Skin

Pinky Promise

A/N:  There will be some of skinship close to the end of this chapter!  If you don't feel comfortable, please don't read the end of the chapter.


Her fingers trembled as she tried to press the doorbell button.  She nervously swallowed.  Her fingers were a few centimeters away from the button, but she suddenly halted.  She put her hand away and looked down at the welcome mat in front of the luxurious mansion.  Hurt was displayed across her face.  She didn't know if she had the guts to do it.  She felt someone's hand rest on her shoulder.  Yoona turned around and saw Bom giving her an encouraging smile.  Yoona tried to smile back, but it was too hard.

"You can do this," Bom assured her.

Yoona began to stutter, "W-what if the pain that he gives me is too much for me to bear?"

Bom shook her head as she gave her a quick hug.  Yoona felt a little better.  She had someone on her side.  Bom pressed the doorbell button for her as the two women waited for the door to be answered.

"Nothing is too much for you to bear," Bom finally said as they waited, "You raised a little boy by yourself for three whole years.  Someone like Seunghyun can't be too much to handle."

"Thank you, unnie," Yoona bowed her head.

Bom gave her a genuine smile as they heard the door open.  Daesung opened the door with a smile on his face.  He gave a hug to the both of them.  He was exceptionally happy to see Yoona present.  He guessed that Yoona was there with Bom to talk about the whole situation with Seunghyun.  Daesung had his spies watch Yoona carefully and they reported to him last night that Yoona went out to drink with Wooyoung.  Daesung knew Bom's feelings about the case and sent her to the bar to talk some sense into Yoona.  He was rejoiced to hear that Yoona had changed her mind.

"I'm so happy to see the both of you," Daesung greeted them.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, oppa," Yoona smiled at him.

Once they were in the mansion, Yoona felt her whole body tense up.  She remembered the time she went in there for the first time.  Seunghyun was quite embarrassed to have Yoona visit his home for the first time.  Yoona remembered that she thought that he was poor until her hypothesis was shot down at her first sight of his home and cars.  Misun suddenly walked out of the kitchen.  Once she saw Yoona, she walked up to her and hugged her tightly.  She was still the same old joyful woman.  Yoona felt warmth as she felt the old woman's gentle embrace.

Misun then recognized Bom next to Yoona.  Misun hugged Bom, and while Misun hugged Bom, Bom knew why Seunghyun fell in love with Yoona.  Everything about her was just so alluring.  Even his family was in love with her.  Bom was secretly jealous of Yoona's beautiful self.

"What brings you here, dear?" Misun asked Yoona.

Yoona looked around and didn't see Seunghyun or Yoogeun in sight.  She turned to Misun and bowed to her.

"I'm here to discuss matters with Seunghyun sshi," Yoona informed her.

Misun went to Yoona's side and pulled her arm softly.  Yoona felt herself being led out of the living room.  Misun observed the young lady in front of her.  The first time she had seen her, Yoona was bright and carefree.  She drastically changed from an innocent girl to a mature, responsible woman.  Misun stopped as she reached a closed door.  She patted Yoona's hand and gave her a confident smile.

"When you talk to him, don't forget to keep your head up high.  Don't look down.  My son won't be able to see the beautiful face that he's missing out on," Misun advised her.

Yoona nodded as she saw Misun walk away from her.  Her heart was about to throb out of her chest.  Her breathing became extremely heavy and she felt her lungs inflating at the thought of talking to Seunghyun again.  The fear that she had for him was still present.  When he grabbed her wrist for the first time, it scared the hell out of her.  It was a big contrast from the good Seunghyun that she had always known.  Yoona recognized which door she was in front of.  She was in front of Seunghyun's bedroom.  She twisted the doorknob and peeked through the small crack.  She could hear him talking; it was distant, but still audible.

"Aigoo, why do you want to hear that story?" Seunghyun complained.

"Appa, please!  I need to know the story!  Umma said that when she met appa, a lot of girls liked appa!  She told me that umma was the only one that appa loved!" Yoogeun insisted.

Yoona wanted to hit herself for ever telling Yoogeun that.  Yoogeun was sitting on Seunghyun's lap as Seunghyun hugged his son.  Seunghyun was sitting on a recliner chair comfortably.  She watched them from a distance.  She immediately felt guilty.  She kept them from having the moment they were having for three years.

Seunghyun was silent for a while, "Really?  She said that?  Do you think that's true?"

"Yup!" Yoogeun nodded, "If you loved any other woman while you were with umma, then I wouldn't be born."

Seunghyun laughed with a full heart.  

"How did you know about those kinds of things?" Seunghyun interrogated.

"Minho hyung told me that when two people love each other, God sends a stork to drop off a baby that looks like the both of them.  God wouldn't have sent me to you two if you two didn't love each other," Yoogeun told him.

"Oh," Seunghyun trailed off, "Well, just so that you know, your umma was in love with me more than I was with her.  She was crazy for me!  She just wouldn't leave me alone!"

Yoona knocked on the door interrupting the father-son moment.  Seunghyun's appearance shifted from laid back to alert.  Yoogeun jumped off of his lap and ran towards his mother.  Yoona crouched down and spread her arms out like wings.  Yoogeun hugged his mother tightly.  Three days was a long time for him.  Yoona couldn't help but cry as she finally held her son again.  She knew that the time apart was short, but she couldn't help but let her emotions take over.  She kissed her son over and over again as his giggles echoed through Seunghyun's bedroom.

Seunghyun studied Yoona and Yoogeun.  He hated Yoona, but he was touched that she was so happy to see her son.  She looked so happy just to see their son.  Yoona grew embarrassed and wiped away the tears with her hand.  Yoogeun smiled brightly as he took her hand and led her towards Seunghyun.  Seunghyun's eyes shifted away from hers and sat back down on the recliner.

"Umma, I missed you!  Appa and I did so many things!  We went to Lotte World and then we went shopping.  He offered to buy me a pony, but there were no white ponies.  I wanted a white pony, and there were only brown and black ones in the farm," Yoogeun highlighted.

Daesung walked into the room and took Yoogeun into his arms.

"Uncle, what are you doing here?" Yoogeun asked.

