Ting Tong… Ting Tong…
Ethan had pressed the doorbell of his house several times, but there was no answer from the inside.
"Isn't anyone home?" Ethan thought.
It is Sunday and his mother also sick. Could it be that her father sent the maids back to their home?
"Yes, just a moment!" suddenly a woman's voice was heard from inside.
"Who is this?" said the woman. The woman was about 160 cm tall, had brown skin, and seemed to be about 17 or 18 years old.
"Who are you looking for?" the woman asked again when she saw Ethan. Ethan is currently still wearing his sunglasses and hat.
"Ah, that…" Ethan didn't have time to explain, the woman had already interrupted his words.
"Sorry sir, ko and ci are not at home," said the woman finally.
"Ko and ci are taking a break, I also want to continue watching this Korean drama, who the hell is this one who comes to visit on Sunday? Look at his red hair" thought the woman.
"Who is it, Tuti?" suddenly a middle-aged woman came out of the house and approached them.
"This is mom, I think there are guest who want to meet ko and ci," said the woman named Tuti. She moved her body a little so that the person she called mom could see the guest.
"Who is it… oh my! Little Ethan!" said the middle-aged woman who immediately recognized Ethan and took the man's hand.
"Aunt Wati?" said Ethan who opened his sunglasses and hugged the middle-aged woman.
"My goodness! Little Ethan! Come on, come on in! I still can't believe that Little Ethan is home!" said Wati, tears were slightly visible in the corner of her eyes because she was moved.
"Thank you, aunt, you are just fine, right? Sorry, Ethan never contacts you," Ethan replied as he entered the house.
Tuti, who saw her mother like that for the first time, became curious about the figure of the man who had just arrived. After locking the fence back in the house, she caught up with her mother and the man went inside.
"Mother, who is that… OMO! ETHAN OPPA! KYAA! I AM YOUR FAN OPPA! SARANGHAE!" Tuti suddenly screamed when she recognized the man in front of her. She even reflexively approached Ethan and intended to hug him.
Ethan oppa! The person she had just watched a few minutes ago on her cellphone screen was right in front of her!
"Tuti!" snapped Wati, who immediately blocked her daughter.
Ethan just smiled when he saw Tuti, at first she felt Mi Sun was too much when she said that he is currently quite popular, he didn't even think that anyone would recognize him when she came home.
But when he saw someone who recognized him, even shouted his name and claimed to be his fans. Ethan was feeling good!
"It's okay, aunt. Hello," said Ethan and then greeted Tuti with a smile. The smile he has practiced and prepared when he meets his fans.
"C-Can we s-shake hands?" asked Tuti who then shyly stretched out her hand.
Ethan, who was still smiling, holding Tuti hand and then hugged her upper body and patted her back.
Tuti's face immediately flushed red.
Last night she did dream that she was having a wedding, but when she took off his bridal veil, it turned out that the groom was Bejo! The old man who is wealthy from their village who has had a crush on her for a long time! Tuti thinks that today she will be unlucky for having a dream like that, but who would have thought she would even meet Ethan!
If you really have to dream like that to meet her bias. Tuti would be very willing if every night she had to dream like that!
"Do you know little Ethan?" asked Wati who was confused seeing Tuti who seemed to know Ethan.
"Of course mom! I'm really a fan of oppa! Ethan oppa is in the drama I've been watching lately! Here, look! Even the current scene shows Ethan Oppa!" said Tuti while showing her cellphone screen.
"Oh! That's right, that is little Ethan! Wait a minute! You've been just playing on your cellphone, haven't you? Have you ironed the clothes?" asked Wati, suddenly remembering that she had told her daughter to iron their boss clothes.
"Yes, yes, I will work on it after I finish watching this. It's only 5 minutes until the episode ends. By the way, how come you know Ethan oppa?" asked Tuti, realizing that her mother knew Ethan.
"Of course I know him! Little Ethan is the son of ko and ci! I am used to take care of him when he was little!" said Wati.
"Omo… so the photos of the boy in the house are Ethan oppa? He is so cute!" thought Tuti who looked once again at the photos in the living room.
"Oh right aunt, where did dad and mom go?" Ethan asked when the mother and daughter had finished their conversation.
