Contract Marriage with Memory Loss on Top - Chapter 64

“I suddenly have a headache…”

“Just lie down for now. I’ll clean up here.”

What should I do, should I go to the emergency room? Yeon-woo, who was fidgeting his feet, supported Ki-won to the bed.

“Don’t you need to go to the hospital again? Should I call the driver now?”

While Ki-won was lying on the bed, Yeon-woo incessantly checked Ki-won’s condition without rest. He carefully examined the gauze to see if the wound had opened and blood was seeping out, and kept looking at his complexion.

“Don’t worry about me.”

Ki-won answered in a weak voice as if chanting. Yeon-woo’s heart sank like it was being thrown into a pit upon hearing that voice. 

“How can I not worry!”

How could he ignore someone who was having a good conversation just a moment ago and now can’t even muster strength? The fact that he dropped the teacup because the strength drained from his hand meant it was no ordinary pain. Come to think of it, he seemed to be sweating too.

He wanted to examine his face more closely, but Ki-won didn’t allow it. Yeon-woo looked down at his hand that Ki-won had grabbed, perplexed.

“If you’re that worried.”

He felt the man’s hand trembling slightly. The more it did, the more Yeon-woo lowered his head, and his long eyelashes darkly shaded under his eyes.

“Stay by my side.”

Was trying to sleep separately a hasty action? Yeon-woo slowly nodded his head. It seemed better to sleep by his side to keep an eye on his condition.

“For now… just lie down. I’ll bring the bedding from the living room. I need to clean up the broken teacup too.”

He was worried that Ki-won might feel dizzy while walking and fall over. Yeon-woo, who decided to clean up the dangerous elements before he got more hurt, was about to turn around. Ki-won grabbed Yeon-woo’s collar as if he didn’t like him moving away from his side. Thanks to that, Yeon-woo had to take back the step he had taken.

“What’s wrong? Do you need something?”

“I think I need Seo Yeon-woo.”

Leaving a short answer, Ki-won pulled Yeon-woo with more force than before. Yeon-woo’s body tilted in an instant as he lost balance. He’s falling. Yeon-woo, startled, shut his eyes tightly, but what returned was not pain but a soft sensation.

“Huh…?”

He only closed his eyes for a moment, but he found himself lying in Kwon Ki-won’s arms. It happened so suddenly that he wasn’t even perplexed or surprised.

“I’m not going anywhere. I was just really going to clean the floor and bring the blanket and pillow I dropped in the living room.”

Yeon-woo tried his best to appease Ki-won. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have said he’d sleep separately. He’s already not feeling well, and it seems his condition has worsened because I was being heartless too. He tried to make the other person understand as gently as possible, but it didn’t work.

“I’m tired.”

“I’ll clean quietly.”

“I can’t sleep if no one is by my side.”

“…That’s a lie.”

“How do you know if it’s a lie or not, Seo Yeon-woo?”

“Because you would have slept alone before marrying me.”

“I’m not buying it.”

Anyway, Ki-won said it’s different now than then and hugged Yeon-woo even more. Anyone other than a fool would know it’s pure nonsense, but Yeon-woo had no choice but to accept him.

“Let’s do it in a bit, in a bit.”

“…Then I’ll get up and clean when hyung falls asleep.”

Yeon-woo, who naturally used Ki-won’s arm as a pillow, put strength in his neck, thinking it might be hard for the man, but he was quickly caught.

“If you don’t want a stiff neck, relax.”

“…Won’t your arm go numb?”

“Not at all.”

The man answered Yeon-woo’s question slowly with his eyes closed. Ki-won, adding that he should stop worrying unnecessarily, gently pressed Yeon-woo’s temple. It felt like becoming a big doll. Yeon-woo, who was completely embraced by Ki-won, let out a small sigh and thought of the blanket he had left outside.

‘If I had known this would happen, I shouldn’t have brought the blanket.’

I wasn’t cold since I was in Ki-won’s arms, but I was worried about Ki-won. Of course, there was no worry about catching a cold since the indoor temperature was warm, but Ki-won was a patient. He should sleep warmly, so it bothered him quite a bit. Yeon-woo wiggled more into his arms in case the man’s body temperature dropped.

It seemed that the drowsiness came because he took a handful of medicine in the evening. Yeon-woo peeked at Ki-won, who wasn’t opening his eyes even though he was fidgeting.

