There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 246

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Part 2, Episode 72
Yewon was taken aback.
There wasn’t a word in Eon’s statement that resembled love, yet somehow to her ears….
it had sounded like a confession.
Strange. She knew it was probably just her imagination….
Then.
[A LIFELONG CONTRACT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[THINK CAREFULLY!!!!!]
“?!!?!”
A Message Window materialized before her, and Yewon jolted.
All of a sudden?
[Don’t get duped into a shady contract like Uncle Doha did!!!]
[Be careful!!!]
What?
No, hold on….
That’s a completely different situation from Uncle Doha’s!
The message froze her racing heart in an instant.
What is this place doing now.
In any case, thanks to the Message Window, Yewon managed to reclaim her reason.
I nearly nodded along without realizing it. His face was just too persuasive.
“If you promise to film good work forever, I’ll do it.”
“!”
“Then I will. Not necessarily as the lead, but in any small role. I’ll be a part of your films.”
[ㅡㅡ]
[Maybe you should be a bit more careful….]
Ugh, seriously.
Yewon thoroughly ignored the Message Window.
What’s with all this talk, like my uncles.
Yewon fixed Eon with a tense gaze. He didn’t take my words as a rejection, did he?
Now that she thought about it, she had a gut feeling that his answer was directly tied to the Quest’s success.
If he answered now, ‘What? That’s a bit… I’ll just not make the film,’ wouldn’t the Quest automatically fail too?
That can’t happen!
“All right.”
“…!”
“I’ll do my best so you can appear in a film with a glad heart.”
Seeing light return to Eon’s eyes, Yewon broke into a bright smile.
“I think I’d be happy in any film you make…?”
“That’s not how things work. I won’t be careless about it.”
Eon spoke firmly, then stretched his legs and stood up.
And he extended his hand to Yewon.
“Lunch break’s about over. Let’s go.”
“…!”
That hand—was he asking her to hold it and stand up?
Yewon, who had never held hands with a man outside of acting scenes, stared at his hand with bewildered eyes.
Should I… should I really take it?!
“What are you doing? Won’t you take it? You’re not coming?”
“!!!!”
At his words, Yewon grabbed his hand with both of hers without thinking.
“……??”
“???”
“……???”
Did I just grab his hand like a puppy sticking out both paws to a person…?
Yewon looked at Eon, her face burning red with embarrassment, while Eon himself met her gaze with a blank expression for a moment before
breaking into a bright, easy laugh.
“…Don’t laugh at me….”
“Then don’t do things that are laughable.”
“….”
He had a point, so there was nothing she could say….
Yewon released his hand with a pouty face.
And you should stop saying things designed to embarrass me like that….
Still, in any case….
It feels like I’ve taken another step closer to completing the quest…?
If the senior would just accept Yu Jungseok’s co-directing proposal, that would be all I need….
Yewon watched Yoo Eun-o’s retreating figure with a mixture of worry and anticipation.
* * *
Yewon’s House.
Eon stared at Lee Doha’s door with wide, glaring eyes.
It was fine that he’d made peace with Yewon because of the trip and become the world’s greatest uncle and niece again….
But that same trip had taught him that Lee Doha had been hiding a persistent headache the whole time.
Foolish bastard. There’s plenty he could hide, but why that?
Eon couldn’t understand it at all. They saw each other nearly every day—did he really think he could hide something like that for long?
It wasn’t as if that idiot thought of him as some kind of fool…!
The more Eon thought about it, the more his anger flared.
So in the end, he couldn’t hold back any longer and kicked Lee Doha’s door open.
“Lee Doha…!”
Eon was about to call out Lee Doha’s name loudly when he stopped short.
Lee Doha was…
…sleeping so peacefully, as if he felt no pain whatsoever.
“….”
Though the sound of kicking the door open should have been anything but quiet, Lee Doha lay undisturbed, sleeping serenely.
It was infuriating.
Eon ran his hand through his hair in exasperation. This cheap bastard. He wasn’t even going to let Eon stay angry at him.
With a disgruntled expression, Eon sat down beside Lee Doha’s bed and glared at him, fully intending to wake him and scold him if he looked even slightly in pain.
But Lee Doha showed no sign of suffering. He bore that same peaceful, happy expression he always wore beside Yewon.
“…I’m only giving you one more chance, I swear.”
