I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C23
#23
“Ah, this is a super sweet and delicious thing, do you want some too?”
I sat down on the mat with a thud, put the bowl down next to me, and grabbed Baekho’s paw. At my actions, Baekho gave me an absurd look for a moment, then turned his head away again.
“Ah… you don’t want it? This is really expensive. Taebeom said it’s only for me, but I’m making a special concession for you.”
He didn’t say it was only for me, but I still wanted to tell him how special these shine muscats were. But maybe it was because it wasn’t meat. Even when I offered the shine muscats again, Baekho kept his mouth shut tight and lay on his belly on the grass.
“Okay. Next time we meet, I’ll prepare meat….”
‘How do I sneak out raw meat?’ I thought, reaching for the bowl. Of course, I expected the shine muscats to be cold and frosty, but a soft, warm cotton ball touched my fingertips.
“Huh?”
When I turned my head at the sensation, an extremely tiny and chubby baby tiger was looking up at me with sparkling eyes.
“…Cu-, cute…!”
“Growl!”
The baby Baekho held the shine muscats in his two front paws and growled softly as if imitating the adult Baekho.
“So cute… when did you come? Did you follow the big tiger?”
When I hugged the baby Baekho to my cheek and rubbed my face against him, the baby Baekho opened his mouth and yawned. It was so cute, soft and warm.
Seeing the sweet smell coming from his yawning mouth, it seemed this cute baby Baekho had stolen and eaten my shine muscats. But if he eats too much of the cold ones, he’ll get an upset stomach….
When I gently rubbed the baby Baekho’s belly with a worried look, Baekho flipped onto his back as if he liked my touch and made a purring sound.
“Hehe, do you like it?”
“Ku-ung! Grrr-ung!”
He was a magical tiger that understood everything I said. It was so adorable how he lightly bit my finger with his not yet fully grown baby teeth, as if asking for more.
I want to raise him…. Huh…?
At that thought, my heart suddenly grew anxious, and my chest thumped, fearing the baby Baekho in front of me would disappear.
“Ba-, Baekho, can you give him to me?”
I pleaded with Baekho, even kneeling down. Then Baekho narrowed his eyes and stared at me intently, then turned his head away again.
My heart grew more anxious at Baekho’s indifferent reaction. Does he think I’m not good enough?
“I-, I can raise him well. Really. I’ll make sure to feed him very well. If I tell Tae-, Taebeom, he’ll buy meat for three meals a day and all!”
Ah… right. Taebeom will meet Yoon Seolah soon….
For a moment, I lowered my head with a gloomy heart, and the baby Baekho looked up at me and tilted his head.
“Growl?”
“You’re really… so cute….”
The gloominess was momentary, and seeing this small and soft baby Baekho made me feel fluttery and happy. A strong impulse surged that I could overcome anything if I was with this Baekho.
“I’ll even work part-time! Ye-, yes, I’ll work really hard! So I absolutely won’t let you starve, so can’t I raise you?”
Not wanting to give up, I hugged the baby Baekho tightly to my chest, and Baekho got up from his spot and approached me.
“Ah, no!”
I felt like Baekho would take away the baby Baekho in my arms at any moment. I quickly turned my back to Baekho and hugged the baby Baekho tightly.
“Roar-!”
“Ugh.”
I was a bit startled by Baekho’s loud roar that I heard for the first time, but I still coveted this young life nibbling on my cheek.
In the end, I faced the scary-looking Baekho, put the baby Baekho in my hoodie, and closed my eyes tight. The warm breath of the baby Baekho hidden inside my hoodie tickled my belly.
That made me feel even more that I couldn’t lose this baby Baekho.
Where did this confidence come from? I hugged the baby Baekho tightly and fearlessly shouted at the adult Baekho.
“So-, sorry! But not him! If you don’t like it, you live with us too!”
***
“Li-, live together…! Gasp!”
It was a tiger dream again. Moreover, this time it was not one, but two tigers! Could it be that I’ll win the lottery?
With that thought, I lowered my head and looked at my empty arms, and the baby Baekho’s face came to mind, making my heart feel hollow.
“Baby tiger….”
Not long after I woke up, Kwon Taebeom appeared, knocking on the door, and the first thing he did was check my physical condition.
“Looks like you have a slight fever.”
When he suddenly shoved a thermometer in my head, I was startled for a moment, mistaking it for a gun. The thermometer read 38.2 degrees. My heart grew anxious and I shook my head.
“I-, I’m fine! It really doesn’t hurt at all….”
We had planned to visit grandma today. I was going to buy lots of fruits, and since I didn’t bring much luggage anyway, I was planning to stick by grandma’s side just like that.
