My Instant Marriage

As Eunbi started to go the college Young-soo let her do whatever she wanted to do without meddling in her business as her by her wish. During the evening in the house Young-soo tried to get to know about Eunbi by sitting together and have talk with her, but she didn’t speak much with him she just prepares the dinner, have it together with him, do the dishes and get into her room. In the morning Young-soo prepares the breakfast, and has it with her. Every working day in the morning Young-soo used to drop her off in her college through his car, during the car ride she purposely wears earphone and listen some songs to avoid speaking with him.

One night, while Young-soo was reading books in his bed his smart phone rang he kept the book aside on the bed, and took his phone from the bedside table. He looked at the phone display before answering the call and it reads dad. He quickly selects the answer icon option on his phone.

Young-soo: Hello, dad, how was your day?

Mr. Lee: everything was good until I heard the news.

Young-soo could feel the tension in his father’s voice he sat down on the edge of the bed and asked him, "What is the matter, dad, is anything serious?"

Mr. Lee: Your father-in-law was admitted in the hospital due to heart-attack in the evening, just now your mother-in-law informed us.

Young-soo: What! What did the doctor say?

Mr. Lee: After examining him they said a minor surgery called coronary angioplasty should be done within 24 hours to recover him from the heart disease. Therefore, you and your wife try to come here immediately by the next flight.

Young-soo said yes to his dad and ended the call.

He went to inform it to Eunbi. He opened her room door without a knocking the door and entered in. Eunbi was startled and scolded him as he entered into her room without her permission, "Don’t you have some manners that you should knock the door before you enter into somebody’s room?" He ignored her scolding, and informed her, what has happened to her father, and said, "Get ready we are going to Seoul by the next flight."

Eunbi widens her eyes with shock and the tears were automatically streamed down from her eyes. She took her smart phone made a call to her mother and asked her, what did the doctors said about her father’s health condition and consoled her mother to be strong and then she ended up the call.

Eunbi closes her eyes and made a quick a prayer to God, that nothing bad to not happen to her father, then she opened her eyes and stared at Young-soo with brooding eyes. He went near to her, put his hand on her shoulder, pats it gently, and consoled her, "don’t worry stay strong, and have a strong belief that nothing bad will not happen to your father."

Young-soo contacts his secretary Jaemin through the phone and asked him to book two flight tickets immediately to the next flight to Seoul, but to their disappointment Jaemin said the next flight to Seoul starts only at tomorrow by 6:30 am in the morning. Therefore, the couple has waited till the morning in their house.

Next morning in the hospital at Seoul, the operation for Mr. Yoon was already started; Mrs. Yoon and Young-soo’s parents are waiting at the waiting area of the hospital with their mind prayers that the operation should end successfully. After 60 minutes a lady announcer announced via the microphone, "Mr. Yoon’s visitors are requested to meet the doctor at the entrance of the operation theater." Mrs. Yoon and Young-soo’s parents went to meet the doctor with the belief that it should be good news from the doctor. One of the female surgeon doctors in early forties informed them with a smile, "nothing to worry the surgical operation has gone successful and Mr. Yoon is fine now, in a while we’ll move him to the ICU you may visit him in the ICU during the visiting hours. By tomorrow morning we’ll move him to the general ward and in the evening you may discharge him from the hospital."

Three of them thanked the Doctor with a smile. Both Mr & Mrs. Lee were there in the hospital from yesterday with Mrs. Yoon. When Eunbi and Young-soo came to the hospital Mr. Yoon has already moved from Operation Theater to the ICU. Eunbi meets her mother as she comes out from the ICU by visiting her husband, Eunbi hugged her with tears, and asked, "omma, how is he doing now?"

"He is fine now and the doctor said nothing to worry and by tomorrow we can take him to our house." Her mother replied, wiped off the tears from Eunbi’s face, and asked the couple to visit Mr. Yoon.

