My Girlfriend Is Very Good to Me

243 - Valentine's Day Shorts - With the Cutest and Most Beautiful Daughter in the World

TL/Editor: looloo

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A week before Valentine's Day.

Han Sarang was having a busy day.

"Homemade chocolates are a must."

"Well, we've made them every year. What shape are you going for this time?"

"Hearts!"

It was the weekend.

As always, Sarang was making homemade chocolates at her uncle Lee Heeseong's house, accompanied by Lee Jooeun.

By now, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. She'd been doing this every year since middle school to keep up with her mom.

Though Lee Heena's cooking skills were still abysmal, she was surprisingly good at making sweets. After all, baking was foolproof as long as you measured the ingredients accurately.

So they'd been competing every year, making chocolates for each other. This year, however, Sarang knew her mom was too busy with work to make homemade chocolates.

What does that mean? It was her chance to get ahead.

"Unnie! Me too! I want to help too!"

"Aww, Seoyun! Do you want to make chocolates with us?"

"Yeah!!"

"So cute~ Seoyun, do you remember me? We've met before~"

"Jooeun unnie!"

"You remembered! Thank you!!"

Beside them, Lee Seoyun, Heeseong's daughter and a first-grader this year, was bouncing up and down, demanding attention from the pretty unnies.

Though she'd need a lot of help due to her age, the two couldn't resist including her, given how adorable she was being.

"Heh, my daughter's making chocolates for her dad again... That's my girl!"

"Seoyun, who do you want to give chocolates to?"

"Uncle! I'm giving them to Uncle Yeonho!"

"...That bastard Han Yeonho..."

Heeseong, who had been full of himself, deflated instantly at Seoyun's words. Sarang comforted him with a laugh.

"We'll make some for you too, Uncle~ Look forward to it!"

"That's what I'm talking about!! Sarang's the only one I can count on! Don't worry about ingredients, use whatever you need! Uncle will pay for everything!"

"Thanks, Uncle!!"

"Thank you so much!!"

With that, Heeseong proudly declared his wallet open. It was only natural for him, being weak to Heena, Han Yeonho, and even more so to Sarang and Somang.

From that point on, Sarang and Jooeun began making homemade chocolates with their practiced hands. Though it was just a matter of melting chocolate and reshaping it using molds, it wasn't as simple as it sounded.

The double boiling process and other steps could lead to unexpected failures if you hadn't done it before. But with Sarang's natural talent for cooking and their years of experience, they were able to proceed noisily even with Seoyun in tow.

"Joo, who are you planning to give chocolates to?"

"Well, to your dad and..."

"Hey."

"What! I've been giving them to him every year too!! What's the problem?!"

"Watch yourself. You've been on the watchlist since last year."

"Geez... Anyway, to your dad and our Somang~ Same as always, you know."

"Somang's fine! Mm-hmm, I can trust our Joo with her~"

"What's with that~ There's how many years between us?"

"Eight years is fine, isn't it?"

"Even if I'm okay with it, would Somang be?"

"Somang really likes you too, you know~"

"Unnie! I finished stirring this! Is this okay?"

"Yes, yes! Well done! Our Seoyun is doing so well, even better than unnie~"

"Hehe!"

As the three chatted happily while making chocolates, Heeseong listened to their conversation from the living room, inwardly expressing condolences to someone he'd never even met.

'A guy whose daughter is making homemade chocolates for her friend's dad and her friend's little sister... Hang in there, buddy.'

Though Heeseong himself wasn't in a much different situation, he decided to be content with the fact that he'd be receiving chocolates from his niece.

Even if his own daughter, Seoyun, seemed to have no interest in him at all!

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"Dad! Here's your chocolate!"

"Thank you, as always~ Only my Sarang would do this for me."

"Right? What about Mom? What did Mom give you?"

"Hehe, Mom gave me chocolate too. Though she bought it..."

"Hmph~ She bought it? Mine is homemade~"

On Valentine's Day, as soon as she got home from school, Sarang rushed to her dad, Han Yeonho, to give him the chocolate. She then turned to Lee Heena with a triumphant look.

"You must have worked hard making it~ Honey, go ahead and try it."

"Shall I?"

"Huh...?"

But Sarang couldn't hide her confusion at Heena's nonchalant reaction to her provocation.

Usually in these situations, Heena would get slightly upset and launch a physical attack on Han Yeonho.

Moreover, there was a palpable pink atmosphere between the two, suggesting that her dad and mom had probably spent a sweet day together while she was gone.

As a result, Sarang felt quite uncomfortable. It felt like she'd lost, despite working hard on the chocolates.

"Mom, you took the day off work today, right? What did you do with Dad?"

"With Dad? Hehehehe... We didn't do anything~"

"Yeah, right! Your face says you're dying to brag! That's not fair! I want to go on a date with Dad too!"

"We're all going out to eat tomorrow, remember~ You can do it next time~"

"Ugh...!"

Though she knew it couldn't be helped, Sarang couldn't hide her frustration.

She thought she'd "won" this year by being the only one to make homemade chocolates, but the reaction wasn't what she'd expected.

While mother and daughter were engaged in their usual battle of nerves, Han Yeonho unwrapped the pretty package and popped a heart-shaped chocolate into his mouth.

Smiling brightly, he offered words of praise.

"Sarang, your skills improve every year, don't they? This is delicious!"

"Really?!"

"Of course. You know Dad likes sweet things, right? This is much better than what we ate at that hotel last time."

It was, of course, just lip service. Since it was homemade, simply melted and reshaped, if it tasted good, it was just because the original chocolate was good.

But such harsh truths weren't necessary in this moment.

"Is it because Sarang made it? Why is it so delicious?"

"Oh, Dad~ I made a lot, so here, have some more! Oh, Somang! This is what Jooeun unnie made for you. Enjoy~"

"Okay. I'll call Jooeun unnie to say thanks."

"Our So is so thoughtful~"

Though Han Somang had been munching on chocolates he'd received from numerous girlfriends all day, he gratefully accepted Jooeun's homemade chocolate without showing it.

Somehow, a little more preciously than the others.

"Honey, stop eating now. We need to have dinner..."

"Mom~ It's only 5 o'clock, what dinner?"

"...If you eat too much chocolate, you won't be able to eat dinner."

"Oh~ I seem to remember someone saying it was okay on Valentine's Day last year~ Who could that have been~"

"..."

And as the atmosphere rapidly changed, Heena tried to put on the brakes, but the tables had already turned.

Instead, Sarang was now feeding chocolates to Han Yeonho one by one with a smug look, while Heena watched with a slightly cracked smile.

After balancing the power dynamics like this, Han Yeonho quietly rolled the chocolate in his mouth.

He knew better than to get involved in a mother-daughter fight. So in his mind, he was already thinking about something else.

'This looks like it'll continue until tomorrow... What should I do? Maybe I should suggest going to the zoo and then draw the aggro myself.'

After all... he was used to playing the villain...!

Author's Note:

I completed what I had partially written when I was working on Heena's side for Valentine's Day.

It seems nice to occasionally upload short pieces like this when they come to mind!

Hmm... Before I start seriously writing about childhood friends, maybe I should continue the next part of the "My Girlfriend is Very Good to Me" side story...

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