9. Meet-and-greet

Several days have passed since then.

I continued to struggle in the swamp of assignments and classes.

In the past, I even pretended to do housework.

But now I didn’t have time to pretend, so I had to stay locked in my room.

Of course, Kyunghee took over the housework.

I was really sorry, but Kyung-hee seemed to like it more.

“You’re my wife!”

Since he responded like that every time, I had nothing to say.

I couldn’t say I wasn’t a wife, and I couldn’t just continue as a lover.

There was a need to gradually improve the relationship.

Otherwise, when I came to my senses, I felt like I would be surrounded by children.

I’ve allowed you this far, so let’s stay for a while.

I needed to say that.

“So, Kyunghee.”

“yes?”

“I’m surprised if you come in as if it’s natural.”

“I don’t know.”

“You were sleeping. Sleep for a while.”

“Really…? But, didn’t Siwoo ask you to wake him up?”

Kyunghee smiled slyly.

I’m sure I’ll only sleep for 2 hours, so I would ask him to wake me up.

But I didn’t ask you to come in and wake me up like this.

Besides, I could tell just by the way his hand was creeping toward a strange place.

“Didn’t you say no?”

“It’s shameful. He runs away because he studies every day.”

I’m glad I woke up once.

So I slowly got up and put Kyunghee on my lap.

There was still time to go to school, and it was necessary to reward Kyung-hee for her hard work.

So he slowly stroked Kyunghee’s head.

Then he began to explain.

“We don’t have enough money to live on for the rest of our lives.”

“Uh…”

“Kyung-hee, how long do you think you can write a novel?”

“It’s not like that…”

“And are you going to end it with just one child?”

“Of course not! I’m going to have a big family. And I’m going to raise them happily…!”

“Then I have to work too. Just in case you can’t write a novel.”

“It is, but…”

“So I have to study. To be honest, I want to play with you too.”

Kyung-hee drooped her ears and nodded.

I’m glad you understood this time too.

To be honest, there was no way to stop Kyung-hee from now on.

Because we love each other, the words that we have no choice but to lose to each other fit perfectly.

“Still, after the end of the course, there will be a lot of time left.”

“right?”

“Yeah. I’ll play with you a lot then.”

“Isn’t it? Can I trust you?”

“yes.”

I don’t know why, but I felt an ominous feeling.

He shook his head to shake off the ominous feeling slowly creeping up his back and smiled at Kyunghee.

Kyung-hee was still lying on my lap and flapping her ears.

“Yes, Siwoo.”

“yes?”

“Actually, I have a lot of problems to say I’m normal?”

“I don’t think so. Aren’t you okay now?”

“No. I’m holding back.”

Kyunghee explained as she put her hand on her chest.

Then he smiled as he slowly lowered his hand to his stomach.

“You keep it in such a deep place and think you shouldn’t do it.”

“Then it piles up.”

“That’s right. It accumulates. But, Siwoo is receiving a prize from you.”

“ah.”

“That’s not going to happen, but should I continue to love… and cherish it?”

Kyunghee opened her mouth and showed her teeth.

It’s like a cat gnawing its fangs.

Kyunghee also showed her teeth and smiled.

“Otherwise I don’t know what I would do.”

“Is it a threat?”

“It’s a threat! I said it wouldn’t happen, but you should know it anyway.”

Originally, Kyung-hee’s eyes would have lost their vitality here.

Then he must have dug a trap to bind me somehow.

But now that I look at it, it just looks like a cute rabbit’s outburst.

So I lightly slapped my finger on the forehead and stood up.

Kyung-hee grumbled on my bed for a while, then left the room saying that she had prepared a meal.

“It’s kimchi fried rice. I also made fried eggs.”

“I see. Did you add sliced ham as well?”

“Yeah. I did it before you woke up.”

“Somehow, he crawled under the blanket.”

“I was thinking of getting a bunch of awards!”

Kyunghee’s ears perked up.

Then, before eating, he opened his arms to ask for one more hug.

Of course I could hug him, so I hugged him.

Because there was still time left.

But now I couldn’t delay, so I ate in silence.

And after quickly washing up and going to school, I sat in the classroom and quietly prepared.

Then the day went round and round like a treadmill.

Time goes by really fast, and the date changes every time I wake up.

Miracles that were not such miracles continued to unfold.

