As usual, I was about to jump up from the bed, but I flinched and stopped moving.
âbuuu⊠â
PoooâŠ
Only then, I realized that I slept with the children yesterday.
I slowly got up from my seat and left the room so that the children wouldnât wake up.
My mother, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, found me.
âWhy did you wake up already? Itâs a holiday, so lie down a little longer.â
âItâs okay. Iâd better just wake up as usual.â
I pulled out a cup of hot coffee and sat on the sofa in the living room and turned on the TV.
I enjoyed the relaxing time after a long time while watching the morning news.
I was a little worried that what happened yesterday might have been on the news, but fortunately, it wasnât on the news.
While watching the morning news, half-asleep children opened the door and appeared.
âPapaâŠâ
Speranza limped up like a zombie and threw herself on my lap.
Akum jumped up and settled on the opposite sofa, and Gyuri landed on his back.
It was a morning spent with children at home, not on a farm.
It was a fresh feeling.
âSi, breakfast is ready. Wake up the kids.â
âOkay mom! Hey Sleepyheads. Did you hear what grandma said. Get up get upâŠitâs almost timeâ
âIâll sleep a little longer papa.â
âI still want to sleep more, popiâŠ..â
Poo woooo
Thanks to the delicious smell of the prepared food, the children soon began to open their eyes little by little.
âOh my! Speranza is a good eater. Here have someâ
My mother carefully placed the rolled omelette into Speranzaâs plate.
âSihyeon, I want to try that popi.â
âomelette? Wait a minute. Iâll cut it into small pieces.â
Poo-woo! Poo-woo!
âOkay. Iâll give it to you, too.â
I cut the rolled omelet that came out as a side dish into small pieces and distributed it to Gyuri and Akum.
I donât know if they liked the omelet, but all the remaining omelet soon disappeared from both of their plates.
By the end of the breakfast, Yerin appeared in a more energetic than her usual self.
âGood morning. Hello, cute babies!â
Speranza, who was shy of her energetic greeting, clung to me and looked at yerin.
âThatâs the lady I saw yesterday popi. Good morning, popi.â
â Pow wo woo.
Gyuri and Akum greeted Yerin with half-curious and half-welcome eyes.
âOh, how cute! Sihyeon, can I pet them?â
âYes, itâs okay as long as you donât stroke them too forcefully.â
As soon as my permission was given, Yerin reached out carefully towards Akum.
Akum had been used to human touch since he was a child, so he accepted it without hesitation.
Maybe he liked her touch, but rather, Akum approached first and acted cute.
âSihyeonâŠthis guy is acting cute to me, right? Ah..heâs So cute!â
In the end, Yerin couldnât control her emotions and hugged Akum tightly in her arms.
Akum struggled for a while with the sudden hug, but quickly calmed down and looked comfortable.
Yerin was not satisfied with just Akum in her arms, she reached out to Gyuri.
However, unlike Akum, Gyuri was not easy.
âAh! Donât touch me like that, Popi. I wonât fall for such tricks easily popi.â
âSorry, sorry⊠Youâre so cute that I couldnât control⊠Do you want to try this as an apology?â
ââŠWhatâs that popi.?â
âItâs my favorite bead ice cream.â
Yerin took out the bead ice cream she brought from home.
The colorful small beads quickly caught Gyuriâs attention.
Gyuri looked around at the bead ice cream, picked one up, and took a bite.
âUgh. Itâs cold. Popi. But itâs chewy and sweet. Popi.â
âHaha, is it good?ââ
âWell, itâs very delicious. Popi.â
While Gyuri was into the bead ice cream, Yerin patted the little fairy slightly and smiled contentedly.
Just a minute ago, the small fairy, who said she wonât fall easily, fell for the bead ice cream in an instant.
Speranza, who was next to me, also flinched and looked at Yerin and the children.
It seemed like Speranza also want to join them, so I lightly pushed Speranzaâs hesitant back.
Speranza approached Yerin with a slight surprise.
âOh! Here comes Speranza. Speranza, do you want to try this too?â
Nod Nod
âNow, donât be surprised when you eat it because itâs cold.â
Yerin scooped the bead ice cream on a spoon and fed it to Speranza.
Speranza shivered for a moment at the cold ice cream flavor.
However, she gently shook her tail, perhaps because she liked the chewy and sweet taste that she felt.
While Yerin was getting close to the children, my mother finished her breakfast and came out of the kitchen.
âYerinâs here.â
âOh! Aunt Saya, Iâm sorry I couldnât even say hello because I was so focused on the cute babies.â
âHo-ho, what can you do when the kids are so cute? By the way, did you have breakfast? Shall I prepare for you?â
âNo, Iâm fine. I usually only eat a simple breakfast. More than that, you should get ready to go out, right? Donât you have an appointment at the hospital today.?â
My mother was surprised when she looked at the clock.
