“What do you want to do after the baby is born? Should we open a cafe like we talked about on Jeju Island?”

“Well, I don’t know…….”

“If you’re worried, don’t be. I’ll take good care of Nani. I can really do well.”

“Are you suggesting going out for a night right after Nani is born? I’m still anxious about it.”

Playfully pressing Kanghyun’s nose while he twisted, Seyoon laughed.

“I want to compensate for all the time I took from you. Don’t worry; I’m still doing my best. I’m happy with you by my side. So, you’re doing very well now.”

“I’m happy too.”

Happiness, a word that was once difficult for Kanghyun, rolled around in his mouth several times.

The happiness Seyoon gave.

His dreams and hopes were Seyoon, and his present and future, pain and despair, the reason for living—everything was Seyoon.

“……Huh?”

With closed eyes, Seyoon, who had comfortably leaned against Kanghyun’s chest, suddenly opened her eyelids.
A strange sensation, as if water droplets were bursting, passed through the inside of Seyoon’s lower abdomen.

“Why, is your stomach hurting again?”

“Oppa, it feels like Nani is moving.”

Seyoon looked puzzledly at Kanghyun and held his hand, placing it on her belly.

“Here, again!”

At first, he was uncertain, but this time, it was definitely a clear movement.

“It’s amazing.”

Kanghyun poured all his attention into his palm and listened carefully.

“Mom says if she’s happy, the baby is happy too. Let Nani be happy and dance.”

Seeing Kanghyun like that, Seyoon smiled brightly.

—President, Madam has arrived.

With narrowed brows, Kanghyun, who was filling out the approval form, got up quickly and opened the door first.

“Yuna.”

Seyoon, who was waddling like a penguin across the secretary’s office, stopped for a moment, shook hands, and greeted Kanghyun.

Seyoon, with a due date a month away, clearly showed the appearance of a pregnant woman.

“This secretary, please bring me a glass of juice.”

After leaving brief instructions to the secretary guarding the seat, Kanghyun supported Seyoon and sat her on the office sofa.

“Oppa is going in soon.”

“It’s okay. We’re coming by car anyway.”

Kanghyun, who was satisfactorily looking at the cute and plump cheek that had gained weight, placed his hand on Seyoon’s protruding belly.

“Was Nani quiet today?”

“She was quiet. She seems to be preparing to come out now.”

“I contacted the hospital a fortnight before the due date, so don’t worry.”

As Seyoon’s childbirth approached, Kanghyun had many worries.

Although Nani’s size was smaller than average, there was no story that having a small baby meant less pain.

Because of Nani, who kicked Seyoon’s belly uncomfortably and kicked her mother’s belly without warning, Seyoon, who couldn’t sleep, felt sorry for her.

How good would it be if there was something to substitute for the pain?

In his eyes, Seyoon, who was still like a baby, looked burdensome for the sake of a real baby.

“Isn’t it too early for the hospital?”

“There are doctors at the medical center. It’s not bad to stay there while receiving care. They will also check the pain cycle there.”

Kanghyun’s voice talking about the remaining pain was urgent.

Anyone would think the pain was starting right away.

Although the date of hospitalization was already set, Kanghyun’s concern showed itself earlier than that.

“Oppa, have we decided on Nani’s name?”

“Not yet.”

“I like Taeyijun the best. How about that?”

“It’s pretty, Taeyijun. I can’t wait to meet him.”

“Aren’t you scared?”

Kanghyun, who had been watching Seyoon peacefully waiting for childbirth, one month, two months, as time passed quickly, sighed deeply.

“Our oppa’s sigh has increased.”

“I don’t want you to be in pain.”

Leaning heavily against the backrest, Seyoon held Kanghyun’s hand.

“Oppa, don’t come into the delivery room.”
Seoyoon, with a more serious expression than ever, delivered words to Kanghyun like thunder.

“…I don’t want to.”

“From what I see, Oppa can’t handle it. I’m afraid he might faint from shock while watching me in pain.”

“Pull yourself together.”

“…Are you really okay?”

“I want to be by your side.”

Seoyoon genuinely worried about Kanghyun.

Since a long time ago, he had been sensitive to her health, but she couldn’t imagine him watching her scream and struggle with pain.

Hospitalized in the medical building used exclusively by the Seowon Group owner’s family, Seoyoon spent comfortable time under the devoted care of the medical staff.

It felt like staying at a hotel for about a week.

However, from the moment the amniotic fluid broke, this place became a battlefield where she had to survive.

When the intense contractions started, Han Seoyoon, who had nonchalantly worried about Kanghyun, was nowhere to be found.

Unbearable pain struck like lightning, disappeared, reappeared, threatening to kill her repeatedly.

“Oppa, I… (sob) I think I won’t be able to see Nani. I’ve reached my limit here… (pant)…”

“Yuna, what are you saying right now? Breathe properly. We practiced how to breathe. Look, okay?”

“No, I can’t… I’m begging you… (sob) I’m in so much pain… It feels like my stomach is tearing apart… Oppa…”

Seoyoon cried like a child, shaking hands with Kanghyun.

Tears flowed incessantly from her already swollen eyes.

When the contractions became severe, her mind became a blank sheet of paper, and even the breathing she practiced several times failed to happen properly.

“Seoyoon, don’t say such things. Yuna, I… No, how to breathe.”

Kanghyun was also not in his right mind.

Unlike Seoyoon, who turned all red, Kanghyun, who turned pale without a trace of color, sweated profusely to the point where his shirt was completely soaked.

At times like this, he knew well that he had to stay centered and deal with it calmly, but seeing Seoyoon writhing in pain, he couldn’t hold himself together.

As the pain intensified, Kanghyun’s breathing was as uneven as Seoyoon’s.

“Why aren’t you giving her an injection?!”

Kanghyun, who managed to utter a word, looked at the attending physician.

“If you give it your all just two more times, it’s sufficient. Administering painkillers in this state might actually take longer.”

“R-Really, just two more times?”

For a moment, when the pain subsided, Seoyoon, who gained hope, exerted all her strength like crazy in response to the doctor’s signal.

And so, not two but four times, they could hear Nani’s crying.