In the end, the two of them decided to go to London for their trip together. Although WooHyun had probably been there numerous times during his flights, this was Daon’s first time in Europe, so she was incredibly excited.
The magnificent buildings still held traces of its history. The high steeples showed off their splendor.
They used a pickup service to get to their hotel, and WooHyun handed a few bills to the driver. He took Daon’s carry-on and his own bag with one hand and walked across the lobby. Daon tightly held on to WooHyun’s other hand and followed after him with short, quick steps.
Daon stuck by his side like gum as he checked in at the front desk. She looked around in awe.
People came in and out of the hotel, their faces full of excitement for the Christmas season. Affected by the excitement in the air, Daon couldn’t help but shake her shoulders with anticipation.
“Is it that exciting?”
WooHyun raised a brow as he asked. Daon hugged his arm closer to her chest and nodded.
Once they confirmed their reservation, the employee grinned and said something regarding their check-in. It was a different accent than the American English she was used to.
Daon perked her ears and did her best to listen. The employee was explaining the room they were staying at and confirmed their deposit. Then he asked them for a credit card and their passports.
Although it wasn’t difficult to understand, her mouth wouldn’t move. This was because of the way she taught her students. She did teach them, but she wasn’t as comfortable with English as the other subjects. Therefore, when she taught them, she crammed the information. The consequences of such a teaching method reared its ugly head in situations like these.
On the other hand, WooHyun handed the employee their passports and his credit card as he replied with ease. Daon listened a little more and found out that they were able to get a room on a higher floor. But rather than focusing on that piece of information, she was more interested in listening to WooHyun’s voice as he spoke in English.
She had met people whose voices changed when they spoke in English before. WooHyun’s voice turned an octave deeper and sounded much heavier. It was relaxed and easygoing, but it also sounded graceful. When she heard his precise pronunciation, she covered her lips.
‘He’s so cool…’
The words remained inside her mouth due to her fear of coming off as a dork. Her feet tickled due to the fact that this perfect man was all hers. Where did this lump of luck roll in from?
When she uploaded her photo with WooHyun as her profile picture, the messages began rolling in. Messages of congratulations mixed with envy, questions regarding how she’d met him and whether he had any friends she could introduce to them… They kept flooding her phone.
One of them was from JaeOn.
[You’re acting like a lovestruck fool.]
The nasty message was next to a profile picture of JaeOn and SoYoung’s smiling faces stuck together, cheek to cheek.
[Look who’s talking.]
Daon snorted as she sent the curt reply.
WooHyun finished checking in and received their key cards. He turned to Daon and entwined his fingers with hers.
“Let’s head up.”
It felt like they were on their honeymoon. Her footsteps were light as they entered the elevator. Just the thought that they were alone in an unfamiliar place was so exhilarating.
“Let’s first unpack our luggage and rest a little bit before heading out for dinner. What do you think? It’s Christmas Eve, so there will be a lot of people around no matter where we go, but… Why do your eyes look like that?”
WooHyun had been listing off things they could do when he turned his head to see a strange look on her face. He tilted his head in confusion. She had an insidious gleam in her eyes as she greedily looked at his face. When he made note of her behavior, Daon blinked in surprise. She felt like he’d peeked into her mind, which had spread its wings and taken flight into her peculiar imagination. She quickly changed the subject.
“Then shall we go to Hyde Park later? I heard there’s a Winter Wonderland event that happens every Christmas. Let’s go on the rides and look around the marketplace. I also want to go to Covent Garden and see Piccadilly Circus.”
WooHyun looked at Daon with narrowed eyes. Then he laughed and answered, ‘Alright, let’s do it all.’
When she saw their nice room, she was filled with giddiness. One wall was made up of wide windows. Even if she woke up in the night, she would be able to see a panoramic view of London with just a glance.
Daon hummed as she began to open all the parcels she had purchased at the duty-free shops. Among them, she had also purchased WooHyun’s Christmas present. She had picked out an expensive, brand-named wallet as well as a cologne that she thought would suit him.
She had picked these items because she wanted something he would remember her by whenever she wasn’t around.
She had used up a few sessions worth of money to buy them. She was wondering when it would be a good time to give these to him when WooHyun, who had gone to the bathroom to wash up first, came out as he shook his wet hair.
