Divorced // bang yongguk (#26)

이십 오

YiYeong

I noticed that the door to Mr Bang's door is open and my hand immediately reaches out to the jar of milk that I have poured out of the carton of milk that I purchased at the nearby supermarket a few days ago, and I poured the milk into a glass that is meant for Mr Bang, my boss and the father of the children that I am taking care of.

"Good morning, Mr Bang." I greeted my boss as he makes his way to the dining table and grabbed his glass of milk, he acknowledges back with a small nod and he took a sip of his milk, opening his newspapers for today.

"Omma, why are you calling my father Mr Bang? Shouldn't you be calling my father 'dear' or 'darling?'" Sehyun suddenly blurts out and he spits out all of the milk that he just drank, some of it went onto the newspapers and now it is wet along with his side of the table.

I tried not to react too much to his sudden question but I dropped the plate that I was holding onto and it shattered into pieces, I have just sacrificed a plate because a kid asked something that he shouldn't be even asking at his age. I bent down to pick up the pieces before anyone could have a chance to get themselves injured with the glass pieces and I accidentally cut myself with one of the pieces.

I winced a little but I tried hard not to react too much or else the kid will be traumatized by the accident and will not want to go to the family fun day, I don't want to ruin anyone's day as much as possible. I stood up after picking up the rest of the glass pieces and I swept the rest into the dustpan before throwing it out, I also handed Sehyun and Mr Bang the home slippers that they don't really utilize but it is a safety precaution to prevent them from getting injured by the remaining glass pieces that are tiny enough to not notice.

I will clean the dining room after everyone is done with breakfast but I have to make sure that everyone is protected well from preventable injuries, it is kind of a job as the babysitter and the housekeeper of the Bang family. I came back to the dining room after disinfecting my wound very quickly and I wrapped my finger with a tissue paper to stop the blood, I will still do proper first aid for my finger but for now, I have to make sure that I finish up on my task of preparing all the lunchboxes that we are having later.

"Omma, I'm sorry..." Sehyun immediately apologizes to me. "I didn't know what it is shocking to ask such a question first time in the morning but I am really curious about it."

"Sehyun, eat your breakfast and get ready for the family fun day, we don't have a lot of time for you to be taking your time doing things at your own pace and we don't really want to be late for such an event." Mr Bang shut him down and he continued to have his drink as if nothing had happened earlier, he is eating his toast but not reading the newspaper, it has been soiled with the milk that he spilt earlier.

And because of his words, Sehyun quickly finished his breakfast within the next 5 minutes, either he is really obedient or he is afraid of his father getting mad at him again. I have also finished preparing our lunch and I placed them in a huge bag, securing the top of the bag so that everything stays in place and our lunchboxes will still look presentable later on.

And then I noticed that there was a bloodstain on the bag, it was from my finger that I got cut earlier on. I looked at the tissue paper that was wrapped around my finger, it is completely red and it is a sign that I should get a band-aid to stop the bleeding right away.

But Mr Bang is faster than me, he grabs my hands and he leads me to the sink to wash the wound which made me wince a lot but this is probably the fastest way to disinfect the wound and the infected blood will be out of my body faster than using the iodine solution. He says nothing during the entire time but his actions tell me a lot about what he is feeling, he knows that I have cut myself and he has chosen to keep quiet about it while eating his breakfast and once Sehyun is out of the picture, he decides to take action now.

And what he is doing is setting fireworks in my heart, I can't believe that my heart is beating that fast when he is just administrating first-aid on my finger. It is just a simple act that anyone else can do but when it comes to Bang Yongguk, it becomes a work of art as he opens the antiseptic gel with his spare hand while the other gently grabs onto my wrist, he applies the gel onto my finger gently but with precision and then he wraps the band-aid around my finger and I felt his warmth through the band-aid and I liked it a lot.

"All done. You can't afford to be this clumsy all the time, you are taking care of Sehyun most of the time and his safety matters the most to you but you can't forget to take care of yourself as well." He released his grip off my wrist and I wished that he can hold my wrist again. "You're lucky that I am here today to do first-aid on your finger but you have to drop everything the next time something bad happens to you, it is not good to leave the injury unattended for too long and it will increase the risks of getting infected."

He sounds so strict but at the same time, I know that he is being worried about me but this is way too ridiculous for him to be this worried for me. I merely just cut my finger from glass and he is already so worked up about this and I am just his employee, there is no need for him to do that. Maybe he is like this to his employees at work as well...

"Omma! Can you help me with this?" I immediately snapped out of my thoughts and I quickly emptied out my thoughts as I made my way into Sehyun's room, he is just treating me like a regular employee and not someone like his family.