Gu Junpyo and Geum Jandi: Gu Seong Min (age7), Gu Seong Hee ( age5)
Yoon Jihoo and Oh Hani: Yoon Eun Hee ( age7), Yoon Jun soo ( age 1)
So Yi Jeong and Chu Ga Eul: So Dae Jeong ( age7), So Ha Neul ( age 3)
Song Woo Bin and Ha Jaegyeong: Song Hae Ryung ( age 6 )
A/N: I have edited the part where Dae Jeong describes about the french kiss to Hae Ryung. because I thought it was a bit too much for his age... and to make it more realistic I wrote an explanation about what had happened back there, in-not in Song Hae Ryung's perspective- way.Sorry I was in a hurry when publishing this chapter, so back then I was not able to think about a better way to tell that scene.- 10. 02. 2021.
Chapter ten: The worst of the Valentines.
"oppa?"..
...
Mwo?
What..
Was..
THAT ?
Ani..(shakes her head ) it can't be.. a hallucination.. ye..
...
"OPPA!"
"Oh! you two?..."
"Oppa.. unnie... it has been a long time.."
"Ye.. Anyeongsaeyo, unnie... when did you return back to Korea?"
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ANNIYO!
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...
If I may ask you, do you have any sort of a protocol (ye think that is the word..) when addressing people? Like for whom that you would call gomo or imo and for whom that you would call unnie...
I have got one, and that is simple. If my omma or appa would call them, unnie, noona or dongseong... I am going to call them, their name .. blank.. gomo or imo...
But, for some people, that protocol is different. And for those people, it is that : the only protocol they have !
It is quite hard, to tolerate those people, when our protocols clash together. Especially when they mentally abuse you to call them unnie, despite my own policies and ethics. And Especially, when your omma and appa say nothing against their malicious behaviour.
For me, I have got two, of that kind of idiots. Ye, I know, we should not be calling those words for adults or grown ups, according to the given protocol No.2 : regarding politeness and discipline. But, according to my protocol No.3 : regarding family relationships and addressing and No.4 : regarding the definitions of wisdom and adulthood, They are... indeed, Idiots.
They have got an IQ of one digit , don't even sure if there's one at the least. Just because they are ten years older than me, I am being forced to call them 'unnie' whereas they call my appa, as 'oppa'.
And that's not the only reason for me to call them brainless!
If you have ever noticed, there are two main divisions at Shinhwa school.
One,
The learning division, where people actually learn. Where you get actual homework and get punished if you won't complete them. Aka, the elementary section.
Two,
The 'Asylum' division, where the supposed- to -be- learning are doing everything else, other than learning! Including: screaming, squealing in high frequencies, yelling, bullying, reading magazines at school time and most irritatingly, trying to show off their entire wardrobe in a single day ! How much of metallic accessories they wear, if every metal is attracted to magnets and if one would hold a magnet large enough, about one hundred Shinhwa high schoolers would be dragged and glued to it. (Most probably girls.)
...
...
Aka, the high school division.
If one would ask, then what about middle school, it could probably be called as the intermediate state.
And to make problems worse, those two have successfully reached the far end of that state, that they are almost in the division no. 2 right now.
If you are wondering how on earth my appa ended up being 'oppa' for them, well, that's the same thing that I am wondering about. And that is one of the one hundred and twenty three reasons that I am so glad about my omma being an only child...
If someone would harass you to call them something that you don't like, what are you going to do?
Ye.
You are supposed to call them from that EXACT name !
Which is why I greeted them,
"Anyeongsaeyo, Eun Ae gomo, Jin Ae gomo..."
And no matter how much offensive their glare would be, just plaster your widest grin.
If you still don't have any idea, about whom that I am talking,
They are...
Song Eun Ae and Song Jin Ae!
-The twin sisters of my appa.
-Two of the three main rivals we have got in our lives.
And the last one will be coming tomorrow, to stay at ours for a whole day plus a sleepover.
