Amanda

May 4, 2021

Waking up earlier than usual in Taehyung's warm embrace, I looked up at him, and my mind relaxed the moment my eyes took in his calmly sleeping form.

He hasn't fully come out of what happened in the past, yet, I am confident that we will get through everything together.

Placing a chaste kiss on his slightly-parted, baby-soft lips, I adjusted the comforter around his body and proceeded to wear my T-shirt from last night and begin my day. Narrowing down on the breakfast options based on whatever was available in the pantry and refrigerator, I settled upon cooking omelets for us.

As I went about snipping and whisking the ingredients, I heard the pattering of footsteps down the hallway and immediately turned around to meet the sleepy, shirtless form of my husband strolling into the kitchen with his messy bedhead.

I put aside the bowl in my hand and wrapped my arms around his neck while he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Morning, baby!" I pecked his pouty lips once, twice, and again, and ruffled his already messed up hair.

"Morning, ramen! What are you making?" He sniffed and fully opened his eyes.

"Omelets for us. But not until you go and brush your teeth," I pulled away and turned him around, pushing him towards the exit by placing my hands on his lower back.

He grumbled and went away to brush his teeth while I resumed my cooking. After a while, we were done eating, and Taehyung offered to do the dishes while I showered. Just as I stepped out of the shower and discarded my shower cap in the bin, he walked into the room and his lips formed into a broad square smile the moment he saw me.

Sensing that he was feeling better now as opposed to last night, I welcomed him with my arms open and a big smile on my lips to match his smile. My husband collided straight into my arms, burying my face in his bare chest, and I giggled when the ends of my curls in the pineapple bun tickled his nose and made him sneeze repeatedly.

Pulling away slightly with my arms still around him, I studied his reddened Rudolph nose and his teary eyes and giggled again.

"Awwww.. I'm sorry, honey," I bopped his nose.

Taehyung giggled, too, and stroked my cheek with his thumb.

"Thank you, Mandy. Thank you for always being there for me," he pecked my lips.

"Dr. Kim seems to be in a good mood today. How about we get started for work?" I stepped back with a smile and turned around to get my body lotion from the dresser. I looked at Taehyung's reflection in the mirror and watched as his eyes darkened, and a devilish smirk settled on his lips as he pulled down his shorts, stepping out of it.

"How about a workout before work?" He held my shoulders and pulled me closer, hugging me tightly from behind.

He began planting open-mouthed kisses all over my neck and shoulders, making me let out low groans as his hands got rid of the towel covering my body.

"I just showered, Dr. Kim," I replied, hissing when he gently bit my shoulder.

"I haven't yet," he mumbled and his hands cupped my full breasts, kneading them gently yet with enough pressure to make me moan and arch my back.

My back arched, causing my ass press firmly against his little junior who was not so little anymore and was already firmed up and ready for action.

"On your fours now, baby..." he commanded in his dangerously deep voice, gently pushing me to the bed behind him thereafter.

I obeyed at once and crawled on fours on the bed. As much as my man appeared dominant and macho, within himself he was still an insecure teenager who needed a lot of reassurance, and his need to hear encouraging words was especially high during intimacy. It just made him feel empowered as much as his lewd noises and praises made me feel empowered.

Parting my thighs slightly and pressing down on my upper back with his broad palm, he pushed himself into me, and a pleasured little grunt, entirely unplanned, escaped my lips. His hands and body negotiated me onto my stomach, and I felt the soft skin of his palm graze across the skin on my ass before a firm slap landed there. My back arched in a pleasured response.

Face pressed against the soft mattress beneath me, I turned my head to look at him over my shoulders—his stunning face with his gaze so intense and determined, lips slightly parted and his hands aggressive on my hips as they pulled my body towards him.

I tried to stay patient, to await him inch by inch to fill me, but I couldn't. My hips knew what my body needed, and so I rocked against his rock-hard length in little bounces to match his rhythm. I saw and heard him gasp and moan behind me, and I was emboldened by this shared, excited need.

Each long, thirsty movement after that felt like the first drops of rain after a drought. I knew he was losing himself in the moment because his rhythm was erratic, and his moans were entirely un-self-conscious. I kept uttering words of praises and moaning his name, and then his one hand moved to my heat and began circling my needy clit.

His fingers worked faster while his other hand wrapped into my hair and gave an insistent pull. My entire body prickled at the sensation and I plummeted into an intense orgasm, screaming in pleasure, and I hoped briefly that it would never end.

