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When the wedding ceremony ended, it was around midnight. All the guests had left earlier, but both the Park and Cha family had to stay for the extended wedding rituals. Yeona was already tried to her bones and she felt that Dojin was in no better condition. But they could say nothing as the rituals were mandatory and therefore they both wished for it to get over quickly.

When the ceremonies were finally over, both Dojin and Yeona dragged their bodies to their new room where they must spend the first night together. To be honest, Yeona did not know what she was supposed to feel. She did not know whether she should feel nervous, or excited, or simply horrified at the thought. She took deep breaths to calm herself down and looked at Dojin who seemed impassive as ever.

He had not spoken a single word to Yeona since their wedding rituals and whenever Yeona tried to convey something, the answers only came as a simple 'yes' and 'no'. Yeona could not understand what was going through his head. But Yeona was sure about one thing. 

Dojin was truly unhappy with this marriage.

After walking down what seemed to be endless hallways, they both entered the room and Dojin could not help but scoff as Yeona gaped at the room.

The room was beautiful. It was bigger and well decorated compared to the one she was staying at. There was a big king-sized bed situated at the side of the room which was decorated with various kinds of rose petals. Along with that, there were several candles lit upon the window shelf which gave the room a fantastic orengish glow. Apart from that, there was a pair of cloth duck situated at the top of the coffee table. Yeona felt amazed at how intricately they crafted them.

She was truly blown away by the beauty of this room.

She was taken with the room's warm atmosphere that she did not even notice when Dojin had moved away from her side. She was only awoken from her trance when she heard some shuffling all of a sudden. She immediately turned around in that direction and saw that Dojin was taking off his clothes.

Yeona instantly flushed. What in the world was Dojin doing? "W-w-what a-are you d-doing?" Yeona could not help but stammer as nervousness took over her. Do not tell that he was planning to do 'that'?

"I'm changing," he answered, pointing at his hanbok, stating the obvious. "I'm not sleeping with these." 

Yeona flushed harder as the blush spread to her neck. Was Dojin really thinking about changing right in front of her? "Are you going to change here?"

Dojin stopped his motions and seemed to ponder on the thought before he realized what he was actually doing. He instantly became red like a ripe tomato and mumbled a quiet sorry before rushing towards the changing room. 

Seeing his reaction, Yeona could not help but laugh a little bit. Maybe, she was not the only one who was nervous about everything. She let out a soft sigh and decided to blow out the candles before they caused some kind of hazards.

After she was done, she also decided to change her wedding clothes. They were way too heavy and after wearing it for so long, the fabric was kind of making her skin itch. She walked to the cabinet located near the bed and took out her favorite black pajamas. She just wanted to wash her face and head to bed. 

She was too tired for everything. 

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Dojin decided to wear his usual white tee shirt and grey sweatpants. He looked at the mirror and checked himself before walking out of the room. As soon as he walked out of the room, his breath almost hitched. Yeona was standing there with her back half covered. Dojin instantly turned around. Seriously, he did not need to see this. 

"Yeona please put on something." He yelled, not facing the said woman.

He heard a loud squeak and scrambling of feet. "I'm sorry… You can turn around…" Yeona said from behind him. 

Dojin slowly turned around and saw that Yeona was totally flushed red. Dojin padded towards the bed and grabbed a pillow. 

"What are you doing?" Yeona asked, following his every movement.

"I'm going to sleep on the couch. You can sleep on the bed." He said before throwing the pillow on the sofa and adjusting himself. 

"Um... Why don't you sleep on the bed while I sleep on the couch….?" Yeona suggested but Dojin just decided to ignore it.

  Dojin was quite uncomfortable with sleeping on the couch. He had never slept anywhere else, besides his bed. But now he had to give it up because of Yeona. Speaking of Yeona, he looked up to see her going through something in her bag. Dojin stared at the latter. He has never seen Yeona this close. Dojin noticed that Yeona has a petite figure. He kind of now understands why Areum called her cute. 

Yeona really has a figure made for cuddling.

But then again Soomin also had a similar kind of figure. Dojin clearly remembered the time when he fell sick and whined until Soomin decided to cuddle with him. He still remembers her touch, her warmth, her smell. Dojin looked up at the ceiling. He can never have Soomin in his arms again. He can never hold her close to his chest anymore. Because even if he does not like Yeona, he will not even in his wildest dreams, cheat on her.

His thoughts were disrupted when he heard Yeona calling his name. 

"Huh?" he turned to look at the latter. 

"Umm… Since you decided to sleep on the couch, I think… you should use this…" Yeona handed him a neck pillow. 

Dojin looked at it with confusion. "What am I supposed to do with this?" he asked, utterly confused. 

"You have to wear it around your neck…So you don't have any cramps…." Yeona tried to explain but failed miserably.

Dojin just watched Yeona struggle and tried his best to suppress his giggles. Dojin would not lie but Yeona looked really cute at that moment. If Areum was here, Dojin was sure that she would have melted into a puddle of goo.

'But at least he is concerned about you…' a voice said inside Dojin's head. He looked at Yeona and took the pillow from her hands. 

"I'll use it," he said before placing the pillow around his neck. 

Seeing that, Yeona smiled at him with her heart-shaped lips and Dojin's mind stopped working for a second. 'She really has a nice smile.' Dojin thought before he returned her smile.