There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 265

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Part 2: Epilogue
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There was one person watching Yewon’s flawless day from beginning to end.
The White Room.
And a TV that had grown slightly smaller than before.
As Seoha watched the TV shrinking bit by bit, she could feel that her own time was not long for this world.
It was only natural.
Yewon’s only wish had been fulfilled now, and everyone was happy.
Seoha had given Yewon the loudest applause when she received the award.
When Lee Doha held Yewon tight, she too clutched the TV to her chest.
When Yusong shed tears, she wept even louder.
Throughout watching this most beloved film in the world—Yewon—she had been able to exist as the most joyful and most ardent of audiences.
Then.
A voice came through the screen.
[…So, Yewon, what’s next? You’ve won an award at the biggest film festival in the country. Is the world next?]
At Hyuk’s question, Yewon shook her head.
[Well, I’m not sure. For now, I want to focus on my uncles and my father. I feel like I haven’t paid enough attention to my family all this time. Until I graduate from college, I just want to make memories with them!]
At her words, everyone’s faces fell slightly.
[Won’t you regret it, Yewon?]
[Exactly. You’re at the peak of your career right now! Everyone’s waiting for your next film.]
[Directors are all waiting for you now.]
Voices full of concern and disappointment came from here and there.
It was one of the things Seoha had worried about as a mother, so she watched Yewon with a careful expression.
Yewon shook her head with a determined face.
[Of course my career and dreams are important, but now I have something even more precious. And it’s not like I’m giving up completely—I’m just taking a break, so it’s fine.]
She said this and smiled broadly at her uncles and father.
[No matter how good a film or drama is, and no matter how great and magnificent a play is, they all have to come to an end eventually.]
!
[It’s bittersweet, but I want to think of Act 1 as finished now. I’ve seen the perfect ending to Act 1, so now I want to enjoy this happy intermission.]
Yewon laughed then, a bright giggle.
[And I want to visit my mother’s columbarium more often. That’s the only time I can see my father truly at rest. And wouldn’t my mother want to see me often too? I miss her every single day.]
….
At her daughter’s warm words, Seoha too shed tears, just as Yusong had.
So that was it.
All this time, Yewon had minimized mentions of Seoha for Yusong’s and Lee Doha’s sake. Whenever her mother came up, everyone’s faces would turn unbearably sad, and she simply couldn’t bring herself to speak of her.
So Seoha had thought it was a relief that Yewon had largely forgotten her.
After all, I’m someone who has passed on.
The living must live their own lives. The departed must be released and left behind….
She had thought this way.
But now Yewon was happy. The people I wanted to protect could now enjoy complete happiness.
So I thought I could leave without regret… that I had no lingering attachments left.
She had thought this way.
But the moment her daughter spoke her name, the tears would not stop flowing.
[…Of course Seoha would want to see our daughter often too.]
Yusong said this while holding Yewon tight.
[She’s probably watching it all right now. That was the kind of person Seoha was. She always amazed us all.]
[My sister was always a bit like that.]
As Lee Doha added his words to Yusong’s, Seoha let out a soft laugh.
“…How did you all see me, really.”
[Perhaps Yewon inherited that very quality from you. Our daughter always amazed us.]
[Me!?]
[Of course.]
Everyone nodded as if in agreement with Yusong’s words.
[When, when did I ever amaze you…!]
As Yewon flailed about, everyone laughed fondly, saying how adorable she was.
Happy laughter burst forth from all around.
Seoha laughed along with them.
Then.
-Humans have a saying: if you cry and then laugh, horns grow on your backside, don’t they?
!
Seoha startled at the sudden sound of Cotton Ball’s voice and spun around.
-Why the shock? It’s obvious, isn’t it? I’ve put up with you all this time because of that ridiculous, unfair Minor Protection Policy, but that’s over now.
Cotton Ball circled Seoha with a vicious smile.
-Because your daughter succeeded in her contract!
“…Isn’t that actually good news?”
Seoha looked at Cotton Ball as if bewildered.
Only Cotton Ball could deliver good fortune with such malice.
-…….
-I never liked you from the start, Lee Seoha. You have no shame, and for your daughter’s sake you’d greedily tear anything from me. You were the worst.
Cotton Ball erased the smile and slowly approached Seoha.
-I can’t tell you how relieved I am to finally be rid of you!
“I’m glad I don’t have to see your face ever again.”
I never wanted to look at that miserable creature who’d tormented our daughter again.
-Hmph.
-You’ve been a thorn in my side till the very end….
