My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 31

Ep. 30

Lost in thought, I subtly turned my head. Heena must have already been watching me, because our eyes immediately met.

“Yeon-hoo.”

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry.”

Her sudden apology was puzzling, but I didn’t answer rashly, sensing she had more to say. I waited patiently.

She continued slowly.

“I feel like I’m always pushing my luck too much. I think I do it more because I know you’ll accept it.”

“Like when I booked the room this time, and when we were hanging out today. There must have been many times before, too.”

“Thank you always for indulging all my whims.”

I looked at Heena as she smiled softly. In her eyes, as she apologized, I saw more happiness than regret. The curve of her eyes proved it.

I felt relieved. All the ‘whims’ she mentioned weren’t things she didn’t truly want; they were her own choices. It should be obvious, but still.

And thanks to that, I felt emboldened. I, too, began to express the words I had been holding back, turning them over in my mind.

“I’m grateful too, actually.”

“For what?”

“Just… everything.”

Perhaps it was the emotional atmosphere created by the sound of the waves softly crashing against the night sea that filled my vision, but I found it easier than expected to continue speaking.

“I think I’ve said it before, but I’m grateful you confessed to me first.”

“If you hadn’t been brave enough, I probably would have never known.”

“That my girlfriend is such a wonderful person.”

“And don’t call them whims. I’ve always been grateful to you for leading me when I was hesitant.”

“You said you’d do anything I wanted, right?”

“I feel the same way. If there’s something you want to do, I want to do anything for you, even if I grumble about it sometimes.”

“Until now… honestly, I didn’t really know how to treat you.”

“But thanks to you approaching me first, I’ve started to get a sense of it.”

Saying that, something suddenly popped into my head, and I chuckled.

“Of course, that… you know, the ‘that’ you were talking about.”

I could feel Heena’s eyes sparkling beside me. I wasn’t sure if my answer would be what she wanted to hear, but…

“Our parents trust us enough to let us go on trips like this, just the two of us, right?”

“They probably wouldn’t blame us if we did it right away, but if we’re seriously thinking about the future…”

“Sigh, so… honestly, I really want to, too.”

“But I want to wait until we graduate.”

“Until we can be a little more responsible for ourselves.”

“I hope you can wait until then.”

“Would that be okay?”

After saying all that, I scratched the back of my head, feeling a little awkward.

It was the first time I had confessed my feelings so directly. Thinking about it, I felt pathetic again. Why am I only telling her this now? It’s partly because I wasn’t sure about my own feelings until now.

“Sniff…”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, she burst into tears beside me. I froze, completely taken aback.

I had no idea what had triggered her emotions or what I had said wrong.

Heena was crying her eyes out, just like when we first met amidst misunderstandings, or even worse.

“Hic… Th-thank you… Hic. For… until later, until then… sob. Not right away…”

“That you’re… thinking about the future… sob, I’m so grateful…”

“I love you… I love you so much, Yeon-hoo… Waaah…”

Muttering words that were hard to understand through her sobs.

Her face, contorted and covered in tears. Heena’s face had never looked so lovely.

Before I knew it, my mouth opened.

“I love you too, Heena.”

The words ‘I love you,’ not just ‘I like you,’ came out so naturally.

I knew that our feelings weren’t equally weighted, and they probably still weren’t, but…

Still, at this moment, I felt like I had caught up to Heena’s ‘I like you’ a little bit.

-Squeeze

I hugged her tightly as she continued to cry. Her small frame, fitting perfectly in my arms, seemed even more fragile today.

After sobbing in my arms for a while, she lifted her head slightly, as if she had calmed down a bit.

Her face was a mess, with red eyes and tear streaks everywhere, but to me, she was the most beautiful girlfriend in the world.

So, there was only one thing I could do right now.

I gently cupped Heena’s cheeks with my hands, who seemed to want to turn away from me, embarrassed by her messy face.

And quietly met her gaze.

Sensing what was coming, she rolled her eyes for a moment before slowly closing them.

Slowly, I approached Heena’s tightly closed, pink lips.

The distance closed until we could feel each other’s breath.

And then, my lips covered Heena’s.

Without time to think about what it felt like or what the taste of a first kiss was like.

Only the thought that our touching lips were incredibly soft came to mind, and my mind went blank for a moment, but soon I briefly considered what to do next.

I knew what a kiss beyond this was like through various media, but there was plenty of time in the future.

Thinking that there was no need to rush right now, I slowly pulled my lips away at the same pace as I had approached.

As soon as our lips parted, I gave Heena, who was opening her eyes, a slight smile.

