Unexpected Ch 10 part 2
by AnonAnemoneYoungHyun raised her eyes and watched KunHyung eat with satisfaction.
“Your face looks good.”
“I’m eating well.”
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“But you’re only eating take-out. I should have made you take cooking classes as a condition for you to move out.”
YoungHyun lamented, and SungJoon nodded his head.
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“She’s right. A man should know how to cook a few dishes.”
“Buying ingredients and preparing them… Instead of cooking, it’s more rational to use that time to go out and comfortably eat some delicious food.”
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“I’m not just talking about what goes inside your mouth.”
When he heard YoungHyun’s reply, KunHyung lifted his head and raised a brow.
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“Are you saying you want to eat food that I cooked?”
After a moment of silence, YoungHyun opened her mouth.
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“I have my husband for that, so why would I want to eat your food?”
A sigh burst out of her mouth. KunHyung’s expression showed that he had no idea what she was talking about.
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“Then what do you mean?”
“It’s just… I’m saying someone like that can appear in your life. Someone you want to do something for. Someone who makes you think of them.”
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“I can just find a restaurant that suits both our tastes.”
“I’m saying someone special can come along that makes you reluctant to borrow someone else’s hands.”
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When he heard the words ‘someone special’, ChaYoung’s face popped into his head. But he continued to refute his mother’s remark.
“By that logic, I should make her clothes and make her shoes as well.”
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“Something like that isn’t grounded in logic…”
YoungHyun held back a frustrated sigh and opened her mouth.
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“People knit and embroider with that kind of heart.”
“Rather than receiving something that I made sloppily, wouldn’t they be happier to receive something made by a master craftsman?”
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Her son’s eyes looked so naive that YoungHyun didn’t have anything else to say. She was disappointed that he really thought this way. Her heart hurt that her son did not have someone who could shatter these beliefs.
She usually tried not to show her emotions on her face, but her firm composure began to slip.
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“Have I said something wrong again?”
When he saw YoungHyun’s eyes grow dim, KunHyung frowned. Since SungJoon wasn’t as good at hiding his emotions on his face, KunHyung turned to him. It seemed that his hunch was correct.
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“It seems that my way of thinking is wrong.”
“It’s not… There’s no right or wrong.”
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When YoungHyun didn’t know how to respond, SungJoon opened his mouth and answered for her.
“Then at the very least, it seems that my way of thinking is different from other people.”
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KunHyung was aware that he was different from others, but this was the first time he’d acknowledged it.
Even if this was true, it didn’t matter. He’d lived like this thus far, and he never felt particularly uncomfortable about it.
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But for some reason, it bothered him now. He felt a strange sense of déjà vu as he looked into his mother’s eyes as she gazed back at him.
He hurriedly sifted through his memories, but nothing stood out. All that popped up was what had happened yesterday morning.
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His mind went back and recollected what had happened. He’d woken up just in time. After taking a shower, he put his clothes on and stepped out into the room. Then he saw that the dining table was set up for breakfast. He’d even told her to eat up. ChaYoung suggested that they eat breakfast together, but he’d refused because he had to attend a breakfast forum. Then he left.
He reviewed it over and over again. No matter how many times he sifted through those events, he hadn’t hurt anyone or done anything wrong. The only thing he could think of was a sense of disappointment at being unable to eat breakfast with her.
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However, because it was a business matter, he didn’t have a choice but to turn down her offer. ChaYoung wasn’t the type of person who couldn’t separate work life from personal life. She would have understood that his hands were tied due to his schedule.
Not only that, she said that she always ate breakfast alone, so she probably didn’t cook anything special just because he was there. Therefore, it didn’t really matter whether he was there or not. However, it still felt strange…
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“Finish eating before your food gets cold.”
As he was lost in thought, he heard YoungHyun’s voice. He lifted his gaze and muttered an ‘okay’ as he nodded his head.
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Nothing good would come out of mulling over this. There was no need to waste any more energy trying to find the reason for this strange feeling.
* * *
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Because she needed to finish a report on the marketing strategy for a new product, ChaYoung had a hectic week. In order to follow the ever-changing consumer trends, she worked on the marketing report constantly during this time.
To meet the consumers’ expectations, she needed to produce exceptional results. Therefore, she had no choice but to cling onto her work until Friday evening. The thoughts she had been mulling over ended up getting buried under the onslaught of tasks she needed to complete.
