We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 86. In a state of utter panic

Because the gathering was canceled,

I spent a leisurely Sunday afternoon.




Mr. Hunji was still not back

even after I fell asleep.




When I woke up in the morning,

Mr. Hunji was sleeping in the guest room.




'Did he come in at dawn and, worried he might wake me,

 is he sleeping here?'




He said there was no filming today.




So

I was quietly getting ready for work

without waking him.





Just as I was about to step out the front door,

the phone rang.




It was my sister.





"Unnie. Why?

 I'm on my way out to work right now, though?"





"Now? Mom will be here soon.

 Go see Mom before you leave."





"What???? Mom's coming?

 Ah. Why are you telling me that only now?"





"If Mom told you ahead of time,

 you'd tell her not to come, so I was told to keep quiet.

 She said she'd stop by to bring side dishes

 and clean for you."





"A!!! Seriously, what do I do? I don't know!!"





"Why? What's wrong?"





"Mr. Hunji is at home."





"When that Spanish friend left,

 didn't Park Hunji go back home too?"





"No... after that, he packed his things and came in."





"So you two are living together now?

 Are you crazy, crazy, this girl.

 What are you going to do?"





"I don't know!!! That's not the problem right now,

 you said Mom's coming, right?

 Hurry up and hang up."





"I called to tell you to register the car for parking."





"Got it. Sis, hang up for now."





My mind went blank.

I couldn't think of

what I was supposed to do first.





First, I had to wake Mr. Hunji.




I went into the guest room

and shook the sleeping Mr. Hunji.





"Mr. Hunji, wake up!! Wake up जल्दी!!"





He didn't budge.

I shouted in his ear.





"Mr. Hunji!!!! You have to get up. Hurry!!!"





Only then did he open his eyes and say,





"Jung-ah. I only fell asleep not long ago."





I shook him once more.





"Mom is coming home.

 She'll be here soon."





Still half-asleep,

he just blinked.





Then suddenly he shot upright.





It looked like he woke up completely in an instant

and looked around.





"What did you say? What did you just say?

 You mean Ms. Jung's mother is coming?"





"My sister just called a minute ago.

 Hide your things!! Hurry, hurry!!

 What do we do first?

 There are too many things in the guest room,

 so it's hard to clean up..."





Mr. Hunji just kept pacing back and forth.






"No good.

 Let's just lock the guest room door.

 You hide in there too, Mr. Hunji.

 I'll say the door's broken.

 Hurry and go to the bedroom and

 bring all your stuff over here."






Mr. Hunji dashed to the bedroom.

I quickly put all the men's shoes by the front door

into the shoe cabinet for now.





"What do I do next?

 Are the living room and kitchen okay?"





Mr. Hunji moved all his things in the bedroom

into the guest room.





"What about the clothes in the dressing room, Mr. Hunji?

 Take out only the ones that obviously look like men's clothes

 and move them to the guest room, Mr. Hunji."





"Okay.

 The bathroom, the bathroom!!

 Jung-ah, the

 toothbrushes, razor, and that sort of thing in the bathroom need to be put away too."






"Ah!! Right, right!!

 We have to clear out the bathroom too!!"




I ran to the bathroom like the wind

and put all the men's things inside the shelf.





At that moment,

an announcement came over the speaker saying

a vehicle had entered the parking lot.





"Mr. Hunji. Hurry and use the bathroom, then

 go into the guest room.

 Lock the door from inside and don't make a sound.

 No coughing, sneezing, anything like that either.

 Okay?"





"Okay. Don't worry about me.

 Jung-ah, don't panic or anything.

 You can do this, right?"





"Ah... I don't know.

 Hehe!!"





I caught my breath

and went to the kitchen and drank a glass of cold water.




The moment I set the glass down, the doorbell rang.





"Haa.... I have to do this right..."





I went and opened the front door.





"Mom. What brings you here so early?"





"Yeah. Your sister called, right?

