A/N: Update!!! Yep… since I’m trying to finish this before I go on hiatus for 2 weeks (starting from the next week) for my exam, my updates are quite fast in these days … :D And here, finally Ricsyung fluff in a long time! Hope you can enjoy this and tell me what you think! <3

Eric's POV

On our way back home, I can see Pilkyo smiling like a kid from the corner of my eyes while driving. No words come out from him but I

understand how much he is being happy at the moment because I also witnessed what happened.

Even I happen to smile again when I recall what happened two hours ago.

Flashback

I noticed how much Pilkyo trembled upon seeing Dad and I entering the living room together. He immediately stood up from sitting

and I wondered if he was breathing or not at that time. For my mom, she seemed like she had expected this to happen and just

smiled at us.

As soon as Dad approached to him and flashed a warm smile at Pilkyo, he let out a quiet sigh and bowed in 90 degrees gently. Dad

gave a nod to approve his greeting and stretched his arm to pat Pilkyo’s shoulder.

“Pilkyo-shi? Sorry for making you surprised … I think you didn’t expect to see me here today …”

I could see how much Pilkyo was stunned by Dad’s polite and kind words and actions towards him. He shook his head only after a

few seconds hearing Dad’s words.

“No … It’s fine … Mr.Mun …and just call me Pilkyo … Ah … It’s really nice to meet you, Sir …”

He bowed again and then Dad signaled him to sit. But, both of us could not hide our astonished and happy expression on our faces

when we heard the next words coming from Dad.

“I’ll just call you “Son” … Just call me Dad … like Eric …”

“Eric …”

I get out from my reminiscences hearing Pilkyo calling me. I slightly turn my head to see the one sitting beside me and there, he is

still smiling quite excitedly.

“Are you that happy, huh?

I manage to ruffle his hair in spite of having to keep my eyes on the road.

“Eric … Maybe am I not dreaming, huh?”

“What? Of course not …”

“But it seems too unreal to me …”

I glance at him after his words and see him in the state of being awestruck. Then, I decide to pull the car off the road and stop the

engine.

“Why? You thought Dad would be against us?”

Now, I can look at him properly and he stares back at me with the same attention. He seems thinking a bit before replying my

answer.

“No … I just didn’t expect such …. Such warm actions from … Da… Dad ….”

I chuckle at how he called “Dad” in such an unsure yet cute way. Well, it is natural he is not still used to calling Dad like that.

“You know? My heart really skipped a beat when I saw you and Dad coming out … I hadn’t prepared to meet him and then … he was

too kind for me to believe … and …”

“And what?”

“And … he even called me … “Son”…”

At that moment, I am sure I have found the answer of Pilkyo smiling non-stop the whole afternoon. I pull him into a hug and he just

naturally leans his head on my shoulder and wraps his arms around my waist.

“That means … he can accept me … Right? Eric?”

His whisper enters directly into my ear and I can find a mix of pure bliss and excitement in his low and a bit trembling voice.

“Yeah … They told me to tell you that … they’re at least trying to accept us … Like we’re trying to convince them that we can be

happy together …”

I can feel a smile appearing on his face even though I cannot see his face.

Well. Jung Pilkyo. I will make sure that you can smile like that forever.

“Kyo … I’m home … baby …”

While I am entering the living room, there is no sign of Pilkyo at all. I glance around the kitchen and see only the neat and quiet

kitchen instead of the one I am searching.

Where is he? Maybe taking a shower?

However, it is strange that he is not in the living room watching TV or in the kitchen preparing the dinner like always. I came back

home today quite early and it is impossible that he has already gone to sleep.

As I approach our bedroom, a faint talking sound makes me frown.

Who is he talking? Talking to himself?

But Pilkyo doesn’t have the habit of self-talking.

Then, I turn the door knob and slightly open the bedroom door to catch a glance of what Pilkyo is talking to. There, I see him sitting

at his studying table while turning the papers over and talking on phone at the same time.

Wait. Talking on phone?

Pilkyo rarely uses his phone except calling and sending messages to me. But, now I’m here and he is talking to someone else on

phone. To state exactly, he is talking in an amused way, smiling and chuckling now and then.

Seeing that scene, an unknown feeling appears in my chest and it kind of makes me choked up. One thing I am sure is I do not like

what is happening in front of my eyes.

Then, he ends the call with a cheerful “Goodbye” and “See you” and as soon as he stands up to exit from the room, he finds me

standing near the door and since he has not still noticed about my long face, he just smiles widely and runs to hug me, as usual.

“Already home? Sorry, Eric-ah … I was just on phone … I didn’t hear you coming in …”

Although his voice is cheerful like always, I find myself not smiling to his words. Then, he starts to notice my unusual quietness and

looks at me with a questioning look.

“What, Eric-ah? Are you not well? Tired? You look strange …”

I just shake my head and free myself from his hug before heading towards the bathroom. For the time being, I only want to collect

my thoughts and the only place I can do that peacefully is the bathroom.

“Oh? You wanna take a shower? Wait a while? I’ll prepare you warm water …”

I can hear his voice and steps coming behind me. But I ignore all of them and enter the bathroom, banging the door hard and locking

immediately.