Did he perhaps catch on? I looked up at Kwon Taebeom with that thought, and Kwon Taebeom, who was lost in thought for a moment, picked up his cell phone and called somewhere.
“Tell Dr. Choi to come up.”
“Taebeom…? I told you I’m not sick at all?”
“Are you a doctor?”
Tsk… Come to think of it, Kwon Taebeom doesn’t listen to people either. When I shook my head vigorously, Kwon Taebeom spoke again.
“Get one shot and go.”
“A shot…. Okay….”
I closed my eyes tightly at the word shot, but it seemed Kwon Taebeom would send me to grandma if I did as he said. Sighing and saying okay, Kwon Taebeom finally sat in the chair across from me and started working. I lay on the bed and watched Kwon Taebeom like that. I won’t be able to see his face soon, so let’s look at it a lot now.
‘I was happy to see your handsome face a lot during this time. It’s a shame, but I have to return to my original life, so Taebeom, please live happily with Ms. Yoon Seolah. This time, stay far away from words like confinement, kidnapping, and obsession.’
If he treated Yoon Seolah the way he treated me now, it seemed she would become an extremely happy woman. Kwon Taebeom’s face and eyes are a bit scary, but he was a kind person.
“Uh, Taebeom.”
“What.”
Kwon Taebeom, who was flipping through documents, raised his head and looked at me.
“Nothing. You’re really handsome again.”
“I told you not to flirt with me.”
Kwon Taebeom laughed and turned his gaze to continue reading the documents.
‘What a waste, such a waste. It’s such a waste….’
I kicked my feet under the blanket, looking at Kwon Taebeom who was too handsome and excellent the more I looked at him.
‘Why aren’t there people like this in real life…?’
Not long after I chewed the inside of my cheek and kicked my feet, I heard a knock, someone carefully knocking on the door.
“Come in.”
At Kwon Taebeom’s words, a man I had never seen before opened the door and entered.
“Check the kid’s condition. I think he has a bit of a fever.”
“Yes, Executive Director.”
Executive Director…? Not just boss…?
I blinked a few times and fell into thought at the title of Kwon Taebeom that I heard for the first time.
“I’ll take your temperature for a moment. Madam.”
“Co-, cough.”
I went from sister-in-law to madam now. I frowned deeply, but the man didn’t care and only took my temperature.
“You have a slight fever.”
“It’s not to the point where I can’t go out, right?”
When I looked at the doctor with wary eyes, he said,
“Yes, if you take the medication as prescribed, there should be no problem.”
“Then the sho…t?”
“I don’t think you need to get it if it’s this level.”
See?
When I looked at Kwon Taebeom with eyes that seemed to say that, he nodded once. Dr. Choi, who was looking at me and Kwon Taebeom alternately, asked me as if he remembered something.
“Ah, is there a possibility of pregnancy?”
“Pardon?”
What kind of dog poop is he saying….
“I’m a man?”
“Aren’t you an omega?”
“…That’s true, but.”
Ah, right. Here, even men could get pregnant. It’s really difficult. Even as an omega, I don’t know about this so-called pheromone scent. Heat cycle? That too, my body was only a bit strange on the first day, but after that, I was perfectly fine.
“Just in case, you should get tested-“
“Nah. There’s no way. Anyway, I want to go see grandma quickly. You said that too, Taebeom!”
I quickly got out of bed and walked to the closet. After putting on a thick outer layer, I approached Kwon Taebeom, and he shook his head as if he had no choice and sent Dr. Choi away.
“Taebeom, hurry. I want to see grandma quickly.”
“Okay. Let’s go.”
Seeing my teary eyes welling up again, Kwon Taebeom gestured to prepare.
Although the weather was warm as it was well past the end of winter, I had to wear several layers of thick clothes because I had a fever. My heart welled up at his kind action of putting gloves on me at the end. I barely held back my tears and left the house with him.
It was a 30-minute walk from Cha Yuwon’s house. By car, it took less than 10 minutes. If it was this close, I could have come every day. I thought that I couldn’t even see grandma because Kwon Taebeom didn’t like me going out of the house, and I grew to dislike him.
Hmph, I turned my back on Kwon Taebeom, opened the front door, and ran into the house.
“Grandma! I’m here!”
“My, who is this! Isn’t it our puppy!”
When I opened the door and went inside, grandma, who was in the room, came out in her socks to greet me.
“Oh my, our puppy. Are you studying well?”
Her rough hand gently stroking my cheek was still warm.
“I’m working hard.”
I wasn’t doing as well as I thought, but I was still working hard. I had nosebleeds more than once or twice, and Kwon Taebeom even confiscated my workbooks. In the end, we agreed that I would only study 8 hours a day.