 I wanted to see your face for a moment before you head to the café.

 I told her to call when I was almost there..."






"Sis brings side dishes sometimes too.

 And I can just buy them and eat them..."





"Is that the same as buying them?"





Mom put the shopping bag containing the side-dish containers

on the counter.



As I took the containers out and put them away neatly in the fridge,

I said,





"Since you're here, Mom, you can clean up a little before you go.

 You go to work."





"No, no.

 I already cleaned everything thoroughly yesterday.

 I don't like people touching my things, so don't clean."





"Then just put everything back where it was."





"No. I said I don't want that!!

 Don't clean!!"





"Sigh... okay.

 Why are you being so fussy today?

 And, if Mom came all this way, can't you at least give me a cup of coffee?"






"You want coffee too?

 I have to go out..."






"No... your daughter owns a café, and

 you're going to kick your mom out without even giving her a cup of coffee?"





"Ugh...

 Why did you come when I'm busy in the morning?"






"I keep telling you to come by once on the weekend,

 and you don't..."






"Mom, when I go out

 I'll buy you some good coffee nearby.

 I have to leave now, so let's go out together."






"Mom just got here.

 Then at least give me a glass of water."





I had no choice but to make a cup of coffee

and set it in front of Mom.





"Jung-ah. Won-hee came home a while ago.

 Did he tell you?"





"Won-hee? You mean Oppa Won-hee?"





"Uh... he called my number, strangely enough...

 Then he asked me to give him the house address.

 He said he'd run into you by chance

 and wanted to see you once."





"So he came by the house?"





"Back when he was a student or now, he's always been so proper...

 But somehow he ended up getting divorced... tsk tsk."





"Mom, sorry, but on Monday mornings I'm

 even busier, so I think I have to go now..."





"You're really rushing me...

 Wait, then I'll just go to the bathroom for a second."





I stood in the living room, restless,

waiting for Mom to come out of the bathroom.





The moment Mom came out of the bathroom,

I linked my arm through hers and led her toward the front door.





"No...

 But why is the guest room door

 shut so tightly?"




"Huh? Uh... maybe the door locked from the inside.

 We'd have to call a man to open it.

 I haven't really gone in there lately, so it's fine."





Mom shook the guest room door handle

as if to check.





"I'm telling you it locked from the inside, Mom."





"This kind of thing can be opened with a hairpin.

 Why call someone over for something like this?
 
 Bring me some chopsticks."





"No... Mom, I'll try it while watching YouTube.

 Let's go out quickly.."





Mom stared at me intently.





"I said let's hurry and go, Mom.

 I'm already late."





Pushing Mom from behind, I opened the front door.

Before Mom left, she turned back

and looked at me, saying,





"Jung-ah.

 You shouldn't be dating someone

 you can't introduce to your parents.

 You know that, right?"





I froze for a second.

Quickly collecting myself, I said,





"What?

 What relationship am I even in, right now...?"




Mom looked at me silently for a while.




"The reason you can't tell your mom and dad is

 because you already know the answer."





"Mom, I said I'm busy, so why do you keep doing this.

 Go already, hurry."





I only went back inside after

watching Mom drive away.





When I opened the front door,

Mr. Hunji was opening the guest room door

and jumped in surprise.





"Mr. Hunji. It's me, it's me.

 You were startled a lot, right? Sorry..."





"Jung-ah.

 It looks like your mother noticed something, doesn't it?

 What she said at the front door..."





"You felt that too, Mr. Hunji?

 I felt the same way too...

 Did she see something in the bathroom?"






"Mr. Hunji.

 First, don't worry

 and go back to my bedroom and sleep some more.

 After I get back, we'll tidy up

 together."




Mr. Hunji took my hand as I was about to leave

and gently hugged me.




"My square little one,

 I'll pick you up around the time the café closes later.

 It's been a long time since

 we had a date outside."

"I like that you never do the math, now or back then."