He had discarded his shirt and was only wearing some loose-fitted pants, so his muscled chest was completely exposed. When she saw this, Daon gulped.
“My present?”
WooHyun saw the presents she was holding in her hands and snatched them away. He flopped onto the bed with a grin and began to unwrap them.
“Why are you opening them? What if they aren’t yours?”
After seeing the wallet box and the box of men’s cologne, WooHyun answered back with confidence.
“It’s for men.”
“It could be for Yu JaeOn. Or maybe I bought it for one of my students.”
Daon pouted as she moved to take them back, but WooHyun burst up and held his arms up. Even if Daon jumped up and down, she wouldn’t be able to get them back.
“If you bought them for another bastard, did you think I’d let you give it to them?”
“...What? What would you do…?”
“Tell me. Is it for me or not?”
His voice sounded extremely cold as it flowed over the crown of her head. A shiver ran down her spine. Ultimately, she had to admit that she had bought them for him.
“It’s your Christmas present.”
WooHyun’s lips finally stretched into a smile.
“Merry Christmas… Ugh, I wanted to give them to you tomorrow!”
WooHyun wrapped his arms around Daon’s hips and poured kisses down on her face. Daon liked that he was kissing her out of adoration, but at this rate, she was going to die of suffocation. As WooHyun pressed his laughing lips onto hers, she pushed against his chest.
“Where’s mine?”
Her voice sounded lifeless as she asked. She was trying not to show her disappointment, but she couldn’t help it. It didn’t matter what the present actually was. The act of thinking about her and taking the time to pick out something for her was what was important.
“I’m not sure.”
WooHyun merely avoided answering her as he flashed her a mischievous smile. Daon pouted and tried to leave his arms, but WooHyun’s arms tightened as he pulled their lower bodies close together.
“Is there something you want?”
“It’s fine…”
“Tell me.”
Yeah, it had been incredibly busy before they departed, so she could understand why he hadn’t had the time. Daon did her best to console her disappointed heart. What should she ask for?
There were heaps of things she would want to buy as soon as they stepped outside. However, she wanted something special. Something only Na WooHyun could give her.
Daon’s eyes went to the bulging muscles on WooHyun’s chest. Because he’d just come out from washing up, they were still slightly damp. Daon ran her finger down the ridge between his pectoral muscles. She felt the muscles stiffen under her touch.
“Take your clothes off. Take them off for now and…”
WooHyun licked his lips and raised a brow. His eyes followed her hands down. Her hands were stroking the muscles of his back as well as those of his abdomen. Every time her fingers squirmed, his breath caught.
Daon was going insane from wanting the feel of his skin against her lips. WooHyun’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. He slowly took off his pants and began to pull down his underwear.
“What now?”
His swollen cock popped out and stuck to his lower stomach. She felt like she was enjoying a free strip show. She was only enjoying the scene with her eyes, but her breaths were strained.
WooHyun perched himself up on the bed. He opened his legs and pulled Daon in between them. Daon stood as still as a statue, and WooHyun began to gently caress her bottom.
When she felt his grip through her clothes, her underwear grew wet. As if wondering whether to pull up her knitted sweater, his hands teased the hem. He lifted his eyes.
“I took it all off, so now what should I do?”
Daon pursed her lips. Her cheeks flushed bashfully.
“Can I really say it?”
“Have you ever held back your words in front of me?”
He was right. Daon slowly began to spit out what she wanted to say.
“Now… just drape… an apron on the front…”
“...Yu Daon.”
The smile on WooHyun’s lips disappeared. The arousal in his eyes dissipated in an instant. Oops, Daon hurriedly took back her words.
“I’m just joking.”
“Yeah, there’s no way you’re that perverted.”
“...Of course not.”
Daon’s mouth twisted bitterly as she replied. She thought it would suit him very well. But she swallowed those words back down her throat.
There were still many things she wanted to try with him other than the nude apron. Putting WooHyun in a white robe and roleplaying as doctor and patient. Getting a pair of handcuffs and playing as police and criminal. For that one, she wanted to be the policewoman.
She also wanted to try playing boss and secretary while wearing formal clothing. But now that she was being called a pervert, it seemed that she would have to give up on them.
