About You: Love & Sacrifice

Just Trust Me

"Mama, Seojun is laughing because of big brother!" Yeonjun reported when Younha was in the sink to wash the used kitchen utensils for breakfast this morning.

"Ohya? Means Seojun likes to play with brother." Younha replied with a smile.

"Well, Seobear is adorable." Yeonjun pinched the small cheeks of her sister's bulging.

"Seobear?"

"Yes, Seobear calls dearly from Mirae's aunt. That big brother calls unfortunately Yeonttomeok!" His eldest son was very excited. "Aunty Mirae said because she loves to eat, so she named it. How's mom, like it?"

"Oh, I like it."

The unit bell rang out, Younha immediately wiped her hands and rushed to open the door. Unexpectedly, a courier carried a bouquet of white Lily flowers with one plain letter without the sender's name. Younha denied that he had never ordered, but the courier insisted that the flowers be sent to Younha's address. He finally accepted although confused heavily.

Younha arranged the flowers on a small glass vase filled with water and placed them on the living room buffet, temporarily ignoring where the flowers came from to enjoy the moment with her favorite flowers. When he wanted to open the mysterious letter without a name, Seojun spilled a bowl of cereal when the brother to the bathroom—Younha rushed over and cleaned it so as not to spill anywhere.

Leave the unopened mail envelope on the buffet.

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"Mama, why didn't you come?" Yeonjun was pouting, playing with her sister's baby toys since earlier. Maybe I'm bored now. "Didn't you miss Yeonjun and Seojun. Even though I miss you, why don't we go to my dad's apartment, Mama? Building height—Yeonjun can see another building from above."

Hearing the innocent words from Yeonjun's mouth made Younha reflect on what had happened to her. Pieces of painful moments a week ago re-spin in memory. It had been quite a week Younha shut himself up and pondered over being too broken. He had to get better soon, there were still two kurcils depending on him. Younha's life can't stop because of heartache.

"Can't." Younha smiled bitterly. "From now on we can't see Dad anymore. Yeonjun lives a threesome huh, with Mama and Seojun."

"Why?" Yeonjun blinked, his manik keeps the sadness. "Dad won't see Yeonjun again? Yeonjun is recalcitrant, Mama?"

"Yeonjun is not a wayward person." Younha rubbed her son's black hair. "Yeonjun and Seojun are good boys. It's just—we can't see Dad anymore. If you need to, you don't have to look for Dad anymore, yeah. Mama will try her best to make her brother and sister happy."

"So I don't understand." Yeonjun.

"I'm sorry Mama." Younha's whisper kissed Yeonjun's temple and hugged him, then continued inwardly, Sorry that Mama couldn't keep Dad for Yeonjun and Seojun.

Dding up! Ddong!

"There are more guests!" Yeonjun ran small towards the door wanting to see who his guest was? Younha puts Seojun in her baby's seat before catching up with her eldest son.

On his tiptoes, Yeonjun pulled the door handle before shrieking in excitement and shock.

"OOM OOJIINN?!"

"Ogu-Oogu, Prince om Woojin!" The man wearing belel jeans in a white shirt immediately lifted Yeonjun into his sling. "Now it's big, but it used to like the pacifier!"

"Now Yeonjun is not a pacifier anymore!" Yeonjun smiled, showing off his new, slightly growing teeth.

Younha greeted Woojin with a discordant smile, not expecting the man to visit her home after the meeting one Week ago. Actually, Younha is still awkward to deal with Woojin. First, because she is Hyejin's cousin and her ex-husband's best friend. Second, the question that Younha had not decided on was still in her heart—if almost Younha received instantly.

"Come in, brother." Tawar Younha welcomes and receives a parcel from Woojin and then proceeds to the kitchen to make a drink.

"Well, Seojun is adorable!!" Woojin plots so down Yeonjun and sees Seojun in the living room. "May I carry it?"

"It's good you could stop by my house, brother."

Woojin nodded. "Are you okay?"

Younha's eyebrows were raised in confusion, despite knowing what the man meant.

"I'll be fine." He also chuckled, melting the atmosphere. "This is life, cruel, even if we do good."

"The world belongs to the wicked, but they will not find happiness." Answer Woojin. "Happiness will only be felt by good people, because bad people do not understand the meaning of happiness itself."

"Hm?"

"You."

"What?"

"A moment of happiness will come for you Younha-ya. You will be happy after everything—happy many times over." Woojin rubbed his palms awkwardly. "I've heard everything about Jihoon yesterday, but you take it easy—Jinan doesn't know about this. Jihoon is stupid, so I scold him."

Younha only smiled bitterly, playing Seojun's tiny hand on Woojin's lap.

"Even though I'm Jihoon's best friend and Hyejin's cousin, that doesn't mean I'm on their side. It is too childish if personal affairs are mixed with work, it looks very if he is not professional. Even to the point of telling you to resign— is a nonsensical thing I've met in my entire life." The man tried to tell the story as casually as possible when he saw Younha's expression.

Younha lowered her head, holding back tears as much as possible when recalling the incident.

"I'm sorry." Woojin said softly. "I'm sorry for those who hurt you."

"I'm actually sick of hearing sorry." Younha squeaks small. "Humans always abuse the word without even contemplating its intent. They take advantage of the word sorry and act like it, they think sorry is enough?"

Woojin looked at Younha with a hard-to-understand look.

"Today—there's only me and the kids. Nothing yesterday, enough for everything that has happened. I don't need past memories, they're useless to me."

"I'll be there if you need a place to tell stories—" Woojin interrupts. "—or friend. It might be hard if you look at me as if there are shadows of people hurting you. But I'll still be there. Don't be cry and sad for many reasons. Just trust me."

Their eye-links met for a long time, if you can—ingin once Younha hugged the man, who had given warmth to her heart even for a little while. "Thank you, brother."

At first it may be that Younha is uncomfortable with Woojin's existence because the man is only reminiscent of Jihoon, but as time goes by their conversation flows smoothly like water without being awkward. Yeonjun and Seojun were also very cheerful as they were playing with their own father. Younha looked at Woojin with her two sons and realized that she was smiling.

The smile that was lost a few weeks ago is now coming back because of a small thing that even Younha did not expect.

"Well, Yeonjun is so good at talking about medicine when he's only four?"

Younha smiled. "He must be more successful than his mother, he says he wants to be a doctor."

"He will, for having a great mama like you."

Younha was a little flattered to hear a little compliment from Woojin—but, is it true that she is that great?

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