Daesung answered, "I'm here to get you!  Your grandma wants you to meet a special noona!  Her name is Bom noona."

Daesung gave Yoona and Seunghyun a small wave and left the room with their son.  Yoona felt even more nervous at the fact that the two were alone.  As soon as the door closed, Seunghyun beckoned for her to sit down.  Yoona obliged quickly and sat at the foot of his king bed.  Yoona her lips as she looked around the bedroom.   Nothing had changed.  She finally smiled as she saw that all of his toys were in the same exact spots.  Sophia was somewhat right.  Seunghyun was Seunghyun.  In a way, he was still the same person.  He had the same interests and hobbies; the only thing that changed was his feelings towards her.  Seunghyun glared at her as he saw her laughing at the actions figures that were still packaged in their boxes.  Yoona sensed the beams shooting at her through his eyes and frowned instantly.

"Uhm...I see you still have your dolls," Yoona broke the silence.

Seunghyun became defensive, "I told you this already!  They're not dolls!  They're special made action figures!"

Yoona remained silent as she bit the lower part of her lip.  She folded her fingers and looked down at them.

When you talk to him, don't forget to keep your head up high.  Don't look down.  My son won't be able to see the beautiful face that he's missing out on.

Misun's words echoed in her mind and she reminded herself to keep her head up.  She didn't want him to know that her self-esteem was low at the moment.  He would take advantage of her lack in confidence and rip her to shreds.  She sighed and raised her head up high.  She stood up abruptly which surprised him.  He was expecting her to be scared like a child.  She walked towards him and halted as her body faced his.  He stood up and their heights were matched.  She was so short compared to him.  The top of her head reached his chest.  She had to raise her head even higher because he was so tall.

"I'm here to discuss matters with you about Yoogeun," Yoona tried to be confident.

He scoffed, "Well, if you're here to beg me to stop the case, you came for nothing.  I'm not going to give him to you as if nothing happened."

"I know.  I'm here to accept your offer," Yoona said quietly.

He didn't know if he heard correctly.  He processed it in his mind and it became clear that Yoona was agreeing to his terms.  He looked at her to check if she was being sarcastic or if she was joking.  She looked serious about it.  He went down on her eyes level and looked at her dead in the eye.  Normally, people would feel intimidated by his eye contact, but she wasn't.  She looked at him straight in the eye without blinking once.

"I'll marry you as long as I get to see my son," Yoona clarified.

Seunghyun assumed that she had to be something up her sleeve.  She was giving in way too easily.  The Yoona that he knew would rather die than give up something this important.  

"If you marry me, you can't get divorced to me.  If you do, I'll just continue on with the case and I'll still have his full custody," he warned her.

Yoona nodded with understanding.

"I wasn't planning on getting a divorce once I get married to you.  As long as I get to see my son everyday like how a mother should, I'll get married to you.  There is nothing up my sleeve.  I am not trying to trick you.  There are no loopholes," Yoona assured him.

"I'll call my assistant to announce to the public that we're getting married then," Seunghyun informed her, "I think we should get married within a few weeks."

Yoona's eyes narrowed, "Shouldn't you discuss that with your future bride on how the wedding arrangements will go first?"

He stared at her as she folded her arms across her chest.  He didn't say one single word for a while.

"I'm the man of the relationship," he stated, "I'm in charge."

Yoona noted that he grew incredibly possessive.  It was as if the moment she told him that she accepted the offer, she was his property or something.  The thing that bothered Yoona was why he even wanted to get married to her.  He made it obvious that he hated her.  Why would he want to spend the rest of his life with someone he hated?

"Tell me," Yoona told him, "Why do you even want to get married to me?  You hate my guts.  You're after my suffering, and you hold a grudge against me."

Seunghyun shrugged, "Don't think that I'm going to get married to you because I love you.  I may have told you that I loved you three years ago, but things changed.  I'm only marrying you so that Yoogeun can grow up with a complete family.  I would hate to have my son grow up with a broken family.  I want his childhood to be good."

Yoona felt her heart shattering into a million pieces.  She never knew that words could hurt a person so much.  She wished that she could say the same thing about him, but she couldn't.  For the first time, she managed to hold back any unnecessary tears.  Bom already warned her that he was going to hurt her with his words.  She expected him to say that to her.

"Wow, you're unbelievable," Yoona muttered.

"What did you say?" he asked for clarification.

"Nothing," Yoona forcefully gave a smirk, "I guess it's true that men are the biggest liars.  Thanks for setting it straight to me."

She left the room and left a puzzled Seunghyun alone.  What was she talking about?  He laid back on the bed and stared at the ceiling.  He hated to admit that she still intrigued him.  He thought he knew her well enough to understand anything that came out of , but he was proved wrong.


Yoona started to pack her clothing into various boxes.  She had to move into the Choi mansion as soon as possible.  She couldn't help but cry as she started to back her clothes along with Yoogeun's.  She didn't want to get married to someone that was mean to her.  Minho, Onew, Taemin, Jonghyun, and Key were peeking through the doorway as Yoona threw the clothes in big cardboard boxes.  She was just tired of life being hard.  Her cries became audible as she whined loudly.  Everyone was surprised as she screamed.  While screaming she kicked the closet door with her feet.  She felt like a little girl again.  Daniel and Hyori saw the five boys watching Yoona from afar.  Daniel led them away as Hyori knocked on the door.  Yoona stopped crying and allowed her stepmother to walk in.

Hyori sat down next to her and hugged her tightly.  She dried Yoona's tears as Yoona hugged her for emotional support.  Hyori's fingers combed through Yoona's dark hair.  She heard her stepdaughter sniffling.  

"Who ever knew that love could be so complicated?" Yoona tried to laugh.

Hyori started to help her fold the clothes properly into the cardboard boxes.  She gave her a smile, but Yoona couldn't smile back.  Her heart was aching too much.  

"You don't have to go through with this," Hyori told her, "You don't need to prove yourself to anyone.  Everyone knows that you're a strong woman."

"I really don't care about anyone's opinion anymore," Yoona confessed, "All that matters is that I get my son and I get to stay with him.  He's my life.  Without him, I don't know what I would do."

