Jahoon: Finally a free day!
I rolled around in bed and stretched my body. Mimi jumped up on the bed and right on top of me, punching the air out of me.
Jahoon: Mimi! I really love you girl but why?!
I wrestled around with Mimi playfully. After a while, I plopped down and tried to catch my breath. Mimi was laying on top of me as she wagged her tail.
Jahoon: Should we go and visit Grandpa and Grandma? It has been a long time since I have visited Mom and Dad after all.
Mimi barked, making me look at her with a raised eyebrow. Mimi jumped up and down on the bed as if she was trying to get me to hurry up and get ready.
Jahoon: You foodie. You only want to go there because you know that you will get a lot of food from Grandma and Grandpa when you are there. You silly girl.
Mimi barked and poked me with her nose to show her annoyance. She huffed, showing that she was upset. I chuckled at her and apologized to her as I scratched her behind her ear and kissed her on her head. I got out of bed and prepared myself for going out. Before going I made breakfast for both Mimi and me, although I bet that Mimi wasn’t that keen about it since it meant that she wasn’t able to eat a lot of treats at my parents' house.
Jahoon: You know that you will get an upset tummy if you don’t eat your breakfast before eating all of the treats you are going to get.
Mimi barked sassily at me, sometimes I really thought that she was my human child or something. I got Mimi safe in the car and drove over to my parents' house. They are probably going to be surprised when I show up at their doorsteps out of the blue.
I knocked on the door and it opened to reveal my mom standing behind it. Mom covered her mouth and looked at me with surprise as she tried not to scream too loudly. She jumped up and down and jumped at me in a hug.
Mom: My baby! My precious little baby! It is so amazing to see you again! I’m so happy~
Mom pulled a bit away and cupped my face to plant kisses all over my face. I scrunched my nose in a slight bit of disgust and tried to pull away from her.
Jahoon: Mom!
????: Hey! I thought I was your precious child!
Mom pulled away from me as we both looked at my sister who decided to pop her head out of the door. I stuck my tongue out at her as she did the same back. Mom sighed and held her head as she shook it.
Mom: You guys are really unbelievable. You would believe that you guys are five years old or something. Not that you guys are doctors and lawyers.
Jina & Jahoon: It’s her fault!
Both Jina and I pointed at each other as we looked at Mom. Mom rubbed her temples.
Mom: Alright you silly kids. Go inside the house now.
Mom pushed the both of us inside. Both Jina and I couldn’t help but laugh a bit at Mom, making her laugh with us. It was nice to be back home.
Jina: I’m getting too old to run after a child.
Jahoon: Yeah, you are old.
Jina snapped her head at me and slapped me hard on the shoulder. I grabbed the spot and pouted at her.
Jahoon: That was mean~
Mom: Jahoon! Jina! Come to the dinner table! It is time to eat!
Both Jina and I stood up and walked to where the rest of the family was. I came home today and expected to see Mom and Dad, maybe possibly Jina but to my surprise most of the family was here. They had all planned to gather together without telling me! Or more they did but I was “too busy” to read the messages in the family group chat. We sat down at the table and Mom and my aunt scooped rice for each of us. Soon after we began eating and chatting.
Dad: How is the new work? Have they all been treating you well? No problem at all?
Jahoon: Don’t worry Dad. They have all welcomed me very well and even let me into their friend group.
Dad: I know a but is on the way.
I stopped eating as I placed the spoon down. I kind of froze a bit, wondering if I should tell them or not. You know what? Whatever. I came here to visit my parents since I haven’t seen them for a long time but more importantly, since I did want to ask them for advice. I took a deep breath and told them everything that I had experienced with Gyuri and Jiwon. Well, not everything since some information is… well TMI.
Uncle: I have never heard of a situation like that before. As far as I know, the legend is that every person on the planet has one destined partner that they are going to meet sooner or later and that they would know when they find their pinky fingers connected to each other with a red string that would appear every time they are near each other but I have never heard of a case where a person had experienced it with two people.
