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Today was no different. Just a few hours ago you took out a deck of cards and started playing. Occasionally chatting about this and that. Until you noticed that Jeonghan was winning an awful lot, pretty much every game. And you knew your boyfriend by heart. So it wasn’t far fetched that he was cheating in one way or another.

“So, do you want to play another round?”, Jeonghan asks as he collects the cards and starts shuffling them.

Your stare at his hands, regarding their fast movements as you talk, “So that you can cheat again? No thank you.”

Your boyfriend sighs in defeat as he puts down the cards. He watches you for a bit, seemingly realising the current state you were in. He knew that you were annoyed. Thus he slowly gets up from his chair and strolls over to you, hugging you from behind. You could feel his hair tingling at your neck as he rests his head on your shoulder.

“You do know that it’s just a card game, right?”, he mumbles, his low voice vibrating through your whole body.

You ignore him. Not wanting to give in so easily and pretend like nothing happened. It might be a bit petty but for today you’ve had enough of Jeonghan’s little games. He knew that of course, sighs as he leaves a long loving kiss on your cheek. Immediately after he slowly pulls away. You could feel the lack of his body heat engulfing you as you hear his footsteps going towards what you suspected was the kitchen.

“So...”, he begins. You could hear him opening and closing a few cabinets in the kitchen. “I don’t know about you, but I am really hungry. Is there anything we can cook? For dinner, you know”

Yours eyes shot open as you abruptly get up. Past memories of Jeonghan wanting to cook for your one year anniversary as well as other occasions flash up in front of your eyes.

“No”, you exclaim, “No. Nonono”

You rush into the kitchen, taking whatever he was holding in his hand and putting it as far away from him as possible.

“You are NOT cooking. Not again. Not in my house. I really like this kitchen, you know.”, you say with a stern voice, looking him straight into his brown orbs.

He chuckles as he leans against the kitchen counter.

“Mh I know. I just wanted you to get up and maybe think about something else. I really don’t want to cook.”, he smiles.

Again, you don’t respond. Instead you turn around to prepare something to eat for the both of you. It wasn’t such a bad idea after all. You were a bit hungry. As you start taking out different pans and ingredients, you could hear Jeonghan, who was still leaning against the counter, trying to suppress his laughter. You turn to look at him. Realising he got your attention, Jeonghan pushes himself of the counter and walks closer to you.

“You know”, he murmurs, “I did cheat, you were right.”

You watch as he swiftly reveals an Ace card that was hidden in his right sleeve. Pulling it out in the blink of an eye.

“Yoon Jeonghan. I knew it!”, you shout at him, “There was no way that you were that good at playing cards.”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t resist”, he said, placing the card on the counter, putting his warms hands on your cheeks and leaving a kiss on your forehead.

“Why do i even put up with you”, you jokingly say, placing your hands on top of his.

“Hm because you love me”, he exclaims as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

“You’re right”, you say. Pausing, as you look up into his eyes. A smile creeping up on your face. “I do love you.”

Upon hearing those words, his face lits up. He bends down a bit, catching your lips with his own as he gives you a soft kiss. Afterwards he fully embraces you, resting his chin on top of your head.

“I love you too.”

You two stay like this for a bit. Suddenly Jeonghan starts laughing.

“I could teach you how to cheat, you know”, he says.

You scoff, pinching his stomach, making him yell out in surprise. As if on cue, both of your stomachs starts grumbling. Jeonghan pulls back a bit and looks down at you.

“Takeout and cuddles?”

It was around 5pm. The sun has already set as you entered your small flat, your nose red of the cold as the welcoming heat of your home washed over you. You tighlty grasped the small box you were holding in your arms as you swiftly kicked of your shoes and rushed into your bedroom. There, you held your breath and gently set down the box on top of your bed. A few seconds passed as you just watched the box, when you suddenly remember what was inside of it. Slightly cursing, you threw your thick winterjacket to the side and laid your phone on your nightstand, ignoring the messages of your boyfriend.

Gyu: Practise just finished. I´ll be there in a few minutes.

Gyu: Don´t open the box without me please!!!!

You slowly walked back to your bed, gently sitting down next to the box. You didn’t know why but you were scared to open the lid of the box, as if the content would attack you, even though you knew that would never happen. Finally, you reached for the lid and opened it slowly. Without fully taking the lid off, you peeked inside. You caught sight of two big eyes staring back at you, filled with curiousity, as well as a bit of fear. After taking the entire lid off you admired the small creature for a few seconds. There, in front of you, sitting in the small box, was a light gray kitten. Its paws had white fur on them. Two bright blue orbs were staring at you, waiting for your next move.

“Aren´t you just adorable?” you cooed and reached out to take the small kitten out of its box. Your hands momentarily came to a halt as the kitten moved back a bit, surprised by the sudden movement of your hands. Your lips transferred into a soft smile as you waited for the kitten to stumble towards your outstretched hands. After the small creature smelled your hands you moved again, gently picking up the gray kitten and setting it down on your soft blanket. 

