chapter one
CHAPTER ONE
"Babe. Babe. Hey babe, wake up. It's almost 2pm already." Sehun shook his wife, hoping to get some reaction out of her seemingly dead body.
"Interrupting someone's sleep is a ing crime," Nova groaned as she rolled her body to the other side of the bed, an attempt to get out Sehun's reach. A futile one anyways. Sehun just as quickly grabbed hold of her body, rolling her back to her original spot.
"We promised to have a lovey dovey date today. And you missed half of it already," the boy whine, urging Nova to not try to go back to sleep again.
"But sleeping is the most romantic date," the girl made a poor attempt to justify her panda habits while Sehun stood up to pull the blanket off her.
"Don't do that, I'm ! , it's ing cold!," the girl whined childishly as she coiled herself into a ball, attempting to retain some body heat.
"That wouldn't be a problem if you weren't so stubborn about having last night," Sehun remarked as he walked back over to his wife with clothes in his hands, "here, put em on before you accuse me of murdering you with a cold."
"I'm too tired," the girl yawned for emphasis, "help me put it on." The boy rolled his eyes but attended to the girl as she wanted, failing to see the bright smile and light blush on her face.
"Are you going to wake up now," the boy heaved a deep sigh when his wife flopped back into the bed as soon as he pulled his shirt over her head.
"I'll get up if there's food."
"We can order delivery, what do you want to eat?"
Ten minutes later - after some bickering from indecisiveness on both ends - the young adults finally decided to order jajangmyun for simplicity sake. Nova finally washed up and the couple were now sitting on opposite ends of their couch playing with their phone. Nova purposely laid her legs on Sehun to be the little she is, and Sehun didn't bother with her because this was too familiar a scene for him to fight.
When the bell rang, Nova leaped from her spot and threw the door open, awaiting food with a happy grin on her face until -
"Surprise!!!!" There at the door, was none other than Nova's best friend's husband and her best friend herself with an apologetic look on her face.
"Good afternoon guys!!" Seongwoo smiled enthusiastically before self inviting him and his wife into the apartment. "Here's the jajangmyun you guys ordered, I paid for it already."
Not bothered by the sudden appearance of the newlyweds since it's the food that matters, Nova grabbed the plates of food from Seongwoo before laying out the orders on their coffee table. "Bohee, did you eat yet? Are you okay with eating noodles? Like, do you want to eat noodles? If not, we can order more stuff, " Nova glanced at her best friend who was being escorted to the area by Seongwoo.
"No, it's fine. We ate already."
"Okay. Well, if you guys ate already, what the hell are you guys barging in on us for?"
"It was my idea!" Seongwoo shot up from the couch with his hand raised, "Bohee said you and Sehun hyung were going to do something that can help your marriage. And seeing as we're still relatively new in this aspect, I thought this would be a great activity to participate in-" Seongwoo would have rambled on if not for the fact that the doorbell rang again.
"Sehun, go," Nova instructed in the middle of slurping down her chunk of noodle. Sehun did as he was asked - he was a well mannered gentlemen who was not about to let his guests wait. He pressed the door monitor pad to see who the guests were, only to be taken aback by the number of them.
"What are you guys all doing here?" Sehun asked as soon as he opened the door. Three couples filed into the apartment with snacks, drinks, jars, and colored papers in their arms.
"I heard there's something fun to do today," Joowon hopped over to his same aged friends, Nova and Bohee, pratically bouncing off the couch with excitement.
"What the are you guys going on about," Nova was exasperated, inhaling another bite of the noodles and successfully swatting Joowon away from both her and Sehun's bowl of food. Joowon begrudgingly made his way back next to Jieun, after muttering something about Nova being stingy.
"Something about making couple jars and writing what we love about each other?"
"Who told you guys this?" Sehun's eyes were already fixated on the person he expected to be behind this, but still asked anyways to see if maybe the sun was rising from the north.