"Ah! Ko and Ci are in the room, they are resting! Ko said that if a guest comes looking for them, just tell them they are out," said Tuti, whose face turned red after admitting her lie.
"Then, I am gonna clean Ethan's room first! Come here, little Ethan, let me bring your bag!" said Wati stretching out her hand.
"It's okay, aunt. Let the bag be here. Ethan will bring it later. Ethan wants to go to papa and mama's room first!" said Ethan then walked over to his parent's room which was on the second floor.
Tuti, who saw Ethan leave, reflexively began to follow him from behind. But only a few steps she walked, her ears had already been jerked by her mother.
"Where are you going? Go iron ko and ci clothes first!" said Wati.
"Ouch! Yes yes!" said Tuti, but her gaze did not leave Ethan's back. When the back was further away, Tuti stretched out her right hand, as if trying to grab the man's back.
"Oppaaaa ...."
***
Knock ... knock ...
Ethan knocked on the door of his parent's room, "Enter," after hearing a voice from inside, Ethan then opened the door of the room.
When he went inside, Ethan could see his mother was closing her eyes while her father was massaging her hand from the side.
"Good afternoon, papa. Ethan is back," Ethan said and then gave a little bow.
"Oh, yeah," Baek Hyeon said and then patted his wife's arm, "Honey, Ethan is here," he whispered right in his wife's ear.
Jia Li, Ethan's mother, looks at her child, whom she has never seen for about 2 years. The last time she met her son was when her son had finished college.
But she became very disappointed when she saw the appearance of her son who was like a delinquent with his red hair.
"Who are you?!" she said angrily.
Ethan was a little surprised whether his mother was also experiencing memory loss.
"Good afternoon, mama. Ethan is back," Ethan said one more time and gave a bow.
"My Ethan's hair is not like that!" said Jia Li again.
"Ah, this," Ethan then grabbed his hair, "This is work, mama. Right now I'm still in the process of filming a drama and I have to color my hair like this," said Ethan then smiled with satisfaction, hoping his mother would compliment him or even ask for the title of his current drama.
However, reality sometimes doesn't live up to expectations…
"You still want to play around in the entertainment world?! Resign quickly and then go back to business! You're not a kid anymore!" her mother snapped.
The smile that appeared on Ethan's face immediately disappeared.
Play around?
Has his mother thought he was just playing around all this time?
"Looks like mama still needs rest, then Ethan gonna excuse myself first," said Ethan who then turned around.
"Has mama told you to get out of this room? Look at you now! Don't know manners!" her mother snapped.
"Honey, please calm down first," said Baek Hyeon who was worried about his wife's health condition.
"Then what does mama want? Does Mama thinks Ethan just play around in there?! Hah?! As mama said, Ethan is also no longer a kid that mama can control his life again!" said Ethan finally bursting out with the emotion he was trying to hold back.
"Oh! Oh! Look at you! Dare to go against mama's orders! Anyway, stop play around in the entertainment world and immediately return to settle here! Then find a good woman who is not from the entertainment world and get married! Mama wants to carry grandchild before I die!" his mother said suddenly.
"Hah?! Ethan is only 24 years old, mama! If mama wants to have a grandchild soon, why don't you just tell Elena to get married?! How many times has Ethan said, Ethan wants to be a celebrity! Ethan still wants to work as an actor! Most of the actors in South Korea will get married at the age of 40! Ethan will be too!" said Ethan. He is currently in the process of building his career.
He doesn't even have a girlfriend right now! Then who should he marry? Does his mother intend to match him?
"Elena is busy with the Wang company! She is smart and she must be sure that this is not the right time for her to get married! She's still 27 years old after all! What did you say? Will you get married at the age of 40? Are you crazy?! You want mama to die, right?" said Jia Li.
Her only son planning to get married when he turns 40?
He really has gone mad!
"Then why you just don't d-"
"ETHAN!" Baek Hyeon suddenly snapped loudly before Ethan finished his sentence.
"You can get out!" said Baek Hyeon.
"Fine," Ethan said finally, then he bowed one more time before finally opening the door to the room.
BAM
Ethan slammed the door to his parents' room when he closed it!