Kang Ha-jun, who was watching the child looking for his father, answered without realizing it.
Then Haneul tilted his head and asked with an innocent face.
“Uncle, how much do you like dad?”
“hmm… … .”
Kang Ha-jun turned his body slightly and sat down just enough so as not to disturb the swing.
Then, Haneul quietly got off the swing and crouched down next to Kang Ha-jun.
“I don’t know if I can say this here… … i like you. So much.”
Kang Ha-jun leaned in and whispered as if he wanted only the sky to hear.
“So now it’s not enough to say I like you.”
I couldn’t fully express my feelings through words alone.
When I reached out to Eun-yul earlier to get engaged, I fell in love with him all over again.
“Then you love me.”
Kang Ha-jun couldn’t say anything to Haneul’s words.
“that is… … .”
“why?”
Haneul tilted her head, but Kang Ha-jun could not easily open his mouth without even knowing why. He seemed more embarrassed than Haneul, as he didn’t know why he couldn’t bring up Daum after saying that he liked Eunyul.
It was a time when Kang Ha-jun was just moving his lips as if he had lost his voice.
“Sky!”
A voice that was all too familiar to the two people was heard, followed by the sound of footsteps hitting the floor.
“It’s dad!”
Haneul turned his head to check on the other person and shouted. Eunyul had already run to the entrance of the playground and stretched out her hands towards Haneul.
Haneul also stretched out his arms towards Eunyul, a gesture that revealed their mutual desire for each other.
Eunyul came up to Haneul and hugged her small body. Despite the familiar feeling of being held in my arms, I kept stroking my back as if I was anxious.
“Sky… … Sky… … “My child.”
“dad… … .”
As Haneul was muttering with his eyes sticking out, Kang Ha-jun slowly got up. He approached Lim Bong-soon, Nam Gung-hyuk, and Hyeon Je-ha, who appeared after Eun-yul.
“ha. Sky. “I was really worried.”
It was only then that Eunyul realized that the reality of her child being held in her arms was reality and she closed her eyes. I couldn’t even close my eyes and relax, wondering if finding Haneul was a dream.
“Dad, your heart is beating fast.”
“okay?”
Eunyul smiled with her eyes closed. He also knew that my heart was beating fast. But more than that, Haneul’s voice was no different from usual, which made me laugh.
It’s my child. My child is safe in my arms.
It is said that a child is born from the heart, not the stomach. While Haneul disappeared, Eunyul’s heart was so tattered that nothing remained. The pain started to get better little by little from the moment I held Haneul in my arms.
It was time for Eunyul to calm her startled mind while hugging Haneul tightly.
“dad.”
When Haneul pulled back his head, Eunyul lowered her head and opened her eyes.
“Sorry… … .”
Eunyul shook her head and stroked the child’s hair when Haneul pursed her lips and said something.
It was okay that Haneul was safe. So, instead of scolding the child, I asked him a question.
“Were you at the playground?”
“huh.”
Haneul pointed to the slide.
“It was in there.”
“So you couldn’t see it.”
Eunyul, who had already been to the playground, muttered with a relaxed expression. For a moment, Eunyul made Haneul sit on her legs.
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“I’m hungry.”
“Then let’s go and eat. Oh, wash your hands.”
Haneul, who was listening to Eunyul’s quiet words, looked at him and said,
“Aren’t you going to scold me?”
“hmm… … .”
Originally, as soon as I saw it, I wanted to ask why. But when I actually looked at Haneul, nothing else seemed to matter. But I guess it’s not the sky.
“Rather than scolding… … Can you tell me why you did that? Then, Dad will answer everything and Heaven will comfort us.”
I vaguely understand why Haneul disappeared. Namgoong Hyuk told me that he thought he overheard their conversation.
So, when Haneul revealed her true feelings, I tried to embrace her well. As Eunyul smiled faintly, Haneul thought for a moment and then shook her head.
“It’s okay because my uncle listened.”
“uncle?”
Eunyul belatedly looked back at Kang Hajun. He was standing not far away, watching them.
“huh. My uncle told me. “I’m number one to my dad.”
Being first probably means that I think of Haneul first.
“that’s right. “Just like Haneul, he is number one to his father.”
