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- - CHAPTER 13

"Ouch!"

Well, that hadn't been the first thing I'd expected Nichkhun to say after I agreed to marry him after all. You know, especially because I'd just agreed to marry him - that wasn't anything to be groaning in pain over, now was it?

I hurriedly wiped my teary eyes and stepped back to find out why exactly he was groaning in pain-

"Ya! Is that any way to propose to a woman?"

I couldn't help but laugh at the absurd scene before me. Gain, the petite girl behind the counter, had promptly punched Nichkhun on the arm and from the look of it, she was rather powerful for her stature. Her eyes were narrowed at my cowering fiancé and I found the scene too amusing to put a stop to it.

"You should get down on one knee at least!" she continued, "You didn't even take her out for a romantic dinner or a walk on the beach at sunset! What kind of a man are you, huh?"

Nichkhun was rendered speechless and this simply amused me further.

By now, Gain had stepped out from behind the counter and was swiftly approaching me. From her deadly aura, even I began to feel afraid, even as far as feeling paralyzed.

"Would you please pass me your ring?" she asked politely upon reaching me. I nodded and fumbled to pull the gold band off of my finger before finally passing it to her. She nodded and then turned to the still cowering Nichkhun.

"You," she said strictly while pointing to him, "Down on one knee."

Nichkhun obeyed without protest and scrambled into position.

Gain then grasped my wrist and pulled me closer to him, almost causing me to fall from the sheer force she'd used.

The petite, sultry woman then placed the ring into Nichkhun's hand, "Now, you propose to her properly, ok?"

At that, the Thai nodded and slowly turned his attention to me.

Our eyes met and somehow, the awkwardness of the situation faded, even eliciting smiles from the both of us. Nichkhun then gently took my hand and held it in front of his face. A giggle passed through my lips when he kissed the skin.

"Song Victoria," he spoke in clear voice, eyes not leaving mine, "Will you please do me the honour of becoming my wife and taking my surname?"

The tears began anew and I tried my best not to let my frame shake from the simply emotion I felt.

And just as easily as previously, my answer was immediate-

"Yes."

With the most beautiful smile I'd ever seen, Nichkhun slid the ring onto my finger.

"Much better," Gain murmured while nodding to herself, "Now, you just need that romantic dinner sometime. That's how my husband proposed."

I spied her hand and found that a wedding bang encircled her left ring finger. My eyes then moved upwards, back to Gain's face and something seemed awfully familiar about her - like I'd seen her on a TV show before…

"Excuse me," I asked, "Aren't you Son Gain… from the Brown Eyed Girls? Married to Jokwon?"

The petite girl smiled and a gleam entered her eyes, "Yes, I am."

"But then… why?"

The sultry-eyed idol laughed, seemingly understanding my vague question, "I'm not an idol anymore. Brown Eyed Girls disbanded earlier this year, just after my marriage. And, I wasn't going to sit around at home all day, so that's why I started this shop. Also, I keep my surname here because I don't want to use Jokwon's fame for my own gain."

I was amazed and awed.

But, before I could ask more questions, still turned to the still kneeling Nichkhun, "Ya, 2PM's Nichkhun. I know you're still an idol, but you make time for your new fiancée you hear me? JYP-nim isn't that strict that he won't allow you to take her with you on your tours ok?"

I think he agreed more out of fear than anything.

"And you," her fearful aura focused on me and I froze under her gaze, "Don't take any nonsense from him. He has to come home every night and tell you if he's practicing late. He also can't act in any more CF's with another woman in them nor can he be the main lead in a music video if there's a woman involved."

I took mental note of all her rules, scared that she'd call me in the middle of the night and ask me to recite them.

But at the end of her speech, she smiled, "And most importantly…" she took both of our hands and placed them on top of each other. Nichkhun took the cue and immediately intertwined our fingers.

"Be happy each and every day."

That wouldn't difficult at all.

"You don't really have to take me on that romantic dinner you know," I playfully told Nichkhun once we were inside the car again. He had naturally opened my door for me again and had closed it once I'd entered.

But, my eyes had immediately fallen onto the ring that adorned my finger. I couldn't help but smile when looking at it. He really did know my taste and it turned out exactly how I wanted it. Honestly, it couldn't have looked better.

