I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - Side Story 3
Side Story 3
Actually, after being discharged from the postpartum care center, Father stayed at our house for about ten days. Of course, he did so out of concern for me and love for Yubum, wanting to be with us, but my hyung absolutely refused to allow it again, as if tired just thinking about that time.
It’s different now though. Even though he knows I’ve let go of my guilt, my hyung was firm. Just when I thought there was nothing I could do if my hyung disliked it this much, I often thought of Father. I should get my driver’s license soon so I can go to Father’s house myself.
“Uh, uu, hueng…”
Yubum whined, rubbing his eyes sleepily. Looking down at Yubum, his eyes were full of drowsiness, probably because he had just finished a whole bottle of formula. I patted his back to soothe the fussing child.
“Is our baby very sleepy?”
Since raising a child, I unconsciously started speaking in broken baby talk. My hyung found it amusing and smiled, poking my cheek.
“Give him here, I’ll put him to sleep.”
“Thank you, hyung.”
“Abua…”
My hyung’s posture as he cradled Yubum’s neck looked natural. Seeing Yubum with his eyes tightly closed, resting his plump, fair cheeks against my hyung, a smile unconsciously spread across my face. After my hyung patted the child’s back a few times, steady breathing sounds flowed from under his small nostrils.
“I’ll be right back.”
After whispering in a small voice and kissing my forehead, my hyung went to put Yubum to sleep. Meanwhile, I took out the parenting diary I had forgotten to write yesterday. Although it was still mostly similar content every day without much happening, I tried to write consistently. As I pressed the pen tip against my cheek, pondering what to write for today’s message to the child, I felt my hyung’s scent behind me.
“Writing in your diary?”
“Yes, just a moment. I’m almost done.”
I hurriedly wrote in the diary that we were thankful he came to us, and finally wrote Ho-ppang’s weight at the bottom before closing the diary. I felt proud seeing the diary that was already quite full.
“I’m done now.”
“Well done.”
My hyung stroked my head and hugged me. As I buried my face in his broad chest, the pheromones I had felt earlier began to seep out.
Um… it feels nice, but.
Growl-
A loud sound came from my stomach, and I looked up at my hyung with an embarrassed face.
“Hyung, I’m hungry…”
It would be nice to spend some sweet time together as a couple, but real childcare was truly difficult. I was hungry and low on energy as soon as I turned around. Even now, after all that, I felt empty inside. Seeing my embarrassed face, my hyung burst out laughing.
“Alright, let’s eat.”
My hyung picked me up and opened the bedroom door. Well, I couldn’t even put on socks by myself when I was pregnant, so that’s understandable, but it’s been almost a year since I gave birth to Yubum, so I was really embarrassed to death that he was still doing this. But whenever that happened, I could only quietly hug his neck when he not-so-jokingly threatened to make all the uncles move out.
Uncles, you really should be grateful to me…
Today too, I hugged my hyung’s neck tightly and inwardly whispered to the uncles. My hyung seemed to like me hugging him, as I could smell his pleasant pheromone scent.
If there was one big change after giving birth, it was that I could smell pheromones. I couldn’t smell pheromones during pregnancy, but now I could slightly sense the scents of other alphas or omegas, not just my hyung’s.
So I really liked being able to sense my hyung’s mood better than when I was pregnant. I wrapped my legs around my hyung’s waist and clung to him as we went down to the dining room.
“Hello, uncle.”
I greeted the kitchen manager with what I knew was a shameless face. The kitchen manager smiled as if used to the sight of a full-grown adult clinging to my hyung like a baby, not finding it strange at all.
“Good morning, Madam. You seem to be in a good mood again today.”
“Ho-ppang- I mean, Yubum was extremely cute again today.”
“The young master is always cute.”
By now, even the title of “Madam” they used to address me didn’t feel awkward anymore. After my hyung carefully set me down on a chair, I kissed his cheek and whispered “thank you” in his ear. The kitchen manager, who I thought had gone to get food, was watching us. I was so surprised and embarrassed that I choked for a moment. No matter how shameless I am, this was a bit too embarrassing…
As I curled my toes and rolled my eyes around, my hyung ruffled my hair and then poked my cheeks. I glared at him to stop, but he seemed to find poking my cheeks fun and didn’t stop.