Eunyul spoke while stroking Haneul’s small back. Then Sky was silent for a moment, wondering what he was thinking, and then shook his head.
“I’m not anymore.”
“what?”
As Eun-yul was looking at him as if asking why, Haneul looked at Kang Ha-jun.
“To me, it’s all first-class. “I will take care of everything.”
“You’re saying you’ll embrace it?”
Eunyul tilted her head.
“Because I am the sky.”
Haneul opened his arms wide.
“Clear and wide sky.”
Lim Bong-soon, who was the only one who understood what Haneul was saying, turned around and wiped away tears.
〈Please take good care of them both. Then you never know. The two of you will take care of each other under you.〉
I could feel the deep heart of the child who remembered what I said.
* * *
The commotion ended with a harsh scolding from Lim Bong-soon.
“Aang, I won’t.”
Even as Haneul wiped away her tears with her two small fists, Lim Bong-soon did not back down.
“No matter how sad you are, you shouldn’t disappear so carelessly.”
“Hey.”
“Why don’t you know that it’s breaking your father’s heart?”
As Lim Bong-soon clicked her tongue, Namgung-hyuk sipped his beer and spoke.
“You should be severely scolded so that you don’t do that again.”
Then, he flinched under Hyun Je-ha’s harsh gaze and spoke gibberish.
“No, it’s a big deal when a child disappears. I can’t do that again… … .”
“It’s not yours to say. “Have you forgotten why Haneul did that?”
So even though I was watching Haneul get scolded, I couldn’t go out and just sat quietly to one side.
“okay. “It’s all our fault.”
Namgoonghyuk quickly turned his head and drank his beer. But what made me turn my head was the direction where Eunyul and Kang Hajun were sitting.
Namgoonghyuk, who was looking at the two people who couldn’t take their eyes off Haneul, clicked his tongue and turned his back on them.
“It’s better to drink while looking at the wall.”
How can it be that getting scolded by one child makes everyone feel so down? If you just leave the restaurant, you won’t have to hear the constant crying ringing in your ears or see other people who are depressed. However, I couldn’t leave the restaurant because it was my fault that this happened.
“ha. It’s all my fault. “My sin.”
Namgoonghyuk took a gulp of beer.
Meanwhile, Kang Ha-jun watched as tears flowed down as soon as Haneul’s hand wiped his eyes.
I got scolded for doing something I shouldn’t have done. Her head knew it, but her heart felt sorry for Haneul. She was so sad that she didn’t know what to do, but she thought it would be similar for Eunyul.
So Ha-Jun Kang placed his hand on Eun-Yul’s shoulder to comfort her. He was patting me very carefully when I turned my head to look at his still expression.
“Eunyul… … .”
Kang Ha-jun, who was about to call his name and tell him to lean on me if he was having a hard time, trailed off. He definitely thought that Haneul would be depressed because she was scolded. However, Eunyul was looking at Haneul with an expressionless face. That was not an expression of pity for Haneul being scolded.
Eunyul must have sensed her gaze continuing to look at his face and tilted her upper body towards Kang Ha-jun.
“When you get scolded, you have to be very firm. “I need to know what I did wrong so I don’t do it next time.”
Is that right what Eun-yul said when she found Haneul and reassured her that everything was okay?
“And even when getting scolded, the division of roles is very important.”
“distributing roles?”
I’m getting scolded. What kind of division of roles are you talking about?
“Go and dry your tears!”
Meanwhile, Lim Bong-soon yelled at Haneul to stop. Considering she always washed his face herself, she seemed to be pushing him away quite firmly now.
As Lim Bong-soon entered the room with his back behind him, Haneul came running towards Eun-yul.
“dad!”
Haneul hugged Eunyul’s leg and cried loudly, and strangely, the atmosphere became brighter than when she was scolded by Lim Bongsoon.
Perhaps it’s because of Eunyul’s expression when she looks at Haneul. As if she had never had an expression on her face, Eunyul picked up Haneul’s body and wiped her wet face.
“I’m sad that I got scolded by my grandmother.”
“huh.”
Haneul hugged Eunyul’s neck and whimpered.
“Why did grandma scold our sky?”