I had enough efforts to think about a way to chase HER away, when those two appeared from nowhere!
Those two: The last thing that was missing to make this week the worst week in our lives.
Why?
Tomorrow is the valentine's day.
Which means uri appas and ommas are going to leave us with some other person so they could go out and go to carnivals and restaurants alone.
Last year, it was with Hani imo's parents that we were kept, and the year before that.. it was the worst, when we were kept with Huramoni Kang...
At least till Noonaoni, came... it was like been held as livestock...phew.. don't even remind me that!...
And this year it is probably those two idiots those are going to babysit us, most probably the other way that would happen though.
I wonder what Gu Seong Hee would do for that!
At least, the two rivalries are not in partnership...
...
...
Well,
I thought I would have been glad about that!
But once the night became day that I found out, those two parties are not in partnership as well as not in hindrance for each other's company.
Oh! Fate, why be so cruel?
(Sigh)
The only thing that Gu Seong Hee did was, climbing up on to one of the largest sofas and claiming it all to herself while Seong Min rolled up on an armchair for another eternal nap. Eun Hee was at the table completing her homework with her dongseong sitting by her side babbling nonsense and Dae Jeong, who had probably finished them before presenting at ours, had his dongseong on his lap while scanning through some pottery designs.
Me?
Well I was seated on the indoor swing, mining for diamonds and collecting my golden coins.-That stupid dwarfish business!
The supposed-to-be-baby-sitting -us were seated on their respective armchairs, applying nail polish and doing touching ups for their make up. Their usual stupid behaviour-I thought till I heard a sound_ ani a voice_ ani two voices, both male, approaching the study we were in.
"OPPA!" the engaged baby sitters let out a twin squeal, before running to the arms of those other two boys who appeared from nowhere.
And there after was an extreme scenes of PDA playing right in front of our eyes.
Maybe it was just me who blushed staring unknowingly at the couples who carelessly dismissed themselves from the study. Eun Hee had probably just flinched to their squeal and was too busy to bother looking up at them, just as was Seong Hee. But Dae Jeong, who actually did see it, just smiled and returned back to his magazines.
"Omo! Those two! .."
And he smirked looking at me.
"Mwo?"
"Hmm?" and looked back at me, in those puppy eyes as if it was me who was smirking at his face.
I made a gesture at the departing disgusting things.
"mwo? That?" he flashed his grin. " I think ... that's what called as a French kiss..."
"Mwo?a French kiss? Are there different types of kisses? "
"Hmm.. " Dae Jeong nodded and went silent.
" once about two years ago in a day before Valentine's omma and appa were... " his expression looked as if he was almost going to be drowned in memories.
(not in Song Hae Ryung's perspective)
--
Two years ago...
It was night- a bit too late for their children to be awake. Ha Neul-the one year old, had already fallen fast asleep in his crib, and so was Dae Jeong... at least Yi Jeong thought, when he was searching for his wife, who found to be helping the maids to clean up the dishes.
He quietly entered the kitchen, his little grin and the slight nod dismissing the giggling servants. But Ga Eul was unaware, till his arms entwined her waist.
"oh..." she gasped and then smiled,seeing his grin.
"sunbae.."
Yi Jeong grinned wider, placing a kiss on the back of her ear.
"can't sunbae wait, until we get to our room?" Ga Eul asked, in a teasing tone.
"Ah... Its Ga Eulyang.. who had known for her patience, not me... I was just a childish Casanova..." his voice had already grown husky at the end of the sentence, as he had started to trail down kisses on her neck.
" A childish Casanova?" Ga Eul blurted out with a smirk, and turned around to meet his eyes, abruptly pausing him from his work.
"Sunbae.. its pitty that I've only known you as a potter aritist... I never knew sunbae was such brilliant in humor..." she crossed her arms grinning.
" well, now you do?" Yi Jeong returned the grin placing his hands on the countertop at the each side of Ga Eul, cornering her.
Ga Eul's arms were still crossed. She slightly blushed but managed to keep her cool with the help of the slightest of grins.
