15^th May, 2019

‘Oppa, you in?’

‘Are you here?

Finally! Hurry!

I need to feed them,

and then the diapers,

everything’s a mess…

Where are you?’

‘Downstairs,

 we’re coming up

 with my niece 

and nephew.’

‘Great,

4 toddlers today, 

hope we won’t die.’

‘LOL,

 you’re the one 

who suggested this! 

Who told you to

 tell me bring my

 niece and nephew

 as well?’

‘Hurry, 

my nephew is

crying like mad!’

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‘Hyeran, 

you hungry?’

‘More like sleepy. 

And why are you

 texting me? 

I’m like just sitting 

next to you on 

the couch.’

‘Don’t want to talk, 

might wake them up.’

‘Too true, 

let us enjoy this 

silence for now, 

not sure I can 

handle it when

 they wake up from

 their afternoon nap.’

‘But don’t they 

look lovely?

Our 4 little angels, 

all sleeping on

the floor like

sausage rolls.’

‘They’re cute, 

I don’t mind having

 10 of them, as

long as they’re 

asleep that is.’

‘You think Wangeun 

and Soondeok would’ve

experienced this?

If they had lived? 

Having 2 girls 2 boys 

like what they wanted? 

Trying to feed and wash

their kids, going through

the daily battle of putting 

clothes on them and 

tolerating their screaming

and crying?’

‘I think Wangeun

 would regret right

 after Soondeok gave 

him his first child.

 No doubt about that.’

‘What about you, 

Hyeran ah? 

Do you want to

start a family?’

‘Of course…

someday. 

As will you, 

Oppa.’

‘I don’t know…

I mean I love kids,

but I’ll still have 

to think it through, 

whether I want to 

be a dad or not.’

‘Oh you’ll do fine, 

Oppa, 

you’re a genius

 aren’t you? 

You do well in 

almost anything! 

Aigoo,

 have to let my 

eyes rest for now

 or I might collapse

 later.’

‘If you’re tired,

you can sleep

on my bed.

I’ll watch the kids.’

‘Na, I’m fine.’

‘Or you prefer 

sleeping on my lap? 

Hm?’

‘You crazy? 

Why would I

 want to do that?’

‘I saw you looking

at my thighs~ 

Seriously, 

give it a thought.

They’re comfortable,

I promise.’

‘I suppose someone

 told you that, 

otherwise how would

 you have known?’

‘Oh come on.

Let’s not talk 

about that now, 

Hyeran.’

‘Do you always smirk

 like this while

 you’re texting me?’

‘Maybe?

I don’t text in

front of the mirror, 

how should I know?’

‘You’ve been yawning

3 times in a minute

girl, you need to sleep.

Either on my lap 

or in bed. 

Pick one.’

‘Or what? 

It’s not like you’re

 gonna carry me in 

and force me to sleep.’

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‘Oppa!

 I can’t believe you

 really did carry me

 in here! You mad? 

I almost screamed! 

I could’ve woken

 up the kids!’

‘Just sleep. 

I’ll come and get

you when they

wake up.’

‘I feel bad laying

 in here while you

 have to watch 

over them.’

‘It’s the least

I can do. 

Go on, 

doze off.’

‘Thank you, 

Oppa.’

‘Sweet dreams.’

‘No dreams, hopefully, 

I’m too tired to dream.’

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‘Where are you?’

‘Just dropped

 the kids off, 

I’m a free 

woman now, 

finally.

 That’s enough 

babysitting for

 the entire year

 I’d say.’

‘And you?’

‘My brother just 

came to pick them

up, finally they’re gone.

Gonna make myself

a ramen.’

‘Have a bath too,

you deserve it, 

Oppa.’

‘You too. 

I mean, 

today weren’t so bad.

At least all four of

them didn’t die, 

you know.’

‘LOL, 

yeah that’s true.

 At a certain 

point of today, 

I just changed my

 goal into not killing

 anyone of them or

 having to send them

 to the hospital. 

Glad they’re still 

breathing by the 

end of it. 

It was close though,

 when I was cooking

 and they tried to

 get into the kitchen.’

‘I literally had 

to move them

one by one back

to the living room

from kitchen.’

‘I know,  I saw, 

it seems awfully tiring.’

‘And they found it fun!

They thought it was

a game and kept 

crawling back 

to the kitchen!

Madness!’

‘Glad you chose

 to bring them 

to your bedroom 

in the end or you 

would’ve died 

of exhaustion.’

‘And their screams, 

oh their screams! 

I can still hear it

ringing in my head!

Your nephew and mine, 

boy, they’re hitting

high notes even at

their age, just a bit of

vocal training and SM

will have them debut!’

‘Not bad,

 you can be 

their mentor.’

‘I can barely 

handle myself, 

I can’t be a mentor.’

‘Sure you can, 

I know you can,

 Oppa. 

You taught me 

how to sing

 better yourself.’

‘That’s nothing, 

just…you know, 

sharing my experience,

that’s all.’

‘Being a mentor

 is not as hard 

as you think,

Oppa, 

it’s simply being 

yourself and sharing

 what you’ve experienced

 to others in order

 to help them get

 through things easier.’

‘To be honest, 

I don’t want them 

becoming an idol, 

I don’t think I want

them to go through 

what I’ve gone through 

as one.’

‘Who? 

Your niece and

 nephew?’

‘Yeah…

and maybe…

my future kids.’

‘Why? 

The pressure?’

‘Everything, 

the whole package…

from public pressure

to numerous sleepless 

nights, repeated training…

so on.’

‘What if your kids

 say they want 

to be like you? 

What will you do?’

‘I mean, 

I can’t stop

them obviously,

but I suppose I’ll 

have to have serious

talks with them.’

‘Poor kids…’

‘What do you mean

“poor kids”?’

‘Well, 

they’ll have to

 listen to your

 long lectures.’

‘If you’re my 

wife then I suppose

I wouldn’t have to, 

you’ll do that 

job for me.’

‘I don’t have 

anything against it

 if my children

 want to follow

 that path,

 I’ll support them

 all the way through.’

‘You didn’t have

an easy time, 

Hyeran,

still you won’t 

try to stop them?’

‘If it’s their passion, 

why not let them?

 After all, 

we only live once.’

‘True…’

‘Gosh. 

Look at us, 

just one day of 

babysitting and 

we’re already 

turning into parents.’

‘You’ll make a 

pretty good mum, 

Hyeran,

I couldn’t have 

done it without

you today.’

‘And you a 

pretty nice dad,

 Oppa, 

my niece and

 nephew love you.

 They’re already

 asking when they

 can come over 

and play with 

you again.’

‘I’ll have to think

about that. 

Not gonna babysit 

for quite a long time

after today,

I promise you that.’

‘I’m going to

 enjoy my bath now, 

talk to you later Oppa.’

 

‘I should too. 

Night.’