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“How did you like the performance?”
KunHyung got into the driver’s seat and pressed the ‘Start’ button. It was Saturday afternoon. The two of them had just finished watching a musical and were on their way out. She had mentioned this musical in passing and complained that tickets were hard to come by. KunHyung had kept this in mind and booked tickets for them.
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“I think it’s worthy of being called blood tickets.”
The lingering emotions from the musical surged through her as she fastened her seatbelt.
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“Blood tickets?”
KunHyung began driving as he turned to look at her. She answered him.
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“That’s what you call tickets that people can only obtain by walking through a bloody battlefield.”
“Aah.”
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He nodded and laughed, but he didn’t seem to care. ChaYoung glanced at his sleek eyes before looking out the window.
The star-studded cast had already made headlines, but the musical itself had also exceeded expectations. The actors were already known to sing and act well, and their exceptional voices and acting skills had captured the audience.
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The stage was filled with excitement and emotion. A news article stated that the musical had garnered record-breaking ticket sales and that even the weekday shows had been sold out. She sympathized with those who could not see it.
Unlike her, who hadn’t been able to obtain these tickets no matter how hard she’d tried, KunHyung had easily obtained tickets to the VIP section. Knowing that musical tickets weren’t the only things he could obtain so easily, she was again reminded of how different their worlds were.
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The feeling of incompatibility that had been buried beneath her feet gradually rose and sprouted out.
“Where in Gwanghwamun did you say you needed to be dropped off?”
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His voice reached her ears and broke her out of her thoughts. Her eyes widened. She remembered that she needed to attend her high school friend’s daughter’s first birthday party. She had planned to take a taxi, but he had insisted on driving her there himself.
She didn’t even bother asking him to accompany her. It was almost dinnertime, and she had seen a musical she’d really wanted to see thanks to him, but she couldn’t bring herself to ask him to come with her to see her friends and eat together. This was because she knew they would ask questions that she did not know the answers to.
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And as expected, he showed no sign of wanting to go with her. He absolutely hated socializing with people if he didn’t need to.
Therefore, he did not even ask her if she was meeting a friend from high school or from college. Whether the first birthday party was for a girl or a boy. He didn’t ask any of it.
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“Across from the JK headquarters.”
She remembered the location of the buffet restaurant and quickly answered him. He nodded and slowly started driving.
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“Let’s eat lunch together tomorrow.”
She felt a bit bad and spoke up.
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“I guess that’s fine with me.”
He turned the steering wheel and replied in an indifferent voice.
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“Uwa, Kang ChaYoung!”
The woman in a self-proclaimed ‘one-year-old’s mom dress’ approached her. It was her high school friend, Han Yeju. Due to a premarital pregnancy, she had gotten married as soon as they graduated college. And now, she had already given birth to her second child.
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“How can a woman who gave birth to a couple of kids look so pretty?”
ChaYoung looked her up and down before reacting with surprise. Yeju chuckled and bashfully said, ‘Girl, you’re such a smooth talker.’
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“You wore a hanbok for your first kid. I heard the second one should be like a wedding, so I tried this on. I feel like it’s a bit shameful.”
“If you don’t wear it for something like this, when will you ever wear it?”
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Seemingly strengthened by her friend’s support, Yeju’s eyes sparkled.
“Right?”
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“Of course. You’re blindingly pretty, so don’t worry. Anyways, where’s Seolin?”
“She’s inside. It’s difficult for me to hold her when I’m wearing this.”
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“Aah. Oh, that’s right!”
ChaYoung pulled out an envelope from her purse and handed it to Yeju.
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“I didn’t know what you’d need, so I just got you a gift certificate.”
Yeju looked down at the envelope and sighed.
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“Jeez. I wouldn’t be so immodest as to receive two first-birthday gifts from you for two children.”
“You must be my sister-in-law’s friend.”
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A man suddenly interrupted them. Because he called Yeju ‘sister-in-law’, it seemed that he was a family member of Yeju’s husband. She greeted him awkwardly with her eyes. The man grinned and continued.
“I asked her to introduce me to some of her friends, you see.”
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The man waved his hand at Yeju.
“Hey, she has a boyfriend. And they’ve even been dating for two years.”
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The smile was wiped from the man’s face.
