// hospital ─ an empty hallway

"please, is there any space left in your heart for me─ please wonwoo, i love you.." moran grabs wonwoo's hands, tearing up.

"i'm sorry, there's none such space for you. i'm sorry if i ever gave you some kind of hope but i really don't see you more than friends, moran. please don't act like this anymore," wonwoo said.

"but i've always been here for you! how can you not see that, all these years i've been trying─ i can give up everything i have to be with you, please wonwoo!" she cried even harder, but wonwoo hold her shoulders, tight.

"that is not love, moran! you're ruining yourself living like this! get yourself together!"

"i can't.... i love you so much....." moran cover her face up with both of her hands. "all i want is just to be loved by you, to be with you. i didn't ask for more. just be able to breath besides you is fine."

"and all i want right now is just to be with my wife, to love and be loved by her, forever." his voice soften. "moran, some loves work out and some just don't. and the person that you want the most isn't someone that you need. please, find someone who can give you more than how you're feeling right now. you can't be with someone who don't love you, you deserves better."

moran said nothing, looking at the ground. after all i did, you still being nice to me.

"i'm really sorry if i ever hurt you─"

"no, you don't have to be sorry," she wipe her tears. "i did this to myself, its all my fault. you don't have to be sorry,"

wonwoo smiles, looking at her. he still feels bad, after all moran lee is still his friend. they been through all study years together. can't lie, one of those times, she was the one that he looked up for when he's having a hard time. but for him, its all for the sake of their friendship. he didn't know moran was thinking the other way.

"don't cry please, you're not really pretty when you cry."

"you're such a jerk," moran said, somehow managed to laugh. that's what he always said after all these years, strangely its comforting. without him expecting, she hug him.

"thank you for still being nice to me," she said. maybe not now, maybe in the next life, we'll be together. when that time come, i'll make sure i won't lose you again.

"there's no need to thank me. we're friends, after all."

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chaerin is at her workplace, doing all her postponed work. sometimes, she look at the time. checking and wondering why its moving so slowly? she can't wait to go home and its leaving her breathless, thinking about wonwoo. she can't wait to see him.

"you're going to scare that cute sloth clock if you keep staring at it like that," suddenly, a senior engineer come to her office. chaerin chuckles and change her gaze to her pc. "i'm not staring,"

"yeah you're not, let's just agree to that." without being invited, he sat on the chair in front of her.

"katashi, i'm busy. go away," chaerin look at that japanese guy.

"you were absent for a day and half, of course you are." katashi look at chaerin, suspiciously. "you know what? there's a rumor about you, flying hot in this department."

"really? what is that?" chaerin leave her work for awhile, and look at katashi.

"well.. since you recently got married and suddenly you called a sick day─ almost two sick days in fact, we all colleagues come up with a theory. and i come here to do a confirmation for all the sake of our peace while working." katashi said. "kang chaerin, are you pregnant?"

he left her speechless. "you guys are ridiculous! i'm not pregnant?"

"are you really really sure about that?? you seems a little chubbier than the last time i saw you,"

"you know that i can hurt you right?" chaerin gives a fore warning to katashi. "stop talking about this. and i'm not pregnant!"

"gosh people are going to be so bummed today," katashi gets up. he know chaerin can hurt him without trying. right when he walk out the door, chaerin heard :

"you guys heard the woman, she's not having a little baby inside her tummy. now get back to work!"

chaerin laugh. "are they some children or what?" but then she look at her tummy. suddenly, her whole face feeling hot.

oh god, i can't just tell him about this. we never did anything far that just making out.

and we're both busy, we can't have babies. yet. baby gonna have to wait. but imagine having a baby with wonwoo, how beautiful it is..

besides, he's reaally good with kids. to jungkook's children, to his patients. basically he just a whole daddy package.

and the other kind of daddy, too. we been knew.

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after a freaking long day in the office, finally chaerin come home from work. and everything is just more perfect when she sees wonwoo's car at the parking lot.

she quickly go to their apartment and to her surprise, wonwoo is preparing to cooo something in kitchen. by the guide of his phone.

"watchu doing?" imitating isabella from phineas and ferb, she sneak a peek from wonwoo's back.

"uhm─ i'm not really sure," he said and make chaerin laugh. "how can you be not sure? it smells good though, oh god i was craving ramen with some cheese!" she's all excited when she saw sliced cheese in the bowl.

"i'm not sure how it'll turn out to be," he said while he put some more mozarella cheese in the bowl, and put all the thing in the microwave. "two minutes and it'll be done,"

"then i'll wait here," chaerin take her seat.

"you smells.. go and wash up first." wonwoo pinch her cheek. chaerin pouts. "chaerin is hungry, chaerin want to eat~"

"ohmygod, imma call the police." wonwoo pretends to take his phone and call someone. "yes, officer. its this person right here. she's being cute and it attacked me,"

"stoppppp," chaerin laugh and hits him playfully. "you're so full of nonsense,"

"but its adorable right?"

"hm, nahhh." chaerin teased. its really cheesy and cringey, indeed but she liked it. they fool around for awhile, talk about each other's day and eat together.

"let me do the dishes," chaerin said when wonwoo clean up. "nahh you just got home. let me do it,"

"no, when you cook, i will be the one who clean up. and itsvice versa, okay? until further notice." she push him to sit and clean what they ate earlier. yes, its not necessarily for her to do chores just because she's the wife but it is not right either if he's the one who do everything. they will take turn doing things in this house. there won't be any gender roles in this house.

"but its not wrong if i want to help right?"

"please explain your definition of helping, doctor jeon. because in my definition, helping me do the dishes is absolutely not by backhugging me," chaerin look at wonwoo's arms wrapped around her waist while his chin on her right shoulder.

"my 'help you' definition is by helping you spiritually, ma'am. i'm sending you all my emotional support by this hug." he hugs her tighter.

"i'm pretty sure i smell not really good now,"

"nah you smells good, trust me." he didn't realize but he's sniffing her neck, inhaling her perfume and that gives her a ton of emotional attack. luckily chaerin is not ticklish there or else he's gonna be really hurt by now.

chaerin continue to wash the dish, awkwardly.  she's really comfortable with this back hug but its also makes her too happy that she wanna die right there.

"that's enough, jeon wonwoo. i'm done washing these all,"

wonwoo let go of the hug and turn chaerin to look at him. basically she's locked between the sink and him.

"you know, we really need to do the couple things."

"what thing?"

"like starts calling each other babe, baby, sweetheart, honey, etc. instead of calling each other's name?" wonwoo suggested.

"hmm we will, but naturally.. i can't just call you 'babe' this instant," chaerin said. she like that idea, very much.

"but i can, babe." he said. chaerin laugh while shaking her head. "that's because you're jeon wonwoo and i am me, chaerin the somehow an awkward girl, without much romantic experience with guys. i think i need some more time,"

"okay, but i'll start calling you those right away."

"sure," she give a peck on his cheek and escape to the bathroom. wonwoo stay there, laughing to himself.

"not so much romantic experience, huh?"
"then what about these heart attacks that you been sending me?"

+ this one ending soon, so which seventeen members do you want for a new ff? +