Noah comes out from the bathroom with just a towel to cover his lower body. He felt so numb like someone suck all his energy. He went to the dressing room to find something to wear for the meantime. He already put his clothes on the washing machine so he can wear it again later. He opened the first cabinet. It filled with her clothes from casual to office attire. He opens the second cabinet. To his surprise, it's all his clothes. Those clothes that he left 7 years ago is still neatly organized inside. He also saw some unused men's clothes, some have still tag on it. He saw his old robe that neatly fold when a box accidentally fell upon pulling it. It's a gift and to his surprise, his name is on it. He wear the robe that looks shorter now than it's supposed to then walk out.
He sat on the bed and thinking if he will open the box. He scans around, it is still their bedroom except the bed change into a bigger one. His eyes gone wide in the big framed picture in the wall. He didn't saw it earlier because he's busy thinking how to hide. A happy memory of the past is imprinted on that photo. He walks on the other side of the wall. A lot of photos from is meticulously glued in the wall all made a collage in big heart shape. He remembered this. That time Yui didn't allowed him to get inside the bedroom. They didn't sleep there either. Instead, they build a mini tent in the living room and sleep there for almost 4 days. He didn't question her. He just thinks maybe she's in her playful mode considering she's still young. She just said she's preparing something for him for their first year anniversary as husband and wife. Yes, they married life is ruin exactly on their first year anniversary of marriage. The room is still the same as what he remembered it is before. Except to those photos in the wall.
He walks outside to look for his cousin. He saw Jin busy reheating the food he found inside the fridge. "Didn't I told you not to touch anything?" He walks toward him with the box still on his hand.
"Oh.. Finally you're done!!!.. So how's it?" Jin places his chin on his palm where his elbow is on the table. "Drowning yourself to a cold shower right after that little temptress of yours left. Did you jack off to released your arousal caused by your own tempting little wife? Tell me how does it feel?" He grinning ear to ear. When he saw his face turn red and immediately looked away, covering his face with the back of his hand like a teenager blushing in front of his crush. he exclaimed. "Holy sh*t you're blushing!!!"
Noah just shoots him a dangerous glare. He just smiled more widely and tease him more. He really can't get enough that for the first time, the great Noah Han lose his composure.
"C'mon... You've been surrounded by a lot of girls this past year but you never act like that to think that you only just saw her naked body and yet it made you use your hand to release for the first time!!!" he adds. "I can't wait to see the reaction of everyone if I tell this to them." With that. Noah reaches his limit. He threw the box he's holding towards him. He just catch it swiftly.
"Try to speak a word to what happened tonight and I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life.!!!" Noah grabs his collar. He gets near to him that fast!. Man. This guy is deadly whenever his wife is involved. He looked at the box on his hand.
"What's this?" He decided to change the topic before he got murdered by Noah's sharp glare. "And where did you get that? I thought she never allowed anyone here? Why she have that robe for men?"
"This is mine. See?" He's talking about the robe. Noah shows him the name embroidered on it. "And that box. I saw that inside the cabinet. My name is on it so I was thinking if I'll open it or not."
"Daddy?" He read the name on the robe.
"Yeah. That was her pet name to me when I gave her those dogs." Noah sat on the chair across him. "Where did you get this?" He ask with a wrinkled forehead. Pointing to the drinks in the table.
"You're wife has a quite impressive collection of alcohol there." He pointed out the wine cabinet on the side. "I just tried one."
"I told you do not touch anything." He gets himself a glass and pour some. "Don't forget to replace this before she found it out." He said before drink2it straight.
"So? Are you going to open this?" Jin wave the box in front of him.
"I don't remember she gave me that before. That I just forgot to open it way back then." He poured another glass. "I'll think about it."
"Are you really planning to stay here for tonight?" Jin poured another too.
"Uhm. You want to go back?"
"Not really. It's pretty late already anyway." He drinks on his glass. "So tell me. What's the real deal?" Jin become serious.
"Still the same. What happened tonight add my determination to get her more."
"Well, that's not what I see.." He waves his hand with glass. "I saw those photos in the room you saw it?"
"Hm..." Noah answer while drinking on his glass.
"Tell me honestly Noah. Do you still love your wife? What really happened way back 7 years ago?"
Noah paused. Is he ready to share what really happened? The truth is. No one in his friends knows what really happened in his married life. All they know is her wife cheat on him that's why he left her. He's been keeping it to himself for a long years now. Maybe sharing with someone might lessen the burden his carrying.
"As you all know I marry her on her 16th birthday." He started. "We're really happy and contented for what we have in our relationship. Until she met a guy and started to hide something from me. I know she's hiding something but I never confronted her. I just waited for her to said it on her own." He pause for a moment and drink. "Three months before our first anniversary as husband and wife. I've been assign to another city for two months. At first, we always calling each other, exchanging messages with each other. A month has passed all of the sudden she failed to call me or answer my call. Even sending me a simple message is gone. Until I receive some photos on my email sent anonymously. At first, I didn't believe it. When my superior let me go back early its a month before our anniversary. I didn't tell her I'm going back. I tried to call her when I reach here and ask where she is when I didn't saw her here. You know what she said?"
Noah smile bitterly. "She said she's here. She's home, but heck I'm here and she's nowhere to found here!!" He drunk his glass straight and put it down hardly almost crushing it. "When I walk outside to find her I saw her standing across the street. When I tried to call her a car stop in front of her. She get inside hurriedly and hug the man inside like they never see each other for a long time. I didn't saw the man's face as they drove away before I can have the chance to get near."
"Did you try to ask her?" After a long silence, Jin finally asks.