If You Want Me - Episode 120
<Episode 120>
It was so excessive that he thought it would be better to combine households at the places they lived before. After looking around the house in a daze, Seo-won turned his gaze to Do-gyeom and spoke in an embarrassed voice.
“Th-this place seems too spacious… Wouldn’t it be better to combine at your place or my place?”
“Why? You don’t like the house?”
“It’s not that I don’t like it… We don’t need such a spacious place. It will be hard to manage a house like this too.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t like the house. The interior was so clean that it evoked admiration, and he liked that one whole wall had a wide open view of Seoul.
However… To Seo-won’s standards, it didn’t make sense for the three of them to live here. It seemed as spacious as the mansion where Madam and the Chairman stayed…
It seemed like Do-gyeom wouldn’t understand the worry that the house would be expensive. Instead, Seo-won spoke as if he felt burdened and drooped his eyebrows, and Do-gyeom softened his expression as if asking if that was the reason and kindly said,
“Manage? We’ll call someone to manage it anyway, so don’t worry about that. And the apartment you stayed in has loose security, so it’s inappropriate as a newlywed home.”
“What? What about the security… I lived there for 6 years. And your place is nice too.”
If someone heard, they would think the apartment Seo-won lived in had very weak security, but honestly, it wasn’t to that extent. There was a security guard and CCTV, and no crimes occurred in the neighborhood.
Seo-won pointed out that there had been no problems while living there for 6 years, but Do-gyeom seriously looked into his eyes as if it wasn’t just empty words and persuaded Seo-won.
“It may be fine now, but once it’s known that you married me, there will definitely be threatening incidents. Even if I can subdue them as a dominant alpha, it will be hard for you and Do-ha.”
“Hmm…”
“Isn’t it better to live in a safe place even if we pay more? This place is said to be the most famous for security in Korea. Didn’t you feel the tight security when coming in here?”
“That’s true, but…”
He couldn’t deny that he felt the security was quite thorough from getting out of the car to coming in here.
Moreover, what he said didn’t seem wrong either. Even if there had been no incidents until now because Seo-won was an insignificant person, once he married Do-gyeom, people seeking their wealth or reporters might stick to them. That would be troublesome.
As Seo-won showed signs of wavering a little, Do-gyeom suggested another method as if there was one besides moving here.
“Or should I assign people?”
“…People?”
“Instead of going to a less secure place, I think it would be okay to assign bodyguards. That might be even safer.”
“Ah, no. I don’t like that…”
Bodyguards. He’s not some celebrity… It was excessive, and it seemed like it would bother him to have them accompany him wherever he went, and people would look at him strangely. It was horrible to even imagine. Living in such an excessive house was better.
“Then let’s go with this house. Ah, and… Accept this too.”
When Seo-won shook his head with a pale face, Do-gyeom raised the corner of his mouth as if he had been waiting and took out something from his pocket.
Wondering what he was suddenly giving, Seo-won lowered his gaze and saw a small box made of luxurious material, smaller than a palm, on Do-gyeom’s palm.
What is this? As Seo-won looked at it doubtfully, Do-gyeom slowly opened the box as if showing it off. And inside, two silver rings were revealed, shining side by side.
“This is…”
“Wedding rings.”
These are… our wedding rings?
Surprised by the unexpected identity, Seo-won looked at Do-gyeom with startled eyes. Then Do-gyeom let out an embarrassed laugh and opened his mouth.
“Come to think of it, the situation rushed by so quickly that I don’t think I properly proposed. Actually, I prepared this house as a surprise thinking you would like it too…”
“…”
“Marry me, Seo-won.”
Do-gyeom proposed, hardening his expression seriously and gazing at Seo-won.
Actually, the marriage was already practically decided. Even so, Do-gyeom was proposing seriously as if asking for permission.
Even though he would know the answer that would come from Seo-won, he looked extremely tense. While wondering why he was trembling like that when he knew he wouldn’t be rejected, ironically, Seo-won, who was being proposed to, also felt his heart beating wildly and became speechless like a mute.
Do-gyeom said he hadn’t properly proposed to Seo-won, but Seo-won didn’t think so and wasn’t really concerned about it either. And he didn’t place much meaning on wedding rings… So why was his heart beating so rapidly like this?
He felt dizzy, his face felt hot, and his whole body tensed up stiffly. As he stood there not knowing what to do and only swallowing, he saw Do-gyeom’s face in front of him gradually turning an anxious shade. It seemed like he was nervous, wondering if Seo-won wasn’t accepting right away or with a ‘maybe’ feeling.
It wasn’t that he hesitated to answer in that sense. Realizing the situation, Seo-won answered first rather than calming his surprised heart.
“Of course…”
“Phew… I thought you changed your mind.”
As expected, Do-gyeom let out a sigh of relief, stroking his chest as if he thought Seo-won would refuse. What was he so afraid of? Seo-won unknowingly let out a chuckle.
“No way. If my feelings were that simple, I wouldn’t have said those things in front of Madam and the Chairman.”