"Sunbae.. what do you want?"
She knew the answer.
" Jagiya... don't you really know what I want?" Yi Jeong smirked before leaning in to her lips.
She closed her eyes as he came closer and slowly opened them, after she received a peck on her lips.
"Sunbae.. not here.." Ga Eul whispered, once her lips were released.
" why not?" he grinned in a seductive way. " There's no one else in here... just us..." and leaned again to reclaim her lips. She responded then, though as usual in a shy manner- at first, but with growing confidence and eagerness.
It made Yi Jeong smile, even throughout the kiss-how his Ga Eulyang's innocence was not drained off even by the near six years of marriage.
His smile did not go unnoticed by her, in fact, it made her smile too-given the chance for Yi Jeong to slip inside her.
while their breaths entangled in the French kiss Yi Jeong lifted her, aiding her to sit on the counter top, his torso between her thighes and his hand tracing down her spine to reach her pyjamas, while the other was still holding her chin upright aiding their kiss.
"Appa! forgot to tell you th_"
Neither Ga Eul nor Yi Jeong knew, what actually made them jump back, breaking their kiss and awakening their senses.
Was it the sound of doors slamming open or their five year old son running through them, freezing at the sight they made.
In Ga Eul's mind everything happened at once:
The doors being slammed open, Dae Jeong entering the kichen and freezing at the spot and them jerking back.
Yet, it was seconds later that she climbed down from the counter top and Yi Jeong had taken back his arms allowing her to do so.
Ga Eul shot a quick glare at Yi Jeong who had so suddenly become strangely interested in a pattern on a kitchen towel layed besides where she was, and had immediately lifted one of his arms making her way to slip out, and had turned around not to face his son.
"Omma... what happened?" The five year old was genuinely confused.
And so was Ga Eul, but her confusion came along with a horrible lot of knowledge and guilt.
"D-D-Dae J-Jeong y-ya.. s-sweetie..."
"Omma, appa.. what were_"
"it was just appa giving a simple kiss to omma..." Yi Jeong turned around plastering a grin on his face. He had regained his composure after the few seconds of kitchen-towel-pattern studying. He, with ease went an arm around Ga Eul's waist pulling her closer to place another on her cheek.
Ga Eul looked away, her cheeks steaming-unable to bear more flood of blood blushing them.
So Yi Jeong!! You little_ Agh!!
She was cursing and yelling inside her brain though.
"What was you going to tell appa? the thing thay you forgot?" Yi Jeong smiled still not displaying the slightest bit of nervousness, not on his face and nor in his voice.
"Ye! " Dae Jeong flashed the identical grin at the one who passed it down to him. "Appa.. its parents' teachers' day tomorrow. "
"Ah... so who do you want to come? is it me or..." he looked at Ga Eul, who's flushed cheeks were promising a slap on his face once their son would leave. He chuckled, his tone becoming more casual in every second, and his expressions shifting from diturbed lover to understanding husband and then to the caring father mode.
"Arasso... then I'll be coming...I think Woo Bin and Jihoo Samchoons will be coming too..."
"Anniyo appa!...I mean... then its better if omma would come..."
The couple chuckled for the first time for the last few minutes.
"Do you want me to come put you back to bed?"
"Anniyo ..." Dae Jeong again flashed his grin before heading back to his room.
once Yi Jeong made sure-this time for real, that he had actually left to his room, he let out a sigh, lifting up his face with a grin of smugness, but found Ga Eul staring at him in utter disappointment.
"Mwo?" Yi Jeong was not expecting that. After all he had managed the situation at his best.
"Mwo?!!" Ga Eul snapped back at him. "Sunbae, does sunbae really think that he would be believing all that?!"
"Mwo?.."Yi Jeong reached for the cupboards and had a glass of water to further calm himself down. "Why shouldn't he?"
"Sunbae.. go and explain him..."
"tsk..what do you mean by explain?"
"Tell him something!... something that is less suspicious... something more true or better than that obvious lie!"
