The king’s ears are donkey ears.
Mikyung, who had returned to the cafe, tapped the table with her fingertips while looking at the numerous posts worrying about Eco uploaded to the site she managed.
She wanted to tell them it was okay. That our Eco was living happily not somewhere else but in Korea, right here in Gapyeong.
And then there was Jadu.
Yes, Jadu.
Our Jadu.
The moment she thought of cute Jadu with plump cheeks, Mikyung clenched her fist without realizing it. Those sparkling green eyes, the lips that constantly babbled. On top of that, recalling the all-pink-pink clothes, a smile naturally remained on Mikyung’s face.
Come to think of it, was Jadu a daughter? She was sure Coco said it was a son.
Back then while making dumplings, he said Jadu was a son.
But the Jadu she saw seemed like a daughter. Well, whether daughter or son, what did it matter?
Her fingertips itched wanting to write a post that Eco and the baby were both healthy and well. After staring blankly at the laptop screen for a while, Mikyung reached for her loudly ringing cell phone. After meeting Evan and Jadu, Mikyung felt like she was flying on clouds.
Leaving the homepage she managed, Mikyung clicked her tongue seeing the death rumors about Eco that someone had arbitrarily written. While major media companies would be cautious, after Eco disappeared, malicious commenters were endlessly creating discord.
“Fucking crazy bastards.”
They said if Eco was alive, he should contact them. Why on earth should he contact some attention-seeker she’d never seen or heard of? For the first time in a while, while leisurely looking at the materials piled up on her external hard drive, Mikyung kept repeating Jadu in her mouth.
“That’s right. Jadu’s forehead… is Evan’s. Looking at the hair here, it’s exactly the same.”
“Ah…… the lips! Right. I acknowledge the lips are Coco’s. Those plump red ones, and it’s exactly the same as our Coco’s concentrated beak.”
While watching Eco with a smile all over her face, Mikyung, who had put down her constantly annoyingly ringing cell phone, couldn’t hold back and looked at the screen. Just who was it that kept calling without stopping……
At that moment, she heard the sound of the door opening.
“Bo… Bo… Boss… Boss. Um……”
What’s going on that there’s no knock, and at the trembling employee’s voice, Mikyung, who raised her head, dropped the cell phone in her hand with a thud.
“Noona!”
Behind the flustered employee stood Evan, smiling brightly, full of a halo. Honestly, when she followed them around as an Eco fan, she didn’t know Evan’s personality was like this. She shopped with Evan at the mart in an insane state, and Evan said that then.
‘Noona! You’re older than me. I’ll comfortably call you that.’
More than that, standing next to Evan, who was waving at her, was Coco, whom she wanted to see even in her dreams.
“Kyaa~~”
Does one meeting make them close? The moment she heard the clear voice of the baby, which brought back vivid memories from the stroller Evan was holding by the handle, Mikyung’s heart sank once again.
It was no exaggeration to say that Mikyung and all the employees who saw Eco and Jadu suddenly appear were all spellbound. Thursday morning during the week when the cafe had the fewest customers. On the third floor of Mikyung’s office sofa sat Eco.
“Ah… uh, I mean.”
“You said Thursday morning was the most free time. It’s about a 15-minute walk from our house, so we came out for some fresh air.”
While watching Evan speak naturally as he took Jadu out of the stroller and held him in his arms, Mikyung quickly gestured and called the employee standing right at the door.
“That’s true. What… what would you like to drink?”
“The most delicious thing here.”
As Jadu kept noisily chattering in Evan’s arms, Siwoo brought Jadu to his own arms. Then when he hugged him tightly and Jadu’s small head leaned completely against Siwoo’s shoulder, Mikyung was too entranced watching to properly hear what Evan was saying.
“Huh?”
“Give us something delicious. And noona, we decided to speak comfortably back then, why are you being awkward again?”
“No, that’s……”
Although meeting Evan and Jadu that day felt like a dream, just because they agreed to speak comfortably there, she couldn’t really do that upon seeing them again. Above all, weren’t they Mikyung’s ultimate bias? Shopping at the mart with her bias already felt like a dream, but when she answered Evan’s questions right away back then, it seemed he remembered it all.
When asked what she did for work, she said she ran a cafe nearby, and when asked where, she told him the cafe name. And when asked why she was at the mart after leaving the cafe empty during the day, she talked about which days were free and various other things—it was only now coming back to her.