“Still. Give me your hand. I’ll put the ring on for you.”
Do-gyeom seemed to have completely relaxed, smiling brightly and taking out a ring from the case.
It was a bit embarrassing that putting the ring on had some big meaning. As Seo-won hesitantly held out his hand, Do-gyeom carefully put the ring on his ring finger.
The thin, shiny silver ring fit perfectly on his finger. He wondered how Do-gyeom found out the size.
He had never been interested in rings, let alone worn one, but seeing the ring that fit perfectly on his hand and shining, he felt a new emotion. It was pretty and he liked it so much that he never wanted to take it off.
“I’ll put one on your hand too.”
“You will?”
When Seo-won spoke, Do-gyeom looked surprised as if he never thought Seo-won would put one on him, and handed the remaining ring to Seo-won.
Seo-won carefully took the ring so as not to drop it and put it on Do-gyeom’s ring finger with a cautious gaze. This time too, the ring went in seamlessly as if it was a perfect fit.
Seeing the same design of rings on Do-gyeom’s and his own fingers, the saying that fated partners are connected by a red thread came to mind. With the rings on, it really felt like they were connected to each other. He understood why people matched couple rings and wore wedding rings.
As Seo-won fiddled with Do-gyeom’s hand with the ring on and let out a bright smile, Do-gyeom also said with a good mood,
“Thank you.”
“You prepared it, why are you thanking me…”
Who should be the one saying thank you? It felt strange for the person who prepared the rings to say thank you.
Seo-won answered with an embarrassed feeling while looking at the ring, and hesitantly opened his mouth.
“But with you preparing everything like this… It feels a bit, you know.”
“You don’t like the ring? Should we match a different one?”
“No! I really like it. It’s pretty. But… I think it would have been nice to choose together too, and I feel like I’m only receiving too much.”
Seo-won knew Do-gyeom would be busy just with his main job. If they had chosen together, Seo-won would have looked into it too, so Do-gyeom could have had less trouble… He felt sorry for pushing everything onto Do-gyeom. Don’t people usually match things like newlywed homes and wedding rings together?
When Seo-won explained the reason, Do-gyeom answered lightly as if asking if that was the reason.
“I did that because I thought you would have a hard time going around looking at houses. I did the ring as a surprise thinking you might like it. I did it because I wanted to, so don’t worry about it.”
“Gosh… Really.”
Seo-won let out a hollow laugh in dismay. Since when did he like surprises so much…
Anyway, the result was successful. He still thought the newlywed home was too much, but he really liked the ring. Although he felt like he would lose energy if he heard the price of this too, it felt like another medium connecting him and Do-gyeom had been created. He liked it so much that he never wanted to take it off.
As Seo-won was fiddling with the neatly worn ring on his hand and immersed in appreciation, Do-gyeom looked at him with satisfaction and opened his mouth.
“Let’s hold a wedding ceremony soon too.”
“A wedding ceremony…?”
“Yeah, it’s a bit late, but we should do everything. Hold a wedding ceremony and go on a honeymoon.”
“…”
A wedding ceremony and honeymoon. It was something others would commonly talk about, but for some reason, it felt unrealistic to Seo-won as if it were someone else’s business.
That’s because it had been a series of events since he decided on a future with Do-gyeom. He had been forced to live apart from Do-gyeom, and afterwards, his body rapidly deteriorated, so he was only focused on giving birth to Do-ha healthily and had no energy to care about other things.
I’m also holding a wedding ceremony and going on a honeymoon… As Seo-won nodded his head blankly, Do-gyeom asked as if curious.
“What kind of wedding ceremony do you like? Do you have a wedding ceremony you wanted to have?”
“W-well, I don’t know? I haven’t really thought about it…”
“I have some ideas too, so think about it without feeling burdened. Your opinion is the most important.”
“…Okay.”
Seo-won nodded his head. In his heart, he wanted to completely follow Do-gyeom’s opinion since he didn’t know well, but if he did that, it seemed like they would have a tremendous wedding ceremony and honeymoon like this newlywed home.
There was still time, so he decided to think about it leisurely, and Seo-won looked at the ring and newlywed home with a soft feeling.
Although it felt too sudden and excessive, it touched his heart that Do-gyeom was preparing for a future together with him and for his sake.
He was lying sick and hadn’t done anything for Do-gyeom… He wanted to repay Do-gyeom too, but it felt like Do-gyeom had prepared everything like the house and ring.
Wasn’t there something special only he could do for Do-gyeom?
Thinking about it for a moment, there was one. It was something only he could do and something Do-gyeom would like. And above all… It was something he wanted to do right now.
After thinking for a moment, Seo-won glanced at Do-gyeom and opened his mouth.
“Hyung. I… have something I want to say.”
“What is it?”
“I want to imprint on you.”
Imprint.
Until now, only Do-gyeom had one-sidedly imprinted on Seo-won, but now Seo-won wanted to imprint on him too.
He knew it wasn’t something he could do as he wished just because he wanted to, but he felt like he could imprint on Do-gyeom now.