Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

175 – Side Story – As a Couple and Parents

While being rushed to the hospital by ambulance, Yuna fought the pain the whole time. There were emergency personnel on duty in case she had to give birth in the car, but the baby did not come out until they arrived at the hospital.

If it’s fortunate, I should say fortunate.

“Siyoon!”

“Brother!”

While waiting to get to the hospital and finish the admission process, Yuna and her family, who had left after receiving a call from home, also arrived at the same time.

“What happened? The baby is already coming out?”

“I guess so. It seems like the baby is due sooner than expected… .”

I looked at my father-in-law and mother-in-law standing behind me, responding heavily to my mother’s words.

My father-in-law, who must have guessed my feelings through my eyes, slowly approached me and patted me on the back.

“Don’t worry, just wait. You know best how strong our daughter is.”

“Yes, Master.”

I felt like crying because of your kind heart that encouraged me first even though you must be feeling the heaviest of heart right now, but I held it back.

If there was a moment to shed tears, I decided that it would be when Yuna, Seol-ah, and Seol-ha finished everything safely.

“Ah, Yuna’s mother!”

While we were talking like that, the president who had gone to buy coffee for me and the Armo members came back. My mother-in-law’s eyes lit up at that.

“Boss, what brings you here? You too… .”

“Actually, we were all at Yuna’s house today. Then, all of a sudden, labor pains started… .”

After exchanging belated greetings and hearing the whole story from Seungyeon, the mother-in-law smiled bitterly and scolded the children in her stomach.

“Oh my, you both have short tempers, just like your mother… Why do you have to come out so quickly to surprise people in the middle of the night?”

Then he bowed to the president and the members of Armo and offered his deepest apologies for getting involved in the commotion.

Suddenly.

“Are you the guardians of Ms. Han Yu-na?”

“Oh, yes. I am the guardian.”

While I was waiting with such a heavy heart, the door to the hospital room opened and the female doctor I had seen earlier came out.

As we raised our hands at the sound of a voice calling for a guardian, the doctor, who had been looking at us blankly, opened his mouth again.

“We don’t want it to get noisy inside, so please only allow important people, including a few family members, to come in.”

At those words, the president handed the carrier containing coffee to the manager and patted the members on the shoulders.

“I’m going to go in, so you guys stay here. Manager, I’ll leave the kids to you.”

“Yes, sir.”

Among us, the remaining four, excluding Mom and Han Yu-jin, went in. Mom said that she couldn’t bear to see Yu-na now because she remembered the pain she had gone through. Han Yu-jin decided to stay by her mother’s side.

As I entered, clenching my fists, I saw Yuna lying alone in a single room, pale and sweating profusely. Her already pale face had lost all its color and turned pale.

“babe….”

“…are you okay?”

I watched Yuna barely stretching out her trembling hands like a poplar tree, then sat down on the chair next to me and held her hand. Whenever I felt the cold touch of her hands, my head felt like it was cooling down too.

“Heh… Even if I tell you it’s okay, you won’t believe me.”

“I’ll believe it, it’s what my wife says.”

Even though I can’t believe it with my head, I will believe it with my heart and wait. As I made that promise and put strength into the hands I held, Yuna’s lips drew a curve.

“Anyway, I told you that you speak well… .”

Perhaps because of the long labor pain, Yuna’s eyes opened dimly as the strength in her hands slowly disappeared. It was better than the way she had tried to hold back her screams earlier, but this was still heartbreaking.

“Guardian, I will first explain the mother’s condition. Please listen to me from that state.”

“yes.”

Perhaps out of consideration for us, the doctor began to speak in a calm voice while holding the medical chart.

“Since the ambulance arrived, labor had already progressed to a certain extent, so we have to deliver right away. Fortunately, the mother is in very good health, so even if they are twins, the risk is less, but since the delivery was earlier than expected, I can’t say for sure that it will be safe.”

Gossip can make you feel uneasy depending on how you hear it, but for me, it was more trustworthy to speak frankly. Even though he said that, the look in his eyes as he looked around at the people around him seemed to give off a sense of reassurance.

“However, I can assure you that the safety of the mother and the children will be our top priority. So please rest assured and wait as much as possible.”

It was a flat voice, but that actually made me feel reassured. I nodded and decided to immediately say what I had prepared.

“Then, would it be okay if I asked you to have the delivery be done by a family member?”

“Yes, it is possible if the guardian wishes. However, I wonder if the mother would want that….”

The female doctor glanced at Yuna, who was lying on the bed, as if asking what she was going to do. It’s called a family birth, but from the mother’s perspective, it means showing her all sorts of things that are unbearable and unbearable, so it seems like she wanted to ask for her opinion first, since some people might not want it.

“… No, I only want to show you my pretty side.”

And as I expected, Yuna tried to refuse the family birth, but I couldn’t back down.

As long as we have each other’s lives, I can’t keep the unreasonable promise of always being together, but at least I’ll be there for Yuna when she needs me. That’s what I promised when I got married.

