Our Engagement Day - Part 1

 

Yuri’s POV

 

"Jagiya, have you decided on which hotel you want to book for our engagement ceremony?", I asked her. She was busy fixing and tuck in her white blouse with her black skinny jeans, getting ready to attend a movie preview event which she has been invited. She asked me to accompany her, but I couldn’t do so since our schedules clash. My manager has already scheduled me to have a meeting with the representatives from the health product manufacturer to renew my contract as their product endorser.

 

“Not yet. But, I thought you have already chose your favorite hotel for the ceremony?”, she replied while glancing at the mirror, staring at me. I just came out of the bathroom after taking my shower, still in my bathrobe. I then walking towards her and leaned closer to help her fixing her blouse.

 

“Done!”, I said while giving a peck on her cheek.

 

“Thanks, baby”, she thanked as she smiled. She pulled me closer to hug me.

 

“You’re welcome. So, how about the hotel?”, I asked her again. She cutely puffing her cheeks while doing her thinking.

 

“I will let you to decide about it, okay? Whatever place you choose is okay to me then”, she replied and pecked on my cheek. She giggled when she looked at the red mark from her lipstick sticking on my cheek.

 

“Yah! I just showered!”, I whined.

 

“Hihihi.. mianhae!”, she apologized with a giggle. She then pulled off the hug and took a wet tissue from the dresser. She cupped my cheeks and gently wiped the lipstick mark she left earlier.

 

“There, done!”, she said.

 

“Gomawo jagiya! Okay, you are good to go now”, I replied while patting on my fiancee’s .

 

“Alright, I’ll see you at home later. Love you.. mwahh!”, she said as she blew the kiss before she walked out of the bedroom.

 

“Okay. Love you too!”, I replied smilingly while capturing her flying kiss and waving at her.

 

 

Later on that afternoon

 

“Oppa, can we stop by at the Seoul Hotel for a while?”, I asked my manager. We just finished our meeting with the endorser and was on our way back to the agency’s office.

 

“Seoul Hotel? Do you have any appointment there?”, he replied.

 

“No, I haven’t. I just want to make a booking for my engagement ceremony place. Yoona asked me to book first since she was busy lately”, I said. I have already made a phone call to the reservation department earlier and their manager will be waiting to meet me later. Gladly to know that hotel provides various packages for any event including engagement ceremony event.

 

“Ah, I see. Okay, sure”, he replied and continued driving the car to the said destination.

 

Twenty minutes later, we arrived in front of the Seoul Hotel building.

 

“Oppa, do you want to wait or you want to join the meeting with me?”, I asked him.

 

“I will wait for you at the café inside the hotel. Let me park the car first, okay?”, he replied before he drove the car to the hotel’s parking space.

 

“Is the meeting will be long?”, my manager asked right after he stopped the car at the parking space.

 

“It will not take a long time, oppa. I just want to take a look around the place and then maybe will have a small discussion with the manager. I still need to come with Yoona later”, I replied.

 

“Alright. Just meet me at the café after you done with the meeting, okay?”, he said.

 

“Okay, oppa. Let’s go”, I replied as both of us went out of the car and heading to the elevator.

 

After we reached at the hotel’s lobby, we parted ways and I immediately walked towards the reservation counter.

 

“Ah, Miss Kwon! Annyeong! Welcome to the Seoul Hotel!”, the staff named Park Minyoung greeted me.

 

“Annyeong, Minyoung ssi! Thank you. Is Mr. Lee here?”, I replied.

 

“Ah, yes. Mr. Lee went to the restroom for a while. Please follow me, Miss Kwon. I’ll show you the waiting area”, Minyoung said as she led me to the lobby’s waiting area.

 

“Please have a seat first, Miss Kwon”, she said.

 

“Thank you, Miyoung ssi”, I thanked her before she went back to the reservation counter. After waiting for about ten minutes, finally Mr. Lee appeared.

 

“Miss Kwon! Sorry for making you waiting”, he said as he bowed and held out his hand to shake hands with me.

 

“It’s okay, Lee ssi”, I replied as I got up from my seat and shaking his hand.

 

“I will show you the event hall which I have mentioned earlier. Please come with me”, Mr. Lee said as he led me to the said event hall. After I took my time looking around the hall, I took some pictures to show it to my fiancée later.

 

“How about it, Miss Kwon?”, Mr. Lee asked.

 

I’m satisfied with this hall so far. It’s not that big, but spacious enough to hold my engagement ceremony here. But, I still need to discuss with my fiancée first. I will let you know once we have made our decision”, I replied.

 

“Sure, you can do that, Miss Kwon. Alright, let’s go to my office and we can discuss about the quotation of this package”, Mr. Lee said. Both of us then walked out of the event hall and heading to his office.

