[song for chapter: Sour Grapes-Le Sserafim]
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[ A month later: June 4th ]
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Yumi's POV:
the smell of eggs frying on the stovetop start to slowly fill my senses as my dark chocolate brown colored eyes flutter open.
I groan when I feel a small yet sharp kick from my unborn daughter who's sleeping cozily inside of me while I try to rest beneath the sheets.
A not so gentle reminder that she's a athlete like her father already,judging by all the soccer star grade level kicks she delivers.
Times running out soon for her,we've reached the 6th month in our pregnancy journey together.
My cravings have been off the roof and my belly only grows bigger by the second.
We settled on a name for now,we always change it but we have a strong feeling this is the one.
the sound of tapping on my window signals me I shouldn't procrastinate any further,I have to pick up Luna after my audition.
Yes the dreadful audition I signed up for a year ago when I was drunk and depressed about my life and how I felt it wasn't going anywhere.
I randomly sent in the request and never heard back from them so I naturally assumed they found a better actress for the part.
However I was mistaken,after seeing dozens of eligible girls they wanted me to audition in person.
I take a small glance at pouring rain from the window and I whine.
I just freshly straightened my hair the night before,New York City and it's bipolar weather.
I roll my eyes in annoyance,I couldn't change the weather even if I wanted to.
Mingyu's out early for work again,they work him like a dog at the firm.
But he wants to be a lawyer,this is his dream.
He finally works at a firm after living under his superiors shoes during the first 3 years of college.
Now he's graduating later this month and I wanna be supportive but I'm going to need him these last few weeks of the pregnancy.
I'm already nesting and my cravings,emotions basically everything going in my body is spiraling into madness.
Pure madness.
He's the only one that can calm me down,Luna tried to be supportive yesterday but I got grumpy and threw my lunch at her.
I later apologized for my rude behavior of course,still it sucked the entire day not having him.
Luckily my mind will be kept busy for now,with the nerves of auditioning for this specific role.
It's perfect,the main character is pregnant which I'm already pregnant as it is.
It's a animated film,so I won't have to bother too much about my appearance in the audition.
However me,being me,I must dress to impress.
The only thing they'll be judging is my voice,this is where my nerves come in.
I hated my voice growing up,it never sounded too high pitched nor did it sound too deep.
It was this middle ground between the two but yet every time I answered the telephone growing up I was always mistaken for a young teenage boy from my voice alone.
So as I slip on a frilly white sundress and some comfy white puma sneakers to match with the dress.
I scramble through my closet for a umbrella to use, I definitely didn't just spend over a hour doing my hair just for some rain outside to ruin it in a split second.
Finally I find my favorite umbrella,a black umbrella with red cherries on them and a red underside.
I grab my purse and lock up behind me.
I open the umbrella and start dashing to the car careful not to move too fast,because in New York when it rains..wind follows.
My worries are correct when a strong wind nearly blows the umbrella off of my hands and I grab it tightly to fight back the wind.
I make it to my car and close up the umbrella after climbing into it.
I move the seat back so my belly has some room away from the steering wheel.
I start driving through the rain,carefully that is.
I can barely see my way through the rain but luckily for once and this happens rarely,the New York City drivers behaved for once and I made it safely to the studio building for the audition.
I hand my car over to the valet of the building and I scramble inside careful not to wet my hair.
I check myself in and sit down in a large waiting area.
I look around and instantly my confidence drops.
I see young,beautiful and clearly more experienced actresses sitting down with their scripts in hand.
They mumble through their scripts and barely make eye contact,we are all competition here anyway.
All fighting for this one role in this movie.
However one,humble and nice actress who's sitting next to me pats my leg gently.
I look over to see her smiling.
"Listen don't worry about these sharks" she says side eyeing the women in front of us.
"They are standoffish so pay no mind to them,do you have the script?" She asks me.
"There's a script?" I ask her.
"Yeah! here I'll share mine" she says and hands over the script papers to me.
I smile faintly,how could I forget there was scripts to remember?
Also if I had remembered that there was a script.
I would've printed out the script last night,so I could've carried a copy of it for today.
*sigh* whatever I'll read from her script,I suppose.
I read silently the script and try to memorize the lines quickly.
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my fingers grip onto the corner of my paper as I take a deep breath in,a reminder to myself.
