Didi sat on the park bench watching the kids play. It was a nice day so she decided to take the kids to the park instead of her house. She was also hoping the fresh air would help with the almost constant queasy feeling in her stomach.
"How are you feeling?" Mi Sun asked as she sat down next to Didi with a sleeping Ji Yeon in her arms.
A little queasy." Didi answered."I've tried what worked with my first two, but nothing seems to work."
"Seaweed soup was what helped me." Mi Sun told her."I can make you some if you want to try it."
"Thank you. I'll try aything at this point." Didi said standing up and running off toward the restrooms.
"I don't miss those days." Mi Sun mused to herself."I do miss some things though.
Flashback
"Seaweed soup again?" Jin asked sitting down at the table to have dinner.
"That's all I can keep down." Mi Sun said."I hope this all day sickness is over soon."
"I thought it was called morning sickness." Jin noted as he began to eat his dinner.
"It is, but they should chnage it, because it doesn't just happen in the morning." Mi Sun assured him as she began to eat her rice.
"You need to try and eat something otther then soup." Jin told her.
"I do. The soup just helps with the nausua." Mi Sun assured him.
End of flashback
Didi returned a few minutes later and sat back down."Morning sickness is the worst part."
"I agree. You just have to get through it to get to the good parts." Mi Sun said.
"That's true." Didi agreed turning her attention back to the kids, who were running around.
JI Yeon bagan to wake up peompting Mi Sun to reposition her into a sitting position.
"I'll ne right back." Mi Sun told Didi as she stood up, grabbed the diaper bag and headed toward the restrooms.
"I hope this one is a girl." Didi said when Mi Sun returned a few minutes later."I love my boys, but it would be nice to see what raising a girl would be like."
"Finding out she was a girl was one of the happiest and scariest days of my life." Mi Sun told her.
"How is that?" Didi asked.
"Well that was when we found out she had a kidney problem." Mi Sun explained.
Flashback
Mi Sun sat on the couch watching tv waiting for Jin to get home.
"You're late." Mi Sun stated standing up as Jin walked through the door.
"I'm sorry." Jin apologized sitting down on the couch."Work took a little longer tonight."
"You scared me." Mi Sun said sitting back down.
Jin pulled her close."I'm sorry. I'll call next time."
He then turned toward the tv and noticed what Mi Sun had been watching. He turned back to his wife and sighed placing his hand on her stomach."You don't have to worry about me. We have more important things to think about."
"Like what?" Mi Sun asked placing her hand on top of her husbands.
"Let's talk about baby names." Jin suggested.
Mi Sun smiled."Why don't we find out what we're having and then pick a name."
"Deal." Jin sadi and they shook hands."If it's a girl I think we should name her Ji Yeon."
"Oh so we're going to be those people who anme their kid after a character in a tv show?" Mi Sun asked gesturing toward the tv that was currently playing an episode of Lost.
"You don't like it?" Jin asked.
"No." Mi Sun shook her head."It's a beautiful name. I just want to find out what we're having first."
"Let's get some sleep." Jin suggested."Tomorrow we get to find out what our baby is and what her name will be."
"Oh so you're sure it's going to be a girl?" Mi Sun asked as she stood up and followed Jin to their room.
"It's what I'm hoping for." Jin replied.
The next day Mi Sun arrived for her appointment. She got checked in and sat down to wait hoping her husband wouldn't be late. A few minutes later Jin walked through the door just as Mi Sun's name was called.
"It's a girl." The OBGYN announced as she moved the wand over Mi Sun's stomach."However her kdineys look a little abnormal."
"What can we do?" Mi Sun asked.
"We'll wait and see how things go. For now there's nothing to do." the OBGYN told them.
Once the appointment was over Mi Sun and Jin returned to work. Mi Sun didn't feel like talking about what they had found out. She hoped work would distrract her.
Later on in the day Mi Sun was restocking a cart with medical supplies when she felt a sharp pain and the baby kicking like crazy. She made her way over to a chair and sat down hoping the pain would stop soon. The pain subsided and the kicking stopped. Mi Sun left the cart and went to find her doctor.
"It was probably just a faulse comtraction." The doctor informed her as she checked her out and found nothing abnormal."Take the rest of the day off and just relax. Come back if it happens again."
Mi Sun went home, but couldn't relax. Even though the doctor told her that there was nothing wrong, she couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen.
She took a hot bath hoping that would help her relax. She got out after thirty minutes and noticed that she had a text message from Jin telling her he would be late returning home, but not to worry.
She sent a quick text back not saying anything about what had happened earlier in the day since there was nothing to worry about.
She was sitting on the couch when she heard a soft knock at the door.
She got up and opened the door to find her neice and nephews standing in the hallway.
"Can we stay here tonight please?" Min Hee asked.
