I'll take responsibility, sir.
“..Honey, are you hurt anywhere??“
“Didn’t someone just start talking to you?”
"Why are you running like that..? What happened??"
"...No, there's no way something could happen."
“I came quickly because I was worried about our heroine..ㅎ”
I was afraid of what Kim Seokjin was up to. I was afraid he'd grab me and use someone else to hurt Yeoju, and I was afraid something would happen to her, so I immediately ran away. Fortunately, Yeoju was sitting on a bench, gazing at the scenery, and I didn't want to talk to her about Kim Seokjin. I hadn't done anything wrong to her, but I just didn't want to bring him up. It felt like I was losing...
“Let’s go in quickly, it’s cold.”
"Huh... Already..?"
"Yeah, don't catch a cold."
"Let's come out later, when the weather gets better."
"..all right."
I had such high hopes for the heroine... but for some reason, I felt like I needed to go home because I was so scared. It seemed like I was still a loser after all. For a moment, her disappointed eyes flew straight to my chest. She must hate me, she must be annoyed, she must really hate me... I was truly the worst. It felt foolish to still be stuck in that era.
“Thank you for coming out today.”
“...? You don’t hate me...?”
“Why do you hate the person you love?”
“..But I promised...”
“You promised, you came out like this, right?”
“I’ll come out again later, when you have time.”
“I’m fine, so don’t push yourself too hard.”
“I hate seeing you having a hard time, oppa..ㅎ”
“Ugh... ugh..!”
“It’s okay… It’s okay, okay?”
"Oh, dad... haa... hospital... shut up..."
"Wait, wait... Jooyeon, take care of it..."
"Please hold on a little longer... I'm sorry."
Five hours had passed since I returned home from my walk. Suddenly, in the wee hours of the morning, contractions hit. Juyeon wasn't this bad, but the pain seemed even worse, and I was even more disoriented. I'd already been through it once, so I thought I'd be okay, but that wasn't the case. With a baby, I had to take care of Juyeon, who was still young, and me, who was sick. My brother was completely out of his mind. Juyeon, who had been forced to wake up in the middle of the night, was so busy trying to comfort me that I almost missed going to the hospital.
"I'll go straight to the delivery room."
“..Is the female lead okay..? Is the child okay too??“
“Don’t worry. The baby and the mother will be fine.”
“Juya... Cheer up, I love you... I’m sorry...”
My worries were beyond words. How could I just sit by and watch such a weak child give birth? Watching someone I love suffer, unable to help... I'd rather feel better if I were sick, but all I could do was cry. Sitting in front of the delivery room, hugging Jooyeon, and crying and begging was the best I could do.
“Your husband will come in!!”
"Turn... Whew, yea, day and night..."
“It was hard, wasn’t it..? Ugh...”
“Oh..dad...hey why are you crying...”
“I love you.. oh my... I love you, really...”
“Me too... I love you too.. hehe”
The heroine's appearance... was so pitiful, her lips chapped, drenched in sweat, and drained of energy. How much must she have suffered, how much must she have struggled, how much must she have endured... The sight of her holding the prince in her arms was both beautiful and heartbreaking. Fortunately, both the prince and the heroine were healthy. Did the prayers work? Perhaps this was a divine opportunity for her to be a good husband and father again.
“She looks like the female lead.. haha”
“Our prince... The nurses said it’s been a long time since they’ve seen such a handsome baby.”
“I guess it’s because I take after my brother.. When I see how handsome he is..ㅎ”
“Honey, you’ve worked so hard...”
“I’m about to cry..”
“What are you talking about when you were crying earlier...lol”
“...I love you, more than words can express.”
"I will love you until I die."
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