His now-steady pounding, and his every urgent movement drew out the pleasure impossibly. With a few more hard, deliberate thrusts and intense moans close to my ear, I felt the spasms of his climax as he came fully undone inside me and still kept grinding slowly with his grip on my hair falling loose with his every slow and slippery thrust.

Morning sex is hot, but showering twice is such a pain. Yet, I had to do it now even though I didn't need to because I couldn't just turn down the offer to shower together with him. However, Taehyung made sure I had another shower cap on and that I didn't use my hands for anything except caressing and fondling his body.

Getting dressed took us longer since he just didn't seem like he wanted to step out of the bedroom, and he actually made it evident that he would be okay with taking another shower.

Nope, sir!

After about an hour, he was driving us towards the hospital, and had we not woken up an hour earlier than usual, we would have been running late already. Parting ways with my husband, I quickly rushed to my room and settled on my chair after slipping on my coat.

Taehyung

Just as I finished my morning rounds on the post-operative cases in the recovery ward, my phone began beeping. I ignored it for a few minutes, but when I heard the beeping becoming more continuous, I knew where the activity was happening. Pulling out my cell phone, I powered up the screen, and my suspicions were confirmed.

The group chat it was!

I scrolled through the messages as I walked down the hall towards my consulting room. Jimin had started discussing spending the upcoming weekend at the resort. I pushed open the door to my room with a broad smile while my eyes were still riveted onto the device I held in my hand. Just thinking about that beach resort takes my mind back to the freshers student orientation we had at the very same resort. The thought made my skin tingle because that was when I realized my need to be physically close to Mandy.

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Sitting on the bench in one of the many gardens that connected the college building to the hospital building, I waited for my friends to join me. It had been a little over a month since college started, and over the past few weeks, the five of us—Jimin, Sooya, Amanda, Jungkook and I had grown closer.

'Jungkook has eased a bit with us, yet he is still extremely awkward and withdrawn when he's around others. All that we know about him is that he lives alone in an apartment. His family had his mom, dad and his two brothers, both of whom are not so close to him because he's almost ten years younger than his second brother, and he considers himself a different generation than them. He doesn't have any other friends as well. With us, he is quite casual these days, and we really like his company.'

'Well, about me and Amanda? I don't know how to explain things. The attraction that I've been feeling towards her from day one hasn't reduced one bit, and the fact that we're more casual around each other these days and talk about literally anything and everything under the sun, including forbidden topics, hasn't been helping it much. We even discuss sex, and she is quite bold and shameless when it comes to that topic although I'm quite sure that she has absolutely no experience, just like the rest of us. I keep fantasizing about getting physical with her, yet I don't have the guts to talk to her about it.'

'Jimin and Sooya are in a different league though. They drift off into their own world—the way he blushes when she's around, their little romantic moves like holding hands and trying to share cutlery make me cringe sometimes.'

Jimin admitted to me that he has romantic thoughts for Sooya, unlike me who has only sex thoughts about Amanda which he or the others don't know, of course.

'I've lost count of the number of nights I woke up with a full boner while dreaming about her, only to end up relieving myself while imagining how her lips would feel wrapped around me, and later get back to sleep as if nothing happened.'

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around to spot Sooya standing behind me, waving with a bright smile.

"Hey! You're here..." I smiled and made space for her to sit down beside me.

"Where are the others?" She asked me, dragging her small suitcase to the front.

"They should be here soon," I said, turning my head to the sides and craning my neck to see if anyone else was coming.

Soon enough, I saw Jimin and Jungkook walking steadily in our direction. Sooya jolted up in her seat and waved to Jimin with a mouse-like squeal, and I facepalmed myself.

"Hey guys!" I smiled at them, "Where's Mandy? The bus leaves in ten minutes," I asked nervously.

"I called her on the way. She didn't answer, but I guess she should be here in a while," Jungkook answered, nodding.

"Yeah. Let's board the bus first. She'll join us soon," Jimin announced and began walking down towards the bus while dragging Sooya's trolley. She trotted along, too, leaving me and Jungkook waiting for Amanda.

"Taehyung, let's get in and wait for her," he said, and I nodded reluctantly.

'Why is she so late?'

We loaded our bags and seated ourselves inside. I wanted to sit beside Amanda, but Jungkook had other plans. He settled down beside me and, as expected, Jimin and Sooya settled in the last row seats.

'I can't stay with Mandy in the same room. The bus was my only chance to initiate some physical contact. Well played, Jungkook.'

