episode_0069

Ding ding ding… Good morning~ Ding ding ding… … .

Pappappappappa~ Pappappappa! Good mo… .

“Ugh… !”

I was using the default mechanical alarm, but I changed it a few days ago after I overslept and didn’t hear it.

The effect is really good… .

I was healing my mind while listening to sweet a cappella, and it suddenly felt like a troop of kangaroos had invaded the concert hall.

Anyway, it was a bit of a shock, but it did open my eyes.

“Haaam… .”

I yawn with my upper body raised and then stare blankly for a moment.

I’m sleepy….

Because I fell asleep at almost 4 in the morning yesterday.

I slept for a little less than 3 hours, so it was natural that I felt sleepy.

“Um… .”

Was it because I moved that the future also tossed and turned and groaned?

Throb, thump.

Eyebrows furrowing slightly as if having a nightmare.

After wiggling like that three or four more times, Mirai’s eyelids slowly opened.

“Can’t you sleep a little more?”

“Huh… ? Then just a little more… .”

Oops, I almost gave in out of habit.

Anyone would want to give permission if they saw Mirae smiling bashfully while rubbing her sleepy eyes.

“No, now we can sleep separately… .”

In the first place, Mirae had returned to her room at dawn yesterday.

Even though she said she acted like a daughter at home, she and Hannah originally slept in their own rooms before Hannah came.

I also checked clearly and lay down on the bed.

“I tried to sleep alone… but I couldn’t sleep… .”

The future muttered, wrapping both arms around my neck.

This is what my daughter looks like.

It’s a rule that the future has set with its own hands, and there’s no way that someone who wants to be your lover would act like this.

Oh my….

If it’s a daughter, then there’s no problem, right?

I couldn’t sleep so I came to my mom’s side. Isn’t that a completely normal situation?

This is why I feel like I’m a weird person…

“This, the future… .”

“Don’t call me by my last name. It’s scary.”

A future where the corners of the mouth slightly raise without even a speck of fear showing.

She’s my daughter, but she really doesn’t seem to have a good personality.

No, rather than saying it’s bad… I should say it looks dark inside.

“Ugh… .”

I kept moving my lips, but eventually they broke.

There was something I wanted to say, but I couldn’t really say it.

If you ask me if I had any selfish intentions first, it feels like I’m expecting it. Mirae may have done it with a truly pure heart.

In the end, the only way is to believe in the future and not doubt it, but no matter what, it was impossible not to worry.

‘Instead of worrying about myself, I think it would be better to worry about Mom first.’

Was this it?

Did you anticipate the future?

“… Starting tomorrow, let’s sleep separately.”

“You speak as if you are a couple whose love has cooled.”

Is this my daughter?

Stop talking nonsense with our daughter’s face!

“If you keep doing that… Mom has thoughts too.”

He muttered in a serious voice and threw the blanket away.

If the future has made me conscious in this way, I will repay it in a similar way.

The name is ‘Future Baby Plan.’

She tells Mirae all the good things about her daughter and makes her into a person who can’t survive without her mother.

Of course, I will still think seriously about the future, but I still want to be at ease while I am at home.

Even at home, it’s like this… I can’t even imagine how it would change when I go outside.

“Thoughts…?”

Mirae tilts her head with an expression like, ‘What is Mom thinking?!’

Okay, Mom will take care of it.

“My daughter, what do you want for breakfast?”

Mom’s smile.

She showed a bright smile that was 100% pure, without any impurities.

“Toast is enough… .”

“Huh, is that strawberry jam?”

“There’s only strawberry jam anyway… .”

The future hesitated as if it was bewildering.

Look, it’s understandable that you would be embarrassed if you had impure intentions.

“Sleep a little longer. Mom will make it soon.”

I tied my messy, unruly hair up with a scrunchie and headed to the kitchen.

Since it’s morning, I’m not going to feel burdened, so I’ll just top it with jam and a fried egg.

Come to think of it, I should eat up the banana too… Should I blend it with milk and drink it?

No. Mirae doesn’t like sweets that much, so let’s just have plain milk.

Before preparing breakfast, I first get an estimate and then quickly prepare the ingredients.

It’s a typical housewife’s morning.

Now I finally felt like I could breathe.

“Fried egg?”

“… I told you to sleep more.”