“I also know you’re a homma-nim. We met often, didn’t we? When was it? Back then in the old days when I cross-dressed on a departure day, we met near the duty-free shop then, and besides that, you came to our fan signing and frequently came to live broadcasts too.”
Mikyung, who sat across from Eco, couldn’t manage her expression at the bright voice. Just because she couldn’t see her own expression right now. She was surely making a very awkward and strange expression. And memories with celebrities she liked were mostly things that fans remembered. For people who met countless people in a day, it made no sense for them to remember passing fans. Moreover, the cross-dressing incident Siwoo mentioned was almost 10 years ago.
“You remember that? That was me, but how did you get here? No, that’s not it. Right now, uh. I mean, shouldn’t you not be seen by people like this?”
For over a week now, she’d been tearing at her blankets every night to keep this secret, but she couldn’t accurately gauge how many employees and even customers at her cafe had seen them now.
“I tried to, but when I stayed quiet, everyone said I was dead. How could they say such things? There are too many people hoping we’d be unhappy, so now I’m just going to openly show them we’re living well.”
“But… here……”
So showing that he was alive was good, but Mikyung absolutely couldn’t understand why he came to her cafe.
“I told you. It’s a 15-minute walk from the house, so we came out for a walk.”
Recalling the house within 15 minutes from here, Mikyung could finally nod her head. A few months ago, she heard news that a nearby country house was being extensively remodeled. In a place where cafes and country houses lined up along the beautiful Bukhan River with its scenic views, new construction or remodeling was commonplace.
That place was Eco’s house? Everyone gossiped seeing the wall that looked easily 3 meters high, but if that place was Eco’s house, it was more than enough reason.
“The one with the high wall?”
“Yes. That’s it. To avoid people’s eyes, it seemed like it needed to be that much. But as you said, noona, the Bukhan River view from inside the cafe is really pretty.”
Crazy, it’s crazy.
Evan, who had been sitting in front just moments ago, walked to the window to look outside, and Siwoo, holding Jadu, played with the baby, then skillfully held the baby stably with one arm while taking out a pacifier from the bag in the stroller with his other hand.
Did I save a country in my past life?
At this level, it seemed like she saved the universe, and when actually seeing them was already overwhelming, she didn’t know she’d get to see such a private side.
“Coco, do you like it?”
“Yeah. Even passing by, it was so pretty I wanted to come once, but boss, no, noona. Uh, can I call you noona too?”
Watching Evan asking Siwoo in a sweet voice like melting cotton candy and Siwoo looking at him and answering, when their gazes suddenly focused on her, Mikyung sat up straight without realizing it.
“Ah. Taewooya there. An iced Americano and lemonade. Anyway, just bring some nice things. And call me noona or whatever you’re comfortable with.”
Mikyung, who hurriedly sent out the employee, was restless. By now, photos of Eco might have appeared on SNS.
Following Evan, watching Siwoo hold Jadu and go to the window while desperately holding onto her fading consciousness, Mikyung bit down hard on her molars.
The blue sky and the leisurely, peacefully flowing river. Seeing the family standing on the sunny balcony, her heart literally became magnificent. She was seeing the sight she had so wanted to see. Though it didn’t reach her position, the two were talking, and when Jadu, held in Siwoo’s arms, stretched one arm toward Evan, Evan naturally held Jadu.
Along with that, Siwoo arranged Evan’s hair blown by the wind.
Whether she dared to see such a sacred sight with her own eyes—if this were during broadcast filming or another situation, she’d secretly capture it on her phone, but Mikyung couldn’t do either.
“Noona! Please take our picture.”
And seeing Evan suddenly holding out his phone and speaking, Mikyung received his phone with both trembling hands.
Ah. As expected, Evan uses a pitch-black phone. The latest model too.
Still using it without a case as always.
Her hands trembled so much that it took three attempts before she finally succeeded in properly capturing her bias family. If they’d wait a moment, she could pull out the cannon camera stuffed somewhere here and take proper pictures……
As soon as Mikyung took the photo and handed over the phone, Evan fiddled with his phone for quite a while, and simultaneously as Evan raised his head, a short alarm rang on Mikyung’s phone. Mikyung, who saw Eco conversing without paying attention to her, quickly took out her phone.
[Photo]
Nice weather.
The really short SNS content didn’t even have the common hashtags. Evan and Siwoo smiling brightly. And tiny Jadu was held tightly in Evan’s arms, so his face didn’t show at all. While confirming that for a moment, messages continued pouring into Mikyung’s phone.