Hyori felt pity for her, "But what if you're not happy?"

Yoona thought about that already.  She decided that Yoogeun was her happiness.  If she wasn't with him, she was miserable.

"I'll be fine," Yoona tried to be optimistic.


The news of their engagement spread across Korea like a wildfire.  First of all, there were many rumors.  Seunghyun and Jiyong had already made their debut in the music industry, but these two didn't have an idol image.  They were known to be rappers and because they were rappers, their personal lives were more easygoing.  The fans weren't in shock that the two were getting married in the same year. Of course the female fans were saddened, but because they weren't idols, the fans weren't possessive over them.

It was Yoona's first night in the Choi residence and she felt the tension as soon as she walked through those grand oak doors.  Onew, Minho, Taemin, Key, and Jonghyun volunteered to carry all of Yoona's belongings to her new home.  Yoona remained somber as she didn't speak a word on the way to her new 'home'.  To Yoona's surprise, everyone was gone except for Seunghyun.  Daesung, Taeyang, Seungri, Yoogeun, and Misun went to go catch a movie, but because Yoona was going to move her stuff to their house, Seunghyun decided to stay so that he could help Yoona.

"Where do I put my stuff?" Yoona asked Seunghyun as the five boys were outside unloading the rest of her things.

"My room," he said.

Yoona's eyes grew as wide as the flatscreen television found in their living room.  He was about to walk away from her so that he could get himself a drink at the bar, but she stopped him by tugging at his sleeve.  He looked irritated as he looked back at her.  Yoona let go of his sleeve cautiously as he walked to the bar and opened a bottle of liquor.  He put some ice in a glass cup and poured the alcohol into the glass.

"What do you mean?  Your room?!" Yoona exclaimed.

"Fine, if it makes you feel any better, we can call it our room," Seunghyun rolled his eyes.

"No, no!" Yoona shook her head, "We can't share rooms!  I thought that...I was going to share a room with Yoogeun or something."

Seunghyun laughed at her.  She still had her innocent charm.  That clarified that he had been the only man that she had been with up until now.  He was relieved that the mother of his child was not a sleazy woman.  Fortunately for her, the fact that she didn't sleep with another man softened him up a little.

His eyes darted towards her as he lifted her chin up with his fingers.

"I'm going to be your husband soon.  A husband and wife sleep in the same room.  If that's a nightmare for you, imagine us sleeping in the same bed again," he teased with sinister intentions.

Yoona threw her fist at his chest.  She hid the pain of the impact with hopes that she could keep her pride.  She looked away immediately and grabbed the glass full of alcohol from his hand.  With one final look at him, she gulped all of the contents quickly.

"I told you to never drink again, so I'll drink it!" she yelled as put the glass down on the bar.

Key walked in with two boxes in his arms.  He had trouble balancing it, but he managed to keep it from falling on the floor.  He saw the engaged couple bickering at each other as Yoona pointed a finger at his face.  Key giggled to himself as he put the box down on a nearby table.

"Ah, the sight of you two bring butterflies to my stomach," Key smiled cheekily.

"Shut up!" Yoona ordered Key.

Key nodded and carried the boxes to the bedroom that Seunghyun had told them to carry it to.  Seunghyun stared at his new fiance as her eyes reflected the fires of her anger.

"You know what?" he mocked, "You didn't change a single bit.  You're still the same old bossy Yoona.  You're so mean to everyone!"

"Shut up!" Yoona shouted, "I changed, okay?  I'm more responsible now!  I had to raise our son on our own for the first three years of his life!  You don't even know how hard it was for me!"

Seunghyun shrugged, "How bad could it have been?"

Yoona's jaw dropped at his words.  She honestly felt like slapping him.  She was relieved that her fear for him suddenly disappeared.  It didn't disappear all together, but she had to say that half of the fear she had for him disintegrated.  

"I had to go into labor!  Do you know how hard that was?  I thought I was going to die from all the pain that was caused because of you!  You couldn't keep your damned pants on!  I had to go through twelve hours of labor!" Yoona bit her lip.

Seunghyun ignored her complaints, "You know what?  Stop acting as if the pregnancy was my fault.  You were the one that couldn't keep your hands off of me!  And you could have called me when you were pregnant so that I could have known that you were pregnant.  I would've helped."

Yoona rolled her eyes, "How could I call you if you were the one that left me first?  You didn't even remember me!  What did you expect me to say?  I would sound stupid.  Imagine hearing, 'Oh, is this Choi Seunghyun?  My name is Im Yoona and I'm pregnant with your child.  You may not remember because you have amnesia, but I'm here at Jeju Island waiting for you to support me'. That would sound completely absurd."

"Whatever," Seunghyun stubbornly pouted.

"I don't even care," Yoona crossed her arms.

Jonghyun and Onew walked into the mansion as Taemin and Minho carried the rest of the boxes to Yoona's bedroom with Seunghyun.  Jonghyun and Onew thought the two were exceptionally cute.  Sure, they may hate each other, but they were cute.  Yoona saw Onew and Jonghyun whispering to each other as they giggled like teenage girls.  Yoona pointed a finger at them daringly and they immediately shut their mouths.

Onew stepped up to the plate shyly as he walked up to the couple.

"The press knows that you two are engaged.  So where's the engagement ring?" Onew asked.

"I don't need one!" Yoona stubbornly claimed.

Seunghyun scratched his head, "I'll buy her one soon."

"No, I don't want one!" Yoona fired at him.

"I'm in charge," Seunghyun repeated, "I say that you get an engagement ring.  It would be more convincing to the press that we actually get along."

"No...don't buy me one," Yoona spoke, "I want the ring that I dropped in the fashion show.  I'll tell everyone that it's my engagement ring."

Onew studied his noona, "Why would you want such a plain ring as your engagement ring?"

"It's not that it's important to me!" Yoona thought of an excuse, "I just don't want to spend money.  It's a ring.  It plays the same role as a 25 carat engagement ring.  It still shows everyone that we're engaged."

Seunghyun didn't say a word as Onew laughed to himself.  Yoona was the baddest liar in the world.  

