Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

165 – Side Story – Housewarming

So, we got married not long after Yuna’s contract renewal was finalized.

Every time I look back on that day, I realize how moving it was to pledge to become one amidst everyone’s congratulations. It was truly a dreamlike day.

Even before the wedding, I was busy preparing for this and that, but even after the wedding, there was still a mountain of things to do. For one thing, I had to move all the stuff from my studio apartment and my parents’ house to my new house.

Other than that, I had busy days in many ways, but I didn’t feel particularly tired. Maybe I was so happy that I forgot to even think about the hardships.

“Everyone, come quickly!”

After we had finished cleaning up to some extent and settled down in our proper place, we called in our welcome guests for today. They were none other than Choi Min-seong and Kim Soo-bin.

Actually, there was a housewarming party already, but at that time, it was mainly celebrities around Yuna that came to visit, so I intentionally didn’t invite the two of them because I thought it would be burdensome. I invited them separately.

At those words, Kim Soo-bin confessed that he was disappointed because he wanted to get autographs from famous people, but he seemed delighted when he realized that they were being treated specially.

“Honey, the kids are here.”

Yuna, who went out barefoot and brought in two people, approached me with an excited expression. It seemed like she was very happy to see her close friends whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

Well, that’s how it is for me, so how much more so for Yuna.

“Wow, is this your new home?”

“This isn’t your new home, this is a mansion… Is this the class of the world’s number one idol?”

As soon as they entered the living room, the two of them were amazed at the garden view and high ceiling seen through the large windows. Since they had hardly talked about the house, they looked quite surprised.

“I can’t tell you how surprised I was when Yuna first showed up here.”

“That would be amazing… How much did it cost?”

Even Kim Soo-bin, who rarely asks questions like this, seemed curious and asked the approximate amount. To be honest, I was curious too. Yuna never told me anything either.

“Secret.”

“Hey, just don’t listen to it. It’ll ruin your sense of reality.”

But Yuna still seemed like she had no intention of telling him, and playfully answered him while holding her index finger in front of her lips.

If it had just ended like that, it would have been a bit awkward, but Choi Min-seong waved his hand in a tone that seemed to be trying to dissuade Kim Soo-bin, and a smile broke out. That’s true.

“The garden is also very pretty. If there was just one dog there, it would be perfect.”

“Yeah, I was thinking about getting another puppy anyway. I don’t know if it’ll get along with Cheese though….”

“Meow.”

Cheese replied, rubbing his face against Yuna’s hand as if he could do well. He’s such a smart guy that you’d wonder if he’s human whenever you see him.

“Wow, Park Si-yoon is so successful. He’s even been able to live in places like this.”

“What I’m saying is, I wonder if I saved the universe in my past life.”

I couldn’t help but smile bitterly at Choi Min-seong, who was leaning back on the sofa and smiling at me.

It’s always been my routine to tackle that guy’s words, but today I can’t deny it. What on earth did I do right to deserve such luxury?

“By the way, has everyone eaten? Do you want to eat before we look around the house?”

“We’re fine. But Yuna, did you learn how to cook too?”

While the men were chatting about this and that on one side, Yuna asked a question to lighten the mood. Fortunately, it seemed like neither of them had eaten, so they nodded while expressing their doubts.

That would be the case, it’s a well-known fact among the four of us, but Yuna’s cooking skills aren’t good enough to be praised.

To put it bluntly, I’m very clumsy. Since I started my life as a trainee in middle and high school, I’ve only been running forward without looking back, so how could I have had time to learn things like cooking properly? I would have practiced singing and dancing more during that time.

“No way, of course I should have asked my husband to prepare it for me.”

“… You’re so damn confident, I’m speechless.”

Minseong Choi muttered in disbelief at Yuna’s decisive answer and then passing the baton to me. I expected it, so I wasn’t surprised.

“Hey, Yuna earns so much money that her husband should at least cook for her. Don’t you think so?”

“admit.”

At that time, when Kim Soo-bin came forward to defend Yuna, I nodded without saying anything.

With such a pretty wife who bought me such a nice house and even earned money for me, is cooking that much worth it? I should at least feed her five meals a day.

“Is there anything you want to eat? If not, then do as the landlord says.”

“We like anything. Right, Minseong?”

“You can’t tell a customer to give you some persimmons or pears. He’ll eat whatever you give him.”

“Is that so?”

Since there were no requests, the final decision went to the landlord, Yuna.

Actually, this house is jointly owned, so we are both homeowners, but inside of me, the homeowner is clearly Yuna. So I asked her casually, and she gave me a bright answer.

