My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 112

Ep. 111

As soon as I woke up the next day, I thoroughly cleaned the house. I was planning to gather both our fathers after work tonight to tell them everything. Because of that, my heart was pounding like crazy all morning.

Fortunately, both families didn’t seem to have any special plans, and they readily agreed to the evening visit.

They had wanted to come and see how we were living from time to time anyway. They didn’t visit often, perhaps out of consideration for us. They would only drop by occasionally to bring side dishes or necessary supplies.

“What should I do? What should I do? What should I do…”

“Don’t worry too much. You can just tell them it was because of me.”

“What are you talking about? We did it together, why would it be because of you?”

“Still, I insisted every time…”

“That’s enough. I said I liked it too, so what.”

Hee-na brought up unnecessary things when she saw me shaking my legs slightly because I was so nervous.

Honestly, Hee-na might have initiated things, but I didn’t refuse and accepted it, so it was our joint responsibility. Looking back, it was careless, but when we were actually doing it, we couldn’t think about such things.

It wouldn’t be right to blame Hee-na alone, and as a man, I never wanted to do that. I dismissed her concerns and calmed myself down by constantly taking deep breaths.

Sigh, right. How can life go exactly as you want or expect? Just like I did on the day of the college entrance exam last year, it always flows in an unexpected direction.

It’s already happened, so let’s apologize as much as possible and convey that we will definitely take responsibility. It’s a matter of course, but there’s a big difference between actually expressing my determination and not.

With that in mind, I spent time searching for precautions to take during Hee-na’s pregnancy. Nevertheless, I still waited for our parents to come with a sense of tension, and before I knew it, half the day had passed.

And then, evening.

-Ding-dong

The moment of truth has arrived.

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“……”

An awkward silence, thick enough to make me want to run away immediately, filled our home.

A little while ago, as if by appointment, both sets of parents arrived almost simultaneously, and they sighed as they looked at us upon entering. It was as if they already knew what we were going to say.

And as soon as we all gathered in the living room, I knelt down next to Hee-na and immediately dropped the bomb.

“I’m sorry! Hee-na is pregnant!”

I bowed deeply, but.

Strangely enough, my parents didn’t say anything. They were just looking at us with somewhat weary eyes.

Just as my hands and feet were starting to tremble in that suffocating atmosphere.

Auntie [Hee-na’s mother] was the first to open her mouth.

“Sister, what should we do? I feel so sorry for them because of our kid.”

“What to do? I thought this might happen ever since they started living together.”

“But I didn’t think it would be this fast.”

“That’s true.”

Auntie and Mom were talking as if they had expected it, but I still couldn’t let my guard down. It certainly wasn’t something to just brush over.

Hee-na was also stiff, as if she was very nervous. Maybe it was because she was in front of my parents. I grabbed Hee-na’s hand tightly and said to Auntie.

“Auntie, I wasn’t careful…”

“That’s enough. Do I not know my own kid? If that girl tells you to do it, how can you refuse?”

“No…”

“Yeon-hoo, be quiet for a moment. Lee Hee-na, is that right, or not?”

“…Right.”

“Ugh… It’s already happened, so I can’t scold you now…”

She sighed and covered her forehead as if she knew it would be like this from Hee-na’s answer. I had nothing to say at the sight of her inferring the situation as if she had seen it. It wasn’t entirely wrong.

I, who had been cut off in the middle of my words, found it difficult to say anything more after that. Seeing Auntie, who was always bright and cheerful, reacting as if she had a headache, made me uneasy.

She wasn’t exactly angry or blaming us, but I couldn’t help but feel nervous because of her unusual attitude.

After Auntie, my dad, who had been sitting and listening quietly, asked a question.

“Yeon-hoo, have you been to the OB/GYN [Obstetrics and Gynecology doctor]?”

“Oh, yeah. We went together yesterday.”

“What did they say there?”

“Um… they said it’s been about 6 weeks… I have the ultrasound picture here.”

I opened the picture I had saved on my phone and placed it between our parents. Thanks to the app for pregnant women, I could store pictures and videos like this just by entering the unique number.

And with the picture I showed them, the eyes of the four of them were immediately focused on it. They would be curious anyway.

“Oh my, it looks so good these days. Is there any problem?”

“No, they said both me and the baby are healthy.”

“That’s a relief.”

“Yeon-hoo, don’t be so stiff. We didn’t come here to scold you.”

“Yes…”

“Son, did it happen when you went on a trip last time?”

“Probably…? One hundred percent?”

“Didn’t you use contraception?”

“Um… no.”

“Oh my.”

Mom also sighed like Auntie, but as Uncle [Hee-na’s father] said, it wasn’t an atmosphere where they gathered to scold us.

