Puppy (1/1)

For Julia-SanPuppyWhen Naeun came home, she found their apartment in complete disarray. The sofas were pushed to the side creating a large area in the middle of the lounge room, the carpet was not in line with the television, there were pillows strewn all over the floor, and her husband was fast asleep on the floor with a little brown puppy licking his face. The puppy sensed she was there and looked up at her, before turning its attention back to the man asleep and then laying its head down on its arm and pretending to be asleep as well. The part of Naeun that was annoyed that she would have to spend the afternoon cleaning was slightly softened by how cute the puppy was.Naeun recognised the puppy. It belonged to Key and Eunji and its name was Coco. How Coco was at her apartment, she didn’t know, but it definitely had something to do with her husband. She walked over to them and sat cross-legged beside Taemin before poking him in his side. He flinched and then began to wake up. When he rubbed his face, he frowned because it was wet. Naeun had to stifle her laughter, picked up Coco, and when Taemin turned to her as if to ask what he was doing on the floor, she held up the puppy, put him in his arms and then walked off, saying that she would prepare them an afternoon snack.Taemin put Coco back down before moving to the bathroom to wash his face. His back ached from the hard floor, and his neck was slightly leaning towards one side. When he popped it back into place, he yelped from the pain. He went into the kitchen to find Naeun making some coffee and putting out the cake she had bought on the way home onto a plate. She got out a small deep bowl, filled it with water and put it on the floor, where little Coco came running and instantly lapped up the water. Taemin sat on the chair and took a sip of his coffee, while Naeun took a bite of the cake.“Let me explain…”“Which part? Why you were sleeping on the floor, why the lounge is all messed up or why Coco is at our apartment?”“All of them…which one do you want to hear about first?”“You can do it in order if you want…”“Well, Hyung called me up this morning saying that he needed my help. Then, when I got to their place, he was already waiting with Eunji, handed me Coco, and then both of them ran out of the door with their suitcases.”“Did they explain why?”“Nope. They just left me. I knew I got tricked the moment he opened the door with that smile of his.”“Where are they going?”“Don’t know.”“Do you at least know for how long?”“Don’t know that either. But, their suitcases weren’t that big.”“Moving on…”“Then I got home. I pushed the sofas out so that Coco had a bit more room to play in. He started running around and I grabbed some of the cushions to try and deter him from going too far. I guess I got tired and fell asleep. And then, you come home, wake me up, my face is covered in dog saliva and here we are…”“Here we are…”“All in all, it was a pretty eventful day. How about you? How was your day?”“Well, I filmed some scenes for Huh Gak Oppa’s music video, went to an interview then got home and found my husband sleeping on the floor with a dog licking his face…”“That’s it?”“That’s it.”“What kind of questions did they ask?”“The usual…”“The usual?”“Like…how are you? Any upcoming projects? What do you think about this? What do you think about that? How’s Taemin? How’s your love life? How’s marriage? You know…the usual…”“And how did you reply?”“The usual…”“Great…thanks for that very detailed answer…”“What? You know what I say!”“Oh yeah…I’m good. I’m filming for a music video. Taemin’s good. Marriage is good.”“What?”“Seriously…Naeun-ah…you should just be like…LG…life’s good…”Naeun laughed to that joke, and Taemin smirked. After all this time, he could still make her laugh with the lamest jokes.“Then, how do you expect me to answer?”All of a sudden, Coco started to bark.“Hey, Coco! Be quiet for a bit! We’re trying to have a conversation over here!”As if understanding, the dog stopped and then lay down.“Well, whenever a question comes up about me, you could be a little bit more enthusiastic…”“Don’t my eyes and my smile already give away my enthusiasm?”“Not enough. You need to match my level. Whenever I’m asked a question about you, I start smiling like an idiot.”“But you always smiled like an idiot when it came to me…”“True…but not the point! You have to be like, marrying Taemin Oppa is the best decision I ever made…or you know…something along those lines…”“No way!”“Take that back!”“Why?”“You answered as if that was the worst answer ever!”“It was!”Taemin rose from his seat and started to tickle her. She ran away to the safety of the lounge, but he caught up to her, and they were both on the floor, one trying to trap the other and the other one trying to escape.“Oppa! Hajima!”“Take it back!”“Shiro!”“Take it back!”“Fine! I take it back!”“Good!”He pulled back, and tried to regain his breath from laughing too much. Meanwhile, Naeun was still laughing on the floor. Coco bolts into the living room and starts to lick all over Naeun’s face.“Yah! Coco! You can’t do that! Stop kissing my wife! The only guy she’s allowed to kiss is me!”Coco barked in defiance and continued to lick Naeun’s face and when Taemin tried to take the puppy away, Naeun picked him up and placed a kiss on his fur.“Son Naeun! How dare you kiss another man!”“I’m sorry, Oppa…but he’s too cute and irresistible!”She started to walk away with the puppy, but Taemin back hugged her and took the puppy from her grasp and set him down.“Are you jealous of a puppy?”“Well, I haven’t been able to kiss you since you got home…”“Whose fault is that? And besides, you were kissing him first!”“No! Coco was kissing me! And I was asleep!”“So you’re saying that a dog took advantage of you?”“Yes!”Coco barked.“He’s a bit of a player…”“He learnt it off from Key Hyung…”“Probably…”“So…do I get a kiss now?”“Do you really want to kiss me with dog saliva?”Taemin suddenly pushes her away at arm’s length.“You’re right…go wash up first…”