That this,is a beginning.
So if I fail to say the right lines at my first audition,it's okay.
I'm not a bad actress,I'm just full of nerves that's all.
My fingers clearly expose my true feelings without me uttering a single word,as I barely can read the letters on the page.
From all the trembling,my poor fingers shaking the page violently.
"Do you need a minute hun?" The lady who's sitting in front of me with the name tag "Malorie (Casting Agent)".
Her name tag makes my anxiety go through the roof,that despite her genuine kindness.
I keep feeling like she's judging me secretly,like as if she doesn't wanna offend me.
"I-I'm fine." I say and I can mentally slap myself for stuttering in the first place.
"Let's take 5 and you drink some water,maybe snack on some candy?" She says.
"No!-" I say moving closer to her desk.
She looks at me with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm okay I just need to finish this I'll be okay" I say.
"I'm worried hun,you've been trembling and not speaking for the past 5 minutes." She says concern laced in her voice.
I step back  & close my eyes to try to distract myself.
Whenever I'm stressed out at home and Mingyu is home,he would rub my belly & hum a song in my ear.
I would end up either falling asleep in his arms or I would be less stressed than I was before.
I sigh and rub my belly in circles,my hands could never compare to Mingyu's mammoth sized hands.
His warm,gentle hands that I'm starting to miss very badly right now.
I should text him when I leave here,if I ever do...
I open my eyes to read the script.
"You think I wanted to be your wife Henry? You're a true dickhead for thinking I was ever in love with you,I'm tired of being your puppet,your doll to dress and poke fun at. To hell with you!" I say as I force fake tears to roll down my face.
"I wasted 5 lackluster years with you and this is how I'm treated? Being cheated on and not only did you have to fuck my best friend but also get her pregnant? I didn't love you Henry,yet I treated you how a wife treats her husband,I sacrificed my blood,sweat and tears into this relationship and for what? So you could pick up my best friend behind my back? You both are wrong for that,I'm not just blaming you but you should've told her to stop,but no you never cared.  You indulged yourself Henry,that's all you're good for!" I say loudly and I finish reading the script.
I look up from the paper to see "Malorie" the casting agent stand up from her chair.
She smiles at me before slowly clapping her hands.
"I must give it to you hun,you've managed to give me a Oscar worthy performance!" She says.
"Thank you ma'am" I say and she grins.
That's when I started to feel weird,the room started to spin and suddenly everything went Black..
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I open my eyes and I groan when I awaken to bright hospital lights.
I try to move around in my hospital bed and that's when I realize I have a IV stuck in my arm.
"Wait- why am I here?" I mutter to myself before quickly realizing I must've passed out during my audition.
I groan in annoyance.
"I'll never win that role,it was going okay and I just had to pass out-"
Mingyu rushes into my hospital room and grabs me tightly.
"Oh my god,thank god. I thought you were dying on me" he says before kissing the top of my head,his arms gripping me tightly.
"Dying? How bad was I?" I ask him.
He sits down and grabs my hand.
"The nurse told me,you passed out at a casting agency downtown and that it was caused from a mixture of stress & exhaustion " he says massaging my hand gently.
"Is the baby okay?" I ask him.
"She's fine,however her due date has been moved" he says.
"To when?" I ask him.
"June 20th" he says.
"But I thought she was due in early July?" I ask him as my eyes widen at the news.
"Well turns out you could have any given moment from today on,you're full term and she's already inching closer to your birth canal-"
I smile at him.
"Why are you smiling baby?" He asks me.
"You're cute" I say blushing.
"In what way?" He asks me smirking as he cocks a eyebrow at me.
"You're cute when you babble about nerdy medical stuff,are you sure you wanna pursue law? You could always be a doctor you know?" I ask him.
"A doctor is what my parents wanted me to be,however I chose Law because I've secretly always wanted to be a lawyer baby,don't worry too much.." he says.
"I'm not worried,I just don't want you to regret not pursuing something that could've truly made you happy." I say
" I mean,you really light up talking about medical stuff" I add
"I'm happy with being a lawyer one day soon baby" he says and I smile.
"Alright,when I get out of here can you make me Gimbap?" I ask him and he nods.
"Anything you want as long as it's not shellfish because the doctor said no shellfish or seafood in general until baby is born" he says.
