After the entrance ceremony of tears, the first week at the training center was a series of boredom.
I didn’t even think about it because the instructors and teaching assistants didn’t come right away when I turned 20. I just heard the same thoughts, his neck is going to hurt.
Of course, there was something like that because it was impossible for the fortress to go beyond the same limits as before.
Anyway, there was no proper training in the first week, and he was learning various tests, including a physical examination, and how to hold a blanket. With a few simple recipes when traveling there.
Waking up early in the morning was so familiar to me that it wasn’t difficult. Cantering after breakfast was just okay. I thought it was worthwhile to move my body a lot through fitness and yoga for three months.
In fact, in the morning, it was the most difficult to preoccupy an intact toilet seat. Watching sweaty men standing in front of the bathroom with faces full of desperation, there was no other way to hell.
Other than that, fortunately, the only motives for sharing a room were decent people. In the first place, there were a lot of people who went full-time, so they all had more room compared to other trainees.
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No matter who makes a mistake, there is an overall atmosphere of let’s just go ahead and do something good.
However, the classmate sitting next to me was an active duty soldier, not a full-time employee. I was quite desperate to find out that there were full-time employees around.
However, he had a pretty good personality, so we quickly became friends. This guy must have been very bored, so he talked to me as soon as the first seat was decided.
“Oh, you’re that girl’s dad, right? He cried so loudly.”
“That’s right. I think you heard.”
“It’s so loud I can’t hear it… And it was around there.”
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Later, when I greeted other people as well, I said ‘the girl’s father who cried loudly’, so ah~ That person? and many remembered. Even if you haven’t seen my face, you’ve heard love cry once.
Seriously, Sarang should have cried so loudly. Everyone would have heard it, except for those who sat on the other side or entered early.
Anyway, that’s how I started talking. To be honest, I had no choice but to make friends with the people around me. There’s nothing we can do other than talk to each other.
The name of the classmate sitting next to me is Yu Jun. He enlisted after graduating from his freshman year at university, and he climbed an ordinary enlistment tree.
There was quite a bit of greed to eat to match the slightly fleshy exterior. Not only the taste, but also a few small sweets.
In our free time after dinner, we chatted while secretly eating rice paddies (corn-shaped cookies) from our seats. Then I spoke
As we talked about each other’s personalities like that, naturally, a topic about my family started.
“Wow, when the kid is four, he’s twenty…?”
“uh.”
“At that time, you had a child, and you were lucky enough to go to Seoyeon University? You’re just f*cking crazy.”
“I studied so hard. I beat all the games, dude.”
“Ah~ That’s right. Do you have a picture of your daughter?”
“Of course it is.”
“Can I see?”
“So.”
There was nothing I couldn’t show. Heena or love. Because it was my pride, the thing I loved the most in the world.
And after seeing the picture, I had an expectation of what the reaction would be. Sarang will be so cute that you will admire it the moment you see it, and my wife will be prettier than I ever imagined.
Unsurprisingly, Yoojun opened his mouth as soon as he saw the picture I gave him, and he and I were looking at it over and over again.
“No… What? Wait… What, damn it. Isn’t this synthetic?”
“What a synthesis, you idiot.”
“It doesn’t make sense, Shibaal!! Sister-in-law, what is it!”
“Heena isn’t pretty.”
“Some? Some? Life, f*ck it. Spit up the taste I gave you, really.”
“Gueeek~”
“You get a dog.”
There was a bit of a quarrel due to Heena’s beauty, but that was enough to get used to. Yujun also grumbled for a while, but soon realized that his daughter Sarang was also beautiful, and his father smiled.
“But my brother’s daughter is also very pretty. Do you also do child modeling?”
“There was talk of not doing it, but I refused.
“Well… there are quite a few psychopaths on the Internet.”
After that, Sarang showed a few more photos to Yujun, who wanted more pictures, and I too was engraving Heena and Sarangi in my eyes again.
Even though it’s only been two or three days, I miss you so much. It was very sad that when I woke up in the morning, what I saw was not Heena’s doll-like face, but Yujun’s wide face.
I missed Sarang so much that she crawled into my arms while acting as father and father. That small but warm body of love.
It’s not that it’s hard to get a good meal while eating here, but it’s the hardest part about not seeing my wife and daughter.
There are still over 30 days left.
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A few more days have passed since I got to know Yujun and ate and ate together. I was so bored that I wanted to die.
Since there are so many people, it took a year to receive combat uniforms and supplies, and in the meantime, the first week was all I got.
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Luckily, I got close with the people in the same room, including Yoo Jun, who was sitting next to me, and we talked a lot.
In the meantime, the instructors and assistants worked hard to set the mood, shouted and cheered, but I thought it was no big deal. It’s not even a one-to-one mark, it’s just that everyone gets it.
Of course, the most difficult thing about being in the military is being cut off from society. However, I commute to work after only 5 weeks, so to be honest, it felt a bit like a camp. The sadness of not seeing the family was similar.
And in the midst of enduring such a no-jam, the weekend has finally arrived. A weekend when you can make your first phone call.
“Are you going to bet on your daughter? But isn’t she crying again?”
“Well… I have to.”
“The instructor told me that the first week would be unconditional to my parents.”
“I heard that from hyung in advance, but my parents told me to just do it to Hee-na… No, only to my wife.”
“Oh, it’s because my hyung’s hyungs have already been there. I’m the eldest son.”
“Then you should tell your parents. Don’t cry on the phone and come.”
