Priorities
Chapter 4
-JT
There are spanish words in this (And the rest of the story). If there is no astrid next to it, that means the following words is the translation
"What do you mean you haven't been feeling well?" Irene asked over the phone.
"I mean exactly that," Ana sighed. "For the past month I've been waking up sick, having weird cramps, and needing to vomit."
"Did you have your period in the last few months or so?"
"I haven't had it for the past two months. But that's normal for me. It's always been irregular. Sometimes I don't see it for three months!" (A/N: This is possible. It happens to me sometimes and the doc says it's normal. A persons menstruation cycle doesn't actually settle until the woman has a child.)
"That sounds a lot like-"
"Don't even say it!" Ana growled.
Irene was surprised. "Ana, hay nada malo en eso. There's nothing wrong with that."
Irene heard Ana sigh over the phone and said, "It's not that I'm against, I would actually be really happy! It's the current situation I'm in."
"You mean?"
"Yup."
Irene sipped her tea before responding, "Mira*, if you are worried about support, I can help you. Consider it an act of goodwill from your new bestfriend. Which it is by the way."
"Pero**-"
"Pero nada***. I have to go. I have a meeting in a few minutes. You go to see a doctor to make sure you are healthy and see if it's what I think it is. Okay?"
"Okay."
"Are you ok?"
Irene jumped at the sudden voice. She turned around and said, "Yeah, I'm fine amor****. Don't worry. I'm just remembering something."
Taekwoon stared at Irene for a few minutes and said, "Does it have to do with Ana?"
"Maybe," Irene said. "But I promised her I wouldn't tell anyone!"
"Before you go, please promise me you will keep this a secret."
"My lips are sealed."
"Not even me?" Taekwoon asked. He walked up to Irene and hugged her around the waist. He leaned against the balcony railing, with her cheek against his shoulder, well, the top of her head is.
"A promise is a promise."
"I know."
Silence ensued. But with the way Taekwoon was standing stiffly and the way he would squeeze her waist every so often, Irene knew that he was nervous.
"You can calm down you know. My guards are making sure that nobody is around to see us."
"That's not it."
"Then what is it?" Irene asked.
He sighed and pushed her away. He reached into his coat jacket and took out a ring. It was simple stirling silver ring. In the inside, it had the words "True Love Waits" in Korean and a beautiful topaz jewel in the center, for their shared birth month of November.
"Taekwoon..." Irene gasped.
"I wanted to get a promise ring. But we aren't exactly public yet. And then I remembered you telling me that, ever since you understood anything," he coughed lightly, "... sexual...," he tries to keep his face neutral, "you knew you wanted to wait until marriage. So I got you a chastity ring instead. Do you like it?" Taekwoon looked at Irene nervously.
"Woonie, I... I" Irene started sobbing and jumped on her boyfriend. "I love it. Thank you."
They seperated so that Taekwoon can place the ring on Irene's left ring finger and kissed her softly while wipping away her tears. "It's beautiful," she said.
"I got one too," he said. He reached into his shirt and pulled out thin chain with a dark ring hanging off it. And it said the same words as Irene's ring, "TRUE LOVE WAITS."
Irene started playing with it and said, "I love you so much." She looked up at him and looked into his eyes and said, "What have you I done to deserve you."
"Stop," he mumbled softly and hid his face in her hair, having to bend over to do so.
She laughed and ran her fingers through his hair and said, "You're so cute."
"Stop. Please," he begged.
"Ok, ok," she sighed.
Another silence came along and Irene took this time to think to herself. What if they are never able to come out?
"Stop thinking," he said.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize. Just stop. Remember, we will always be together. No matter what."
Irene nodded into his chest. "I know."
There was a tapping on the glass sliding door. They turned around and saw Hakyeon there. He was gesturing for them to go inside.
"The pizza is here," she said.
"Yeah." He grabbed her hand tightly and dragged her inside.
"Irene?"
"Yeah?"
"How do you do it?" Ana asked.
"How do I do what?" Irene asked back as she prepared a cup of tea and a cup of latte with her phone between her ear and shoulder.
"How are you able to have the relationship with Leo the way you do? Even when you can't see him for more than half the year?"
"Well," Irene began, "we do have our down moments, as in any relationship. We have our fights. Times we don't talk and I want to rip my hair out. But the times that we talk to each other about our future together, the times we are able to BE with each other, it all overshadows the down sides. We just learned to look at the little things and appreciate them."
"And that's it?"
"Well, there is one more thing."
"What?"
Irene smiled softly as Taekwoon walked into the kitchen and kissed Irene on the cheek. "Lo amo*****."
