"Do you... Love me?"
Sung-min did not give an answer right away and then he turned his face away, as if planning to bypass the question but he turned again, meeting my eyes as he said,
"If I said I understood clearly what love meant, I'd be lying."
I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding.
"But I understand a few parts of it." He said, and I grabbed his arm.
"What do you understand?"
"I understand that I cannot and will not be able to do without you. If I lose you, Joon-ho. I will lose myself as well."
The words touched me more than the words 'I love you' themselves.
It was like saying an oath, one that binds an entire existence... Binds the heart.
With this, even if it's just this, it's enough.
It means the same thing.
"I'll be satisfied with this for now," I said, resting in his arms. "I love you, Sung-min. Just keep that in mind."
He nodded and then placed me in the bathtub.
"Joon-ho,"
"Hm?"