"Ga Eul...it was ju_"
"Ani ! sunbae, it was sunbae's fault!!"
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And that was how So Yi Jeong lost an argument for his wife and eneded up staring at the door knob of his son's bedroom sighing and combing the black mess of his hair.
He smirked at himself. His hand was almost going to slip under Ga Eul's pyjamas then.. almost.. but it never did. He was glad that it did not, or else this explanation would be a lot more harder, worse and almost impossible for a five year old.
The gratitude for the seemingly better timing cleared his mind to be able to think about a better lie... as Ga Eul told him. And he sighed at last being able to turn that knob and enter the room.
--
(Song Hae Ryung's perspective)
"...Its not something to be disgusted... Appa told that.. it was a way to show they extremely love each other..."
"You mean, when two adults extremely love each other?"
"Ye.. think so..."
Ye... maybe I could remember something like that too ... once when I was returning back from school omma and appa were kissing.. maybe it was something like that but... wonder why did omma turned that red ...
Maybe...
Ye!
That explains well... that omma once told me that if young people would kiss they would caught rabies...
"Makes me wonder..."
"Hmm?"
"Dae Jeong ya... do you know where do babies come from?"
Dae Jeong went thoughtful for minute there.
"Ani.." He shook his head. His expressions were sincere.
"Kissing."
"Mwo?" We turned at Yoon Eun Hee who had somehow miraculously looked up from her precious homework.
"Omma told me that kissing is what makes babies..."
"Mwo? But my omma told that one should wear a ring to have a baby..."
And Dae Jeong just remained silent considering the two possible ways we had suggested.
" Aish ! You two idiots!"
Mwo?
Ye. The old father time had woken up...
" Babies are sold in hospitals! They are first put inside ommanim's tummy and once they are grown up would again be taken out!"
Makes me wonder... again..
Why on earth did they pay to have a brat like him...
... or ... does that mean...
I leaned at them, to make my voice sound like a whisper as much as possible.
"Does that mean we can return Gu Seong Hee, and ask for a refund?"
"umm..." Seong Min went thoughtful." That supposed to be possible..."
And a flying pillow crashed on to the curly summit of his head.
"MWO?"
" BRING ME A GLASS OF LEMONADE!"
"GO GET THAT YOURSELF!"
"I AM STUDYING!"
Pfft.. as if there was something to study at the kindergarten.. she should wait till she gets to the elementary section!
"AND I AM SLEEPING!"
"I'LL TELL HALMOM!"
Yep, that was the last card for Gu Seong Hee -being the pet of Huramoni Kang... and leaves no other choice to Seong Min than fulfilling all her slavery.
Two-minute silence for the late Gu Seong Min -the great and powerful...
...
...
I supposed he should have simply asked Chen for the lemonade, so it was not to take that long...
"Aish! Isn't this enough time to make a lemonade?"
Of course the chefs would have been making one for her majesty..
Seong Hee was glaring all around the room which made Dae Jeong sigh and stand up, " I'll go look for him.." and went out from the study.
Ten minutes passed.
Neither did he return.
"Hasn't it been a while... it is enough time for them to return..."
Of course, Seong Hee was not sensitive enough for anyone else's matters, but only her stupid lemonade.
Eun Hee and I exchanged a look.
"We'll go look for them.." and she gestured me to come, as we left the study leaving Seong Hee to be in-charge, as she would be the eldest remained.
Well, she was the in-charge after all. Even if she was NOT the eldest remained.
...
...
The living was deserted and the hallway was silent.
It felt creepy- the whole still ness.
The whole house was silent, if not for our footsteps. Wonder where those two idiots had disappeared.
Eun Hee clutched into my arm.. well I am not to scold her.. I was just as scared as she was...
Maybe...
And once we stepped down stairs, and entered to the corridor stretching to the kitchen, we found out, forget about the lemonade, that there was not a single soul in there.
Eun Hee clutched tighter into my arm.
