Of Hotdogs,Bagels and Basil

Kimchi 30

"Am... We got a problem."

I'm looking at the clothes that Grandma provided and it felt strange. The undergarments are all new and in perfect size also the sleep wear. But there are no pants or blouses nor even T-shirts inside the walk-in closet.

All I can see are 6 sets of beautiful Hanboks carefully arranged side by side. Just all 6 of them like telling me 'pick me! pick me!'.

"Am!!! Get your cute butt here! This is a problem!" Amber came in on the closet wearing her singlet and boxers with a towel around her neck. Her hair still damp from the shower she had.

"Wae? Did you see my clothes? How about yours?"

I took a deep breath trying to control my nerves. Am I going to wear a Hanbok during our stay here?!

"You're clothes are on this side and it's all normal. Mine are these!" I pointed at the colorful pieces of Hanbok in front of us. I don't know if I'm feeling nervous or what. I only wore a Hanbok once and that's back in High school when our school decided to have a festival.

I saw Amber smiling and shaking her head. "Krys... This is it. It's starting."

"W-what's starting?! What do you mean Am?"

"This is Grandma's 2nd test on you. The first one is when we are eating the cookies and when she made you guess the ingredients. This time she's making you wear this Hanboks and I think she's trying to see if you will whine and not wear this." I thought about what she said and it dawned on me. I think Grandma is testing me on random things, maybe to see if I'm really worth her grand daughter's choice.

I sighed. Well the clothes are not bad at all. The Hanboks are beautiful and exquisite plus I'll only wear it at daytime. She provided me with pajamas for sleeping so it's okay. Maybe I'll enjoy wearing these beautiful clothes.

I chose an ensemble of red Chima and an olive green Jeogori to top it. Amber helped me wore the traditional dress and tied the dark blue goreum neatly. Both of us looked at my appearance on the full body mirror, with Amber behind me holding my shoulders with adoration in her eyes.

"Wow... You look..."

"Ummm.. traditional?" I said raising my eyebrow.

"You look amazing... It's beautiful, you're beautiful Jung Soojung." Hearing her call me beautiful all the time makes me blush. I'm not really used to being praise but with Amber I always make an exception.

"Jjinja? Do I look trying hard?"

"No you're not, you're Krystal Jung the most beautiful girl in the planet. You're beautiful even if you get caught wearing a potato sack. And Grandma will be happy when she sees you. That's her precious Hanboks and she made you wear it so consider yourself lucky." She squeezed my shoulders and gave me a comforting smile.

After getting dressed we went to the Main hall for dinner hand in hand. I'm really nervous right now as we enter the hall, nervous on what Grandma will say. Okay Soojung, just trust Amber and everything will be alright.

Grandma was already there sitting at the head of the table waiting for us. As we enter, I can feel the gaze Grandma has been giving me. I felt shy when I saw her look at me from head to toe and nodded approvingly while smiling.

"G-good evening Grandma.." I bowed to her while greeting with a shy smile on my face. It feels like Amber and I are newlyweds and I'm here in my in-laws house to serve them like what I see on Dramas. The only difference is I don't have to serve them because there's a lot of helpers around.