 

After spending about twenty minutes discussing on the quotation and vice versa, I thanked Mr. Lee and left his office. He wanted to send me to the car, but I refused him to do so since I told him I need to meet my manager at the café.

 

“Oppa!”, I called my manager and waved my hand right after I saw him sitting on the table near the entrance. Glad that there were not many customers at that time.

 

“Done?”, he asked as he got up from his seat.

 

“Yup, let’s go”, I replied. He was about to pay for the bills when I quickly hold his hand.

 

“No. It’s on me”, I said. He furrowed his brows.

 

“Why?”, he asked.

 

“As an appreciation for patiently waiting for me”, I replied with a smile.

 

“You don’t have to do this, Yul. I have got enough pay from the agency to be your manager. Besides, it’s my job to assist you”, he said.

 

“It’s okay, oppa. You have done so much for me. Let me treat you this time, okay?”, I replied.

 

“Alright. If you say so. But, only this time, okay?”, he said.

 

“Okay”, I replied and quickly handed my credit card to the cashier.

 

“You don’t want to eat lunch first?”, he asked.

 

“No, it’s okay, oppa. I will just have my lunch at home”, I replied.

 

“Alright. Let’s go”, he said and both of us walked out of the café, heading to the elevator.

 

 

At YoonYul’s penthouse

 

Ever since we got engaged, Yoona has suggested for us to live together. So, it was almost a month I moved into Yoona’s penthouse. Like other engaged couple, we will take turn to cook whenever we were free from any schedules.

 

“Hmm.. what should I cook for lunch today, huh?”, I mumbled while opening the fridge.

 

“Alright, let’s see. We have meat, kimchi, tofu and leek. Ah! I think I want to cook bulgogi, kimchi tofu jigae and egg rolls, that’s it!”, I said as I took out the ingredients one by one from the fridge. I started to prepare the ingredients to cook.

 

“Hmm.. smells good!”, suddenly a familiar voice being heard after I finished cooking kimchi tofu jigae and preparing to cook the next dishes.

 

“Hey, you’re back!”,  I said as I stopped my work for a while. Yoona walked towards me and leaned closer to hug me.

 

“I miss you!”, she said and pecked on my lips. I wrapped my arms around her neck and pecked on her lips back.

 

“I miss you too. How’s the event?”, I asked as we still hugging each other.

 

“It went well. The movie was interesting. Shinhye unnie’s acting was superb. I met a lot of actors and actresses too. PD nim also has offered me to star in his upcoming drama. What an awesome chance, huh?”, she replied with a grin.

 

“Yeah. Congratulations by the way”, I congratulate her.

 

“Thank you, baby. How about your meeting?”, she asked while fixing my fringe.

 

“It went well too. The company extended the contract for three years. They were also planning to expand their product promotion outside Korea. I will probably need to go to some foreign countries to promote their product”, I replied.

 

“Chincha? Wow! That’s good. Can I tag along?”, she asked excitedly.

 

“No, you can’t, jagiya. If you tag along, then what about your schedule?”, I replied.

 

“You know I can’t, right?”, she said while pouting. I just chuckled on her childish act.

 

“Let’s go somewhere after both of us free from any schedules, okay? I have a relative who lived in Melbourne, so, maybe we could have our holiday there next time?”, I suggested.

 

“Chincha? Okay, that sounds good to me”, she replied smilingly.

 

“Oh! I have something to tell you. You know after the meeting, I went to Seoul Hotel to book the event hall for our engagement ceremony. I will show you the pictures of the event hall which I took earlier, but later, okay? Right now I need to prepare lunch for my shikshin baby!”, I said as I pinched her cheek.

 

“Ouchh.. mommy it hurts!”, she cried playfully. I laughed at her silly antics.

 

“Go change your clothes and stay at living room. Kaja!”, I said while pulled off the hug and patted her .

 

“I don’t know since when Kwon Yuri become a ert. You like touching my , do you?”, she said teasingly.

 

“Yah! Im Yoona!”, I exclaimed. She laughed and sprinted out of the kitchen before I could do anything on her. I just laughed and continued to prepare to cook next dishes.

 

After done with cooking, I peered Yoona in the living room. She was lying on the couch while reading magazine. I walked towards her and sat next to her.

 

“Let’s eat now”, I said as I took the magazine from her hands and put it on the coffee table. She furrowed her brows and crossed her arms, pretending to be mad at me.

 

“What?”, I asked. She pointing on her lips, wanting me to kiss her there.

 

“Aishh.. such a kid!”, I grunted, but just comply as I leaned closer to peck her lips. She pulled me to lay on top of her and kissed me. I kissed her back, but immediately pulled off.

