"....No one dared. But when it's there, let's take it a bit...."

That was my idea when I started typing this short story for a contest two years ago.

"....Very embarrassing...."

This was my first thought after I opened it again after two years.

During this period, there have been no updates to any novels.

Even though I got some beautiful illustrations for the novel, there hasn't been an update at all. Not a single thing.

That is...... Studying is overwhelming. That's the part.

But the work that was fanfare came in all at once. It's all.

In the meantime, I'm accepting short stories that I wrote and submitted to a short story contest two years ago to read first. Even though it's a work

Low Quality

No matter what, but at least it can be considered the first update in a month, right? This is the first update after the Dual Swordsman successfully exterminated a demon for the first time in his life. Can this be counted as an update?

But having said that, over the past 2-3 years, my writing skills have improved somewhat as well.

As for the explanation about this short story. (originally uploaded to the website

keedkean.com)

It is about a daughter meeting her father for the first time in her life. After missing many opportunities

"....I really intend for it to be like this...."

“Father”… so!?

Three letters arranged together to form a single syllable word have a literary and spiritual meaning far greater than the number of letters or the difficulty of extracting tones. Deriving the meaning hidden in a simply written message is not easy at all either.

“One of two great people who together gave life and nurtured that little life with love and care from their hearts without any additives until it grew strong enough to walk on the strength of both legs. My own side.”

Throughout 12 years of life in school Until graduating from high school

I was once told by a teacher at school to write an essay about Father and how I felt about spending time with him at the end of the year, less than a month after the start of the second semester, which made me... Constantly struggling with what to write down on a white sheet of paper lined with pencil as carefully as possible every time the issue was brought up, I finally did. Write the first few words on the top of the paper calmly and with a calm expression, as if there is no need to think about it too much.

“My father is the best person in the world… No matter how much I cried or yelled in the past, he never scolded me. But at the same time… No matter how much I was bullied by my friends at school, he never showed any distress on his face. He never asked about the annoyances of my daily life or the fun I had throughout the day. So he just looked down at me with the same eyes as he always did. Even though it had been many years since my mother introduced him to me, he never left the prayer room where I usually went to pray. Every night, even once, and he probably never blinked. That makes me wonder if other people are normal fathers!?”

That is the brief content of an essay or poem on Father's Day that I tend to rewrite in the same way every time the teacher tells me to do it. And as well, teachers and friends who are curious about these contents often ask about my father: What kind of person is he who has never left her original place even once?

Don't you have to eat or sleep like other people?

And the answer I use to answer those important people's questions so that the boring questions end as quickly as possible is…

“I don't know... I've never seen a photograph of my father move anywhere!!”

Today is the same as every other day, no matter the voices of others who repeatedly emphasize that a father's embrace is warmer than a fire on a cold night or any sweater. No matter how loud this world rings in my ears at the beginning of December, I don't think there is anything warmer than the flames that are about to take away a father who is known to be gracious and responsible. The most important thing in life after mother is the arms of all the children who are united in hugging each other as if to mock me.

And because I had to live without ever realizing the importance of a father who left my mother to take care of me alone since I was born, I became the focus of attention for those around me. By default…

“When are you going to stop talking like that? Are you saying that the father who gave birth to you didn't have any kindness at all? At least he gave her a chance to live, isn't that why you're arguing with me!! ”

“Grace..!? I don't want to count the muddy man who left my mother to have fun with another woman as having mercy on me! If your father left you and your mother to live alone like me...you wouldn't have it. The day you say something like that will definitely come out!!”

"Are you saying it's my father?!! That child doesn't have a father!!!"

pop..!!!!!

While I was thinking of the satisfying mark I had left on the face of my male friend who was happily arguing with me about the grace of that worthless man… The sound of something hard hitting against each other that came from behind caused my satisfying thoughts to stop immediately. My throat automatically turned back to look, but what I saw was nothing else. Nothing but the scenes I saw every day in the classroom of the last students, of whom I was one, were unfolding outside the classroom.

A middle-aged man who looked like he was in his thirties with a stance similar to that of a veteran gangster was standing in the middle of a group of 5-6 students wearing vocational uniforms, all armed with weapons. More so than soldiers in the Vietnam War, who were twerking and intimidating their opponents as if they were practicing for future use against their school's enemies.

And on the ground in front of the middle-aged man who was standing without a care in the world, a student fell unconscious with a gash on his right lip that was dripping with blood.

