Bound Together

Chapter 16

"How dare you try to hit my husband?" Minho said coldly, his eyes sharp and if glares could kill Kibum's father would've been dead by now.

Kibum felt his heart thump looking at Minho, he somehow felt protected and cared for, he then looked at his father who was frowning and glaring at him, his eyes then laid on his father's arm which has been clenched tight by Minho, he could them shaking because of pressure.

Minho let the hand go and stood in front of Kibum, blocking him from his parents, "If you dare to hit him again, remember you'd have to deal with me." He said calmly, he didn't have to yell to make them know that he was angry because his words felt like a knife dipped in cold poison for a thousand years or so.

Taemin who was standing at the side felt relieved that Minho came, he held his friend by the shoulder to make him know that he was there and to not worry.

After Minho said that, the atmosphere went tense and it was so thick that a knife can cut it.

A few seconds went by and Kibum's mom cleared her throat lightly to test the waters. Minho glared at her but didn't stop her so she took this as a chance to speak up, "Minho dear, we were just educating him, my husband wouldn't hit him too hard, Kibum have been a bad son these days, look at him he didn't even call us when he got married. Even after that, he didn't invite us to his home, so that's why my husband was a bit angry and was trying to discipline him."

When faced with such accusations, Kibum's eyes went downcast, he felt that Minho would look at him badly, so he couldn't muster up the courage to look at his parents, although what his mother said was true, that doesn't mean there was no reason behind his actions. He didn't want them to come to his place, After what they did to him, treating him like some sort of tool for their own profit, he didn't even want to look at them.

" Before you try to 'educate' him, remember that he is not only your son but also my husband. Remember this you hurt my husband you hurt me." Minho said, the tone still the same, he then took a look at Kibum who seemed sad, he then held Kibum's hand, "Let's go home for now."

Kibum looked up and his gaze met Minho's, and he can see some warmth in his eyes, that's when Kibum realized that Minho did not blame him, he understood the reason behind his actions and Minho cared for him.

Minho turned to Kibum's parents, "We will talk later, my secretary would come to find you." He then turned towards Taemin who had not spoken a word yet and was there for Kibum all the while, supporting him, "Taemin right? If you want you can come with us."

Hearing the offer, Taemin shook his head, "No it's alright. I will go back to my home. You should take Bummie back safely, today has been a rough day for him."

Minho smiled, "Thank you for staying with Kibum."

"You too, thank you for being with him," Taemin said, he truly was thankful that Minho was a nice person and was someone who cared about his best friend.

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Kibum and Minho arrived at their home, and they were sitting in their bedroom, Kibum did not speak a word the whole ride and Minho was starting to get worried.

He called his secretary, "Jinyoung pushed the rest of my day's schedule for tomorrow, I am not going back to the office for today."

He said one line to his secretary and after hearing an 'okay' from the other side, he ended the call and placed his phone on the bedside table before walking towards Kibum and sitting beside him.

"Are you okay?" He asked, in a slightly concerned tone.

Kibum just gave a slight nod, he was feeling really down, he didn't want to show the ugly side of himself and his family to Minho.

"Kibum ah~ Look at me," Minho said placing one hand on Kibum's and the other hand lightly on his cheeks, trying to turn his face towards himself.

Kibum reluctantly looked at Minho and said, "I am sorry." He said making Minho confused, "Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong. "

"But my family they -" Kibum began

"Yes, exactly it was your family, not you," Minho said cutting him off.

"I did not want to show you this side," Kibum said truthfully.

Hearing him say that, made Minho sigh, "Kibum you are married to me, one day or the other I would have found out anyway and like I said you did nothing wrong so why are you afraid? It's your parents you did the wrong thing. "

"I-I...." Kibum began again but this time he did not have the right words.

"I know what your family is after, they want to sign a deal with me, I know it well because my parents are the same, this whole marriage was because of a deal. I know it very well but what I think is that 'Why should I let those people control me? I will live my life my own way and I would not let them ruin it' I will be honest here, at first I was very skeptical about this marriage and I didn't want to marry you but then I saw your photo and I wanted to give this a try. After getting to know you, I felt that you are a nice person and I truly wish to make this marriage work out between us. So what I am trying to say is, let's not hide anything from each other, tell each other what we feel, tell each other what we want, tell each other everything. Because this is a marriage, we are bound together for life."

Minho said, slowly and seriously, meaning every word he said and Kibum too felt that, he nodded, "Yes. From now on, I will tell you everything and you should also tell me everything."

This made Minho smile, he leaned a bit forward and pressed his lips against Kibum's forehead, "Good, let's not hide anything from now on."

Kibum who was kissed, blushed beet red, Minho too felt his cheeks warm up, but instead of turning away from each other, they both hugged.

A few minutes passed by as they continued hugging, Minho broke free from the hug and got up, "Let's go."

Kibum tilted his head confused, "Where?"

"I'll take you out on a date," Minho said grinning ear to ear. He was just so happy, today he felt as if the barrier between kibum and him was lifted today, setting them free.

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Author's Note:

Wattpad is a bish, I wrote 4 drafts and was going to publish them today all together but somehow they all disappeared, WTF!! I am so annoyed!!!