âOh, my God, look at the time. I forgot my morning appointment since I was taking care of the children.â
âDonât worry Aunt Saya, Iâll take you to the hospital, so get ready slowly.â
âYerin, you? You donât have to do that. On top of that, isnât this your day off after a long time.â
âNo itâs fine by me Aunt Saya. Also I have already planned an appointment with Sihyeon. So, all you have to do now isâŠ.. get ready.â
Yerin forced my mother into the bedroom.
âAre we really going?â
âOf course, you promised me yesterday. Weâll be taking the children shopping.â
âUghâŠâ
I sighed, recalling my promise to Yerin, who was half drunk yesterday.
I made a promise, but I was worried whether it would be okay to take the children to crowded places.
âDonât you think the children are too conspicuous?â
âNo, theyâre fine. People donât care about their surroundings as much as you think. And on such a fine day like this, locking up the children inside the home is a sin?â
As Yein said, today was definitely a good day to go out.
I also wanted to go around with the children and make good memories.
âWell, letâs go out together.â
âThatâs right, thatâs how it should be.â
Yerin smiled at the children and said,
âGuys, letâs have fun at a fun place with sister today.â
âA fun place? Where?â
âWhere are we going popi?â
â Poow-woo?
The childrenâs eyes were already twinkling with anticipation.
My motherâs checkup at the hospital was soon finished.
I heard the happy news that her physical condition has improved more than before.
It seemed like the steady use of Hap had a lot of influence.
I left the hospital pleasantly and got into Yerinâs car.
My mother sat in the front seat, while I sat in the back seat with the children.
âAunt Saya, how was the test?â
âEverything is fine. The Doctor said, I donât have to worry about my physical condition and the test results anymore.â
âThatâs a relief. Then, since we heard the good news, shall we go right away?â
Yerinâs car left the hospital smoothly.
This is the second time that children have been in the car, so they were busy looking out the window.
I asked Yerin, who was driving.
âWhere are we going?ââ
âIf you want to shop, of course you should go to a shopping mall.â
âBut can we go to such a place with Akum?â
âDonât worry. I checked it in advance as a store, and itâs a place where pets can enter.â
âUm⊠But can we call Akum a pet?â
âHe isâŠsince heâs very cute?â
ââŠâŠ..â
I nodded casually at her words that seemed unconvincing and seemed to have something.
âYerin is really thoroughly prepared, isnât she?â
âOf course, Aunt Saya. I am a professional when it comes to having fun and resting.â
I burst into a smirk when I saw Yerin raising her chin proudly.
In a friendly atmosphere, Yerin smiled mischievously and said in a subtle voice.
âBy the wayâŠâŠ wouldnât people think of us as a one family?â
âAunt Saya is the grandmother, Sihyeon as the father, and I am⊠theâŠmother?â
âYou can really see it that way rightâŠright.?â
Yerin asked a question with a sly look on her face.
My mother covered her mouth as if it wasnât bad and smiled quietly, and I felt embarrassed.
Yerin didnât stop here and talked to Speranza.
âSperanza, will you call meâŠ. Mommy?â
Speranza looked at her with a sullen look and replied quite firmly.
âDummy⊠No Mommy.!â
âHahaha. Thatâs my girl. Youâre so smart.â
I burst out laughing and hugged Speranza tightly.
Yerin distorted her face as if she had taken a shot.
Soon we arrived at a large shopping mall downtown.
Fortunately, the shopping mall was quiet because it was a weekday, not a holiday.
Yerin put a wide-brimmed hat on Speranza.
Thanks to that, we were able to hide Speranzaâs fox ears.
Of course, Speranzaâs fatal cuteness couldnât be hidden, so it naturally caught peopleâs eyes.
Gyuri hid in the upper pocket of my jacket.
She pouted her lips and complained, and expressed frustration.
It was an inevitable choice since I could not let this curious fairy wander around freely.
In the case of Akum, whom I was most worried about, the problem was solved much easier than expected.
We told the shopping mall staff that he was a rare animal brought from abroad, and made Akum show his cutesy a few times.
Thus they allowed us to enter without much difficulty.
I put Akum in a pet stroller I borrowed from a shopping mall.
Akum looked up at us with his eyes sparkling, perhaps curious about the stroller.
âOh, thatâs so cute! I must take a picture of this!â
Yerin took out her cell phone and left to take a picture of Akum in a stroller.
I asked, stopping her from going wild.
âWeâll take a picture laterâŠ.so where should we go first?â