*** Because I was jealous of a colleague going for a vacay in Cambodia. I am going for a vacation ... in my own world. Hahaha...I always wanted to travel to Portugal. Places, travel time, description  aren't precise.  Give me a shout for correction with regards to the places I've mention.  Run out of time researching. :D

Enjoy! and don't forget to drop a comment.

Eunji saw her car on the curb. Jiyong sure know how to hide himself. She walked cautiously towards the car and opened the passengers door. "I shouldn't have left the key at home. Where did you leave your car? In my parking lot?" Jiyong smiled. "Man. The resident will start to nose around if they see a lamborghini  at the parking lot."

"Hmmmm.... I didn't brought the lamborghini. I used the maybach. We're going to use that from now on. I parked the lamborghini at my parent's house."

Eunji rolled her eyes. "Maybach, lamborghini, bentley. It's too expensive for my neighborhood."

"Okay. Let's buy something suited for your neighborhood." Jiyong winked and started the car.

"Oh please." Eunji continued rolling her eyes. "What are you going to do from now that you have a month off the schedule."

"Work. Ah... about the trip we talked about last time. We can go for a longer time." Jiyong brought up.

"Oh... Hmmmm.. I can ask my boss for a vacation next week since we closed the deal today. Are we still up for the great wall?"

Jiyong turned to her for a second and returned his eyes to the road. "Where do you want to go?"

"You? Asia? Europe? the Americas?" Eunji returned the question.

"Europe?"

Eunji tilted her head and started thinking. "Prague? Netherlands? nah, I've been there... Oh... Albania."

"Albania? Where is that?" Jiyong was clueless.

"Google it when we arrive home. Oh!!! Scotland1 let's go to Scotland." Eunji became excited."

"Scotland?" Jiyong raised brows.

Eunji's shoulder dropped. "Oh please. Are the only place you know are Paris. London. LA. Broaden your knowledge Kwon Jiyong. Don't you read blogs about you guys? Your fandom is global. You should at least have knowledge about other countries."

"Am I getting a scolding from a non Bigbang fan?" Jiyong was smiling. "We always acknowledge out global fans. You can ask Seungri about that. He knows better."

"Jeez! You the leader should know about those."

"Fine. I'll start reading. Okay, so are we settled for Scotland?" Jiyong returned the topic to their trip.

"What if we'll run into your fans?" Eunji spout her concern.

"Then we'll tell them we're on honeymoon." Jiyong answered without hesitation.

"Ya!" Eunji hit his shoulder. Jiyong's right hand got off the steering that made the car swerved a bit. She screamed and covered her eyes.

"babe!" Jiyong steadied the  car. "You okay?"

Eunji nodded. "Sorry." she mubbled.

Jiyong reached for Eunji's hand. It was icy cold. "Want to stop for latte? Your hands are so cold."

"No. I want to go home."

"I told you not to watch the movie with out me," Jiyong barked as soon as they were inside Eunji's apartment. "I haven't slept last night worrying."

"I'm sorry." Eunji apologized again. "I'm making a latte. Want some?"

"I can see you're better with flying now," Jiyong said as they walked their way to the exit. "You didn't asked me to kiss you."
"Stop that or I won't talk to you the whole trip." Eunji threatened.
"Why? It's true." Jiyong laughed. "That was our first kiss. I'll never forget that."
"I didn't asked you to kiss me." Eunji insisted.
"Hmm...So how was your feeeling just now? Did your aunt said something about it?"
Eunji shoulder shrugged. "I don't really get what happened last time. Maybe my brain was shaken. What do you think?" She laughed.
"Well, at theast I don't have to worry about you traveling on planes." Jiyong said.
"Meaning I can go anywhere I want to now." Eunji grinned.
"Without me?" Jiyong pouted.
"You're too much to handle in travels. I can't risk being seen with you any where."
"And what about this trip ? Hmmm?"
Eunji just rolled her eyes.

"Auntie said I can drive," Eunji said when they picked up the rental car.

"Ows?"Jiyong looked at her in doubt.

"I'm not lying. I can drive here."

"Hmmm.... We'll see about that." Jiyong loaded the luggage at the trunk. "But I'm driving first."

