Chapter 79 – Episode 79
A few days later.
It was after I had dinner at home with Gahye and Nayu.
“Huh? Gahye, are you taking medicine?”
“Yes~”
“Nayu too… What are you two, where does it hurt?”
“Nutrients. Do you want to eat?”
You are already taking a lot of nutritional supplements, so there is no need to take more.
As I roughly waved my hand, my phone rang.
〉 Father: Can you call?
It was my father.
“…”
“What’s wrong, Junseok?”
As I paused for a moment, Gahye asked as if she was curious.
“Uh, no.”
This time, I waved my hand and answered appropriately.
“Just… “It has finally come.”
“Huh?”
Gahye tilted her head, but I didn’t answer.
“I’ll call you in a moment.”
With only those words left, I went outside and called my father.
“Hello?”
〈Junseok, it’s been a while.〉
“Yes, father. How have you been?”
〈 I’m fine with your mother, okay? So, are you busy these days?〉
“Uh… Little bit? But it’s okay now.”
〈Really? So can you take a moment? I want to see it.〉
“That’s good.”
I answered my father’s words with determination.
“I was already planning to go down to see my father… “
***
A few days later, Incheon International Airport terminal.
There I was waiting for my father and mother alone.
“Oh, here~ Here!”
I ran and waved at people getting off the limousine bus in the distance.
My father and mother soon found me among those people.
“Ah, Junseok!”
“How have you been?”
“Let’s contact each other often!”
My mother starts nagging me as soon as she sees my face.
Of course, my mother starts by nagging, mmmm.
I smiled, ignored the nagging, and picked up my father’s and mother’s bags with one hand.
“Oh, are you okay?”
“Yes, it’s not that heavy.”
“You must have done some exercise!”
“Yes, a little… “
You need a lot of stamina to deal with those two.
So, I quit going to the gym and started working out hard every day.
“How do you think you’ve become stronger than when you were a student? Are you by any chance a bodybuilder or something?”
“What… Haha.”
I am healthier than when I was in my 20s.
“But why are your eyes like this… “You said you were busy with work, but it looks like you are really busy.”
Um.
The fatigue is due to another reason.
I put my luggage on the cart and hurried the two of them.
“Now, let’s go quickly. It takes an hour to complete check-in and board.”
“Ha~ Thanks to my son, I can go on trips, and it’s great!”
“That’s right, hoho.”
My father and mother walked into the airport with me, sighing.
***
After talking to my father on the phone, I made a suggestion to the two of them.
‘Would you like to go on a trip together?’
Usually, when it comes to filial piety travel, it is common for only two people to go on a trip, but I decided to join them and go as a group of three.
My father and mother were quite welcoming.
My father, who said he had something to talk about, said, ‘Then we’ll do it later!’ And said he would understand, and my mother just thought it would be fun and liked it.
So the three of us went on a trip to an instant, and I went on a trip to Kyoto, Japan with them.
‘… Of course, it would be better to go somewhere else, like Europe.’
Maybe it’s because there was a time when people didn’t have visas, but visas come out the fastest in Japan.
It’s close, so I don’t have to worry about taking both of them.
Airplane prices are also relatively cheap.
“Hmm, there are a lot of people~”
“It seems like there are more ships than Seoul.”
“Because there is a larger population.”
That’s how we arrived at Osaka’s Namba Station.
After spending some time watching the crowds of people, I headed straight to Kyoto.
“Huh, it reminds me of the old days.”
“Iknow, right. I miss train tickets for no reason.”
My father and mother continued to express their admiration along the way, as if they were satisfied, and I enjoyed seeing their satisfaction.
A day passed after arriving in Kyoto…
“Oh my, it’s so hard.”
The next day, after touring various tourist attractions, my father sat in the first floor lobby of the hotel with a tired voice.
“I moved around a lot.”
“Wow, I’ve never moved like this before.”
Still, I shortened the route to be considerate of my father and mother.
“Anyway, Dad, what you wanted to say on the phone the other day… What was that?”
Now is the time to bring out the main topic.
I immediately spoke to my exhausted father.
“Huh? By phone? Ah… That… “
My father folds his arms at my words.
The expression on his face that was happily enjoying sightseeing just a moment ago changed to a slightly embarrassed expression.
“That… “I heard something strange from Seok-ho.”
This is also the story.
“You… “You’re dating a girl?”
“Yes.”
My father gave a nod to my immediate answer.
“That… The question is a bit weird, but, dick… “
“You are dating two people, right?”
“Hai go nimi shibulal.”
My father immediately cursed at my words.
“Was that bullshit true?”
“It’s not bullshit, it’s true.”
“Standing over both legs?”
“It’s not a leg of lamb. “They both know that I’m dating them both, and we get along well.”
“What kind of royal are you? Have a wife and a concubine.”
“I’m not a concubine. “They are both wives.”
As I continued to answer quickly as if nothing had happened, my father looked astonished.