The couple cleaned their hands with the help of antibacterial foam and went to the ICU to meet Mr. Yoon. The nurse opens the glass door for them, Mr. Yoon was lying down on the bed wearing oxygen mask on his face and a few monitoring equipments were surrounded around his bed. The couple remains calm and looks so supportive. Young-soo bowed his head and asked, "How are you feeling now, abeonim?"

"I am feeling better now," Mr. Yoon replied with little discomfort by wearing the oxygen mask.

The angioplasty treatment has done on his arm so Eunbi held his untreated hand, "appa don’t get stress with too much of work, hereafter please take some rest often."

Mr. Yoon nodded his head with an assuring smile.

"Abeonim, take some good quality of rest and consider that you are young and carefree without any anxiety." Young-soo said.

The couple made sure to make eye contact with Mr. Yoon while talking to him to provide him some encouragement.

"Appa, take some rest we doesn’t like to disturb you we will be thinking of you a lot and hope you to get well soon, saranghae~ see you in the evening." Eunbi motivated her father.

Young-soo bowed his head and said, "take care, abeonim we will meet you in the evening."

Once they come out from the ICU Eunbi sat down at one of the lined up chairs and shed tears which she has been controlled it in front of her father in the ICU. Young-soo sat down beside her, Eunbi rested her head against his firm shoulder, "he always used to be energetic for the whole day even in his hectic business schedules, but now he is lying down on the bed surrounded by monitoring machines, it’s hurting me to see my father in this state."

Young-soo wrapped his firm arm around her shoulder and patted gently, "stay strong he will get well soon, if you continue to be emotional like this in front of your mother then who will console your mother? So stay strong and try to provide some encouragement to your mother."

His advice gave her some confidence. She wiped of her tears from her face and followed Young-soo’s advice, and tried to look stronger to give some mental strength to her mother.

Young-soo asked Eunbi to take her mother to the house and request his mother-in-law to go home and take some rest, "Eomeonim, you have been staying in the hospital since yesterday, I will stay here. So now you please go to your house, freshen-up, take some rest, and come back in the evening."

Mrs. Yoon hesitates little to leave the hospital but Young-soo urged her to leave, "I will take care of Abeonim like his son, so go to your home without any worries."

Eunbi was clueless whether he is acting or saying all these from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes Young-soo is right, sadon (in-law) you are looking so tired, and restless you should take some rest," advised Mr. Lee.

Mrs. Yoon nodded her head and accepted to leave the hospital with Eunbi.

Once they leave Young-soo asked, also his parents to go to their home and come back in the evening.

As Young-soo promised that he’ll take care of Mr. Yoon like his father to Mrs. Yoon. He stayed in the hospital for one night and two days by doing all the needs for Mr. Yoon until he discharges from the hospital. Young-soo even paid the hospital discharged bills through his bank account, and safely he himself drove Mr. Yoon to his house in his car. Once they reach the house Young-soo carefully walked Mr. Yoon to get-in to the house and helped him to sit down on the cozy couch at the living room. Young-soo sat down beside his father-in-law and reminded Mr. Yoon once again about the doctor advice; avoid heavy lifting or vigorous activities at least for two weeks. Then Young-soo informed his father-in-law that he has got some important official meeting tomorrow morning which he was unable to postponed to some other days, so today he’s to return back to the Jeju Island to attend that meeting.

Mr. Yoon smiled at Young-soo, "you may leave I know about your busy schedules, I will not take it in a wrong sense, I should thank you for taking care of me like my son."

"Abeonim, I sincerely request you to not thank me anymore because it is my responsibility to take care of my wife’s parent as my parent."

"We are very grateful to get you as our son-in-law," Mr. Yoon proudly said.

Young-soo stood in front of his father-in-law bowed his head, and then said, "I’m also grateful to get such a lovely parents-in-law as you, Abeonim."

Young-soo asked Eunbi whether she was willing to come along with him today or planning to return of her own on tomorrow.

Eunbi replied, "I will come tomorrow."

