If You Want Me - Episode 119
<Episode 119>
If Seo-won had been in Do-gyeom’s position and faced a situation where he might lose both Do-gyeom and the baby, would he have been able to endure it? He felt like he would have collapsed right there.
Thinking that way, even though Seo-won was clearly the one crying, he felt like he should comfort Do-gyeom. As Seo-won wrapped his arms around Do-gyeom’s back and waist and hugged him tightly, Do-gyeom continued as if he still had words of comfort left.
“And the doctor said don’t worry because the baby is eating well, not throwing up, and gaining weight well. They said the baby can come out of the incubator once reaching 2.3kg, so it will be soon.”
“…Really?”
“Yeah, I asked about everything.”
When Seo-won asked while sniffling, Do-gyeom answered confidently.
2.3kg… To Seo-won, who knew nothing about babies, it was a weight like a doll. The baby wasn’t even 2kg yet, but if the baby was eating and sleeping well, couldn’t the baby reach 2.3kg soon?
Only after hearing that much comfort could Seo-won finally control his surging emotions and stop his tears. As Seo-won’s sobs subsided, Do-gyeom seemed to notice his comfort was effective and released the hug.
Facing each other, he opened his mouth while personally wiping Seo-won’s tear-stained face with his thumb.
“The baby will get healthy soon, so you need to be discharged quickly and dote on the baby. The wound might tear from crying.”
“Yes… Thank you.”
What Do-gyeom said wasn’t entirely wrong. Perhaps Seo-won might be discharged later than the baby. If that happened, he wouldn’t be able to take proper care of the baby.
I need to regain my strength quickly. As Seo-won silently laughed and completely cleared away his tears, Do-gyeom slyly raised the corner of his mouth and naturally changed the subject.
“By the way, have you thought about the baby’s name?”
“Name?”
“We can’t call the baby by the prenatal nickname forever.”
A name…
Actually, it’s not like he hadn’t thought of a name at all. When he was pregnant with the baby, he used to imagine various things like whether it would be a girl or a boy, so he had several name candidates lined up in his head.
Then, when he faced the baby earlier, one name he had liked came to mind and he thought it really suited the baby well.
In his heart, he wanted to give the baby that name, but he had never named someone else and had never thought his own naming sense was good, so he became cautious. It’s not like he’s making an internet portal site nickname, it’s a name that will be called for a lifetime.
Seo-won opened his mouth in a hesitant voice, forgetting that he had been crying his eyes out just now.
“I have thought about it, but I don’t know if it’s okay…”
“It’s okay, try saying it.”
Do-gyeom encouraged him in a soft voice. Although he hesitated, thinking he might have come up with a strange name, the baby’s name was something they should discuss together and choose carefully. It wasn’t something he could decide alone by pondering.
In Seo-won’s view, Do-gyeom had his own cold standards. He felt he should trust and consult with Do-gyeom even more because he seemed like he would clearly evaluate it.
After thinking for a moment, Seo-won carefully uttered the name he had thought of.
“Seo Do-ha… How is it?”
“Do-ha? It’s good, but where did that name suddenly come from?”
After looking at the baby for such a short time, he wondered how Seo-won came up with a name. It was a surprised reaction, because naming is a more difficult task than expected, and Seo-won had seen the baby for the first time today but had already come up with a name so quickly.
There wasn’t a great reason to tell someone, so Seo-won slightly lowered his head as if a little embarrassed and muttered in an unconfident voice.
“Actually… I thought about names alone even before giving birth. It was a name I had thought of back then too, but seeing the baby today, the baby looks a lot like you, so it seemed to suit the baby even more. …Is it no good?”
“No. It suits the baby well, it’s pretty, and it’s only good.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I like that it has a soft sound like your name. I’ll look into some good Chinese characters for it.”
Do-gyeom answered readily without any hesitation. It seemed like he really liked the name Do-ha, not just empty words.
Seo Do-gyeom, Yun Seo-won, Seo Do-ha…
Seo-won felt an indescribable warmth placing the three names side by side in his head.
Even when the baby was still inside, he had felt like a family was created, but after seeing the baby and giving the baby a name, he finally felt like a complete family.
He knew very well that raising a child is not as beautiful as imagined. Although his mom loved him, he knew better than anyone how much she struggled to raise him separately from those feelings.
However, Seo-won dared to be confident that the future he would create together with Do-ha would be even happier and more dazzling than the days he had lived so far.
* * *
Seo-won’s physical condition quickly returned to normal.
Although his good recovery ability at a young age played a part, it seemed to be more because, as the Chairman approved of their relationship, he assigned the best medical staff to Seo-won. With the top medical staff in Korea on high alert about Seo-won’s condition day and night, it was only natural for him to recover faster than others.
