People are strangers until they can fall in love

Fall in love

(Parisian - Strangers in Love)

With the song playing in the background, and their bodies swaying to the gentle beats of the music, Byul couldn't help but let out a sigh as she lean her head on her husband's chest wanting to hear his heartbeat. It had been quite a day for her - what with everyone stringing her along just to get to where they were now. But despite of it all, she wouldn't mind if her husband pulled this kind of trick on her again.

"Tired?" Kyujong softly asked kissing the top of her head.

The ceremony ended nearly two hours ago and now on their reception - being held at the Kim-Nam compound which Eric and Yongsun very much volunteered for.

She shakes her head. "Just a little."

"Okay. Take a sit after the song?" He asked again and she nodded. "Hey, babe?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you." He said in the way that alwasy made her blush and much like before she blushed hiding her face on his chest.

"So cheesy." She mumbled and he couldn't help but laugh and say, "You love me anyway."

Not liking how he was making her blush, Byul thought of a way to back and then a thought popped in her head. "Ahjussi?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you." She whispered for only him to hear and he couldn't help but let out the widest grin he's ever shown.

Waking up the next day feeling sated, sore but blissful, Byul found herself hugging her husband's pillow instead of the man himself. She couldn't help but frown since she had just gotten used with him waking up before her and cuddling her until she finally wakes up but then she looked at the clock indicating that it's quarter past ten which got her to sigh in understanding.

Looking around their room, she noticed that the clothes they've discarded - all the way to their room last night - had been picked up and set on a chair and found a shirt laying on the foot of the bed with a note stuck on it. She picked up both items, deciding to wear said shirt before reading the note which told her that her husband is downstairs  with breakfast.

Opting for a quick shower, Byul got herself ready within fifteen minutes. She was just about to open their bedroom door when she caught something with her eye. She stepped back and turned her head to the left only to find herself surprised at the small bump appearing on her outline.

"W-wow." She muttered walking closer to the mirror and turning to her side and held her now slightly obvious baby bump. These really is real.

"Yeah, it is." Kyujong said announcing his presence.

"Ahjussi." She muttered looking at him, still abit dazed in the change of her body.  "Look. I'm... I'm showing." She said with a dreamy smile on her lips as she turned to her side once more to show him. "It's not much but... The baby's there."

Kyujong smiled moving behind her and pulling her to his chest then placed his hand on her hand that was on the bump. "There's a baby in there." He mumbled kissing the top of her head. "Our baby."

Byul smiled.

That smile stayed plastered on her lips as they spent the whole day together in nothing but bliss.

The following day, she woke up again alone in bed but this time, Kyujong's side of the bed felt warmer which meant he had woken up not so long ago.

Grabbing his discarded shirt, she put it on and decided to take a quick shower before heading downstairs to look for her hubby. Shower and changing into one of his fresh shirts took her fifteen minutes and as she walked down the stairs, her eyes immediately locked in on the luggages placed near the door.

She had to stop and think for a second, trying to recall if Kyujong had told her about a schedule he had today but then her mind went else where making her think that her beloved husband had already gotten tired of her or had realized that he had made a mistake and had decided to leave her.

"Okayyy... You need to stop with whatever it is you're thinking and come down for breakfast before it get's cold."

She jumped right into Kyujong's arms startled by the suddennes of his voice. She was too lost in thoughts that she hadn't noticed him walking towards her just seconds ago.

"Hi." Kyujong whispered pulling her closer to him and leaning down for a quick peck. "Done over thinking?"

Byul blushed and pouted smacking his chest. "I-I wasn't." She cursed herself for the stutter.

"Sure." Kyujong teased and proceeded to carry her bridal style.

"Ahjussi! What are you doing?! Put me down!" She shrieked and he just chuckled.

"Don't  worry, babe. I'm more worried that you're still light as a feather." He said raising her up and down making her squeal some more and smacking him on the chest. "Ack! Okay. Sorry. Sorry."

"Please put me down." She said in a much calmer manner but he just grinned and said, "Nope. Why? Don't you trust me not to drop you?"

She scoffed and nonchalantly answered with, "No. I'm more concerned with your fragile bones, old man." 

He stopped, raised a brow and then grinned some more.

Seeing that sh*t eating grin on his face, Byul immediately covered his mouth knowing he was about to with something dirty and though she stopped him now, he will most likely use it sometime later to get his dose of her annoyance and glares. Glares that are deadly to her friends but to him, asimply and cute gesture which he adores from her.

"I'm going to remove my hand. You are not going to say anything or I'll grab breakfast and lock my self in my studio." He gave her a nod and even though she couldn't see his lips, she knew he still had a grin plastered on his face.

"You'e so cute when you're all riled up." He whispered giving her a quick peck and let her down so that she could sit down and they can finally have breakfast.

After breakfast, while Kyujong was finishing up with the dishes and her going through the apple slices he prepared for her, the images of the luggages by the door came to mind and she asked him about it.

"Well," Kyujong started putting the last bowl in the cupboard and turned to his wife. "It's actually part of the surprise."

"What surprise?"

He walked over to the counter where he had her perched for her apples and said, "Remember our honeymoon?"

She tilted her head and then eyes grew wide in realization. "Y-yeah. Why?"

"Well..." His grin was back and the irked expression from her got him to chuckle. "I just thought that maybe you and I could go back to the Isles. Except this time, it'll only be you, me, the sand and the sea. No unwanted interruptions. And most of all, no hiding or running away."