“Ah… I see. You weren’t wearing a ring, so…”
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He awkwardly rubbed his chin before walking away. ChaYoung watched as he drew further and further away as she bit down on her lip.
There hadn’t been enough time in their chaotic schedules to explain that she and SeungHoon were no longer together. Should she tell her now? She stood blankly as Yeju continued to ask.
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“But why don’t the two of you wear couple rings like other people?”
Although it wasn’t a couple ring, she did receive a ring from him once. It was embedded with a gem the size of a sesame seed. She wasn’t sure if it was because of the design or the setting of the gem, but whenever it grazed against her stockings or knitted fabric, it always got caught.
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She didn’t mention it to him because she didn’t want to worry him, but he ended up seeing it get caught on her clothes one day when they were together. When he saw it, he merely said, ‘It must be because it’s cheap’ before snatching it and throwing it away. She told him that it was more precious to her than a large diamond ring, but it was no use.
Now that she thought about it, he was a proud man who had an inferiority complex. Even though he was that kind of man, she had created an illusion of him in her heart and wasn’t able to see him for who he truly was.
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Why did she realize this now? She suddenly felt so pathetic and began to grow sad.
“Don’t you want to wear one just to tell everyone ‘I have a boyfriend’? When you get older, it gets annoying so I’m sure you’ll stop wearing it.”
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When Yeju began speaking like an elderly lady, ChaYoung looked at her in disbelief.
“Your birthday comes after mine, you know?”
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“Either way… I’m telling you to get married before the honeymoon phase is over. My husband is still confusing me with Seolhyun. Can you believe it?”
ChaYoung knew that Yeju was unaware of what was truly going on and sighed.
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“I’m still very busy these days.”
“Don’t make excuses. Then are the unemployed the only ones who date? Do chaebols and top stars get married because they’re playing around?”
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When ChaYoung didn’t answer her, Yeju clicked her tongue and grabbed her hand.
“Alright, let’s just head inside and eat. The kids are waiting for…”
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Yeju moved to guide her inside when she suddenly blinked at something she had discovered. ChaYoung followed her gaze and turned her head.
“Huh?”
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ChaYoung’s eyes widened. Standing at the corner of the corridor, it was none other than KunHyung. They had just bid each other farewell, so why was he here? She asked this with her eyes as she stared at him.
“This. You left it in the car.”
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He held something out to her. It was a shopping bag that she had left in the backseat of his car. She had forgotten that she had run out of cleansing oil and hurriedly bought it at a skincare shop.
“You could have given it to me later.”
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Feeling sorry for the inconvenience, ChaYoung took the shopping bag and looked up at him apologetically.
“Who…?”
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Yeju looked back and forth between KunHyung and ChaYoung with sparkling eyes.
“Ah.”
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ChaYoung nervously bit her lips. She hadn’t even told Yeju that she and SeungHoon had broken up. How could she introduce the person she was seeing now without disclosing that piece of information?
She’d have to explain the context of what had happened, and she didn’t want to explain everything at a baby’s first birthday party. She’d tell her soon enough, but today was not the day. More importantly…
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“I can’t right now. I’m with a hoobae. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
She recalled how he had spoken of their relationship as sunbae-hoobae, so she couldn’t get herself to speak up. Although they were seeing each other, they weren’t exactly in love. Even if she tried to explain it to others, they wouldn’t understand.
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“He’s a sunbae-nim from my department back in college. We ran into each other, and he offered to give me a ride.”
In order to stop her from misunderstanding, ChaYoung introduced him using an honorary title1.
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“Aah.”
Thankfully, Yeju didn’t seem to think much of it as she nodded her head. On the other hand, KunHyung’s jaw stiffened as he stood in front of them.
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“You came all the way here, so why don’t you head inside and grab a meal before you go?”
Yeju grinned as she offered, but ChaYoung quickly stopped her. She glanced at KunHyung’s expression and could see that he was uncomfortable.
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“Sunbae-nim is busy.”
“Really?”
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Yeju looked disappointed. KunHyung’s eyes lingered over ChaYoung before congratulating Yeju and bidding them goodbye.
Unable to ask him to stay because she was told that he was busy, Yeju wistfully gazed at his back as he walked away. Suddenly, she turned to ChaYoung and abruptly asked her.
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“Does that man have a girlfriend?”