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“I don’t understand marriage.”

Luhan hummed as the mother chopped the vegetables and chicken. In the living room, two figures of tall and bulky men sat on the long couch, watching TV with their similar grumpy face. The one with flaming blond hair held a cappuccino full cream mug while the grayish blond ones, had a glass of ice choco milk tea.

The flaming blond man, Park Chanyeol, snorted when he heard the sigh from the other guy, “No one expected you to understand anything, Oh Sehun.” he said mockingly, “you’ve been alive this long was already a great achievement in your life judging at how idiot you are, kekeke…”

“Just shut up.”

Oh Sehun is the manly version of Luhan. A year younger than Chanyeol, Sehun working as their family Lawyer, so he’s definitely far from being stupid. Well, although Luhan agreed his likeness of sharing bed and lover with Chanyeol sounded a bit creepy, no matter how close the two were. Glad Luhan was born as mother so he was bound to a man, not another boy or girl. He’ll probably die of jealousy if he had to share Kai with them.

Luhan shuddered and decided not to think more for the sake of his sanity and continued cooking lunch for his brothers. It was started by a phone call this morning from Chanyeol, said that he would come with Sehun and asked if Luhan’s husband was okay with that. When he asked Kai permission, the man placed a gentle kiss on his forehead and then whispering in the usual husky tone which made Luhan felt dizzy like the mother was just getting drugged and high in ecstasy.

Blame his hormones for become this sensitive.

‘I wish I can skip work.’ He remembered when he set his husband off to work, Kai smiled apologetically to him, ‘I want to see your brothers in person and asked them about embarrassing moments in your childhood life.’ and when Luhan blushed at hearing such a silly wish, the man cupped his face and kissed him, ‘send my regards to them, ok, Umma? Tell them I love you beyond anything else in the world.’

It’s strange at how easy Kai made his world turned warm and warmer even though the man wasn’t near. He stopped chopping and dozing off, reminding of every beautiful day he passed as Kai’s wife and he can’t be more thankful than he was now. Only when he heard the arguing sound from living room turned into growl, the baby in him became tensed and giving him a sharp pain under his belly. Wincing, the mother brushed the small bump and kept holding his little one as he walked out kitchen.

Sehun was strangling the laughing Chanyeol and Luhan was sure it’s definitely the older fault. Chanyeol always made people had reason to kill him. Luhan would, if he could. He even tempted to see how far these adults doing such childish act but his baby against violence so he sighed and interrupted them, by calling Chanyeol to confirm again the step by step of cooking the Kung pao chicken. For a while, he listened to what his brother said but he can’t focus with his stomach contracted at every breath he took. Chanyeol probably saw how strained his face was, so the man got up and decided to continue his job instead.

“How do you feels, Xiao Lu?”

When Luhan took a seat next to Sehun, the man immediately asked him while sipping the milk tea, “I mean, two months ago you’re still living in the lap of luxury yet now you stuck in this crumpled place.” he referred it to the small apartment, “I think your husband should at least buy you a penthouse.”

“Don’t insult my husband, Sehunnie.” Luhan pouted at hearing that, “He’s not poor, he had decent job and even though I can’t be like before, I’m happier now because he love me.”

“Yeah, that’s probably what confused me the most.” Sehun placed the tea and raised a hand to pat his hair gently, but the man stopped in the middle of air, apparently realized Luhan wasn’t the baby boy anymore so he rested his hand on Luhan shoulder instead, “but aside the chaos you cause for the family, I appreciate your bravery.”

Luhan felt his face heated at such comforting words. He admitted, no matter how he tried to look strong, he’s still so vulnerable by only Chanyeol and his friends in his side. Now Sehun was here and understand his reason to leave family and choose love instead, he can only murmur a bitter ‘thanks’ cause his tears was so close to spill. He can’t cry now in front of his brothers. He already promised Kai not to.

“So, your husband loved you at the first sight…”

When they sat on the dining table and digging in the delicious dishes, Sehun asked Luhan again, “It kind of weird, don’t you think? I mean, I believe lust can be mistaken by love at the first sight since all we can see is the body and beauty, the personality came after we had observation about that person but it’s all started from here, “ Sehun pointed at his groin, “not here and here.” Then at his brain and heart.

“Hmph, I believe that’s only happening to you, Hun.” Even before Luhan spoke up to defend his husband from getting leveled as the same with ert, Chanyeol said with a snort, “love at first sight wasn’t something easy to explain. For example, lust alone won't make Kai-sshi proposed to Luhan in the first place and if Luhan didn’t love Kai back, the man would end getting slapped instead getting a wife.”

Sehun furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance, “bull. Since when you became so expert in love, Channie?”

Chanyeol exchanged gaze with Luhan and shared a knowing smile just in between them, just to annoy Sehun with jealousy of being left in the dark, before the man turned again to Sehun, “oh I have that kind of love too and even though it was hard to explain, it also include heart and brain aside my groin.”

It’s funny to see how Sehun became so interested in Chanyeol love life, “you do?! Who?! Do I know them?” then the man started chanting pet name of boys and girls they date into their triumvirate relationship. But Chanyeol kept laughing and kept the name as secret to himself, both Sehun and Luhan started to wonder if Chanyeol only lied to them.

