As the servers brought over the small dishes that Jong Kook had chosen, they talked and ate, the sound of the ocean like white noise. He held a piece of tofu between his chopsticks to feed to her, and she laughed and briefly looked away, but he smiled and held it closer to her lips and, as she ate it, she held up a piece of kimchi to feed him, too. She mentioned that in America, it is a tradition for the bride and groom to feed each other a piece of their wedding cake, and she said then, again, how this time together in Jejudo feels like a honeymoon.

Jong Kook smiled and looked down, finding it difficult to keep quiet with this talk of weddings and honeymoons. He wanted so badly to tell her that, soon, they’d have their own wedding, and after that, their own honeymoon. Hawaii, maybe, he thought. He had been thinking about Hawaii since she brought it up that night in bed, not long before she had mentioned children.

He tried not to rush the dinner, but he couldn’t stand the anticipation, and so, after she had eaten the last strawberry on the plate, he looked behind them and gestured toward the assistants standing near the camera crew. They nodded. Jong Kook then held Jennifer’s hand and whispered in her ear. “Come with me,” he said.

She smiled. “Come with you where?”

He thought back on their first day together, when they were in the restaurant, still wet from the rain, and how he had asked her that very question: Come with you where? He remembered how she had answered back then, and as he looked at her now, the umbrella over the table shading her face from the sun, her eyes bright and her lips so pink, he answered the same way she had. “Everywhere,” he said. He held both of her hands now and she stood up with him.

“My heart’s beating so fast,” she said.

He led her away from the table and they began to slowly walk down the beach, the camera crew following them and the ocean sounds still filling the air. And then, softly, the notes of a piano faded in. Jennifer recognized the song immediately and briefly held her hand over , holding back her tears as she continued to walk with him.

 

[ Author’s Note: Open these links in separate tabs and play them simultaneously ] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qREKP9oijWI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R07L8tbRVEQ   Hangsang usneun geudaereul boassjyo I always saw you smiling   Cheoeum bon sungan hannune arassjyo From the moment I first saw you, I knew   Geudaeramyeon geudaeramyeon That if it’s you, if it’s you   Naul Gyeote geudaeramyeon hamkkeramyeon If it’s you by my side, if we’re together   Yeongwonhal su issjyo Forever is possible   Geudaeyeo na geudael wihae useojugessso For you, I will smile for you   Geudaeyeo tto geudael wihae ureojugessso For you, I will also cry for you   Nae saenge dan hanbeonman na dan hanbeonman In my life only once, just once   Saranghamyeon baro geudaerao If I could love someone, it would be you   Seulpeohaneun geudaereul boassjyo I saw your sadness   Cheoeum bon nunmul nan neomu apassjyo The tears I saw for the first time really hurt me   Nayeossdamyeon nayeossdamyeon If it was me, if it was me   Geudae gyeote nayeossdamyeon If it was me by your side   Hamkkeramyeon If we were together   Haengboghal su issjyo There could be happiness   Geudaeyeo na geudael wihae saragagessso For you, I will live for you   Geudaeyeo neul geudae gyeoteul georeogagessso I’ll be with you so you never have to walk alone   Nae saenge dan hanbeonman na dan hanbeonman In my life only once, just once   Saranghamyeon baro geudaerao If I could love someone, it would be you   Ppurigipeun namuga doegessso Like a tree with deep roots   Barami bulmyeon modu magajugessso When the wind blows, I will stop everything that comes your way   Nae gajie geudae jiji anheul chanranhan kkochi doeeojuo yeongwonhi Be the colorful flower that blooms on my branches forever   Geudaeyeo na geudaelmaneul saranghagessso You, I will only love you   Geudaeyeo na geudael wihae saragagessso For you, I will live for you   Naesaenge dan hanbeonman na dan hanbeonman In my life only once, just once   Saranghamyeon baro geudaerao If I could love someone, it would be you   Geudaeyeo dan hanbeonman na danhanbeonman You, only once, just once   Saranghagesso baro geudaerao The one I will love is you

 

They walked together until the song ended, the sounds of the ocean still in the background. He led her up to where the greenery bordered the beach, and as the camera crew surrounded them, he turned to her, his back to the ocean as he faced her, his hands holding hers, his heart racing. He felt himself breathing quickly and opened his mouth to say those words to her that he had been waiting to say for so long.

But just as h