You looked outside the kitchen window. It was snowing outside. The streets were filled with snow, and the park near your apartment building was decorated with lights, it would looked pretty once the sun goes down. You loved serene Sunday like this, and moreover, Christmas would be coming soon.

“The ads are over, yeobo! Come here!” Youngbae said. You hurriedly walked to the living room and sat beside him on the couch. Yeoreum, your 4 year old daughter, was sitting on his lap. On the TV, you can see Bigbang’s maknae talked and acted cutely as he tried to calm his twins down. He looked extremely tired. You always wanted a pair of twins back then, but seeing how hard it is to take care of them, you silently thanked God for not granting your wish. After some time, the TV showed your apartment building.

“It’s us, Yeoreum-ah!” your husband said excitedly.

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Yeoreum kept glancing at the front door,

“So Omma won’t be coming home again tonight?” Yeoreum asked Youngbae, while holding her Snoopy plushie, Youngbae looked at her and kneeled down,

“Omma will be back tomorrow morning, I promise. Omma will be here before you wake up, and will prepare breakfast for you”

“But I want to see her now” Her voice cracked, Youngbae started to panicked as he saw a tear rolled down to her cheek,

“Yeoreum-ah, Yeoreum-ah, don’t cry, please”

Yeoreum rubbed her teary eyes,

“Shall we call her, then?” Youngbae said as he picked his phone from his pocket, his eyes never left Yeoreum’s face. Yeoreum nodded in response.

(Youngbae’s interview)

“My wife never left her for too long before, whatever she does, she would always come home, no matter how late it is. It must be hard for Yeoreum, not seeing her mom for two nights.”

Youngbae rubbed the back of his neck and averted his eyes from the camera,

“It’s different with me. I usually left for work for two,three days or more, so maybe it’s fine with her. I think Yeoreum never cried like that whenever I didn’t get to come home” he laughed, but sounded a bit sad.

(Interview’s ended)

“Omma’s not answering her phone. Maybe she’s already asleep”

Yeoreum wasn’t saying anything, you can see a look of disappointment in her eyes. She held her plushie tighter with one hand and bit her other hand’s index finger.

“It’s 10 PM already, let’s just go to sleep, okay?”

“Appa, can you read me a bedtime story?”

“Sure” Youngbae said as he and Yeoreum walked to her bedroom. Youngbae stopped in front of the bookcase near Yeoreum’s bedroom door and picked something from it. He entered her bedroom, Yeoreum already laid on her bed and cover herself with a blanket, Youngbae also laid himself on her small bed,

“Since you missed Omma so much, instead of the usual bedtime story, let me tell you Appa and Omma story, how about that?”

Yeoreum smiled and nodded furiously. Youngbae started to tell her about how you and him first met, and about your wedding day,

“Yeoreum-ah, look at this,” Youngbae said, while showing Yeoreum your wedding album, he opened a page,

“This is Omma on our wedding day. She looks pretty, isn’t she?” Yeoreum nodded,

“Of course Omma looks pretty, she hired the best make-up artist for our wedding” Youngbae chuckled.

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You shoot Youngbae a death glare, he realized it and only laughed,

“Just wait for it” he said.

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“Omma looks the prettiest in this picture” Yeoreum said, while pointing at a picture where you looked at Youngbae lovingly and trying to hide your smile with your wedding bouquet,

“Ah, you love this one? That’s my favorite too. But I don’t think Omma looks the prettiest in here”

“In which picture then?” Yeoreum asked while turning her head to Youngbae,

“It’s not in this album, or in any pictures” Youngbae said as he closed the wedding album,

“Omma looks the prettiest when she wakes up in the morning”

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“Cheesy” you said, but still, it was quite obvious that you were flattered. You glanced at him, he looked at you and smiled. Even after 5 years of marriage, his smile is still able to make your heart fluttered.

“I see you were jealous of me because she cried over me” you said,

“A little bit” he winced. Both of you weren’t paying attention to the TV anymore.

“Remember when you went on tour overseas for a whole week? On the third night after you left, Yeoreum came into our room, she said she couldn’t sleep. So I let her sleep with me. She fell asleep while hugging your pillow tightly. She even mumbled something about you on her sleep”

“What did she say?”

“I wasn’t really paying attention to it. I could only heard the word ‘appa’” you shrugged, “she missed you just as much as she missed me that day”

Youngbae repositioned Yeoreum on his lap, smiled and kissed her cheek.

“I’m jealous of you, actually”

He turned his head to you, looking confused, “Really? Why is that?”

“My mom said this to me; with a daughter, a father’s role is to spoil her, while a mother’s role is to teach and disciplining her. Vice versa. I might be good to her sometimes, but there will be times when she would see me as a mean one, or some kind of a witch. While you will forever be a perfection in her eyes” you laughed,

“...Is that so?” he said, while rubbing his chin, “It would be great if we have a son, then. Truthfully, I always think ‘the bigger the better’” he laughed, “Because Sean hyung’s family of six looks adorable”

You were about to say something when Yeoreum cut you,

“Omma, can I eat chocolate?” she said it carefully,

“Okay, but just one, okay? Do you hear omma, Yeoreum-ah?”

“Yes, omma” Yeoureum said as she ran happily to the kitchen,

“There’s four of them” Yeoreum said as she walked back to the living room. You took the chocolate box and opened it, picked one and gave it to Yeoreum,

“One for our Yeoreumie, you won’t eat dinner if you eat too much sweets” she nodded and ate the chocolate little by little while walking around the living room.

“And one for you, yeobo” you gave one piece to Youngbae. He looked at you in disbelief,

“Well, that is unfair” he furrowed his brows, but he ate the chocolate anyway.

“No, it’s fair enough. Because...”

Youngbae tilted his head, waiting for the continuation of your sentence,

“I’m going to need foods in double portions from now on”

“...What? Seriously? I... um, you mean...” he couldn’t hold back his smile,

“Yes, I have one on the way”

“When did you find out?”

“Yesterday evening, I went to the hospital”

“And you didn’t tell me? You said you were going to meet your mom!”

“Well, I’m not really lying about that. I met my mom and then went to the hospital”

“Why didn’t you tell me yesterday then?”

You looked at your feet, “I was afraid you don’t like the idea of having another child”

Youngbae wrapped his arms around you,

“Are you kidding? You have no idea how happy I am” he whispered on your ear. You hugged him back. After a while he pulled back and called Yeoreum,

“Yeoreum-ah, you’re going to be a sister. Your dongsaeng is now here, in Omma’s tummy” Youngbae said.

Yeoreum placed her little hand on your tummy, she looked delighted,

“A sister? Like Sunhee unnie?” she asked,

“Yes, just like Sunhee unnie” you answered her as you her hair. She jumped while laughing happily,

“I’m going to tell Sunhee unnie first the next time we visit Jiyong samchun house” she kept laughing, now even running happily around the living room. Hyperactive, you thought to yourself, exactly like her Dad.

“Let’s hope that it will be a boy, then” He said, as he wrapped his arms around your shoulder and gave you a light kiss on your lips.

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Cheesy much? Too much dialogue? .___.

Please, please, please, tell me what you think.