"Ugh that's not fair,I love tuna and crab" I say pouting.
"I know baby,think of it like this. Possibly in a few days you'll be back to crab" he says giggling at the end.
"Hey! Don't joke about my labor pains okay? You're gonna be in the room watching,now I hope you don't pass out babe" I say and he smirks.
"I've seen you in many ways,seeing you in a hospital gown push out our child isn't gonna make me get lightheaded from the sight of it." He says and I giggle.
"What?" He asks
"You have no idea what childbirth looks like through" I say to him.
"Trust and believe,I'll be there standing strong through the storm" he says and I giggle lowly.
"I want cuddles" I say pouting and he opens his arms to allow me crawl into them.
He holds me snugly in his arms and he rubs my back gently.
"I love you Mingi" I say and he smiles at me.
His eyes full of love,staring back into mine.
"I love you too Umi" he says and pecks my lips.
My phone starts buzzing and Mingyu passes me it.
"Imma go get your dinner from your nurse so we can eat at least" he says and I nod silently.
I look at the caller ID and it looks familiar.
"Hello?"
"Hello is this Yumi Jeon?" She asks me.
"Yes and no technically?. Jeon is my maiden and preferred stage name but my married name is Kim" I say.
"Ah yes I see,it's me Malorie from the casting agency just wanted to call and check in on you. You really had me scared when you passed out like that!" She says and I can hear the worry in her voice.
"I'm okay now,the hospital is taking good care of me. Turns out I was exhausted and extremely stressed out" I say.
"I knew it." She says.
"I called just to say you got the role and filming begins September will you be available and ready?" She asks me.
"Yeah yeah I'll be available,w-wait what?" I say.
"You got the role as Thea in our film,you matched her energy perfectly and you're the missing puzzle piece we needed" she says.
"Thank you! Oh my god thank you so so much ma'am" I say.
"I'll call back to check in on you again later,I have some papers to hand out to the producers and the director so we'll chat later,take care of yourself Yumi and I'll see you later" she says and I smile before hanging up.
Mingyu walks back inside now with a tray full of food.
"Mingi!" I say excitedly and he looks at me.
"Yes honey?" He asks me.
"I have need to spill!" I say.
"You're expecting twins?" He asks me.
"I'm not like your mother okay? I can't have twins naturally like she did..." I say.
"Ok ok,what's the news baby?" He asks me as he sits down to listen.
"I got my first starring role as Thea in a new thriller/drama film!" I say excitedly and he leaps up from his seat in excitement.
"My baby's a star!" He says and kisses me repeatedly lightly on the lips.
"Mingi.." I start.
"Yes?" He says.
"If you're gonna kiss me,kiss me like you mean it." I say and he smirks at me.
"Just say the word doll and there won't be any hesitation" he says before kissing me passionately.
I'm going to be a actress,finally?!!!......
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[-TO BE CONTINUED-]
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Hi guys! It's Reina here!
I wanna thank you guys for all the love & support on this series!
We're now on Book 4 and it's about Yumi's adult life as she struggles with school,a bubbling acting career and her somewhat non-existent love life.
In this chapter,we see Yumi finally pursuing after her personal dreams of being a actress.
We see her go through a medical episode which leaves her in the hospital temporarily,luckily her soulmate is there to help her stay somewhat calm through it all.
What will happen next?...
Find out in the next chapter of
"7 men and a woman"✨❤️👀❤️✨
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Hi everyone!
I'm back with another chapter!
I've been in and out of writing for the sake of my mental health + I ended up getting sick with COVID,then later after recovering from it ended up getting sick with a weird virus that attacks my lungs.
Anyway,besides all my health episodes.
First of all!
I wanna say,THANK YOU FOR 109k+ reads on the first original book of this series "7 men and a baby".
I'm so overwhelmed by the love and support by you all,thank you soooo much from the bottom of my heart❤️
#MingYumi shippers how are we feeling about baby Kim coming soon??
This is our 4th and final book of this series
So this book means a lot as it will close out this amazing series that y'all support so much!
We're only 7 chapters away from the finale!
Someone help,I'm emo rn😭
Thank you all so much!
I love you all so much!
Peace & Love Always💜
-REINA✨💗💕👑💅🏽🧿✨💕💗