I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C64
#64
“Yes. I just finished cleaning everything up and I’m on my way back now.”
“Good work.”
Even when the two of them were conversing, I indifferently gazed at Kwon Taebeom’s tiger tattoo. Seeing the tiger tattoo peeking through the slightly exposed gap in his clothes reminded me of the big white tiger. As I traced the tiger drawing on his firm skin with my finger, Kwon Taebeom left the room and said to me,
“It’s not fully decorated yet, but let’s go take a look.”
“What is it?”
‘Can I see it too?’ I stared up at him intently, and Kwon Taebeom urged me, saying I would know when I saw it. We headed to a place not far from the room.
“Huh? This is…”
This was the room next to Kwon Taebeom’s. Didn’t he say a married couple shouldn’t use separate rooms? I don’t understand Kwon Taebeom’s intentions. Still, I vowed to myself that I would firmly hug his waist and never let go.
“Wow… it’s so cute!”
When I opened the door and entered, all my anxieties disappeared. The room had a warm feeling and was filled with adorable baby supplies as if I had come to visit a tiny kingdom. My original room was already spacious for one person, but it seemed they had opened up the adjacent room together, making it so wide that you could play soccer in it.
“Can you put me down?”
“Yes, yes!”
As I excitedly wiggled my feet, Kwon Taebeom set me down on the floor.
“What is all this?”
I asked him while looking around the room filled with colorful and pretty baby supplies.
“Ho-ppang’s Children’s Day gift.”
Come to think of it, today was already Children’s Day. I can’t believe he even thought of this. Kwon Taebeom suddenly felt so cute that I kissed his lips with a ‘smooch’ and ran towards the place I had been eyeing for a while.
“Wow! It’s so cute!”
The baby crib placed in one corner of the room was very small. Of course, it would be big for Ho-ppang, but compared to Kwon Taebeom’s huge bed where five people could roll around, it was incredibly cute. As I touched the blanket with a tiger pattern, Kwon Taebeom pointed to the baby wardrobe behind me, telling me to look at that too.
“This is Ergamomn!”
When I opened the wardrobe door, it was full of baby clothes. I had already been paying attention to baby products, and there were many things I had been eyeing in this room.
“Gasp, this is a new product that hasn’t even been released yet?”
As I picked up an educational toy good for infant development and turned to look at him, Kwon Taebeom laughed and asked if I liked it that much. That wasn’t all. When Uncle Junseok, who was standing next to him, slightly pushed the temporary wall, I thought I was going to faint.
“Is this a kids’ cafe?”
“Kids’ cafe?”
“A kids’ cafe.”
I applauded Kwon Taebeom’s class for not just opening one room, but turning the whole house into a kids’ cafe.
“Ho-ppang will love it so much.”
I lay down in the ball pool that I really wanted when I was young and rubbed my belly. Actually, I used Ho-ppang as an excuse, but it was so fun as if I had returned to my childhood. My nausea was momentary, and by the time I finished looking at what Kwon Taebeom had prepared, the sun had already set.
“Haa. Oh my, I’m tired…”
“If there’s anything else you want to buy, tell Junseok. Or you can use the card I gave you before.”
“Okay. But it seems like Taebeom-ssi bought all the baby stuff that exists in the world, so I don’t think I need to buy anything else.”
Money is really the best. Kwon Taebeom, who already looked cool, looked even cooler and more handsome. When I kissed his cheek for his hard work, he grinned and kissed my lips.
“Now, we should go see Cha Yuwon’s Children’s Day gift too.”
“There’s one for me too?”
I looked up at him with wide eyes, and Kwon Taebeom just smiled silently and took me outside.
Huh? This is Kwon Taebeom’s, no, our room, right?
As I tilted my head, he opened the dressing room.
“I didn’t know what style you liked, so…”
“C-crazy.”
“Watch your language.”
“No, but still!”
I thought I had come to a luxury brand shop.
“I felt bad that I couldn’t go shopping with you that time.”
“But you still bought me clothes. T-shirts, jackets, and so many of them.”
He quietly laughed at my words, but his eyes seemed to say, ‘Is that enough?’
“But what about Taebeom-ssi’s clothes?”
Originally, Kwon Taebeom’s dressing room was filled with my clothes. He could have just given me one side, but wouldn’t this be inconvenient for him? He told me not to worry and pushed one side of the wall.
“Oh… you re-remodeled the room.”
“I had to put Ho-ppang’s clothes in too later, so I killed two birds with one stone.”
My mouth fell open at the scale of him opening up one side of the room to expand the clothing room. He said he needed to put Ho-ppang’s clothes in, but the clothes were so tightly packed that there was no empty space. The next place Kwon Taebeom took me to was the room right next to his study on the first floor.
“What room is this again?”
“Your body will soon become heavy, and it will be difficult to move then. How about studying here?”
‘Here…? Does he mean I shouldn’t go to the academy after all?’
