PROLOGUE : Like I said, Yeoreum lowkey gave up on love after her first failed marriage. But then, one day, she was out at her brother's high school because they wanted to add a new music hall. She bumped into this dude, Shin Hyesung, and he was so pretty that she couldn't help being attracted to him. She's not shallow, but Shin Hyesung really is too pretty ;)) anyway he was holding a stack of papers that flew (cue cliche anime scene) and she hurriedly helped him gather it up. He was ENAMORED with her and asked if they could perhaps hang out sometime. She flatly rejected him. But guess who came with Yeoreum to survey the school (sorry idk architectural terms)? DANSON TANG. So he was like "yo i'm her best friend you'll have to get through me first" and bless Hyesung's heart he went through the Danson-check, and once he got approved, Danson basically convinced Yeoreum to go on ONE SINGLE DATE to see if she liked him ("if you don't like him, I will make sure you never see him again"). Thankfully, she liked him enough to continue the dates. She was reluctant to expand the relationship out of fear that he'd end up like Jihoon, but Hyesung doesn't get angry easily, and he's a pretty gentle person, so she liked him a lot lol. The first time she saw Hyesung angry, it nearly broke her because it reminded her so much of Jihoon, and she wasn't sure if she could make it through life with someone like that. But she realized that he was different, and he didn't blame her for his own faults, so she stayed. The defining moment (yes, I want to live the rest of my life with this man) was after they moved in together (about two years into the relationship), and Gaeul came for refuge, not knowing that his goddamn English teacher was dating his sister, and Hyesung accepted him calmly and tried to talk advice to him. Yeoreum was 26 when Hyesung asked her to marry him. It was very simple, just one night walk beside the Han River, and she thought about it for a while (not long, just asking herself 'am i ready to give myself, and him, a chance?'), and accepted. The wedding was quite simple as well, held in a church (neither is religious but why not). Andy was best man ;)) Gyeoul was maid of honor, and Hyesung specifically thanked Danson for getting them together (owhhh my heart :")) OH I FORGOT TO MENTION Yeoreum's dress was a ing DREAM :")) she's finally getting married to someone worth it  

EPILOGUE : First off, very simple honeymoon to Hawaii :")) it was pretty cool and all until the part. Yeoreum was lowkey traumatized, and Hyesung didn't force her. They still don't do it often because yknow ;;; also, they can't have children. Neither of them really care, especially since they're lowkey old. Life settled into a routine of normality back home. They each have their own little space for working so they don't get distracted by each other. They've only been married for a year, but they've lived together for two, so they're pretty used to each other. Yeoreum, oddly, can't stand the heat, but Hyesung's old bones love the heat, so it's always a battle for the AC lmao. Thankfully, the apartment has two bathrooms, so there's no fight for the bathroom. Yeoreum cooks, but Hyesung takes care of the other chores like cleaning and . It's pretty much like living with a best friend, where they tell each other the gossip going on in life and sleep together and occasionally have , but they're still pretty independent adults. Yeoreum still hangs out with Danson, still goes out with Gyeoul, yknow, and Hyesung still drinks with Jindy, still hangs with Eric and Minwoo and Dongwan. Nothing much has changed (Hyesung tries to drink less though). Hyesung looks younger than he is, so ppl don't really judge their , but if the gap is mentioned, ppl will look at them realllly weirdly. It pisses both of them off, and Yeoreum has actually punched people for it before (Hyesung just rants to Andy lol). There's a lot of body contact; Hyesung's a touchy-feely person, and Yeoreum doesn't mind. Lots of playing with hair, touching faces, hugs, kisses, stuff like that. They try not to fight, mostly because they understand why the other does stuff, also because Yeoreum has bad memories and Hyesung tries not to make her sad ;;; Hyesung has summers off because teacher, but Yeoreum doesn't, so he often hangs out in the apartment alone pining ;;; (since they got Sparrow, he talks to the cat). They both eat a lot, so even though Yeoreum technically is the cook, Hyesung likes to help her prepare stuff, and cooking ends up fun as as long as no one gets hurt lol

Here I feel like I didn't expand on the negative stuff. Basically, Hyesung is really chill but Yeoreum isn't. Their personalities clash a lot, and sometimes Yeoreum will get really pissed off about small stuff (like not folding clothes properly, not putting stuff back where it came from, leaving cabinets open all the time), and Hyesung will try to reason with her. But I mean, it can't always be like that, and he will get pissed off. He tries not to yell, but there'll be that accusing tone, yknow, and Yeoreum will just-- stop. She'll stop and close up and go to Gyeoul's place and sometimes spend the night there. It depends on how bad they fought, but usually it'll be Hyesung calling to apologize. They haven't had anything to threatened their marriage yet lol. Oh, and Hyesung's adoptive parents want kids, but these two don't, so Yeoreum tries to stay as far away from the old ppl as she can. She can't avoid it during holidays, though, and it just makes her sad but she doesn't want to explain. Hyesung knows about the previous marriage, but he doesn't ask her about it or anything. Same with Yeoreum and why Hyesung changed his name. (I was thinking during the story, maybe Yeoreum can bump into Hyesung's mom at the supermarket and she can be like 'oh yeoreum honey yall should have kids yknow pilkyo's our only son' and and then yeoreum will be in a bad mood and she'll ask hyesung why he changed his name and why he didn't tell his parents about her condition and that'll make it so that yeoreum goes out for a while lol)

COUPLE TRIVIA :
✤ Hyesung brings home papers to grade and they both laugh at some of the answers lol
✤ their favorite movie is the same: Train to Busan :"))
✤ funny enough, they both cannot stand horror, but Yeoreum prefers action/adventure and Hyesung prefers romcom
✤ As we all know, SHS has a great voice, so he often sings Yeoreum to sleep (he sleeps later than she does)
✤ Yeoreum's a surprisingly neat person, but shs doesn't fold his clothes properly, which lowkey pisses her off (she taught him though)
✤ Hyesung wakes up earlier than Yeoreum too, and he'll often prepare breakfast for her
✤ *cue creepy Hyesung watching Yeoreum sleep*
✤ *cue almost squishing the cat while turning over in sleep*
✤ yeah they rescued Sparrow a year ago, right after they got married
✤ they like to cuddle on the couch after dinner and sometimes fall asleep like that
✤ he spoils her as much as he can on a teacher salary :")) and she does the same
✤ he mostly gets her jewelry and she gets him health stuff/stationery
✤ she started wearing necklaces because of him AAWHHHHH my heart
✤ he introduced her to Shinhwa after they started dating and OMG THEY LOVED HER LOL she actually hangs out with Minwoo more than anyone else but pshh whatever
✤ they actually live in a pretty nice place (three bed two bath)