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by adminSi-hyuk arrived at the hospital room as quickly as possible and immediately checked his grandmother’s condition.
According to Dayoon’s explanation, who opened her mouth with difficulty after sobbing and seeing Sihyuk, she fell down in the bathroom at dawn.
The younger siblings also looked surprised and were crying nearby.
As Sihyuk carefully held his grandmother’s hand, she slowly opened her eyes.
“… .”
The grandmother, who was breathing hard, didn’t say anything.
He just made eye contact with Shihyuk for a long time, then looked at Dayoon and his siblings once each before closing his eyes again.
Although he didn’t say anything, his warm heart was conveyed to everyone.
In particular, Sihyuk, who had been making eye contact for a long time, seemed to have heard the words, “Please take good care of Dayoon.”
My grandmother passed away without ever opening her eyes again.
“Grandma… !”
Sihyuk took a step back for Dayoon and his siblings and secretly wiped away the tears that were flowing down his face.
The doctor came in and confirmed the grandmother’s death, recording the time of death. Shi-hyuk tried to take care of everyone who was grieving.
After sending off her grandmother, who had taken care of her in place of her parents throughout her life, Dayoon was unable to pay much attention to her younger siblings and just sat there.
Si-hyuk comforted and hugged the bewildered Da-yoon, and hugged his younger siblings one by one.
I received a death certificate on behalf of Dayoon, who was having a hard time.
He, who was less sad, tried to lead everyone by himself.
I started by reserving a funeral home and did my best to prepare for the funeral.
In addition, in order to lighten Dayoon’s heavy heart even a little, he chose the best funeral items he could, intending to pay for them himself. He sent the obituary text message along with Dayoon.
It was a long time for Si-hyuk, who had suffered directly, but it was a very fast time for Da-yoon, who just kept shedding tears.
I couldn’t sleep at all, so I spent the day wide awake, and finished the embalming ritual before putting my grandmother in her shroud and putting her in the prepared coffin.
Although I wasn’t ready to send my grandmother off yet, the funeral home was already filled with neighbors who were close to my grandmother and relatives I hadn’t greeted before.
Even though it didn’t feel real that she was wearing mourning clothes, her body mechanically welcomed the mourners.
I had to give a formal greeting with a blank expression and thank them for coming.
Some people remembered their grandmother while wiping away tears, while others just ate and left without saying a word.
Looking inside the funeral home, Dayoon felt empty.
Whenever I shed tears like that, Sihyuk would always come to my side and hold on strong.
He woke up at dawn and arranged for his younger siblings to stay in a nearby hotel room, so that when there were no visitors, the two of them could be alone.
As night fell, Dayoon, whose body was full of fatigue, fell asleep while holding onto the black clothes of Sihyuk next to her.
In the quiet dawn, she barely opened her eyes and mumbled, unable to tell if this was reality or a dream.
Then he discovered Sihyuk’s face and asked tremblingly.
“Why are you doing this to me…? ”
After her grandmother passed away, Dayoon’s mental state became so severe that she developed a sense of inferiority.
She couldn’t understand why Shihyuk was running around here and there alone as if it was his own family’s business.
She was the one who had to work hard, but the one who was actually busy all day was Sihyuk.
“Why are you being so kind to me, to my family…? Is my body your goal? Otherwise, there would be no reason for you to be so affectionate… Huh?”
Dayoon’s eyes wavered anxiously. She suspected Shihyuk, but at the same time, she wanted to hear that he didn’t mean it that way.
“You approached me because I was poor and in a difficult situation, and because I looked easy to take advantage of? That’s why you treated me well…?”
Da-yoon was so confused. Everything seemed like a lie, from calling 119 at dawn, to her grandmother passing away, to even now when she was at the funeral.
I thought maybe Shihyuk was fake too. Suah, who said she would turn off her phone while going to the retreat, didn’t answer the phone. She didn’t even give me an emergency contact number, so I couldn’t even send her any news.
Maybe Kim Si-hyuk is also a figment of her imagination.
I held on tight because it felt like Shihyuk would disappear at any moment.
I’m so grateful, but it was so hard to say thank you.
“Da Yoon-ah.”
Sihyuk, who didn’t know when he woke up, met eyes with Dayoon, who was having a hard time.
And he held my hand warmly.
“I treat you well because I care for you and love you.”
“But… .”
“And I also became very attached to my grandmother. It was the first time I felt this way since I didn’t have a grandmother.”
At first, he approached Da-yoon’s family in order to win over Da-yoon. However, to Si-hyuk, who had lived his whole life with a busy stepmother and an older sister who harassed him, Da-yoon’s family was too warm.
So, without realizing it, I approached him with sincerity.
To gain favor, all you had to do was buy delicious things and treat Dayoon well.
There was no need to cook for me and play with my younger siblings.
