π΅β‘ Cassian - Chapter 7: Life In The Fast Lane
A quarter of a year passed almost unnoticed. Looking back, Cassian struggled to remember when exactly Emily, Kyeongtae and Dayoon had stopped feeling like people he visited and started feeling like home. Perhaps there had never been a single moment.
Perhaps it had happened through hundreds of ordinary evenings instead. Shared dinners. Long conversations. Movie nights that ended far too late. Coffee in the kitchen before work. Wide smiles exchanged across the dining table. The four of them had slowly built something that none of them ever needed to force. It simply fit.
Cassian had become more than Emily's partner. For over two months now, he and Dayoon had also shared a relationship that had grown just as naturally as every other connection inside their small polycule. Emily had been right. Love had never asked to exist in only one place.
One evening, Cassian invited Emily to his house. She accepted right away, as always. The familiar rooms felt different now. Not emptier, just temporary.
After dinner, they stayed in the living area where so many of Cassian's thoughts had once begun. For a long moment, neither of them spoke. They simply looked through the large windows into the dimly lit garden.
Then Cassian reached into his pocket. Immediately, Emily looked at him. He took a slow breath.
"I've never been very good at planning speeches," he admitted with a faint smile.
Emily raised an eyebrow.
"I noticed."
Cassian laughed softly.
"I only know one thing."
He stepped closer.
"I don't want to imagine a future that doesn't include you."
For the first time that evening, Emily's expression changed. Barely, but enough. Cassian carefully opened the small box in his hands.
"Emily Martin..."
His voice remained steady.
"...will you marry me?"
Silence. The city seemed impossibly far away. Emily looked at the ring, then back at him. For several long seconds, she simply stared. When she finally answered, her voice sounded almost unfamiliar.
"...Yes."
Before Cassian could react, tears gathered in her eyes. She blinked them away almost immediately. Old habits. Not quickly enough though, because he had noticed them. Without saying anything, he stepped forward and embraced her. Emily allowed herself to lean into him. Just for a moment. Then she smiled.
"You know," she said quietly, "there's one condition."
Cassian laughed.
"Of course there is."
"Now that we're engaged..."
She looked toward the distant skyline.
"...you'll move in with us."
She didn't need to explain why. Four careers. One household. One future. It simply made sense.
Cassian smiled.
"I already assumed that."
Emily nodded once.
"I know."
The following evening, another celebration unfolded. This time, it was Kyeongtae who stood nervously before Dayoon. Unlike Emily, Dayoon never attempted to hide what she felt. So when she realized what was happening, her eyes widened immediately. Before Kyeongtae had even fully finished asking, she laughed through gathering tears.
"Yes!"
She threw her arms around him without a second thought. Kyeongtae, usually so composed, laughed into the embrace. Across the room, Cassian exchanged a knowing glance with Emily.
Several weeks later, all four of them sat together around the dining table in the house that now belonged to all of them equally. Dinner had almost finished when the conversation drifted somewhere unexpected: Children.
Emily rested her hands on the table.
"In my family," she began carefully, "children have always been... important."
Cassian listened.
"So important," Kyeongtae continued, "that every generation carries a responsibility toward the next."
Neither of them explained further. They didn't need to, because Cassian understood enough. Emily looked around the table.
"If we're going to build a future together..."
"...we should build it fairly," Dayoon finished with a gentle smile.
The conversation lasted well into the evening. There were questions. Ideas. Occasional laughter. Moments of thoughtful silence. Eventually, the four of them arrived at a plan that somehow reflected everything they had slowly become.
Two children would be carried by surrogate mothers: Cassian x Dayoon, Emily x Kyeongtae. Meanwhile, Emily herself would carry a child with Cassian and Dayoon would carry one with Kyeongtae. No connection would stand above another. No love would weigh more heavily than the rest. Each relationship would become part of the family they were creating together.
When the discussion finally ended, nobody questioned the decision. It simply felt right. Emily leaned back, looking around the table. For the first time in many years, she allowed herself to imagine the future. Not the one expected of her, but the one they had chosen together.
And before long... they began turning those dreams into reality.
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Their plan had sounded ambitious even while they were making it. Four children. Four pregnancies. All within roughly the same period of time. Yet somehow, everything fell into place without complications.