"I think it would be better if I drive. I..uhmm.. I am better in English,"

Jiyong eyed her. She has a point but there's no way he will let her drive. "I'm not going to argue with that but I am still driving. You'll be my navigator."

Eunji pouted and walked towards the passenger seat.

"Babe, you understand why I don't want you to drive.hmmm."

Eunji was still on pouting mode.

"Okay. Okay. I'll let you drive." Jiyong can't take the dismay at Eunji's face. He unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the driver's seat.

Eunji's face suddenly radiated in happiness. He got off the passenger seat right away and switched with Jiyong.

Jiyong shook his head. He hid his amused smile.

"Buckle up Mr." Eunji brought him back from his trance.

"Be careful and just slow down." Jiyong reminded her.

Excited and all, Eunji revved up.

"Ya! Jung Eunji!" Jiyong shouted.

"What?" Eunji asked amusedly without taking her eyes off the road. "The speed is 100. It's highway. You want me to run 60? Hello. I'll be ticketed."

Jiyong just chuckled.

It took them 3 hours to locate their hotel. Jiyong breathed loudly when Eunji finally parked at infront of the hotel.

"Are you sure this is where we are staying?" Jiyong was hesitant to get off the car.

"There's not much hotel around. I checked the reviews. It's not bad."

Jiyong didn't argue when Eunji insisted on Portugal instead of Scotland. Their first stop, Marvao.

"Wow! Look at the view! This is  awesome!" Eunji ran from window to window. You can view the castle wall on one side of the room and a valley on the oher  side.

"ohhhh...perfect. Can I rest for now. I'm so dead tired." Jiyong pleaded.

"I'm going out and explore."

"Aren't you tired from the trip?" Jiyong asked.

"We're just staying here for a night. We'll be on the road tomorrow." Eunji answered. "You never traveled on your own, I assume."

"let me nap for an hour and then we can go, please."

"I'll review out itinerary for tomorrow. Ah... wanna go out for lunch? I checked some nice restaurant around. or we'll go before we'll leave for the castle tour?"

The two drove to Evora the next day. They visited the Monsaraz castle, Jardim de diana, Templo Romano de Evora.

"Oh.. You'll love our next destination." Eunji said as they drove.

"Too early for nightlife."

Eunji eyed him. Eunji doubled checked the GPS.

"Whoooaaa... prairie? Is this what they call prairie?"

"You'll see. I'm excited myself." Eunji turned to the sign. The roadside was adorned with grape vines.

"Where's this?" Jiyong opened a browser in his phone.

"Herdade do Esporao. It's in my tablet," Eunji answered.

"Holy smokes! This is.... heaven! A winery! We get to sample their wines right?"

"Not just your winery. It's not just wine. They produce olives too."

"What did I do in my past life to deserve this trip with my love one?" Jiyong started to become poetic.

"Maybe you save Joseon." Eunji joked and laughed.

"Maybe. That's why I am being rewarded at my modern life."

"We're here." Eunji parked the car. She got off and spoke with the attendants.

"Korea. Nice country. We had few koreans who came last year. You're the first this year." the designated tour guide told them. "On honeymoon?"

"Jiyong understood the word. " He smiled and nodded.

"we'll talk about that when we get back at the hotel." she glared at Jiyong.

The tour was tiring. It was past lunch time and the tour guide informed them that they still have 80 percent to tour. Eunji asked for the main points of interest fot the next 4 hours.

"Oh my God! We should have asked Seung Hyun oppa to have joined us. He propbably will stay here.." Eunji stopped when he realized Jiyong was glaring at her. "Fine. I'll just buy wines for him. Let's drop by Almendres Cromlech."

"and that is?"

"I just saw it in the internet. The reviews says it's a must  to see. Something like the stonehenge."

"Stonehenge?"

"Ya! kwon Jiyong!"Eunji yelled and hit the brake.

"Jiyong was surprised what was Eunji yelling about.

"I get it you didn't finish a degree but hello? Did you finished highschool at least? How could you not know about stonehenge."

"Now that's below the belt." Jiyong's face turned serious.