Suddenly, WooHyun turned her around and sat her down on his lap. She could feel his hard staff wriggling against her back. He nibbled the tender skin of her ear and whispered.
“Because there aren’t any aprons here.”
“......!”
“I’ll do it for you when we get home.”
Daon suppressed the gleeful shout from leaving her lips. Instead, she brought her lips to his and began to suck. His hands slipped underneath her knitted sweater, pushed up her bra, and began to squeeze her bare breasts. When he began to tease her nipples, a moan hissed out through Daon’s clenched teeth.
Her pants were unbuckled. WooHyun’s hands pulled her pants and underwear down in one motion, and they dangled on her ankles. He buried his lips against the nape of her neck and rubbed his swollen cock against the crease of her bottom. Daon enjoyed the sensation of his staff running up and down her skin and shook her hips.
The room instantly grew warm. They looked into each others’ eyes as their tongues tangled together. Their panting breaths merged into one. Daon crossed her arms and threw off her sweater. Her bra was already half-removed and served no purpose.
WooHyun’s eyes gleamed as if it had found its prey. He bit down on her breasts before taking her swollen nipples into his mouth. He pressed his tongue against her tender skin and fanned the flames of her arousal.
“Haa, aah…”
A spark of pleasure ran down her spine. His hands massaged her inner thigh before pulling her legs further apart. His fingers plunged into her drenched entrance and teased her clitoris.
Daon held onto his thighs and arched her hips. Her entire body began to tremble. The ecstatic pleasure that started in her clitoris began to spread through the rest of her body. Daon threw back her head and leaned it against his shoulder. She gasped for breath as she stuttered.
“Talk dirty… to me… Hnng, aah…! Be vulgar and… crude… Curse for me, hmm?”
The pitch black abyss of WooHyun’s eyes gleamed.
“Haa, fuck.”
WooHyun parted her walls and pushed himself inside. His cock slid inside, the bulging veins disappearing into her entrance. As her red, hot walls twitched, they stuck to his thick staff.
“You sure are eating me up.”
“Aagh! Hnng…”
“Is it delicious?”
“Haahng… Hnng, nng.”
He squeezed her bouncing breasts and thrust harder inside. Smack, smack, the sound of their slapping skin rang in the room.
Every time her body floated in the air before crashing back down, she felt his cock pierce somewhere deep inside, making her mind go blank. She could clearly feel his thick, hard staff slide in and out of her entrance.
WooHyun lifted Daon and placed her down on the bed. Before she could turn around, he stuck his chest up against her back.
Daon grasped the bedsheets, and WooHyun’s hand closed around her clenched fists. Then he began to move his hips. If anyone was looking down from above, they probably wouldn’t see Daon because she was completely covered by WooHyun’s body.
WooHyun raised his knees and made it so that Daon’s legs were fixed in place, unable to move. Although she was now in a humiliating posture like that of a crawling animal, she didn’t have the opportunity to process it in her mind. WooHyun’s deep thrusts pierced her lower abdomen.
“Haa! Hnng, ah! Too d-deep!”
However, Daon’s cries seemed to excite him even more. He began to squeeze her breasts that were squished against the bedding. She could tell that their climax was imminent.
His thrusts became frantic as they increased in speed. WooHyun turned Daon’s head and sucked her lips.
“Ugh, fuck.”
White fireworks exploded before her eyes, and her body went limp. She could feel his cock twitching inside her.
She grew dazed. She couldn’t lift a single finger as she melted on the bed. His cock pulled out. She didn’t know when he’d found the time to put on a condom, but she could see the large pool of semen on the tip. WooHyun tied it into a knot and threw it into the trash can.
Daon stared blankly off into space as she tried to discern between dream and reality. WooHyun began to massage her bottom with his large hand. This was a warning that the second round was about to begin. When she saw the smirk on his lips, she was filled with dread.
“You need to wake up.”
“...I can’t do it.”
He raised a brow.
“Then I don’t have to wear the apron when we get home?”
“......”
Damn it. Na WooHyun knew her too well.
After reserving dinner at the hotel restaurant, they went out. The sky had grown dark, but the streets were illuminated by brilliant lights. It really felt like Christmas.
Although they had come out to see the winter wonderland she had only read about in books, it was so crowded that they could barely move. She didn’t even dare dream of getting on the small rollercoaster or the Ferris wheel. However, just seeing these things was a special experience in and of itself.