"Hae Ryungya... "
"Don't worry.. wonder where those two dorks has gone searching for a lemonade.."
It was just then that I heard footsteps approaching which made me turn around.
There were two figures approaching us, fast.
And then I was pulled at them
So was Eun Hee,... I guess.
She let out a cry, but felt a cloth covering my mouth when I was going to.
And then again it was silent.
And again,
Dark.
( The last thing Song Hae Ryung had felt was her bracelet being snatched away from her wrist. That bracelet-which was also a hidden tracker, in the name of safety of the daughter of Prince mafia of Korea...)
(Not in Song Hae Ryung's perspective )
The skating rink was decorated with twinkling lights, hanging from the trees that shaded it's outer rink with the tables underneath them. All the tables were darkened yet one was illuminated - from candle light though, sprinkling its droplets of light on to the petals of the red Rose's beneath them which made them look like bathed from a divine golden dew.
Ga Eul paused entering the premises and stared at the illuminated table for a moment before being able to utter a word.
"Sunbae...?..."
Yi Jeong smiled and ushered her to the seat.
"I was first thinking to make it arranged at the middle of the rink but... the ice should be slippery even without skaters..."
Ga Eul chuckled. "Anniyo.. it's better this way..."
It was her thirty eighth week in pregnancy and that was why it became one of the first Valentines with no intense activities. It was planned to be more of a date though, like the simple outings they had, long before they got married. The outings-which they called them- the dates they went before knowing that they had fallen for each other.
Ye. Those pretend dates, especially the one they went to get together their friends again...
"Sunbae.."
"Hm?"
"Umm...Ani.." she smiled again. She was going to ask if there would be any fireworks tonight to make it complete or maybe to make it completely like that day.
Or maybe she should not ask. It would be better as a surprise. Ga Eul always loved surprises.
"Agh!"
"Mwo?"
She was sure distracted from everything that happened, that then a sharp pain hit her.
"Gwen Chana?"
"Ye... just a kick .." she smiled again and reassured him.
The dinner was served and glasses were filled. It was one of the first Valentines, that the glasses were not filled with wine.
The night was getting cold and cool breeze blew around them, but Ga Eul, unlike the last time, did not gave a single shiver. In contrary, she was sweating.
Suddenly her fork fell to the plate with a clashing sound as her hand went to her belly.
She was sweating wildly and now had started whimpering.
"Jagiya... Gwen chana?" Yi Jeong reached to her other hand and gave it a squeeze. He was alarmed and worried.
It was then that his phone rang. He glanced at Ga Eul before checking the caller.
Woo Bin was said to have an intense Valentine with his wife, yet even before the night was to begin there he was calling Yi Jeong. They could have probably had an argument then- Yi Jeong thought, letting out a sigh sliding the call to end as he stood up and went to Ga Eul's side, kneeling at her, staring worriedly at his wife whose eyes were shut tightly from the pain.
Ani.. it could not be... there were two weeks left for her due date..
Yet Yi Jeong made a call for an Ambulance.
"Ga Eul.. Jagiya.. Gwen chana?..don't worry an ambulance is on the way..." He soothed his whimpering wife.
Then again his phone rang.
It was again Woo Bin.
That was not usual.
Yet he had better things to be taken care of then.
But the call was persuading.
"Agh! Mwo?" he answered annoyed, but was stunned from what he heard. Even after the call ended he stared dumbfounded.
It was Ga Eul violently squashing his hand that brought him back to his senses.
"AGH!" the act was accompanied with a loud yell.
"M-mwo ?"
"Sunbae !" Ga Eul gave out a cry. She was taking shallow breaths. " Sunbae.. my water just broke!.."
A/N:
Sorry for the updates being late and if this chapter is too short. The plot about the game will be revealed soon and many things more.
But the updates will sure be a bit erratic from now on.
Sorry- undeniable reasons. :(
But hope you would stay curious about the story.
Lastly, have anyone read Narnia before?
Then you shall know the old father of time :)