“Are you doing this to our friends, old man?! I don't know the horrors of technical school bullies.

XXX

Now… we play hard!!!”

“It seems like they weren't taught well enough at home… Why have you neglected your child's behavior until he has become a social trash like this... The words 'gangster' and 'thug' are not the same word!"

The young man's irritated voice stopped and the fully-armed mechanics immediately rushed towards attacking him, along with the continuous sound of solid objects hitting his body that continuously sounded from the middle of the encirclement. There was hardly any second. It was guaranteed that no one would be injured, but it was surprising that the people who had been hit until they were incapacitated were the mechanics who were outnumbered instead of the rogue students who were pocketing the money. His own bag was given to the man before he quickly fled in the opposite direction.

“That man doesn't seem like a good person...he has good boxing skills but uses it to extort money from students instead of helping others. If the person over there were us...that guy was crouching down. At our feet!”

In the thoughts of the young girl who was watching the skillful battle of a middle-aged man who was able to defeat a large number of people who were all armed with the same ease as an adult kicking a child, words began to criticize his behavior. Mostly in a negative way, even though that man was very talented… She couldn't help but think what it would be like if that man were her own father.

And in the meantime, the girl's eyes saw an image of a middle-aged man who could play with a group of technicians, walking towards a male student around the age of middle school, with an attitude that had changed from just a moment ago, with a new feeling that Completely different..!!

“Oh! Dad, I'll give this money back to you later. Remember, when people have a lot of money, they don't show it to other people. This time, you were just lucky that Uncle came by and saw you, otherwise, those youngsters would be... Probably took her money and spent it happily.”

The man's handful holding about 3-4 gray banknotes was carefully handed back to the boy in blue pants as if it were his own money with a simple face and words filled with gentleness. Unbelievably, this was the same person who was far more skilled in martial arts than ordinary people. But no sooner had the young woman, who was watching the praiseworthy behavior of the good citizen, accidentally viewed him in a negative light. She was startled when the man turned to look in her direction.

But the little girl probably didn't notice that within the eyes of the man who was dressed casually as if he didn't care about the trends of the outside world, she was as shocked as she was… It was like the eyes of two people who had not seen each other for a long time.

“Why do you come back again..!! If it wasn't you who left me and Miss Nam to live together in such difficulty... The old man left you to have fun with other monitor lizards and just now... Are you going to see my worth?!! Hurry and go back before Miss Nam comes back to see you in such a miserable state!!!”

“Nam” heard her own mother yelling inside the house, as if arguing with someone she never wanted to see again in this lifetime, with a voice as loud as a commercial airline receptionist. Pak Talat can raise the volume. The whole incident started with the middle man who had an affair with the water technician students arriving at the house without her knowing...

“Well, it can't be helped, can it? ... I tried to tell you many times before leaving that I have to go to work surveying the provinces. You can only leave once a year, and that's during the school break. During the rice field, people were in trouble and couldn't get back to see their daughter. That's all. Don't be angry at me, darling...

For the sake of the three years spent at the same university.”

"How can I not be angry..! My little girl is all grown up now. If she suddenly came back and saw a strange man talking to her mother, what would she say!!"

“I don't see anything wrong with this... Well, I've grown bigger than what I see in the school uniform photos that you send me every year, right? But what high school did I go to this year to have such good waist proportions!?”

The middle-aged man who was talking with my mother in a calm tone raised both his hands and made a bouncing up and down motion in front of her face until he knew what he wanted to convey, which at that time hit his head. He was hit by a shoe covered in dirt and dust with full force until he quickly ducked down.

“It's because you're like this that I can't let Miss Nam see you now that Nam is in university!! And what does it mean when you say that the water girl has grown bigger than ever seen in the picture?!!”

“Isn't this strange?...Mom!?”

The sound of the door opening came from the side of a couple who were arguing and grabbed the man by the collar of his shirt, admiring the sweet smell of the horticultural quality surveyor who had just returned from work without showering or changing. It was then that the two of them turned to follow. It was then that I mustered up all the courage to utter words distilled from my pride to the middle-aged man my mother had never wanted to meet. get to know'

A young girl has already accepted him as her most important person'…

"So I...have met your father?"

