Small footsteps could be heard as soon as I opened the door.
A smile has already formed around my mouth, recalling the owners of those cute steps.
“Papa Papa Papa!”
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“It’s Sihyeon, Popi!”
The children hugged me as soon as they saw me without giving me time to take off my shoes.
I hurriedly put the ice cream I bought on the floor and hugged the children.
“Ooooo! Guys, I have to take off my shoes.”
While saying embarrassingly, the corners of my mouth went up endlessly to the point of touching the earlobes.
“Did you wait a long time for me?”
“Un! I’ve been waiting for Papa.”
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“I was so bored without Sihyeon, Popi.”
“Really? I should have returned sooner.”
The children’s answers made all the tiredness disappear in an instant.
Wouldn’t this moment be one of the top three moments when parents feel proud?
“Hahaha. I don’t know how the kiddos let you go to work in the morning?”
“Ho-ho-ho. Seems like Sihyeon won’t be able to come inside for a while.”
“Um, hmm.”
With the appearance of Yerin and my mother, I controlled my facial expression belatedly.
I felt very embarrassed.
“You haven’t had dinner yet, have you? Drop the kids off and go wash up. I’ll prepare dinner for you in a minute.”
“Okay. Guys, I’m going to wash up.”
I dropped off the clingy children and headed to the bathroom.
When I came out of the shower, my mother prepared dinner for me.
As soon as I sat down at the table, the children rushed up to me with ice cream.
“Didn’t you guys eat dinner?”
“I did. Can I eat ice cream next to Papa?”
Speranza looked up at me with sparkling eyes.
“Then shall we eat together?”
I hugged Speranza and sat on the chair with the children on my laps.
“Wouldn’t it be inconvenient to eat? Do you want me to keep them?”
“It’s okay mom. We can eat slowly.”
While I was having dinner, the children started eating ice cream next to me.
It was a bead ice cream that Gyuri wanted to eat in the morning.
I bought enough because I thought they liked it a lot, but the children didn’t get greedy and took out only one bead ice cream.
It warmed my heart just to see them huddle together and share.
My mother and Yerin also watched the children with a similar expression as I did.
After dinner, which was uncomfortable but happy, I threw myself on the couch in the living room.
Of course, there were children on both sides of me.
“So I did puzzles with Sister Yerin and played with dolls, Papa.”
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“We made that up there. Popi! It’s so hard to make, Popi!”
The children chattered nonstop about everything that happened today.
I was worried a lot, but I felt comfortable since they had a more fun day than I thought.
Yerin, on the other hand, looked at this side with a sullen expression.
“What’s wrong with your expression?”
“Ahhhh! I thought I got really close to the kids since I played so hard today. But, as soon as you came, they didn’t care about me.”
Her jealous grumble made me burst into a small laugh.
“Hohoho, kids love me so much. What can you do except be jealous?”
“Ah, I’m so angry! I was going to make you cry today by completely luring the kids into my charms!”
“That can’t happen even in your dreams! Still, you tried. I’ll give you a round of applause in that regard.”
I clapped while sitting in a bossy pose.
Yerin trembled with anger at my bluffing expression.
“Oh, I hate you, I hate you!”
While teasing Yerin like that, it was already time for the children to go to bed.
Yerin prepared to leave with an expression of great regret.
“I’ll be on my way. I have a guild raid scheduled for tomorrow.”
“Are you not going to take what you brought today?”
“I brought it all for the kids anyway. Don’t worry about it. Take it.”
There were a lot of expensive-looking toys, and quite a lot of things left unopened.
It wouldn’t have been easy to deal with the children all day, so I felt a little sorry for teasing Yerin earlier.
However, Yerin rather broke out in a sigh full of regret.
“Ah! If it was not for the guild raid, I would have spent a lot more time with the kids. It’s so sad. Just tomorrow! Shall I take a break?”
“Can the self-proclaimed ace of Guardians Guild fall out of the guild raid so easily?”
“Of course not. The guild master won’t let me go.”
Yerin headed to the front door with a sullen look on her face.
“I’m leaving, Aunt Saya.”
“Okay, Yerin. Thank you for helping with the kids today. Proceed safely with tomorrow’s guild raid.”
While Yerin greeted my mother, I lowered down and whispered something to the children.
At the end of my words, the children nodded and moved toward the front door.
“ Sister Yerin !”
“Huh? Speranza, why did you call me?”
Yerin lowered her head and looked at Speranza.
“Thank you for playing with me today.”
“…!!”
“I had a lot of fun today, Popi! Let’s play together again next time, Popi!”
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The children thanked and hugged Yerin.
She looked blank for a moment, and then a bright smile spread on her face.
“No, I’m more grateful. Next time you come over to grandma’s house, will you play with me again?”
“Yes!”
“Promise! Popi.”
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Yerin hugged the children tightly.
I was so moved that my eyes were teary.
While Yerin poked out her tongue slightly with a look of annoyance, I laughed while thinking of the efforts she had put into taking care of the children instead of me today.
Yerin said a sad goodbye to the children and left the front door.
I poked my face out of the door and called her.
“Yerin, there’s something I forgot to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Well… I think I explained it logically and reasonably. But they don’t think so.”
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