Flashback!

Dae Young and Myeong Joo spent the day as usual, doing their work, meeting at a restaurant, eating dinner, drinking soju and then he took her home. 

Reaching her home, Myeong Joo didn't let Dae Young go, as she was doing that quite frequently. She hugged him in her living room and started moving like dancing slowly. Definitely she's a bit tipsy because of the soju. Then suddenly she asked something shocking.

"Dae Young, have you seen the couple on our way home?"

He replied,"You mean the couple who were kissing very passionately like they'd have made love if it was not a public park?"

"Yes. That made me think of something. That bothered me a lot when you were avoiding me."

Now he looked down at her, but she was still hiding her face in his chest. He cupped her face with both his hands," What's bothering you? Tell me."

She looked at his eyes directly," It's about your ex-girlfriend." He simply asked, "What about her?" 

She didn't respond at once and tried to search for something in his eyes. But other than the simple question, she hadn't found anything. 

"Did you ever sleep with her?", she blurted out.

He was looking at her shocked.

"Don't worry," Myeong Joo said. "You don't even need to say anything. That face you are making right now speaks much louder than any words ever could."

She removed herself from his hands. Before she could storm away, as he knew she would, Dae Young wrapped his arms around her and pulled toward him in one fluid motion.

Her heart feels a lot heavy knowing that. She thought it may have happened but she wasn't sure. She was kicking herself in her head. Why did she asked that? But in his embrace she felt warm and loved, as always. She wasn't sure if she wanted to yell at him or kiss him, but that was often her response to him. She wants to kick him, slap him, cry on him, kiss him, hug him, make love to him all at once. She doesn't know how all of that is even possible!

Dae Young turned her in his arms, "Look at me, Myeong Joo? Why did that question bother you when I was avoiding you?"

She feels frustrated,"I know men are all alike. They all want that. And the rumor about us......I know you also want that. But when we were really dating, I didn't do anything of that sort. Maybe you were bored of me. Maybe you wanted that but I didn't give you that. And of course, your ex-girlfriend was giving you that. Maybe that's why you were avoiding me. At first I thought that. Then I realized my dad was making you do that."

Dae Young huffed in disbelief,"You really thought that? Are you serious?"

"Yes. But please don't repeat that," Myeong Joo begged, turning completely red. 

"I won't," he swore. He realized how humiliating that thought would be for Myeong Joo. 

"Now listen to me very carefully. Ever since I had admitted to myself that I had feelings for you over the summer, I had had strange impulses to do things I knew you would certainly slap me for. You were really irritated about the rumors already. I didn't trust myself with you, I tried to suppress the impulse to grab you by the waist and kiss you senseless whenever you were near me, like when I'm sitting next to you, accidently brushing our hands while taking spoons or walking side by side with you; my heart raced, my palms got sweaty, I could feel myself blushing at your slip of tongue about us having " 

" Me too", she replied in a very small voice. He smiled, "I wasn't sure about you. That's why I couldn't do anything of that sort. And we fake dated for almost a year. Why do you even think I might have had with my ex-girlfriend?"

She didn't reply, instead she nuzzled his chest more. He could feel Myeong Joo was bright red and radiating heat. 

He continued, "When was the first time I had with you?"

"A month ago", she almost whispered. He smiles again,"Yeah that's right. But I asked after what?"

"After you proposed to me",she didn't understand why he kept asking her those questions. Suddenly a realization hit her hard. She snapped open her eyes and looked at his smirking face, "When I accepted your proposal and I was officially your fiance!"

He smiles widely,"And you know I was never someone's fiance before. So.... "

A relief washed all over her. That means he never slept with his ex-girlfriend. Cause he is an honorable, responsible, respectful man. He would not do anything without proper commitment. That's why he pushed her away and kept avoiding her. Even in Uruk, he only hugged her before he got her father's approval. One night, she gave him the chance to get a reward from her, but he ran away saying he had roll call. She cursed him a lot that night. He only wanted to kiss her when her father visited Uruk and gave him permission to date her. Though that kiss didn't happen because of Yoo Si Jin. She cursed him too that day. It's clear as daylight, he wouldn't do something that big without any commitment. She even tried to get some actions in that department before his proposal, but all he did was run away even then. 

She finally looked at him and smiled that radiant smile of hers that made his insides melt. 

"You got your answer? Or do I have to tell you directly? But I don't believe you are that thick. You're a smart woman, you shouldn't even think that. I don't want any silly thoughts to bother you. I'm here for that." 

Her fist hit his chest hard,"You scared me. Do you know how I felt a minute ago? It felt like you're not completely mine. It felt like......Why did you do that, you idiot? "

He was holding his hands to him so as to save himself from her hit and he realized he shouldn't have replied to it that way. He put down his hands, "You can hit me if you want."

She was glaring at him now,"Do you think I need your permission for that?"

His head hung and softly said," No, definitely not." Seeing him like that, her rage calmed down. He always lets her express her anger fully. Then he does his thing. She is still falling in love with him more and more every day. She thought she knew how much she loved him. But the more she lives with this stoic man, the more she falls in love with him even now. 

She looked at him with love dripping out of her eyes. Holding his hand, intertwining his fingers, she tugged him, "Come, tonight I'll reward you for your waiting. You're the most amazing, honorable man I've seen in my whole life."

He very happily followed her to her bedroom. He has always been honest, been responsible, waited for her father's approval, waited for the right time, stuck to his beliefs and suffered a lot. In return, the universe rewarded him wholeheartedly! 

He got Myeong Joo!