But before I knew it, whenever I saw something nice, I thought of my younger sibling and grandmother and looked forward to the time when we could talk together.
I will never forget the wrinkled hands that held candy in my hand as I asked them to take good care of Dayoon, and the affectionate eyes that met my eyes before I passed away.
Shihyuk shed tears as he thought of his grandmother.
Da-yoon, who realized Shi-hyeok’s sincerity after seeing his tears, pressed their foreheads together and apologized for doubting him.
And then she dug into Shihyuk’s arms and whispered that she loved him.
The door of my heart, which had been tightly closed with sadness, suddenly opened wide.
As time passed, Dayoon cremated her grandmother and scattered her ashes in the sea as she had always wished, and then returned to her semi-basement house.
Although I returned home after a few days, it felt like it had been a very long time since I had been back.
Dayoon couldn’t hide her bitterness when she saw her grandmother’s empty room.
I couldn’t take my eyes off the traces of my grandmother that still filled the room.
Da-yoon, who was organizing the albums, old black-and-white photos, and glasses that were in her grandmother’s room with her siblings, felt like she was going to cry again.
There was already a younger sibling who was sobbing.
At that moment, Si-hyuk came over and hugged his younger siblings’ shoulders. He sincerely comforted them, saying that their grandmother was inside of them.
We were all very tired, both mentally and physically, so we had a quick dinner and then went to sleep.
Shihyuk slept next to Dayoon, holding her close to him, in case she woke up in the middle of the night and got anxious.
Thanks to that, Dayoon was able to sleep soundly without having nightmares and only feeling a slight sense of longing.
Dayoon, who woke up late in the morning for the first time in a while since she hadn’t gone to the academy, felt good when she smelled kimchi stew.
When I came out of the room with my hair disheveled, Si-hyuk was setting up kimchi stew, rolled eggs, and seaweed on the table.
“Are you awake?”
“Yeah… What is all this?”
After seeing the kimchi stew set, Dayoon swallowed as she sat down.
“I thought about it and realized we haven’t had breakfast together recently, so I prepared it. Let’s eat before it gets cold.”
Si-hyuk handed Dayoon a spoon and chopsticks and nodded his head as he ate the breakfast he had prepared, wondering if it tasted good.
“The kids wanted to eat pizza more than rice, so I gave them my card and sent them.”
He glanced at his cell phone and continued speaking.
“I just paid, so it’ll take some time to get home.”
“I see… .”
Da-yoon felt grateful to Si-hyuk, who took care of his younger siblings like a father.
Thinking about the card I gave to my siblings reminded me of Shihyuk paying for the funeral expenses yesterday.
“Ah! How much did you spend at the funeral yesterday? I’ll send it to you.”
“Don’t send it to me, I wanted to do it for you.”
For Da-yoon, who knew that funeral expenses were in the hundreds, it was not an expense that she could just say thank you for.
“No matter what, it’s like that… .”
“That’s all I can do for you, Grandma. But you’ve given Grandma a lot of good memories, right? ”
Sihyuk looked at Dayoon affectionately and said.
Da-yoon nodded helplessly, knowing that Shi-hyuk treated his grandmother like his own grandmother.
“By the way, don’t you have to go to the academy today?”
Da-yoon looked at her watch and realized that today was Monday. She would be allowed to attend if she just submitted her grandmother’s death certificate, but Si-hyuk was not.
“It’s okay, I’ll just be absent.”
Shihyuk shrugged his shoulders, finished his meal, and washed the dishes.
With nothing to do, Dayoon sat in the living room, fidgeting and looking at Sihyuk’s back.
There was determination in those eyes.
She sat down next to Si-hyuk, who had finished washing the dishes, and took a moment to calm the mood before speaking.
“I know what I’m saying is a bit weird, but… Do you want to go out with me?”
When Shihyuk made a surprised expression, he spoke as if making an excuse.
“No, I didn’t suddenly think of it. It’s just that my thoughts changed a lot after seeing you for a few days. I thought, if it’s you, Shihyuk, I can trust you with my life, something like that… .”
“What about dating Suah?”
“I’ll take care of Su-ah somehow. Either way.”
Dayoon made up her mind.
The scale of my heart, which had been tilted towards Shihyuk from the beginning, completely tilted after my grandmother passed away.
Even if there are personal circumstances, when your grandmother passes away, your heart cannot help but go to the person who was there for you throughout the funeral, rather than the person you cannot contact.
Moreover, he is not just someone who is there for you, but someone who takes care of you and your family with utmost sincerity.
“I’m actually dating Chaewon-”
“I know you guys are dating! So I’m going to tell you whether you’re dating or not… !”
Dayoon turned her head to the side and asked, perhaps embarrassed to confess again after saying it herself.
Sihyuk smiled at the cute sight and responded with a kiss.
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