#halmeoni

Changbin chuckles from the other end of the living room and says, "Why would Sister Hong need help? This is a big blow for China!". Changbin is loud as usual, and annoying. Halima almost falls off his lap as she laughs, but he holds her and keeps her secured on his lap while looking at her fondly. 

In the spirit of keeping up with the humour, you stand up for yourself. "This isn't a courage thing. I have so much courage I can go to jail for it." Felix moves closer and slips his hand in yours. Your eyes lock and you see the amusement in his eyes. He can tell you are not amused at the predicament he's set up for you. You also know why he's done it. 

'Fuck my life' you think to yourself. This is your karma for refusing to live your life correctly. 

Someone in the crowded room shouts about how Hongdae Guy is going to move on, how he doesn't have all day to wait for a confused Chinese woman. Another one wonders if Hongdae Guy will be shocked at the surprise Sister Hong has in store for him between her legs. The brown wig continues to annoy you and get hotter even though the banter in the room is amusing. You smile. Someone turned down the music so everyone could witness this momentous nonsense at this Halloween party. 

So, this is how a midlife crisis feels like when it's going well. You do not want to think about the downside, the opposite of it. You want to live in the moment. 

While squeezing Felix's hand a little more in your hand, you keep your eyes locked on his and tell Hyunjin, "Hongdae Guy, let's do it."

Your Heart and Y/N have also been watching a C-Drama whose trailer amuses you, it eerily mimics a throuple story and Your Heart says it's been a source of laughter for both him and Y/N. She already watched the show but just wants to hear Your Heart's take on it, so she's watching it again with him. You really hope this goes well because Your Heart really wants Y/N, and what Your Heart wants, you want. 

The cashier points to the table where they are sitting after you ask him, and you notice Your Heart has direct sight of the entrance while Y/N's back is to you. Your Heart breaks out his signature bright smile when he notices you, and moves to stand. Y/N who seemed to have been taking a drink out of her bottle of water stops mid sip and places the bottle back on the table, and just waits. You get to the table and are finally in view of her by her side, and that's when she stands because she can see that you are the one she has been waiting for. You place the recyclable bag on the chair and extend your hand out to her, while addressing Your Heart, "Felix, so this is Y/N, the one you have been telling me so much about. How are you, Y/N?".

"I am doing well Hyunjn, thank you. How are you? And do you mind if I get the smell test out of the way right now?"

You hesistate for a fraction of a second then recognition hits your mind, you remember Felix talking about this. "I'm doing great, and yes, go ahead." And with that, she is no longer between the table and chair but right next to you, and gently pulls you in. Y/N moves surprisingly fast for someone her size and it's something Your Heart told you takes some getting used to. He'd already noticed she was somewhat light on her feet the first time he met her but wasn't too sure as they had to slow down because of snow and ice being on the ground at the time. For almost a minute, your hands remain in contact while she sniffs your neck, her eyes are closed as she concentrates and her breath is slow. You are made aware of what Your Heart described as a tropical scent in the products she uses. 

"I can live with this." Y/N announces and with that the handshake is gone, she's back to sitting down opposite the two of you. A black pack occupies the chair next to her. You hug Your Heart in greeting and as you break away, you can see the longing still lingering in his eyes from last night. Before you accidentally sit on the gift you brought, you pick it up and address Y/N, "I brought you a gift, I hope you like it." Y/N looks pleasantly surprised, and you notice she seems shy which is quite a contrast to what Your Heart had told you. Just then the server yells out the order number for your meal and Your Heart goes to pick it up. That's when you actually pay attention to Y/N and note that she's dark skinned, around Your Heart's height, and has a cupid's bow shape for lips. The lower lip is slightly smaller or rather seems less pronounced compared to her upper lip, and her lipstick is a matte mauve. Y/N's hair is intricately braided with coiled to the centre cornrows with a few black beads addeed at the top of her head near the front. She's dressed in a pink, white and black tiny polka dot turtleneck and that's fitting and doesn't hide her curves, including the fact that her breasts aren't the same size. Oh, you like that about her, she doesn't care much about judgement from other people, she's not hiding what society perceives as flaws. Your Heart loves to juggle so you understand why he was instantly drawn to her. And yes, Y/N's eyes are stunning, you noticed it for the few seconds she made direct eye contact. She's not trying to make them but her eyes are sexy. 

