Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense - Chapter 181



181 – Side Story – Daily Life 4 Years Later (2)

After seeing the family newsletter, Yuna became serious and started practicing cooking.

I can guarantee that this is the first time I’ve seen Yuna so absorbed in something, except during her trainee days or active days. She must want to make delicious lunch boxes for her children.

About four days had passed since I had received cooking lessons from Kim Soo-bin.

“Oh, how is it…? Is it edible?”

Yuna seemed to have gained confidence in her skills, so she would occasionally ask me to sample her food and cook it one by one. I couldn’t help but laugh at her anxious eyes, like a child whose homework was being checked by a teacher.

There’s no need to be so nervous. Even if it’s made a little tasteless, it’s always like that at first.

Anyway, since Yuna seemed to be expecting an objective evaluation, I decided to take a bite and then answer, and I ate a rice ball made of stir-fried rice mixed with tomatoes and a few side dishes.

“Yeah, it’s okay. But if the kids are going to eat it, you might need to make it a little less salty.”

“Then I guess I should put less ketchup next time. Anyway, it doesn’t taste bad, right?”

“It’s delicious enough. It’s slightly sweet and tangy, just the way Seol-ha and Seol-ah like it.”

It is also important to make the omelet like a Japanese omelet, adding a bit of sugar to make it sweet. As expected of a mother, she knows her children’s tastes very well.

As I took another bite of the scrambled eggs and muttered a compliment, a sigh of relief escaped Yuna’s mouth, as if she was relieved.

“Whew… That’s a relief. Well, since the tasting is over, I’ll take this.”

“Huh, huh…? Wasn’t this my food?”

As I was about to reach out to eat a few more of the remaining rice balls, Yuna suddenly snatched them away from me along with the bowl, leaving my hand waving in the air.

What the heck. I thought you were going to eat this for lunch since you told me not to eat today and to wait, but I guess not. You wouldn’t be cruelly starving your husband who helped you taste it, would you?

“How can I feed you this when it’s obvious it won’t suit your taste? Just wait a moment while I prepare a meal for you.”

To me, who was filled with doubt, Yuna turned her head sharply with a pointed expression while hiding the bowl, and walked confidently towards the kitchen.

Are you going to make me a separate meal instead of just the food for tasting? I’d be happy, but it would be twice as much work.

“I’m fine with this. Why bother doing it twice?”

“I’m not okay. When you were young, you prepared meals for the kids and me twice, and now you’re talking about your in-laws.”

“Hmm….”

I was left speechless by that sharp remark. Of course, it was a perfect fact.

“Is there anything you want to eat?”

It was refreshing to see Yuna standing in front of the cutting board wearing an apron and asking if there were any requests.

Maybe it would be a common sight in other households, but in our house it was a rare sight, something we were seeing for the first time.

“Can I order something?”

“Oh, it’s difficult, but… if it’s simple.”

“Fuck, I’m nervous.”

I really loved the way Yuna fidgeted with her hands, showing her nervousness, as if she was nervous that I might ask for something unexpected.

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“Is there any mackerel left that I bought last time?”

“Yeah, I guess so?”

“Then let’s grill two of them and eat them simply as a side dish with soybean paste stew. I’m sure you like that too.”

When I was living alone, Yuna would often come to our house and ask for this menu. Yuna said that she liked it because it felt the most like home cooking.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a classic meal like this before, so this won’t be bad.

“I was craving it anyway, how did you know?”

“If you pretend, it’s pretend.”

When I gave a thumbs up to Yuna, who was making a face like she had just had a hit, I turned around with a much lighter step.

“Okay, I’ll make it right away. Just wait a minute.”

And then Yuna, who had briefly let her hair down, looked around somewhere, holding a handful of her hair with her hand as if trying to tie it back up for cooking.

As I was about to get up from my seat to help her, as if she was looking for something, I saw a hair tie lying on the table.

I see you’re looking for this.

Knock knock.

He pushed his chair back silently, got up from his seat, and walked towards Yuna, who was still loitering around in the kitchen.

“Stand still. I’ll tie you up.”

Then Yuna carefully grabbed the hair she was holding with one hand, spread the hair tie with five fingers, and put it in properly.

“Huh? The hair tie, was it there?”

“I left it on the table. When I focus on something, I still can’t see my surroundings.”