It was the sound of Ecodan members, who had been holding their breath, awakening. Following the messages, this time the phone rang loudly. It was an acquaintance of Mikyung who knew where Eco had taken the photo.
Extra Story 27
Siwoo sat in the rocking chair in a spot with good sunlight and set his gaze on the beautiful scenery. He could hear the voices of Leo and Evan bickering right next to him, but he only smiled and didn’t particularly look that way.
Evan was worried he might drop the milk bottle and wanted to hold it, Leo, who could now hold and drink well with both hands alone, wanted to drink by himself—they’d been bickering over this agenda for almost several days now. Seeing them making a fuss over something so trivial when he could just pick it up again if it dropped or make new formula if the nipple got dirty, childcare ahead didn’t seem like it would be very comfortable.
“Hey! Son. Listen to daddy.”
“Bba-bba!!!!!!!!”
“That’s why I’m saying I’ll hold it.”
“Maaa~~~~~~~~~~~~”
“Both of you be quiet.”
When Siwoo took out his phone and quietly muttered while photographing the scenery, the bickering of the two alphas simply ended. Siwoo’s phone was full of photos of Evan, himself, and Leo. Photos taken next to Leo in the incubator. Looking at photos of himself or Evan holding Leo, Siwoo looked at them, now quiet.
Leo, held in Evan’s arms, was gripping the milk bottle tightly with both hands. And Evan, lightly holding the end of the bottle, was making eye contact with Leo. Whatever was so good about it, Leo, who grinned even while drinking milk, lightly pushed Evan with his foot and patted him, and Evan also smirked. While capturing such scenes on his phone, Siwoo let out a short sigh.
Late autumn full of cold energy. On the river where crowds of people enjoyed water sports all summer long, only birds flew leisurely. Boats suddenly began to appear in such a place.
The boats that suddenly appeared on the river were because of his impulsive decision. They couldn’t hide forever, and though Leo was docile inside the house now, they couldn’t raise him only inside the house forever. He had to go to kindergarten, go shopping, go play, didn’t he?
Both he and Evan liked to travel, and since they thought it was good to experience many things without being obsessed with education, at least when young, he also wanted to start going outside now. Above all, the recent glimpses of death news about himself and Leo were particularly irritating. While major media companies were somewhat scared and restrained themselves, the problem was one-person broadcasters who talked recklessly and then showed absurd reactions like “if not, never mind” or “did I say that?” and then submitted apology letters or whatnot when entering lawsuits.
He always thought this, but even setting himself aside, he didn’t like them touching even Leo.
The media was both perpetrator and protector.
Since people had stronger curiosity about secrets and hidden things, he thought it was okay to reveal their appearance now.
He didn’t know that the place to reveal their appearance again would be the cafe of a fan who had watched him and Evan for a long time.
“Wow, that’s fast. I don’t think it took quite two hours.”
Siwoo, who confirmed there were people with cameras on the boats that approached closely, got up from the rocking chair. Evan posted a photo, and people who figured out the background was a cafe in Gapyeong started flocking.
“If we’d dawdled a bit more, we would’ve been caught.”
“Feel a bit sorry for Mikyung noona? Looking at the direction those boats are going, they’re all heading toward Mikyung noona’s cafe.”
“Then what can we do. We agreed to close the cafe for a month.”
Though they could have posted photos taken at home, they needed the help of ordinary people who saw them, so they went a bit strong. They sought understanding from Mikyung, the owner, and gave the employees paid vacation for a month. They also gave Mikyung sufficient compensation and asked her to close for just a month, and she easily agreed with a few photos from the photo album.
And the cafe visitors they met when they went in were simply resolved by taking photos with Siwoo or Evan, excluding Leo. Since even the ordinary people who took photos uploaded them to their personal SNS, it was natural that Mikyung’s cafe would be on everyone’s lips, and it was natural that reporters would flock.
“It’s not bad to decorate the front page whenever I’m bored.”
Even during idol activities, he frequently decorated the front page, and recently he unintentionally dominated the media for a while with accident news, and today… the corner of Siwoo’s mouth, looking at internet news on his phone, rose crookedly on one side.
“Why! Our Leo. He’s a son, so why does everyone say daughter? Look at Leo’s face. He’s completely your spitting image! Hey! From birth, it’s like Evanie’s son was completely stamped on his forehead!”
Evan didn’t bother saying that the clothes Leo was wearing were pink, and that he still had the apple pigtails that Siwoo carefully gathered and tied from those thin, short strands of hair every morning just because it was cute.