‘How upsetting…’

Yeon-woo’s light brown pupils remained fixed on the man’s forehead without moving. How much pain was he in? Ki-won wasn’t one to express it, but he looked very painful. Yeon-woo frowned and slowly lowered his raised head to bury it in the man’s chest.

Knowing that he wouldn’t be able to see the process of the wound forming on Ki-won’s forehead, he felt strangely lonely. Yeon-woo relaxed the strength in his eyelids that were slowly closing and opening.

It’s strange. The indoor lights were on and proper bedding wasn’t prepared, but my eyes kept closing. Anyway, he was planning to get up and organize the surroundings after Ki-won fell fast asleep. So wouldn’t it be okay to close my eyes for a little while?

Every time he breathed, Kwon Ki-won’s scent came in on his breath. Even with amnesia, the scent was the only thing that was unique. Smelling Ki-won’s scent seemed to calm his heart. In an instant, Yeon-woo’s chest rose and fell evenly.

***

I only intended to take a short nap, but I ended up falling fast asleep. With an unnecessarily refreshing feeling circulating throughout his body, Yeon-woo instantly lifted his closed eyelids.

“Huh…? The blanket…”

The blanket that Yeon-woo was going to bring after Ki-won fell asleep was somehow covering his body. Yeon-woo, who got up staggering, looked around with a puzzled face. Ki-won seemed to have woken up long ago and was washing up, as the sound of water could be heard from the bathroom.

Where’s my pillow? It seemed Ki-won brought the blanket, but the pillow was nowhere to be seen no matter where he looked. Yeon-woo, who kept blinking his sleepy eyes, looked down at the pillow he was using.

‘This is hyung’s…’

The blanket was back, but the pillow was nowhere to be found. Is that what’s important now…? Yeon-woo, who scratched his cheek, got out of bed and looked at the floor. It was a bit late, but he had tried to clean up the broken glass shards. But this too was neatly cleaned up.

Yeon-woo, who easily realized that Ki-won had cleaned it up, couldn’t hide his embarrassment. He also felt sorry for making a sick person do the cleaning. That’s why you shouldn’t have fallen asleep. Yeon-woo scolded himself while pounding his head.

“You’re awake.”

As soon as the bathroom door opened, white steam leaked out and the scent of body wash spread throughout the room. Yeon-woo turned his body in the direction of the sound.

“Yes, but I was going to clean up the broken teacup…”

“I cleaned it since I was up anyway.”

“Even when you’re not feeling well… You should have woken me up.”

“Why wake up a kid who’s sleeping soundly.”

The person who should take care of the sick Ki-won was him, but instead he ended up being taken care of. When Yeon-woo fidgeted with a sorry heart, Ki-won waved his hand, saying not to mind. He said it’s natural for the person who made the mess to clean it up. It was a remark that Yeon-woo couldn’t sympathize with at all, knowing that Ki-won didn’t do it on purpose, but he didn’t bother to add any words.

“By the way hyung, are you going to work normally today?”

“I’m planning to only work in the morning and come back.”

“Ah…”

Yeon-woo nodded his head. Well, there was a car accident yesterday, so it was strange to work normally. I want to tell him to rest well if I could, but it was difficult to bring it up easily, knowing that Ki-won is a busy person.

‘If the work hours are like that, I can go to the court in the afternoon.’

It seemed he could definitely submit the divorce papers that he couldn’t submit yesterday this afternoon. Now that he felt it was really time to put an end to it, he felt both refreshed and regretful. Yeon-woo slowly opened his mouth to tell Ki-won about the divorce. Yeon-woo briefly organized what he was going to say in his head so that Ki-won would not be confused as much as possible.

“By the way, hyung…”

As Yeon-woo carefully spoke, the man who was choosing his work clothes also turned his gaze to Yeon-woo.

“You have to go to the court with me in the afternoon.”

“Do you have business there?”

Ki-won really seemed to not know the reason. Of course. If his memory was completely gone, he wouldn’t know that he had an accident on his way to the court to file for divorce yesterday.

“Yes, just a moment.”

Yeon-woo, who walked to the drawer, took out the contract he had kept in a transparent file. The marriage contract. Rather than just talking about it, he wanted to show the contract to help Ki-won understand.

“What is this?”

“It’s the contract we made when we got married.”

It was the moment dry saliva was gulped down.