The interior was perfectly decorated like a student’s study room. It was really nice here too, but I wanted to study with other friends at the academy.
“I want to keep going to the academy… is that not allowed?”
When I asked carefully, Kwon Taebeom thought for a moment and then smiled slightly.
“Why wouldn’t it be allowed if Cha Yuwon wants to do that? I wasn’t telling you not to go to the academy, I was asking if it would be better to study here since it would be tiring to go back and forth to the greenhouse when your body becomes heavy.”
“Ah…”
Ah, right. Come to think of it, I studied in the glass greenhouse every day. It would be hard to go there when my body gets heavy. I scratched my cheek and smiled, feeling a bit embarrassed for no reason.
“Since it’s the room right next door, you can ask me if there’s anything you don’t know. Or should I put a desk in my study for you?”
“No, it’s okay. I can do it here.”
I didn’t want to disturb him while he was working. And given Kwon Taebeom’s profession, there would be things I shouldn’t know about. It suddenly didn’t make sense that this kind man was a gangster. Actually, he was more like the executive director of a construction company based on a gangster organization. Well, same thing….
As I looked around the study room Kwon Taebeom made for me, he spoke from behind me.
“Should we go see Grandma after going to the hospital tomorrow?”
“Really? Do you have time, Taebeom-ssi?”
“Yes.”
“Great… I miss Grandma…”
I called her every day, but it was a different matter to visit her in person. Moreover, it weighed on my mind that I couldn’t visit her even once after she went down to Jecheon. Feeling like I was going to cry again, I sniffled, and Kwon Taebeom hugged me tightly. Perhaps because I was pregnant, my emotions swung back and forth, and I easily cried. After indulging in his arms, we returned to the bedroom.
“But is Chairman-nim doing well?”
I asked, burying myself in the blanket with only my head peeking out.
“He’s still in rehab. Why?”
“Well, I, I need to go greet him too.”
When I stammered a bit shyly, he patted my chest, saying we should think about it gradually. Even though I slept late earlier, I became sleepy again, and drowsiness slowly crept up on me.
“Let’s take it slow. You shouldn’t overdo it yet.”
“Yes… I will.”
Since many things had happened since early pregnancy, I decided to take it easy for a while, at least for Ho-ppang’s sake. With my hazy mind sinking into slumber, I suddenly thought that Kwon Taebeom had been starving all day because of me.
“Taebeom-ssi… please eat something… you must…”
Muttering like that, I felt a soft sensation on my lips and fell completely asleep.
***
We woke up early in the morning, visited a famous obstetrics and gynecology clinic near our house, and made an appointment for the fetal abnormality test next week. Since we stopped by the hospital, we also did another ultrasound and completed blood and urine tests. I wondered if the effects of adjusting my diet for a few days would show, but my sugar levels had dropped more than expected, so I received praise from Kwon Taebeom.
Thanks to that, I was told I could eat a lot of fruit today, so I was on my way to Jecheon with shine muscat grapes, which I loved the most, and mangoes, which Grandma liked.
“I want to eat baby potatoes sprinkled with sugar.”
“No.”
I urgently got off at a rest stop due to a sudden urge to pee. After finishing my business and coming out, I noticed a long line of snack corners. In the place where the savory smell of butter was coming from, plump baby potatoes were revealing their white figures.
“Ho-ppang says he wants to eat it, not me.”
I shook the arm of Kwon Taebeom, who firmly shook his head.
“Ho-ppang can’t either.”
“Why? We came all the way here… then how about a h-hot dog…?”
“Without sugar?”
“Is there a hot dog without sugar?”
“Cha Yuwon.”
Tsk…. I hated Kwon Taebeom for not letting me eat even though we came to a rest stop. I had stopped by because I needed to use the restroom, but I really wanted to eat baby potatoes too. The rule was to sprinkle sugar and a little salt on baby potatoes and eat them in one bite, but eating them without sugar was truly an act of violating national law.
“We agreed to eat fruit instead. Don’t you want to eat shine muscat later?”
I admired his skill in coaxing me, which had reached an advanced level, but then I saw a little kid behind me eating baby potatoes deliciously, and I became sad.
“Heuk… it’s not that I want to eat it, heuk, it’s our Ho-ppang who wants to eat it!”
I cried because I hated Kwon Taebeom, who wouldn’t even look at me. It’s not that I want to eat it, but Ho-ppang wants to eat it. Moreover, I couldn’t eat all day, so my stomach hurts too… sob.
“Instead, only three.”
“Five…”
Kwon Taebeom wiped my teary eyes and shook his head. In the end, he said to Uncle Junseok,
“Buy one with sugar sprinkled and one without anything sprinkled.”
“Yes, hyungnim.”
“Uncle!”
I winked at Uncle Junseok, who turned around at my call.
“You have to sprinkle a little salt too!”
Uncle made a dumbfounded face, but I laughed.