In the meeting of our eyes, in that emotional exchange, I felt something like *agape* love [unconditional, selfless love].

In that moment, Heena wrapped her arms around my neck.

“Huh?”

“But this is okay, right?”

With those mysterious words, Heena tightened her arms.

Pulled by her, our faces grew closer again, and our lips met once more.

However, it didn’t end there.

-Slurp

“─ ?!

She gently sucked on my upper lip. Before I could even realize the sensation, a soft, moist feeling beyond mere softness, something was poking between my lips.

The moment I realized it was Heena’s tongue, my mouth opened slightly, not intentionally, but out of pure surprise.

In that fleeting moment, her lips completely overlapped mine, and her tongue slipped between my teeth, sweeping through the inside of my mouth. It even touched my tongue slightly, but I couldn’t respond to it, let alone move or breathe.

After that short moment, which couldn’t have been more than three seconds, Heena pulled her face back as if what had just happened was a lie.

Heena, still with red eyes, looked at me with a bright smile, as I stood there dumbfounded by what had just happened.

“Please take care of me in the future too, Yeon-hoo.”

“…Yes.”

I couldn’t say anything more than that.

—

Our monumental first kiss had a slight mishap, but it was still a moment that would be remembered forever.

Feeling a sense of closeness that was one step closer than before, we held hands and returned to the hotel.

Back in the room, after showering and getting ready for bed.

We talked while lying in our separate beds, not sharing the same one.

There was no need to sleep in the same bed. Rather, being this far apart right now seemed to make us feel closer to each other.

Of course, it would be a lie if I said I didn’t have any lewd thoughts at this moment.

I confessed my true feelings, and I confirmed her feelings for me.

That’s why I could hold back.

Sexual desire is essential for humans, but love is not achieved by that alone.

We talked for a long time like that before falling asleep from exhaustion.

—

We woke up together at almost the same time in the morning.

We burst into laughter as we saw each other’s disheveled appearances, and then Heena scolded me for staring at a girl’s face so intently from the morning.

I was dumbfounded by her unreasonable anger, but somehow I was happy that she was expressing such emotions to me.

Until now, I had been too lenient with her.

Anyway, we took turns washing our faces in the morning, and after checking that we hadn’t forgotten anything, we left the room.

“Thank you for your stay.”

We checked out, receiving the still courteous greeting from the staff.

Walking out of the hotel, I couldn’t help but be amazed again today.

“I was half-expecting it, but you even had something to change into today?”

“Of course. Now, tell me. Isn’t it pretty? Just so you know, I won’t accept any answer other than ‘pretty’.”

Saying that, Heena, wearing a short denim jacket over a white dress that came to her knees, spun around in front of me.

“Pretty, so pretty~”

“Put a little more sincerity into it!”

“You are too beautiful, Your Majesty.”

“Hmm~ 60 points?”

“Your scoring is too strict~”

It was hard to explain clearly, but I felt a sense of closeness in our conversation.

No, we definitely got closer. Besides the physical meaning.

With that thought, I held back a smile and stroked Heena’s hair.

Heena’s eyes widened as if surprised by my actions. But she didn’t stop me, as if she didn’t dislike it.

“Why the sudden head pat?”

“No, I just wanted to do it. For a while now.”

“Hmph~ I see. Then it’s okay. My hair is only for Yeon-hoo!”

“Should I put a name tag on it?”

“Name tag? You put it on yesterday?”

Huh? She put a name tag on it?

The playful banter stopped for a moment at my question.

What does she mean? As I pondered, Heena came closer, tiptoed slightly, and then…

-Peck

She gave me a quick peck on the lips.

After that, she put her index finger to her lips and smiled.

“It’s stuck here, didn’t you see it??”

“…I see it now.”

“Hehe, that’s a relief. I was going to put it back on if you didn’t see it.”

“Ah, actually, I can’t see anything!”

“Ah!!!”

As soon as she heard my words, Heena suddenly screamed and pointed at me.

“You lied just now, didn’t you~?”

“…I did not.”

“That’s a lie too, isn’t it?”

“No, why suddenly that?”

“Remember? When we were studying for exams, if you got caught lying, you had to grant a wish!”

“……I rem… I remember.”

I was about to say I didn’t remember, but I honestly said it because it seemed like that would be counted as a lie too. I didn’t know she would remember something like this.

“So, what wish are you going to make?”

“I’ll save it for later!”

A chuckle escaped me at the sight of her smiling so brightly.

Whatever. She wouldn’t make any strange wishes.

What does it matter if Heena looks so happy, and everything else is trivial?

Anyway, it was the most enjoyable and rewarding sea trip of my life.

Probably for Heena too.