Of course, a son could wear pink clothes and have apple pigtails, but he also didn’t say that the blanket inside the dark gray stroller they pulled around was also pink-toned, and the bottle containing the milk Leo was now eagerly drinking was also pink-toned.
And though it was a family photo, Leo was buried deep in Evan’s broad chest and even wearing a hat, so his actual face didn’t show properly either.
“Right?”
“Plus, I clearly said he was a son during the live!”
“You did.”
Evan answered the slightly excited Siwoo as neutrally as possible while wiping the corners of Leo’s mouth after finishing his milk, then hugged him tightly and approached the window, patting his back.
“A lot came.”
Watching the boats continuously running toward the cafe, Evan also nodded his head.
“Since it turned out like this, we should enjoy it excitedly. Just try bringing up weird things again.”
Siwoo’s fingertips, lying sprawled on the sofa inside the living room rather than the balcony, moved quickly. Until now, I held back showing off my handsome pair and handsome son, but there was no reason to do that anymore. I’ll show you how well we’re really living.
[Video]
Love forever.
Siwoo, who didn’t add explanations, voluntarily added a comment for the first time and grinned.
“Coco!!!! Coco!!!!!!!!”
“Why?”
“Quickly~ Quickly~”
At Evanie’s urgent voice, who normally wasn’t surprised by anything or impatient, Siwoo threw down his phone and ran to where Evan and Jadu were.
“Um… ma.”
“He said mom! Our Jadu is a genius!”
“Abu… babababa……”
Whether stroking or pulling the fur, anyway, endless babbling flowed from Jadu’s mouth as he touched Rush, who was lying down and resting.
“Jadu-ya. Mom! Mom!”
“Aba~~~~~~~~~~”
“Oh. He said dad. Congratulations.”
A small laugh burst from Siwoo’s mouth as he patted the shoulder of Evan, who sat next to Jadu and bent his large frame to make eye contact with Jadu, telling him to say mom again.
Is happiness somewhere else? It’s right here.
“Jadu-ya, tell daddy ‘I love you.’ And make sure to say that mom told you to say it.”
“Will daddy also tell mom he loves her?”
“Hmph-“
A sigh flowed from Rush’s mouth as he lay down in a spot with good sunlight to take a nap.
– The End –
[Eco]… Is this heaven?
Eco. Our Coco. Evanie…….
Jadu-ya!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right. Because of those crazy paparazzi bastards! But they say Korea.
It’s Korea.
Gapyeong. Gapyeong cafe there…….
……Homma-nim?
┗ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s homma-nim’s cafe. Homma-nim, please come out
┗ For real our homma-nim. You’re alive, right?
┗ If it were me. Heart attack. I would’ve left this world…….
┗ Wow…… I knew homma-nim ran a cafe, but it’s in Gapyeong????
┗ It’s homma-nim’s cafe;;;;;;;;;;;
┗ What the 129????
[Eco] This is Ecoresult.
Hello, this is Ecoresult.
Everyone must be very surprised and flustered, but as you saw, Eco and Jadu are in Korea and it’s true they visited our cafe.
I also recently learned that Eco and Jadu were in Korea, and I hadn’t contacted them personally nor knew they were safe.
As they suffered a lot due to paparazzi, Eco was also cautious.
As you know, our Eco never hid from the beginning. Like real Ecodan members know, they openly dated on broadcasts from the start, but it was our delusion that denied it.
Looking back at myself, who was a pointless conservative, many people left Ecodan along with the last incident, but we plan to continue operating as is without recruiting more members.
*From here on is random talk and I’ll spill the tea about receiving Eco and Jadu as a successful fan. You know, dark writing style.
If it leaks, you know? I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth and punish you. I bet both my wrists that not just me, but Evanie won’t stay still either.
First…… I’m alive. I almost had a heart attack, but I safely(?) overcame the crisis.
For real Eco. Our Eco’s appearance hasn’t changed at all.
Our Coco…… Coco, did you really give birth? How do you renew your beauty day by day?
Evanie, as always, has that strong self-assertive face working hard,
Coco wore skinny jeans and an oversized hoodie as usual.
Well, if you look at the photos, you’ll know. It just felt like they were shooting a pictorial with one baby ㅜㅜ
And uh, Jadu, who wasn’t properly revealed.
Is already a completed form. Mixed Eco well and put in infinite cuteness.
Round, big eyes with deep double eyelids, and whether resembling Coco, really long eyelashes creating shadows! Eye color is the exact same green as Evanie. The high, prominent nose is also Evanie but those plump, small, red lips are Coco.