Although her tone was harsh, I was secretly happy because I felt like she still looked like my childhood friend Han Yu-na.

She has the personality to focus on something until she succeeds, and she never lets go of something she sets her sights on. It seems that this attitude still remains even after she became the mother of twins, Han Yu-na.

“Hehe, I feel good for some reason.”

While I was tying up her hair like that, Yuna, who had been standing still, burst out laughing and turned her head diagonally to look up at me.

“what?”

When I asked her casually, wondering if something good had happened, Yuna, who was humming a tune while maintaining a big smile, answered with an expression that seemed somewhat sentimental.

“You haven’t had to tie my hair lately. You used to tie it often, but now you’re in charge of Seol-ah.”

“Ah… . Now that you mention it, that’s true. Sorry, I didn’t pay attention.”

When I meekly offered an apology to Yuna, thinking that she felt like I had shown less affection, Yuna laughed with a deflating sound and lightly poked my chest with her index finger.

“Why are you apologizing for something like that? It’s not something to be sorry about.”

“But it’s true that I haven’t been able to pay attention to you lately because I’ve been so busy with the kids. I feel a little sorry for some reason.”

Rather, when the kids were younger, the two of us would spend time together as a couple, taking care of the kids, but these days, as the kids have grown up and have more energy, they cling to me more often than not, so we spend less time together.

Of course, we both know that it is an unavoidable situation, but as someone who knows how much Yuna craves affection, I feel very sorry.

“Don’t say that. You care about me enough. Do you know how much the people around you envy you?”

“Are you jealous?”

While hugging Yuna from behind, he asked back with a surprised face at the strange story he had suddenly heard.

Then my wife naturally looked up at me and nodded.

“When I talk to seniors or colleagues I’ve become close with, they all say similar things. Like, after having a child, they don’t seem to see me as a woman anymore, or that things were better before I got married…”

“ah….”

It’s a common boredom mechanism. Well, since Yuna meets so many people in the entertainment industry, it’s likely that she’s heard quite a few stories like that.

“So when I tell my story, everyone is really jealous? No matter how pretty your wife is and how much money she makes, it’s not easy to always save money like that.”

Yuna leaned a little closer to me and put her weight on me, and acted cute by rubbing the back of her head against my chest. Every time she did that, she would slightly shake her body from side to side, and it was so cute that it was hard to believe she was a mother of two children.

“Me too. People around me are so jealous.”

“really?”

As if responding to that, he put strength into his arms that were embracing Yuna and recited the repertoire that he always hears whenever he meets acquaintances. Yuna’s eyes lit up.

My wife always seems to be full of confidence, but this is proof that she is always worrying inside that she may be lacking in something.

There’s no need to think about things like that. You’re someone I’m so grateful to that it’s overwhelming.

“Of course. Where in the world can you find a wife who is this pretty, makes a lot of money, and takes care of a husband with shortcomings like mine?”

“Are you doing well at night?”

“Ahem. That, that’s right… .”

I coughed in vain and avoided eye contact at the sudden counterattack, but this time, Yuna openly pressed her butt against me while still holding me.

He said he was making food, but it turns out he was planning on making Seol-ha and Seol-ah’s younger siblings.

“So, there’s no need to think that I’m treating you better than you or anything.”

“How did you know? That I was thinking that.”

“I know you don’t have to say it. We’ve known each other for years.”

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When I kissed her neck with a cheeky smile that was unusual for her, Yuna responded with a simple, ‘I see.’ as if she understood.

Well, let’s leave off the honest conversation between the couple here and start by making lunch and eating it deliciously. Honestly, I’m on the verge of giving my stomach a deep kiss.

“Since we have the chance today, should we make it together?”

“Okay. Oh, then why don’t you teach me how to hold a sword again this time?”

It was a good story that she had a passion for learning, but I was suspicious because Yuna’s eyes were so alluring that they seemed to be demanding something else.

“You don’t have any other purpose?”

“Pretending not to know such things is the virtue of a great husband.”

“Okay, I got it. I’ll tell you everything from the beginning.”

“Hey, that’s how it should be.”

In the end, we leisurely prepared lunch, starting with rolling up the sleeves as requested by my wife, who was a novice cook, and teaching her step by step how to hold the knife and use it.

There was still quite some time left before the kids returned from their brief visit to their parents’ house, so the couple was able to spend some cozy time together for the first time in a while.