Chapter 26 (1/1)

"You know your birthday is in a few days, you can't stay like that!" Daehyun exclaimed on the phone, while his husband who was cooking at the kitchen nodded in agreement."I'm fine, all right?! There's nothing wrong!" Katherine said, still cutting the carrots. "Yeah, then I'm Batman""And I'm Robin" Youngjae yelled from the kitchen.Katherine chuckled. "Yeah, but what am I supposed to do? I can't just go at parties, I'm not a teenager." She stopped cutting it, and wiped her hands in the apron."You haven't been into college, so technically yes, you are""That doesn't even make sense!" She exclaimed while putting the carrots in the soup. "Wait up. Another call." She put Daehyun in stand-by and smiled as she saw Jongin's name on the screen."Hey." He greeted her."Hey." She giggled."I heard it's your birthday in the next week, so how does a dinner date at Gaonnuri sounds?" He asked, she could almost see the smirk in his voice. Katherine sighed and thought about it. Should she accept it? Jongin is such a good guy and she feel so lucky to have met him, but in the other side, the last time she got involved with guy didn't ended up very well."Kate?" Jongin's voice took her from her thoughts. "Are you there?""Yes and yes. I would love to have dinner with you." She said, Kate swore she heard Jongin celebrating at the other line. "See you 6 PM at Gaonnuri?" He asked, with an evident smile tone in his voice."Of course, see you there, then.Bye." Katherine also smiled."Bye " He hung up and she went back to Daehyun's call."You can stop bragging me. I've got a date for my birthday." "Really?!" Daehyun said excited. Then he smiled, finally she was moving on, it made him happy. "It's good. I'm happy."They smiled, including Youngjae who was serving the food in the dinning table. He mouthed something to Daehyun, making him pass the phone."Katey, in the next week we're visiting the orphanage." Youngjae started, clearly happy. "We're going to adopt a child." Daehyun held his husband's hand with a wide grin.Katherine couldn't help but smile so widely that anyone could see her smile even if she was kilometers away. "Oh my god! I'm so happy  for you two!" She exclaimed, giggling childishly. "As soon as you make your choice, I want to see him or her, all right?" She said."Okay." Youngjae said. They talked for a while, that night, Katherine felt really happy. ✮✮✢✮✮ Katherine had felt really dizzy these days, the steess at the work made everything so tiresome, she would come home and immediately go to bed, even Seolchan has noticed her sudden change of mood, making the little boy worry about his mother. To worsen she just discovered the seafood she ate at the restaurant with Hyeri was spoiled. She has been throwing up constantly for the past week. Even like this, she can't ditch work."Are you sure you're fine?" Hyeri asked with a concerned look as she stroked her friend back with her right hand and held Kate's hair while she threw up her lunch at the toilet."Yeah- uuugh" Katherine said before vomiting again."Of course you're not! Gosh, I'm so worried about you." Katherine got up weakly, Hyeri held her, afraid she would pass anytime. "It's weird though." She muttered for herself whe Katherine washed her face in the sink."What?""I ate those food, I'm plain fine, it didn't seem to be spoiled, the taste was normal." Hyeri said. "I don't know, I must be allergic to it, maybe." She supported herself in the marble stand looking at her reflection in the mirror. She was a total wreck, it has been so long since her last peaceful slumber. Seolchan has been having nightmares constantly and she can't sleep because she's so worried, her hair was all messy, eyebags circulated her eyes and skin was pale white.Hyeri furrowed her eyebrows, there's something about Katherine's condition that have bothered her for a while. "Kate... perhaps, are you late?" Hye bit her lower lip."...Yeah...but my doctor said it's the stress. I'm so stressed! There's this conference tomorrow, and there's a lot of willing investors, Himchan's schedule is so busy, everyday I have to arrange new appointments, I'm going crazy!" Katherine exclaimed, as she said she felt her shoulders lighter. "I know... but everything is going to be okay, you're doing a good job, but that doesn't stop me to suspect about your sickness. I'm just worried about you..." She rubbed Kate's arm."I can't be pregnant, the last time I had sex was when Seolchan was made." Katherine smiled weakly."Are you sure...?" This sentence made a gear turn inside Kate's mind. Was she really sure about it? There's this memory inside her mind, of Himchan's sloppy and passionate kisses, but that was just a dream, right?"...Yes." Katherine hesitated. Hyeri sighed, she was truly worried about her friend, but in Kate's mind, there was nothing to worry except for the upcoming event and maybe her dinner with Jongin tonight, it's her birthday, she was supposed to chill. "I'll just take some medicine, I'll be better soon, okay?" She tranquillized her friend and left the bathroom. As the end of the day was approaching, Katherine got anxious, as soon as she left her job she would have to run to her house and change clothes to meet Jongin at the restaurant."Katherine." Himchan's deep voice called her, she immediately got up, bowing to her boss. "You can leave earlier, I got something to do." He said, she nodded."Thank you, sir. Your schedule for tomorrow is at your desk, I'll be leaving now." She was about to leave, when Himchan called her once again."Ah, and Katherine..." She turned around,.looking directly at him. "Happy birthday." He whispered, she smiled heartily.He remembered..."Thank you, sir." And that could be the last time Himchan would see her smile.