Headstrong

Pregnancy Test

6 years ago || Year 2014

Seri was sitting in her bathroom staring blanking ahead. It was the longest three minutes in her life. She just returned from studying abroad a month ago and she and Jeong Hyeok found it hard to keep their hands off each other making up for the months of their separation. She was supposed to get her monthly period a week ago but it never came. She was also throwing up every morning since last week. It was not long enough when she managed to connect the dots. So she decided to take a pregnancy test. Her phone alarm rang after two minutes and it took all of her courage to look at the test.

Two lines. Positive. Shit. She felt panic take over her whole boday as she felt her tears racing down her cheeks and she fell to the floor in a disheveled heap.

"What if Hyeoki leaves me because I'm pregnant? What he say? Oh no.. what am I going to do?? What am I supposed to do? What will daddy say? He's going to kill Hyeoki and I." Seri sobbed her voice cracking with every word she said.

She didn't know how long she stayed in the bathroom breaking down on the cold marble floor of her bathroom. She didn't remember falling asleep either. When a knock on her door woke her up. Her eyes immediately scanned the pregnancy test in her hand thinking it was a dream. Two lines. Positive. It wasn't a dream. Standing up and looking at the mirror. She saw her red puffy eyes and her nose was just as red.

"Seri? Baby? Are you in there?" Jeong Hyeok's voice was heard. Hearing his voice was enought for Seri to breakdown again in sobs. She couldn't help it.

Jeong Hyeok heard her sobbing and panic took over his senses. He immediately grabbed the bathroom key and unlocked it. And there she was the person he loved the most was breaking down on the cold bathroom floor. He didn't understand why she was breaking down like that. The last time he saw her breakdown was when her father told her to study abroad. He didn't say anything and embraced her tightly. He kissed her forehead and wiped away the tears on her face. He saw her puffy eyes indicating she was crying for a long time now.

"Shushh.. baby it's alright.. it's alright." Jeong Hyeok says trying to calm her down. After a few minutes Seri looked up to see Jeong Hyeok's eyes. They just stared at each other for moments unti Seri decided to break the silence.

"Hyeoki, do you see a future with me?" Seri said looking deeply into his eyes.

The question caught Jeong Hyeok off guard but answered her honestly. "Of course I do Seri, Even if I have to worry about losing you every day, I want to have you in my life. Even if it breaks my heart because it's a dream that can't come true, I'd like to sincerely dream of the future with you. I want to marry you and have kids. You like girls right?" Jeong Hyeok tells Seri while tucking her hair into her ear. "Why? Do you think I'd want a future without you? That's why you're crying?"

"Hyeoki...that's so sweet of you...what did I ever do to deseve you? Did I save the entire nation in my past life to have such a great reward? Seri jokes although it didn't reach her eyes. "That not really why I'm crying though..." Seri clutches her hand trying to hide the pregnancy test but she failed when Jeong Hyeok noticed it.

"What do you have there Seri?" Jeong Hyeok asks her looking at her clutched hand. "Oh you know the test that told me that I'm pregnant with your child." Seri said in her subconscious.

"Uh.. it's nothing just a test that I passed." Seri said akwardly still trying to hide it from Jeong Hyeok.

"Test? Why are you crying if you passed it? You did well!!" Jeong Hyeok happily tells Seri giving her a kiss on her forehead.

"Fool. If only you knew what test I took! God, look at him smiling like a fool! If only I can slap that smile out of his face." Seri thought getting annoyed at the smiling man in front of her.

"Let me see!!" Jeong Hyeok excitedly says grabing the test out of Seri's hand. She was to annoyed at him smiling that she lessened the grip on the test.

"Two lines.. pregnant..." Jeong Hyeok whispers looking at the white plastic stick in his hands.
Seri was quietly watching his reaction but she couldn't quite read his reaction. She was so close to breaking down again. Her fears coming true.

"I'm so sorry Hyeoki.. I'm really sorry. Please don't leave me. Please don't." Seri was know breaking down again.

"Is that why you're crying?" Jeong Hyeok looked at her emotionless. "You think I'm going to leave you?" Seri looked down and nodded. Jeong Hyeok tilts her head up so she was looking at him. And he was smiling..? He wiped her tears and kissed her cheeks one by one. "I would never do that to you Seri... I would never leave you. Let alone you're pregnant with my child. I told you that I wanted kids with you. It might be a little sooner than we both expected but it'll be alright."

"Thank you Hyeoki, for loving me so." Seri said pulling him closer to her and wrapping her arms around him. Jeong Hyeok smiled and wrapped his own arms around her waist.

He was suprised that she was pregnant but with all the love making they did in the past month it wasn't exactly impossible. Although he would never tell Seri, he was worried about their future. He was completely out of her league. He wasn't born in a rich family like her. And he knew more than anyone else that John Yoon will never marry off his daughter to a mere bodyguard. He wouldn't admit it but it will be hard to build a future with her. But with  their child on the way. They would have to fight harder. The only way they would have a future together is when Seri leaves as Queen's Group's heiress or when John Yoon approves of them. It wouldn't be the latter but who knows? The heavens might grant them a miracle.