Love Again

SIDE STORY 7

"I feel like I'm in a good mood for indoor couple activities before catching the sunset."

"Careful. You've been spoiling me regularly lately that I might get used to having my way everyday."

Yeon grinned. "As if you ever let me win sometimes. Eventually, you always end up doing whatever you want."

Stan smiled in response then began humming a random song, his thoughts on which kind of loving name would suffice this time round for his fated. Having tested the waters with a number of them only to receive disapproval, he felt discouraged but wasn't about to give up and in one swift move, he lifted Yeon by the waist to sit on top of the kitchen counter to reach his eye level. "What pet name should we try today?"

Yeon was against another trial run for he shook his head disapprovingly. "Warn me next time before you do that will you? And no more of that guesswork of yours. You're going to make me cringe."

"Haven't we dated long enough to qualify to address each other affectionately? We've also been through a lot as a couple and survived."

"You're never going to give up on this are you?"

"Never." Stan stubbornly replied. "Cupcake."

"A pastry? Really?"

Stan laughed but wasn't about to quit. "Baby love sugarplum?"

"Hell no..."

"My love..."

"No way! You tried that already and it made my skin crawl!"

"Lovebug?"

"You're are terrible at this."

"How about I just call you 'good looking'?"

"Are you referring to yourself?"

"A rare compliment from my schmoopy heartthrob himself..."

"Will you stop?!"

Stan laughed aloud, placing his head onto Yeon's shoulder then mumbled. "How about you use one on me instead? At this point, I might have to ask uncle for suggestions."

"You can't be that desperate." Yeon smiled and tilted his shoulder on which Stan had been resting on to one side, prompting him to raise his head. He then pulled Stan closer for a gentle kiss. "You remind me of a teddy I used to own when I was a little."

Stan's facial expression indicated he was completely lost by Yeon's comparison.

"I'm trying to say that you are warm and comfy to hug except for when you don't know when to shut up and you're too clingy"

"Can I kiss you again?"

Yeon was taken by surprise by Stan's question, though he too had been sharing the same thought for a while now. "W-why are you asking when you can just...?"

The rest of Yeon's words were muffled when Stan descended his lips onto his fated. However, his eyes remained wide open for his attention was focused more at the sight of his parents quietly looking at them a distance away from Yeon's back. Stan had noticed them from a while but chose not to inform his fated of their presence until Yeon pulled away then rested his hands onto Stan's shoulders.

His face slightly flustered, he looked at Stan lazily, "How about I take the lead today?"

"What do you have in mind?" Stan asked, relieved his parents hadn't made their presence known.

Yeon chuckled. "I like it when you cry whenever I sit on top of you..."

"Then let's get going shall we?" Stan cut in and lifted Yeon up, who responded by wrapping his legs around Stan's waist. It was only when Stan turned around to take the stairs that Yeon spotted the sight of dad Robin and dad Joss. His face reddening from embarrassment, he covered it with one hand and used the other to tap onto Stan's shoulder, demanding to be put down.

"Don't mind them sugar..."

"I mind!" Yeon shouted, averting his face from further embarrassment as he wriggled to free himself and Stan spanking his bum to remain still abashed him further than he already was.

"Carrying him off so effortlessly like that, you think Yeon has lost weight?" Dad Robin asked upon hearing the sound of a door slamming upstairs.

"It has to be Stannie's muscle strength. He must still be working out regularly. When does he get the time?"

"If he has the time to hover around his fated on a daily basis, he has plenty of time." Dad Robin added then slumped on the couch and let out a brief sigh. "I know Stannie saw us walking in. He was showing off to us, wasn't he?"

"He definitely was."