Third person view

Everyone wishes to meet their significant other who they haven't seen for a long time, especially if they are people who have been together all their lives, from the moment they first met and experienced their first breath. The placenta of life as well... surely no one will be able to pretend and force their mouth to disagree with their heart and evade the feelings in their heart that are about to burst forth.

"Nam-chan...why are you making such a stupid face? Your beloved father has appeared in front of you. He should at least show his tear-stained face and jump up to embrace him." Isn't this your father!?"

"I think you probably read too many comics...and it would be nice to go outside and make that disgusting face for other people to criticize. Maybe you'll learn how disgusting it is." You can come up sometime yourself."

This principle did not apply to a girl who had never even seen the shadow of her second most important person, her mother, even once. It was also true that she had met her father. of himself for the first time in his life, but in the eyes of Nam at this moment he saw his own father as no different from...

"And, Mr. Resident...please help me find a job to make up for never living with us. If not...be careful that you'll get kicked in the ass." Every second, please."

As for Nam... the man who suddenly appeared in front of her while walking home and claimed to be her father and talked intimately with her mother the first time they met. Living in the house without opposition from the homeowner is no different."

Strangers who have no place to live" that's all.

"Oh... Didn't I just yesterday tell my mother, 'I've met my beloved father' and why? Why have you come today and shown such an attitude of indifference to your parents who have so much merit?"

"Don't bother me with a face that has only a pointy beard!! The old man acted like he was acting like a poop!!”

At the first touch of her father's caress on her slender arm, the water quickly shook her body off before her father had a chance to spread to other parts of her body that had been reserved. For men outside the bloodline that women are only ready to give their love to, those who are fathers have no rights...

"What exactly do you think you're going to do? Do you think that a father has the right to do anything without his child having the right to protest? Father's face again!!!"

"I'm sorry... Dad, I just now realized that my daughter will grow up to be such a beautiful girl. Her seductive charm makes me really unable to resist. I wish that I could teach you something like that." "

The thick body pressed the thin body against the floor with such great strength that the little girl couldn't resist and buried its face on the little girl's secret spot as fiercely as a wild boar gnawing at its dinner. The warmth of the big man touching the little girl's face aroused a feeling of disgust in her conscience, causing her body to order her to shake it off quickly or else...

"I'm begging you, Father... Please don't do anything to me. Aren't we father and son!?"

Nam turned away from the strong man who was straddling her and closed her eyes tightly to prevent her eyes from accidentally seeing anything that she shouldn't have, causing her to become a bad person for the rest of her life. At that moment, her real father handed her over. His face came closer to her ear to speak the signature girly words of the dark cartoon heroes to his child, causing his heart to beat even faster.

"The first lesson from a father... is to always be cautious when face to face with men."

Water's body felt the weight pressing down on her body become lighter and lighter until she finally broke free from the restraints holding her body to the ground, and at that moment she felt a cold wind blowing from her. beside her body until her heart began to relax to its normal level as it should, along with the sound of the young man's footsteps slowly moving away from her without doing anything more than holding her down on the ground.

"Father...Yes!?"

“I never thought that my daughter would grow up to be this cute... because of this, it made me want to move house to work so that I could take care of you and your mother. Every day 15 years ago It's such a shame that your mother doesn't want to move in with me... Moreover, when I did something like that to you just now, You call me

Father, you can hear me loud and clear."

The girl noticed a strangely warm feeling when she saw the young man's expression as he rose from his straddling position to the refrigerator that was almost crammed with cold water bottles. There was no room for anything else and he took out two bottles of chilled water and handed them to her, which the little girl accepted them with a strange feeling in her eyes. Like never before

"That was then... Why did you push me down first? Besides, we're fathers..."

"That's it! She said it again."

Water felt a little embarrassed when she realized that her inner feelings did not follow her actions. In fact, she did not want to deny the identity of the strange man who had appeared in front of her. That it was her father who gave her life from the beginning, but because she didn't know how to act when she met someone she wanted to meet with a good face...so she acted like she didn't accept their status. only

"Ok, so how will you take it.. between strangers with biological father What will you call me?”

"Well...well, I don't know how a daughter will behave when she's alone in the house with her father...Besides, I don't want to believe that the man that everyone says is the most kind to us. After the mother who directly gave us life, there would be something like this in front of us, so I…”

The girl who had never felt the warmth of an embrace that made her feel safe in her entire 18 years of existence began to have tears streaming from the corners of her eyes that were about to overflow soon. Slowly, if there is no wiping or something to mop it up, what water will use instead of tissue paper or a towel to wipe away her tears is...