“Ahem. Ahem. Enjoy your meal.”
“Th-thank you…”
“Good job.”
Sigh… I told you not to. In the end, I ended up showing an embarrassing sight in front of the kitchen manager again. Geez… After glaring firmly at my hyung, I picked up my spoon. The soybean paste stew with large pieces of tofu and beef brisket looked so appetizing.
I scooped some stew into my plate and mixed it with rice before taking a big spoonful. Perhaps because of the beef brisket, the rich broth with meat, tofu, and vegetables blended together to create a fantastic taste. As I kept eating only the stew, my hyung put some seasoned spinach on my spoon.
“You need to eat a balanced meal.”
“Yes. But this is really delicious.”
In the past, when there was something delicious, I only cared about what went into my mouth without thinking, but now I thought of my hyung. Is this the power of love? After swallowing the food in my mouth, I pushed the half-empty stew bowl in front of my hyung. He grinned and took a spoonful of the stew I offered. How he ate so cleanly and neatly no matter what he ate, I felt embarrassed looking at my messy plate and then at his rice bowl.
I tried to hide my plate behind the rice bowl, but my hyung must have seen it because he smiled slightly. This time I put the beautifully rolled egg omelet in my mouth. Ah… it’s so delicious. This is really living. Remembering the seaweed soup I ate almost every day for a month after giving birth, I still felt like seaweed was churning in my stomach.
“Oh, right. Hyung, you know Grandmother is coming later, right?”
“Yes, I called her earlier.”
“What? When?”
“Cha Yuwon, when you were sleep-talking about looking for watermelon.”
“M-me?”
Although my sleepwalking symptoms had improved a bit, it seemed my sleep habits were still rough. Last time, I even left a small bruise on my hyung’s chin. I felt so sorry then…
Huu, waah…
I looked up at the sound coming from the monitor connected to Yubum’s bed. Is he awake already? It’s not time for him to wake up yet.
“I’m done eating. I’ll bring him down.”
“I’m sorry.”
I felt sorry that it always seemed to be my hyung looking after Yubum. It’s the first time raising a child for both my hyung and me, so why am I the only one who seems so clumsy? I pouted as I put the remaining rice in my mouth before Yubum came down.
Soon, Yubum’s whining voice came down the stairs. As I got up after finishing my meal, Yubum looked at me.
“Papa, pa!”
“Why did our baby wake up? Did you miss Papa?”
“Hueh… hu…”
I kissed the cheek of Yubum, who was looking at me with a pitiful face and tears welling up in his eyes. When I held him, Yubum sniffled as if he had never cried and then smiled brightly, raising the corners of his mouth.
“We’re in trouble if he’s already so attached.”
I stroked Yubum’s sweat-dampened hair as I held him. His back was slightly wet with sweat, as if he had cried hard. Right now, since it hasn’t even been a year since Yubum was born, my hyung and I were doing everything ourselves as much as possible without relying on others, but my hyung couldn’t completely let go of his company work, and I also needed to start studying soon.
So we were thinking of hiring a nanny around next month, but seeing Yubum looking for us like this made me uneasy.
“I’m here. If we need more, I can extend my parental leave.”
“Should I just study when Yubum is a bit older? He’s still too young…”
I couldn’t take the college entrance exam last year and this year because of giving birth to Yubum, and I hadn’t been able to study properly. I was planning to start preparing in earnest for next year’s exam, but the thought of leaving Yubum, who was still so young, weighed on my mind.
“We still have time, so let’s think about it more. You really wanted to go to university, didn’t you?”
“Yes, I understand.”
My hyung was right. It’s not urgent yet and we have enough time. I nodded and hugged Yubum tightly. But as the child’s soft skin touched my cheek, I got confused again about whether the decision to study at this moment was right, since this time is so fleeting, but I decided to think about it more.
After eating breakfast and taking a walk with my hyung, then feeding Yubum who had woken up, time had flown by.
I wonder if Grandmother is coming well today, as she said she would?
Even if I didn’t, my hyung called Grandmother every day to check on her. When I asked my hyung where Grandmother was, he had already talked to her and told me that the car Grandmother was in had just left the Seoul tollgate.