-So… let me send you very, very far away!
“!”
Just like this?
I’m not ready yet—I wasn’t prepared for this—!
Seoha’s mouth opened wide in shock as she watched Cotton Ball swallow her whole with a great gulp, and everything froze.
Even as she was being consumed completely, Seoha thought.
No, I can’t….
I want to see just a little more of my daughter eating happily with her uncles.
Coming to the columbarium with Yusong and rambling on about all those embarrassing memories—I wanted to see more of that, just a bit more….
-Go on and spend a good long while beside your daughter who loves you so much, Lee Seoha!
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-!
And when she opened her eyes again.
…opened… her… eyes… again?
Seoha panicked and tried to blink. But…… she couldn’t blink at all!
Then.
Suddenly the door opened with a sound, and light spilled in.
“Yewon. We were going to the Hangang River for a picnic today, remember? The uncles packed inari sushi. Come out and have a taste.”
“Yeah!!!!! Baby Bird!!!　Wake up!!!! It’s morning!!!!!!! You need to get up!!!!!!! Seriously! Just because it’s summer break doesn’t mean you get to sleep in every single day like this! A high schooler sleeping this late—is that allowed?? Huh???”
-?!?!?!
What on earth was happening?
Her daughter’s voice came from right beside her bewildered self.
“Uuuuugh…. Give me a break…. Last night… I watched movies with the kids and just fell asleep late…….”
-!
“Let her be. Look at her. Still hugging that teddy bear while she sleeps. What high schooler sleeps with a stuffed animal?”
Eon’s voice came—whether teasing or sincere, she couldn’t tell.
It was only then….
that Seoha could see where she was, and what she had become.
She was….
“I can’t help it. It’s just so soft and fluffy….”
the very teddy bear that Yusong had given to Yewon at her awards ceremony!
Yewon rubbed her face against the teddy bear that Seoha had become, then yawned and sat up.
“If my brother-in-law bought it, it’s obviously the softest teddy bear in the whole world.”
“Well, true. With my brother-in-law… he might’ve actually imprisoned and coerced toy craftsmen from around the globe.”
“Don’t say scary things like that!!!!!!! If he hears us, we’re all done for!!!!!!!”
It was Ian, then Lee Doha, then Weon, in that order.
And….
“Is there a difference between the guy making inari sushi and the guy eating it? Everybody hurry up and come out!”
Yeonho pulled everyone from their rooms, wearing a pink apron.
Everyone but one.
Everyone except Yewon.
Still half-asleep, Yewon yawned and hugged the teddy bear tight.
“Good morning….”
-!!!
Was this a dream?
Seoha felt her chest might burst as she experienced the warmth of her daughter for the first time in so long.
Her daughter’s scent.
Her daughter’s soft cheek.
She couldn’t quite believe any of it was real.
Ring-ring-ring.
Ring-ring-ring.
Yewon checked the ringing phone and held it up to show the teddy bear as well.
“It’s Eun-o… everyone’s busy already, even in the morning….”
Yewon stretched languidly and climbed out of bed.
Then.
“Yewon? You up?”
Yusong stepped into the room.
“Yep!”
“Your hair’s all messy, sweetheart.”
Yusong tenderly smoothed down her hair, then chuckled softly at the enormous teddy bear sprawled across her bed.
“You slept with him again?”
“I’m going to sleep with him forever and ever, because you gave him to me, Dad!”
“That’s right.”
Yusong nodded as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
“Your uncles built a mountain out of inari sushi downstairs. Come on, let’s go.”
“Dad’s coming too, right?”
“Of course.”
Yusong ushered Yewon out of the room first.
Then he lingered, gazing intently at the teddy bear before sitting down in front of it.
“Thank you for protecting our daughter from nightmares tonight.”
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“I’m counting on you in the future too.”
Yusong spoke these words and tapped the teddy bear’s nose gently.
In that instant.
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A familiar scent wafted from the bear.
He assumed it must be his daughter’s scent, but this was… something more longed-for….
“…Seoha?”
Yusong murmured without thinking, staring blankly at the teddy bear for a moment before drawing it into a gentle embrace.
“…I miss you, Seoha.”
Yusong patted the bear’s back tenderly.
“You did well. Now our daughter is perfectly happy.”
At those words, Seoha held tight to Yusong’s chest.
You’ve worked hard too.
Now I will stand by our daughter’s side forever, just as you do.
Speaking thus.
[Four top idols gained an uncle]
Part 2 — Complete

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