Am I Going To Be Okay?

The next morning Yeona woke up before her alarm. She just laid there on the bed and stared at the white ceiling. Last day felt like a distanced memory to her. She still could not believe that she was married now.

She got up from the bed and saw Dojin's body dangling from the sofa. She walked to Dojin and tried to wake him up. 

"Hey, you can use the bed now..." she said as she tries to wake up the man.

Dojin grumbled and turned around. "Rilakkuma…so cute..." he muttered sleepily and Yeona chuckled at his cute antics.

All of a sudden, the door flung open and Areum barged in. The impact was so loud that Dojin fell from the couch and Yeona stumbled back, almost yelping.

"Unnie! Are you alright? He didn't do anything to you did he?" Areum asked worriedly. 

Yeona chortled at Areum and said "Don't worry Areum. I'm fine". 

Dojin snickered and said, "Don't pamper that brat so much." 

Areum glared at him in reply and just wrapped her arms around Yeona and said "Why Oppa? Are you jealous?" 

"You wish" Dojin replied before he walked towards the toilet.

Yeona did not understand why she felt a pang in her heart after hearing those words. She knew Dojin was joking but still, she could not ignore the truth. It was what it was. Dojin will never get jealous over her. 

Yeona let out a sigh and extracted herself from Areum. 

"Unnie where are you going?" she asked. 

"To make some coffee…" she said as she walked out of the room with Areum trailing behind her. 

"Can I have some?" she asked. 

"Don't you like tea?" Yeona said as they turned left to enter the kitchen. 

"I do… but I want to try coffee" Areum answered.

Yeona made simple black coffee for the two of them and placed the mug in front of Areum. Areum happily sipped the coffee before grimacing at the taste.

"How do you even drink it?" she pouted and Yeona cooed at her. 

"Effects of being a college student" Yeona replied smugly.

"Unnie?" Areum asked after few minutes of silence. 

"Hmm?" Yeona hummed. 

"Are you happy?" Areum asked. 

Yeona looked at her startled. She thought Areum was a kid, but this side of her was totally new to Yeona.

Yeona thought about it. was she happy? No wait… was she going to be happy? She was about to spend her life with someone she does not know and more ever someone who was never going accept her in his life. was she going to be happy? she pondered on it and the only answers that comes to her head was 'I don't know'.

So that was what she answered. 

"I don't know Areum. It's too early to decide."

Areum looked at her mug and seemed to think about something. "Dojin Oppa is not a bad person you know… he has his flaws….and sometimes he really acts like an idiot…" Areum smiled fondly at that and continued "But at the end of the day…he is really an amazing man…you two will definitely suit each other well…" Areum smiled at her.

"Yah Areum! Stop flirting with Yeona and get ready for Uni!" Dojin shouted behind them. 

"You're going to Uni?" Yeona asked a little surprised. She knew that Areum had graduated from high school, but she did not know that she had already joined a University. 

"Yeah Unnie. I'll be studying with you from today…" she chirped excitedly.

"You're in SNU?" Yeona asked surprised. Areum nodded before rushing out of the kitchen.

Dojin walked towards the counter and looked at Yeona. There was a weird tension in the air and Yeona felt panicky. 

"Umm…Do...You want some coffee?" Yeona asked awkwardly. 

"No. I drink tea in the morning." Dojin replied coldly. 

"Oh…" Yeona nodded in understanding. 

"Should I make it for you?" she offered. 

"No... thank you." Dojin rejected before walking towards the cabinet to take out his mug.

"Are you going to the university today?" Dojin asked, breaking the silence. Yeona nodded in reply as she drank the last bits of coffee from her cup and went to wash it. 

"And you?" Yeona asked. 

"yes." he replied.

Before any of them could say anything, they heard footsteps approaching the kitchen. They turned around and upon seeing them; the butler who was about to enter the kitchen, let out a startled yelp. "Your Highness…Good morning…" he greeted them and bowed deeply.

Dojin replied him with a nod and Yeona greeted him back. 

"Your highness what are you doing in the kitchen?" he asked politely. 

"Uh…I just wanted to have some coffee..." Yeona replied, a little embarrassed at the title and Dojin just sipped on his tea. 

"You could have asked me, Your Highness" the butler sulked a little. 

"Ah...don't worry Ahjussi…I can do this by myself...and please call just call me Yeona…" she said in a polite manner. The middle-aged man nodded at him and left the two of them alone.

∞

As soon as Yeona reached the college, she was bombarded by the reporters and the paparazzi. they shoved their camera and mics on her face and started asking her tons of different questions. Yeona had no idea how to handle them and soon she felt dread crawling under her skin. They surrounded her from all the sides and Yeona felt like someone was choking her. She looked here and there to find a similar face but there was none. Yeona felt like she was going to pass out any minute now. Her entire world was shaking when suddenly a hand pulled her out from the vicious circle.

She looked up and saw Dojin's stoic face. And beside him, Areum was glaring at them. 

"Prince Dojin what are your thoughts on your newlywed life?" a reporter asked. 

"No comments" Dojin replied coldly before showing his back to them. He dragged Yeona away from them and Areum trailed behind them.

When they reached a quiet place, Dojin stopped and looked at Yeona, anger evident on his face.

"If you do not want to answer them, then you should have just walked away. Why did you stand there like a fool?" Dojin growled. 

"I…I…Didn't k-know what I was s-supposed to do…" Yeona stammered. He could feel tears prickling in her eyes. 

"Then you shouldn't have jumped out of the car in a hurry!" he snapped. 

"Oppa…she didn't know…" Areum tried to warn him but Dojin ignored her. 

"If you can't handle this much then what are you going to do in the public events? I cannot understand why father chose you. Next time if you can't deal with this, you're not going out of the house!" Dojin spat in anger.

Yeona did know how to reply to that. She knew that she should have moved from there, but she could not. She felt scared and small. It was her first time facing something like that. Before she could reply, someone spoke behind her.

"Don't you think you're being rude?" Yeona turned around at the sound and faced her friend Woobin who was shooting draggers through his eyes to Dojin.

"Who are you?" Dojin and Areum asked in unison. 

"It's none of your concern" he snapped back and dragged Yeona away from them. After some time, he stopped in front of the garden and let go of Yeona's hand. 

"Woobin…I..." Yeona tried to explain but instead, tears started rolling from her eyes. 

Woobin just embraced her without any words. "I don't know what happened…I swear…" she hiccupped. 

"I know Yu…You don't have to explain…" Woobin rubbed her back in a soothing manner. They stayed like that until Yeona stopped crying.