Stuck on You

The Contrast

'Ye Jin-ah, welcome to the family. Bin's so lucky for having you by his side.' Mrs. Hyun said after Bin's introduced his family to Ye Jin. Sitting on her right side, Mrs. Hyun holds Ye Jin's hand tightly.

'Wow, she looks really young. People wouldn'tthink she had two sons already in mid-thirties.'  The thought crossed Ye Jin's mind as soon as she saw her. 

'Animida, Eomonim. I'm the lucky one. Thank you for raising him well, Eomonim' She smiled at her future mother in law.

'Yeobo, we're having a daughter! I'm so excited!' Mrs. Hyun turns sideways while talking to Mr. Hyun.

'Me too, I always envy my friends who have a daughter or daughter in law. Remembering how both of my sons not so keen about marriage, this is a wonderful surprise. Once again welcome to the family, Ye Jin-ah' Mr. Hyun smiled at Ye Jin and patting her shoulder.

Bin's older brother, Hyun Won who was silent before, began to tease his little brother. 'If he's giving you a hard time and troubling you, you should immediately call me, Jesu. I'll scold him for you. He's sure a pain in the ass sometimes.'

But before Bin can say anything to mock him back, their father already giving him a response.

'Look who's talking, you're the one who should start dating. And start coming home frequently, you know how much your mother miss you.' Hearing this, Bin sticks his tongue to Won.

'Appa is right, Hyeong. You should come home frequently; don't you miss me, huh? Also, pretty noona, I'll scold Bin Hyeong too if he's giving you a hard time.' Hearing what Joon said, made Mrs. Hyun asking him a question.

'Pretty noona? Have you met her before, Joon-ah?'

After that, they talked about how Ye Jin and Joon met at the convenience store and the misunderstanding that occurred not even 30 minutes ago. This brings laughter to the whole room.

'I don't have any surgery scheduled that day so we went together to pick up Joon before we went to the airport. That was me who called Joon while Bin is driving.' Mr. Hyun talked between his laugh; still not over how funny the story was.

After talking about some other things, Bin's grandfather finally asked them a question about their wedding plan.

'So, when will the two of you get married? Already set the date?' He asked and sipping the tea from the cup he holds.

'Yes, Halabeoji. We plan to get married this December; it will be 4 months from now. In the meantime, we'll look for a place to live.' Bin answered him.

'4 months? Isn't that too long? How about next month? You know both of you don't need to worry about the preparation. Also, while looking for the house, just live here. You live here too right now, Bin.' Ye Jin stays silent, not knowing what to say.

Considering how the investment would be transferred to her account after the wedding, this should be a good option. They'll end up getting married, so what's the deal for doing it next month?

But just to make sure that both parties are okay with it, Ye Jin nod at Bin to show him that she's agreed. Seeing her nods, he turns back at his grandfather and said, 'I think that would be awesome, Halbeoji.'

***

The sun already set and they moved back to the main house to have dinner. Ye Jin followed her future mother in law to the kitchen to help her and Sim Ajumoni preparing the dishes, while the boys watching TV in the living room.

'You can see how it was, right? Two grown-up sons, but they still acted like Joon's age. And my husband is no different at all. Even sometimes I feel like I have four sons.' What Mrs. Hyun said bring laughter from Ye Jin as she put the stir-fried meat on to a plate.