Soon enough, Yoona had to say goodbye to her five 'brothers'.  Seunghyun watched from the balcony as she gave them her farewell in the front yard.  She was getting teary as she hugged all of them.  Seunghyun smoked a cigarette as he continued to watch the scene.

Yoona was in the middle of the group hug as the five boys let out a playful cry.  Yoona pushed them away before she would start to cry in front of them.  She didn't want to humiliate herself in front of a group that respected her.

"Yah, you five better listen to my father and stepmother!" Yoona lectured, "If they complain, I'll make a visit and scold all of you guys!  Onew, you better take care of Luna at home.  Taemin, good luck with Minzy.  She's a very special girl.  And Key, I don't need to say anything to you.  You know how to treat Nicole.  I'll see you during the visits we have.  I'll also see you guys at work."

"We love you, noona!" the all cried out and gave her a group hug again.

Seunghyun studied the moment that the six of them shared.  Seunghyun thought that the five boys respected her because they were afraid of her.  It was more of the other way around.  The five were afraid of her because they respected her.  He knew that Yoona was still a good person.  He still wasn't over the fact that she hid from him for three years with a child, and that seemed to fuel his anger for her.  He saw his fiance wave at the boys as they drove away in their car.  Yoona walked back to the mansion alone.  He inhaled the last puff the cigarette could offer.  After he exhaled it, he threw the cigarette.  He almost felt guilty for all the pain that he had planned for Yoona.


Yoona found that the maids had already organized her clothing into an empty closet inside the new bedroom she shared with Seunghyun.  She thanked them as soon as they made their way out of the bedroom.  To Yoona's surprise, the bedroom was empty after the maids left.  It was only her in the bedroom.  She walked over to the bedroom door and locked it.  She needed to change her clothing and shower.  She also had to sleep in a few hours.  She was thinking of going to sleep right after Yoogeun returned with his grandmother and uncles.  She started to undress herself and took out a robe from the closet. 

Seunghyun looked at himself in fogged up mirror.  He wiped the moist mirror with his hands as he shook the water out of hair.  He wrapped the towel around his waist and exited the bathroom.  As soon as he opened the door, he saw Yoona.  He was in shock to see that she had taken off her clothes.  She was only in her underwear.  Her back was facing him, so she couldn't see him.  She was putting on her silky white robe.  As soon as she turned around, she screamed loudly.

"YOU ERT!" Yoona gave a shrilling shriek.

"You're the one that's undressing in front of me!" he defended.

Yoona looked at him and looked down at her chest.  She blushed in a deep red shade as she noticed that her robe wasn't tied together in the front.  The whole front part of her body was exposed.  She was thankful that she didn't take off her bra earlier.  She covered her chest immediately and tied the robe around her body tightly.  She stuck her tongue out at him as she picked up the clothes that she had thrown on the floor.

"I don't know why you're trying to hide," he said in a monotone, "I remember how every single inch of your body looks like."

"No, you don't!" Yoona shyly denied the truth.

Yoona rolled her eyes.  He was so unbelievable.  He had grown so cocky and overconfident.  It was as if he knew that he was handsome. Yoona looked at him and saw his body dripping wet indicating that he had just gotten out of the shower.  Yoona caught herself admiring the piece of art he called his body.  She inhaled as she looked away nervously.  She hoped that he didn't catch her staring at him.  He was so different.  Before, he was a modest man.  Now he was so arrogant about everything.  Even his body changed.  Yoona remembered that before, he had abs, but it wasn't too defined.  His abs now were precise and cut.  Yoona shook the thoughts from her head as she entered the bathroom.  She locked the door angrily while slamming the door.


Yoogeun had returned with his grandmother and three uncles.  Yoona's hair was still damp, but she was fully clothed.  She walked out of the bathroom to see Seunghyun already in bed.  It seemed as if he left the left side of the bed for her.  She ignored the sight and continued to walk out of the bedroom.  The lights were still dim as Yoona tiptoed out of the bedroom.  She slowly closed the door and walked to Yoogeun's bedroom.  When she walked in, she saw Misun dressing him into his pajamas.  Yoona walked in with a smile on her face.

Misun was pulling his shirt down as she turned around to see Yoona there while keeping her hands together.

"Ah, Yoona, you're here," Misun called out nonchalantly.

"Sorry to disturb you," Yoona apologzied.

Misun shook her head, "No, you're not interrupting anything."

Yoogeun popped his head out of the shirt's hole and began to laugh to himself.  He ran to his mother and hugged her leg since it was the only part he could reach.  Yoona patted his head and gave him a smile.  He looked even happier.  He looked more blissful that he knew both his mother and father.

"Yoona, did you give him the good news?" Misun asked her.

Yoona had to define what the good news was.  She wasn't sure if it was good, but the majority of the household considered it to be good.  As much as she wanted to avoid it, Yoona knew that the good news that Misun referred to was the engagement between herself and Seunghyun.  Yoona shook her head signaling that she had not informed Yoogeun about the news.  Misun nodded at her and took Yoogeun and set him on top of his new bed.  Misun kissed his forehead and gave a sweet smile.

"I have to go to sleep now.  Listen to your mommy, okay?" Misun told her grandson.

Yoogeun nodded.  Misun patted Yoona's shoulder and left the bedroom.  Yoona scooted to Yoogeun's side and ran her fingers through his hair.  He gave off a bright smile that told her that he was truly happy with how life was going.  Yoona smiled at him and kissed the tip of his nose.

"Do you know why I'm here all of a sudden?" Yoona questioned.

Yoogeun shook his head, "No.  I thought you lived with grandpa and grandma."

"Well, things changed.  Your appa proposed to me and we're getting married.  Now it's going to be the three of us together!  We're going to live happily.  I'll be living here from now on with you and your appa," Yoona explained.

Yoogeun jumped up in excitement.  Yoona grew frightened for a few seconds as she settled him down.  She didn't want him to trigger an asthma attack.  Once he calmed down a bit, he began to throw numerous questions at her.

"Yah, I'm so excited!  Are you guys really getting married?  Can I be the ring bear?" Yoogeun asked, "After you guys get married, is the stork going to give you guys another baby?  I want a baby sister!"

