The Light of Dead Stars | KSJ

09

You head out of the bedroom to go outside, the 2-hour sleep you had having refreshed you enough. You spot Jin in the covered terrace that houses a fully-equipped kitchen, with Geonhoo and Ji-hoo sitting on the counter, and Sung-min being nursed by Sejeong.

"What's Uncle Jjan making?" You ask, announcing your arrival.

Seokjin looks up at you with a grin, but it's the little boy and little girl who answer excitedly.

"Cheese pizza! And Nutella pizza!" The middle child, Ji-hoo, says.

She's got chocolate spread smudges on her face and her mother tells her older brother to wipe them off, but Geonhoo is too busy watching his uncle toss the dough to care.

"I'll do it," you offer, taking wipes from the table and going to Ji-hoo to clean her cheeks, cooing at her adorable smile that all the Kim siblings seem to have.

"Thank you, Auntie!" She squeals, before she stands on the counter, and you hold her up to keep her from falling.

"How was your sleep?" Jin asks as he continues to work.

"It was good, now I'm starving," you smile, tiptoeing to take a peek of what he's making.

He's never made pizza for you before although he says he enjoys making it, and you can only imagine how good it's going to be since there's a stone pizza oven here.

"This'll be done shortly, don't worry. These kids are stressing me too much," he chuckles, and once the little ones have settled down on actual chairs, you sit next to Sejeong who chats you up about the schedule for this week.

"We're going to a nearby village tomorrow afternoon. You and Jin should join us," she says. "Then there's grandfather's birthday the day after, and then we're all gonna head to a beach on Sunday. And then you can have my brother for the rest of the week, unless you don't wanna join him with my husband to play golf on Tuesday because I don't, so I'm gonna go shopping instead," she laughs.

"Shopping, definitely," you chuckle, and from your periphery, you see Seokjin playfully shake his head.

"She thinks it's boring," he calls out.

"It is," you and Sejeong say at the same time, earning you both a monologue on why it isn't.

"He only got into it because he and Tae had this competition growing up of who did what better," Sejeong narrates. "They competed in tennis, snowboarding, golf, gaming, car racing, and so many more. Even dancing, which Taehyung says he's better at, and I kinda agree, although Jin isn't that far behind."

"Jin, you dance?!" Your eyes widen.

You know he's talented in many things; he's also said that much when he was drunk, which is when he usually gets cocky, but you didn't know he danced, and a part of you feels giddy at the thought, not really able to imagine your usually serious and laid-back husband shaking his hips.

"A little," he grins. "It's the only thing I'll admit that Tae is better at, but I obviously am the more handsome one."

Sejeong rolls her eyes, and you can only imagine this to be an ongoing argument between the two men growing up that Sejeong had to suffer through.

"Hey, affirm me," Jin calls your attention, and you stick out your tongue to say "yeah, whatever," to his disappointment.

You all continue random conversations until Taehyung arrives then leaves after being told to call everyone else since the pizzas are ready. Pretty soon, the rest of the family - Jin's parents, grandparents, Hyun-a, and Sejeong's husband, Hyo-seop - all arrive, and you sit on the long dining table to enjoy the pizza that he's prepared.