~ 1 ~
I was suddenly hit by the idea of rearing a dog, and attempted to negotiate the issue with Taehyung. Taehyung look at me before responding, “Don’t we already have a living being to rear at home?”
I grit my teeth and bore the humiliation silently, “Can’t we rear a dog then?”
“It’s enough that we are already housing a lazy glutton at present.”
Me: “……”
Undeterred, I continued, “Rearing dogs has many benefits! It helps to cultivate patience, so we can view it as training for the future rearing of our kids.”
“No way.”
“But you owned a dog when you were young!”
“It was my dad’s choice to rear that dog, I had no say in it.”
“Don’t you want me to go jogging with you? If you let me rear a dog I promise I’ll go jogging with you.”
After trying to persuade him for one entire month, he finally relented and agreed to let me rear a dog. As my friend had coincidentally picked up an abandoned a Pomeranian at that time, I decided to bring it back home. When I first brought it back home, it was extremely smelly and dirty.
Taehyung was mildly displeased, “Why is it so ugly?”
“Don’t say that! Our dog is just beautiful in an inconspicuous manner.”
After bringing my dog for its vaccination, I brought it to the toilet for a bath whilst Taehyung leaned against the door and looked at us both. Smiling, I looked at him and said, “Our child’s dad, why don’t you think of some names?”
Furrowing his brows, he replied, “Anything will do……Be careful and don’t get bitten.”
“What should we call it? What about Tannie? It rhythms with the word money, I love Money, and thus I hope that Tannie would accompany me at all times.”
The dog which was originally laying on the floor seemed to have understood what I said and abruptly lifted its head to look at me. Taehyung was also broken out in a heartily laugh.
~ 2 ~
Yeontan’s front legs suffer from certain defects. Thus, when it attempts to run with its tiny short legs, it would simply looking terribly silly and supremely cute. When I brought it out for a stroll, this stupid fellow maintained a lowered head the entire trip in order to be able to sniff the road. As a result, it knocked its head on the electric pole with a loud ‘Dong’, and got so confused that it was unable to recognize me, happily running after other strangers instead.
I didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, and commented, “Why is this kid so stupid?”
Taehyung smirked coldly, “It took after its mother.”
“……”
~ 3 ~
There are times when I’m feeling terribly lazy and unwilling to head out; during these times, I would beg Taehyung to bring Yeontan out. Even though Taehyung is often unwilling to help, he would ultimately relent in the face of my incessant begging.
Once, I had to work overtime, and coincidentally met the two of them as I was on my way home. A certain fellow was walking ahead with his hand stuck in his pocket while Yeontan toddled shakily behind him. When Yeontan occasionally stopped to smell the flowers, a certain person would turn back and glare at it. A frightened Yeontan would then immediately hobble over to that fellow and follow in his footsteps.
Just then, a humongous Doberman made its appearance. My heart dropped instantly. Yeontan had an extreme fear of humongous dogs – probably because it had been bitten by a huge dog in the past. After having taken two additional steps, Taehyung discovered that Yeontan was no longer following him. Taehyung then turned back to look at a frightened Yeontan (which was rooted to the spot) and stared at it. After some time, an expressionless Taehyung walked over to Yeontan and scooped it up, only putting it down only when the Doberman was some distance away.
When I returned home, I teased Taehyung, “You actually like my son, don’t you?”
He rolled his eyes before replying, “Why would I?”
~ 4 ~
After some time, Yeontan finally got over its fear of strangers. One day, Taehyung was sitting on the sofa surfing the Internet, and when I got out from the bathroom, I saw Yeontan sprawled on the floor and sleeping soundly, having taken Taehyung’s slippers as some sort of pillow.
Taehyung scolded it, “Getting more and more daring each day.”
~ 5 ~
There was another incident – one night, I urged Taehyung to commence washing up, but this fellow continued dawdling and lazing around, taking his own sweet time to watch his soccer match and play his computer games. In the end, I got annoyed and warned him, “If you don’t go into the bathroom this very instant, I’m going to wreck your computer!”
Taehyung blinked his eyes in surprise, first looking at me before turning his head to look at Yeontan. He then chided Yeontan immediately, “Didn’t I tell you not to make Eomma angry? She’s currently going through her menopause, so we have to be understanding.”