"Call her?" He asked me.

I pulled out my phone to call her and checked the time. The bus would leave in five minutes. Biting down on my lower lip, I called her, and she didn't answer. I clicked my tongue in frustration and dialed again.

This time she answered.

"Mandy? Where are you?" I spoke loudly.

"Taehyung- I'm getting there. Tell them to wait a minute-" she was huffing and puffing.

"Okay, I will," I rose from my seat and got off the bus, flipping my hair with one hand while my other hand was glued to the phone that I held to my ear.

As soon as I got out, I saw her running towards the bus from a distance with her phone in one hand and her bag in the other. I ended the call and jogged towards her, grabbing her bag in my hand once I reached her. We ran back to the bus just in time, and I settled down on a seat near the bus driver, while Amanda occupied the seat next to Jungkook.

We were both still huffing, and I turned to look at her to fully observe how she looked today. Her hair was tied up in a messy bun, with a sunglass sitting on the top of her forehead. She wore a pair of fitted distressed jeans that hugged her curvaceous hips, with a loose white button-up shirt that was a bit transparent, at least to my hawk eyes. The top few buttons of her shirt were undone yet not revealing any cleavage. Tiny beads of sweat made her exposed neck glisten against the morning sunlight streaming in through the window, and I had to gulp hard to control my dirty thoughts.

'She looks so hot.'

My eyes had a hard time deciding where to look, and I sighed thinking how lucky Jungkook was to sit next to her. However, the trip to the resort would be less than an hour, and once we arrived there, I would get numerous opportunities to be next to her.

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I chuckled to myself at the awkward memory and the naive jealousy that I felt towards my friend who sat next to the woman who is now my wife. Typing out a reply to Jimin, I clicked 'send', and shut my phone, putting it to rest. Amanda, on the other hand, hadn't replied to the chat, as expected. She probably never knew about the messages that pinged in silence. So, basically, until I entered the chat, it was a private chatroom for Jimin and Sooya.

Although we wanted to go to the resort with all five of us, we also wanted it to be a celebration prior to my award ceremony. Jungkook would be arriving the night ahead of the ceremony, and it would be impossible to take him along for the pre-celebration. Hopefully, we would do a post-celebration with all five of us together.

As I leaned back and relaxed in my seat, there was a knock on the door causing me to straighten out and sit up. It was Dr. Moon, our chief doctor.

"Dr. Moon, morning!" I rose from my seat and bowed to him, gesturing for him to take a seat.

Once he seated himself, I sat down, too.

"Dr. Kim, I came to hand you the invitation to the Presidential award ceremony. This is for your family. You can bring up to eight people per invitation," he stated and handed me the invitation with a bright beam.

I stood up proudly and received it from him with a polite bow.

"Thank you Dr. Moon. I really appreciate it that you brought it to me personally."

"Dr. Kim, this isn't any ordinary achievement for a surgeon as young as you. You're now the pride of the department of pediatric surgery, and undoubtedly the pride of our entire hospital and the nation, too. I hope you're working on publishing that article for the Pediatric journal as well. If that is done, it will truly propel you at an international level," he spoke out his sincere words of appreciation for me, and my heart just swelled with pride.

"Yes, Dr. Moon. I am working on it but at a relaxed pace. I will keep you posted," I nodded.

After a brief discussion about other general work-related stuff, Dr. Moon left. I took out the invitation and ran my fingertips over the gilded, embossed letters printed on it and smiled big.

It wasn't easy. Getting here wasn't easy at all.

I had to overcome a lot of hardships, mental breakdowns, uncalled for nepotism at various stages and numerous other difficulties to get to where I am currently. My profession is the pride of my existence, the crown that I proudly wear every day and wouldn't let fall down at any cost.

My gaze floated to the framed picture of me and Amanda taken on the day of our wedding that sits on my desk. And I think about how through it all there has been the most amazing woman that stood by my side, holding me together like glue at all times—the love of my life, my wife, Dr. Amanda Kim. Now call me narcissistic, I don't care. But I have gained more than I have lost, and for all that we are today, I will take all the credits upon the two of us only.

The little threats all along the way that we crushed like ants under our shoes would now squirm in regret, and I can't actually wait to rub it in their faces that I was the most deserving man all along.

Who's excited about the student orientation?

ACT 1 is complete. And there's a spoiler here in this chapter about the person from the past. I just realized it myself.
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Help! I can't breathe.
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Published on : 09/27/2021