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Episode 2. Mom and Dad

When I was born into the world

People who met me for the first time.

And that's probably what those people most wanted to hear from me.

"mom"

"dad"

It was time for the early evening sunset to color the beach.

On the beach were a marine lifeguard, a mother, and a father in a sweaty suit who appeared to have just arrived here.

"mom? dad?"

Looking around, I felt like I had just been rescued. Perhaps, my mother reported it to the marine rescue team when I did not return from the sea, and the rescue team was dispatched after hearing that report.

And I think my father rushed out after hearing my mother's concerns about me on his way home from work.

But now, the images of my mother and father that I could see were somehow strange.

It wasn't that he was relieved that I had been rescued or that he still couldn't shake off his worry.

He looked embarrassed, as if he couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes.

“Yul, did you just say that?”

'I said something?'

I lay still in silence for a while. Then, I quietly looked back on my memories from a little while ago.

When I thought I was dead in the sea, I heard strange and beautiful music as if I was dreaming.

And that's what I said there.

Even more so now, even after waking up on the beach, he spoke.

Did I really say that?

Since even I couldn't believe it, I wanted to check again.

Let's spit it out.

"···word?"

An expression that changes from confusion to confidence.

“Yul... spoke!”

"honey!"

Mother and father hugged each other and shared hot tears on each other's cheeks. Then he looked at me again and said.

“Can you say mom and dad again?”

"mom? dad?"

Now was the moment when confidence became joy.

In the future, my mother looked back on this time and

“At that time, I felt like I wanted to kill the rescue worker. “I wanted to resent myself for not being able to protect my child even though I was always on standby at the beach...” he said.

But that feeling of resentment disappeared as if melting snow due to the two words I uttered.

"mom and dad···"

“Yes, mom and dad…”

*

That night, I ate a bowl of warm abalone porridge.

I went to the emergency room, but there was no sign of anything wrong with my body, but I decided to do it because I still needed stability.

“Go to bed early today, and let’s talk with mom and dad tomorrow. “There are a lot of conversations we haven’t had in a while, right?”

“Yes, Mom.”

My mother turned off the light in my room and closed the door. And for a while, I felt like I was popular in front of the door, but I couldn't figure out why.