As much as Seo-won recovered, Do-ha’s condition improved rapidly as well. The baby got better even faster than Seo-won, so they were able to stay together and even enter the postpartum care center together. It was a good thing.
As time passed quickly like that, it was soon time to leave the postpartum care center. With Do-gyeom’s help, Seo-won packed his bags and got in the car, and said,
“I think it would be good for me to stay with my mom for the time being.”
“Suddenly?”
“I think it will be hard for me to take care of Do-ha alone.”
Seo-won calmly explained the reason. It seemed insufficient for him to take Do-ha to the apartment he lived in and take care of the baby alone. It was his first time parenting, so he also wanted his mom’s help.
With that thought, he answered to take him to his mom’s house, but Do-gyeom replied in a voice full of doubt as if asking what he was talking about.
“We can take care of the baby together.”
“At my place?”
“No. At our newlywed home.”
“What? Newlywed home?”
What did he suddenly say…? Did he really say newlywed home?
When Seo-won asked again to confirm the unexpected words he heard, Do-gyeom nodded. It seemed he really did say newlywed home.
Since they had received permission from Do-gyeom’s parents to meet and even had a baby, Seo-won and Do-gyeom were practically married except for not having a wedding ceremony.
When becoming a married couple, it wasn’t strange at all to combine households and have a newlywed home. However…
“We don’t have anything like that.”
The problem was that there was no such thing as a newlywed home between Seo-won and Do-gyeom. There was no time at all to prepare such things as a newlywed home because Seo-won had been hospitalized.
As Seo-won found that strange and asked, Do-gyeom answered in a casual tone as if it wasn’t a problem.
“While you were hospitalized, I found one.”
“…What? A newlywed home… You found one alone? Why, why? Why did you find one alone instead of together…”
“I wanted to live together in a newlywed home as soon as you were discharged.”
He found one? When Seo-won asked in an unbelievable tone, Do-gyeom answered with a faint smile on his lips. He seemed a little satisfied that he had found a newlywed home alone and was revealing it like a surprise event.
However, Seo-won couldn’t show any reaction unlike someone who received an event. Maybe it was because the situation had unfolded so abruptly. It felt awkward and dazed that he and Do-gyeom had a home to live in together.
It wasn’t that he disliked it, and it was clearly a good thing, but… Is this okay? It’s not just anything, it’s a newlywed home… It felt a bit unpleasant that Do-gyeom had found their nest where they would fill their future together all by himself. He was grateful and sorry at the same time.
As he was thinking for a moment, Do-gyeom placed his hand on top of Seo-won’s hand that was on his knee and said,
“Let’s go.”
“…”
Do-gyeom’s expression and tone as he said that seemed oddly happy. Seeing Seo-won dazed, he seemed to judge that his event was successful.
No, that wasn’t the reaction…
It was absurd, but seeing the happy Do-gyeom, he couldn’t bring himself to criticize him for finding a home alone.
It seemed like even if they had found a newlywed home together, they would have found one under Do-gyeom’s lead anyway, and when he was so happy like that… It seemed okay too.
Seo-won quietly looked at him, let out a small laugh, and nodded. He couldn’t help but like even this side of him.
* * *
“This is… the house we’ll be living in?”
“Yeah.”
Although Seo-won asked in a startled tone, Do-gyeom answered nonchalantly.
The place Do-gyeom had brought him to show their newlywed home was a luxury villa in Hannam-dong. Seo-won was a layman when it came to real estate, but it was a place even he knew because it was known for its tight security and many famous celebrities and athletes living there.
Following Do-gyeom, Seo-won had expectations about what kind of newlywed home he had found. He thought of a cozy house, and imagined what kind of house it would be, picturing an ordinary apartment like the one he currently lived in.
But after arriving… It was beyond whatever he had imagined. The house Do-gyeom had found was spacious enough to cost billions.
Seo-won never imagined Do-gyeom would find such a spacious house as their newlywed home. It was because the house Do-gyeom currently lived in alone wasn’t this spacious.
It wasn’t like they were going to live together with his parents, and for now, their family plan was only Seo-won, Do-gyeom, and Do-ha. If he could be greedy, it would be nice to have a second child, but as a heated omega, a second child would be difficult unless the heavens granted it. So it had to be seen under the assumption that the three of them would live there… But at a glance, there seemed to be more than five or six rooms here.
That’s not all. The view was also amazing. One wall was a full window, and being on a high floor with an open view, the Han River crossing Seoul could be seen at a glance. It was cool, but… How much is a house like this? He was even scared to imagine.
Until just now, he thought, ‘Since he likes it so much, should I just leave it?’ and didn’t say anything about Do-gyeom finding a newlywed home alone, but upon actually arriving at the newlywed home, that thought disappeared.
…Can’t we cancel the house contract now?