Deluge - 2jin

IV

The appointment was over and Hyunjin was ready to leave because she needed to take a bus to get to her college campus. Suddenly a hand stopped her, it was no surprise that Heejin was holding her wrist preventing her from leaving, Hyunjin faced the couple with a very confused expression.

—I know this may be too early but, we really want to invite you to have dinner with us tonight. —Heejin looked up to her husband in hopes for him to talk too.

—You don't need to wear fancy clothes or anything we want to spend time with you so we can get to know each other better. —Heejin smiled at him for finally talking with the younger.

Hyunjin was touched by their words, it made her really happy that someone outside of her family and friends wanted to spend time with her, she thought she wasn't interesting at all so that's because people usually stayed away from her... With a very happy smile she bowed and said that she'll definitely be there. Heejin shared her number with her in case she got lost and Hyunjin politely said goodbye to the couple.

Hyunjin was filled with thoughts after the things the consultant said, it made her drown in her insecurities and triggered her anxiety so bad she started having difficulties to breathe, but she calmed down after entering her classroom there her friend Yerim was waiting for her.

Yerim and the redhead met last year when she started taking business classes, the purple haired girl was a ball of sunshine... literally. She didn't let you be sad or even think about it, but when Hyunjin was at her lowest she always found comfort in Yerim. And she knows that Hyunjin thought of becoming a surrogate mother so when she saw her crossing the door frame and her eyes were fixed on the floor Yerim immediately knew what to do.

She got up from seat and took Hyunjin in her arms, whispering things to calm her a little, she took her hands and led her outside of the building where there were only green areas so Hyunjin could breathe.

They sat down under a tree, Yerim took both of Hyunjin's hands and made take deep breaths, when she was finally relaxed her friend asked what was going on and Hyunjin bit her lip.

—I just accepted to do that you know... I met the couple and they are really nice, well only the wife she was so kind to me my heart couldn't stop beating. They invited me to a dinner with them tonight. —Hyunjin finally said.

—But that's great don't you think? Or is it something else? If it's about your clothes I can lend you a dress of mine —Yerim still held her hands and smiled, comfortingly.

—No it's not about clothes... It's that I'm a virgin and I don't know if I'm fertile or not.

—You mean to tell me that you lied to the agency and the couple just to get the money? —Hyunjin lowered her head answering what Yerim just asked.

Silence. That's what Hyunjin feared the most. Especially from Yerim who was usually a very cheerful person, she stayed there in silence holding her hands.

—I don't like people who lie to other people just to get what they want. Hyunjin you know I love you but this is very much rude to the couple, they are expecting a child and you're not sure if you can fulfill their dream... Please if you have the chance tell them the truth.

Hyunjin swallowed hard. Maybe it was for the best.

Heejin was at work trying to focus on the papers she had to read and sign when Haseul came in, she told her that she was sorry that she couldn't go to her house last night, Heejin responded with a very lightly "it's okay, as soon as I got home I fell asleep" which was not completely true, she went home and checked if Minju was there and oh surprise he wasn't she tried to call him but it was useless.

She wondered where he was and due to her short temper she threw a glass on the floor and went to the guests room and fell asleep there after eating and not washing the dishes.

That morning her husband was surely a bit angry at her and during the breakfast they didn't say a single word.

Well certainly lack of communication can kill relationships but they were used to this. It started not long ago when Minju came home very late at night and super tired, Heejin believed that it was just work that had him like this but when she called his boss he said he left at exactly 7PM.

Heejin stayed quiet, she didn't want to lose her husband because she still loved him and wanted to have a beautiful family with him. And the best of all he was down to it even though he didn't show any signs of excitement... creating a family was one of the most important things for Heejin and he understood it.

But both of them started to get tired of each other, they didn't even have sex anymore, they didn't kiss or cuddle anything it seemed like the only thing that kept them together was the baby.