"Nova of course! She told Bohee and me that she wanted to do her due diligence of not being a ty wife. She thought writing down her feelings can maybe help the relationship, especially during a fight. So I told Jieun and basically begged her to come here since we think this can also help her." Joowon answered without missing a beat.
"And Bohee mentioned it to me once in passing. Like I said before, I think it can benefit us as a couple too," Seongwoo spoke up, although no one asked him to.
"You guys barely even know each other. What the can you guys possibly fill your jars with?" Nova argued, already sick of her oxygen being inhaled by 8 individuals that weren't supposed to be there, interrupting her lazy weekend.
"We can add to it as time goes," Bohee answered sincerely, leaving Nova without any arguements. Nova did want Bohee and Seongwoo's marriage to work out afterall. Nova went back to her noodles.
"Anyways, Joowon told me about it when he came for a physical therapy session yesterday, which I relayed to Yeonhee. Of course, she said she wasn't going to miss this family gathering," Seojun decided it was his turn to speak up. Yeonhee shot Nova a wink, to which the younger rolled her eyes and continued to stuff herself with jajangmyun.
"And I go anywhere my precious Bohee goes," Soojin announced dramatically, even cooing at Bohee as she brushed a strand of hair out of the younger girl's face. "But my baby bear gets out at 4 so chop chop, let's get this party started!!" Soojin jumped up from her seat in the circle within the group. She then took her sweater off and proceeded to swing it around as if she was dancing like her life depended on it. Let's not mention the face expressions she was making as she's dancing her soul away.
Sehun looked at Nova pointedly who was obliviously stuffing her face with jajangmyun. Of course he was right.
"Why can't you guys do this at home though? Like, with your husband, when he's off from work?" Sehun made an attempt to steer the guests away from the idea, looking directly at Soojin since Minseok wasn't here.
"Oh, Minseok is parking the car."
Damn it.
"Interrupting someone's sleep is a ing crime," Nova groaned as she rolled her body to the other side of the bed, an attempt to get out Sehun's reach. A futile one anyways. Sehun just as quickly grabbed hold of her body, rolling her back to her original spot.
"We promised to have a lovey dovey date today. And you missed half of it already," the boy whine, urging Nova to not try to go back to sleep again.
"But sleeping is the most romantic date," the girl made a poor attempt to justify her panda habits while Sehun stood up to pull the blanket off her.
"Don't do that, I'm ! , it's ing cold!," the girl whined childishly as she coiled herself into a ball, attempting to retain some body heat.
"That wouldn't be a problem if you weren't so stubborn about having last night," Sehun remarked as he walked back over to his wife with clothes in his hands, "here, put em on before you accuse me of murdering you with a cold."
"I'm too tired," the girl yawned for emphasis, "help me put it on." The boy rolled his eyes but attended to the girl as she wanted, failing to see the bright smile and light blush on her face.
"Are you going to wake up now," the boy heaved a deep sigh when his wife flopped back into the bed as soon as he pulled his shirt over her head.
"I'll get up if there's food."
"We can order delivery, what do you want to eat?"
Ten minutes later - after some bickering from indecisiveness on both ends - the young adults finally decided to order jajangmyun for simplicity sake. Nova finally washed up and the couple were now sitting on opposite ends of their couch playing with their phone. Nova purposely laid her legs on Sehun to be the little she is, and Sehun didn't bother with her because this was too familiar a scene for him to fight.
When the bell rang, Nova leaped from her spot and threw the door open, awaiting food with a happy grin on her face until -
"Surprise!!!!" There at the door, was none other than Nova's best friend's husband and her best friend herself with an apologetic look on her face.
"Good afternoon guys!!" Seongwoo smiled enthusiastically before self inviting him and his wife into the apartment. "Here's the jajangmyun you guys ordered, I paid for it already."
Not bothered by the sudden appearance of the newlyweds since it's the food that matters, Nova grabbed the plates of food from Seongwoo before laying out the orders on their coffee table. "Bohee, did you eat yet? Are you okay with eating noodles? Like, do you want to eat noodles? If not, we can order more stuff, " Nova glanced at her best friend who was being escorted to the area by Seongwoo.
