Chapter 1

"Minju-ah, you must take care of your younger siblings. I-I am going to join your father in the other world..." The last things Minju's mom said before jumping down the apartment, leaving her with her 3 younger siblings, one still being barely 2 years old.

Soon, Minju would find herself taking up different type of jobs to try and meet end's meet for her and her younger siblings. Often she had to skip meals to make sure her younger siblings would have a warm meal.

Minju's Pov

I cannot collapse, I cannot give up.

I need to stay strong, I need to persevere.

My parents are gone, but my siblings need me, I need to be there for them.

Those are the words Minju told herself everyday for the past few months...

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"Y/n, there's another blind date this weekend. Don't forget about that!" His mom said, having arranged another blind date with one of her social club's friend's daughters.

Y/n sighed as he went back up to his room. He had no intention to get married, at least to one of those spoiled rich daughters.

And he entered his room, he continued doing his work before sleeping on the table, this was just his daily routine, being engrossed in his work.

As the weekend arrived, Y/n dressed up for the blind date, he will just go to eat dinner with the girl and then go home.

As he enters the restaurant, the girl was already waiting for him and he went over to her table, sitting opposite her.

They exchanged greetings and their names, they ordered some steak for dinner and talked alittle while waiting for their food.

Clang

A plate holding a steak dropped on the ground and the plate was broken. Y/n who was enjoying his meal, looked over to the commotion.

He saw a girl who was looking down and in tears. The manager was scolding her Infront of everyone.

"I-Im sorry. Please give me one more chance!" The girl pleaded desperately.

"Yah! Kim Minju. This happened so many times already. You are fired!" The manager shouted before entering the kitchen.

Minju slowly walked out of the kitchen, trying to control her tears. Y/n watched the entire scene unfold and felt sorry for the girl.

After Y/n and his date finished the meal, they walked out and his date wanna switch numbers. "Umm, I'm sorry. But I don't have any intentions to date or get married. Sorry." Y/n explained. His date got angry and slap him on the cheeks before leaving. "Then why did you come here tonight! Wasting my time!"

Y/n sighed in frustration. As he walked home, he saw a street stall selling some snacks and food and decided to go and have some spicy tteobboki to relieve some frustration.

"One serving of tteobboki and fiscakes please!" He said to the vendor. The place was empty but besides. him, sat Minju with her 3 younger siblings, the youngest being fed with a milk bottle and being held in Minju's embrace while the other 2 younger siblings were sharing a serving of tteobboki.

"Noona!! We are still very hungry... We haven't ate dinner yet, can we order one more serving?." Her 2 younger brothers requested, with pitiful eyes.

Minju sighed and said, "I just lost my job earlier... We might have to skip some meals. Im sorry... I will try to find another job as soon as possible. But for now, please bear with it okay? I haven't eaten the entire day yet. Let's just eat some instant noodles when we go home okay?"

Her 2 younger siblings looked down and started crying. While the youngest sibling, Minju's baby sister was in her embrace, enjoying her milk.

Y/n's bowl soon arrived and the 2 younger boys looked, wowing as they stared at the hot tteobboki. Y/n saw their reaction, and ordered 2 more servings.

Then he pushed the bowl towards the younger boys and asked them to eat. "Can we really eat this?" Y/n nodded to the boys' question.

The boys cheered as they quickly helped themselves to the food. Minju quickly thanked Y/n.

As the other 2 servings came, he gave another one to Minju. "Is this for me?" Minju asked him nervously. "Yes, you need to eat in order to have energy and take care of them. Where are your parents?"

Minju sobs as she told the story of how her father died in an incident while her mom commited suicide to join her husband.

Y/n felt sorry for her. Minju quickly devoured the tteobboki. Y/n ordered some more servings for her. Soon she felt full and thanked him.

Minju asked him on how she could repay him back. "You know how to massage?" Y/n asked. Minju slowly nodded. "Massage my shoulders here then."

Minju got up and went behind him and massaged his shoulders which muscles was tense and she could see he was stressed. She too was stressed like him but her younger siblings would help to massage her lightly and that would cheer her up and relieve her stress everytime.

"Your technique is good. I'm enjoying this massage, thank you." Y/n smiled as he enjoyed the massage and felt his tense shoulder massages relaxed.

Y/n thought for awhile and decided to offer her a job. "Can you cook?" "Yes, I learned some cooking from my late mother." "Okay. Every night I will come to your house for dinner and a massage. You will get paid 200 dollars every night. I know you just lost your job. Is that fine?" Minju wondered if she should accept the offer.

She looked down at her younger siblings and decided to accept the job offer, she needed to take care of her siblings and find an income.

They switched numbers and Minju smiled at him, thanking him as they parted ways. Minju carrying her younger sister and holding her 2 younger brothers hands as they walked home.

Y/n smiled as he remembered the girl's face when he was doing the work.

The next few nights, Y/n brought food and some groceries for them everytime he visit her house. Minju would refuse but be asked to keep them for the sake of her younger siblings.

Once Y/n fall sleep as he enjoyed Minju's massage. He woke up to the smell of her cooking and enjoyed the good food. He imagined that it would be great if he could come home to such food every night. Then he realised he could just marry her in the name of helping her and also help end the blind dating efforts by his mom.

"Hey, Kim Minju." Y/n called her and she looked at him. "Marry me." Minju was shock at his sudden proposal. "I will take care of you and your siblings. Love can slowly come. But now... Let's get married. This would benefit both of us."

Minju hesitated but confessed she never dated before. "Neither have I. I would be good to you. Most importantly, I will not take advantage of you, don't worry."

Soon, Minju would get married to Y/n. Despite Y/n's mother's protest, his dad supported him and that's all that matters.

As they arrived at their new home, her siblings moved along with them and the three siblings shared a room while Minju stayed with Y/n.

As Y/n lied down on the bed after a long wedding ceremony with Minju. He was about to sleep until Minju came in and slowly took off her dress. " What are you doing??" "I thought all couples do that thing when they slept together for the first night."

Y/n smiled at her innocence and dressed put a robe on her and said,"We will do that once we truly fall in love."

Soon they sleep together on the same bed but seperated.

Over the next few nights, Y/n would always work on his work and business proposal and fall asleep on the working table. Minju would always help to put on a blanket over him and helped close the lights, doing everything as a good wife would do.

A year has almost passed but they had no physical intimacy. But both of them had already fallen in love with each other...

Y/n confessed to her that he fallen in love with her but she rejected him, saying she had no feelings for him and that she's not good enough for him.

Y/n felt sad and ever since Minju kept a distance and even slept in another room alone.

Y/n would always make himself be fully devoted to his work in order to numb himself of the pain.

Every night, Minju would however stand outside his room to see what he was up to and was always worried that he would tire himself out. She would sneakily get in and massaged his shoulders and put on a blanket on him after he fall asleep.

One night, Y/n got drunk and went to her room. "Y/n? You are drunk. Let me help you go back to your room."

Y/n collapse on her bed and hugged her. "Minju-ah, you know I love you... Why must you reject me ? I can feel it... I can feel you liking me... If not why would you put on the blanket on me every night... "

Minju heart ached at his words, " Y/n..."

"Sshh, just tonight would do... Let me cuddle and sleep with you tonight..." Y/n said before wrapping her in his embrace and slept. Minju cautiously closes the light besides the bed while being in his embrace, so as to not wake him up

Minju's PoV

Y/n said he never drinks and would never drink or smoke in life... Did I really break his heart so badly until he forced himself to drink and get drunk to numb his pain? Maybe I should start being true to myself and accept him...