15^th July, 2020

‘Hyeran ah, when can 

I meet Kungfu?’

‘You just met Kungfu 

a few days ago!’

‘Oh but Kungfu’s just so cute! 

I bought some new snack~

Sausage-flavoured~’

‘Oppa, stop with all the treats! 

You’re spoiling Kungfu!’

‘I would’ve come find 

you tonight if it weren’t

for the shooting…

so tiring today. 

I miss Kungfu so much…’

‘I may as well just

 send Kungfu to you!

 You seem to be more

 interested in my dog 

than myself.’

‘Are you mad?’

‘No, why would I be?

 It’d be nice to have someone

 pick up Kungfu’s poop for

 me when going out for a walk.

 Which, by the way, 

is more energy-demanding

 than you’d think, 

even worse on a hot

 day like today.’

‘I’ll take Kungfu out for

a walk next time.’

‘See? I told you you’re 

only interested in 

my pet!’

‘I didn’t say that. 

Fine, how about we walk

Kungfu together? Hmm?’

‘When you have time.’

‘Right…time…’

‘You should sleep now, Oppa,

 it’s getting late.’

‘Na, I can chat with

you a bit more.’

‘Showered yet?’

‘Heck, of course!

The first thing I do after

coming back home, 

you know, 

with the virus going on and all.’

‘Good boy.’

‘Wanna play around of

PUBG before we sleep

tonight?’

‘No! 

You need to sleep. 

And don’t you dare go 

online because I can

 see you if you do!’

‘Fine…I’ll just scroll 

through Twitter a bit

then sleep.’

‘Make sure your light’s

 on when you do that, 

don’t want you ruining

 your eyes.’

‘It’s not the first time

you remind me of that…

by the way, 

you thought of coming 

over to my place?

I’m thinking of renovating

it and would love to

hear your ideas.’

‘Renovating?

 Is it necessary? 

It seems pretty good

 to me now.’

‘Just thinking about it,

that’s why I want you

to come over.’

‘Sure it’s not just another 

excuse to see Kungfu?’

‘Of course not!’

‘I’ll bring Kungfu over too.’

‘Really?!’

‘I love it when you

 play with Kungfu,

 it needs a friend like you,

 a more energetic one

 than myself.’

‘You’re energetic too! 

Kungfu listens to me

because I keep rolling 

around on the floor,

that’s all.’

‘True, you’re not 

unlike a puppy yourself,

 Oppa, I’ll give you that.’

‘Hyeran ah,

what if your boyfriend 

doesn’t like dogs? 

Will you choose Kungfu 

or your boyfriend?’

‘Eh?

 What on earth are

 you talking about?’

‘If that happens, 

don’t throw Kungfu away,

give it to me.’

‘You must be mad! 

Of course I won’t

 abandon my dog! 

The one I should kick 

out would be my boyfriend

 if he really does hate dogs. 

But…

why are you even 

asking such an odd 

question in the first place? 

Wait, is your girlfriend

 asking you the same thing?

 Wait, but Mongryong doesn’t

 live with you.’

‘Heck I haven’t got

any girlfriend, 

Hyeran ah!’

‘LOL, relax, 

you’re the one asking 

me this question in 

the first place.’

‘It was just a random question…

like like like, like when people 

ask us who I will save if both

my girlfriend and mother fell

into the water and I can only

save one of them. 

You know, nonsense question!’

‘I see, 

you must be quite 

stressed out to ask

such a question. 

Go to bed, Oppa! 

Get some sleep, 

your brain’s not 

working well!’

‘No, my brain is 

working PERFECTLY.’

‘Aigoo…our prince 

needs to sleep, 

I should stop

 texting you now.’

-----------(Incoming phone call)------------

‘Hello? Oppa, why on 

earth are you calling me?’

‘You said you won’t text me, 

so I called you instead. 

Besides, I miss your voice~’

‘My voice is hardly 

music to anyone’s ears, 

Oppa, unlike you.’

‘No, it’s music to my ears.’

‘Man, you do sound sleepy.’

‘Hmm, how do you know?’

‘Your voice, 

so husky and deep, 

that’s your about-to-fall-asleep voice.’

‘And how about you?

What’s your 

about-to-fall-asleep voice?’

‘I don’t have one 

because I just fall asleep!’

‘Sing me to sleep,

lullaby, any lullaby will do.’

‘You know, Oppa, 

since I’ve been staying

 at home for a rather

 long time now, 

I’ve been rewatching 

old stuff.’

‘Old stuff?’

‘Yeah, you know,

 like old movies I used 

to watch when I was a kid.

 Oh so many memories!’

‘So what did 

you watch?’

‘I can’t say it, 

you’d laugh at me

 for being childish.’

‘We’re all childish.

I doubt we will

ever grow up, 

to be very honest,

we’re all just growing

into different stages as a child

as we grow older I think.’

‘Anyway, 

I was rewatching…

oh this is embarrassing, 

but I was rewatching 

the old classic Barbie

 movies.’

‘BARBIE MOVIES?’

‘See? 

I told you it’d

 sound childish!’

‘I think I watched

them too when 

I was young…

oh what was the name…

there are like two 

girls who switched 

places.’

‘The Princess and

 the Pauper!’

‘Yeah I think that

was the one…

forgot where I watched it…

maybe at school or something.

So anyway, 

are you gonna sing 

to me or what?

Don’t try and change

the subject.’

‘I will, 

a lullaby from one 

of the Barbie movies~’

‘Sure! 

I love listening to 

you singing in English~’

‘I didn’t practice 

so it may sound

 weird…’

‘I’m the one asking

you to sing me to 

sleep over a phone, 

I’m the weird one.’

‘Alright alright, 

I’ll sing. 

Now Oppa, 

turn off all the lights

 and shut your eyes.’

~Constant as the stars above

Always know that you are loved

And my love shining in you

Will help you make your dreams come true

Will help your dreams come true

The lamb lies down and rests it's head

On its mother's downy bed

Dolphin plays in the moonlight's glow

And butterfly dreams of a violet rose

Dreams of a violet rose

I'll cradle you in my arms tonight

As sun embraces the moonlight

The clouds will carry us off tonight

Our dreams will run deep like the sea

Our dreams will run deep like the sea

Constant as the stars above

Always know that you are loved

And my love shining in you

Will help you make your dreams come true

Will help your dreams come true~