Chapter 1: Prologue

My one and only man, Jungwoo…

The man who embraced me when I had nowhere left to go, after I became a woman due to TS Syndrome and was cast out by my family.

The kind man who, when I got into a car accident with another car while driving without Jungwoo knowing and didn’t know what to do, first checked if I was hurt.

The man who, even when we went on a trip because I nagged him to, couldn’t find a guesthouse and we had to sleep in a tent, still blamed himself, saying it was his fault.

The man who, even when I deliberately hung out with Jungwoo’s friends to try and make him jealous, would just pinch my cheek and playfully tell me not to joke around.

That man, who never got angry with me, but instead cared for me, loved me, and protected me, is returning today after finishing his overseas deployment!

It’s been two years since I last saw his face, so I’m incredibly nervous… and I’m not sure if the outfit I hastily put on suits me.

Ding-dong!

He must be here! Our daughter isn’t even home yet.

My best husband’s safe return! It feels like a dream!

“I’m coming out!”

I opened the front door with a joyful heart, but huh? Other people were standing there… It can’t be, right…?

“Who… who are you?”

“Attention! This is Staff Sergeant Lee Sieun from the Special Warfare Command’s 707th Special Mission Battalion…”

“No… It’s not, right…? It’s not…? Huh…?”

“We are truly sorry… Captain Kim Jungwoo, of the Special Warfare Command… was killed in action in the operational zone…”

“No… No way…! How can this be… How can you leave first! Bring my husband back!!”

I guess I was a fool for believing…

I believed he would come back…

You bad person…

You only ever gave me everything… and I couldn’t say a single thing I wanted to say…

“Ah…! H-honey? Are you okay?”

Huh…? A warm voice suddenly echoed in my ears…

And I felt a warm hand stroking my face…

It doesn’t seem like a dream!

I looked where the hand came from, and there he was, the one I had waited for so desperately!

You bad person!

“H-huh…? H-honey? You bad guyyy! Waaah!”

“I’m sorry… I wanted to surprise you… The prank went too far, didn’t it…?”

“Waaah! Don’t prank me with things like this! Waaah!”

“How could I die and leave you behind? Attention! Captain Kim Jungwoo, of the Special Warfare Command, reports his safe return!”

“H-huh… Thank you… for coming back safely…”

H-huh… I think I’ll tell you about the countless moments I’ve spent with this bad person who always tries to move me.