Yoona stared at her son with disbelief.  She couldn't believe that he was over thinking things already.  He seemed to be too excited about Yoona's engagement with Seunghyun.  It was also known to Yoona that Yoogeun still thought that a ring bearer was a ring bear.  She laughed.

"No, the stork won't be dropping a baby to us anytime soon," Yoona quickly replied.

"Why not?  The stork only comes to couples that love each other.  You don't love appa?" Yoogeun interrogated.

Yoona swallowed, "Ah, you're asking too many questions.  The stork knows that you're enough for the both of us.  That's why he won't give us another baby."

Yoogeun looked worried as he kicked the red blanket off and stood up on the bed.  He threw his hands up and then set them back down on his sides.  He cupped his mouth and looked at the ceiling.  Yoona observed him with caution as he inhaled some air.

He yelled, "I'm talking to the stork!  If you can hear me, you have to know that I want my umma and appa to have another baby!  I want a sister, but a brother is okay, too!  I'm not enough for the both of them!  I don't even trouble them, so please make my umma pregnant!"

Yoona burst out into laughter at his cuteness.  She took him into his arms and covered his mouth with her right hand.  She began to laugh hysterically at Yoogeun's plea for a new sibling.  Yoona began to wonder how he would react when he found out how babies were really made.  He would understand that it would have been more complicated.

Yoona set him back to his bed and covered his body with a blanket.  She kissed the top of his forehead and gave him a smile.  He brought her so much happiness that she couldn't express it.  As she was saying her goodbye for the night, she heard the door fling open.  Seunghyun emerged onto the scene with a bathrobe and his house slippers.  His hair was disheveled and his eyes were kind of tiny because of his sudden wakeup call.

"Yoogeun ah, why were you yelling?" he yawned.

"I was asking the stork to give me a sibling!" Yoogeun answered loudly.

Yoona hushed him by placing her finger over her lips.  He listened to her and blinked his eyes.  He kept quiet and she gave a contented smile.  Seunghyun needed to learn from her.  It was as if Yoona could control Yoogeun with very simple things.  Seunghyun dragged his feet to the other side of Yoogeun's bed.  He sat down beside him and gave him a sleepy smile.

"Yoogeun, you're such a good boy when your umma is around.  Why can't you listen to me when I tell you to do something?" Seunghyun asked.

Yoogeun smiled innocently, "Hm, it's because umma is scary!  Appa is nice, so I'm not scared of him."

Yoona scowled at Yoogeun as Yoogeun hid himself under the covers.  For the first time, Yoona heard Seunghyun burst out in laughter like a carefree child.  Yoona cleared as Seunghyun brushed Yoogeun's hair with his fingers.

"Hm, what did you ask the stork?" Seunghyun asked quietly.

"I asked him to do me a favor.  I told him to make umma pregnant and give me a sister...You know what's better?  It'd be better if umma had twins!  No, no!  Triplets are better than twins!  Wait, I think umma should have nine babies at one time!" Yoogeun wished.

Seunghyun chuckled, "If you want that many siblings, I'll ask the stork for you!"

"No, that is impossible," Yoona butted in, "I'm not some kind of dog!"

An observation that Yoona had was that when Yoogeun was around, Seunghyun tended to act nicer to her.  It was as if he wanted to keep on a show that they both got along.  Yoona wished that he would just show his true self.  She didn't want Yoogeun raising his hopes on nothing. She also didn't want to feed her son a big lie.

"You need to go to sleep now.  Your umma and I are going to go now.  We have to go somewhere together tomorrow," Seunghyun informed Yoogeun.

Yoona ignored his last comment.  She didn't know what the event was, but it was highly unlikely that she would agree to go with him anywhere.

Yoona interjected, "Actually, I thought I'd just sleep next to Yoogeun."

Seunghyun and Yoogeun shook their head at the same time.  It was as if it was planned.  Anyone could tell that Yoona suddenly felt uncomfortable.  Her whole body shriveled at the thought of sleeping next to Seunghyun once again.  

"Umma, you and appa are supposed to sleep next to each other.  That's how it is in the movies," Yoogeun commented.

"Aren't you scared of the monsters?" Yoona tried to scare him, "There are monsters under your bed!  There are witches that fly in the sky at night!  The Boogeyman lives in the closet!"

Yoogeun was persistent, "Appa told me that no one can hurt me in our new house.  Monsters can't get under my bed because of the high surveillance system in our new home.  Witches can't get in because of the high gates.  If there was a Boogeyman in the closet, he would be lost and he wouldn't be able to find his way out because the closet is too big."

"When did you become a smart mouth?" Yoona asked immediately.

"Ever since appa taught me how to think!" Yoogeun laughed.

Yoona didn't dare to look at her new fiance.  Instead, she ignored any sort of eye contact with him.  

Seunghyun surprised her when he grabbed her hand.  Yoogeun grew excited and clapped his hands together at the sight of his father holding his mother's hand.  Yoona didn't pull her hand away.  She didn't want to ruin Yoogeun's happiness.  Instead she smiled weakly.

"Appa, how come you never kiss umma?  I never see you guys kiss," Yoogeun mischievously grinned.

Seunghyun reached over to Yoona and kissed her lightly on the lips.  Yoona felt completely frozen.  Not an inch in her body moved.  Yoona didn't believe in skinship in front of others, but she felt that if she pulled away, Yoogeun would assume that she hated his father.  Yoona pulled away from the kiss gently and looked directly at Yoogeun.  She smiled at him halfheartedly and left the room.


Yoona trudged as she put on a dress.  She couldn't believe that she was going to Jiyong's stupid engagement party.  She couldn't believe that her best friend had done the unthinkable and gotten Gyuri pregnant.  Just like her, he had to live life in a forced marriage because of a baby.  She hated the fact that someone important had to go through something similar to her situation.  She put her heels on and walked down the flight of stairs.  To her surprise, Seunghyun was waiting patiently for her at the end of the staircase.  He looked very handsome.  His jet black hair was well groomed and his black suit matched his shoes.  They both seemed to be staring at each other.  Yoona couldn't deny how attractive he looked, and Seunghyun couldn't reject her natural beauty.  Yoona was the first one to snap out of it.  She cleared signaling him to stop dazing off.