It was as if they could see the future and the hardships ahead, but somehow, they also seemed happy about the early grandchild.

Originally, Jung-hoo hyung [older brother] was the most likely to have a child first, but it seemed like he had no plans for at least 3 or 4 years. He didn’t even have a wedding yet.

“But what should we do? It doesn’t matter to us since it’s a girl… Can we send Yeon-hoo first on your side, sister?” [Referring to the order of marriage]

“That won’t do. Even if the kids caused an accident, Jung-hoo has to have the ceremony first. My family will say something.”

“I guess so? He’s the eldest son after all.”

“You know you can’t have your wedding right away, right? You have to study anyway.”

“That, that’s obvious…”

“Yes, Mother.”

The order has been changed a lot, but I know that these parts are inevitable. I don’t have much time left for the exam, and if I start preparing for the wedding now, it means I’ve given up on college altogether.

And this was something I had already talked about with Hee-na. Hee-na also said that she would wait at least until Jung-hoo hyung had the ceremony. In the first place, we wouldn’t have the right to decide. If we were to do it right away, our parents would have to bear all the burden.

“Then just register the marriage… and we need to move out. That’s good. Hee-na will use your room again, and Yeon-hoo should go back and focus until the college entrance exam.”

Auntie roughly suggested the direction for the future policy. Well, it would be better for Hee-na to go back home and stabilize while receiving Auntie’s care than living with me here. At least until childbirth.

Since we’ve been living together, I’ve unconsciously only thought about working hard together in this house, but if I think about it coldly, it was right for Hee-na to go back home. At least until childbirth.

So I was nodding in agreement, but Hee-na hurriedly objected to that opinion.

“Can’t Yeon-hoo, can’t Yeon-hoo go with me? Or I can go instead…!”

Even in the midst of all this, she couldn’t bear the thought of being separated from me, so she grabbed my arm and protested.

I understand her feelings, but I honestly thought Auntie’s words were right, so it was hard for me to speak.

And the air changed rapidly at Hee-na’s stubbornness. Auntie, who had been talking in a gentle voice, not laughing as much as usual, even now.

“Lee Hee-na! Is this the time for you to be stubborn?!”

She ended up raising her voice.

I flinched at the unexpected anger and shut my mouth even more tightly, but Hee-na started raising her voice without giving in.

“But! I can help Yeon-hoo study too!”

“How can Yeon-hoo study while being conscious of others’ eyes in someone else’s house! Besides, if you’re always nagging like that next to him! How can he concentrate on studying?!”

“Why is it someone else’s house! We’re family now! Then I can go instead! And I can just stay quietly next to Yeon-hoo!!”

“How much trouble are you going to cause by barging in there!”

“It’s not a nuisance!! I’ll help Mother with all the housework!! I can do it!!”

“What are you going to do when you’re pregnant!”

And in the ensuing fight between the two mothers and daughters, not only me but also Dad, Mom, and even Uncle quietly closed their mouths and watched.

Uncle seemed to be staying still because he thought it wasn’t the right time to intervene, but Dad and Mom had quite surprised faces. It was understandable.

Hee-na had never been so spoiled, stubborn, and loud in front of them before.

For over two years, Hee-na had tried to show her best and most polite side, at least in front of our family.

Of course, the two of them didn’t think that was all of Hee-na, but the contrast from her usual self was very large. Mom even said about Hee-na when she was in high school, ‘Is she really a high school student?’

“That’s enough! You’ve already caused one accident, how much are you going to make Yeon-hoo suffer!”

“I don’t want to!! I want to be with Yeon-hoo!!”

“Why are you being so stubborn today?! That won’t do. You’re coming home right now! Hee-sung’s dad! Pack her things!”

With that, Auntie got up as if she was about to leave right away. And when she came to our side and grabbed Hee-na’s arm, Hee-na screamed and resisted as if she was having a seizure.

“I don’t want to!!”

“Aren’t you going to get up?! How long are you going to be embarrassing in front of your in-laws…”

At that moment, Auntie’s movement, which was about to take Hee-na away by force, stopped.

-Drip, drip

At the sight of Hee-na suddenly starting to shed tears.

“I… I don’t want to… sob… I, without Yeon-hoo… waaa… I can’t… sob sob.”

“Hey, she’s…”

“Hic… I’m not going to be separated! sob… Waaaaaaaaa…”

Like that, she hugged me tightly with both arms as if she would never let go, and burst into tears. Everyone in this place except me froze at the sight.

Not only our family, but even Uncle and Auntie, who knew Hee-na much better than us, didn’t seem to have expected it. That Hee-na would burst into tears like this in front of everyone.

Even more so because she usually showed a lot of mature sides even when she was stubborn sometimes.