“Like crying…”
I, too, was pondering the phone number in my head as I relieved Yoo Jun-i’s restless tension as to whether he was expecting a call.
There are not one or two people at home who can tell me about the military, and there are many things that I’ve heard in advance, so Heena is probably waiting for my phone call.
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Maybe starting around 3pm on the weekend, I’ll keep holding my phone with Sarang by my side.
“Three, two, one! Hang up and go back to your room! Next!”
Eventually, it was my turn and Yujuni’s turn. After encouraging each other to talk and come, we each stood in front of the phone.
Somehow, my hands were shaking a little. Looking back, it had been a long time since I had dialed Heena’s phone number directly.
I dialed the number slowly so as not to make a mistake, and put the receiver to my ear.
-Turrrrr, beep!
And before the first call finished, the phone was connected. At the same time, I was greatly relieved. Of course I thought that would be the case, but on the other hand, I also thought about what to do if something happened and I couldn’t answer the phone.
Carefully, with a trembling voice, he opened his mouth.
“hello?”
[babe?]
“Heena!”
[yes! It’s me! You did it earlier than expected! I thought it would take an hour or two more… haha… it’s so good to hear your voice… was it okay? Do you have any injuries anywhere? Is it okay to eat?]
Heena’s voice I heard for the first time in a week was still there, and she was just as worried about me as before enlistment. I had just started talking on the phone, but somehow my eyes were red.
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Life in the military wasn’t as great as I thought, but since it’s only been 5 weeks, I thought I could just go out and see Heena and Sarang again.
After all, being so forcibly separated from my family, it seemed inevitable to become sentimental.
But I didn’t want to cause Heena to worry, and I had just told Yoo Jun-i not to cry, so I barely held back my tears with pride.
“It’s okay. The rice here was more edible than I thought. Heesung hyung was just scared.”
In fact, there was a lot of variation depending on the diet, and there was a 50% chance that it was dog food. I can’t be honest with you though.
[really? I’m glad… Can you call me next week?]
“Perhaps? I think we can do it if nothing like an accident happens.”
[Yeah… You can’t make long calls, can you? Then I love you…]
[Mom! Daddy?! Dad!!]
[okay okay! I’ll change my love! I love you!]
“Uh, uh! I love you too!”
I could even hear the sound of Sarang crying from next to me. As if Heena had lost her cell phone, the voice of her daughter, whom she had missed so much, came through the receiver.
[Dad! Daddy?]
“Then you’re right. Sarang, were you listening to your mom while you were away?”
[yes! Loved this Chakan Ai! Sarang said that if I use Chakage, my dad will come sooner!]
“Yeah? How did our love get along so kindly? Daddy needs to go home soon.”
[Then come tomorrow?!]
“No, tomorrow is hard… Dad is 30…”
[If you sleep 30 more nights, Daddy will come! I love you three times every day!]
“Wow, love is so smart? That’s right. If I sleep 30 more nights, my dad will go, so you have to listen carefully to Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa. Okay?”
[yes! Because love will do Chakan Ai! Daddy, you have to come quickly to see Sarang!]
I was worried about what would happen if Sarang was still dead, but Heena and others seemed to have comforted me.
Hearing Sarang’s bright voice, which sometimes fluttered in my ears like an auditory hallucination, was able to relieve one of my worries.
“Three! Two! One! Hang up the phone and go back to your room!”
However, that kind of joy was short-lived, and at last, he hastily added a word to Sarang.
“Daddy! Daddy have to go? Sleep seven more nights and daddy will call you again! I love you!”
[Dad? Dad!!]
– drip
I heard my last call, but hung up without delay. As much as I waited, as much as I expected, the people behind me will be looking forward to the time to call my family.
The call, which was shorter than I expected, was mixed with regret and happiness, and I walked towards the dormitory tumbled. As I was going while I was thinking about the voices of Heena and Sarang that I had heard a while ago, I saw Yujun coming.
“Keep… Cool…”
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Like some of his trainee classmates, Yoo Jun was crying, unable to control his emotions over the phone call with his family.
I said earlier, don’t cry as a joke~, but it wasn’t something a person would do to make fun of you at a moment like this.
I patted Yujun on the back and went back to the room together.
Thirty-three nights
okay. As long as you hold on to it, you can go back and see it again.
I love my family.
—
The phone call to my husband was cut off, and Sarangi put down the phone she was holding in both hands with her hands full of embarrassment.
“Daddy… just go away…”
“My love. Should I smile prettily? Then Dad would call me again.”
“Yes… Love will make you smile…”
However, after hearing my father’s voice for the first time in a week, I couldn’t easily smile today, probably because my father’s voice lingered in my ears.
I smiled bitterly at him and hugged Sarangi into my arms.
“Sarang is waiting for me, so Dad must have been happy too. So let’s do our best a little bit more. Can I sleep a few more nights?”
“Thirty-three nights…”
“Is Sarang counting hard every morning? There are already only thirty-three nights left. So, Sarang, you look pretty when you look at your mother~”
At my words, Sarang turns her head and looks up at me, smiling hard. I also smiled at Sarang as brightly as possible.
In fact, it wasn’t ‘outside’.
Thirty-three nights remain until the day we see Yeonhoo again. I couldn’t believe it had only been a week. It seems like 7 years have already passed.
The words to love,
In fact, he was speaking to himself.
‘Cause there’s not much left
It’s not a long time, so be strong.
It’s self-defense.
However, no matter what I said or what kind of attitude I had, I couldn’t help this longing.
I missed Yeonhoo so much.