Ahn Misun, a twenty three year old woman who has a five year old son, Ahn Jihun. A single mother who works hard to support both herself and her son. Her son's dead beat father is never there and is a complete disaster. Misun doesn't want her son hav...
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After we finished eating at Kiddie world, Taehyung wanted to take us to his favorite place. We had been driving for about an hour or so. He was on about how he hopes we like it as much as he does. I kept telling him that we would, Jihun had fallen asleep so we spoke softly to each other.
"Hey Misun. Thank you." "What for? I should be thanking you, you paid for us back at Kiddie world, you bought a car seat for my son and even an action figure that was quite pricey. Thank you Taehyung." "You're very welcome, but I'm thanking you for actually letting me take you out. I mean we did only meet a few days ago. Also your son is such a sweetheart and such great company. I'm glad I decided to come to Daegu for vacation." "I'm glad you and Jihun are getting along. Jihun has grown a liking to you quite quickly." "and I've grown a liking to his mother.''
My cheeks swiftly turn a bright pink and I shyly smile over at him. He takes my hand in his while he drives. I honestly have a crush on him. He's such a nice guy and Jihun loves him already, but like Taehyung mentioned we did only meet a few days ago. So I want to get to know him better before I get my hopes up, from what I know now and from what I have seen, I like him. He drives up to a house that looks like it is quite old but very much intact. It's actually a very pretty house, but we were out in miles and miles of fields. I look over to him a bit concerned. This is the perfect place to murder someone and no one would notice. Taehyung begins to laugh.
"I'm not going to hurt you. This is my grandmother's house. I promised her I would come and visit."
I sigh in relief but I still keep my defenses up just in case. He parks the car and when he steps out of the car, two dogs come running to him in joy. They wagged their tails and Jihun woke up.
"Mommy, I want to see the doggies!"
Taehyung opens the door and unbuckles Jihun from his car seat, helps him out of the car and the dogs approach Jihun. I quickly got out of the car and over to them because my mother instinct was kicking in. The dogs were very gentle with Jihun and he was petting them softly. He hugged one and Taehyung took a picture of them. He shows it to me and I smile.
"There's nothing to worry about Misun. Juju and Kai won't hurt him, they know to be gentle with children. Come my grandmother is waiting inside."
I nod and Jihun takes my hand. Juju and Kai follow us inside the house.
"Tata. Is that you sweetie?" "Yes, grandmama. It's me, I brought some friends over if that's alright with you.'' "The more the merrier!"
We walk through a back door and I finally see her. She was outside harvesting some vegetables. She aged beautifully. Jihun walks over to her and smiles up at her. He extends his hand to help her. She smiled down at him.
"I'm Jihun. Do you need help with your basket?" "Well hello Jihun. Since you seem like a strong fellow why don't you help me with that basket?" She said while she pointed at a small basket. "Okay." Jihun nodded.
Taehyung smiled and he took my hand in his.
"When I was a little I used that basket to help my grandmother to harvest."
I hold his hand tightly in mine and smile down at it. It just feels right. His grandma looks over at us and eyesmiles. Jihun was behind her picking the vegetables she pointed at. He runs with the basket in his hands to us.
"Look mommy! Don't they look so pretty!" "Yes, baby they do and they look very delicious too."
He nodded with a smile upon his face and he went back to her to help her out. She tells him to follow her and Jihun follows close behind her. She sees Taehyung holding my hand and smiles softly.
"Come inside."
Taehyung nods, he looks down at me and I nod. Jihun was already inside with her. We head inside and she puts her basket on the table along with the basket that Jihun was carrying. She washes her hands and approaches Taehyung and I. She smiled brightly.
"Taehyung must have already told you that I'm his grandmother. It's very nice to meet you. What's your name sweetheart?" "Ahn Misun. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Kim." "Call me granny. You're so beautiful, are you a model like my boy?" "Oh, no. I do work for a modeling company but I'm not a model, I might be one soon." "You certainly will be a popular model if you do become one. So are you two dating?" "Not yet, grandmamma but maybe soon." She nods with a smile. "do you mind if your boy helps me with dinner?" "I don't mind at all. Jihun, baby you want to help granny with making dinner?" "Yes mommy!" "You've raised such a lovely boy."
Jihun goes over to her and she tells him what he can help her out with. Taehyung leads me to the dining table and pulls out a chair for me. I sit and he sits beside me. He sighed and took my hand once again. I chuckle and look over at him a bit confused.
"sorry, I should have asked first.'' "I don't mind it's just I find it weird that you keep wanting to hold my hand.'' "I find it comforting; it just feels right to me. I'll stop if you want me to." "It's quite alright, Tae. Tae, if you don't mind me asking how was your childhood here, from the pictures hanging in the living room, I could see that you liked to harvest with your grandma."
He smiled and nodded. He began to tell me how he would come and visit his grandmother every summer break. That his dream job was to be a farmer just like his grandparents. He mentioned that he would spend most of his time with his grandma and he wasn't really one to make friends.
"I was always the quiet boy that never wanted to go out." He states.
He described his childhood in such detail and emotion; it made me feel like I was a part of it, although I wasn't. Taehyung seemed to become melancholy while he spoke about how he would spend his time with his grandparents. I listen closely to how he spoke about his days here and how much he loved and still loves it very much. He said that he comes here every time he comes to Daegu. This made me frown, because I knew he would be leaving soon. He notices my frown and scowls. He slowly rubs his thumb on my hand. I shook my head and smiled lightly, trying to reassure him. He didn't seem convinced but he nodded. We stayed at his grandmother's house for a couple of hours and I enjoyed it very much. Granny was telling stories about when she was younger and how Taehyung was always her little helper. She even took out a photo album of Taehyung's baby pictures. He kept getting shy, which caused me to smile warmly. Jihun was mesmerized with granny. When she would get up, he would offer to help her or even follow behind her. Granny kept saying how much she adored Jihun and how he reminded her of Taehyung when he was a little boy. It was getting late and Jihun was slowly falling asleep. You could see him struggling to keep his head up. Granny laughed and held his head in place, before leaning his head against her chest so he could rest it.
"Misun.'' "Yes, granny?" "You have such a beautiful boy with such a loving heart. You've raised him just wonderfully. I wish nothing but the best for you and your son." "Thank you very much, granny. I hope to come and visit you soon." "You are welcome here anytime, my dear."
She extended her arm while the other held Jihun. I smile and hug her. She places a kiss on my head and smiles brightly.
"Tata.'' "Yes, grandmama?" "Take care of them. Keep them safe and close. Don't you dare ever break their beautiful hearts, you'll surely regret it very much if you do.''
He nodded and took Jihun into his arms. He rested Jihun's head on his shoulder and hugged his grandmother. We said our farewells and she walked us out. Taehyung gets Jihun in his car seat. I look back at granny and wave goodbye. Juju and Kai sat at her side while she waved at us.
