Winter Summer

Chapter 9

"Ew, papa said that, daddy? He's so cheesy," Fuyuko, Yoshi and Jihoon's daughter, said as she grimaced after hearing his papa Yoshi and daddy Jihoon's love story. Her rosy cheeks bounced as she showed her grimace to her parents. Jihoon jokingly pinched his daughter's cheeks, earning a yelp from the little girl and a pinch from Yoshi.

"Stop pinching her cheeks, Jihoon-ah. She'll definitely get angry at you when she grows up." Yoshi said to Jihoon, who just pouted his lips and dramatically sulked in the corner, giving some sad glances to the father-daughter pair from time to time.

"Baby, how about we go to Daddy Jihoon and give him a kiss and a hug? Look, daddy has been sulking for a while now. Maybe Fuyuko's kiss can make daddy happy again." Yoshi whispered to Fuyuko, who excitedly nodded her head and ran towards Jihoon while giggling. Fuyuko spread her arms and jumped to Jihoon's back, with an effort too, since how tall can a four-year-old kid be?

Jihoon immediately supported his daughter by putting his hands on his back, making sure he grabbed the girl and adjusted his hold on her. Fuyuko hugged Jihoon, almost like having a piggyback ride, and gave Jihoon multiple kisses on the cheeks.

"Don't be sad, daddy; I love you." Fuyuko said that and kissed Jihoon again. Jihoon being Jihoon, he playfully pulled Fuyuko, making Yoshi, who was silently watching them from the side, scream out of fear that his daughter would hit her head on the floor. Jihoon laughed, while Fuyuko giggled louder. Yoshi stopped himself from getting angry at them and continued watching his husband and daughter play, which was a little rowdy.

Jihoon laid his daughter on the soft carpet and tickled her nonstop while muttering jokes his daughter could only hear. Yoshi shook his head and went to his daughter's room to grab a change of clothes and a towel. He knew that Fuyuko would be covered with sweat after playing with his daddy Jihoon. Yoshi also went to the kitchen to prepare snacks.

Yoshi couldn't stop his smile as the past 7 years flashed in his mind while preparing the snacks. Right after Jihoon said that the key to their body switching was a love's kiss, he remembered that he laughed so hard since it seemed like a joke to him. He only stopped laughing when Jihoon kissed him again and again, making the two of them switch bodies like flipping pages of a book.

Their fake relationship became real since Jihoon courted him after finding out that their feelings were mutual. But instead of fancy dates, they went for the adventurous ones. From hiking and island hopping up to bungee jumping and skydiving, they did all that, all the while switching bodies when one got scared or the other didn't want to do the activity anymore.

Yoshi being Yoshi, he didn't let the courting take months. Jihoon and him became boyfriends after a month of 'serious' courting from Jihoon. He thought that it was better to spend his time with Jihoon as a boyfriend. And if there are things that they don't know about each other, they can still discover them slowly as they spend their time together.

After a year of being boyfriends, Yoshi decided to propose to Jihoon, much to Jihoon's dismay since he was also planning to propose to Yoshi. Yoshi remembered how sulky Jihoon became that day, yet sweet.

"I should have been the one who proposed. Why did you do it?" Sulky Jihoon said while playing with Yoshi's hand.

Yoshi thought that the body switching would stop after Jihoon and he got married, but he was wrong. He found out about it in the most awkward situation, which was their honeymoon night. He's not disgusted, but he felt weird that night, especially since they kept on switching bodies since they also kept on kissing each other.

That's why, when he found out that he was pregnant, he made a promise to Jihoon from time to time if ever Jihoon made him sad or upset about something. He just wanted to make Jihoon feel what it was like to be pregnant. On the day that their daughter would be out, Jihoon tried to switch bodies with him, but he stopped him. Yoshi still wants to do it himself. It's like self-fulfillment for him to deliver their daughter into this world.

And now Fuyuko is four years old and growing. He smiled contently as he put the snacks on a tray and walked back to where his husband and daughter were. He set the tray on the table and smiled lovingly at the two while watching his daughter happily clapping her hands while sitting on Jihoon's lap.

His past self would not believe it if he came back in time and told him that he would have a family. This may be something he didn't expect, but he likes it. No, he really loves it.