“Listen carefully, dear daughter... No good father would leave his daughter alone with her mother to provide for her, and no good father would push his daughter to the ground and give her some form of relief. He's overloaded, pounding his face onto his own daughter's body. He might not accept her as her father...

Because I'm not a good father to my child and don't deserve to be called one..."

Huh..!!!

The father's words of regret and remorse were stopped by the body of his daughter, who rushed in and touched their hearts directly until the young man could fully feel the firmness and softness of his own daughter. His body was full of water, even though he had just now taught him about how to act in front of men.

"No need to say anything else, Father."

"Water... Breasts! If you're a woman, be careful about this, even if you're a father..."

"It doesn't matter how bad the father acted in the past...even though the father never stayed to see his own daughter in the past... But I also heard from Mom that Dad never lets other people in trouble face problems on their own. That's why Dad can't give up work to take care of me. Dad really failed the test as a father, but...

There's one thing I want to tell Father."

"Now I know what to write in this Father's Day essay...thank you, Dad."

The little girl jumped into the arms of the young man who had just grabbed her and pinned her to the ground, giving a crazy sermon with all her might, with a face filled with happiness that even if she had given anything in exchange, she would never give it up. The only thing that was on Nam's mind right now was that she would take the feeling of embracing her real father right now and tell her friends at school who kept asking about her separated father every day. We've been apart for a long time, what do we do?

But before that... Nam already had an even better idea.

"I told you, at times like this, you have to buy things to your heart's content!!!"

On the sidewalk where the air was polluted by the dust and smog emitted by many cars while waiting for the green light to continue their journey, some people couldn't bear to take a towel. Making a face mask to protect against dust particles, a young girl who was celebrating victory after overcoming the mid-term exam hell in higher education was walking forward with a happy expression on her face from the level of numbness. The city's pollution has tightened its hold on large paper bags filled with snacks, which have been piled up while cooped up at home.

But at that time, there was someone else who was not happy with her...

"Nam... I think buying just this should be more than enough. Besides, the money you spent on these snacks is also money for your return trip."

“Oh... Father! You can go and ask Mom for money for the tour bus... And the person who said you would let me buy as many things as you want is you. Isn't that right?"

A young man was left some distance away from his daughter because the brown paper bag containing the items he had bought with his money was so large it almost obscured his view. would become zero, making it difficult to move forward, but even so, the young man continued walking so that his daughter would not have to suffer for him again.

But at that moment, the sound of water interspersing the young man's difficulty in moving forward as a servant carrying luggage caused his footsteps to stop immediately.

"I'll just say that... When will daddy be home!? Will you stay until school starts or not..."

The young man was stunned for a moment before gathering as much of his voice as possible so as not to destroy the strength he needed to carry his things to answer his daughter's question. A dry smile appeared on his face for a while, but it was long enough that It will last until the end of his answer sentence.

"No..! Today is my last day with you. After dinner, I will leave immediately so that I can finish my remaining research work before my boss. Have you complained about the same things over and over?"

"What!? Dad just came home yesterday evening, didn't he? Why did you come back in such a hurry? At least-"

It was clear to the young man that Water's response to his message was faster than expected, even though in the documentary he had seen it was stated that humans have a different response to words. With the expectation that it would be a little slower than the goldfish's shock from the water, but the theory doesn't always work as expected every time...

And because of his daughter's expression of great disappointment, the young man had to walk over and caress Nam's head gently, soothing her trembling lips like a professional. Young lady

“Don't worry. It's not like we won't meet again for a bit... Father will come back to see us on New Year's Day."

“No, I don't want it... I've worked hard to get the chance to meet a father I've never seen in my entire life. I definitely won't let him run away again. So...stay with us forever!"

"Dad, I understand that I don't want you to throw away the water like you've always done. But this time, I promise you that during the New Year's holiday in the next 3 months, I'll come back and get new water for us at that time. Let's find something to do together...but today it's really due."

"Oh... Act like a good person in front of university girls. Actually, I want to drink heavenly noodles, old man.”

While Dad was wrapping his arm around my shoulder to keep me from feeling bad, as if to foreshadow his departure, the nervous voice of a high schooler sounded from the hallway in front of us. It could never be anyone other than the group of mechanic kids that Dad had trouble with yesterday, but this time they weren't just 5-6 people like before...