"Here's the food we ordered: fried plantains, rice, beans, pollo a la brasa, and dipping sauces. And here are the rest of the drinks." With that, Your Heart places the trays in front of each of you and finally gets his own. He sits down just as Y/N finishes carefully unwrapping the red with pink hearts wrapping papar to reveal a painting that's been framed. She takes a look at you for a nanosecond and then looks at Your Heart. 

"This is your doing!" she exclaims as she smiles, "It's the flowers you gave me on our first date in January. Who painted it?"

"I did." you respond with a smile, and with that she looks shocked and is looking in your direction, at your face but not your eyes. it's really strange since Your Heart reminded you how she's not shy at all. 

"I thought you did handyman work, like repairs and building stuff."

"Yes, I do that but I have also always done art since I was in elementary school."

"This is good, and cheesy, I take it Felix directed you on the cheesy part since you are not that much of a C-Drama fan?"

"I sent him the picture of the flowers the day we fell down, and he wanted to restore the flowers. So we settled on having the petals fall down along with snowflakes which weren't even present that day. As you can see there's a silhouette of a couple who have fallen on the ground next to the bouquet of flowers. The flakes and petals are raining down on them in slow motion, making the scene romantic. Haha!"

"Gosh Felix, you really nailed the C-Drama scene in this. So the top scene is a nighttime version of the same, only instead of snowflakes and petals, you have fireflies?

"Bingo."

"What's the painting called?"

"Falling" you supply.

"Thank you Hyunjin, I love this gift. And you captured the cheesy aspect of romance in costume C-dramas under the direction of Felix. I really appreciate this water colour painting."

"It's the least I could do, I am glad you like it."

And with that, Your Heart directed you all to dig in. Y/N says the food from the restaurant never makes her sick so she's free to eat, but you notice she eats very slowly and seema to get full really fast. She says she will take the rest of the food home. In the meantime, the three of you talk some more, with Y/N cracking jokes about you being Korean Original while Your Heart is Korean Lite. Y/N hopes you will not be going out of town anytime soon again. At some point she gestures for Your Heart to lean in and she whispers something in his ear. He almost chockes on his food and laughs it off. Your Heart smiles at the two of you and quietly apologizes to Y/N who just smiles brightly at him, and for a brief moment you want in on that secret. Your Heart is already on it and lovingly reassures you by squeezing your thigh gently under the table, so you nod back in response. And just like that, you hear Y/N letting out a tiny sqeal. 

You ask what's got Y/n so excited, Your Heart supplies the answer that Y/N probably likes the little non-verbal communication the two of you just displayed in front of her. Y/N nods in response but also adds, "The two of you look like Hualian, including the height ratio. And Hyunjin, you could probably fix Puqi Shrine."  And at that Your Heart is laughing really loudly and you feel the warmth that Y/N's banter is able to create in him, you feel at peace. This feels like it will go more than just okay. You have to make an effort to meet her because the deadline for a decision to be made is March 21st and you are just meeting her for the first time. 

Saturday 15th February, 2025 - 7:47 pm

You are back home after the date and Y/N has aready texted Your Heart confirmation that she got home safely. You are giving Your Heart a massage on your shared bed as he lies face down dressed only in shorts, and talking about the date. 

"Does she have an eating disorder?"

"I thought so at first but her explanation is that she's older and her metabolism has slowed down. She says older people eat less. I don't think we should worry about it, but it's a bit startling because we eat much more than she does despite being way smaller than she is. Maybe we can just monitor her quietly?"

"I guess we could. She's working as a cleaner so I would expect her to have an appetite to eat more because of her job."

"She doesn't eat breakfast."

"What?!"

"We ate brunch the first day we met. She also didn't eat much then. I am starting to get used to it. She still seems to be full of energy."

"Okay, now that that is out of the way, what did she tell you in secret?"

"You wouldn't believe this. She asked me why I didn't warn her that both me and my boyfriend have 'lips from here till forever' hahaha!".

"What does that even mean?"

"I think she has a thing for lips. And she likes you."

"She hardly looked at me."

"She was blushing."

"I could hardly tell." 

"I'm learning to read her."

"How about you read me?"

Your Heart wakes up from his position where he was lying down as you massaged his back. "What should I read?" He smiles at you.