For a moment, Mirae, who I thought had fallen asleep hugging her pillow, slowly came up next to me.

How dare you interrupt mom’s time.

This is unfair.

“You’re already awake. I’ll help you.”

A future where you crack an egg into a frying pan and pour it next to the toast you’re baking.

The sight of him breaking an egg with one hand looked like a painting.

I guess it’s because my hands are small, but I can’t do it very well.

Oh, now is not the time to be appreciating things.

“Hehehe, my daughter is good.”

Coming to my senses belatedly, I lifted my chin slightly and stroked Mirae’s head.

Don’t forget to praise even the smallest things.

It is the basics of parenting. That way, internal intimacy between parents and children is built, and the child’s self-esteem is raised.

“You look like a newlywed couple.”

In the case of the future… I think the inner intimacy is too much.

“Where can you find a newlywed couple who pats each other on the head while saying they are nice?”

“Here it is.”

Moreover, since I already had enough self-esteem, I didn’t even blink at my mother’s rebuttal.

“Good, good.”

Even putting his hand on my head and slowly running it down my hair.

Where in the world can you find such a lovely daughter?

“Oh, there’s no daughter stroking her mother’s head?”

But the words that came out of my mouth were completely different from what I was thinking.

I’m not sure, but it’s definitely strange.

First of all, I felt strange.

Okay, let’s think about it in terms of another house.

Seo-hu stroking the woman’s head.

Yeah, that’s still weird.

“Why, even a daughter can praise her mother.”

As I held Future’s hand and lowered it down, Future smacked her lips as if she was very sorry.

“When you grow up, you don’t get compliments very often. So you have to do it with your family.”

Then I added something that sounded more like an explanation than an excuse, and at that moment, my hand that was putting the spatula under the toast suddenly stopped.

How can this child be so deep?

Actually, I don’t think I’ve received much praise since I became an adult. But relatively recently, the chairman and branch manager have given me some praise…

In fact, even if you are a middle school student, you don’t get many opportunities to be praised. That’s why the role of parents is the most important.

Still… it’s okay to be praised by your daughter sometimes. Parents are people too, after all.

“What, what is this from the morning… .”

Boom. Chiik─

The sound of butter spread on the surface of bread boiling in a frying pan.

The loud noise hid my sobs.

“Are you in love?”

But since it was not a distance that could be hidden, the future’s proud voice soon returned.

“I was touched… .”

Let’s forgive him this time.

Because just now, it was a line that would have received 100 points in any relationship.

So we made toast with one frying pan, put it on a white plate and brought it to the table.

“I will eat well.”

Bow.

We thanked each other for the hard work of cooking and took mouthfuls of freshly baked, crispy toast.

“Is it delicious?”

Then I asked Mirae about her impressions of the taste.

“I like it because it’s familiar.”

A fairly satisfactory answer came back.

“Yeah, it’s good to be familiar with it.”

Haha, this time it’s my victory.

Familiarity can cause a lot of headaches, but familiarity still has its own charm.

I’m glad the future knows that.

With a small smile on our lips, we continued our quiet breakfast.

The future is eating in a hurry to see Chuchu, and because of that, I have to brush the bread crumbs off the corners of the future’s mouth.

Although no such incidents occurred, it was a very comfortable time because I had become accustomed to the current eating style.

“Future, ah~ Try it, Mom will do it for you.”

After finishing my meal, I went to the bathroom and shoved a toothbrush at Mirae.

“I’ll take care of it.”

As expected, I avoided it with disgust, but something kept glancing at me.

As if secretly expecting it.

“Hey, why are you acting so sad?”

“You’ve never brushed your teeth for me before.”

“Oh, no? When I was little, my mom used to clean it for me every day!”

I let out a loud voice because my heart was stinging.

But from that painful moment, I realized what I had done wrong, so I couldn’t force it anymore.

“That’s what I did when I was little, just like my mom said.”

“… Right.”

It was certainly not just Mirae who was behaving differently than usual.

If I do this, we will both become conscious of the future and it will be uncomfortable for both of us.

“But since I’ve already decided… Should I give it a try? It reminds me of the old days.”

When I asked carefully, Mirae, who had been thinking for a while, suddenly picked up my toothbrush.

“… Instead, there is a condition.”

Conditions? What are you going to do now?