Jahoon: It’s probably me who has gone crazy then.
Jina: I don’t think that is the case. None of us knows the full extent of the legend. No one truly knows every information about the legend. It could be a possibility.
Aunt: Maybe we can find something in your great-grandmother’s book.
Jina: Book?
Aunt: Yes. Your great-grandmother had a book of information she had gathered in her life about the destiny partner legend. Your grandmother continued that book but neither your mom, your uncle nor me have seen the book but I bet that we can find it among the belongings we gathered when she passed away. Maybe we could see if we can find it.
Mom: Before anything else, let’s finish eating first.
We all finished eating and walked up to the roof to find the book. Well not all of us because my dad and uncle were looking after the small kids and Mimi, who was trying to run away from the kids since they were trying to put makeup on her and climb on her. She got to see the future when she had her own kids. It took us a while but we eventually managed to find the book.
Mom: I didn’t really think that we would be able to find it. Both Mom and Grandma always talked about the book like it was an urban myth or something.
We got back down to the living room to see both of my dad and uncle kind of strapped down by the small kids as they almost had a full “beautiful” face of makeup. We all bit our cheeks and lips as we tried not to laugh at them. Both of them were glaring at us like they were telling us not to laugh.
Dad: Don't ask.
Uncle: And do not dare to laugh.
We nodded but in the end, we couldn’t help but laugh. I noticed my mom and aunt-in-law taking pictures of them. They were for sure going on the next Christmas cards. We waited for Dad and Uncle to clean up before we all sat down to read the book, more importantly, try to find out if you could have two partners.
Aunt: Here! I think I have found something!
We all crowded closely around my aunt and tried to look over her shoulders.
Aunt: It seems like you are able to have two destined partners but there have only been three cases up until now. Maybe a few more, we don’t really know.
Dad: I always knew that you were a special kid but I never knew that you were this special. But I never knew that you were this special.
Dad wrapped his arm around my shoulder and gave me a pat. I looked at him with knitted eyebrows as I wasn’t quite sure if he was dissing me or complimenting me. I will take it as a compliment for now.
Jahoon: Is there any other information about what happened? Anything about what happened to them?
Aunt: Let me try and see.
My aunt flipped around through the book until she reached a page of interest.
Aunt: I have found one. Actually two. In one case the results were that the person got together with both of his destined partners. In the other case, it seems like one of the people that should have been her destined partner wasn’t her partner in the end so she ended up with only one partner.
Jahoon: So… we are back to square one.
Uncle: Not quite. We found out that it is possible for you to have two partners.
Jina: How did that girl find out that the other one wasn’t her partner?
Aunt: Seems like she just found it out with time.
Dad: What about the third case? Maybe we can find out which outcome is much more likely to happen.
Aunt: I can’t seem to find anything about it. Did a piece of the book fall out or something? It seems like anything could happen at this point. You would just have to wait with the time.
Mom: Jahoon honey. No matter what happens, always choose with your heart. It is better to be with someone that you truly love than one you choose who may be a better fit. Sometimes the better fit isn't always the person you love.
Dad: Your mom is right. It would end up being too awful to be with someone you don’t even like.
Both mom and dad looked at me with a little concern. I smiled and reassured them that it wasn’t going to be the case and that I would choose someone that I love. We spent the rest of the day looking through the book and all of the stories that we could find in the book. It was well into the night when I decided to go back home.
Jahoon: I should get back home now. It is late at night after all and I also have work tomorrow.
Mom, Dad and Jina walked me over to the door as I took on my shoes and jacket.
Jahoon: Mimi! Come on! It’s time to go home! Where is she?
We all looked for her until we saw her completely overpowered by the kids as they all were hugging her and laying on top of her. She was kind of looking at us like she was asking for help. We all tried not to laugh but in the end, we couldn’t help it.
Jahoon: Well, it seems like someone has become a superstar.
We helped Mimi free from the small prison she was in and finally was able to get home. And of course, Mimi didn’t let what happened go and let me know that I should compensate her greatly for it.