"Let's go now," Seunghyun ordered.

They arrived at Jiyong's mansion in about ten minutes.  The whole car ride was consisted of unnecessary silence.  Yoona couldn't believe how much things changed.  She reminisced about the times they would joke around and tell each other about their problems in life.  She was taken back to reality when he suddenly halted the car.  Yoona got out of the car and together they walked into the mansion.

As they made their way to the mansion, Seunghyun grabbed Yoona's hand, and he brought his lips near her ear.

"When we go inside, we have to act like we like each other. We need to act as if we're in love," Seunghyun commanded with a whisper.

Yoona nodded reluctantly and held his hand even tighter.  She stood closer to him and pulled off a convincing smile.  As soon as they walked into the mansion, various photographers flashed pictures at them.  Yoona knew that it was going to be a headline article.  Choi Seunghyun leaves Kim Hyuna on their wedding day for fashion designer, Im Yoona.  Choi and Im are now engaged.  Yoona knew that something like that was going to be written on the front page of a big magazine.  She began to wonder how they would react when they found out about Yoogeun.  She figured that Seunghyun would keep Yoogeun a secret for now.

The couple saw Jiyong and Gyuri sitting on a table.  Yoona saw a fake smile on Jiyong's face as Gyuri clinged onto his arm.  His body was shifted away from Gyuri's presence.  He took his free hand and drank the alcohol in his cup.  He sighed and tried to smile for the cameras.  Truthfully, he looked miserable.

Yoona saw some of her friends at the event.  She saw Jessica, Tiffany, and Sunny at a table.  Jessica stood up and beckoned for the both of them to sit with them.  They saved a seat for the new couple.  Yoona was still holding Seunghyun's hand.  Yoona led him to the table and Seunghyun suddenly became alert.  He forgot how protective her friends were.  He didn't want to face them.  He didn't know if Yoona told them how cruel he had treated her.  The couple sat down and Yoona immediately became relieved to see familiar faces again.

Sunny talked to Seunghyun directly, "Yah, are you taking care of our best friend?"

"Yeah, are you treating her right?  Remember, if you make her cry, you're dead," Tiffany joked.

"You won't die.  We'll just make you suffer for the rest of your life," Jessica corrected Tiffany.

Seunghyun loosened his tie nervously as Yoona burst into laughter.   was wide open with hysteria.

"Don't worry.  He didn't make me cry—at least not yet," Yoona smiled.

Seunghyun knew that she was lying.  He felt a little guilty, but he knew that he made her cry.  She was probably just trying to defend him in front of her friends.  Most of all, she didn't want them to worry about her.  That's why she was putting up a show.  In fact, Tiffany and Sunny were having second thoughts about her statement.  Jessica knew for a fact that she wasn't telling the truth.  Jessica had known her the longest and the best.  Jessica remained completely silent.

The group was disturbed by two girls.  They looked very petite and cute.  They seemed to be fresh out of high school.

"Hi, my name is Sunhwa and this is my friend, Hyosung," the girl greeted.

Sunny, Yoona, Tiffany, and Jessica remained silent as they watched the two girls flirt with Yoona's fiance.  Yoona acted as if she didn't care as she dug into the appetizer in front of them.  She drank all the water with her back towards Seunghyun.  Jessica mouthed her to do something, but Yoona shook her head.  Seunghyun just irritated her.

"We're new to the acting business, and we'd like to discuss some techniques," Hyosung smiled.

The two girls didn't know that he was already taken.  They thought that since he was handsome, they should try to flirt with him.  They were just so young that they ignored the fact that Seunghyun was in the same table as four other girls.

"I've only been in the acting business for ten months," Seunghyun told them.

Sunhwa smiled, "Yeah, but you already won various awards despite the short time you had for training.  To top that, you entered the music business.  We would like to learn from you."

Seunghyun blushed.

"Can we talk about this over a drink?  There's a bar on the other side of the room," Hyosung said sweetly.  

Yoona started to choke on her food as she sensed Seunghyun getting up from his chair.  She turned around and saw Hyosung and Sunhwa linking their arms with Seunghyun's arms.  They walked away from Yoona's table without Seunghyun telling her that he was leaving.  Yoona swallowed her food and pounded her fist at the table.

"What an !" Sunny shrieked, "What the hell is wrong with him?  That's just rude!  How can he be flirting with those two in front of you?"

Jessica gave her ice princess look, "He's trying to make you jealous, Yoona."

Yoona remained serious.  She swallowed some saliva nervously.

"What should she do?" Tiffany asked.

Yoona's fist tightened even more.  She wiped with a napkin and reapplied her lip gloss.  

"I'll fight back.  He's going to regret trying to make me jealous.  I'll show him how it's really done," Yoona stated.

Yoona got up as Jessica, Tiffany, and Sunny watched their friend.  She walked like a true diva.  People stared at her with admiration as she walked to a different table.  She smiled as she put her hand on a friend's shoulders.

"Wooyoung ah, I didn't know that you were here," Yoona grinned.

Tiffany, Sunny, and Jessica saw a little bit of the old Yoona return.  If she wanted to do something, she wouldn't be too shy to do it.  She'd do it without a second thought.  Now, she was fighting back to Seunghyun's stupid actions of trying to make her green with envy.  

Wooyoung looked up at Yoona and smiled.  He stood up and gave her a hug.  Yoona hugged him back with both arms wrapped around him.  Yoona looked at his other friends and bowed to them respectfully.  They stood up and bowed back to her.  Each of them shook her hand and gave her a hug.

"Oh, Yoona, this is Lee Minho, Kim Yesung, and Lee Kikwang," Wooyoung introduced them to her.

"Handsome men always tend to stick together," Yoona joked.

They laughed as Yoona grinned at them.  The live band suddenly started to play their instruments.  Yoona heard a violin, a piano, about three trumpets, and other various instruments.  Yoona glanced at Jiyong.  He was watching what she was doing.  She gave him an apologetic smile.  At the corner of her eye, she saw Seunghyun watching her like a hawk.  Yoona was startled as she saw a tall young man approach her from across the table.  He stuck her hand out to her and gave a breathtaking smile.

