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She was sitting on their bed...her pink lips pouted in curiosity... her brown hair tumble in disarray over her shoulders... and her round eyes followed every move of her husband who was pacing around their room, busily fixing himself while talking with someone over his phone... she just woke up... technically woke up from the impatient voice of her husband... it was still early yet he looked like he's in a great hurry to leave...

Her brows slowly connected as she heard him scolded the person over the other line... hair was still untidy; fresh from coming out from the shower... he was now seated on a chair putting on his shoes...

Just then she jumped a bit when she heard him curse after he hanged up...hesitated to approach him, she just stayed on their bed and continuously watched him in worry... clearly he didn't notice her already awake... tightly gripping on his phone before bringing up the back of his hand on his forehead and slumped on the chair he was seated at... silence instantly filled their room as he continuously stayed like that, face twisted from thinking... drown in so much stress...

"Jungkook..."

Her soft voice echoed across their room...startling him, he immediately woke him up from his trance and made him to quickly sit straight on his seat... hands dropped on both arm rests as his head darted towards their bed and found his beautiful wife looking at him with much distress in her face...

"Are you okay...?"

She asked... and just by hearing that... his once troubled expression slowly calmed... forcing himself to let out a smile... hiding his weary soul... he just don't want to see that bothered look on his wife's face...

He stood up from his seat; put his phone back inside his pants' pocket as he walked towards her... brushing out the stress in his mind... he fixed his gaze on his wife's face... despite the worry in her face... she still looked beautiful... like a lost kid with some strands of her hair sticking out from its flow... and her cherry lips slightly curled in sadness... such a waste for that one whole month for not appreciating this beauty before... but it could only warm his heart now thinking that every morning he would be able to admire her beauty... the first man who could

have a glimpse of her angel-like face... "I'm fine..."

He said softly as he sat beside her... his eyes fluttered with affection as he lifted his hand and reached for her... gently caressed the back of her head; smoothening her hair... his gaze wandered along her face... admiring every contour of her smooth skin as he smiled in himself...

But despite hearing that, she clearly knew that he's not... his eyes clearly depicted it...if only she could take away that weariness inside him... with that, her hand came to reach for his face, startling him a bit... she caressed his face...

"Please don't stress yourself too much..."

She mumbled... upon hearing it, the smile on his lips grew wider... held her hand on his face with his free hand, he brought it down on his lap before leaning down towards her and placed a long gentle kiss on her forehead...

Her furrowed brows slowly calmed... bit on her lower lip as she squeezed his hand with hers...