Chapter 31

Next on the list was Pyogojeon. We went to the dry ingredients section and scanned the shelves. Well, she did, I was busy scanning her.

“Have you seen it?” HyunAe asked.

“W-w-what are we looking for again?” I nervously asked.

“Shiitake mushrooms. The brown one.” She said and continued looking for it.

Brown one?I asked myself before looking at the shelf. Everything is brown. >.<

“Chagi-yah… all of them are brown in color.” I told her and followed her since she’s about 3 meters away from me already.

“You can read the label Chagi-ah…” she said and turned left to go to the other side of the shelves.

Yeah. Shiitake. Where the heck are you?

I continued looking for it for the next 5 minutes. Luckily, a store helper passed by.

“Do you have any Shiitake mushrooms here?” I asked him.

“Dried, sir?” he asked back.

I guess?I just nodded.

The store helper handed over 2 packages of Shiitake mushrooms. One in 300 grams and the other is 550grams.

“Which one do you need, sir?” he asked again.

“I don’t really know.” I told him and surveyed each packaging. “I’ll just take them both and bring back one to the shelf later. I’ll ask my wife first.” I told him and asked him to place the mushrooms on the cart.

I went to the aisle where HyunAe turned to.

“Chagi-ah~…” I called. “I got the mushrooms that you need for the Pyogojeon!” I excitedly told her and showed her the 2 packages. “Which one is the one that we need?”

“Just the smaller package. We don’t need a lot for the Pyogojeon.” She said and got down to the ground to get something on the bottom shelf.

i placed the 'rejected' package on the empty shelf and put the smaller one on the cart.

When she got up again, I saw her pulling a big box.

This time, I helped her immediately. The box was absolutely heavy. My bones are cracking, muscles and tightened as I pulled it out and placed it on the cart.

“What was that for?” I asked her, still looking at the box. Non-stick square pan?

“Pyogojeon. Our unit doesn’t have anything like this so I decided to get one. We can also cook some other things on it.” She explained.

I just nodded. We actually need to buy some other stuff for the house since there are moments where in we can’t make something since we don’t have the equipment.

As I was walking, pushing the cart and following HyunAe, I heard someone call my name.

“DONGHAE OPPA!”

At first, I thought that the one that called me was a fan. Level 1 fan girl?

“Donghae oppa!” she called again. This time, I stopped and turned around to look at who is it.

“Yoona.” I said.

We were finally standing next to each other and her face has a beaming smile on it.

“I haven’t seen you in the dorm and office since I came back oppa. Where were you?” she asked.

“Home.” I told her and I was thinking of a way to pass her.

“Mokpo? Or dorm?” she asked again. “Couldn’t be the dorm right? Since I already said that I’m not seeing you there for the past week.”

“No, not in Mokpo. I’m living somewhere else near the dorm.”

“Why? I mean, that could mean more expenses right? Living alone and stuff.” She asked again. Is she not tired for asking so many questions?

“I’m married.” I told her and showed her my ring.

Her eyes widened from the sudden news. “Seriously…”

“Yeah. Seriously. And I’m happy being married. Want to meet her?” i told her and smiled. I’m really proud of being married to someone like HyunAe.

“S-s-sure.”

Yoona and I went to HyunAe, who was busy checking the things on the list, trying to recall which are already in the cart.

“Chagi-ah.” I called her and moved to her side. Without asking for permission, I placed my right arm over her shoulders. “This is Yoona. My dongsaeng. One of SNSDs members. She just came back from-.” I stopped. Where did she came from again?

“Japan.” Yoona added.

“Japan. yeah.” I repeated and looked at HyunAe with a ultra beaming smile. “Yoona, this is my wife. HyunAe. Kim Hyu-. Lee HyunAe.” And my love.