"What happened?" Mi Sun asked allowing the children to come inside. She didn't miss the black eye on Min Jun and bruisess on the older kids, not to mention how skinny they looked.
"Nothing that hasn't happened before, but it was worse this time, all cuz Min Jun accidently splilled some beer on a baggie of white powder." Min Hee explained.
"Go sit on the couch and watch tv. I'll make you something to eat." Mi Sun instructed.
She made the kids a quick dinner of noodles and sat down with a bowl of seaweed soup for herself as something salty was what she was craving at the moment.
They had just finished eating when a loud knock was a heard on the door.
Min Jun started crying and clung to his auntie hoping for protection from who he assumed on the other side of the door was his father.
Mi Sun handed the crying two year old to his older sister and told the kids to hide in the other room as her brother began to shout and the banging got louder.
As the kids ran to hide Mi Sun opened the door to find her brother standing there. He pushed passed her and made his way into the apartment.
"Where are they?" He asked.
"Who?" Mi Sun asked hoping her brother didn't know that his kids were here.
"You know who." Mi Sun's brother yelled slapping her in the face.
"There not here." Mi Sun yelled back as she stepped back into the hallway.
She didn't have time to react as she was thrown to the floor, hitting her head on the wall. She was disorianted, but snapped out of it as she heard the kids cry and scream begging their father not to take them. Mi Sun watched as the kids were drug out of the apartment. She stood up to go after them but the same pain from earlier came back, it became more serious as she felt something wet trickle down her legs.
She found her phone and quickly called for an ambulance. She was rushed to the hospital and put into a room where they were able to stop the early labor just in time.
"We're excited to meet you too, but you have to stay in a little longer." Jin said to Mi Sun's belly.
"I think she likes the sound of your voice." Mi Sun told him grabbing his hand so he could feel the small kicks.
"She's moving. That's a good sign." Jin noted.
"Yes." Mi Sun sighed."I'm on light duty until she's born. All I cna do is sign paperwork and sit at a desk and get people signed in, but if that's what it takes to keep our little girl safe I'll do it."
A few days later MI Sun was folding laundry when Jin came in carrying a large bag.
"What's all this?" Mi Sun asked dropping the folded shirt onto the pile.
"This is the reason I was late the other night. It seems so stupid now." Jin explained.
Mi Sun looked inside the bag that Jin handed her."You bought every Disney princess movie?"
"Well we are having a girl and I'm trying to keep the Disney theme we have going." Jin told her.
"By the way it's not stupid." Mi Sun said setting the bag down on the floor."What's stupid is how my brother acted."
"Yeah. I've been thinking about that." Jin said sitting down next to the folded laundry.
"And?" Mi Sun asked folding the last pair of shorts and putting them in the pile.
"We dhould get a dog."I can't always be here if he comes back." Jin pointed out.
"The baby will be here in a few months. I don't think now is the best time to get a dog, besides I have something else in mind that we should probably get." Mi Sun told him.
She continued when Jin just stared at her with a confused look.
"I know we're about to have a baby, but those kids need to be taken away. I mean who leaves beer and drugs where a toddler can get it?"
"It won't be easy, but I think you're right." Jin agreed."Everytime we see them their covered in bruises and the only time they probably get a decent meal is if they stay with your parents."
A few days later Mi Sun and Jin began the process of removing Min Jun and his siblings from their parents care. They were soon moved to live with their grandparents since Mi Sun was on bed rest and couldn't run after a toddler at this time.
A few months later Ji Yeon was born. She was small and had to start dialisis treatments almost right away, but other then that she was healthy.
End of flahsback
"It looks like it might rain. I think I'll take the kids homw now." Didi said standing up and calling for the kids.
"Ok. I'll go to the store and pick up what I need to make the soup and bring the soup over later today." Mi Sun told her as the kids made their way over to the two women.
"Seaweed soup?" Jin asked as he came intothe kitchen holding Ji Yeon."Are you pregnant again?"
Mi Sun turned away from the stove."No. I'm making this for Didi. I'm hoping it will help with her nausua like it did for me."
"Maybe we should have another baby." Jin suggested putting Ji Yeon on the floor.
"I think four kids and a dog is plenty right now." Mi Sun said as she packed up the soup."Will you watch them while I take this to Didi?"
"You know how she is when you leave." Jin groaned picking his daughter up, who was about to go play in the dog food.
"And you want another one?" Mi Sun laughed.
"Yes." Jin stated following his wife."One that will cry when I leave so you can see how it feels."
"Maybe when she's a little older we can think about having another baby." Mi Sun suggested as she got into her car and drove off.
As predicted Ji Yeon began to cry as Jin walked back inside the house with her. She didn't stop crying until her mother came back as nothing Jin did distracted her. She just felt like a disappointment to her daddy.