"Well, then, how about this," Nichkhun said as he started the car, "Since I've already cancelled my schedules for today and it's still morning, we go to the market and get groceries and then we make a feast tonight and have the romantic dinner in our apartment?"

I smiled, "It's a deal!" I said eagerly and nodded simply to add to my excitement. It would be a nice escape from the intense past few days I've had. Besides, I wanted alone time with my fiancé… He was my fiancé after all.

It still felt too surreal.

The fact that Nichkhun, my best friend of over ten years turned idol, had asked me to marry him.

Me - the simple primary school teacher from China.

When, after reading numerous internet sources, he had fan girls throwing themselves at him and many attractive female idols that had publically announced their attraction to him - he had no reason to like me.

But he did.

"What on earth is going on in that head of yours…" he paused and from the corner of my eye, I could see his eyes glimmering, "Horvejkul Victoria."

My cheeks flushed red.

That would soon be my surname after all.

I grinned and turned my face to him, "I'm thinking about when our wedding should be?"

"Hmmm," he hummed in response, "As soon as possible!"

I laughed at his enthusiasm, "Are you that anxious?"

"Of course! Now that you've said yes, I want to make it legal as soon as possible. Hell, I'll even drive to the court building now and we can get married there and have a big wedding later on."

I rolled my eyes at the absurd suggestion, "As tempting as that is…" I paused to flick him on the head, "My mother would have a heart attack if I got married without her knowing or being present. Your mother would too you know."

A sigh fell from his lips, "I hate it when you're right."

I rolled my eyes once again and felt a blush suddenly creep onto my face.

Nichkhun had placed his hand on my knee.

"I've always wanted to do this after seeing it in all those movies," he explained and I could sense a hint of amusement in his voice. He enjoyed seeing me all flustered, didn't he?

"As long as we don't crash," I jokingly warned him, "I'm going to blame it completely on you then."

"Have you no faith in your soon to be husband?" he asked with fake shock.

I laughed at the exaggerated expression before leaning over and pecking his cheek. The simple action instantly kept him quiet and I could spy the tips of his ears beginning to redden.

It was the first slightly intimate contact we'd had in awhile and my body immediately craved for more - it was like the touch of his skin was addicting.

I was surprised at my thoughts.

Never before had I wanted to be continuously kissing someone… never before had I called someone addicting. It almost scared me as I felt myself heating up.

I quickly shook my head, trying to clear my mind and instead focus on the surroundings outside and try to ignore Nichkhun's hand on my knee-

When had he moved it onto my thigh?!

… It was going to be a long car trip.

"I think we've bought enough food to last us a world war."

Nichkhun laughed at my comment and held the apartment's door open for me, allowing me access. As soon as I entered, I dropped the grocery-laden bags I'd been holding with a groan of effort. I'd only carried two of the bags and I felt as though I'd done my weight training for the month. I could only imagine how Nichkhun felt after carrying four of them.

But to my surprise, he hadn't even broken a sweat.

Oh, how nice it was to have bulging arm muscles… ones that were very well defined and all mine now.

I wanted to slap myself.

Song- Horvejkul Victoria, what had gotten into you?

I shook my head before I picked up my two bags of groceries once again and proceeded to take them to the kitchen. They needed to be unpacked soon before the ice cream melted.

"Hey, with all this food we could just stay in here for the next week or so and not go out and just be the two of us," the muscled rapper stated as he followed suit with his four bags of groceries.

I bit my lip at the thought of being holed up with him for  a week, with no one to disturb us…

"But… uhh," I momentarily stammered and hoped that he wouldn't question me about it, "Your company wouldn't allow you to do that…"

I then busied myself with packing everything away, making sure not to look in Nichkhun's direction until I managed to compose myself somewhat.

Luckily, after a month of living here, I knew exactly where everything needed to be and didn't need to ask him for help.

"I'm sure I could somehow bribe JYP-nim…" he replied wistfully and I could hear him placing stuff into the fridge.

"Yes, but your fans would begin to think that something was up," I was more trying to calm myself down than discourage him.

It didn't help that he decided to wrap his arms around me in a tight back hug though.