"I know that we just met, but will you please dance with me?" Lee Minho asked.

Yoona recovered by giving him a luminous smile.  She took his hand and on the way up, she saw Gyuri leading Jiyong to the dance floor.   Sunny gave her a thumbs up, Tiffany winked from the table, and Jessica threw her fist in the air as Minho led Yoona to the dance floor.  Yoona knew that it was going to make Seunghyun angry later.  Yoona honestly didn't care.  If he wasn't flirting with those new 'actresses', she wouldn't have done this.  If he wanted to play dirty, then she was going to show him how it was really done.

Minho placed his hands over Yoona's waist as Yoona laid her hands on his broad shoulders.  They moved in synch as the music played throughout the celebration.  Jiyong danced with Gyuri next to her and Yoona.  As the two dancing couples intersected each other, Yoona felt a paper being pushed into her hand.  She looked at Jiyong and she knew that he had passed her a note.  He gave a weak smile as he and Gyuri danced away from them.  Yoona held the paper tight in her fist.  She was planning on putting it in her purse later so that Seunghyun wouldn't be able to read it or find it.

"You know, Miss Yoona, you are really popular among the male models in South Korea," Minho complimented.

Yoona smiled, "Yeah?  And aren't you a male model?  I saw you in a show for Armani seven months ago."

"Hm, you noticed me?  Well, yes, I'm in the crowd of models that you can call your fanboys," Minho added, "Listen, there's this photo shoot and they asked me to pick a woman to play as my lead.  Interested?"

"What brand is it?"

"It's Eider," Minho informed her.

Yoona gave a grin, "Just call me when you get more information on it.  I might do it."

What Yoona didn't pay attention to was that Seunghyun was listening to every single word they were saying to each other.  They were unconsciously dancing near the bar where Seunghyun was posted with Hyosung and Sunhwa.  Seunghyun was ignoring the two young girls already.  He was just watching his fiance dance with another man.  His face was pink with anger and his jaw was clenched with envy.  Yoona pulled the last straw when she whispered something in his ear.  Minho smiled at her and nodded.

Seunghyun ignored the girls asking for his number so that they can contact him whenever they needed 'advice'.  He stood up from the metal stool and walked straight up to Yoona and Minho.  The band stopped playing and everyone stopped dancing and talking.  He didn't give a damn if he was causing a scene.

"Excuse me, but I believe you're dancing with my girlfriend," Seunghyun hissed, "Oh, cross that out.  She's my fiance."


Yoona slammed the front door as they both reached their home.  Everyone was sleeping, but after hearing the door slam loudly, they were all probably awake.  No one dared to get out of their room to see what was happening though.  Yoona and Seunghyun had already begun to scream at each other.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!  You embarrassed me!" Yoona shrieked.

Seunghyun rolled his eyes, "You're the one that was embarrassing yourself!  How dare you dance with another man while you're engaged to me!"

Yoona felt her skin getting hot.  She was heated and when she was, her skin gave off heat.  It was close to midnight and all she wanted to do was sleep.  She was surprised that steam wasn't coming out of her ears like in those cartoons she watched as a little girl.  She clenched her fist and let out a scream of frustration.  She couldn't believe him.  He was being hypocritical for trying to make her degrade herself.  She didn't feel no shame in anything that she had done.  She felt as if she did nothing wrong.

"You don't have a right to say that to me!" Yoona pointed a finger at him, "Choi Seunghyun, you were the one that was flirting with two girls!  Are you tired of me already that you have to flirt with two younger girls?  I bet once we get married, you're going to start cheating on me!   This engagement is one big joke!"

"Shut up!" he demanded, "No matter what you say, this marriage is still going to take place.  And you're the one that's changing the stupid subject.  You're the one that danced with another man in front of everyone.  Plus, I wasn't flirting with them!  They were just asking me for some advice in acting."

"You're stupid then!" Yoona insulted him, "It doesn't take a genius to know if someone is flirting with you.  You embarrassed me in front of my friends.  When you walked away with those two girls to the bar, I felt ashamed to call you my fiance.  You're so insensitive."

Seunghyun sat down on a sofa and massage his temples as Yoona continued to nag him.  He sighed because he didn't know that Yoona would fight back this much.  When she just found out that he regained his memory, she was scared of him.  He thought that destroying her would be easier because of her new attitude as a mother, but it seemed as if the old Yoona never died down in the first place.  He despised the old Yoona, but then he remembered that her sass and attitude was part of the reason why he fell in love with her three years ago.  In fact, he secretly thought that it was y when she was mad at him.

"Why can't you just stop embarrassing me?  He asked me to model with him for a big brand, but now, he's probably having second thoughts!  It was such a great opportunity, too!" Yoona complained with resentment.

As she continued to rant about how bad of a fiance he was, he imagined her modeling with another man.

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Seunghyun's Imagination and POV...

I walked into the photo shoot with Daesung.  It was Yoona's first photo shoot with Minho and she seemed to be pretty excited about it.  I looked around and saw Yoona with a robe on.  Her hair was curled and her makeup was thicker than usual.  She seemed to be pumped up about the shoot.  Minho was sitting on a chair as a stylist combed through his hair.

"Okay, get ready Yoona and Minho!  We're about to start!" the photographer yelled.

My heart dropped as I saw her untie her robe.  She was wearing nothing but her underwear!  She was wearing a matching pair of bright red underwear.  Her bra showed off her cleavage and her underwear had lace in them!  It was lace!  It was too y for her!  I just can't help but jump up in shock!  Daesung was clapping his hands like a child as Yoona walked on set in nothing but her underwear.  To my surprise, the photo shoot set was nothing but a bed with feather pillows.  Minho untied his robe and he was in his boxers!  

"Okay, so the shoot is going to be about a girlfriend and boyfriend having a friendly pillow fight...in their underwear.  Cue the lights and music!" the photographer shouted.

I was in deep shock to see Yoona on the bed with Minho.  The music was playing, but it wasn't helping.  Of course, they were hitting each other with the pillows, but it was much too provocative!  The pillow's feathers were dancing around the sky and they were laughing genuinely!  How dare they!

"STOP IT!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.  