There were days when I remembered the day of the week but not the date.

It was as if the number had been erased from the calendar and three words had been written on it.

Last week. this week. next week. these three words.

And Kyunghee played the biggest role in this phenomenon.

Originally, while shopping for groceries and doing household chores, one would learn the concept of time continuously.

However, since Kyunghee took care of all the housework, she didn’t have to worry about anything other than her studies.

If there is an assignment, if there is still time, prepare and review at the same time.

Even then, if there was still time left, he would hug Kyung-hee and stay in a daze.

Time passed like that, and it became the end of the lecture that Kyung-hee had been expecting so much.

The end of the exam was the end of the semester, so there was nothing to shy away from.

“It’s Kyunghee.”

“yes?”

“Let’s go. Home.”

“Mother-in-law, are you going to see your father-in-law? Okay!”

Kyunghee’s eyes lit up and she nodded.

In the meantime, I prepared a lot in many ways.

She said she was zealous enough to become a beloved daughter-in-law.

He also started bragging to me about having family plans in place.

I don’t know why I even set up a family plan, but I nodded my head saying that I knew it first.

“I’m not saying I’m leaving right now, because I still have things to organize.”

“……really!?”

“Then you thought I was leaving right now?”

“Of course! I thought I was leaving today and told the men.”

“Oh, it’s okay to go today.”

“I’m glad.”

Kyunghee nodded slowly.

Then, as if expecting something, he began to perk in his ears.

The ears pricked up and then formed a heart shape.

It seemed like he was asking for a reward for what he had endured all this time.

“No.”

“There’s still time!”

“I said no. There’s a lot to prepare. There’s a lot to move.”

“When it’s over?”

“Then I have nothing to say.”

“Okay!”

I didn’t say what to bring and what not to bring, but Kyunghee moved freely on her own.

He said that he had already talked to his mother-in-law and was dumbfounded when he took out his suitcase.

They said that they had to eat until lunch, so they changed their plans on the spot.

As if she had really waited for this moment, Kyung-hee worked hard and patted her ears.

And within a few hours, Kyunghee finished all the preparations.

It was enough to eat lunch and wash the dishes before leaving.

“But, Siwoo.”

“yes?”

Kyeong-hee, who was cooking with all the remaining ingredients, only laughed sinisterly.

I wanted to do that after calling him, but soon I felt ominous.

It wasn’t the ominous obsession, it was the other ominous.

“If you want to score points with your parents-in-law, isn’t your favorite food bad?”

“I guess… I guess?”

“But wouldn’t money be better?”

“ah.”

I seemed to know what the cause of the ominous was.

Kyeong-hee explained her plan while laughing obscenely.

“You’re staying for two weeks, right? We? At your house.”

“It did.”

“It seemed like father-in-law was having a hard time dealing with vacation days, and mother-in-law seemed tired too…”

“therefore?”

“Even if I were to spend a week with my daughter-in-law and son, I thought it would be appropriate to spend a week alone.”

Kyunghee laughed out loud and stretched out her fingers.

“I made a reservation at a suitable hotel for a week! It’s a place I usually want to visit, so I gave it to you!”

“I scored.”

“Yeah, so it’s just the two of us for a week.”

“yes.”

“Don’t even think about running away.”

Kyunghee said coldly.

But his ears were flapping at full speed, to no avail.

I could see everything trying to force the atmosphere.

It was funny and cute to act cold-heartedly pretending not to feel good.

Kyung-hee must have noticed, too, and laughed, saying that she would never lie.

“Still, don’t run away is true!”

“Don’t run away. Rather, Kyung-hee, you should be careful, right?”

“To step on the accelerator all the way and break the speed? I like it too!”

“Not at all.”

“You’ll make sure your stomach won’t go out for ten months? I’m good too.”

“Really, no. I was wrong.”

“Yes, yes.”

The situation itself was funny, but I couldn’t help but laugh as I imagined the future.

I didn’t even graduate from college, but I didn’t want to throw a party for my child’s first birthday.

So I was relieved only after bluffing that it was a condition to ensure contraception.

It’s like I didn’t really listen.

Still, it seemed that raising a child would be fun if it was with Kyunghee.

It’s raising sons and daughters who resemble Kyunghee and me, and there’s no way it wouldn’t be fun.