"Right at the start of our date in the restaurant, your eyes told me you wanted to repeat last night."

"Don't you?" 

"Of course I do, My Heart."

Definition of Italics:  

Hualian - The main couple in Heaven Officials' Blesing by Tian Guan Ci Fu. It consists of Hua Cheng (Calamity) and Xie Lian (Martial God). 

"Woman, talk to me."

Y/N is now looking directly into your eyes, and you can see fear in her eyes. It's the last thing you expected. With her right hand keeping her kikoi from slipping off her massive breasts, she takes your right hand in her left hand and wants to say something but the words are missing. Seeing her fear, you ask if you can hold her, to which she nods. You ask you can both lie down, she agrees. Being this close to her, you realizer that the frankincense and myrrh scent is coming from her skin. 

"The frankincense and myrrh, is that body wash or lotion?"

"Body wash."

"Why did you chose it?"

Y/N sighs, she's not looking at you anymore, she has her head tucked into your neck. You pull her in closer, she seems to be calming down. 

"I asked for Prometheus and Lucifer, I thought I might throw in some more divine things, some more divinity ..."

You smile, kiss her forehead, and let silence fill the metaphorical space between utterances. 

"Husband, you and I are in an arranged marriage because of Felix."

"Yes."

"My being with either of you is normal, or as normal as can be, Being with the two of you at the same time, is something I have never done before. It makes me nervous."

"You are free ro change your mind and cancel everything tonight, you can even send us home, or have one of us at a time, it's all up to you."

"I want both of you, I just ..."

You are both looking into each other's eyes at this point, you remain patient with Y/N, and you almost place your hand at the back of her neck out of reflex when you remember that results in disabling her, she's trying to talk right now, so you refrain from the action. Before she speaks, Y/N intertwines her ankles with yours. You assume she's doing it to ground herself more than you are already doing. 

"I know how you are like when you are aroused, I know you have some level of restraint in you. I have never gone that far with Feilix. I don't know how Felix is like, can you act as my shield in case he gets out of control?"

Your heart breaks when you hear the request. You hold Y/N closer and you both ignore the slipping kikoi.

"My woman, you don't have to worry about that. Felix is not like that. But I do understand your concerns. Being penetrated can be a very visceral experience. It's also a very powerless position most of the time."

Y/N is nodding, and relaxing. Her request that the two of your never interact with her when intoxicated takes a whole other dimension in this moment, she may have had bad experiences in the past and has no interest in repeating them again. It all makes sense now. Y/n is currently smiling at you, then disentangles herself, corrects the slipping kikoi and sits up. She's a bit more cheerful right now. 

"Husband, help me dress up for Felix."

"What do you mean?"

"What does he want me to look like?"

"Why not just yourself?"

"I asked for Lucifer and Prometheus, can't I want to be someone else?"

"Halloween's over, you like role play quite a bit, don't you?"

"It's why he's Spring Chicken, and I'm Old Hen, and why we are in an 'arranged marriage'. It's a fun way to interact with each other, don't you think?"

You answer Y/N with a peck on her cheek, and agree to help her dress. You tell her the three of you will need to talk after you are done with your new costume. It's amazing how Y/N isn't tired of playing different characters even if it's in jest. 

FELIX'S POV

Saturday 1st November, 2025 - 2:05 am

You are struggling to stay awake, quite exhustated at this point and drifting in and out of sleep. Hyunjin's not doing any better, he's breathing is finally even and he's stroking your shoulder as you lay your head in the crook of his neck. You look over and you see Y/N is completely knocked out, snoring lightly with her head resting on Hyunjin's chest. you have only a sheet over the three of you and only from the waist down. There are towels underneath you all to keep you dry. You are finally drifting off to sleep when Hyunjin whispers to you. 

"Jagi, aren't you glad there is two of us tonight? I don't think one of us could have been enough for her."

"I didn't expect that, especially from someoene who has held out for so long. Or maybe it can be expeced for the exact reason. We've never been with a woman whose sex drive is this high."

"I'm not complaining."

You both start to chuckle lightly and that stirs Y/N from her sleep. Her first instinct is to grab whatever she can find and it's Hyunjin's hand. She puts it on her crotch and mumbles something about wanting more light. There's more chuckling with that to which Hyunjin directs the next words to you, "Light Bearer, you are up again.". The exhaustion is already starting to dissipate and you get up to get another condom, by the time you are done wearing it after stroking yourself to erection, Y/N is also demanding the divine flame so Hyunjin isn't spared in this round either. 

