My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 117

Ep. 116

With the college entrance exam behind me and decent scores in hand, I should have been researching Seoyeon University’s admissions and enjoying some carefree days—but I wasn’t.

I was glued to Heena’s side, spending all my time with her. Even if she hadn’t needed me, I wouldn’t have abandoned her to go out and have fun.

As her pregnancy progressed, Heena, like many expectant mothers, experienced mood swings and moments of feeling unwell. She rarely showed this to her family, confiding mostly in me.

“Yeonhoo, wake up…”

“Ugh, huh…? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing… just hug me…”

“Haah~ Alright.”

She’d wake me up in the middle of the night, even when sound asleep, just to ask for a hug.

“I want strawberries.”

“Really? Should I go get some?”

“No. Stay with me.”

“Don’t go?”

“I want strawberries, though…”

“Just wait a bit. I’ll conjure up some strawberries.”

[Han Yeonhoo: Hyung!!]

[Han Yeonhoo: asdlkfjasdlkfjasdl;fk (gibberish text, likely expressing frustration)]

[Han Yeonhoo: Hyung Hyung Hyung Emergency Emergency!!]

[Heesung Hyung: Why why why what is it? What happened?]

[Han Yeonhoo: Please buy some strawberries ㅎㅎ; Heena wants to eat them.]

[Heesung Hyung: ……]

She’d suddenly crave something, act spoiled, and then contradictorily demand that I never leave her.

“If you go to orientation, you’ll drink with other girls, right…?”

“I’m not going. Your due date is around then; there’s no way I’d go.”

“They’ll call you ‘oppa’ [term of endearment used by younger women to address older men] and pour you drinks… and you’ll happily drink them…”

“They’re classmates; what ‘oppa’?”

“Then you’ll get drunk and lie down next to them, get close, and then… hiccup…”

“I said I’m not going?! Calm down!”

“Hwaa… (crying sound)”

“Heena, I’m here! I’m not going anywhere! I’ll be right here with you!”

She would cry, imagining ridiculous scenarios.

Because of that, I was stuck by Heena’s side, unable to leave her even for a moment. Once, my mother-in-law and father-in-law, feeling sorry for me, tried to separate Heena from me, even for a little while.

“Nooo!! Don’t gooo!!”

“Let’s just send him out for a little stroll~ It’ll only take about 30 minutes to go around the neighborhood, right?”

“I’m going with you!!”

“Oh dear… Sorry, son-in-law.”

“It’s okay. Heena, come here, I’ll hug you.”

“You’re not leaving me, right…?”

“Where would I go? Here, I’ll hug you.”

“Okay…”

Whenever I tried to go anywhere, she would cry, and they eventually gave up. But when her condition stabilized, she apologized for her unreasonable demands.

“I’m sorry for being so clingy earlier… Isn’t it suffocating for you to always be by my side…?”

“Suffocating? Not at all. Are you feeling okay? Should I get you some water?”

“Yeah, please.”

Because of that, I spent most of my time with her, but even at home, she looked for me so often that I ordered a wireless pager online and gave it to Heena.

That way, when she needed my help or wanted to see me, she could press the button, and the signal would immediately sound on the receiver I had, letting me know. It was only for use inside the house, so it worked very well. Heena was using it very effectively.

For example, when Heena was lying down and resting, I was playing a game with Heesung hyung.

“Hey! Hey! Dodge! If we get past this pattern, it’s really over! If we screw up, we have to start all over!”

“I know! You better pull aggro well…”

-Beep Beep Beep

“Hey, don’t you dare leave. Honestly, you can go a little later… Hey! Where are you going!! I’m dead… Aaaack!!!!!”

“Heena! What’s wrong?!”

This way, when the sound rang, I could rush to Heena without looking back.

“I just wanted to see your face. What were you doing?”

“…Nothing? I wasn’t doing anything?”

“Han Yeonhoo!!!!!!”

“Really? Why is oppa like that?”

“Who knows, maybe he’s vitamin C deficient.”

Of course, she didn’t only call me when there was an important matter.

After the college entrance exam and as the year-end approached, every day felt like this. It was a bit tiring since there was no day or night, but the fact that I could do something for Heena brought me even greater joy.

I had always received so much help, so I wanted to do my best as her boyfriend and Love’s dad, even at times like this.

As I spent my days like that, a day passed, then a month, and the year changed.

Around the time I heard the news that I had been accepted into Seoyeon University.

The day Love would come into the world was approaching.

—

The due date was near, and it was determined that there would likely be no major discrepancies, so I had Heena admitted to the hospital a few days in advance. I stayed with her and took care of her. From the start, she didn’t want to go anywhere without me, so I had no choice but to be with her.

For those few days, seeing Heena struggle with regular contractions and false labor pains, even as she otherwise spent her time comfortably, I felt like I was about to cry.

And finally.

