When they enter the kitchen, In Hyuk and Tae Sung are scrambling with mops, buckets, and sponges to clean the disaster.
"Omo!" Panicked, Im Sol's eyes grow wide.
"What?!" Sun Jae, In Hyuk, and Tae Sung all say at once, turning to her. All sharing the same thought. "The baby!" They repeat, worried the time had already come.
Shaking her head, slow, left and right. "Anneo. It's not the baby. It's worse..."
"Worse?!" Tae Sung pipes in. The others are too scared to ask.
"Oemma." She answers vaguely.
Sun Jae blinks. "O-oemma?"
Sol nods. "Oemma..."
Catching on as if possessing telepathy, Sun Jae nods back. "Oh...Oemma."
Standing perplexed in the kitchen, In Hyuk waves his arms in frustration. "What?! Why! Why do you keep saying Oemma?"
Tae Sung also seems in on the secret, gesturing with his head to the mess around them. "Chicken." He says, sliding his thumb across his throat, signaling death. "Oemma."
"Oh..." In Hyuk gets it now. No chicken. No food. Special party. Angry Oemma. It plays like a montage in his mind.
"Sun Jae-ah!" Im Sol turns to him, anxious and tapping his shoulder as if in danger. "What do we do?"
Thinking serious for a moment, Sun Jae furrows his brow. He snaps his fingers; an idea.
"I need to make a call."
Im Sol nods, understanding somehow. The other two don't catch on.
"Tae Sung! In Hyuk!" Sol rushes, helping clean some of the remnants off the counter. "Come on. She'll be here soon!" Springing into action, In Hyuk and Tae Sung work to hide what they can.
In the living room, Sun Jae stands talking on the phone.
"Nae, Apaji. It's an emergency."
On the other side, his father drives a fancy red sports car, wearing black sunglasses. Like father, like son.
"Sun Jae-ah! That much chicken?! In less than an hour?!"
"Nae."
"Sun Jae!" He whines. "I just left work. I'm already on my way there."
"Please, Apaji!" Sun Jae begs. "It's for your first grandchild..."
"Araseo! Araseo!" His father shakes his head. "I'll get it delivered. Okay."
"Cumao!" Sun Jae thanks his father and hangs up, grinning after getting him to say yes. Sol will be happy now.
"Yes!" Sun Jae pumps his hand in the air, turning into the kitchen.
"He said he'd do it?" Sol asks, hoping.
"Mmm-hmm!" He nods, grinning.
She wraps her arms around him, grateful. "Cumao! Cumao, Sun Jae-ah!!"
Sun Jae blushes, squeezing her tight.
"Aish!" In Hyuk rolls his eyes, moping past Sun Jae's feet. "You filming a rom com here?"
"Anneo." Sun Jae let's go, shaking his head and pointing to himself. "I'm your hero."
In Hyuk scowls, baffled. "My hero?! You?!" He scoffs, slamming down the mop. "Do you know how many times I saved you??"
When the doorbell rings, everyone scrambles. In Hyuk picks up the mop, finding a place to hide it.
"I'll get it!" Sol rushes to the door. When she turns the handle, Mrs. Im barges through the door, sweating and red-faced. Her hands are full of bags. Halmeoni trails behind her wearing a pile of blue and pink lays - decorations that would be for the party.
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Lovely Runner 2: Finding Grandma
Fanfiction*UPDATES MONDAY & TUESDAY* Sun Jae and Im Sol, happily married and expecting their first child, are enjoying life until Grandma mysteriously vanishes after retrieving the magic watch. Forced into a race against time, the couple embarks on a journey...