“Seriously Channie you’re only saying another bull, right?!” Sehun was about to stand to attack Chanyeol, but the bell rang and made everyone looked at the hallway. Luhan wondered if it was Kai, but Sehun motioned the brunette to keep eating while he walked to the hallway with a mischievous smile plastered on his face. “Your husband will be surprised when he sees me. Who knows maybe he’ll wet himself in fear, wakakakaka…!”

Luhan wanted to warn Sehun not to do anything stupid, but Chanyeol hold his arm and silently told him to relax and watched cause probably Sehun will be the one who get shocked.

“Are you Kim Luhan?”

Sehun furrowed his eyebrows at seeing a delivery boy with hat covering half upper the face showing up in front of the apartment door. He tempted to say, ‘yes’ but then Luhan appeared next to him and answered it with a fidgeting smile.

“I’m from Byun Florist.”

The boy opened his hat and smiled warmly at Luhan, “I’ve always want to see you in person, cause I want to know what kind of boy who made Kai love struck.” His words made Luhan heart thumped nervously. He can’t deny it if he was jealous when other boy addressed Kai with familiarity, especially when they had such pretty face like this Byun guy. But then the boy took a bucket of flowers arranged beautifully and gave it to him, “glad your husband made a stop in our shop today and asked our florist the best bucket we’ve had for his precious wife.”

Luhan immediately forgot everything and let his body floating to heaven. My God, he shouted in joy, his husband was the best man ever in the world, for marrying him and still so lovingly cheesy even until this very day.

“Thank you.” Instead taking the bucket he hugged the boy in appreciation, while remembering his first day as wife and the first time he saw so much rose petals spread around their apartment floor, “he must buy the white roses from yours too, so thank you, it was so beautiful…” he didn’t even care if he was sobbing right now. He only wanted to call Kai and asked his husband to go back home as fast as it could. For this never ending happiness, he afraid one life time won’t enough to express how thankful he was to be loved like this by Kai.

“It’s the first time someone ordered something so troublesome, but yeah…” the boy chuckled lightly, “It also explained how much he loved you so you had to treasure it, Luhannie.”

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“What’s going on?”

Chanyeol came in sight after finishing his meal and Sehun who was awkwardly standing next to crying Luhan, turned just to see the man stood in froze in the middle of hallway, like Chanyeol was just seeing a ghost. Sehun mouth opened to ask the brother why but somehow he understand, as his gaze trailed to the Byun boy who was still comforting Luhan.

“Channie?” Sehun called the man’s name and it made Chanyeol startled and blinked until the swirl of emotion disappeared from the older eyes, “are you okay?” asked Sehun.

Chanyeol took a glance at the delivery boy again, before grumbled lowly while retreating inside the house, “I’m fine.” Didn’t need to be smart to know it was a lie, “tell Luhan we’re going home, after he’s done crying.”

*

Today Luhan met with Baekhyun, the wife of Huang Zitao, Kai’s best friend who worked as florist in Byun family flower shop. At first he was afraid if Baekhyun was this said Kyungsoo and come to ruin his marriage by spreading lies about the past life of his husband but then he reminded himself this is real life, not a drama. He read in a magazine, jealousy was the biggest reason why people had problem with others and jealousy in relationship was started from own self fear of losing the one they loved. It was hard to trust people, especially a stranger, but if Luhan didn’t learn to trust Kai from now on, who else he would trust? For now, Kai was the only one who knew everything about him, even to the smallest detail like how many moles he had in his body or the right temperature for his bath or his favorite sleeping gesture in bed.

“Hhhh…”

It’s a pity that Chanyeol and Sehun went back home right after the lunch. He’d hope they stayed and accompanying him sitting in the middle of the couch and listening to him bragging about the bucket of flower placed in front of coffee table, which was one of appreciations of love from his husband. It frustrated him, cause Kai always knew how to push the right button in him, either it to make him laugh or cry in bliss.

“Don’t you think I’m being spoiled too much?”

He muttered the text he sent to Kai, and only read it a few times before he heard the ringtone and an answer returned in a question,

‘Do you like the flower?’

Luhan bit his bottom lips. Cursing again at how unfair the world worked to him. Here he was dying from rushing heart beat just because a bucket flower and reading text from the man he loved. Like he said before, Kai wasn’t even here but the man never stop reminding him about love happened in between them. Never stop proving the importance of their relationship and preciousness of him.

‘Yes.’ He almost sent it but then he found a better way to make Kai pay for this attack of fluffy emotion striking him near insanity, so he deleted and changed it into,

‘It’s not even good.’

A snicker appeared on his face when his husband called a second later, probably breaking the rule of ‘no private call in work hours’ and risked losing the job. But he received the call and squealed happily when the man started bombarding him with panic question and a promise to kill Tao for ruining the gift.

“Chill down, Appa.” He finally said after listening to Kai’s rant for a while, “nothing wrong with the flower. It’s just, it’s not as beautiful as your love for me.” He hoped Kai frowned or blushed or worse, experiencing the same heart attack like what happened to him,

“Nothing in the world can be as beautiful as love.”

He probably couldn’t see what happened across the phone, but he believed his words meant something for Kai.

“But still,” Luhan ran his hand to a pink flower petal and smiled at how soft it was, “it’s a beautiful bucket so thank you, Appa.”

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How was it? ^^