A few minutes later the box was tossed to the ground, as well as its lid, you were sitting on your bed with crossed legs, the kitten laying infront of you, enjoying the comfort of your fluffy blanket. 

“You´re a wild one, aren´t you?”, you quietly said as you began to play with the kitten, using your hands. You did buy some toys for it weeks prior, but right now you were happy to keep your new pet occupied with your hands. 

“But you still need a name, huh? Hm let´s see”, you paused, trying to think of a name that would fit to your pet.

“Okay so you´re a female. And your mostly gray.”, you stopped talking for a seconds as the kitten licks the part of your finger she just bit into. A soft sigh left you lips as you watched the gray kitten continue playing with your left hand. 

Suddenly the peaceful atmosphere was disturbed by a series of knocking coming from your front door. Your pet flinched at the loud knocking and you quickly retrieve your hands and started to get up to get the door. Before leaving your bedroom you turn back once again to see your cat huddled beside your pillow.

“I will be back okay? Don´t worry.”, you said before running to your front door. The knocking continued as you finally reached the door.

You opened your front door and there, standing right in front of you, nose red from the cold just as yours was just a bit earlier, was your boyfriend, Kim Mingyu.

“Jesus Mingyu. Wasn´t it enough to knock once?”, you said as he rushed past you into your hallway. You closed the door and turned around to find Mingyu taking off his thick jacket, looking at you with his puppy eyes. 

“I´m sorry, my love. It was so cold outside. And I really wanna see the little one.”, he said in one breath.

You stepped towards him and playfully rolled your eyes as you took the jacket from his arms. 

“She´s already in my bedro-”, you couldn´t even finish you sentence as Mingyu pecked your cheek and began running towards your bedroom.

“BUT BE CAREFUL. IT´S A KITTEN: NOT A PUPPY”, you managed to yell out before he completely disappeared from your view. You chuckled as you put away the jacket that you were holding.

“Great. Now I´m stuck with a giant puppy and a 10-weeks-old kitten. What´s next to come.”, you murmured and slowly started walking back to your room. But you came to a halt as you take in the scene that was going on infront of you. Mingyu´s shoes were laying on the ground and he himself was sitting on top of your bed, his back facing you. The kitten right in front of him.

“Look at yourself. You´re so tiny. And so cute.”, Mingyu said in such a soft voice that made you smile. Your boyfriend cleared his throat as he continues speaking.

“My name is Mingyu. It´s nice to meet you. You’re really lucky, you know that? Your new owner will treat you like a queen. You will be a tough competition. I will keep my eyes on you, I promise!”, he finished as you slowly walk up behind him. You gently wrap your arms around his broad frame and rest your chin on his right shoulder to get a better view of the kitten.

“I will try to love you two equally.”, you said, receiving yet another kiss on the cheek from Mingyu.

“I love you too.”

A few minutes of silence passed as you adoringly watched your boyfriend playing with the gray kitten. This moment was filling you with so much love and joy that you never wanted it to pass. But then you broke the silence.

“You´re probably still cold, right? I could make us a tea if you want to.” you gently said, just to get a hum from Mingyu.

“That would be amazing. Thank you”, he responded.

You unwrapped your arms from his shoulders and started walking away from your bed as you spot the small box of toys you had prepared for your pet. You took one small toy out of the box and walked back over to Mingyu, to lay the toy next to him.

“You could use this instead of you hands. I bought a few things for her. If you want to use something else, the box is just by the door.”, you said and left a quick kiss on his cheek this time before walking to the kitchen. There you took out two cups, and Mingyu´s and your favorite tea. You turned on the kettle to heat up the water for your tea. As the water starts to boil, you looked through your shelves to maybe find a few snacks to go with the tea. You knew that Mingyu just came from practise and was probably exhausted and hungry. You grab a few cookies from one of the shelves and set them down next to the two cups as the water finished boiling. You could hear giggles and the sound of multiple different toys coming from you room, which made you smile like an idiot. You loved your boyfriend more than anything else in the world and moments like this made you realise just how lucky you were. Of course it was hard at times, especially when he was on tour or stressed out because a new comeback was coming up and he wanted to do his best. But the positive things always overweighted the difficult times. 

You poured the hot water into the cups and watched as the water turned into a brownish colour. For a few minutes you stood there, lost in thoughts, before taking out the teabags and putting them into the trashcan. You quickly took a spoon and stirred both cups. Taking the cookies and holding the package underneath your arm you tried to carry everything at once, not wanting to come back a second time. Concentrating on the cups, you slowly walked back towards your room, only now realising the lack of sound coming from said room. 

As you finally reach the doorframe of your bedroom you almost let go of your cups.

There, laying on your bed, fast asleep was your boyfriend. The kitten curled up by his outstreched arm. Light snoring could be heard and the cat toys were scattered across the bed, as well as the floor. 

Tears of joy started forming in the corner of your eyes as you just stood there and tried to take everything in. 

You weren´t sure what you did to deserve something like this. To have such a great man by your side.

But there was one thing that you were sure of.