“I like anything my husband does!”

“The tears are falling.”

“That’s what it means to be newlyweds.”

As expected, I couldn’t help but laugh at the expected answer.

The two people next to me laughing and whispering happily like neighborhood ladies were really annoying, but I decided to let it be and headed to the kitchen.

Okay, let’s make something to treat our host.

***

Since I had prepared a lot of the ingredients in advance, making it wasn’t that difficult.

I thought about just having a safe Korean meal, but since it was a housewarming party, I wanted to create a party atmosphere, so I prepared mainly foreign food like paella and gratin.

Fortunately, everyone’s taste was to their liking, and by the time we finished eating, there was no need to wash the dishes. We really ate everything.

“Wow, it’s really pretty. I want to live here too….”

“You’re a nuisance to someone else’s newlywed home, honey.”

After showing them around the house and helping them digest the food, we gathered back in the living room on the first floor.

Kim Soo-bin’s desperate request to just let him sleep, saying that he would be the dog in this house with his shoulders hunched, and Choi Min-seong’s attempt to stop him made me laugh.

Somehow I feel like I’m back in high school.

“Honey, I’ll prepare the tea.”

“Really? I can do it.”

“I can’t just make my husband do all the work.”

I was preparing the black tea I had recently received as a housewarming gift while the guests sat down on the sofa, when Yuna ran into the kitchen and stopped me.

“Then let’s do it together. There’s no reason you have to do it alone.”

“Hehe, then I’d be grateful, right?”

“I am grateful.”

My girlfriend, who was becoming more and more affectionate as time went on… no, I smiled while patting my wife’s head.

Even just the conversations and small interactions we have in our daily lives make us realize anew that this is what happiness is. I am truly a blessed person.

Even though the tea preparations were already finished, we were still joking around in the kitchen for a while and came out to the living room together late. Kim Soo-bin greeted us with a sinister smile and asked, “Did you have any fun in the meantime?”

“I saw it.”

As I answered calmly on behalf of the embarrassed Yuna, Kim Soo-bin’s eyes formed a crescent moon. Why did his expression look happier than when he was talking about his own love life?

“Oh, Shiyoon isn’t taking it off anymore?”

“We even had a wedding, so why are you doing this so suddenly?”

Shrugging his shoulders, he put down the tray containing the teacups, and the two of them each took their share of the teacups and placed them in front of them. I also brought some snacks to accompany them, so I think they’ll eat as they please.

Hurup.

“Come to think of it, you haven’t gone on your honeymoon yet, have you? When are you going?”

“Yeah, next week. I’ve been a bit busy lately, so I haven’t had much time.”

Yuna answered the question that Kim Soo-bin asked casually while drinking tea, while picking up a cookie and eating it.

As he said, we’re finally going on our long-awaited honeymoon next week. We originally planned to go right after the wedding, but Yuna had to go to the US at that time and we were busy for various reasons, so we couldn’t do it.

So, I decided to go during the winter season and waited until now.

“Next week? It’s going to be cold. Want to go somewhere warm?”

“Actually, I thought about going to places like the Maldives… but there was a place that suddenly caught my attention. So I decided to go there.”

“Where is that?”

We met eyes and smiled brightly at the sight of Kim Soo-bin tilting his head.

“japan.”

“Yuna said she wanted to go to a ryokan.”

“Ah, a trip to a ryokan? Sounds good.”

Kim Soo-bin looked surprised for a moment because the answer was somewhat unexpected, but he nodded his head repeatedly while saying positive things.

As Yuna said, at first we also considered going to a distant southern island or a country with a mild climate even in winter.

However, there was no place that I really wanted to go to, and then I realized that although Yuna had been active in Japan for quite some time, she had hardly ever been to a tourist destination, so she chose Japan as her travel destination.

In fact, a photo I saw on the Internet played a big role here. It was a winter background photo of a famous hot spring alley in Japan, and it was so charming that Yuna raised her hand and said she had to go.

So our travel destination was decided to be Japan.

“How many days are you planning to go?”

“Just to see you having fun. Since I don’t have any plans for about a month anyway, I’ll take my time and come back. If I want to stay longer, I can stay longer, but if not, I’ll come back soon.”

“Good, it would be even better if we had a honeymoon baby while we’re at it.”

As Kim Soo-bin, who was smiling happily as if it was his own business, passed by and let the words slip away, Yuna’s hand overlapped mine, which was on her thigh.

Then she glanced at me sideways, smiled seductively, and licked her lips as she gently stroked my thigh, which was exquisitely hidden by the table.

“I know.”

I think I’ll have to work really hard for this honeymoon.