The warm sunlight crept into the room and it didn’t take long before it reached Jaejoong’s face. He squeezed his eyes shut, hoping to block the sunlight from hitting his face, but he soon slowly opened them. It was obviously morning – just past sunrise – and it was time to wake up. Jaejoong sighed, scratching the sleep off his eyes. He looked around, wondering where he was when he suddenly became aware of something warm against him and he remembered.

                His eyes fell on the beautiful, captivating woman that he currently had his arms around. She was still asleep, breathing gently against his chest. Her head was resting on his arm and she was all cuddled up against him. Jaejoong couldn’t help but smile. In world of fame, fortune, screaming fans and busy schedules, he didn’t expect that he would ever find love. But he did.  And he fell head over heels for Choi Sooyoung.

                The grip of his arms around her waist tightened as he pulled her closer against him. It was a quiet moment but he felt very happy and content. She always made him feel that way everytime that had a chance to be together. Yes, a hidden relationship wasn’t easy. They had to hide it from the fans because they knew that some Sones and Cassies wouldn’t understand what they felt. But the fact that their friends in SM and their families knew about them was enough. They’d tell the fans when the time is right.

                Jaejoong sighed, hating how the evening couldn’t just last forever so that he could be with her longer. He didn’t want to head back. He didn’t want to part from her. He didn’t want to go back to pretending that he wasn’t in love with her. But they had no choice about that. The DBSK member sighed once more, keeping his eyes on his girlfriend. It was a brand new day – a brand new beginning – but for him, it meant something else.

“You know, oppa… If you take a picture, it’d last longer.” Sooyoung suddenly mumbled before she slowly opened her eyes.

He chuckled and she could sense the lack of humor in it. “Good morning to you, too.” He dropped a kiss on her forehead.

“Is it that time again?”

Jaejoong shook his head, trying to hold on to their precious moments together. “Stay. Please.”

“Oppa, you know I’d love to. I know that you want to stay too.” She frowned. “But we can’t, oppa.”

One of his arms left her waist so that he could caress her face. “How about I get you pregnant right now so you’re stuck with me and no one else can do anything about it?”

“Yah!” The tall brunette spanked his arm. “You’re kidding, right?”

Jaejoong kept a straight face despite a smiling twitching the corners of his lips. “Do I look like I’m kidding?”

She sighed, cuddling closer to him. “Oppa… We agreed to do this the right way.”

He made a face. “But it’s taking too long.”

“When I get back to the dorm, I’ll talk to manager unnie about going public.”

His eyes widened as he pulled away slightly to see her face clearly. “Baby, are you serious?”

“I want us to be free, oppa.” Sooyoung nodded, speaking with conviction. They could only go so long in hiding. “Even if we hide this or not, people are bound not to understand.”

“What are we waiting for?” The dark haired man hurriedly pushed the covers off his body and got out of the bed. “Let’s go already! I’ll go and talk to manager hyung too!”

The brunette giggled before she pouted. “Oppa… That can wait. Can we stay here first?”

                Jaejoong laughed as well, getting back into bed. But just as he was about to hug her again, Sooyoung’s stomach grumbled loudly. He burst out in laughter once more while she buried her face in his chest. The DBSK member sighed in content as he hugged her anyway, tucking her head under his chin. God, he loved this woman. Thinking about what she said, he knew that he should start expecting for the worst. But at the end of it all, it was going to worth it. She was worth it.

“So you still wanna stay in bed?” He teased.

Sooyoung pouted. “I’m hungry, oppa.”

He chuckled. “How does bacon, scrambled eggs and French toast sound?”

The shikshin beamed, tilting her head upward to press her lips on his. “Thank you, Iron Chef Jae!”

                He rolled his eyes good naturedly before they both got out of bed and headed to the kitchen from breakfast. A comfortable atmosphere settled between them as Jaejoong started cooking while Sooyoung started with the coffee and the setting of the table. For the first time since their secret relationship began, they both were excited to head back to their real life.

And this time around, they’ll be free.