“You can call Evan either Father or Daddy, and you can call me either Mom or Komom, whichever is comfortable.”
“Why am I Father and Koko is Mom?”
Although he had seen photos and videos of Leo’s parents through searches, seeing them in person was too different from his imagination. The screen couldn’t capture their appearance, but more than anything, what surprised Hyedam was their atmosphere.
The warm eyes they had when looking at each other aside, during their comfortable conversation Evan was feeding Siwoo fruit. At the sight of Siwoo’s slight smile as she ate the grapes Evan gave her while holding a baby kitten that had been busily moving around in her arms, Hyedam couldn’t find a place to put his gaze.
“Mother feels distant. Isn’t Mom better?”
Hyedam, whose eyes met Siwoo’s, awkwardly nodded. Whether it was Father or Mother or Daddy or Komom, whatever it was, it seemed he should do as they wanted.
“Are you really going to strike me from the family register?”
“I’ll strike you out and put Hyedam in.”
At the conversation continuing without bringing up the most important topic, Hyedam’s eyes shook. Are the form of address and family register the issue right now? They say they’ll strike him from the register but it’s not even an atmosphere where they’d really do it. Am I the only one who can’t adapt here? Am I the problem?
At their too-calm appearance when their only son suddenly said not that he was dating but that he was getting married, Hyedam didn’t know what to do. It was fortunate they weren’t opposing it, but somehow this kind of harmonious scene among family members was definitely unfamiliar to him.
Still covering his lower face with his hand, Hyedam, whose eyes widened at the hiccup that burst out, looked at Leo who was handing him cold water. There was a need to somehow manage and organize this situation, but it seemed to be beyond his capabilities.
“…Do you really have to do such a troublesome thing? Hyedam was flustered.”
While drinking a bit of the water Leo gave him, Hyedam still tried to read the atmosphere of the three people. Evan clearly seemed to be stopping Siwoo, but a mobile phone was held in his hand. It seemed like he would immediately contact a lawyer if anything happened?
“Let’s not do such troublesome things. Either way, we’ll be tied as one family.”
The gesture of Leo softly patting his back along with asking if he was okay didn’t feel appreciated at this moment. The atmosphere seemed truly friendly but something was strange… Most of all, the most important story hadn’t been told.
“So when and where are you planning to have the wedding?”
“Within a month on this island, maybe. It’s not definite yet.”
“That soon? Did the baby agree?”
Siwoo was mainly leading the conversation, and Leo was faithfully answering accordingly. But, Fath… Moth… no, Mom? Why don’t you trust your son so much?
Every time his eyes met Siwoo’s during the conversation, Hyedam could only make an awkward smile.
“Yes. But I’d be comfortable if you just called me Hyedam…”
At Siwoo’s gaze that seemed to be confirming whether he really wanted to marry Leo, Hyedam could barely answer.
“Really? Baby seems good too though. Then I should call you whatever Hyedam is comfortable with. So Hyedam has the same thoughts as Leo, right?”
“Why don’t you trust me so much? Are you worried I threatened him or something?”
“…There’s no proof you didn’t.”
Should I even go through with this marriage? Hyedam, who had been looking back and forth between Leo and Siwoo, unconsciously wrapped his lower abdomen with both arms.
“Just how are you viewing me?”
“How am I viewing you. You’re a Lewis alpha. You guys are good at subtly doing this and that to bewitch people and doing whatever you want. I’m worried our Hyedam might have been bewitched.”
“Koko. Why am I included in that?”
“Because you’re the worst at it.”
Having seen Evan, who had inadvertently joined the conversation, get scolded and back away, Hyedam solidified his thought that it wouldn’t be good to step forward rashly. It was clear that the one leading this household was Siwoo, not Evan.
“Anyway, I’ll set a date within a month, so you two must attend. We’re going to keep the wedding as small as possible.”
“Is there anything we can help with?”
“Well, not really. Attending the wedding and preparing to see your grandchild?”
Hyedam, who had been restless and uncomfortable because of the situation, looked at Leo with a gaze full of shock as he casually spoke while stabbing an apple on a fork for him.
“…….”
“…….”
“No, I… That is….”
Even if you’re going to say it, really. This brat… As silence flowed into the atmosphere that had been warmly chattering, a flustered Hyedam stammered and brought up words.
“Ah, right. Not one but two.”
