177. I Lied

The sound of waves splashing by the shore woke Yeon from his slumber. In his half asleep state, a grown formed on his face from the soreness he felt. The preplanned escape, to the short flight to an unprecedented flight and slowly, he begun to comprehend the activities of yesternight. The rush, the adrenaline, the excitement, the heat... It felt familiar yet anew and as he stretched one of his arms to have a look, his suspicions were confirmed.

Stan had bitten him plenty, being generous enough to leave marks all over his arm as if confirming he'd been there. This state reminded Yeon of the day his fated had completed his marking. It was no more a surprise to him how much his body could take Stan's hunger for lovemaking.

Shifting to change positions, he turned to the opposite side and was glad to see Stan still fast asleep beside him. Come to think of it, this was the first time he'd been the first to wake up before him. There had been another time in the past, once when he'd snuck out of dad Joss's studio apartment while him and Stan had still been in campus, unaware of their fateship. The previous night of that morning, Stan had vaguely confessed his feelings to him. He remember hearing those words from him yet wasn't sure if he'd misheard him. In that time, Yeon had hated his fated to the core yet here they were, newly wedded after a professing love to each other to a multitude of more than a hundred witnesses.

This memory brought a smile on Yeon's face because since then, Stan had made sure to stay alert, often holding him by the waist or trapping his movement with one of his legs that even the slightest of movements would wake him up. Presently, from Stan's heavy breathing, there was no way he felt insecure for marriage gave another bondage to their fateship, offering some form of assurance. Maybe a legal document was what gave Stan surety that he wasn't going to sneak out on him and leave in the middle of the night.

"What a possessive fool you are." Yeon said in a chuckle and tapped onto his fated's shoulder to wake him up.

"Good morning." Stan spoke, his voice coarse from sleep. He took his time to stare at Yeon's image filled with hickies he'd left behind.

"If only I could, I would have eaten you whole, my love." Stan said, rising up from his pillow to lay atop his lover then began kissing Yeon on the neck.

"I give up."

Stan let out a light chuckle. "On what my love? Does it still bother you that I no longer want to refer to you by name?"

"My body hurts everywhere. How I'm I supposed to enjoy our honeymoon like this?"

"We don't have to go anywhere. We could just stay like this all day everyday and cuddle until we get back."

"No way." Yeon placed his hand on Stan's chest and pushed him away for his body was beginning to heat up slowly from Stan's gentle kisses. Additionally, Stan was letting out scent, the kind that was putting Yeon in a very coercive mood.

"I-I want to go out and enjoy the sun."

"But I have all the vitamin D right here..."

"Pervert!" Yeon laughed and struggled to break free from his fated. As much as his body hurt, he had to keep some distance from him before his entire body broke into pieces. "I can't go another round with you, I'd die!"

"No you won't. I'll be more gentle this time..." Stan coaxed then tried to reach his hand to grab onto Yeon who quickly slapped him away and walked towards the large window of their room. He took in a deep breath, his eyes closed. The air felt humid and smelled like the salty ocean. He then opened his eyes slowly upon feeling his fated's presence behind him.

"Yeon..."

"What?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Yeon..."

"What?"

"I love you."

"You said that already."

Wrapping his hands around his fated's waist, Stan nuzzled his head onto Yeon's shoulder. "I don't think you realize exactly what I feel for you."

"Probably obsession." Yeon replied, his eyes focused on the waves that splashed by the beach from a distance. "The tide is coming up. You can go surfing while I bask in the sun."

"Why would I do that when you are here?"

"Then what would you have us do?"

"I want to be submerged in your scent all day all night everyday and take you over and over again."

"Then get you a sex toy. I wish to die a honorable death."

Just then Stan burst out laughing, Yeon joining in in almost immediately.

"It sounds like a joke but I'm being serious."

"Let's drink tonight, toast to us finally tying the knot."

"Speaking of knots, I'm wondering why you didn't knot me yesternight. You'd been obsessed about knotting me since day one, sneaking it up on me whenever we had sex."

Stan immediately turned Yeon to face him. His look was intense while his heart raced faster upon hearing his fated's statement and after a few seconds, Yeon couldn't endure the weight behind his fated's glare. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"My love, do you realize what you just asked me?"

