Newlyweds

I sat in my seat, sipping cocoa. It wasn’t just any cocoa. It was cocoa I had personally bought from overseas.

“It tastes bad.”

But it tasted worse than I expected. It wasn’t just bad; I never knew cocoa could be this bitter. This wasn’t just cocoa; it was coffee masquerading as cocoa.

“Ugh…”

I set down the coffee masquerading as cocoa on the table. Then I looked outside. A rather beautiful night view was visible. This place was a hotel. Not a Korean hotel, but an overseas one. We had come to some island, and this was the hotel there.

Right. I had come to some island for what was supposed to be our honeymoon. It was an island with an incredibly complicated name. Given that I didn’t know it, I wondered if it was an island that didn’t exist in the real world but only in this one.

There’s no way I wouldn’t know about famous honeymoon islands.

Even though it might not seem like it, I had searched a lot. I diligently searched and looked up where the best honeymoon destinations were….

“…”

Ugh, how embarrassing. It wasn’t embarrassing because I didn’t know the island’s name. It was just embarrassing that I had searched so diligently. No, it wasn’t really something to be embarrassed about, but Jeong Taeyang found out. I should have deleted my search history.

Anyway… putting that aside, it was good. Since we were overseas, we went to the beach and saw all sorts of interesting things. Of course, at the beach, I mostly wore a very revealing swimsuit and did naughty things. Still, we did play innocently for about an hour, so wouldn’t that count as spending a lot of time innocently?

As I waited quietly, my mouth felt bored, so I drank the cocoa again. Then I spat it out. It tasted bad. Ugh.

“Ugh… this tastes bad.”

Just then, Jeong Taeyang came out after showering, so I clung to him and whined. Jeong Taeyang smiled and hugged me. Since he had just come out of the shower, he wasn’t wearing any clothes. Not that I was exactly dressed myself.

“This tastes too bad. It’s too bitter.”

“Really? They said it was delicious.”

Jeong Taeyang picked up the cup I had set down. Then he carefully examined its contents.

“Uh… Sebin.”

“Huh?”

“How many cocoa packets did you use for this?”

“Was it three? Why? Doesn’t putting a lot make it taste better?”

Jeong Taeyang gave an ambiguous smile. I couldn’t help but be puzzled. Was something wrong?

“No, well… if you put this much in, it’s bound to be incredibly strong. If you put in three packets, shouldn’t you also add three times the amount of water?”

“Oh? Is, is that so?”

Without a word, Jeong Taeyang poured the cocoa into a larger cup. Then he slowly added warm water. Steam wafted up from the cocoa. I took the cocoa with both hands and took a small sip.

“…It’s delicious.”

“Right? Our Sebin, she doesn’t know anything except naughty things.”

“I-I’m not a fool…”

Sseueup. I really had nothing to say about that. Thinking about it again, I did act a bit foolish. I complained it was bitter after putting in too little water… Why does it feel like I’m just embarrassing myself this whole trip?

“Hurry up and praise me. Otherwise, I’ll get sulky.”

I needed to restore my self-esteem. I said from beside him, with Jeong Taeyang lying on the bed.

“Our Sebin is smart, isn’t she? A genius at arousing a penis, a genius with her pussy, a genius with her anal…”

“W-wait, what?”

No, that’s not it. That wasn’t the praise I had in mind. Of course, it was all true, so I couldn’t really argue, but still, couldn’t he praise me a little differently?

Even amidst that, the problem was my body, which kept feeling good just from hearing praise. No, was it my mind that kept feeling good? Anyway, even this kind of praise, calling it praise, kept making the corners of my mouth want to turn up. I quickly composed my expression and hugged Jeong Taeyang.

“S-stop.”

Only then did Jeong Taeyang stop his praise. Though they were hardly things you could call praise.

“I want to give you more.”

“P-please stop…”

If I listened any longer, something felt like it would go wrong. Even though things were already quite wrong. I squirmed and burrowed under the blanket. The blanket was wide. Big enough for two people with plenty of room to spare.

Naturally, Jeong Taeyang was also under it. So, in fact, burrowing under the blanket was a meaningless action. Jeong Taeyang just waved his hand and caught me. How did he catch me when my face wasn’t even under the blanket?

“…Ugh.”

