A woman about the age of 42, was sweeping the floor by shouting out to her daughters who were getting ready for their school.
“Yahh.. get ready soon. Watch out the clock. Does it stop for a while for you to get ready? That's why you have to sleep early. I have repeated it for a long time. But no one in this house is not ready to hear my words. Do whatever you want. You will understand it by sometime. Oh god, these kids. Danbi-ah, Haeun-ah…. Come fast and have your breakfast. I will give you two minutes. Within that., your room door should be opened....... Bla… bla… bla”
Within a fraction of seconds, the room door opened and a girl with two ponies came out by hanging a little school bag on her shoulder.
“Why are you yelling like this, ma. Don't we know the time. Why can't a girl in this independent country take some time to get ready? Aahh.. I really don't like this word “Monday”. Waking up,getting ready,hearing your lamenting, eating breakfast, travelling on the bus, reaching the school, especially studying……. I can't”. Said Haeun in a “done’’ tone.
“Just stop the nonsense and eat breakfast. Danbi-ah are you still getting ready? Come fast.” yelled hyung jung.
“Done ma. Coming, coming,coming.” came a girl hurriedly from the room and sat down on the floor to have her breakfast.
“As usual bread and omelet.uffffff. It's ok. Amma! We have a PTA tomorrow.and it's my last PTA in school. Inform appa about it and please ask only him to come to the school. So,my life may be saved tomorrow.” said haeun by keeping a piece of bread in her mouth.
Having some giggles, danbi spoked out, “Amma. Keep her aside. I want you two to come to school. Yesterday I forgot about it to inform this to appa. I am the rank holder. So , I definitely want you two to come to school. Let's have some fun there. I think haeun may get low marks in her exams. Otherwise, she likes you both.’’ By saying so, Danbi raised her eyebrows to haeun and silently laughed at her.
“Low marks? Me? No way. Ma! You can come to school tomorrow. Lets see who is having fun tomorrow” smirked haeun at danbi.
The mother listened to these conversations silently with a laugh.After finishing the breakfast, the girls hugged their mother. The mother too hugged them tightly and told them to go safe and also promised them that she and their father will attend the meeting for sure. The girls happily went to the bus stand and while moving in the bus danbi smiled at haeun and told her that “I wish our family should be happy forever. You,me,appa,amma want to be happy forever.’’. Haeun too smiled at her and hugged her hands by clinging her head towards her shoulder.
After doing some house chores, Hyung Jung was reminded of the PTA and she ran towards her phone to call her husband to inform about the matter. So that he can manage his schedules tomorrow. She called, the ring went,the person on the other side attended the call and said, “ hello”. But it's not the voice of her husband. Rather the voice said it's a hospital and the person who owns that phone was admitted in that hospital by an accident. So, as nature, she panicked and immediately rushed to the hospital. When she reached the room of her husband , by god's grace she could see only a small injury on his hand. She went near him and holded his hands and called him, “Jagiya. Sang hoon. It's me.”.
Sang hoon opened his eyes slowly and smiled at her. But Hyung Jung couldn't control her tears and she cried. Sang hoon consoled her that he is quite well and asked her how she knew about it. And hyung explained everything to him and after sometime they are moving to their home from the hospital in a taxi. Sang hoon told her that he wants to go to the office. But jung-ah told him not to be crazy with a huge bandage in his hand. But, still sang hoon seemed to not take her words and looked confused and sad till they reached the home.
Once they reached their room, he immediately asked for his mobile. Jung took out the phone which she received from the reception of the hospital from her bag and gave it to him.
“Please take a break from your mobile for a while and rest well. Otherwise your wound won't heal fast and you will feel weak.”
“Jung-ah! Understand me. I have important work to be finished today. Let me atleast call a person and inform them about it. Can you please bring me a coffee or juice?. Because I feel so thirsty and tired.”
“Mmm. I will. But don't talk too much on the phone.” by saying so she caressed his hair and left the room with a smile.
Then after sometime, when she opened the door, sang hoon was sleeping. So, without disturbing him, she left the juice on the side and she too lied on the other side of the bed. An hour went by. When she opened her eyes, she couldn't see her husband. She searched for him in the whole house. But sang hoon is not there. She took her phone to call him. Suddenly, the main door of the house opened and sang hoon walked towards her with a smile and hugged her with his one hand.
“Where did you go all of a sudden?” asked Jung, worried.
“Don't you know we have a car? We just like that left it in the hospital. So, I called my colleague to take it for me. So,I went outside to get the car key and i was in the near by garden for a while.”
“You would have took me with you. I was worried.”
“Yes. I knew that you were worried. That's why I brought this” by telling so he took a rose from his packet and gave it to her. Hyung jung smiled when she saw the rose and it feels new to her because it's been years since sang hoon gave her flowers.
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