I immediately froze, my feet growing roots into the ground below. Without any signal, my heart began to beat faster as my cheeks reddened. In this position, I could feel the toned muscles of his chest and abdomen against my back and I resisted the urge to simply melt into his arms, which were secure and provided me with a sense of utter security.

My breath hitched when Nichkhun brought his lips to my ear and I shivered upon feeling his hot breath caressing the sensitive skin there.

Did this man have any idea what he did to me?

"Aww Vic," he whined in a whisper, "Sounds like you don't want me around."

I don't think he realized how husky his own voice was when he whispered.

My bit my lip and gulped before inhaling deeply and shutting my eyes.

Count to ten Victoria, count to ten… I told myself in an attempt to calm the raging fire that'd erupted within my core and was currently sending embers throughout my whole body.

"I won't be able to make food if you don't let me go," I breathed out, hoping that my voice hadn't sounded as strange as I thought it had.

"What if I don't want to?" he cheekily asked and proved his point my pulling me closer into him. I bit back a gasp as the embers coursing through my veins began to find fuel. A tingling sensation had begun to overwhelm my body and I felt like my knees would buckle at any moment.

"Nichkhun…" I whined, more desperate to end the strange, foreign sensation than to get out of his grip.

"Tell me your wish."

I couldn't help the whimper that escaped my lips at the movement of his lips. The sheer huskiness of those words were enough for me to completely relax in his touch and allow the embers to freely reign over my body.

"Tell me the little dreams of your heart."

He added a tune to the words and my heart raced faster than it ever had before and before I could control myself, I turned around in his grip so that I faced him. I tilted my head upwards, my eyes locking with his.

His usually doe eyes had glazed over and I could see a fire burning within the darkened orbs. My breath hitched at this and I reached upwards to cup his cheeks.

"I'll grant all your wishes."

That single line was enough for me to go onto my tippy-toes and whisper against his lips-

"I wish for you."

And with that command, he lowered his lips onto mine.

This kiss was completely different to the kiss we'd experienced this morning in the hospital.

While I still felt the love he held for me in his lips, a new sensation overwhelmed it-

Desire.

Just like a month ago, when Nichkhun had arrived at my doorstep and had promptly taken me.

Was this like that time?

I had no more time to think when his tongue prodded my full lips, asking for an entrance - one that I eagerly granted.

Our tongues clashed hesitantly, uncertainty evident as his hands slowly began to move to my sides before ghosting the skin beneath my shirt. I shivered at the light contact and my hands moved up along the contours of his face before burying themselves into his brown locks.

Nichkhun released a sound of approval at my action and his kiss became more dominant, more confident.

The embers in my veins reacted wildly to his touch and it wasn't long before they all became blazes, heating up my body and the atmosphere around us to the point where I began to sweat.

By now, he had completely won the battle for domination and I merely felt as he explored my mouth, invading every crevice while somehow managing to mesh our bodies even closer.

That was when his finger's hooked themselves onto the hem of my shirt and began to inch it up my torso. I moaned as cold air brushed my skin, shivering as my shirt was pulled higher. This made me crave Nichkhun's radiating warmth even more.

One of my hands untangled itself from his locks and I moved it from his nape, to the beginning of his spine to the small of his back, feeling the hard muscles that lay there. Once at the small of his back, my hand tugged on his shirt.

I wanted to feel his skin on mine.

"Victoria, are you sure?" he asked breathlessly as he broke our kiss. I could see the want in his eyes, but deeper within them, I could see patience.

"We don't have to do anything if you don't want to. I'm not going to force myself on you again."

"You idiot," I whispered while shaking my head slightly, "You didn't force yourself on me last time. I wanted it too," I said before leaning in again, "Just like I want you now."

This was all the motivation he needed before he hoisted me into his arms with one arm beneath my knees and the other supporting my back. I linked my arms around his neck and giggled at the childish action.

"Are you sure this is your wish?" he asked one last time and I admired his willpower.

But, I smiled and laid a hand upon his cheek and replied without hesitation.

"You're all I ever wished for."

- - I'm out of practice writing ayy scenes but I hope it was ok >< So yay! Better proposal and Khuntoria gets some baby making time XD Tell me what you think^^