Even as I struggled to get away, it wasn’t easy. The more I moved, the tighter Jeong Taeyang hugged me. In the end, I gave up resisting and just clung to him tightly. I clung to him and poked him with my fingers.

“Ah, your nails. Wait. It hurts. Seriously.”

Jeong Taeyang startled and pulled away. Nails? Oh, right. I had been growing them out a bit lately. But they weren’t that long.

Still, since he said it hurt, I had nothing to say. I peeked my head out from under the blanket. And I looked at the spot where I had poked Jeong Taeyang. It was faint, but there was a nail mark. Uh, um….

“S-sorry.”

“No. There’s nothing to be sorry about…”

Jeong Taeyang pounced on me. He climbed on top of me as if collapsing.

“You’re going to do it, right?”

“…But we just did it a while ago…”

“You’re not going to?”

“…No.”

Of course I would. How could I not?

“Turning off the light.”

The light went out.

*

“Ah…”

Lee Se-bin stared blankly at the mirror. To be precise, she was looking at her own neck reflected in the mirror.

“Wow…”

Lee Se-bin, who kept letting out soulless exclamations, rubbed her neck. A hickey was etched there. A hickey… it was what Jeong Taeyang had left yesterday.

“It won’t come off.”

Yesterday was a little different from usual. If it was usually intense, hot… that kind of feeling, yesterday was sticky and deep. It was a time that could be described with such words. Thanks to that, a hickey was left behind.

Lee Se-bin kept rubbing her neck. But the hickey wouldn’t disappear. So these things really do appear. As she blankly rubbed her neck with such thoughts, Jeong Taeyang approached her.

“What do I do about this?”

“About what?”

Lee Se-bin slightly lifted her hair to show her nape. A deeply etched hickey. Jeong Taeyang felt proud seeing it. It was worth searching online for ‘how to leave a hickey’.

“Why? It’s pretty.”

“No, well, still… it looks too perverted.”

“Is that so?”

Jeong Taeyang tilted his head. His expression truly showed he didn’t know. Lee Se-bin was so dumbfounded that she inadvertently laughed.

No matter what, this is a bit… isn’t it?

“You’re not going to erase this?”

“I’d prefer it if you didn’t erase it.”

Jeong Taeyang wrapped his arms around Lee Se-bin’s waist.

“Yesterday, I saw all sorts of weird guys constantly giving my honey lewd looks… So shouldn’t I leave a mark to show that you’re mine?”

“They did?”

I had no idea. No matter how I thought about it, Jeong Taeyang was overthinking things. At the very least, there was no way I wouldn’t notice the gazes directed at me.

And that was actually the case. A very small number of people did give lewd looks, but far more did not. Jeong Taeyang had simply concluded that they were ‘giving lewd looks’ even if they just glanced for a moment.

“Ah, n-no…”

However, she didn’t dislike this kind of possessiveness. The corners of Lee Se-bin’s mouth were subtly turning up again. It was a truly easy smile.

“…Th-then, just for today…”

Of course, it wouldn’t be just for one day. A 3-night, 4-day honeymoon. It was clear that Lee Se-bin would be traveling with a hickey the entire time.

Nevertheless, she said it. Jeong Taeyang also nodded.

Even though both of them knew it wasn’t the truth.

“So, where are we going today?”

Lee Se-bin let down her lifted hair and picked up her toothbrush. She put toothpaste on it and asked Jeong Taeyang while brushing her teeth.

“Nothing’s decided?”

“Huh?”

He said it was a free trip. Lee Se-bin inadvertently let out a little laugh again. He had talked as if he had prepared so much yesterday.

No, he *had* prepared a lot. Only when it came to naughty things.

“Seriously…”

Still, she was simply happy. Lee Se-bin finished brushing her teeth and mumbled. Jeong Taeyang just quietly watched her.

“Did you brush your teeth?”

“Of course. Just a moment ago.”

“Oh, really?”

If she had already brushed her teeth, then what….

He immediately kissed her. This time, Jeong Taeyang didn’t get flustered and responded well. Since it was the place it was, it didn’t last very long. But it was enough to create a strange atmosphere.

“I love you.”

Lee Se-bin made the first move.

“Me too.”

Jeong Taeyang returned the sentiment.

The two of them just kept looking at each other.

Without either of them starting first, they began to smile softly.

“…I love you.”

Each other’s embrace was warm.