Real labor began. The date was gradually approaching, and Heena had said before going to bed that she felt like Love would come out today.

Sure enough, labor pains started from dawn, and she was immediately taken to the delivery room. And as we had discussed in advance, I put on a gown and followed her in.

Because Heena had strongly requested it, we decided to have a family birth. Usually, the birthing scene can be traumatic for the husband, and since you end up showing all sorts of sights, many people don’t do it.

But if Heena wanted it, I had no right to refuse. What she wanted was what I wanted.

From then on, a long labor began. I held Heena’s hand tightly right next to her and talked to her endlessly.

“Hic… Ye, Yeonhoo… are you there?”

“Yeah, I’m here. I’m holding your hand tightly.”

“Keep, keep being here…”

“I’ll never go anywhere. Never.”

“Augh…!!”

Heena cried and looked for me, and we continued to have a conversation that didn’t really make sense. As she continued to groan in pain, I couldn’t help but cry.

I wish I could be the one in pain; that thought filled my head. I held Heena’s slender hand, which was gripping mine so hard it felt like it would break, tightly in both of my hands, and kept talking to her to calm her down as much as possible.

“Later, let’s take Love and revisit all the places we went on dates. The three of us together.”

“Or we can take Heesung hyung and Yoonjung noona [term used to address older sister-like figures] too, since they’re pitiful.”

“Sometimes it seems like they want to see Love even more than we do. Right?”

“It would be nice to go on another hot springs trip. But would it be too hot for Love?”

“I’ll be by your side. I’ll be by your side forever.”

“Just a little, let’s hang in there a little more, Heena.”

“I love you.”

I listened to the nurse saying that she was doing well, and after whispering to Heena like that for several hours.

Holding Heena’s hand as if praying, crying together, and being out of my mind, at that moment.

“Uwaaaah!!”

I heard Love’s cry.

“It’s a healthy daughter! Baby, let’s take a look at your hands and feet?”

And with the doctor’s words that followed, I could finally realize that the delivery was over. I realized it, but it was still hard to understand what had just happened. I had been crying, talking, and making a fuss by Heena’s side for a long time.

Both Heena and I had faces covered in tears, and Heena was still smiling softly and looking at me.

“Our… Love, came out okay…?”

“Yeah… she’s very healthy. How about you? Are you not hurting anywhere else?”

“I’m okay… Hic, Love… I want to see our Love…”

But she soon started crying again and looked for Love. The nurse, who had already finished the simple procedures, carefully showed Love to Heena.

We were able to see Love, who was wrinkled but so cute, together while crying.

“So, so pretty… Hic… Love, so pretty… She looks just like you, Yeonhoo…”

“She looks more like you than me?”

“Hic… nooo…”

“Yes, she does.”

As we were having a silly conversation while looking at our baby, who was so small and fragile that we were afraid to even touch her, the nurse placed Love on Heena’s belly.

This was something we had been told about in advance, called kangaroo care, which involves skin-to-skin contact to provide emotional stability to the baby and mother.

Surprisingly, as soon as she touched Heena, Love stopped crying. As if she recognized her mother, in an instant.

At that mysterious sight.

And at the heartwarming sight of the mother and daughter.

I felt an immense emotion.

Like this, we became three, not two.

Me, Heena, and Love.

As a family of three.

—

After that, Love was moved to the newborn care unit, and while Heena was being moved for postpartum care, we were able to meet with our family members who were gathered outside the delivery room.

I had called them before going into the delivery room, and all of our family members had gathered without exception.

Among them, my mother-in-law was the first to grab me urgently as soon as I came out with disheveled hair.

“Our, our Heena, is Love healthy?”

“Yes, they are both healthy. Heena said the nurses are helping her wash up, and Love went to the newborn care unit.”

“Okay… Hic… Thank you. Thank you so much, Yeonhoo… Our son-in-law… you worked so hard.”

“I didn’t work hard… Our family went through a lot because of us. Thank you so much.”

That was really the case. We had become parents at too young of an age due to our immature actions, and in the end, we were able to meet Love safely with the help of our families.

“Junghoo’s mom, we need to feed Yeonhoo something.”

“Looking at how skinny our son is, we should. Sunhoo! Take out what you bought at the convenience store earlier!”

“Here~”

“I’m so touched… Hic, Yeonhoo and Heena, you both worked so hard, really… I feel like crying…”

“You’re already crying. Yeonhoo, you eat first.”

“Ah, will that be enough? Wait a minute. I’ll get a buffet or something… But can I call them here?”

“Good point, Heesung. He must be exhausted after several hours; we need to feed our son-in-law well.”

I once again thanked my family, even if only in my heart, who were so relieved and happy that they were talking loudly enough for the nurse to come out and warn them.

I was happy that these people were my family.

Sincerely.

I wanted to become that kind of family for Heena and Love too.

Always grateful and loving.

That kind of family.