Hide that you’re hurting again, and I’ll really make you suffer for it.
With that vow, Eon abruptly flopped down on the floor.
It would have been astonishing to those who knew that Eon would never lie down unless it was on a luxury mattress, but he paid it no mind.
After all, there are always exceptions in this world.
Just then…
“!”
The front door opened, and the sound of someone coming inside echoed from beyond the room.
Startled, Eon sat up on his elbows.
Wait. All the members were out on their individual schedules, so the only person who could be coming in now….
“I’m home.”
…was Yewon!
Eon panicked at the thought of Lee Doha waking, yet he couldn’t help but greet Yewon, so he wavered uncertainly.
What should he do?!
“Where is everyone—”
At that moment, Yewon and Eon’s eyes met squarely as she looked around the house for her uncles.
“!”
“?”
Yewon’s face registered shock at the sight of Eon half-sprawled on Lee Doha’s floor, but the moment she saw Lee Doha sleeping peacefully, her expression shifted to one of complete understanding.
Ah.
Yewon nodded once, quietly set her backpack on the floor, and pattered quickly toward Eon.
Then she lay down gently beside him.
“…!”
At this touching gesture, Eon let out a small laugh and settled in comfortably.
He gently patted Yewon’s head as she rested it lightly against his shoulder.
Perhaps this was what family meant.
So precious that you feared it might break, and sometimes painful and sad….
Yet through it all, you come to understand that preciousness again and love it even more.
Against the warmth touching his shoulder, Eon whispered very softly to Yewon.
“Welcome home, little one.”
“Mm.”
“Nothing unusual today?”
“…Maybe….”
At the vague reply, Eon’s eyebrows rose.
Look at that. Something definitely happened.
Eon was about to demand that she tell him straight, but he stopped himself.
That’s done. If this little one gets angry again like last time, I won’t live to see another day…. I can’t go before Lee Doha, no matter what.
“Little one.”
“Hmm?”
“Never mind. Let’s take a nap together, all of us.”
“Like when I was a baby?”
Yewon’s delighted wiggling transferred directly to Ian’s shoulder.
You used to laugh like that when you were small. Back then you were so much tinier that you fit perfectly in my arms when you laughed….
The memory brought a quiet smile to Ian’s face.
“Yeah. Just like when you were a baby.”
Like that time when GLEET’s members and baby Yewon all gathered in the living room, chattering and bickering together before drifting off to sleep.
Like that moment we loved most of all.
Yewon gave a small nod.
“Okay, let’s do that, Uncle.”
Ian closed his eyes, resting his head against Yewon’s small head leaning on his shoulder.
On the bed, Lee Doha’s steady breathing.
The child’s small breath against his cheek.
All of this is what keeps Ian alive.
The truth was, the reason Ian had been so angry and anxious….
might have been because the things that keep him alive shine with such brilliance.
If only they could stay this warm….
* * *
Arriving home a bit early in the evening, Yusong tilted his head at the sight of the house shrouded in darkness.
After purchasing his mother’s house (which was essentially forced upon him), Yusong came to live on the lower floor of Yewon’s House. However, he made it a habit to eat dinner with everyone together.
But over the past few days, due to Yewon’s request, Yusong had been working late and missed family meals, and today was finally that ‘promised day.’
He’d been waiting and waiting for today….
What’s going on?
It’s still too early for everyone to be asleep.
He’d worked himself to death on purpose just to receive praise from his daughter and left work early for it.
Just as he was about to feel quite forlorn in the dark, empty house with no one to greet him.
“!”
Yusong noticed Lee Doha’s door was open and carefully approached.
And through the crack in the door, what he saw was.
Shh.
Lee Doha, holding a finger to his lips with a sly smile.
Sitting on the bed, he smiled gently and pointed down to the floor.
Following his finger, Yusong peered quietly into the dark room.
There were Yewon and Ian, heads together, sleeping soundly.
“…!”
That’s my spot!
Yusong’s face crumpled at once.
Any other day, fine, but today that place should have been his!
“…They seem quite exhausted. I didn’t want to wake them, so we’ve just been waiting like this. Brother-in-law, please wait just a bit longer.”
“……….”
At Lee Doha’s words, a crestfallen Yusong drooped his shoulders and nodded.
That praise time he’d been looking forward to would have to wait until tomorrow….

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