 

“Later, okay? Right now I’m hungry. Let’s eat now”, I said and was about to get off from her when she pulled me back and hug me.

 

“I love you”, she whispered into my ear and pecked on my forehead. No matter how many times she said those three magic words to me, it still gave me goosebumps and made my heart fluttered.

 

“I love you too, honey. Now, let’s get up and have our lunch first, please?”, I said. She just smiled and nodded her head. I pulled her arms to get up from the couch and practically dragged her to the dining table.

 

“Wow! You cook all these?”, she asked with her eyes widened in surprise.

 

“Yup. How was it? Looks delicious, isn’t it?”, I replied.

 

“Ermm.. can’t tell. Let me try the bulgogi first”, she said as she immediately took a seat and grabbed the chopstick. She took some still hot bulgogi and blew it before she eat it. Her eyes widened the moment she chewed the bulgogi.

 

“Seriously, I can marry you today so that you can be my wife and cook for me everyday”, she said. I chuckled on her words and took a seat next to her.

 

“Is it delicious?”, I asked as I scooped some rice and put it into the bowl for her. She nodded her head.

 

“Yup, yup! You can be a chef you know. Your cooking skills are getting better day by day”, she said in compliment causing me to smile widely.

 

“Chincha? Should I quit my current job and change my job to become a chef?”, I asked her playfully. She just laughed and took some bulgogi and brought it into my mouth. I chewed the bulgogi, indeed it taste delicious, thanks to my mother’s recipe.

 

“How was it?”, she asked. I nodded my head in agreement while still chewing the bulgogi.

 

“You’re right. I should become a chef”, I said while laughing.

 

“See? I’ve told you already. Now, let me taste the kimchi jigae”, she replied as she scooped some jigae (soup) and taste it. She nodded her head while waving her body from left to right. I knew that gesture well. She will dance happily when she eat or taste delicious food. My dork and cute fiancee!

 

“I’m going to eat all the food well. Thanks, baby”, she said while hugging me by the waist.

 

“You’re welcome. You have to finish all these food, okay?”, I said.

 

“No problem at all. My pleasure!”, she replied while giggling, causing me to giggle too. We then continued eating our lunch while discussing on our preparation for the engagement ceremony.

 

Later on that night

 

Since we were too lazy to go out, Yoona just ordered pizza for our dinner tonight. We ate pizza while watching some random shows on TV. After we’re done having our dinner, me and Yoona just laze around on the couch. I was sitting while reading a wedding magazine to get some ideas about our wedding ceremony. Yoona lie down on the couch with her head on my lap while looking at the hall pictures I have taken earlier on my phone.

 

“The event hall looks nice. I think I like it”, she said while looking at me.

 

“Chincha? Do you want to go to the hotel to look around the hall?”, I asked as I put aside the magazine and caressed her hair.

 

“No need, baby. I trust you”, she replied with a smile.

 

“Aww.. thank you, jagiya”, I thanked her and pecked on her forehead.

 

“You’re welcome. Babe, are you free on tomorrow?”, Yoona asked.

 

“Ermm… yeah. Why?”, I replied.

 

“Let’s have a shopping on tomorrow. We need to buy dresses for our engagement ceremony”, she said.

 

“Arasso. Do you also want to look for the printing company to book our invitation cards?”, I asked while still caressing her hair.

 

“Yeah, why not? We can do it all tomorrow since we have free time”, she replied while getting up. She handed the phone back to me. She leaned her back on the couch and yawned.

 

“Sleepy?”, I asked her. She nodded.

 

“Alright. Let’s sleep”, I said as I got up from the couch and grabbed her hand to help her got up. She started to walk lazily towards the bedroom. I just shook my head and back hugged her.

 

“Let’s play first before we sleep”, I whispered into her ear, causing her to gasp and she quickly grabbed my hand.

 

“Kaja!”, she exclaimed excitedly. I just laughed at her childish act while letting her dragged me to the bedroom.

 

The next day

 

We went to the boutique which located at the famous shopping mall in Dongdaemun like Yoona has suggested. She said the owner of the boutique was her good friend. Although it wasn’t easy for us since we’re celebrity and lots of people knew us, me and Yoona managed to get inside the boutique safely.

 

“Hey, glad that you come, Yoong!”, her friend said as she hugged her. Aishh.. does she have to do that? Hugging my fiancee in front of me?

 

“Thanks, unnie. You know my fiancee, right?”, she replied as she grabbed my hand and pulled me to stand closer to her.

 

“Of course, dear. Who doesn’t know Kwon Yuri? The famous rookie actress and model in Korea. You are so lucky, Im Yoona”, she said while holding her hand out to shake hands with me.

 

“I am Yoon Eunhye, Yoona’s best friend and also the owner of the boutique. Please to meet you Miss Kwon”, she introduced herself.

