Nation's Daughter In Law

Nation's Daughter In Law

She excused herself to go to the washroom, bringing her mobile phone with her. Her steps were quick. Half of her mind was telling her not to delay the time and not allow her mother in law to wait long with her husband. Another half of her mind was telling her otherwise. 'Yah! You're nervous! She'll understand if you're late!' Her concious mind was shouting at her.

The moment she was out of hearing range from her husband and mother in law, Seohyun heaved a sigh of relief. She was not able to explain the feeling of nervousness which suddenly disappear the moment she was away from them. Finally, she could breathe comfortably.

She hurriedly walk into the empty toilet, choosing the furthest cubicle to lock herself in. She lowered down the toilet seat cover and sat herself on it. Clearly, she excused herself away from the table not because of nature's call, but more to give herself some space to release the tension that was invading her heart currently.

Yes, she, Seo Joohyun was nervous, very nervous, extremely nervous to the point that she was not able to describe that feeling in words. She liked his mother, very much. His mother was warm and friendly and was almost similar to her own mother. Seohyun could tell how loving she was by the way she hugged her and her husband earlier. The way her mother in law held her hand and walking beside her, escorting her to the car, was truly a magnificent feeling. She felt as if she had just found another mother figure which she did not know she had all these while.

Seohyun smiled as the earlier events played smoothly on her mind. But aside from the fanciness she was having towards her mother in law, she could not help but still be nervous around her. The moment her mother in law asked her if she was familiar with cooking and what types of food had she learnt how to cook, she could feel her breath being caught in her throat causing her much difficulty to answer. But still she managed to quickly respond without leaving any gap in the conversation. Then the kimchi topic came out, and Seohyun thought that she had never been so embarassed before in her life.

Another particular thing which suddenly made her shudder with a tinge of nervousness was when her mother in law was talking about the movie she watched before, of a mother in law killing her daughter in law due to jealousy. Seohyun knew that she was just joking, but the thought of it and imagining herself in the character's shoes was making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Seohyun sighed. She just needed her own space for a few short minutes before going back to face her mother in law. She was fine, almost fine. Seohyun inhaled deeply before pulling her handphone out of her pocket. She gave a few light touches on the screen of her phone before putting in close to her ears.

"Yeobosaeyo?" Somebody on the other line answered.

"Yeobosaeyo? Unnie?" Seohyun called out, smiling.

"Ah! Hyun-ah? Have you reached Busan yet?" Taeyeon asked, her voice excited to hear news from her maknae.

"Ne. We arrived a while ago."

"So, have you met his parents yet?" Taeyeon asked again, curious.

"Ne. Only his mum. His father is out of town." Seohyun answered.

"She's in front of you now?"

"Ani. I'm in the toilet."

The line went silent for a while. "Yah! What are you in the toilet? You should be with your mother in law, getting to know her!"

"I know. But I was feeling nervous." Seohyun said, her voice turned whiny mode. "I just had to get away for a short while."

"How long have you been away?"

"About four minutes, coming to five?"

"Okay, Seohyun-ah, listen to unnie. You're the perfect daughter in law! You shouldn't be nervous!" Taeyeon said. "I would even bet with you, after your stunt in WGM, all mothers in Korea would want to have a daughter in law like you. Just like Jungshin being the nation's friend, you are the nation's daughter in law! With me second in line.

You should be proud Hyun, that you actually are given a chance to meet his mother. So you got to show to her what you really are, thanks to the proper upbringing your parents had given to you. Put the nervousness aside, and chat with her calmly. Yonghwa is there with you right?" Seohyun nodded her head. "He'll support you. Don't worry."

"Thank you unnie, for giving me the encouragement that I need!" Seohyun smiled. Her heartbeat was stabilizing. Her nervousness depleting.

"Yah! You better get out of the toilet now! Get back to your husband and your mother in law!" Taeyeon shouted through the phone. "Don't make her wait for long! You're the nation's daughter in law for God's sake!"

"Ahrasso unnie." Seohyun grinned. "I'll see you soon when I get back to Seoul."

"Okay, okay, bye! And Hyunnie-ah,"

"Ne?"

Taeyeon smiled into the phone, "Good luck!"

Seohyun placed her phone back into her pocket and smiled. She took a deep breath in before unlocking the door of the cubicle and walked out. She checked her reflection in the mirror, washed her hands, and walked out of the toilet, towards the table. She smiled the moment her eyes landed on her mother in law. Yes, she would do fine. As long as Yonghwa was beside her, she would really do fine!

'Nation's daughter in law, fighting!' Seohyun cheered quietly.