"Sorry about that." Eunji apologized but it seems Jiyong took it hard.

It's been quiet until they arrived at Cromlech of the Almendres. Eunji was feeling uneasy. It was the first time Jiyong was ignoring her. They had been through lots of fights and argument and Jiyong always was the first back down and to apologize.

'Perhaps I've gone overboard,' she thought.  She unbuckled her seatbelt. "I'm sorry. hmmm." Still no reaction from Jiyong. She leaned forward and kissed the corner of his lips. Jiyong was still silent.

"If you're not going to talk to me. I'm going to bump this car on that rock," Eunji shifted to reverse. Her seatbelt wasn't even locked. She checked for cars around.  Nothing. She hit the gas  and in time for Jiyong to grabbed her hands.

"I'm sorry," Jiyong shouted.

Eunji slammed on the brakes. Both nearly knocked their head on the dash because of the sudden impact. Eunji then shifted to park.

Jiyong was near to tears. He was scared. Scared that Eunji will really hit the rock. Scared of Eunji. "Babe, please.. please don't ever ever do that again."

"I'm sorry. I... I didn't mean that." Eunji turned to Jiyong and pulled a puppy look. "Kwon Jiyong..I.. Aishh..." she opened the door but Jiyong grabbed her hand. Eunji nodded. "Hmmmm... I promise."

Jiyong got out first and walked around to open the door for Eunji. He offered his hand.

Eunji jumped out and threw herself at Jiyong. "Romantic and gentleman, my kwon Jiyong." She kissed him on the cheek.

Jiyong was astounded. Eunji never displayed such endearment in public.'Did she just say, my Kwon Jiyong?' He smiled.

Eunji linked her arms to Jiyong and leaned on his shoulder as they made their way to  the area.

"This is not so you," Jiyong commented.

"Waaaa! This is awesome." Eunji started snapping photos. He leaned on one of the stones and closed his eyes. She breathed deeply and felt the breeze kissing her face.

Jiyong leaned beside her. "Jung Eunji, Thank you for coming to my life. I wouldn't be experiencing this."

"Me too. You think I can go for a trip.. I mean, my sister  would always dragged me before but that was when  we were younger. We both have responsibilities now."

"I'll take a photo of you," Jiyong took the camera from Eunji.

They took turns in taking pictures.

"Let's have a selfie," Jiyong took out his phone. Both were looking at the camera.The timer started down. At three, both turned. Their lips met. The shutter beeped.

Both burst to laughter.

"We're you planning to kiss me?" Eunji smiled.

"And you are?" Jiyong pinched her nose lightly. Jiyong reviewed the photos. It was taken perfectly. Like they were kissing.

"That was epic." Eunji commented.  "Let's take another photo and then let's go. we'll take it slow on the road."

Jiyong took her hand as they walked around. "I wish my life is this simple. Walking around with you. No cameras. No fans  bothering."

"We can be like this once in a while. What are we doing right now?" Eunji pointed out. "Hey, that's your bread and butter. Stop complaining."

"hmmm.." Jiyong had nothing to say. Eunji was correct. "Shall we? And oh I'm driving."

Eunji didn't argue. She knows Jiyong was still scared of what she did earlier. "We should arrive in Lisbon before 7. I made a reservation at a restaurant at 7."

"What kind of restaurant?"

"Tapas. Cheese. Cured meat. Wines? You'll see. It's recommended and rated number one."

"Won't it be crowded?" Jiyong was concern.

Eunji shrugged. She was staring at Jiyong and the steering wheel.  He hasn't started the car yet. Eunji raised her brows. "What?"

Jiyong grinned. "Can you say it again. I want to hear it once more,"

Eunji's brows creased. "What are you taking about. We talked a lot of thing earlier."

"my kwon Jiyong," Jiyong said softly.

Eunji looked at Jiyong blankly. "I said 'My Kwon Jiyong?" she laughed heartily. "Stop imagining. Let's go."

"Until you say it again."

Eunji checked her watch. "Stop talking nonsense. Let's go."

Jiyong didn't budge.

Eunji rolled her eyes.

Both were stubborn.

****any reader from Portugal?