The music came to an abrupt stop as Yoona and Minho stopped hitting each other with their pillows.  Yoona stared at me as the photographer stopped taking pictures.  

"She's not yours!" I pointed at Minho.

Minho gave me a sly smirk.  He reached over to Yoona and grabbed the back of her head softly.  He laughed to himself as his lips were a few centimeters from hers.  He looked at me for a few seconds.

"Then I'll have to change that and make her mine," he dangerously threatened.

He kissed her and I felt as if my heart was about to burst out of my chest.  This was a nightmare!

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Yoona saw him staring blankly at the wall as she talked.  Was she that boring that he didn't want to argue back anymore?  She grew irritated as she snapped her fingers in front of his face.  He didn't even blink.  It was as if he was sleeping with his eyes open.  Yoona rolled her eyes and put her hands on her waist.  She took a throw pillow from the couch near her and threw it at his face.  He suddenly broke away from his imagination.  He stood up quickly and put his hands on his waist...just like her.  He blinked a lot as he lost the words he was going to fire at her.

"You still are the one and only Bingu," Yoona muttered.

He ignored her comment, "You're not going to model with Lee Minho!  You can't be taking pictures with him in your underwear!"

"What in the world are you talking about?  Who said I'll be in my underwear?!" Yoona was confused, "We'll just look like a couple, but that's all."

He grew cautious of her words.  What she didn't know was that his jealousy was growing and with increasing jealousy, he became more protective with what was his.  He didn't want her to be in a photo shoot with another man.  His possessive side was growing as his breathing became heavier.  His eyes were filling up with lust as he noticed how flawless her skin was.  He realized that she had gotten ier over the years.  Yoona became silent as she saw that look in his eyes again.  She stepped back, but he stepped forward.  Yoona waved her hands in front of him indicating him to stop, but he didn't listen.  Her back hit the wall and she stared at him with wide eyes.  He held her jawline with one of his hands.  He kissed her on the lips and while he kissed her, she gasped.  The gasp wasn't audible because of his mouth over hers.  His lips traveled down to her collarbone.  Yoona felt her knees getting frail as she felt him kissing and her collarbone.  

She finally pulled away, "SEUNGHYUN AH, STOP!"

He didn't say one word.  He just continued to kiss her neck.  As he kissed her neck, he held both of her wrists firmly. She tried escaping his grip, but he was too strong.  Yoona was praying that no one would come out of their rooms.  She didn't want anyone seeing them.  

It wouldn't make a difference if Yoona tried to pull away from him. She already tried, but he didn't listen to her.  Yoona knew that if she was still a , he would have stopped, but since he knew that she wasn't one, he couldn't hurt her.

"Yoona...you're mine.  No other man can touch you as long as I'm alive," he growled as he continued to kiss her neck.

Yoona's breathing was audible.  She couldn't breathe around him.  It was as if she was gasping for air.  She tried to think things over.  He did drink a little.  Maybe he was acting so possessive because of the alcohol he drank earlier.  Yoona nervously swallowed her saliva that was watering in .  She was scared of the thought of someone walking in and catching them.

"Seunghyun, just stop already," Yoona hoarsely whispered, "Your mother and your brothers might see us.  Yoogeun might even see us."

The heat that was being released by Seunghyun's skin surprised Yoona.  He was so worked up.  They were skin to skin.  It hadn't been this way for three years.  Seunghyun then stopped kissing her neck.  He looked directly into her eyes.  The fiery passion he had in his eyes was seen by his future bride.

"You're right," he agreed with his deep voice.

Yoona let out a cry of bewilderment as she felt herself being lifted by him.  She was in his arms and he was carrying her up the stairs.  It was as if he was sprinting to the bedroom.  Yoona was hoping that she wouldn't fall.  She instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck to prevent herself from falling down on the stairs.  He reached their room with Yoona in his arms in less than one minute.  He set her down on the bed and then he walked towards the door.  Yoona expected him to feel embarrassed about the situation earlier and leave the room.  She assumed he would sleep in the guest bedroom because of the awkward situation, but he didn't.  He closed the door and locked it.  Once he turned around, Yoona found herself almost having a heart attack.  The look in his eyes were indescribable.  She thought that he had lust in his eyes when they were downstairs, but the look in his eyes now exceeded that previous look.  Downstairs, he was limited because of Yoona's fear that someone might catch them.  Now, they were in their bedroom with the door locked.  He wasn't planning on holding anything back.

Yoona stuttered, "H-hey!  W-what do you think you're doing?"

Seunghyun his lips as he untied his tie.  His eyes didn't lose contact with Yoona's for even a mere second.  Yoona grew uneasy as she saw him unbuckling his belt around his waist.  Once it slipped off, he began to his white shirt.  Yoona's back was already against the headboard.  Her breathing was now short and harsh.  She had a guess that the alcohol was the cause of his big ual appetite.  

"I'm showing you what you missed out on for three years," Seunghyun whispered in a low tone.

He approached her on the bed and soon enough, his body was hovering over her body.  Yoona had goosebumps emerge on the surface of her skin as he lifted up her dress with his left hand and began to rub her upper thigh with his hand.  Yoona was speechless.  She didn't know what to say or do.

Yoona felt his seductive voice ringing against her ear.  The heat was unbearable despite the cool temperature in the mansion.  

"And believe me, babe.  You're going to regret hiding from me for those three years," he promised with a sticky, seductive tone.


A/N:  For those who actually read the end...I'm going to admit that it took me a very long time to write this.  I actually wrote it a few days ago on a notebook, but I couldn't post it up because my grandparents made me visit them in Hawaii.  So yeah, I'm here at Hawaii right now.  It's really humid and I thought I was going to die from the heat lol.  With my grandpa's dial up internet (-____-'), I had the chance to post this.  Lol, it took like five minutes to load a page.  At least I had the chance to update, right?

Oh, and btw, if you guys didn't notice, this chapter is longer than the others because it's two chapters combined together.  I just couldn't update it so that it was divided into two.  It would take too long with this internet speed, so I hope you enjoyed it.

For the next chapter, I'll warn the younger readers that there will be conversations about the 'dirty' topic.  So, yeah...beware of that, young ones.

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