Me: “……”
~ 6 ~
Taehyung was due to go on a business trip. Grabbing his luggage, he had already reached the door before he suddenly turned back and walked towards me, so I thought he had forgotten to take an important item.
Yeontan wagged its tail and ran towards him. Taehyung bent down, and told Yeontan in a serious tone, “When I’m not at home, you shoulder the responsibility of protecting your eomma……”
~ 7 ~
Yeontan is very tame and gentle, and had never bitten anybody in its entire life. Once, it started to eat all sorts of items that were laying on the floor; when I noticed some glass shards that were lying around, I immediately pried open Yeontan’s mouth without second thought and started digging out the shards.
When Yeontan first arrived, Taehyung was constantly worried that Yeontan would bite me; however, as time passed, Taehyung became worried that I would bite Yeontan whenever I was in a foul mood.
~ 8 ~
Having gone out for a run, Yeontan came back with an item in its mouth. After prying the mysterious object from its mouth, I saw that the object in question was a bunch of rose petals. Touched, I exclaimed, “Look here, my son’s all grown up – he knows how to give me flowers now.” After giving a certain person the side-eye, I continued, “Some people didn’t even bother giving me flowers when we were dating.”
He replied, “Since I didn’t give you flowers when we were dating, it’s even more unlikely now.”
I was so angry I commanded Yeontan to bite him. He looked at me with an expression of disdain, “Why bother with roses when we’re already such an old couple? Even though I don’t give you flowers, I gave you my wage card and allowed you to spend our money however you wish, didn’t I?”
Having given it some thought, I realized that there was some truth in what he said. Ah, our child’s dad is indeed the brainy one.
~ 9 ~
I have always kept my hair straight and parted in the center out of convenience. The previous time I cut my hair, I originally wanted a simple trim. However, the hairdresser managed to convince me into getting a perm for my hair – it was then that my nightmare started.
First, my hair had to be cut prior to perming. When I saw the hairdresser chop off long locks of my hair in one swift movement, I asked, “Is my hair too short?”
“No it isn’t! Hair must be layered in order for the perm to look nice.”
When the hairdresser was in the midst of perming my hair, an uneasy feeling began to grow in my stomach. Finally, I *ed up the courage and asked nervously, “Perhaps this hairstyle isn’t suitable for me?”
“I’m giving you an air perm right now, which has been extremely popular this year. Given the small size of your face, the perm would be fantastic!”
Alright…… I’ll heed the advice of the professional.
After four hours, the hairdresser finally let out a cry, “It’s done!”. When I raised my head and saw myself in the mirror – how should I describe my feelings at that precise moment in time? All my hopes and dreams were shattered, and life instantly lost its meaning……
I uploaded a photo of my new hairstyle group chat.
Goddess Ruby : Did you encounter a huge setback?
Me: In the past, my hairstyle was so ugly I had no courage to step out of the door.
Goddess Ruby : Well, now you probably have no courage to even continue living.
Me: Let me have a moment of peace.
Goddess Ruby : I’ll introduce a new hairstylist to you. Hopefully he’d be able to save what’s left of your hair.
Having suffered a huge blow to my ego, I was near tears. During the night, I peered at myself in the mirror, “Perhaps it’ll look better if I cut my hair after it grows out.”
Taehyung put down his book and took a good hard look at me, “It’s alright.”
“It isn’t ugly?”
He patted my head and reassured me, “It isn’t ugly, it’s actually pretty cute.”
I instantly brightened up – having heard nothing but disparaging comments the entire day, my battered heart finally received a short reprieve.
Taehyung coolly added, “Both you and Yeontan look more like mother and son now.”
Me: …….
~ 10 ~
Taehyung and I were terribly busy with our jobs and simply had no time to take care of Yeontan. Thus, I was left with no choice but to bring Yeontan back to my old home in order to allow my mom and grandma to care for it.
One day, my mom called me frantically and told me that Yeontan was missing. When I first heard the news, I received a huge shock. Subsequently, my mom called once again and reported that Yeontan had been found – Yeontan had actually ran into my room, sprawled itself on my bed and fallen asleep there.
My mom told me, “Perhaps Yeontan missed you too much. After all, your entire bed is filled with your scent.” When I heard that, my eyes began to fill with tears.
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