They went ice skating at the ice rink, and they barely managed to buy some churros. They had a good time as they fed it to each other.
“Happy?”
Daon giggled as she looked around. She met his eyes and nodded.
“Yeah. I’m so happy.”
“Are you happy because you’re on a trip or because you’re with me?”
“Um…”
By now, she knew what kind of answer WooHyun wanted to hear from her. Actually, she was happy because of both of those reasons. She wondered what to say for a moment and ultimately gave him her honest answer.
“I’m happy because I’m on a trip with Na WooHyun.”
Unable to find a flaw in her answer, WooHyun laughed in satisfaction.
“You grew up well. How admirable.”
“You grew up well, too, Oppa. You’re admirable.”
They patted each other on the back. Ever since she was young, Daon knew that Na WooHyun was distinguished from other people his age.
WooHyun himself probably knew it better than anyone. There were probably a lot of temptations thrown his way, but he kept to his roots and grew up to be an admirable man.
They exited Hyde Park and made their way to Piccadilly Circus. As expected, it was full of people, but if they went around, it was more walkable. Christmas decorations and lights hung over their heads from building to building.
“What did your parents say?”
When he asked the question of the blue, Daon gave him an odd look. WooHyun blushed and explained.
“They must have seen… the picture we took together.”
“Aah, my profile pic?”
“Yeah.”
As soon as she returned home, her parents bombarded her with questions. Isn’t the guy in the photo WooHyun? Since when have you two been like that? Is he our future son-in-law? They didn’t give her a chance to answer and continued to pour out their questions. Daon felt like her soul was leaving her body.
However, she didn’t want to intimidate WooHyun and gave him a vague answer.
“Well, nothing much. They didn’t really say anything.”
“There’s no way that’s true.”
“Do you know my parents that well, Oppa?”
“I might know them better than you.”
“......”
He was probably right. Daon’s parents treated WooHyun as if he were their own son. He was the same age as JaeOn, and his family lived very close for a long time. They were ready to treat him like their son-in-law, so it would be very daunting for him.
“Don’t be too intimidated.”
Daon tried to lighten the mood, but WooHyun looked at her in confusion.
“If my parents ever… call you something weird, just ignore them.”
“I’m not intimidated at all. Why would they call me something weird?”
“I’m just saying. It might get awkward.”
“How can I ignore Mother-in-law and Father-in-law?”
“......!”
Goosebumps formed on her skin. And it definitely wasn’t because of the cold. He said it so naturally that she almost didn’t pay it any attention. She asked him with wide eyes.
“Then are you going to call Yu JaeOn ‘hyung-nim’?”
“I’m not crazy.”
That was more like it. It would be difficult to call your childhood friend ‘hyung-nim’.
She recalled the moment when she was leaving their apartment to go on her trip to London with WooHyun. Her parents were pretty easygoing, but they felt even more at ease knowing that she was leaving with WooHyun instead of a stranger. The problem was Yu JaeOn, who was looking at her with piercing eyes.
‘Yu Daon, you… It’s okay for you to go on a trip with Na WooHyun, but if you ever… ‘eph…’
‘‘eph?’
‘‘eph…’
‘...‘eph’?’
‘‘eph… ‘eph… ew…!’
‘What? ‘F’ you? ‘Fuck you’?’
‘No, that’s not what I’m saying.’
‘Mom! Yu JaeOn just cursed at me! He said ‘Fuck you’ to his one and only little sister!’
Their mother yelled at JaeOn to grow up and slapped his back. She heard the slaps ringing in the foyer as she went out the door. She knew that he was telling her to be careful so that she wouldn’t come back with his nephew, but she didn’t want to respond to something like that.
“As soon as we return to Korea, I better greet them. I’ve been so busy lately, so I haven’t been able to see them. They must have been very surprised.”
“My parents were always at their country house, so you just never had the chance to see them. They’ve been busy with their vegetable garden.”
“Then I should go and greet them at their country house.”
Now that she thought about it, WooHyun’s parents were living in a house close to her parents’ country home. Whenever she went over to her parents’ country home, she’d often see WooHyun’s parents as well. But it had been a long time since she’d last gone.
“Then should I also… greet your parents, Oppa?”
