Chapter 10. Pure Heart (1)

POV: JunKoo

"Good morning, love," I hear a low voice right by my ear.

JaeMin rarely wakes up before me, but today he did, and it's with that low, husky voice in my ear while he embraces me with his warm body that I wake up.

"Good morning, love," I respond.

I hear his soft laughter as he holds me tighter from behind. Slowly, I turn around and face him up close. JaeMin has his typical squinted and puffy eyes as he smiles contentedly, all messy-haired.

"You're beautiful," I whisper.

He just laughs more and squeezes me in his arms. We stay like that for a little while, only letting go when a faint whimper echoes through the baby monitor.

He's the one who gets up first, still all disheveled, and crawls to the adjacent room. I sit on the bed, listening to the sound of the waves outside and the birds chirping.

This place is calm, and that's what we needed. I fear the day when we'll have t