Two surrogate mothers carried the first children. One conceived by Cassian and Dayoon, the other by Emily and Kyeongtae.
Not long afterward, Emily received confirmation from her doctor that she was pregnant with Cassian's child as well.
And only a few weeks later, Dayoon learned that their plan had worked one final time. She was pregnant with Kyeongtae's child.
For a family that had spent so much time discussing, organizing and carefully planning its future, suddenly seeing all four pieces fall into place felt almost unreal.
When Dayoon told Kyeongtae the news, she barely managed to finish the sentence before his expression changed. His usual composure disappeared immediately. He pulled her into his arms and held her there. For several minutes, neither of them moved much.
Dayoon laughed softly against his shoulder, occasionally trying to say something, only for Kyeongtae to tighten his embrace again. Eventually, she stopped trying. There would be plenty of time for words later. For now, they simply stood together and allowed themselves to be happy.
The call came from the surrogate mother carrying Cassian and Dayoon's child, sending both of them into a mixture of excitement and nervousness they had never experienced before.
They remained nearby throughout the birth. And only minutes after their son entered the world, he was placed into their waiting arms. A boy. Healthy. Tiny. Perfectly unaware of how many people had already spent months waiting for him.
They named him Caydan.
Cassian could barely take his eyes off him. For the first few days, he tried to handle as much of Caydan's care as possible himself. Dayoon was already well into her own pregnancy, and the last thing Cassian wanted was to exhaust her unnecessarily.
That determination lasted approximately until he realized how many questions a newborn could create within a single hour. So while Cassian did most of the carrying, feeding and comforting, Dayoon became his constant source of advice.
Sometimes he asked her questions from across the room. Sometimes from directly beside her. Occasionally through text messages while she was only one floor away. Dayoon answered every single one, usually while laughing.
Barely a week later, the family grew again. This time, it was the surrogate carrying Emily and Kyeongtae's child who went into labor. Dayoon accompanied Emily to the hospital despite being heavily pregnant herself, refusing to stay home while another member of their family was about to arrive. Kyeongtae joined them as quickly as he could after leaving work.
Soon afterward, another newborn cry filled the room. Another boy - Taelon.
Kyeongtae held his son carefully while Emily stood beside him, watching the tiny face with an expression softer than almost anyone outside their home ever got to see.
Two children had arrived. Two were still waiting.
Three weeks later, it was Emily's turn. Cassian remained beside her throughout the long hours that followed. There was nothing easy about the birth. It was exhausting, painful and considerably longer than either of them had hoped. Cassian stayed close whenever she allowed him to, offering his hand, quiet encouragement and whatever little comfort he could provide.
Eventually, after hours that seemed determined never to end, they heard the sound they had been waiting for. Their son - Ismael.
Cassian looked from the tiny boy toward Emily. Exhaustion covered her face and so did relief. Beneath both was something much rarer. Pure, undisguised happiness.
Their family had grown for the third time in less than a month. Emily barely had time to recover before the roles began to reverse.
Now it was Dayoon who needed support. Her pregnancy had entered its final stretch, and as the weeks became increasingly uncomfortable, Emily stayed close.
She offered advice whenever Dayoon asked for it, helped wherever she could and occasionally reminded her that the last few weeks would eventually end, even when Dayoon insisted they apparently intended to last forever.
Five weeks after Ismael's birth, they finally did. Dayoon went into labor. The familiar rush began one last time. Kyeongtae left work as soon as he heard and hurried to the hospital to be beside her. And after everything the family had experienced over the previous weeks, their fourth child finally arrived.
Another boy. They named him Daekon.
Four planned children. Four healthy sons. Eventually, the hospital visits ended. The waiting ended. The pregnancies ended. And all four boys were finally home.
Caydan Scott-Son.
Taelon Lee-Martin.
Ismael Martin-Scott.
Daekon Lee-Son.
The house that had once comfortably belonged to four adults suddenly felt completely different. There were bottles everywhere. Blankets appeared in rooms where nobody remembered leaving them. Someone always needed to be held. Someone always needed to be fed. Sleep became something everyone discussed far more often than they actually experienced. The quiet life they had known disappeared almost overnight.