Her toes curled at the thought of both sets of parents meeting in a formal setting to discuss their marriage. Because they had always doted on her ever since she was little, she didn’t feel awkward around them. However, once she had embarked on a new relationship with WooHyun, it felt a bit weird.
WooHyun chuckled and ruffled Daon’s head.
“No need.”
“Then why is there a need for you to greet my parents, Oppa?”
“I wanted to thank them for giving birth to Yu Daon and for raising her to be such a wonderful woman. And I wanted to ask them to give you to me.”
“Why would they give me to you? I’m going to go to you with my own two feet.”
Daon gave WooHyun a cocky look. Seeing this, WooHyun pulled her into his arms. Chu, chu, he began to pour kisses on her cheek as laughter flowed out of his mouth.
“Are you finally coming to Oppa?”
Her cheeks reddened. WooHyun had never put on airs as her oppa before. Therefore, whenever he referred to himself as such, for some strange reason, her heart raced inside her chest. Did she like it… because it sounded a little perverted?
It was almost Christmas Day. Boom, booom, they heard loud noises. Splendid fireworks exploded in the black sky.
“Wooow.”
Everyone walking along the street stopped and stared at the sky. Daon’s lips parted as she gazed at the magnificent fireworks. An exclamation of awe flowed out of her mouth.
Among all those people, WooHyun was the only one who was not looking at the sky. His piercing gaze remained on Daon’s face. Whenever she blinked, her eyelashes fluttered. Whenever she was in awe, her red lips parted in surprise. He drank it all in.
After several more explosions, the fireworks show was reaching its finale. The black sky was filled with the image of Rudolph pulling Santa’s sleigh. Daon saw the lingering image and moved her lips.
“Did you see that? I’ve never seen such a colorful display of fireworks before.”
“Yeah, I’ve never seen something so beautiful before.”
WooHyun replied as his eyes remained on Daon.
Having come back down to reality, Daon began to walk again when she felt something strange on her hand. She tilted her head in confusion and stopped in her tracks. WooHyun stopped as well.
“What is it?”
She pulled her hand out of WooHyun’s grasp and stretched it out towards the sky.
“......!”
A ring was refracting the surrounding light and sparkling on her ring finger. The culprit was none other than Na WooHyun. While Daon had been distracted by the fireworks, he had slipped it on her finger. Daon’s eyes widened, and she turned around to look at WooHyun.
Her surroundings became blurry, and she could only see Na WooHyun. The bustling noises faded away, and all she could hear was WooHyun’s voice.
“I’ve liked you a lot longer than you think.”
A faint smile stretched across his lips, and he looked slightly nervous. Daon remained frozen and couldn’t get any words out.
“For a very long time.”
Her heart twisted inside her chest. This was because the sincerity in his voice had reached somewhere deep within her heart.
“So all that’s left is to live our lives together for a very long time.”
She couldn’t tell if this was real or all a dream. The ground felt soft underneath her feet. The carols ringing in the air sounded like they were congratulating them.
In the end, Daon couldn’t endure it any longer and ran into WooHyun’s arms. WooHyun stroked Daon’s back with warm hands and continued to speak.
“Stop making me suffer and come to me.”
“......”
“I have the confidence to be good to you for the rest of our lives.”
“......”
“Let’s get married.”
Daon’s shoulders trembled. Her eyes grew damp with tears.
She buried her face against his chest and wiped them away, but they continued to surge.
“I never expected to get my chest fondled in a place like this.”
His playful joke made her laugh out loud.
“If you cry and then laugh…”
“My butthole isn’t going to get furry[1].”
Daon quickly cut him off and raised her head. WooHyun murmured ‘Really?’ and placed a smacking kiss on her lips.
“I’ll believe it when I see it.”
She never dreamed that she’d receive a proposal on the other side of the globe. But the most surprising aspect was that Na WooHyun was the one who proposed.
If she could go back in time, there was something she wanted to tell her younger self. If her older brother ever brought home a friend, pay careful attention to him. And don’t be scared of him because he will be your future husband. He’s someone who will put the entire world in your hands.
“Sure, I guess I’ll marry you.”
Daon grinned as she wound her arms around WooHyun’s neck. She went up on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his lips. Feeling like they had the entire world in their grasp, they continued to share a kiss for a long time.