Byul knew that he meant when he said no running away. She knew it didn't regard to when she had to leave him to get to her sister before anything happens and that what he meant was that by going to this honeymoon, they were free to be themselves and simply enjoy their time together without having to look or watch each others back. And although she knew he was nowhere trying to make her feel guilty, she still felt that pang of guilt but opted not to mull over it. Simply knowing she had learned from it.

"Ahjussi, are you sure about this?" She asked regarding her small but potruding belly.

"Yup. Already asked your doctor and she gave you and little bean the ok to travel." That had her raising a brow. "Wait. Is that what you two were whispering about after my appointment?" "Yup."

"Is it really okay?" She asked geeling really unsure. "Maybe... Wouldn't it be better if we go after the baby is born?"

"Are you willing to leave the baby even for a few days after she's born?" He asked half teasingly half serious.

"No." She didn't even hesitate.

And just like that, Byul found herself lying on a bed, hours later, in first class trying to catch up on a much needed sleep while they're on air on their way to their honeymoon in New Caledonia. She had thought that they'd be staying at the capital city but when the landed, she found her half asleep self being carried to a chartered plane to take them straight to the Isle of Pines.

Coming back here, Byul, like the very first morning after consumating their farce of a marriage, found herself standing by the window watching the sun rise change the colours of the sea as it slowly started the day. And very much like that morning, Kyujong startled her from her reverie as he quietly wrapped his ams around her waist letting his hands fall gently on her bump caressing it.

"Good morning." He greeted pressing a kiss at the top of her head.

"Good morning." She greeted back tilting her head so that he could kiss her on the lips.

"You know, coming to this island, it seems like you've developed a habit of leaving me alone in bed in the mornings." He teased pulling her closer to his chest.

She chuckled and shrugged. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Really?" He whispered, sending shivers down her spine. "I seem to recall a very similar morning like this where I found myself lonely in bed only to see my wife standing by the window watching the sunrise on her own. Altough, there are a few changes from that time to now." His gentle hands rubbing her precious cargo.

"Hm... I-uhm, I don't know what you're talking about." Byul feigned some more finding herself growing embarassed - not of the memory - but of what had occured before then.

He chuckled moving a little to her side as he leaned down trailing kisses at smooth of her neck. "Really now?"

She nodded carefully not wanting to open as a different sound may come out what with the sensation his lips were sending down her spine and the pit of her stomach.

"Yeah? I guess I'll just have to remedy that." He said and scooped her up making her shriek.

"Ahjussi! W-what are you doing?" She knew exactly what he was doing and is about to do.

With a sneaky grin, he leaned down to her ear once more and said, "Reliving memories, love."  Her body flushed at the way he sounded and she couldn't help but hide her face on his chest as a moan escaped her lips.

"I hate you." She whined which was replied with a tender but passionate kiss.

"I'm sure I can make you change your mind." He said and before long their clothes were discarded and the silence of the room was disrupted with their passionate love making.

Much like their first honeymoon, the two couple spent their time doing what honeymooners would do. That is, other than staying locked up in their suite making love or lounging, they'd be out and about enjoying the sights, the local cuisines, and whatever else the place had to offer.

They spent their first and second week doing it all and when they finally found themselves out of activities to do in the island, Byul asked her husband if they could fly out to Hawaii where they could continue their honeymoon there while spending time with dad and his - now hers, as well - extended family.

He seemed apprehensive at first and she knew of his concern but knowing he would give in eventually, she let him think about it. She didn't have to wait too long as she had her answer an hour later where her husband came walking in with that secretive smile on his face which he knew annoyed her.

"Stop it." Byul whine giving his chest a gentle smack.

"Why?" Kyujong teased further holding her close so that she couldn't hide her face or run away.

"Ahjussi~" She whined and he just couldn't help but laugh and hug her tight. "You're so cute when you're like this."

Another glare from her made him stop teasing her but he did keep a smile on his face as he pulled out an envelope from his back which he hid strapped at his waist under his shirt and handed it to her.

Byul didn't have to ask what's inside as she let out a squeal and jumped into her husband's arms who gasped in shock and cautioned her to be careful with her actions.

"Sorry. I'm just really excited to see dad and everyone else again." Byul said sheepishly and he just chuckled leaning in for another kiss.

And just like that, the two of them made their way to Hawaii where they spent the rest of their honeymoon with their family and Byul felt so ecstatic that as the theys went on, she got to know everyone a lot better and even found a favorite pseudo-brother in big Kai - the man who scared her half to death on their first meeting. Big Kai felt much the same and he had no shame showing how he adore his new Korean sister.

By the time the two of them decided it was time to go back, Byul was already on the first month of her third trimester, showing more significant changes in her body with her belly grown and still growing, her hips wider, and to Kyujong's favorite, her bigger.

But unlike their departure, where they made off without the presence of the media, their return was very much a chaos with rows and rows of paparazzi who caught wind of their arrival. Kyujong saw how scared Byul became with them but because they had called ahead, Yongsun managed to make arrangements as she had a team of security meet with them as soon as they came through the gates and lead them to their car for home.

When they finally reached their home, they were greeted by everyone with a small feast but knowing how tired the couple were, they merely had a quick lunch before leaving the two to rest.

"Welcome home,, Byulyi." Kyujong whispered to his wife who managed a sigh as sleep finally took hold on her.

*N: Wooh! ~wipes sweat from forehead.

      That took a while... Actually had this down for months and just got too busy to post it. haha.

    It's going to be a while for the next one as well so I hope you guys stay patient :)

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