Psst! We're moving!
-I have to go into a meeting. I’ll call you tonight. Answer it.
“Don’t. Even if you call, I won’t ans...”
Click. The phone hung up. What was with this mannerless behavior? Hyun-soo stared blankly at the black screen before handing the phone to the secretary.
“You’ll be talking to him later, right?”
“Yes? Yes, well...”
She didn’t have anything to say to the secretary who asked with a smile. Awkwardly smiling, Hyun-soo hurried into her room, avoiding the piles of luggage boxes on the floor.
-The organizing?
“I haven’t done it yet. There’s so much.”
-I’ll send people again, so just leave it. Don’t push yourself.
Haaah, Hyun-soo yawned. There was no need to hide her sleepiness; the video call that was supposed to be brief had already lasted 40 minutes. Hyun-soo’s face, lying on the bed, was weary. Wan had been asleep beside her for a long time.
-You look tired.
“Yeah, I’m sleepy. So, can we hang up now?”
-Have you ever had phone sex?
“What?”
Hyun-soo’s eyes widened in surprise. Did she just hear that right?
-Have you ever had it, phone sex?
“What crazy talk is that? Would I have?”
Guk smiled brightly again, showing that attractive curve of his lips.
-That’s right. If you had said yes, I would have rushed down there right away.
“If you’re going to say weird things, hang up right now.”
Hyun-soo turned the screen away, about to hang up immediately. Just then.
-Hyun-soo-yah.
She heard him call her name. Hyun-soo’s finger, which was about to press the end button, paused. Looking at his face on the screen, his eyes and face looked languidly relaxed.
“......What are you doing?”
-Open your mouth a little.
A quick judgment told her she shouldn’t. Instead, Hyun-soo firmly closed her mouth and shook her head no.
-Then stick out your tongue, even just a little.
Guk licked his lips with his tongue and asked again in a lower voice. Hyun-soo frowned. What is he really trying to do?
-Okay, then. Look at me. Just looking at your face makes me hard.
“You don’t mean!”
As if realizing something, Hyun-soo widened her eyes, and Guk raised the corners of his mouth and smiled. Then, he lowered the screen to his lap, making his face and genitals visible at the same time. The angle made it look like Hyun-soo was looking up at him from below.
Hyun-soo was so surprised that she flipped her phone over. Her face felt like it was going to explode. She wanted to turn it off immediately, but she couldn’t even see the screen since it was flipped over.
As she was wondering what to do, she suddenly heard a thump-thump-thump sound along with heavy breathing.
-Hyun-soo-yah. Kim Hyun-soo. Are you listening?
There was a hint of laughter in his lowered voice. This is really...! Trying to tease me...!
-Just thinking about you makes me so hard I can’t stand it, how are you going to take responsibility for that, huh?
“Stop it, you pervert!”
-Aren’t your panties wet too?
“Hey!”
-Too bad. I should be licking you clean right now, Hyun-soo.
“I said stop it!”
She heard him laugh. Then his words gradually faded, and his breathing became rapid.
“If you keep doing this...”
-Hoo...
He didn’t reply to whatever Hyun-soo said and soon became strangely quiet after a short groan.
“......”
-......
Hyun-soo, who had been silently looking at the flipped-over phone, carefully reached out her hand. When she properly looked at the front of the phone, the screen had already returned to his face. Guk was staring straight at Hyun-soo.
His eyes were languid and melting. Seeing that face, Hyun-soo’s ears also turned red for some reason.
Click. In the end, Hyun-soo hung up first without saying anything.
Hyun-soo, who had carelessly pushed her phone aside, immediately pulled the blanket over herself. Strangely, she was out of breath.
“......”
Could it be...? At the fleeting thought, Hyun-soo cautiously lowered her hand under the blanket. She reached inside her pants to check, and oh my god. Her panties were really wet.
“I’m crazy, I’m crazy...!”
Already hiding under the blanket, she curled up like a caterpillar and reproached herself. Along with the thought that she would rather die than tell him about this.
It was a few minutes before the end of Hyun-soo’s last class at work. Suddenly, it became noisy outside. Thanks to that, the children, one by one, lost focus and fidgeted in their seats.
“Everyone, sit down. Teacher and you promised to write it all out until the end today, right?”
At Hyun-soo’s soothing words, the children reluctantly sat down. Hyun-soo praised the children for being so good and then finally went outside the classroom. The commotion continued, so she had to see what was going on.
Stepping outside, she saw several teachers and many children gathered in front of the break room at the end of the hallway. Wondering what it was, Hyun-soo walked closer and gradually recognized a familiar back in the growing crowd.
“No way......”
‘No way’ often turns into ‘yes way.’ Flustered, she hurried closer, and indeed, it was really ‘that person.’ Yoon Guk, it was him.
“What are you doing here?”
At Hyun-soo’s question, people turned around at once. Of course, Guk too.
“Why is Wan...!”
He was even holding their son Wan in his arms.
