Fairy Tales
Part 2 in old RFA series
If there was one thing Yoosung enjoyed was bringing his grandkids at work. They helped filling the silence between patients and also looked in wide curiosity every time a pet as brought inside.
Now he was ruffling through the papers of the last dog that was brought in for a regular check-up. Looking over the pages constantly to check the kids weren’t doing anything dangerous or walking towards the operation room where they could remove the shelves and get hold of something dangerous. Instead the boy and girl were ruffling around old photos comparing how he and MC looked like when they were younger and competing over who looked the most like one of them.
He closed the folder and walked towards the drawers to keep it safe once again when he felt a hand tugging on his white robe, he turned his gaze to the ground finding the young seven years old Areum holding the end of his rob holding her younger brother by the hand, both of them looking at him with curious eyes.
-What happened to your eye Grandpa? - The girl spoke, Yoosung grabbed the photo between his own fingers, him and MC were spending the day around the mall.
Yoosung was taken aback by the question; he actually never expected them to ask about his eyes or to even know about it, but now two of his seven grandkids stared at him with wide curious eyes. He walked towards his desk, Areum and Hwan following him close still waiting for answer, he passed over his mind a way he could tell that to the kids without scaring them and letting them think talking with strangers was a good idea.
-Well, it was because of a princess- The girl’s eyes shined in excitement and the boy’s shined in a newfound curiosity
-Was she a pretty princess?- The girl asked, a blush crept on Yoosung’s cheeks
-She is the most beautiful princess to ever exist- Yoosung answered. Areum sat on the floor pulling her brother’s hand until he was next to her crossing his legs on the floor looking at Yoosung with pleading eyes begging him to continue
-Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who was deceived by a evil wizard making her think he needed her help when he actually wanted to get her into a trap, can you believe how mean it was?- Yoosung waited for the kid’s reaction –But when princess realized, she was already inside the haunted castle. She wasn’t alone though, she found a magical glass from where she could speak to a prince, a singer, an adviser, an artist, a genie and a boy.
Because she couldn’t get out of the castle she began talking to them through the mirror, then she found out the singer was pretty famous and handsome, the prince had a cat the adviser sometimes looked after, the genie was always busy, the artist was hardly around and the boy wasn’t special, or not more special than the rest of them.
They even liked to make fun of my…-Yoosung stopped himself –The boy’s clothes, but the princess kept saying it looked cool and she even liked to play the same kind of games the boy did. The boy began to fall in love with the princess, unable to find anything she could love about him, he wasn’t as rich as the prince, as handsome as the singer or as smart as the genie; he couldn’t even figure out what he wanted to do with his life because he had lost someone really special to him.
Somehow, the princess loved the boy back, supporting him even when he compared her with someone else making clear that she was her own person, helped the boy to be happy again while she prepared a ball for every single one of them.
Everything was going fine and the boy and the princess were expecting to meet each other beyond the crystal. I’m sure the boy was the most nervous of the two, his palms sweated and couldn’t focus in his games when he thought about meeting the princess that was beautiful in his imagination.
Things do not go as you plan them, and the genie had to tell them that the princess’ life was in danger and that there was nothing they could do promising to do whatever it was necessary to assure the princess’ safety. The boy was furious; he couldn’t believe they had let the princess in such a great danger so when the genie said they needed to go on a mission the boy decided to tag along.
At the beginning everyone was doubtful about it, the princess particularly who kept insisting that doing it wasn’t necessary and that she was going to be fine. The boy insisted that he was supposed to go because he had to protect her, at the end the princess ended up agreeing.
The boy and the genie parted that same night, until they arrived towards a dark castle were the evil wizard lived. At first, the mission was going perfectly until the wizard found them. Then, one of them had to leave and the boy decided he would be the one to stay, the genie doubted until the boy screamed at him to run.
The wizard caught the boy and decided the best way to hurt him was throwing a spell on his eye, the boy tried as best as he could to not let the wizard know how scared he was. By the time the genie arrived back the boy’s eye was damaged but this time the genie was strong enough to get both of them together.
The boy tried to assure the princess he was fine even if he wasn’t, he would never want her to worry about him, but it was unavoidable for him to be taken to the hospital.- The story was interrupted by the sound of the door’s bell ringing, three pair of eyes turned themselves at the door where MC came from, a umbrella above her head and her shoes dripping wet.
The kids ran towards her their arms open for a hug, she tried to hold them as close as possible without getting them wet. Until the kids let go of her she walked towards Yoosung to give him a quick peck on the lips
-Why are you here in the rain MC? - Yoosung asked worried she would get sick, she smiled softy
-Can’t I visit my Star-Man? - MC asked back, Yoosung chuckled at her question already used to the nickname she had adopted for him
-You know you are always welcome here MC, I was worried you would get sick- He admitted
-I am made of the best set of armors rain can’t hurt me- She joked
-Grandma! Grandma!- Hwan called her interrupting her conversation with Yoosung, she turned to him observing how his sister moved her arms around in excitement –Grandpa was telling us a story-
-Oh, what is it about? - MC wondered eyeing him curious –Have I heard it before?-
-Maybe- Yoosung elongated the a in the word.
-It’s about a boy and a princess and an evil wizard- MC smiled knowingly at Yoosung to what he answered with a chuckle rubbing the back of his neck.
-I was close to finishing it- Yoosung admitted MC pulled a chair so she could sit near her grandkids to hear the end of the story knowing the age wouldn’t allow her to sit on the floor and stand up in the same way she used to do –What was I at? Oh, right! The party day arrived and the boy was visited by the artist who helped him to arrive at the party on time.
The boy was still hurt from the wizard’s spell, but that wasn’t going to stop him from finally seeing the girl of his dreams.
The moment he saw her he knew who she was, because she was the most beautiful girl in the room and the only one who teared up when she saw him hurt. Only a person as kind as the princess would feel bad for him, when he finally saw her close to him and he kissed her- Yoosung finished his story
-And then? - Areum prompted
-Did the princess and the boy lived happily ever after?- Hwan asked, Yoosung and MC stared at one another knowingly
-They did- MC finished with the story with a smile
Happy of getting the answer they expected the kids ran towards the corner where their toys were finding their ways towards a new distraction as fast as only a kid would.
-Happy anniversary- MC smiled handing Yoosung a box with a watch on the inside.
-I love you- Yoosung answered back placing a necklace around his wife’s neck, the years had gone away faster than they had expected it at the beginning.
Yoosung couldn’t thank her enough for the time she had spent on him; he resolved he would tell her everything he had already told her in their years of marriage and more. For now, they would settle with waiting until their son picked up his kids.
