“huh. “I have somewhere to go with my dad today.”
“Where?”
“hmm… … .”
While Eun-yul was wondering what to say, Kang Ha-jun came out.
Wearing a black suit, he picked up Haneul and held her in his arms.
“I’m going to see my grandmother.”
“grandma?”
Eunyul waved her hand, thinking there would be someone that Haneul immediately remembered.
“It’s not Grandmother Lim Bong-soon. hmm… … “I’m Daddy Kang’s mother.”
This problem arose because I didn’t call her great-grandmother, but fortunately, Haneul understood.
“Then she’s not a great-grandmother, she’s just a grandmother.”
“that’s right.”
“Where are you?”
Eun-yul, who didn’t know much, turned her eyes to look at Kang Ha-jun, and he answered for her.
“Memorial Park.”
Haneul shook her head and hugged Kang Ha-jun’s neck.
* * *
From the moment we entered the memorial park, Haneul said nothing. I wondered if she knew something, but she couldn’t help but ask.
When she stood in front of the memorial tablet, Eunyul shook Haneul’s hand.
“Grandma.”
I didn’t know how Haneul would react to the memorial tablet with only an unfamiliar name and no picture, but Eunyul was so excited that she made up a bright voice.
“He said he was a person who loved his father very much.”
He told me that he was the person that Kang Ha-jun loved the most and that he was the person who loved Kang Ha-jun the most.
Haneul opened her eyes wide and stared at the memorial tablet, then suddenly withdrew her hand from Eunyul’s hold.
Then he put it on my stomach and bowed.
“hello. “My name is Seong Ha-neul.”
Haneul introduced herself as if there was a grandmother in front of her.
“I am Daddy Kang’s son. also… … He is 5 years old. He turns 6 next year, so he will soon be approaching his teenage years.”
Haneul’s introduction continued.
“I first met Dad Kang when I was 5 years old. I thought she was a guest, but she said everyone looked alike so I just knew she wasn’t the uncle. “I’m amazing, right?”
With the child’s voice continuing in the background, Eun-yul held Kang Ha-jun’s hand. I warmed his cold fingertips with the warmth of my hands.
“Let’s come together like this next time. “I think you’ll be happier if you come with me and Haneul rather than coming alone.”
Kang Ha-jun, who was looking at the memorial tablet with a blank face, slowly turned his head towards Eun-yul. Then he took a long breath and closed his eyes.
“huh. “Mom will like it too.”
Eunyul, seeing his peaceful face as if he was sleeping, stroked his face.
“Yes?”
After looking at Kang Ha-jun’s face for a moment, Eun-yul turned her head and looked at the memorial tablet.
‘hello. My name is Seong Eun-yul, um… … Originally, it wasn’t Seong Eun-yul. This is Seonhoo Lee. The explanation of how I became Seong Eun-yul is a bit long, so please listen. He was on his way home after working late. The grandmother I met by chance… … .’
Eun-yul’s eyes softened as she revealed the secret she had hidden from Kang Ha-jun.
‘I’m so glad I came into this world. So, I want to make Hajun do the same.’
I fell in love with Kang Ha-jun.
‘I will make Ha-jun happy from now on. So please watch.’
* * *
“exciting!”
Haneul jumped up and down. The normally lively child was so upset today that he couldn’t even put his feet on the floor.
Of course the child couldn’t help but be excited. Today was the day the kindergarten held the fall sports day, and Eun-yul and Kang Ha-jun went to school together because they asked their parents to bring them.
However, it wasn’t just the two of them going. Kang Ha-jun glanced at Namgoong-hyuk, who had shamelessly taken the spot.
“There’s no need to look at it like that. “I came because I was given permission to come.”
“Who gave permission?”
“Director.”
Namgung-hyuk looked at Hyun Je-ha next to him and said, “Isn’t that so?”, hoping that he would agree.
He didn’t seem to find it strange at all that he was attending despite not being a parent in the first place.
“Don’t do that…” … .”
“Mr. Hajun.”
Kang Ha-jun, who was about to send Namgoong-hyuk and Hyun Je-ha away, stopped when he heard a hand grabbing his arm. It was Eunyul.
“let’s go together.”
Namgoonghyuk got excited at Eunyul’s reaction and grabbed Haneul’s hand. Haneul grabbed Hyeonjaeha with his other hand, and the three started walking side by side.
“Last year, there was a parent participation class at the daycare center, and I went alone that time. But this time, four people are going, so Sky is really excited.”
Kang Ha-jun listened to Eun-yul and looked at Haneul. I had no idea how happy he looked as he waved both his hands and kept smiling.
“I like it because Haneul likes it.”
