let it go." Heeyoung says, not wanting to deal with a sad Sera.

"Still."

"Sera, things happen and I'm fine." Heeyoung states,

"Why didn't we get wine?" Sera pouts,

"You have a walk-in cellar." Heeyoung points out,

"Exactly, we need to keep it stocked." Sera argues,

"It's already well stocked." Heeyoung deadpans,

"Let her rest. You can discuss wines later." Jackson pulls Sera away.

~

"Meat? You're allergic to meat?" Jongin says, after the door shuts,

"Huh? Yeah. I am." She tells him,

"You didn't tell me?" Jongin asks,

"It's not something I tell many people." Heeyoung sighs, pulling Jongin to lay down.

"But-"

"Honey." Heeyong rests her cheek on his chest,

"On Eddy's eleventh......"