Hyedam, who had suddenly received the gazes of both Evan and Siwoo, tightly shut the mouth he had opened trying to somehow manage the situation. Even if you’re going to say it… No matter how comfortable you are with your parents. You might be comfortable. I’m not. Even if it’s the same words, you could say them differently, nicely, well-packaged.
“Ha- Evan. Make the call. Strike that brat from the register and he can live with Hyedam and the babies. You’re keeping a kid whose condition isn’t even good sitting here this long like this… Anyway, you need to be scolded. Is Hyedam’s body okay? Instead of doing this here, go up and rest. Resting comfortably is the best.”
At Siwoo’s urging, who got up from her seat and came to his side telling him to hurry up and rest, Hyedam had no choice but to get up awkwardly.
“I’m fine… though.”
“Even if you’re fine, you’re not fine.”
Hyedam had to hear the conversation between son and father as he was pushed up to the second floor by Siwoo.
“Leo, shall we look at your kendo skills after a long time? Koko, was there a kendo hall in the basement here?”
“Yeah. I made it when remodeling last year.”
“Wait, wait. Daddy, this isn’t right. How long has it been since I put down a sword?”
“You have basic skills, don’t you? How many years did you learn!”
“Daddy has been doing it for over decades.”
“That’s why we’re doing wooden swords, not real swords.”
“Very flustered, right?”
Hyedam, who entered the second-floor room with Siwoo, could only show an awkward smile at his soft voice and raised one hand to slightly touch his nape.
“Thank you for viewing it positively.”
“I gave you a hint back then, but I know it wasn’t an easy decision to make. Thank you for being brave.”
How many people would hear these words while getting permission to marry? At Siwoo’s warm gaze toward him, Hyedam couldn’t give any answer and only bit his lips tightly.
“You don’t need to think about me or Evan. You just need to look at you and Leo, and the babies that will be born. I raised him strictly, but as you know, environment is something that can’t be helped in some ways. Leo is sometimes immature and childish… Then. I said it before, right? You just need to scold him. After scolding him repeatedly a few times, he gets trained somehow.”
Um… Mother. I felt this before too, but just how are you defining the Lewis family alphas according to your expression? They’re not even dogs, but it only sounds like you’re telling me to tame them through repeated training.
“Ah, yes.”
“I waited wondering when he’d bring you, but I really didn’t know I’d hear the story here like this.”
Hyedam, who moved his spot to the table by the window instead of standing awkwardly in the middle of the room, rather had to ask back at Siwoo’s words that she knew everything.
“What? You knew?”
“Of course. How could I not know? The coffee scent vibrates from Hyedam and that brat is full of the savory bread scent. Even if I wanted to not know, I can’t not know.”
At Siwoo’s words, who laughed out loud softly, the tips of Hyedam’s ears turned bright red.
“You don’t need to think about it difficultly. You can do as your heart leads, Leo. This kid said he wasn’t doing his work properly and was coming and going to the island shamelessly for a while, and the reason was here.”
“Who came where?”
“Leo. He said work was busy but how many times did he come here?”
He was the only one who stayed here for a month, but Leo came and went? If he came, there’s no way they wouldn’t have met. He knew the caretakers came and went, and he received necessary items by drone through Luna, and yet that big guy was loitering around and he didn’t know?
Hyedam blinked his eyes and quietly looked at her, unable to easily understand Siwoo’s words.
“…Mm. It must have been the caretakers coming and going, right?”
Was it his imagination that the peaceful smile that had been filling his face until now seemed a bit broken and his words seemed a bit drawn out…
“But if there are two babies… twins?”
Hyedam, who had been overloaded and couldn’t think properly at the simultaneous appearance of Leo and Evan, stopped thinking at Siwoo’s question and quickly nodded.
“Do you know the sex or traits?”
“It’s still early… I think I’ll know after this checkup. They said that in the case of twins, even if they’re alpha or omega, the traits don’t manifest in the womb.”
“One is hard enough but two… But do you like pink?”
Although it was mainly a format of Siwoo asking questions and Hyedam answering, the posture of the two sitting in soft single-person chairs became more comfortable as time passed. After a while, a comfortable smile filled Hyedam’s face, not the initially tense smile, as he greeted Siwoo who left saying he should rest and that she had taken too much time when he should be resting, leaving words to really rest well.