“Hey, my goodness. This is so… What should I say… “
“Please speak.”
“Hey, you think what you’re doing right now makes sense! Dating two people, what… “
“That could be true.”
“You can’t do that, you idiot!”
A father who is angry.
At the sound of that voice, everyone around looked at my father, and thanks to that, my father immediately became intimidated.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Sumimasen, Sumimasen… “
My father apologized to those around him for a long time, then turned his head towards me again.
The shrinking eyes had changed back to burning eyes.
“You’re not doing something like that.”
“No, it’s not as strange as you think. The three of us are happy.”
“Happiness? Haeangbook!?”
If there was something to throw in front of my eyes, I would have thrown it right away.
“Hey, I’m going crazy. “I asked you to take care of a child, but where did I tell you to get into an accident with that child?”
“I didn’t have any accidents… “
I make sure to use contraception.
“If that wasn’t enough, I ended up dating one more person!? And that’s the child Seok-ho cherished!”
My father didn’t listen to me.
“Hey, I’m going crazy. I’m going crazy.” My son did something like this… “
No, calling my son a mutt is a bit too much.
“I don’t even want to see this, ugh!”
My father, who was talking alone, could no longer hold back his anger and got up and went upstairs.
‘As expected, my father’s reaction was extreme.’
In Gahye’s father’s case, it was a similar case to mine, but it was a failed case, so he easily accepted me.
In the case of her uncle, after dating Hong Eun-ji, he became tolerant of other people’s morals, and thanks to Hong Eun-ji’s help, he was able to persuade him.
But my father.
The only remaining ordinary person(?) And the most difficult old man to overcome with the most rigid way of thinking.
It is not as easy to persuade this father.
‘Even so, you still have to persuade them.’
I was expecting this anyway.
I was already prepared for my father to react violently and curse at me again.
That’s why I came to this travel destination with my father and mother.
‘Okay then, let’s do round 2, Dad.’
I made up my mind and headed to my father’s room.
***
I will negotiate with my father.
Why did you come on a trip when you made that kind of determination?
Why bother bringing up such a thing in a pleasant travel destination and making the atmosphere bad for no reason?
Even though I knew this, the reason why I brought my father on a trip and why I brought this up was simple.
No matter what your father thinks, you can’t run away from me.
“Father, try one of these snacks.”
“Get out, dude!”
“Let’s have one and talk some more.”
“You idiot!”
Since I first brought it up that day, I have constantly brought it up to my father.
Even when eating dinner, I brought snacks when I entered the room, I brought beer with me on dark evenings, and when I woke up in the morning, I greeted my father with good morning, went to eat breakfast, and constantly attacked(?) My father while touring tourist attractions.
“Father, let’s talk!”
“Father, think one more time!”
“Father, don’t look at me like that!”
“Father, listen carefully!”
“Father, are you listening to me?”
“Father!”
If it were Korea, you would have gone home or gone somewhere else, but this is overseas.
Thanks to my assurance that I would take full responsibility for the trip, I kept most of the money, and my father didn’t know much about the geography of this area.
Of course, given my father’s personality, there was a possibility that he would say he didn’t know and just go somewhere, but with my mother by his side, he couldn’t bear to do that.
That’s how my father was ultimately defeated by my endless attacks.
“Under… Yeah, that… Under… “
I told my father all kinds of things about my thoughts, the situation, and ourselves.
How they met and how they became friends, what the relationship between the three of them is like, that polyamory actually exists, and that the three of them are getting along well now, and that not only their uncle but also Ga-hye’s father, who is their father’s friend, heard about this and acknowledged it…
At the same time, I also relayed the situation of my uncle and my father’s friend, and eventually my father was influenced by my story.
“What… Okay… However, I am worried. I’m afraid you guys will have a hard time. “What will others say?”
“Are you okay. All my family needs to do is accept it, my father or mother.”
I wasn’t thinking about being recognized by everyone.
Of course, there is no way it can be recognized by everyone.
In that case, I just need to be recognized by my family, who must acknowledge this.
“Under… “If anything happens, you have to contact Abby, okay?”
After about three days, my father was finally on my side.
“Thank you, father.”
“Thank you. I recognize your tenacity. I’ve been stubborn since I was young… “
“Haha.”
It was a victory of perseverance.
***
It was when I returned to Korea after my trip.
After getting off at the airport and having a meal at a restaurant and resting for a while, her mother called me.
“Junseok, I’d like to put some luggage on, can you help me?”
“Oh, yes.”
It looks like you’re trying to post a bunch of souvenirs you bought while traveling.
It’s much better than carrying something heavy and carrying it back and forth.
I picked up my mother’s luggage and headed to the post office inside the airport.
And on the way to the post office…
“But Junseok.”
“Yes?”
“I can’t admit it yet.”
Her mother was quietly listening next to her while she was persuading her father.
My mother, who always respected me and accepted me no matter what I did…
With a firm expression that I had never seen before in my life, he clearly conveyed what I did not expect.