“So, you really are Hyun-soo Teacher’s husband?”
“Yes. I’m so sorry for introducing myself so late.”
“Oh, no, not at all. Oh my, it’s so nice to see your face like this!”
Guk glanced at Hyun-soo once and then turned back to continue talking with the other teachers. With an impassive face, he greeted them well and even boasted that he was her husband.
“Everyone had been subtly quiet about family talk because you never brought it up. Now I see why. With such a handsome husband, you wouldn’t want to hide him and keep him all to yourself, would you?”
“Oh my, Teacher, you’re so funny.”
“Why, Teacher Choi was also very curious.”
“Well, yes. And the baby is so cute. Hello?”
This whole scene was absurd to Hyun-soo. Yoon Guk suddenly barging into her workplace. And even holding their child.
“Teacher, Teacher. Is he really your husband?”
“So, you two are married?”
“Is that baby yours, Teacher?”
Just as Hyun-soo was about to say something, the children stuck to her, bombarding her with questions. Hyun-soo just blinked and gave an awkward smile.
“Huh? Oh. Yes, that’s my baby.”
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“It’s a boy.”
“Wow! I thought it was a girl. He’s so cute.”
“Thank you.”
Wan’s looks were the spitting image of his father, so he was quite striking. He was undeniably adorable... Lost in thoughts gushing out like a proud parent for a moment, Hyun-soo snapped out of it and cleared her throat.
“You, follow me out here right now.”
“Why?”
“Why? What do you mean why? This is my workplace.”
“I know. That’s why I came.”
Guk raised his eyebrows, looking at Hyun-soo as if wondering if she really didn’t understand. Thanks to that, Hyun-soo was the one who felt absurd. Guk quite skillfully readjusted Wan in his arms.
“You really...!”
“Did you really think I’d come without knowing?”
“Just come out nicely, okay?”
Having said that, Hyun-soo turned her back first. It was a signal for him to follow her. Guk, who had been looking at him with a blank face, soon greeted her fellow teachers with a gentle smile and started walking.
“Why did you come here? Are you crazy?”
“Is there a reason I shouldn’t come?”
“What?”
The two who had come out to the parking lot stood facing each other.
“Unless you’ve secretly hidden an office husband from me, is there any reason I couldn’t come?”
“What nonsense are you talking about, seriously!”
“I’ll take that as a ‘no, there’s no such thing.’ I feel relieved.”
She was so dumbfounded that she had nothing to say. “Huh,” she stammered, speechless, as Guk took a step closer. Wan, nestled in his arms, made a babbling sound and reached out, wrinkling Guk’s clothes.
“I was just going to have my husband greet my wife’s colleagues, what’s the big deal that you look so pale?”
“It’s not that big of a deal, but if you had told me beforehand...”
“Just get in.”
Guk, looking at the arguing Hyun-soo indifferently, got into the car first. Hyun-soo stared at him, dumbfounded.
Soon, the car, with its engine running, pulled up beside Hyun-soo. The car window rolled down, revealing Yoon Guk’s handsome face.
“Aren’t you getting in?”
“I came out during class, where are we going?”
“Another teacher said your class was supposed to be over,” Guk said calmly after checking the time. It was her last class, and since it was five minutes before it ended, all the kids should have run out of the classroom by now.
“Still, you never know. I have to go get my bag too.”
“You mean this?”
Guk nodded to the side, and Hyun-soo saw her bag on the passenger seat. When did he even bring that? Now she was beyond dumbfounded, on the verge of a hollow laugh.
“Get in. I told them I was taking you.”
“......”
“Do you want to walk?”
“I was going to take the bus?”
“The bus fare.”
“Do you really think I wouldn’t even have that much?”
“Exactly. Where is that money?”
“Well, obviously in my wallet...”
“Where’s your wallet?”
“Obviously in my bag...”
He shrugged and gestured with his chin towards the passenger seat. Right, her bag was there. Hyun-soo gritted her teeth as if she was frustrated. In the end, she gave up. Sulkily walking around the car, Hyun-soo reluctantly got into the passenger seat.
“You look like you’re dying to be here.”
“Don’t pick a fight.”
“Okay. I’ll come by often.”
“Hey!”
No sooner had she put on her seatbelt than the car shot forward. The gravel in the parking lot scattered from the force of the spinning wheels.
“Drive carefully! Wan’s here!”
“Okay. Sorry.”
At Guk’s docile apology and concession, Hyun-soo’s anger subsided.
“How did you bring Wan here?”
“Why? A father bringing his son? I told him we were going to see Mommy, and I brought him.”
“......Auntie too, really.”
She thought she should say something about how she could just hand over a baby so carelessly. As if he noticed her thoughts, Guk glanced at her.
“Don’t blame innocent people. I was determined to bring him.”
“Still, how could you come without even calling me?”
“I’m his father.”
There was a natural ease in Guk’s tone as he said that.
“Isn’t that right?”