"No, it's fine. We ate already."
"Okay. Well, if you guys ate already, what the hell are you guys barging in on us for?"
"It was my idea!" Seongwoo shot up from the couch with his hand raised, "Bohee said you and Sehun hyung were going to do something that can help your marriage. And seeing as we're still relatively new in this aspect, I thought this would be a great activity to participate in-" Seongwoo would have rambled on if not for the fact that the doorbell rang again.
"Sehun, go," Nova instructed in the middle of slurping down her chunk of noodle. Sehun did as he was asked - he was a well mannered gentlemen who was not about to let his guests wait. He pressed the door monitor pad to see who the guests were, only to be taken aback by the number of them.
"What are you guys all doing here?" Sehun asked as soon as he opened the door. Three couples filed into the apartment with snacks, drinks, jars, and colored papers in their arms.
"I heard there's something fun to do today," Joowon hopped over to his same aged friends, Nova and Bohee, pratically bouncing off the couch with excitement.
"What the are you guys going on about," Nova was exasperated, inhaling another bite of the noodles and successfully swatting Joowon away from both her and Sehun's bowl of food. Joowon begrudgingly made his way back next to Jieun, after muttering something about Nova being stingy.
"Something about making couple jars and writing what we love about each other?"
"Who told you guys this?" Sehun's eyes were already fixated on the person he expected to be behind this, but still asked anyways to see if maybe the sun was rising from the north.
"Nova of course! She told Bohee and me that she wanted to do her due diligence of not being a ty wife. She thought writing down her feelings can maybe help the relationship, especially during a fight. So I told Jieun and basically begged her to come here since we think this can also help her." Joowon answered without missing a beat.
"And Bohee mentioned it to me once in passing. Like I said before, I think it can benefit us as a couple too," Seongwoo spoke up, although no one asked him to.
"You guys barely even know each other. What the can you guys possibly fill your jars with?" Nova argued, already sick of her oxygen being inhaled by 8 individuals that weren't supposed to be there, interrupting her lazy weekend.
"We can add to it as time goes," Bohee answered sincerely, leaving Nova without any arguements. Nova did want Bohee and Seongwoo's marriage to work out afterall. Nova went back to her noodles.
"Anyways, Joowon told me about it when he came for a physical therapy session yesterday, which I relayed to Yeonhee. Of course, she said she wasn't going to miss this family gathering," Seojun decided it was his turn to speak up. Yeonhee shot Nova a wink, to which the younger rolled her eyes and continued to stuff herself with jajangmyun.
"And I go anywhere my precious Bohee goes," Soojin announced dramatically, even cooing at Bohee as she brushed a strand of hair out of the younger girl's face. "But my baby bear gets out at 4 so chop chop, let's get this party started!!" Soojin jumped up from her seat in the circle within the group. She then took her sweater off and proceeded to swing it around as if she was dancing like her life depended on it. Let's not mention the face expressions she was making as she's dancing her soul away.
Sehun looked at Nova pointedly who was obliviously stuffing her face with jajangmyun. Of course he was right.
"Why can't you guys do this at home though? Like, with your husband, when he's off from work?" Sehun made an attempt to steer the guests away from the idea, looking directly at Soojin since Minseok wasn't here.
"Oh, Minseok is parking the car."
Damn it.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Quick update because I just wanna get right into the story lol. There's a few hints of how some of the characters got to know each other and the couples will be emphasized individually in in the following chapter, where they actually work on their love jar (?) lol. Don't worry, Nova and Sehun won't be the focus in every chapter. And hope you guys enjoyed chapter one, lemme know what y'all think ^^
IMPORTANT : plz state in the first bullet point of the couple trivia, the month day and year they got married!
IMPORTANT : plz state in the first bullet point of the couple trivia, the month day and year they got married!
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