“I’ll be your mom too.”

“Okay, sleep… .”

Before I could refuse, the toothbrush was in my mouth.

A strong mint flavor that spreads in the mouth.

For some reason, my toothbrush felt like a foreign object, so I unconsciously closed my mouth.

“Muup… .”

“Open your mouth.”

The future pressed my cheek with its thumb and index finger.

No, I thought of it first!

“Ugh… .”

“You’re throwing away your hips… .”

So I too, put a toothbrush into my future mouth.

Chika chika.

Stand facing each other in front of a mirror and brush your teeth thoroughly.

I had experience brushing Future’s teeth, so I did it skillfully, and surprisingly, Future did it well without any discomfort. It was as if someone knew the structure of my mouth.

“Stick out your tongue… .”

“You’re coming out!”

Time passes in a rather strange way.

Spitting out the toothpaste in your mouth and sticking your tongue out while brushing someone else’s tongue.

You’re having an experience that you can’t have even if you pay money for it.

“He’s going… Phew!”

After brushing my teeth, which was a bit odd, I stood in front of the sink and rinsed my mouth.

“Future, Mom… Ah, no… .”

“Why, you even wash me?”

“Oh, no? You wash by yourself.”

How did you know?

I was about to ask without thinking, but I swallowed it in shock. I thought I wouldn’t be able to handle the consequences if I did that.

“Future, haven’t you seen Mom’s cardigan?”

After washing up safely, I started to prepare for work in earnest.

Well, it’s just a matter of changing clothes.

“I put it in the laundry net yesterday.”

“Oh, right… .”

You can’t go to work wearing dirty clothes.

“I have to wash it right away when I get back.”

Although it is not mandatory, I still wear the dress pants and dress shirt that the guild recommends, and over that, I wear my second favorite black cardigan.

Even if you say it’s the second one, the design is almost similar, and there’s only a slight difference in feel.

Maybe it’s because my favorite cardigan is the one I received most recently.

“You prepared quickly?”

“Mom was slow.”

After packing my bag and going out to the front door, Mirae, wearing her academy uniform, was waiting for me.

Sure… if I had a favorite cardigan, I would have worn it without hesitation, but the second one had a subtle feel, so it took some time.

“But why aren’t you going out?”

The entrance to our house is relatively narrow.

I feel bad that the subject of comparison is the chairman’s house entrance, but anyway, when you struggle to put on your shoes, you end up bumping into each other.

Because the person who prepared first should leave first, Mirae just stared at me even after putting on her shoes.

It’s so obvious.

I’m looking at it so intensely that I’m avoiding it because it’s burdensome.

“… Why?”

I asked again just in case, but somehow I felt like I knew.

Because this was a sight I always saw every morning.

“I want to kiss you… .”

A voice full of hesitation.

I already noticed why the future was hesitating.

Maybe you felt bad about asking.

“Ah, no, kissing is a bit… .”

But that wasn’t the problem.

I forgot everything that happened that night.

Actually, it would be a bit of a stretch to say that I forgot, and if I had to say something, it would be more accurate to say that I forgave.

Because we have chosen to leave the mistakes of the past in the past and move forward.

But a kiss?

You want to kiss me when you know exactly what the kiss means?

“If you suddenly stop doing what you always do…it will interfere with your daily life… .”

As I hesitated and took a step back, Mirae began to mutter in a dark voice.

“So you can’t concentrate in class… You accidentally get hurt during practice… And your grades drop… .”

Because it sounds like a curse.

“Oh, I got it!”

In the end, my weak heart couldn’t bear it.

“Are you really acting like a daughter?”

“Yeah, I have no ulterior motives. I swear to the heavens.”

Yeah, you said Mirae would be a perfect daughter at home.

Well then, I guess I should do what I usually do.

“Yes.”

I walked back to the front door and stood in front of Mirae with my feet up.

Then Mirae slightly lowered her head, supported my head and back, and very carefully covered my lips.

Chuuut─

Soft lips that are pressed down from top to bottom.

There wasn’t as much heat there as last night.

My heart wasn’t racing, nor was I shocked to the point of being unable to stand.

Instead, it was warm.

Because it’s comfortable and soft.

A kiss like that, that you find yourself wanting without even realizing it.

It was the kiss between mother and daughter that we always did.