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Yongbok is at school. Seungmin is at work.
At noon like this, usually the house is either quiet because Minho will get her afternoon nap or there will be sounds of cooking dishes. But today, the whole house echoes the sound of gagging and vomiting. It comes from the bathroom on the first floor, so it is audible until the living room.
It has been two hours since Minho ran to the toilet after she felt so uncomfortable for no absolute reason. Is it breakfast? Most likely. But regardless, now she is sitting next to the toilet bowl, all sweaty and pale, and sobbing in distress.
She doesn't vomit, unfortunately. She thinks it's unfortunate, because she believes this nausea will go away if she puke out all the breakfast she ate. But she only feels uncomfortable without actually vomiting, and it stresses her worse. It feels like nothing works and now she is out of energy to even leave the bathroom.
Her tears-covered eyes look at her phone screen, where it shows Seungmin's contact number. Contemplating. She wants him close to her so badly and she knows that one call is all it takes for him to leave his work and run to her. And no matter how romantic it might sound, it is realistically not professional to do so. He has a career and he is not the only one in the team. It will be selfish to ask him to come over and make everyone's job harder.
She can't even call Hyunjin because Hyunjin doesn't have the key to get inside and she is too exhausted to get up and open the door. Hyunjin might even call the ambulance or the emergency and Minho doesn't want it to be that serious. Not even her parents-in-law too because of the same reasons. And Seungmin will get upset that she doesn't call him first if he finds out an ambulance coming over to get her. She is stucked. She needs help but she feels too guilty to ask for it.
Minho cries. She covers her eyes with her sleeve, hoping the tears will stop dripping. Why is it today? Out of all day when Seungmin has his days off or when Seungmin doesn't have an important trial coming up, why must she feel the worst morning sickness today? The longer she thinks about it, the harder it gets to stop her crying.
"Dango-yah, what's wrong..." She sobs, holding her baby bump with the hand that has soaked sleeve. She knows it's not her baby's fault, but at this point, she just wants the pain to stop. It just gets worse as she coughs and pukes again, she has to turn her head to the toilet bowl just in case something actually comes out from her mouth.
Four hours later, her phone rings.
Minho wakes up by the sound of the ringtone. She has no idea if she passed out or she fell asleep, but she is still on the bathroom's floor. She feels so much better now but still tired, and she can feel her whole body ache from the awkward sleeping position and from all the puking. She checks the contact name before answering the call.
"Unnie~ do you want to pick up the kids together? Should we share a car or do you have any plans after that?" Hyunjin's voice comes out from the other side of the line, while Minho already shuts her eyes again out of tiredness.
"Hyunie, can you take Bokkie with you today and bring her somewhere? Just tell her I have something to do, so I'll wait for her at home" she requests, tries to make her voice as normal as possible but she is still regaining her energy so she sounds obviously weak.
"Oh! Of course, no worries. Are you okay, unnie? Do you need anything?"
"No, it's alright. I just need a little more rest. Sorry for burdening you, Hyun-ah"
"Not at all! Alright then, I'll let you rest. Take care"
The call ended. Minho double checks the screen just to make sure the call is over before she drops the phone to the floor as if it's the heaviest thing she has ever held, and stays right there like she is drifting back to sleep. She needs to gather her energy to get up and act normal before Yongbok gets home, so she just lets herself rest a little longer in the bathroom, not really caring about the environment or the position.
Suddenly, she opens her eyes. On her phone screen, there's Seungmin's contact name on the notification space. She grabs her phone again, checking it again so quickly just to see if she sees it right. It's true. Seungmin sent her a text a few hours ago, probably right after she dozed off.
From : My Only-nim
I wanna go home..................
Everything feels wrong today
I dropped a whole stack of documents on a wet floor and I forgot to pack the chopsticks for my lunchbox and imissyou and I sneezed on my coworker's laptop screen :D
I blame Dango
Minho chuckles softly, unconsciously feeling so much better after reading a long list of her husband's misery. Kim Seungmin and his dog insinct, she shakes her head. Huh, suddenly it's not that tiring. She replies lightly to the text and gets up from the floor. There is still a slight sore here and there, but she feels so much better now.
To : My Only-nim
Heh. Weak 😏
- The End -
Bonus :
As per usual, the parents bring Yongbok to sleep, she tells them a little bedtime story, then they kiss her good night. As they are about to leave, suddenly Yongbok speaks up.
"Will Beautiful Auntie pick me up tomorrow too?" She asks so innocently. Seungmin sends a sharp glare to Minho right away while she stuns at her place, speechless. She asks the little girl to keep it a secret that she didn't pick her up today, but it seems like to Yongbok's understanding, her question has nothing to do with that secret.
"No, sweetheart. Mama will pick you up tomorrow, okay? Now go to sleep" Minho quickly ends the conversation while pushes her husband off the room before she gets scolded right in front of the little girl. Seungmin lets her do that, but he already looks annoyed as they walk to their bedroom. Don't get him wrong, he's not upset because Minho didn't pick Yongbok up from school. He's upset because Minho is hiding something from him.
"Don't get mad!" Minho instantly speaks up in panicked right after he closes the bedroom door shut. He doesn't react, just looks at her without a word. She can't tell him what happened. He will get even more upset and doesn't trust her anymore and probably check their house's CCTVs every five minutes from now on, so her head quickly finds a way to escape the situation. She opens her mouth to speak, but closes it again, then she tries again,
then she pouts, upset.
...dang it.
KIM SEUNGMIN, K.O!
"...okay, you can tell me when you're ready, and we talk our way out so neither of us will feel upset. Sounds good?" He suggests fondly as he opens his arms, no longer irritated. Minho smiles right away, some part of her still couldn't believe her boba eyes still work after years of living together. She nods right away and goes for the hug, giggling when she sees Seungmin rolls his eyes as a joke.
Maybe it's time for Minho to remember again that Seungmin wants to walk through the pregnancy struggle with her as much as he can. Maybe then she won't feel too guilty about telling him what happened.
The End <3