|| A Foreigner in Danger || <VMIN x OC>

Family

As we entered the dining room, I saw a long tablecloth spread right across the floor with an extensive buffet laid out on it.

I looked around and noticed the twin uncles were still wrestling outside; I think that might have been their profession. I turned to ask Eonni, when she put her finger to my mouth telling me to shush and walked away, answering what seemed to be an important call.

I sniggered as she left, making a mental note to interrogate her after lunch to find out who this important call really was.

I stared down at the floor and my eyes were having a party that made my belly jump for joy.

There was every delicious food I could think of! Seaweed soup, rice cake soup, plain rice, kimchi fried rice, extra kimchi, trays of various seafood, ssam, crab cakes, sweet cakes, dumplings, bulgogi, bibimbap and other dishes I was unfamiliar with, but would definitely try them, hehe.

How Aunty Jeong managed all this on her own was beyond my comprehension.

Just as I was thinking this, Aunty Jeong came in the room with two little toddlers running behind her, squealing for attention.

"Don't look so shocked Minnie, I didn't do all this on my own! Seo-yeon helped me and Halmeouni prepared some dishes beforehand." She chuckled.

She turned to the twins, "Say hello to your Aunty, Go-Mo! Say it, Go-Mo!"

They just stared at me with their innocent expressions as she shook her head in dismay.

"Ya, they won't speak right now but in a few hours time you won't be able to stop them from following you!"

I smiled at her, how did Uncle Hwi-jae manage to get such a beautiful lady? She was genuinely such a nice person and was just like a motherly figure. She was probably attracted to his comedy and his personality. Don't get me wrong, he is handsome, but she is just in a league of her own.

I laughed as I ran over to the twins and attempted to grab them, but they scuttled away from me, turning their little heads around to see where I was until I chased them down the hallway.

They were laughing and I had cornered them in the porch, near our entrance.

"Rooooaaaar!" I growled at them like a dinosaur, hoping they would warm up to my entertainment.

It worked, as they were squealing with laughter. I got on all fours and crawled towards them, and managed to catch one of them whilst the other dodged past me laughing.

"Yaaa! What's your name? Tell me or I will eat you!" I was still in dinosaur mode.

He didn't answer me but was just giggling and squirming out of my arms. I pretended he was strong and let go of him temporarily, before resuming the imaginary chase.

Just then, I heard the front door open as I saw someone's feet in front of me. I immediately stood up, eager to see who it was.

It was an older man, no more than 60 years old. He was beaming down at me and holding the twin I just tried to catch.

Aigo, it was Halapoji.

I stared and realised he looked exactly the same, nothing had changed. What I loved about our family was that no one ever aged; Halapoji was still as fit and as young as ever. He was wearing a lilac polo shirt with shorts that showed off his toned legs. His hair was still the same shade of silver black, but the only difference was he had developed a few wrinkles. Dad looked remarkably like Halapoji and people could tell from a mile they were father and son.

He put the twin down and opened his arms wide to me.

"My child!" He embraced me tight as I hugged him back tighter.