This story is fiction
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" Oppa, marry me"
After school, I came home and she walked over to me with absolute confidence and hugged me tightly
7-year-old little Kang Taehyun talks so slurrily it’s not even funny
When that happened, I’d bonk Taehyun on the head and laugh with a little snort, like he was cute
"Hng, T_T, oppa, that hurts"
"Aww, did it hurt?"
"Oppa, I’m telling you, marry me?"
"Okay, let’s get married, little groom. Come find me when you’re 20, hahaha"
At my teasing words, he got sulky, his lips jutting out as he glared at me with those big eyes
Kang Taehyun, glaring at me as if that would do anything What are you gonna do if you glare at me? So pathetic, so cute
I lived for teasing him, hahaha I pinched his soft cheeks and stretched them out
"I’m serious, though?"
"Baby, why are you so cute? Look at those soft cheeks"
Taehyun’s face turned bright red, and from the side
Mom smacked my back and scolded me
"Good grief, you’re doing a great job, sis, picking on your little brother!
Take Taehyun home and come back; Taehyun’s mom is at our house"
"Got it. Taehyun, up"
Like he was used to it, he squatted down and turned his back to me, and Taehyun climbed onto my back
It’s a 10-minute walk to Taehyun’s house. Taehyun’s mom is sick and going for cancer treatment
so she’s been living at our house almost every day. At first it was
awkward and I hated it, but now, well, I guess he’s someone our family can’t do without?
Hmm, maybe it’s nice, like I suddenly got a little brother? I was young too, so I don’t really know
Taehyun must have fallen asleep quickly, because he was talking in his sleep, saying let’s get married, hahaha. I don’t know when it started
but I think it’s been that way since a year ago. Did he even know what marriage was
I laughed it off because the little thing was so cute
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He begged me to marry him all the time, day and night. Whenever that happened, everyone chimed in and said I should
get married. Geez, they only sync up this perfectly at times like that, huh?
Hah, yeah, once he hits puberty he’ll probably stop bringing it up, right? I thought
I was an idiot. He must have been a ghost with a grudge because he couldn’t get married
It made no sense that he was that fixated! Marriage, I mean, is something you should be careful
and careful about again. You’re supposed to spend your whole life with the person you love, you know?
Oh, so let’s do it then. That brat was making a perfectly logical case now that he’d grown up
I honestly thought he was some kind of doctor. He wouldn’t listen to reason; he just said he likes me
and that if he likes me, that’s enough. There’s no reason needed for liking someone. From the moment he was born, he says I was
the second best thing after Mom. Excuse me? I’m not! You little brat!!! I’m 18!!!!
I started avoiding Kang Taehyun. Scary little punk!
Don’t let his cute face fool you!!
Elementary schoolers are this scary, everyone!!!
"Yeoju, isn’t that your little brother?"
"Oh, no. He’s just the neighborhood kid"
"Really? I thought he was your real brother because he looks like you. But hey, kid, you’re really handsome"
Just as my friend Mirae was showering him with praise and trying to touch his hair, he dodged her hand, puckered his lips
and, glaring at me while saying he wasn’t a kid, went on his way. So I thought that would scare me?
A mere elementary schooler! The year I turned 21, Taehyun, who was 16, moved to a place with cleaner air for his mother
Since I was busy with college life, I forgot about Taehyun too
Of course, his calls became infrequent, and by then his number must have changed because he didn’t contact me at all
So we each went our separate ways. Sometimes I missed Taehyun asking me to marry him
and I laughed at myself. That was probably his cringe-attack black history, right? If we ever met again someday
I’d tease him for it, hehe. Time passed quickly, and I, Seo Yeoju, turned 25. I’d dated and broken up too
and now I’m single, enjoying solo life while entering my second year at work
I’m thinking about quitting for the millionth time. After work, I was heading home
when somewhere a dark silhouette was covering my shadow. Mom! I took a defensive
stance. Then he laughed?? Who are you? Even with a hat on
I couldn’t tell who it was
"Seo Yeoju"
" ..!!"
Was there a man who even knew my name? No matter how I thought about it, the only one was my ex?
But the vibe was way too different. While I stood there without saying a word
and just blinked, the man opened his mouth again
"Marry me.."
" ..!!"
"Let’s get married, Seo Yeoju"
Whoa..goosebumps ran all over me. The only person who ever talked about getting married is Kang Taehyun, isn’t it?
My pupils widened and my heart started pounding like crazy
"Why are you so freaked out? Am I gonna eat you or what?"
" ...."
"That dumb look is still the same"
" ..Y-you..you’re Kang Taehyun?"
"Yeah. Long time no see"
Only then, when I saw Taehyun’s face, I finally relaxed and leaned against the wall
Was the streetlight always this bright? Or was his face just bright.. He still looked like he did when he was little
His eyes were huge, his nose even more sharply defined. He really was handsome
Without realizing it, I spent a moment just admiring his face
"Remember? What you said about me coming to find you when I turned 20.."
"Hey, that was just a joke. You were 7 back then.."
"I waited until I was 20"
And just like that, I got caught by Taehyun. No, how could he be this pushy?
He’d definitely been saying those things since he was 7, but hearing them from Taehyun now that he was a grown adult
made me feel all ticklish and weird. He really came to find me
"I’m not a minor anymore, so it’s possible, right?"
"..W..what?"
"(snort) Marriage"
Seriously, what happened to this kid’s head? I was so flustered I looked up at Taehyun
He was smiling brightly, and that somehow made him even scarier
"Dummy, why are you so scared? I’m not saying let’s get married right this second. Let’s date first"
"Huh?"
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How did it go after Taehyun’s straight-up confession? Well, what do you mean how—it’s just that the now-adult Taehyun’s endless
courting wore me down, so I’m in a sweet relationship now. These days I like him more
Sometimes when I bring up his 7-year-old black history, he freaks out, but he only got bigger; to me he’s still just cute
"Little groom, please take good care of me this year too"
"What do you mean little? You’re shorter than me, so that makes you the little bride"
"Tsk, kid, calling a 27-year-old ‘little’ is harsh, don’t you think?"
"Then have you ever seen a kid bigger than you?"
Hmm..can’t argue, because that’s true. Ugh, he’s stopping me from saying anything
"But you keep saying my name, huh?"
"Why, Yeoju? Is it making your heart flutter? Yeoju~~ Yeoju~"
"Agh! Get away"
"To me, it was always you. You were the only one I saw. I was worried you might have forgotten me"
"Of course not. How could I forget you? A pathetic, cute
7-year-old kid kept begging me to marry him, haha"
Taehyun, who’s focused on me, is cute, and without realizing it I pulled both of his cheeks out
When our eyes met, Taehyun frowned at my actions, and I got embarrassed and slowly set my hands down
Then he hugged me and whispered that he loved me
"Yeoju, I love you"
"I love you too, Taehyun"
You’re a big grown-up, but to me you’ll always be my little groom
END
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A short story..is this..right?
This is my first time writing, and it feels like I only half-finished pooping??
Cringe-attack🥲 I’ll post as I remember 😏
