We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 82. Hidden enemy

The next morning.

Hunji had already gotten up at some point

and was practicing his script.





While he was focused on the script,

I prepared breakfast.






I took out the side dishes my older sister had brought over

and boiled some seaweed soup too.





It had been a long time since I’d sat across from Hunji

for breakfast, and I couldn’t help feeling excited.





While I was setting the table,

my phone rang.





I stopped and

looked at my phone.





It was Wonhee oppa’s mother.




"Good morning, Mother. Did you sleep well?"





"Oh~ Did our Jeong-a sleep well too?"





"Yes, of course.

What brings you to call so early?

Have you eaten yet?"





"Of course, your dad and I already ate.

What about you, Jeong-a?"





"I’m just about to eat.

But why did you call, Mother?"





"Jeong-a~

Could you spare me half a day sometime this week,

either a weekday or the weekend?"





"This week?"





"Yes. I’m free anytime, so

pick a day that works for you and let me know.

Could you make time?"





"On weekdays, I’d have to ask when the part-timer

can close the cafe.

Otherwise, since we’re closed on weekends,

that’d be a bit easier."





"Then let’s go on a little date on Saturday afternoon.

Okay?"





"Yes. This Saturday works for me."





"I’ll come pick you up at your place,

okay if I get there by 1?"





"Let’s have lunch together too,

so just come by. All right, Jeong-a?"





"Yes, Mother. Then I’ll see you on Saturday.

Take care."





I hung up the phone

and finished setting out the spoons.





"Hunji~ Let’s eat breakfast!!"





Hunji came out of the guest room

with a sulky face.





"If someone heard that, they’d really think you were

talking to your mother-in-law.

Is that the mother of that Wonhee oppa or whatever?"






"You heard?

Yes. She asked to meet me for a bit this weekend."





"Why does she keep

asking to meet you?"





"Even when I was a student, I met her often,

and she bought me meals a lot.

She also bought me clothes and bags a lot."






"Exactly, why?
 
She was trying to match you up with her son, wasn’t she?"






"Well... maybe she just saw me as her son’s girlfriend

and since she doesn’t have a daughter..."






"Things are a little different now...

isn’t she overdoing it?"






"She’s known me since I was little,

so maybe she still sees me that way.

Hunji, does it bother you?"





He sat down in the dining chair without answering.





"Don’t meet her too often.

Got it?"

 




"Okay. Don’t worry."






But

Wonhee oppa stopped by the cafe at lunch every day, and

his mother kept sending fruit and cake

to the cafe.





That Saturday.

I went to the department store with his mother.




We stopped at a restaurant first and had lunch.




Then we went to the housewares section and the women’s clothing store

and she bought me clothes and a bag.





After hearing what Hunji said,

I felt awkward for no reason.





"Mother, I’m earning money now too,

so you really don’t have to buy me things like this."





"Oh dear~ Am I a stranger to you or something?

Jeong-a, if you act like that, I’ll be really hurt."





"I’m so grateful... really... but still..."





"If you wear them nicely, I’m happy enough.

Jeong-a, you don’t need to feel burdened at all."






"Thank you, Mother..."





I went upstairs with her to

have coffee.





On the way, we ran into one of her acquaintances.




While we were greeting each other,

she introduced me as her future daughter-in-law.





I was so flustered, but

for her sake and her pride,

I greeted the person as if nothing was wrong.

 



After her acquaintance left,

she gave me a sorry look and said,






"Jeong-a... Did I embarrass you?

Sorry...

That person always brags about

how their daughter-in-law is like a daughter,

so I got a little jealous and overdid it."





"No... You did well.

It’s not like we’ll ever see them again anyway..."





After even having coffee, I took her back

home.





On the way home,

my phone rang in the car.





"Hunji!!"






"Jeong-a!

What exactly are you doing right now?"






"What do you mean... what?

Hunji, are you angry right now?"






"How could I not be?

A woman who’s supposed to be Wonhee oppa’s mother

is going around introducing Jeong-a as her daughter-in-law?"





"No... how did you even find out about that?"






"Noona saw you and some lady

passing by at the department store.

That lady apparently introduced you as


her future daughter-in-law, but

does that even make any sense?"

"Hunji.






Don’t get worked up.

I’ll explain."

"Don’t ever meet that woman again!






No, I mean, you said you already have a boyfriend, so

why would she say something that ridiculous?

If that’s how it’s going to be, then don’t even meet that Wonhee oppa guy."

"Hunji.






Listen to me first.

You can be angry after that.

You haven’t heard my explanation yet.

And if your older sister saw that situation,


she should have checked with me first,

so why did she tell you first

and make things this tangled?"

"Are you saying noona is the one who did wrong?"





"No... that’s not what I mean; I’m saying the first step





should’ve been checking with me.

"I’m on the move right now,

so let’s talk when I get home."





"Hunji. In the end, you’re not even going to hear me out."

[Beep beep beep]





"Seriously, what is that?





He only says what he wants to say.





And why is Hunji’s older sister

so out of sync with me?"

"If it’s going to be like this, then I might as well meet that oppa again!!"








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