Young-soo nodded his head, "Abeonim and eomeonim, I will take my leave, take care of your health, and I will meet you on the coming weekend, bye~." He made a respectful bow to his parents-in-law again before he leaves the house."

That night, Mr. Yoon went to bed earlier than usual. Eunbi and her mother had a chat on the couch of the living room. During the chat Mrs.Yoon expressed, "actually I was unhappy when your father accepted to Young-soo’s marriage proposal without reconsidering about it for twice or thrice, but now I was fully satisfied with your father’s decision. Thank God, you have married to a good and caring man, as your father said you are very fortunate to get him as your husband."

I would have been very fortunate if I didn’t marry him, Eunbi thought in her mind and felt so bleak that she could not express how he has mistreated her since from the day of the wedding, and it is not a right moment to convey about it to her mother. She just faked a smile and said, "omma, I have a good news for you."

"What it is?" Mrs. Yoon asked with enthusiastically. She cupped Eunbi’s face with her palms, and asked her, "am I going to be grandmother?"

Eunbi shoved her mother’s palms from her face, "omma, stop talking like crap. It has been only a few weeks since I have been married, so stop imagining things. The happy news which I came to say is I have joined in one of the universities in Jeju."

"Congratulations, my dear for continuing your studies. And I’m sorry, Eunbi-ah. For me it’s like more than months since you left to the Jeju Island. I couldn’t understand why the time is running too slowly, anyways my hearty congratulations once again for joining in the university, and I hope soon you will tell me the news which I’m expecting from you as well."

Eunbi made a wry grimace, "omma, are you out of your mind? I’m still young to have a baby, furthermore I still have one more year to complete my master’s degree, and even I have some other plans about my future after I finish my master’s degree, so I am not planning to have a child for a few more years."

"You can have the baby in-between while completing your degree." Mrs. Yoon replied.

"Omma, I’m sure that something has happened to you that’s why you are talking like this, if I stay with you for some more minutes I will go insane," she wished her mother good night and walked upstairs to her room.

"Eunbi-ah don’t get mad at me I just teased you, my dear." Her mother shouted from the living room and then laughed brightly.

The next day, before Eunbi returns back to Jeju Island she went to visit Young-soo’s parents at their house in the evening.

Hence Mr. Lee has gone out for some business deals only Mrs. Lee was in the house.

Mrs. Lee and Eunbi had a coffee chat in the dining hall, Mrs. Lee asked, "Is my son taking good care of you?"

"Yes eomeonim, he is taking good care of me," Eunbi lied.

"I know he will always take special care of his loved ones because he is my son," Mrs. Lee said proudly with a smile, "and soon I’m expecting some good news from you guys."

Eunbi was out of idea about what she is expecting from them, "Good news about what? eomeonim" Eunbi gazed at her intently.

Mrs. Yoon acted as if she was cradling a baby in her hands.

Eunbi never expected the same expectation also from Mrs. Lee. All the mothers are same and their expectations are also same once their children get married. Eunbi thought.

"What happened, Eunbi did I asked anything wrong?"

"No, eomeonim you haven’t, I...I..."

"It’s okay if you feel uncomfortable to answer my question just ignoring it I’ll not mind."

Eunbi makes an awkward smile and Mrs. Yoon smiled at her too.

Mrs. Lee claps her hands, "I forget to tell you, your wedding album was delivered a few days ago, and you both are looking so great together in the pictures. Come I will show you, it is in my room." Mrs. Lee took Eunbi to her room, showed her the pictures of the album with a lot of an excitement. Eunbi just faked a smile every time Mrs. Lee made comments of their pictures.

The time passes so quickly and it’s time for Eunbi to leave to the airport. Mrs. Lee asked Eunbi to take the wedding album along with her to show it to Young-soo. Eunbi took the wedding album, kept it in her hand carry travel bag, she bowed her head in a respectful way, hugged her mother-in-law, and gets into the car. The driver started the engine and drove the car to the Seoul’s domestic airport.