What if I can’t keep that promise even at this moment?

“It’s okay, you’re pretty no matter what. So let’s work hard together, honey.”

As I said this while firmly holding Yuna’s hand, my wife slowly avoided eye contact and pouted her lips, telling me to do whatever I wanted.

I can’t believe that even in a situation like this, that kind of sly spirit would come out. It’s amazing in many ways.

Anyway, since the path forward has been decided, the rest can only be left to heaven.

***

It wasn’t until midnight that labor really began.

I was the only one who came into the delivery room to stay by Yuna’s side. My father-in-law and father wanted to come in too, but I declined, saying it was okay and that she should just get some shut-eye.

Maybe this was the first hurdle we had to face on our path together as a couple. This time, let’s try to overcome it with just the two of us. That’s what I thought.

“Whew…!”

“Mother, please hold on a little longer! Take a deep breath and exhale!”

“Haa, haa…! Phew!”

Yuna struggles to breathe, sometimes long, sometimes shallow, sometimes rough, and sometimes weakly, following the nurse’s instructions.

As I look at the sight, I hold Yuna’s hand on the other side. At least until this is all over, I will never let go. When I leave here, the four of us must be together.

“Honey, are you there…?”

Yuna, who had been suffering in pain for a long time, opened her mouth for the first time. She was in so much pain that she seemed to not even be able to feel the hand holding hers as she looked for me.

“Yeah, I’m holding your hand too. I’ll never let you go, I’ll be by your side until the end, so don’t worry.”

“Ugh… Don’t worry too much, honey. Just think of a place where Seol-ah, Seol-ha, and the four of us can go play together.”

“I wonder? There are too many. Which one would be good?”

I deliberately smiled playfully at Yuna’s words. Yuna and Nana knew very well that they couldn’t smile at each other, but they just wanted to do it.

“Our Seol-ha… She likes animals just like you, right?”

“Seol-ah might like it. You said you wanted Seol-ah to look like me.”

“Hehe, that’s right… It would be cute. Seol-ah playing with Cheese too… .”

“Seol-ha would be cute just like you. He might even become a cool male idol.”

“That would be good too… I hope everyone finds something they like and achieves it.”

We continued our conversation as if we were having a casual conversation, discussing what we each wanted for our children, places we wanted to go together, and clothes we wanted to dress them in.

“Ugh…!”

“Yuna!”

Then, as Yuna’s mouth groaned in pain again, the doctors and nurses’ hands became more urgent. I instinctively put strength into my hands and prayed to the sky while placing my clasped hands on my forehead.

I know it’s unconscionable of me to be making such a wish now when I’ve never believed in God, but I’d be willing to sell my conscience for the sake of my family.

Please, I hope everything ends safely.

The nurse’s sharp voice seeped into my ears as I prayed so earnestly.

“Your son’s head is out! Just hold on a little longer, mother!”

“Phew, ha. Phew…!”

As if to add more impetus to those words, Yuna exhaled, squeezing out every bit of strength she had. The aftereffects of her strength were transmitted to the hands she was holding, so it was obvious without even looking how much effort she had put in.

“It’s your son!”

“Kkaaang─!”

Soon the nurse’s voice rang out again, and our first child finally appeared from below.

After removing the amniotic fluid and impurities, only then could the outline of the wrinkled lump of blood become clearly visible.

This kid is Seol-ha. The moment I realized that fact, my heart swelled with excitement.

“Father, would you like to hug me?”

“Ah, yes…!”

Seol-ha, who was carefully handed to me by the nurse, was very warm. And she was so small and fragile. Even the act of holding her in my arms felt sinful and cautious.

“Eww!”

As I was trying to calm down my overwhelming emotions, another crying sound was heard.

“What a pretty princess!”

Seol-ah appeared.

“Father, would you like to hug me?”

“No, this time it’s not me, it’s my wife… .”

This time too, like Seol-ha, I declined to hand the child over to her and approached Yuna.

Because it was decided from the beginning. If Seol-ha is born, I will be the first to hold her, and if Seol-ah is born, Yuna will be the first to hold her.

“Yuna, are you okay? Can you hold our daughter?”

“Ugh… Show me this.”

Finally, as the pain that had been controlling her body subsided a little, Yuna barely managed to reach out her hand towards me and look for Seol-ah.

As the nurse carefully placed Seol-ah in Yuna’s arms, Yuna looked down at her wrinkled daughter and smiled faintly.

“You’re so pretty… I can’t believe you came from my belly.”

“Me too. How did such cute children come to be born to a father like me?”

“It’s because you’re so cool.”

“It’s because you’re so pretty.”

As we answered each other’s questions, we burst into laughter at the same time, as if we had made up our minds.

Yeah, what’s the problem with saying, “Thanks to someone, such pretty children came into being.”

The important thing is that we have to raise such a beautiful and precious child in the future, that’s all.

You as a mother, I as a father.

With that fact in mind, just move forward.

We are nothing but a couple and parents.