 

“Please to meet you too, Miss Yoon. Just call me Yuri”, I said as I shook hands with her.

 

“And call me Eunhye unnie, okay? Since you’re my best friend’s fiancee”, she replied.

 

“D-dae, Eunhye unnie”, I said as I smiled awkwardly.

 

“Alright. Yoong and Yuri, let me take you to tour my boutique. If you like any of my collections just please let me know, okay? I will let you to choose first. Then I will give my opinion on whichever dresses you girls will choose later”, Yoonhye said.

 

“Dae, unnie”, we both said in unison and just followed her suit.

 

After spending almost one hour in choosing the dresses, finally we agreed to choose the same color, but different dresses. I chose a silk bodycon cream colored dress, while Yoona chose a silk cream colored jumpsuit added with a light brown colored blazer.

 

“Yoong, I think that blazer will make you look a bit stuffy. Why don’t you just wear the jumpsuit only instead of adding the blazer?”, Eunhye unnie stated her opinion.

 

“Chincha? It doesn’t look good on me?”, Yoona asked while looking at the blazer.

 

“Yeah. I agree with Eunhye unnie though. Instead of putting the blazer, why don’t you put a belt? It will look neater than blazer”, I said.

 

“Yes! Yuri was right. Being a model, of course, she has a high sense in fashion, am I right, Yuri?”, Eunhye unnie replied. I just nodded and smiled.

 

“Alright. I just follow on whatever you say, unnie”, Yoona said as she put the blazer aside.

 

“I like Yuri’s choice. This kind of dress will make her look stunning and her gorgeous body looks alluring”, Yoonhye unnie said while glancing at me.

 

“Mworago? Alluring? Andwae.. andwae unnie. She’s mine! I don’t want other people staring at her like some kind of ert ahjussi later”, Yoona said as she wrapped her arm around my shoulder and side hugging me like an overprotective fiancee, causing me and Yoonhye unnie laughed.

 

“Im Yoona. You never change, don’t you? You’re just like that during our college time. Overprotective!”, she said.

 

What does Yoonhye unnie mean by that? Yoona had a girlfriend or boyfriend before me back then? I thought she told me I’m her first. Like she could read my mind, she gently squeezed my shoulder and smiled nervously.

 

“Aishh.. that was a long time ago, unnie. I love all my friends. Of course, I will do anything to protect them from being bullied by our senior, especially you”, she said. Oh, what she meant earlier was, her college mates? Yoonhye unnie laughed.

 

“Yah! We are not bullying you! We just wanted you to be aware of our seniority, that’s all”, Yoonhye unnie defending herself causing Yoona to laugh at her back.

 

“Yeah, yeah. You and your lame excuse, unnie. Anyway, glad to see you back after so many years. How’s your marriage life with Jongkook oppa?”, she asked.

 

“Aishh.. no need to mention his name here. But, we are just fine. It’s just that he’s busy with his work like usual”, Yoonhye unnie replied with a pout.

“Ah, I see. Don’t worry, unnie. I’m sure he worked so hard to provide your needs”, Yoona said. Oh, Yoonhye unnie already married? Thank God!

 

“Alright. Let’s get back to your dresses. I will ask my assistant to wrap it for you. Anything else that you want to look for? Shoes? Accessories?”, she asked.

 

“Yes. Just give us all the necessary things that you think suitable for our dresses”, Yoona replied.

 

“Alright. Let me check them first, and then I will bring them to you, okay?”, Yoonhye unnie said as she excused herself to get all items needed. Yoona and I continued to look around the boutique until Yoonhye unnie came and brought the items that complement with our dresses.

 

“Thank you, unnie. I will send you an invitation card to our engagement ceremony once it’s ready, okay?”, Yoona said after Yoonhye unnie handed two sets of bags which contained our dresses and accessories to her.

 

“You’re welcome Yoong. I will try to come with Jongkook oppa later. If he can’t make it, then I will come alone, okay?”, Yoonhye unnie replied.

 

“Sure, unnie. No problem at all”, she said. Yoonhye unnie then gave a hug to both of us before she bid us goodbye.

 

“Alright. We’re done with the dresses. Where to next?”, I said.

 

“Do you want to have a lunch first before we headed to the printing shop? I know one of the printing shop owners here. He’s a good friend of mine too”, Yoona replied. She had so many good friends, huh? Yeah, what to expect from a popular A-list actress like her? Of course, she have got so many acquaintances, right?

 

“Sounds okay to me. I’m hungry”, I replied with a pout.

 

“Aww.. poor my baby is hungry. Kaja! Let’s fill our empty stomach first before we continue with our next task”, she said as she smiled. We then headed to the nearest restaurant to have our lunch before we looked for the printing shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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