I was possessed and it turned out to be a villainous sub dog?! — 6.16

“Isn’t the house a little small? I found it in a hurry… Let’s settle down here for a while and then look for a bigger house together soon.”

Chase looked at me with an embarrassed expression. I widened my eyes, wondering what he was talking about. Small, how can you say such extravagant things about such a nice house! How can you live in such a big house when you’re only twenty-four?

Of course, Chase’s account received a huge dividend every quarter and the salary was high, but it was only a few months since he joined the company. He had no money saved up, and there were many expenses for various reasons. At times like these, he needed to save money to have a comfortable retirement. I thought I needed to arm him with the Black Panther spirit. It was when I was about to open my mouth, trembling with that thought.

“No, that’s it. When I was looking for it. I was so concerned about meeting the budget that I didn’t even think about it, but it has two bedrooms. I need a place to work, so it’s hard to use the study as a bedroom.”

“Huh…?”

Two bedrooms is more than enough, so what’s the problem? I was confused as the absurd conversation continued. “One room for us and one for the baby. Do you need more? Do you want something like a guest room?”

“What? No, that’s not it.”

Then, this time, Chase opened his eyes wide, looking even more bewildered. Then, as if thinking about something, the tips of his ears suddenly turned red. Why the shy imitation? “…You want to share a bedroom with me?”

“huh…?”

“ah…”

Naturally, I assumed that Chase and I would share a bed again. We were cramped in a small house right now, the living room sofa was too small, and Chase had morning sickness, so we often shared my bed (actually, it was Chase’s bed), but that didn’t mean we would have to share a bedroom in the house we were moving to….

“No, that’s it. That, that’s it?”

“Yeah… I guess so?”

“That’s true. That’s true, really.”

“So. Should we just do that then…?”

“Is that so…”

The conversation continued for a long time, with no clear subject or predicate, as to what was happening and what was going to happen. Chase’s ears were already burning, and my cheeks were also red and felt hot.

“Wouldn’t it be better to buy a king-size bed…”

Chase muttered to himself as he watched me. I replied indifferently, looking off into space.

“Or, then…”

But at that moment, ears suddenly popped up on top of my head, and a round tail behind me began to spin fiercely like a propeller.

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Once the tail and ears stick out, they don’t go back in easily. First, Chase has to completely hide the pheromones, and then he has to take a break from the fresh air and calm his mind for a while.

But for some reason, today my heart kept pounding and I couldn’t calm down. What was more serious was that Chase, who was more accustomed to cleaning up pheromones than anyone else, was having a hard time hiding his body odor.

“Please do something about it quickly.”

“Why doesn’t this work?”

Chase kept fanning himself with his hand and made a flustered expression. He seemed quite surprised, since he had finally found his ears but couldn’t even think of touching them. No, not surprised, but embarrassed? Or maybe embarrassed or shy or bashful or something 

“Well, I did look at the bed.”

Anyway, since there was only Chase and me at home, it was okay for the ears and tail to be out. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t return to a completely human form, so I gave up and just laid down on the sofa, but Chase slowly came over to me and thrust his phone in front of my eyes. By the way, when was the last time you saw something like this?

“…What is it? Just show me something. I’m not saying I’ll buy it but…”

Still, I could at least take a look. I coughed in vain and looked at the cell phone Chase held out. The bed I saw was much wider and cleaner than the one I was using now. But did it really need to be this wide? I sleep snuggled up to Chase anyway. “Isn’t it too big? What if there’s no space to put a crib next to it?”

“At first, I’m going to use a bassinet that hangs next to the bed. After a while, the baby will start sleeping separately in the baby’s room anyway.”

“Huh? Do I sleep separately from Yeontan? Why? Isn’t that dangerous?”

I looked up in surprise, and Chase raised one eyebrow and narrowed his brows. Then he crossed his arms as if he was doubtful, looked me up and down, and opened his mouth.

“Puppy. Haven’t you seen any of the parenting videos I’ve sent you?”

“Huh?”

Why did you suddenly change the subject to that? We were talking about our bed. Our new, big, clean bed that we’ll share with the black panther and the puppy….

“They say it’s good to go into separate sleep after about 100 days. What about sleep training? Did you study that?”

“Sleep training?”

Why is education about studying even here? Can’t we just talk about our new bed? The puppy doesn’t like studying…. “Don’t give me that look, puppy.”

“Yeah.”

“No, the baby is due next month, so you didn’t study at all? Then did you see the prenatal education videos I sent you?”

“That’s it, yeah…”

“Look into my eyes and answer.”

“…”

As soon as I turned my head slightly, Chase grabbed my cheeks with both hands. The black panther’s pitch-black eyes followed me intently as I tried to avoid him.

“I felt bad for you watching it alone, so I played the prenatal education video the whole time I was at work. So, did that mean I

was the only one doing prenatal education until now?”

“Yeah, just one person is fine, I guess. Since Dad is kind, Yeontan would be good…”

“What do you mean I’m doing prenatal care? There’s no baby in my stomach!”

“But Yeontan will know everything. He says that his handsome father is even affectionate.”

“What do you know? He doesn’t even know my face yet!”

But the things that Chase had been sending me during that time, like Prenatal Education Methods by a Child Psychology Professor Specializing in Wild Animals and Classic Prenatal Education Methods by an Obstetrician and Gynecologist Specializing in Large Species, were so bo boring that I tried them a few times, but I always ended up fainting and falling asleep before five minutes had passed.

But Chase went to work and checked every single thing. To put it nicely, he was a really passionate expectant father, but to put it badly… Isn’t he a salary Lupin?

But I couldn’t attack that part. As Chase said, the baby was coming soon, and I started to feel guilty that I hadn’t studied at all yet. When I looked at him, I really thought that I was such a lazy and indifferent father. Chase was so diligent about everything.

“What are you doing, puppy? What are you thinking about? Why are you crying again now?”

Chase must have sensed my gloomy expression as if he had noticed it, as he grabbed my cheeks and pulled them apart. I hesitated to say something, but I couldn’t bring myself to open my mouth.

“According to the research results…”

At that moment, Chase’s unexpected remark made me widen my eyes. Research results? Suddenly?

“Prenatal education is a half-illusion. It is not certain whether prenatal education really helps the baby’s development. In fact, there is a study that says that if pregnant women are stressed by prenatal education that does not suit their personality, it is worse.”

“huh?”

Who the hell is the one who kept nagging me about not getting prenatal education? I didn’t know why the Black Panther guy suddenly changed his attitude. And what about the thesis? Did you look through medical thesis just to have a baby?

“What I’m saying is, you don’t have to be so sullen. If you had fun during that time, that would be good prenatal education. Why are you sulking again just because you didn’t watch the video?”

“…”

That’s because you persecuted me….

Just do one thing. Chase was fidgeting and beating the drum and janggu all by himself. I muttered, holding back the corners of my mouth that were about to go up while squirming for no reason.

“Then I don’t have to study while watching the video?”

Chase nodded with a serious face.

“Yeah. It’s already hard to take care of a black panther, so don’t stress yourself out like that. So don’t cry and stop…”

“…Huh? I didn’t cry.”