"I thought that whoever barked and interrupted the father and son were about to be sweet to each other... In fact, it was this kid whose parents didn't teach him anything and who just held out his hand to ask for money from the villagers. He was the one who brought all the beggars all at once. How much money do you need?!”

"Your mouth is so close to that of a monkey, old man! This time we will settle all the debts owed to you... and don't even think about using a woman as a shield!"

"I don't think I'd use my own woman to protect myself. Those beggars have a house. If you want to add more, hurry up and come in!" I will be able to continue enjoying my life with this child.”

Nam felt a strange premonition that was about to happen to her father's body, so she begged her wholeheartedly not to have trouble with those beggars...those mechanical children, but even so, her father didn't even bother. Will turn to follow the sound at all.

"You don't have to stop me, Dad. Dad doesn't do anything violent."

At the sound of Nam's father, he immediately broke into a fight with the mechanical students in order not to waste time and the feelings of his daughter who was watching him, with cries of mercy being heard from time to time even though the cries. The ban was intended to keep her father from being too harsh on those thugs...

You're so talented, old man!! Then you'll have to meet my beloved elephant!!!"

Seeing that even though they had brought a group of more than 20 people to ambush just one person, they had not been successful, one of the students who was like the leader of the group raised a bottle of Elephant Brand Hoi Tia beer and prepared to slam it into the middle of the young man's head. who was more skilled at fighting than an ordinary person would be able to do to his fullest potential to reverse the situation before his opponent was aware of it.

"What a favorite elephant! If you want to go eat Tom Yum Kung in America, tell me nicely!!"

The moment the forearm with an elephant decorated at the end could strike the target in front of the student's abdomen, it was hit so hard that his grip on the mouth of the bottle loosened. It entered the hand of the owner of the foot, which struck the right spot before the woman used a beer bottle to hit the enemy's male friend's head with full force until he was unable to fight.

"Oh my gosh...it seems like your father never taught you anything about being a lady!?"

"I'm sorry..! It seems that the habit of seeing the person you love in trouble and not being able to reach out to help must have been inherited from my father."

The journey from the family's warm home to the Northeastern bus depot took about two and a half hours, and because of that long time, the relationship between a father and son who had been through battles was strengthened. Together they became closer and closer until the child began to not want the most important person to go anywhere, which was just a faint hope...

"Alright! The father who has always missed the child he loves is about to travel again... Do you have something to tell me, my lovely daughter?”

"Uh... I don't have anything else to tell you, but I know why you chose to come back from the provinces at a time when not many people wanted to travel if you wanted to." To prove that my thoughts are correct...Father, please put your ear close to me."

The young man had no choice but to follow what his daughter told him, and suddenly something unbelievable happened that he didn't expect.

kiss...!

"Because today is my birthday...right?"

The right cheek of his father's leaning down was touched by the girl's pale pink lips so tightly that words were impossible for the young man who had hardly been home in a year and had never had the chance to see them. The face of his beloved daughter...he had always thought that he did not deserve to receive proof of his love from his child so quickly.

"It means that what the cartoon said is true, that when people go through heated battles together, their relationships will become stronger... Knowing this, I should go and help my father fight. The money back came from those thugs from the beginning.”

“By the way, Dad, aren't you also addicted to cartoons? You can read, but don't let it spoil your studies."

Nam blushed slightly after kissing the cheek of a person she never dreamed of meeting and had the opportunity to meet in her entire life in front of a number of passengers who were watching as they said goodbye in the style of cartoons. The friendship between a man and a woman appears in real life without blinking. She doesn't know what those people's eyes will see of the two of them, but the bond between her and her father is definitely not something embarrassing like that.

"Then come back and visit the new house. I'm waiting for dad."

"There's no way! Because before, I've always made you wait for me...this time, I'll be the one to wait for you, even if it's annoying and takes a long time!"

A few minutes later, the tour bus that picked up passengers from Bangkok Station rolled its wheels and departed for its scheduled destination until Nam could only watch as the bus drove out of the exit area. That's when Nam saw her father waving goodbye behind the clear blue car window, so she waved back with feelings that didn't need to be filtered from any part.

And because of that, the other passengers in the car that her father was riding in started talking to her father, which became a prominent feature throughout the car. And it probably cannot escape the story of a father who is only in his late 30s, loves and cares for his 18 year old daughter who is definitely in the cute and cuddly phase...