"Okay first of all, enough with the 'my love' and secondly, why do you seem shocked? You're going to glare a hole through my skull."

"You'll get pregnant if I knot you..." Stan hesitated, "You...want that...?"

"I'm not afraid of being pregnant."

"Then why did you scold me about it before? You even gave me a silent treatment for two whole weeks!"

"It was painful you fucking jerk! Besides, you snuck it on me!"

"I thought you didn't want to be pregnant! You said you weren't ready multiple times."

"I wasn't."

"Are you ready now?"

"Of course not but you think about it all the time! In your sleep or when you're spaced out, you keep bothering me with it! Your yearning is loud and clear and it's annoying to have to sense it all the time especially around the twins and baby Haesol! What else I'm I supposed to do now that we are married? I can't run away from the inevitable, right? This is as far as I can delay it and besides, I feel like I have a good financial standing at the moment. You haven't been working hence I've been saving some money for both of us..."

"Wait hold up. I'm not broke."

"Stan, you're always hovering around me breathing up all the air. I concluded that's all you like to do and I didn't want to nag you about it."

"What kind of a marker would I be if I were to let you provide for both of us and have you conceive at the same time? That's my responsibility."

"Then what do you do? Unless someone is paying you to stick close to me then I find that hard to believe."

"Most of my projects are with Elric's mother. I don't need to go to her office unless needed. Besides, who do you think manages my dads' finance department and uncle's accountancy? Me!"

"But...you're always around me...killing time and my peace."

"That's because I manage my time pretty well. Making time for you, for us is my priority."

"Oh you make up a whole lot of time."

"My love, I'm not your usual nine to five. I started planning our future long before you even knew of our fateship. Uncle taught me well. Our fateship did take me by surprise in the beginning and since you were a sensitive case, I had to always plan myself accordingly to protect you. I couldn't do that if I were far away from you considering how every breathing think wanted a piece of whats mine."

"Then why you didn't you tell me this before? I was working my ass off in the lab for months!"

Stan laughed and embraced Yeon. "You don't have to do that anymore. Besides, my spending power is limited hence I've saved quite a lot over the years. That was how I bought our home, with the help of some people of course."

"You bought it?"

"Yea. I initially thought of renting it but decided against it after the second incident. I'd wanted us to live there temporarily then move far away from everyone after we got married but seeming that you tend to attract all sort of things and people towards you, I changed my mind."

Yeon grimaced. "Very funny."

Stan giggled then pulled away to look at his fated. "Sorry. I'm still reflecting on my decision but I believe you'll like the place. You are yet to see it and I think you also agree to us living closer to our families."

"There is no more cause for alarm. Everything seems contained, the air and mood calm."

"I know, but still, it'd be nice to not live around strangers... and my dads would keep coming for a sleepover if we move far away. Living closer to them makes it easy for me to kick them out."

"My dad would kick my ass if I treated him the way you treat your parents you know. My mom would probably kill me."

"Your dad is scary I admit that. As for your mom, remind me never to piss her off. You should have seen her when we came to rescue you. I wish I had a scent as strong as hers."

"Never going to happen."

"Wanna bet?"

"Stannie," Yeon teased, mimicking his fated's parents way of calling their son. "It's scientifically impossible."

"How about I knot you and then we see what you'll say after that?"

"I'm gonna kill you if you hurt me."

"Please do."

"I'm serious."

"I am too. I'll die a happy man. A happy husband."

Not wanting to argue, Yeon simply smiled and turned to look back through the window, his head resting on his fated's chest. They stayed like that for sometime until Stan broke the silence.

"So, about that knotting thing, can we do it now?"

"You just had to ruin the moment didn't you?"

"I promised earlier to be gentle."

"Since when has knotting been gentle?"

"It did feel ticklish before..."

"To you! Not to me!"

"That's why I said I'll be gentle..."

"Stannie, what will you do if you rip me apart? That's literally how it feels."

"I'll be your slave for all eternity."

"Aren't you already? You practically do everything for me and never allow me to help."

"Then what would you have me do? Tell me. Your wish is my command my love..."

"Stop calling me that. That's my only wish."

"Never."

"You just made my wishes a command!"

"I lied."