Rather, he was going to thank Namgoonghyuk and Hyeonjeha for going with him.
Kang Ha-jun, who saw the smile on Eun-yul’s face, hugged her waist. And, not paying attention to the fact that Eunyul froze in embarrassment, he kissed his forehead.
“Huh?”
Because it was on the way to kindergarten, there were other families in front and behind, and Kang Ha-jun came to kiss them.
“Shall I take you with me next year?”
“Next year?”
Eunyul was embarrassed and stroked my forehead, then smiled and nodded.
“yes. Should we ask her grandmother to come with us next year?”
“Then I guess grandpa won’t stay still.”
Kang Ha-jun shook his head as he remembered Lee Hyun-seung, who had been visiting Haneul frequently recently because he wanted to see him. He was probably the type of person who would have asked why he didn’t tell me if he knew there was a sports day today as well.
“Let’s all go together. all.”
The person who answered Kang Ha-jun’s words was Haneul, who went ahead holding hands with two other people. I didn’t know when he came, so I grabbed Kang Ha-jun’s waist and ran. Namgung-hyuk and Hyeon-jae-ha became frozen like ice in an unexpected situation without Haneul-i. Two people are holding hands that were held by Haneul one by one. Looking at the situation, it seemed like Haneul had put their hands in each other’s hands.
Hyunjae was the one who reacted first. He tried to let go of his joined hands. However, Namgoonghyuk gave him strength so he could not let go. Kang Ha-jun, who saw Nam Goong-hyuk’s foolish clinging and Hyun Je-ha’s embarrassed expression, quickly turned his head.
Instead, he put his hand in Haneul’s armpit and lifted the child up to sit on one of his shoulders.
“wow. It’s so high you can see the kindergarten. uh? “I’m a teacher!”
As Haneul shouted loudly, other kindergarten children could be heard everywhere asking their father to listen.
As it happened, the teacher who was there in advance took a photo of the rare sight of children being placed on the shoulders or necks of fathers on their way to kindergarten.
“Today will be fun.”
Eunyul, who was following one step behind, looked back at Namgoonghyeok, Hyunjeha, and Kang Hajun and muttered.
* * *
As the sports day began, there was a short wait for the first activity.
Last time Eunyul’s heat cycle came, Kang Ha-jun went to the ecological park instead. At that time, he couldn’t ask me if I had a good time with Haneul, but today, I felt like I knew how it was.
“hello. how are you?”
“hello.”
“In addition to the two of you, are your uncles over there coming today?”
“Not my real uncle.”
“Oh, by the way, did you come to the sports day? “I wish I could be in heaven.”
“Yeseul also came with her father. Nice to meet you. “This is Kang Ha-jun.”
When other mothers say hello, Kang Ha-jun naturally accepts it. Eunyul wasn’t the only one looking at it with wonder.
“What am I looking at now?”
Namgoong Hyuk was horrified when he saw Kang Ha-jun’s painted smile. And Hyun Je-ha, who had given up on removing the hand held by Namgoong-hyuk, couldn’t take his eyes off Kang Ha-jun’s appearance, perhaps because it was unexpected.
“Kang Ha-jun is kind to others. “It’s really strange.”
Even though Eunyul called her lover strange, she did not deny it. To be honest, I think Kang Ha-jun was not a person who was very interested in others. In particular, given Kang Ha-jun’s characteristic of not being good at memorizing people, it was unusual for him to even know other children’s names like that.
So I watched quietly, and when Kang Ha-jun approached me, I asked.
“How do you remember that that child is Yeseul?”
In response to Eun-yul’s question, Kang Ha-jun pointed to Haneul, who was still playing with Ye-seul.
“Yesul gave chocolate to Haneul.”
chocolate?
When Eun-yul asked with her eyes, Kang Ha-jun narrowed his eyes, recalling that time.
“My dad said he bought chocolate from overseas and gave it to Haneul. “I think I have feelings for Haneul.”
“Just because I gave you chocolate, it’s a bit… … .”
Even though Eun-yul tried to stop him, wondering if he had gone too far, Kang Ha-jun continued to explain as if his thoughts were not wrong at all.
“I only gave that to Haneul. “I told them not to give it to the other kids and to eat it all to themselves.”
“Ah, then… … .”
It was reasonable to think that Yeseul had feelings for Haneul.
“Well, if anyone were to look at me, they would think I did some really great reasoning or analysis.”
Namgoonghyuk, who was listening quietly, smiled with an exasperated face. When asked how she remembered the name, she responded that she heard all kinds of stories.
“You can deduce all relationships from the smallest things.”
Kang Ha-jun accepted it very seriously, saying that it was something that could never be overlooked.