I stand behind the door and I know Pilkyo is also still standing at the other side of the door. Surely, he is dumbfounded by my

actions. We stay like that for a few minutes and then, I hear the closet door opening and later, his steps coming back to the

bathroom door appear and again, stop right in front of it.

“Eric-ah … There’re a T-shirt and pants on the bed … Just take your time … I’ll prepare dinner …”

I know I am acting like a sulking child but I cannot help it. Now, I come to understand why I am being like this.

I am being jealous …

I am being jealous because of Pilkyo smiling not because of me … but because of other person …

I am being jealous because the truth that I cannot hide him away from other people forever dawned upon my mind …

I turn on the faucet after taking off my clothes and let the cold water flow over my body. After getting treated with cold shower, I

am gradually getting back my common sense and curse myself for ignoring Pilkyo and making him dumbfounded and sad without

letting him know the reason with my childish actions. Now, he must be surely thinking that I get mad because of him and blaming

himself while cooking.

But, still, even though I feel guilty for my actions, my jealous feelings cannot go away and the smiling image and the chuckling sound

of Pilkyo while talking on phone keep replaying again and again in my head.  

I get out of the bathroom and find the clothes on the bed like Pilkyo said earlier. He even did not forget to prepare my clothes

although I was sulking out of nowhere and not replying him back.

As soon as I exit the bedroom, a yummy stew smell welcomes me and undoubtedly, Pilkyo is cooking the stew for dinner in the

kitchen. With heavy steps, I enter the kitchen and sit on the chair that I can see him cooking on the counter.

Sensing my appearance in the kitchen, he turns his head back and smile at me, like nothing happened a few minutes ago.

“Done with showering? Can you wait for a while? The stew will be done soon ….”

He keeps talking to me while stirring the stew with the ladle. Then, suddenly, I have an urge to stand up and hug him from behind.

He feels tensed as soon as he feel my arms around his waist but only after a second or two, he gets relaxed and even slightly leans

into me.

“I’m sorry … Eric-ah …”

He whispers slowly and I just keep hugging him without any reply although I know the one who should apologize is me.

“I think you had a bad day at work … and then …. I wasn’t here to welcome you … just talking on phone … I’m sorry …”

“Who are you talking with?”

Even I get surprised with the sudden outburst of that question from my mouth. I tried not to be too obvious but I think I failed to

control my tone full with annoyance.

“A friend from the tuition … He just wanted to know about a lesson …”

He replies with a casual tone and then, as soon as he finishes talking, a chuckle comes out from him before turning his body to face

me.

“What? Don’t tell me … Don’t tell me … you’re being jealous … Eric-ah …”

He smiles in a too amused way and I can see how much he is restraining himself from laughing out loud. I find myself pouting a little

bit due to his words and avoid his amused looking eyes.

Then, suddenly, I feel a soft feeling on my lips and find Pilkyo’s lips on mine. They linger on mine after a few seconds before I get a

chance to reply. I become surprised with his sudden attack and keep staring at the one smiling shyly in front of me.

“You’re really being jealous … Wow! CEO Mun Eric is jealous like a kid …”

He still can manage to tease me in spite of his blushing face. Then, his face becomes sincere again and he cups my face with both of

his hands.

“Eric-ah … You don’t trust me? You’re thinking I’m flirting with other people? You always say to trust you but … now see who doesn’t

trust actually?”

I shake my head and put my hands over his, looking at his eyes directly.

“No … It’s not like I don’t trust you … I trust you more than anyone … but … it’s just … I didn’t prepare  myself to face the truth that

… you have to interact with other people in life … I was just too possessive towards you … I know I’m wrong … and I’m really sorry for

acting like that to you earlier …”

He flashes his trademark warm smile and releases my face from his hands before hugging me and leaning his head on my shoulder.

“No … It’s ok … I was just wondering if I made you annoyed or not … and thinking how I can make you feel better … If you don’t like

me talking on phone with other people, I won’t do it again …”

“Nah … You can do it … I’ll try to adapt it … I don’t want to keep you lonely in this apartment only for me … You also have your life

ahead … Don’t worry for me … Make friends and go out with them …”

I pull him away from the hug and steal a quick peck from him, making him blushed again.

“But … Jung Pilkyo … Don’t dare to leave me for other boy … Understand? If so, I’ll chase you and hunt you down until you come back

to me …”

He lets out a soft chuckle and gives a third peck to my lips for this evening.

“Ok … I won’t … and You! It goes the same for you … Understand? If you do like that, I’ll kidnap you to the island and lock you up there forever …”

We both laugh out loud hearing his “scary” threat and close the distance between our bodies again by hugging tightly to each other.

“Hey … You’re thinking how you can make me feel better, right?”

“Hmmm ….”

“Can you do something for me now?”

“What?”

I lift him up out of sudden in a bridal style and head my feet towards the bedroom. Realizing my intention, a deep blush appears on

his face and he tries to struggle but to no avail.

“E- eric-ah … The stew …”

I do not let him finish his words by kissing him on lips fully before winking at him.

“Don’t worry … I’ve already turned off the stove …”