I was getting ready to pull my partially frozen hair out. Being dragged by the hand throughout the town by my fiancee was leaving me completely depleted in energy and sanity, but I kept it together for her sake.
She seemed to be going stir crazy. Our everyday seemed insufficient for her. Unfortunately, our cold little Korean home town wasn't the most exciting place. Pretty average, but not awful by my standards.
"Honey, we visit this part of town at least twice a month. Nothing has changed," I reminded her.
Her gorgeous French face developed a look of discouragement.
"I know, Jintae. You don't have to rub it in," she commented.
"Zara, don't take it so harshly. I just don't know what you are looking for here when you know what to expect."
Her demeanor changed and I could tell she was thoroughly irritated by what I'd said and had given up.
"Valentine's day and nothing to do. Where did all the fun go?" she grumbled under her breath.
I nudged her with my hand that held hers, and without letting go, I wrapped my arm around her and squeezed her through our thick jackets. Trying to ease the tension, I softly laughed in her ear and murmured, "Let's go home before that cute button nose gets any redder, Rudolph."
We walked back to our apartment, about a mile away. At the door, we removed our boots and heavy coats, shaking off the bit of snow we accumulated on the way. We moseyed into our room and Zara immediately plopped onto the bed and played with her phone.
"Zara, talk to me. You seem increasingly push and pull, lately. We had such fun together, but the past months have been so average. It feels like now that we are in our second year together, I'm trying to go upstream without a paddle."
"I'm an adventurous woman, Jintae. You're just going to have to deal with that," she snapped.
"Woah, you don't need to be so salty! Am I allowed to ask questions?" I said in shock.
After a long pause for thought, she spoke quietly.
"Jintae-ah, I'm sorry. I just thought you were picking on me," Zara confessed.
"Now, why the hell would I pick on my own fiancee?" I kindly questioned as I laid next to her. "You are fucking amazing, babe. You're a dancer, like me, you obviously love Korean food, despite being a foreigner, you're a sincere, hard working woman. Not to mention you're damn gorgeous. You have perfect golden brown hair, stunning indigo eyes, plump cheeks," I eased towards her, "I can't stop thinking about kissing your perfect rosy lips."
I tenderly pressed my lips against hers, the passion between us beginning to blossom. Zara's body language signaled her desire for more, so I let her pry apart my lips. We made out for just a few seconds. I tugged delicately on her lower lip with my teeth and sealed her mouth with another kiss before breaking away from her. She looked up at me with puppy dog eyes.
"A guy like me never would have had a chance with you if we were in your mother country! I'd be a total idiot to intentionally push you away!"
"What?" she asked in a drawn out, raised pitch. "You say that like you're not attractive, or something!"
I admit, I may be above average in the looks department, still, I'm no Taeyang. But I wasn't about to gloat to Zara.
"You never would have chosen my ugly ass over some French man!" I joked with a smile as I reclined onto my pillow with my arms folded under my head.
She was stunned that I had even said that! She sat up and leaned above me with such concern in her voice, saying, "Don't call yourself ugly! You're implying that I have bad taste!"
"No, you have good taste choosing Korean men, but the fish in this sea are substandard overall."
Zara sighed a loud, frustrated, "Ugh!" and smacked my chest. "Don't even start!" she added.
I couldn't help but laugh. She was so beyond sexy. Even when she would get mad.
"Maybe you think you're average because you lived with yourself your whole life," she scoffed. "I've lived here for seven years and had friends set me up with guy after guy, and none were close to you.
"You're the only guy that was athletic enough to keep up with me. I can have legitimate conversations with you, it's not just small talk.
"Plus, I think you look just like Kwon Young Don." She paused, "Or Deuk."
Reacting without thinking, I laughed at her.
"They're twins, Zara. That's why they're referred to as the Kwon twins," I teased. "If I look like one, I look like the other!"
"That's what I'm talking about, you ass!" she hissed and rolled her eyes. "What I'm saying is, you could be their triplet."
She lowered her voice and brushed her nose against mine. "Even so, I think your full lips are much more enticing than mine."
In a sarcastically offended tone, I questioned, "Are you trying to seduce me?"
"Hmm, maybe," she shrugged.
Zara swung one leg over me, sitting directly on my crotch. She rested her hands above my head, on either side of the pillow. I moved my hands to cradle the smallest part of her waist. We both exchanged tactful, longing looks and sweet smiles.
My Zara held her body against mine, compressing her full, firm breasts on my chest.
Blood began to rush to my crotch as we stared at each other. My growing erection touched her between her legs, she twitched, letting a small gasp slip past her mouth.
Her eyes became reluctantly serious.
"Jintae," she paused.
I rolled my eyes, I knew what she meant.
"Okay, I know, I know," and, lifting my hands like I had a gun pointed at me, I then stated, "We are waiting."
With my hands off her, Zara rolled onto her side of the bed.
"Don't get upset with me, it's not like I can control my attraction towards you," I mentioned, slightly defensive.