He looked scared.
Well, she couldn't blame him. He must be thinking that she was going to break up with him. Like he often did, in the past.
It was really odd. She has seen how undaunted the man before her had been when faced with threats of danger. No guns or blades or disaster could send the man cowering in fear. Yet when it comes to her anger, her rejection... her safety; it was enough to bring tears to that man's eyes.
He really loved her. This man loved her so much that anything she does to him could make or break him. She wasn't sure if she should be happy... or fearful over that fact.
Moyeon waited until Sijin was standing right in front of her, holding both cups of coffee in his hands. Because she too can do the exact same thing to him. Keeping his hands preoccupied with something else as she did the unexpected. And that's exactly what she did. She walked straight towards him—Sijin still had the look of confusion on him—as she hugged him.
She could feel his muscles tensed, as she held him tighter. It was something she had wanted to do last night but couldn't. Because it didn't feel appropriate. Even then she had wanted to comfort him properly, but no words she could say would have given it justice.
So a hug. Because even a courageous soldier like Sijin needed a hug. Because that child who had cried his heart all night last night needed the hug. Because she wanted to show him that even if he couldn't tell her many things that may cause him grief, he could still do it like this.
She might not be able to get him to tell her about the burdens he carried; but she sure as hell could share his burden regardless. If she could provide him all the comfort and strengths that he needed to keep going, that should be enough for her.
If that could bring a smile to that man's face.
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"So I decided to embrace you for who you are."
His mind was still in a whirlwind over that sentence, but it lightened his heart so much that jokes came out of his mouth so freely. Kang Moyeon really conveyed her message clearly to him. Not only in words but in her actions.
She really does shines brightly. Brightening up his world. Like the brightest star in the universe. Like a sun.
He pulled her close.
"So pretty..."