But whenever the four of them looked around their increasingly chaotic home, none of it felt wrong. Months earlier, they had sat around the same dining table and discussed what their future might look like. Back then, their children had been combinations written into a plan. Possibilities. Names they had not yet chosen.
Now four little lives existed where those plans had once been. And somehow, against all odds, every one of them had arrived healthy and safe. Their family was louder now and far more exhausting. Considerably more complicated too. But as four little boys slowly settled into the home they had prepared for them, the family finally felt complete.
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The weeks following Cassian's confession to Emily passed faster than he had expected.
After everything that had happened between them, he had imagined dramatic conversations, difficult decisions or perhaps long nights spent discussing feelings and boundaries. Instead, Emily did what she had promised from the beginning.
She showed him her world. Piece by piece. Without rushing or explaining more than necessary. And somehow, that felt very much like Emily.
As they sat down together, another man joined them shortly afterward.
"Cassian," Emily said simply. "This is Kyeongtae."
The man offered a polite smile and a small nod.
Kyeongtae Lee looked almost ordinary at first glance. His clothes were neat but unremarkable. His posture was relaxed. His voice was calm. Yet within minutes, Cassian noticed something unusual about him.
Kyeongtae rarely interrupted people. He preferred listening. When he did speak, however, everyone seemed to pay attention. The conversation drifted naturally between work, everyday life and various small events happening throughout Dowon. Only later did Cassian learn more about him.
Kyeongtae worked as a junior lawyer at a respected law firm. According to Emily, he had an exceptional talent for negotiation and occasionally assisted with legal matters connected to her father. The information settled somewhere in the back of Cassian's mind. Interesting, but not alarming. At least not yet.
More than anything else, Kyeongtae simply seemed kind. The sort of person who made others feel comfortable without ever demanding attention for himself. By the end of the afternoon, Cassian found himself genuinely liking him, which surprised him. A lot of things about Emily's life still surprised him.
Several days later, Emily introduced him to someone else. This time, it happened during a dinner at her house. A woman greeted him before he had even managed to remove his coat.
"Cassian!"
Her smile appeared instantly. Warm and bright, completely unlike Emily's carefully controlled expressions. The contrast was almost amusing.
"Dayoon," Emily said from somewhere behind him.
"Nice to finally meet you properly," Dayoon replied before Cassian could even answer.
The evening passed far more loudly than his previous meetings with Emily's social circle. Dayoon enjoyed talking, not in an overwhelming way, simply openly and naturally. She seemed capable of finding something interesting in almost any topic and possessed the rare ability to make conversations feel effortless. By the time dinner ended, Cassian felt as though he had known her far longer than a single evening.
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A few days later, his phone vibrated unexpectedly. The sender's name surprised him: Dayoon.
Her message was short.
Hey. Emily is busy again and Kyeongtae is buried in work. Do you want to go somewhere together this weekend?
Cassian couldn't help but smile.
Emily's schedule had indeed become increasingly chaotic recently. Whenever she wasn't working, she seemed occupied with a dozen other responsibilities she never fully explained. And unlike most people, she genuinely preferred spending her free time indoors.
Dayoon, on the other hand, appeared incapable of staying inside for too long.
Sure, Cassian replied.
I'd like that.
The response arrived almost immediately.
Perfect π
As the days passed, Cassian slowly began understanding something he had overlooked before. Emily had never been trying to introduce him to a relationship. She had been introducing him to people. To connections. To an entire network of lives intertwined in ways he had never experienced himself.
Growing up, relationships had always appeared simple.
Two people. One bond. One future.
Now he found himself surrounded by friendships, partnerships and emotional connections that seemed to overlap without replacing one another. Strangely enough, it no longer felt confusing. It simply felt new.
One evening, while sitting alone on the upper balcony of his house, Cassian watched the lights of Dowon flicker against the darkening sky. The winter air had begun fading into spring. The city felt alive. For the first time in a long while, so did he. And somewhere between Emily's quiet certainty, Kyeongtae's steady presence and Dayoon's effortless warmth, Cassian realized something.
Emily had kept her promise. She was showing him her world. To his own surprise, he wanted to see more.
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