That concentrated beak of Coco. Looks exactly like that.
Babbles really well too. Evanie and Coco took turns holding.
Just a doll coming to life ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
There’s a fuss about Jadu’s gender now, but Coco told us Jadu’s gender during the live.
Although the clothes worn from head to toe and even the pacifier were all pink-pink, originally pink is for boys.
Pink is the truth, right? Isn’t it?
And actually, I held Jadu……
Haa- I really thought I’d die then. My arms were trembling so much I was afraid I’d drop Jadu. Just…….
So Coco laughed and said it was okay.
No. Nimha is a baby’s mom. Jadu’s mom!
Our Coco is strong as expected.
……Coco will probably spill this, but he said he was upset that Jadu was born early due to the accident and stayed in the incubator for a long time.
‘Those paparazzi bastards. I should catch them all and bend their waists backward……’
‘Coco, Jadu’s here.’
As expected, tough guy Coco. While saying that, clenching his fist tightly and trembling. Gritting his teeth cursing the paparazzi, and Evanie covered both of Jadu’s ears tightly with those big hands and spoke gently. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ As expected, Coco is a tough guy.
Anyway, they said they’re really living well and are happy.
No. Even without saying that, watching them, happiness was already overflowing.
Giggling with laughter, Jadu slapping Evanie’s cheek.
Though they won’t officially broadcast or anything, Coco said his editing skills improved a lot ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’ll do lives again and show themselves a lot.
But they’re still considering fully revealing Jadu’s face.
Anyway, so relieved that Eco and Jadu are safe ㅜㅜ
Oh, reporters and everyone are coming to our cafe now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ We’re not opening for a while. Don’t come. Evanie said we and the employees would have a hard time if we opened, so he generously gave us paid vacation instead. I’m the boss but Evanie acts like he’s the owner.
Now let’s run again, our Ecodan!!!!!!! Ah, but there’s Jadu too, so should we go with Ecoja…….
┗ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ecoja…… what to do…….
┗ Our homma-nim. You saved the earth in your past life…… You held Jadu ㅜㅜ
┗ Those paparazzi bastards really need their waists bent backward. Really during the live, his belly didn’t look very big, but incubator ㅜㅜ Ha…… Really everyone suffered. Let’s be happy!! You two~!!!
┗ Ack…… Just imagining…… Green eyes in Coco’s eyes.
┗ This is my grave. Now it’s become an era of generational fandom.
┗ New concept fandom. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
┗ Seriously relieved Eco is safe, and Jadu too ㅜㅜ Aak. Suddenly seeing the photo that appeared, I thought it was edited and denied it. But it was real ㅜㅜ
┗ Shouting emotional domi-domi. ㅜㅜ
┗ Wow. Those who saw the video Coco just uploaded. First go watch it. You must watch it.
┗ ……Welfare is truly achieved because Coco exists.
┗ Our Jadu. Cleverly covered well. Easily passes deliberation ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
┗ I’m going crazy. No. Evanie stark naked in the bathtub! That angry geunyuk-geunyuk. Uh. What chest muscles and abs, just 1919191919191919 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Jadu-ya? Our Jadu. You resemble your parents so you already know how to broadcast. How is the position floating around with just a neck tube so perfectly covering Evanie right there????
┗ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ As expected, rating control is our Coco.
┗ Coco’s laughing voice in the video is so clear. You can really feel the happiness. In the midst of that, Jadu flapping around. Aak…… So cute. Really cleverly covered Evanie. Oh! Right, that’s Coco’s.
┗ Really what the 129???? Even if you insist the photo is edited, you absolutely can’t insist this video is.
┗ In the midst of this, the background music…… Worldwide hit song…… Baby Shark. I’m going crazy. Right, you’re a family! Family.
┗ “Mommy Shark is filming. What are you doing, Daddy Shark?” “Why don’t you come in too?” Really this conversation. It’s really a pure conversation but did I get weird thoughts?
┗ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Let’s find stability listening to Jadu’s kyaa~~~~~~~~ sound.
┗ By the way, that bathtub could fit about four adults.
┗ The window next to the bathtub there. The sprawling lawn and the river flowing behind the garden trees…… Gapyeong??
┗ Gapyeong? Gapyeong! Homma-nim. There are lots of really pretty and nice country houses near the cafe?
┗…… How long is the commute from Gapyeong to Seoul?
┗ I should start looking for a house in Gapyeong from today.
┗ Already hearing the sound of Gapyeong house prices rising…….
<The End>
