After sleeping in hard and waking up late, I headed to the kitchen
Rubbing my growling stomach
I rummaged around in the fridge
The tummy clock that rings exactly when it’s mealtime
Was nothing short of amazing
To fill the empty fridge
I pulled my hat down low and headed to the mart
The cart, which should definitely have been full of ingredients for doenjang stew, was
Filled with all kinds of fruit and snacks
Just as I excitedly headed for the checkout
I remembered the doenjang stew ingredients I’d forgotten
And turned the cart around again
One tub of doenjang, three blocks of tofu
I also grabbed cereal and milk for breakfast
As I took each item out of the cart and put it on the belt
It moved toward the checkout along the conveyor belt
After scanning the barcode several times, the clerk handed over a bag and said
“ 49,700 won, do you have a loyalty number? “
“ 010.. ”
I barely managed to lift the bag, as big as my torso, onto the table
The produce went in the bottom drawer of the fridge,
The cereal and snacks went into the snack basket
It was work just putting away everything I’d bought one by one
Wiping away the sweat pouring hot over my forehead
I filled the fridge to the brim
When I finished tidying up, I was completely drained
and collapsed onto the sofa
I wondered if I’d even get to eat by the end of the day
I tossed the hat I’d pulled down low to the floor andmade a call
“ The number you have dialed is unavailable, please wait for the beep.. “
It rang for a while before the call disconnected
With my heavy body lifting up, ready to head to the kitchen, I had no choice but to do so
The phone rang loudly
“ Why aren’t you answering your phone? ”
“ I was sleeping.. “
The voice coming through the phone was rasped and cracked to pieces
“ Get up already, let’s eat doen-jjigae ”
“ What are you doing eating stew this early in the morning.. ”
“ Come o~n, hurry u~p~ ”
It didn’t even give me a chance to straighten out my dry voice
and hung up
The voice had been drowsy, as if he’d fallen back asleep, but
since I knew he was the kind of friend who’d come running for food
I put on water for two servings
By the time the savory smell of stew filled the house
the sound of the door lock code being entered rang out
At the click of the lock, I lifted my head and looked toward the front door
“ Hey, you brat, you woke me up and then you were just lying there? ”
“ I’m not just lying around,
I’m waiting for the vegetables to cook~? “
As soon as Minho arrived, he poked my side with his foot and said
“ Get up and serve the rice, you’re ridiculously lazy “
” What are you talking about~ You know I got up earlier than anyone and even went grocery shopping “
Drawn in by the smell of stew filling the house,
Minho headed to the kitchen as if bewitched
opened the lid of the big pot and immediately turned off the heat
In the meantime, he set the white rice down on the table with both hands
and even finished setting out the spoons and chopsticks
“ Let’s eat quickly, this is my first meal “
The doenjang stew on the table
let out a cloudy steamand smelled delicious