Saturday 1st November, 2025 - 2:00 pm

You managed to drag the three of you out of Y/N's apartment to catch the movie Y/N had been talking about for a few months. She had watched Baahubali years ago and now that it was being shown in theatres a second time, she wanted to see it. Y/N had only ever watched it on tv at home so this was her first experience in the threatre. It wasn't exactly surprising that she likes this type of movie, and it was a lot of fun. It looks like in India, it's either go big or go home. I am very glad we went to see this movie. 

Saturday 1st November, 2025 - 10:31 pm

You are on Y/N's bed watching Hyunjin and Y/N mess around a bit, they are practically wrestling on the carpet like little children, with Hyunjin constantly asking Y/N if she wants lightning. She keeps laughing and saying no. You need to get the three of you to sleep because you've set up a photo and video shoot for tomorrow morning at 9 am but Y/N doesn't know about it. You'll have to skip mass for it. 

Sunday 2nd November, 2025 - 9:15 am

"Im not really buying the idea that we are skipping mass just so you can return the Guardian uniform." Y/N states as you walk into the costume shop in Chinatown. You smile at her and leave her with Hyunjin seated. After you hand the costume over, including the fake sword, you motion to them to go to another room where Y/N is surprised that there's hair and make up being done there. She becomes very excited when she realizes the scenes are from one of her favourite romcoms, Decreed By Fate. It takes a while to get the make up done, the wigs make the three of you look the part. There was care taken when selecting the make up because Y/N is allergic to many things including most make up. There are pictures of your Chinese wedding where you are all dressed in red. Y/N jokes about having a wedding ceremony after consumation, which is the reverse order of things. She asks to have pictures and video of just you and Hyunjin getting married together, to which you agree. Y/N declines having pictures and video with only one of you, she reminds you that she's with the two of you, not just one. You feel a little hurt because she made you and Hyunjin do it toegether, as if she was already removing herself from the equation. You try not to dwell on it. 

The grape feeding scene is enjoyable but Y/N can no longer sustain the innocense she had before Friday night. You substite grapes for plums just so you could have actual seeds. Hyunjin serves the plums while you take the seed she spits out, wipe her lips with a napkin then serve her a cup tea. It only constitutes a few takes for the pictures and video to be done. The bed scene is a bit complicated, and it is a struggle to keep the wigs on our heads and also keeping our costumes looking not disheveled. The truth or dare scene has water instead of alcohol as a substiture, and Y/N plays drunk in the most convincing way at the end of the scene.  Y/N has a lof of fun in the medicne massage scene, she keeps flicking Hyunjin's nipple and he keeps pretending he doesn't like it but this is their own scene that they added. You originally shot the first two scenes, one with rough medicine application, and the other one with the sexy version with Y/N looking on at either scenes. 

The whole shoot and costume changes is surprisingly exhausting. But Y/N is very happy. The entire show plays out like fanfiction so it feeds into women's fantasies, Hyunjin and I gladly play along. That night, Y/N asks for more light. 

 Saturday 29th November, 2025 - 8:30 am

You are running around the lake again but this time Y/N is not alone, she is with Shida. Your grand daughter's presence has changed the style of music in a way, and Shida is pretending to run after you every time you run past the two of them. You actually enjoy the song quite a bit, though you am not sure why Y/N likes to play singular songs on repeatm but it seems Shida is fine with it. It's been interesting the way Y/N behaved after that weekend together earlier this month, she kind of wasn't available for a week. She said her schedule was full but I think she may have wanted a break. I am very satisfied to be able to make love to her and sometimes Hyunjin is present, everything is perfect right now. She sticks to us like glue in public, it's more than just holding hands. It's as if sex with us got her to relax and be a happier version of herself. She has a glow to her right now. 

Sunday 30th November, 2025 - 6:00 am

You wake up to find nobody in bed with you. Hyunjin is talking to Changbin in the hallway. Hyunjin doesn't come back into your bedroom, you hear someone wretching. You realize it might be Y/N and you get up very fast from the bed, almost tripping on a loose sheet. 

Definitions:

kikoi - sarong