There are spanish words in this (And the rest of the story). If there is no astrid next to it, that means the following words is the translation
"What do you mean you haven't been feeling well?" Irene asked over the phone.
"I mean exactly that," Ana sighed. "For the past month I've been waking up sick, having weird cramps, and needing to vomit."
"Did you have your period in the last few months or so?"
"I haven't had it for the past two months. But that's normal for me. It's always been irregular. Sometimes I don't see it for three months!" (A/N: This is possible. It happens to me sometimes and the doc says it's normal. A persons menstruation cycle doesn't actually settle until the woman has a child.)
"That sounds a lot like-"
"Don't even say it!" Ana growled.
Irene was surprised. "Ana, hay nada malo en eso. There's nothing wrong with that."
Irene heard Ana sigh over the phone and said, "It's not that I'm against, I would actually be really happy! It's the current situation I'm in."
"You mean?"
"Yup."
Irene sipped her tea before responding, "Mira*, if you are worried about support, I can help you. Consider it an act of goodwill from your new bestfriend. Which it is by the way."
"Pero**-"
"Pero nada***. I have to go. I have a meeting in a few minutes. You go to see a doctor to make sure you are healthy and see if it's what I think it is. Okay?"
"Okay."
"Are you ok?"
Irene jumped at the sudden voice. She turned around and said, "Yeah, I'm fine amor****. Don't worry. I'm just remembering something."
Taekwoon stared at Irene for a few minutes and said, "Does it have to do with Ana?"
"Maybe," Irene said. "But I promised her I wouldn't tell anyone!"
"Before you go, please promise me you will keep this a secret."
"My lips are sealed."
"Not even me?" Taekwoon asked. He walked up to Irene and hugged her around the waist. He leaned against the balcony railing, with her cheek against his shoulder, well, the top of her head is.
"A promise is a promise."
"I know."
Silence ensued. But with the way Taekwoon was standing stiffly and the way he would squeeze her waist every so often, Irene knew that he was nervous.
"You can calm down you know. My guards are making sure that nobody is around to see us."
"That's not it."
"Then what is it?" Irene asked.
He sighed and pushed her away. He reached into his coat jacket and took out a ring. It was simple stirling silver ring. In the inside, it had the words "True Love Waits" in Korean and a beautiful topaz jewel in the center, for their shared birth month of November.
"Taekwoon..." Irene gasped.
"I wanted to get a promise ring. But we aren't exactly public yet. And then I remembered you telling me that, ever since you understood anything," he coughed lightly, "... sexual...," he tries to keep his face neutral, "you knew you wanted to wait until marriage. So I got you a chastity ring instead. Do you like it?" Taekwoon looked at Irene nervously.
"Woonie, I... I" Irene started sobbing and jumped on her boyfriend. "I love it. Thank you."
They seperated so that Taekwoon can place the ring on Irene's left ring finger and kissed her softly while wipping away her tears. "It's beautiful," she said.
"I got one too," he said. He reached into his shirt and pulled out thin chain with a dark ring hanging off it. And it said the same words as Irene's ring, "TRUE LOVE WAITS."
Irene started playing with it and said, "I love you so much." She looked up at him and looked into his eyes and said, "What have you I done to deserve you."
"Stop," he mumbled softly and hid his face in her hair, having to bend over to do so.
She laughed and ran her fingers through his hair and said, "You're so cute."
"Stop. Please," he begged.
"Ok, ok," she sighed.
Another silence came along and Irene took this time to think to herself. What if they are never able to come out?
"Stop thinking," he said.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize. Just stop. Remember, we will always be together. No matter what."
Irene nodded into his chest. "I know."
There was a tapping on the glass sliding door. They turned around and saw Hakyeon there. He was gesturing for them to go inside.
"The pizza is here," she said.
"Yeah." He grabbed her hand tightly and dragged her inside.
"Irene?"
"Yeah?"
"How do you do it?" Ana asked.
"How do I do what?" Irene asked back as she prepared a cup of tea and a cup of latte with her phone between her ear and shoulder.
"How are you able to have the relationship with Leo the way you do? Even when you can't see him for more than half the year?"
"Well," Irene began, "we do have our down moments, as in any relationship. We have our fights. Times we don't talk and I want to rip my hair out. But the times that we talk to each other about our future together, the times we are able to BE with each other, it all overshadows the down sides. We just learned to look at the little things and appreciate them."
"And that's it?"
"Well, there is one more thing."
"What?"
Irene smiled softly as Taekwoon walked into the kitchen and kissed Irene on the cheek. "Lo amo*****."
Notes
Translations:*Look
**But
***But nothing
****Love
*****I love him
