Beach Days [JaeSeong]

Forty One (Epilogue - part 2)

(Inseong's pov)

(Several months later)

I'm so ridiculously excited. Today is the day we bring our son home. I turn to Jaeyoon, who's sitting by my side while I drive the car.
- We're gonna be parents...
- I know...
- I'm so excited!
- It makes me so happy to see you like this. Excited about our son.
I smile at my husband. I reach for his hand with my free one and bring it to my mouth, planting a soft kiss.
I think about where we started, two lonely boys in a small town. A lot of things changed over the years. We left the town together so we could study, we moved in together in Busan where I studied music and Jaeyoon studied biology, doing a specialization on sea creatures after he graduated. We got married right after. My career went really well since I got a job in a kpop company, choosing and training the vocalists. Jaeyoon's went well too but he decided to stop working when I got a job offer on Seoul. He said he couldn't hold me back but couldn't just be left behind either. I understand him but he really loved the sea so I'm sad to leave our beach days behind. After a couple of months he actually managed to get a job as a professor on a small university which made both of us happy. I just can't believe everything we've been through. I haven't spoken to my father in years but I know he's married again. Maybe he got himself a new son, I stopped caring after a while. My mom is really supportive with everything and Jaeyoon's family feels like my own. It is my own, I'm a part of it and they're a part of me. Jaeyoon has a cute younger sister now. She was born the year we left, she's probably 10 now. It's been so many years. We changed a lot. Jaeyoon stopped being so shy and turned into such a strong, masculine man. We stopped being so needy to be with each other and developed it to just being relieved to be at home so we could cuddle and talk. When we're apart it feels like a part of me is gone. We have make out sessions and sex on a regular basis which is not that common for a couple that have been together for so long. It's been what? 10 years? 11? 12? Probably a little bit more than that. I can't believe it. We're getting our son in just a few minutes. We met him before, of course. Dark black hair that will not stay brushed, making him look like a 3-year-old madman, he's so adorable. We connected instantly and it just felt right. He was really shy at first but later he turned out to be so bubbly and full of energy. His name was Kim Youngkyun but we decided to rename him as Kim Hwiyoung. He seemed to love his new name.
- We're nearly there!
- I know!
I park the car at the orphanage. We walk to the door, Jaeyoon holding my hand. He knocks at the door and we wait until the door is open by a young woman. She invites us in so we can talk to the headmaster. We walk to the headmaster's office with our sweaty hands still intertwined. We talk to her and sign the last paper before walking to a small room where Hwiyoung was seated with a small backpack on his lap.
- Hwiyoung? We can go home now.
His eyes sparkle and he gives us a huge smile. I grab his backpack, Jaeyoon picks up the little boy and we walk out of the orphanage. I look at my two boys giggling at each other, Hwiyoung cupping Jaeyoon's cheek with both of his tiny hands and the later smiling and making silly faces. In that moment I realize that it doesn't matter what I've been through because I have the most beautiful family on this world and I wouldn't change that for nothing.

(A/n: it's over now. I'm going to miss writing this. Thank you all for reading till the end. Stay safe and healthy! xxx)