Ep. 38
“I got permission?”
I stopped walking and stared at Heena, unable to understand her answer, but she replied lightly, as if it was nothing.
“I told my parents that when I move out later, we’ll live together.”
“Oh, really… What about my mom?”
“I told your mother that I often go to take care of you.”
“Ah~”
Well, we’re dating, so of course.
“I thought you told my mom we were living together…”
“They said I could live with you if only my parents were okay with it.”
“……”
Mom…!
I really felt that telling me to hold onto Heena wasn’t just words. Of course, I was happy, but it was such a sudden story that it was a little difficult to react.
Still, well, it’s something that will happen at least two years later, so maybe I’m overreacting. Our schools are far apart, so it may be physically impossible to live together.
In that sense, I thought it would be better to just let it go, thinking that Heena has this kind of mind.
“Even if we really do it, it’s still a long way off, but it would be nice.”
“Living with me?”
“Yeah. I’ll do all the cleaning and laundry, so you just rest.”
It wasn’t a serious conversation, but the content was sincere. How could I let Heena get her hands wet?
But my girlfriend returns the favor as if she feels the same way.
“I’m going to do it all? Yeon-hoo, you just play games!”
“Hngh…”
I clutched my heart at Heena’s words.
Oh my god, she tells me to leave the housework to her and play games!
Where in the world is there a girlfriend like this?
I wouldn’t really leave it all to her, but it was really touching that she even said that.
I put my hand on my left chest and made an exaggerated expression as if my heart was hurting, and Heena whispered softly in my ear.
“Are you touched?”
“I’m touched…”
“Am I cute?”
“You’re the cutest in the world.”
“Hehe, then~”
-Tap tap
“You know?”
Of course.
It was the middle of the street, but I didn’t hesitate to kiss Heena on the lips.
And once on the cheek, once on the forehead.
Now, the 3-second rule didn’t matter, and looking at her reaction, it seemed like she liked me doing this and that.
-Kiss
As expected, she liked it very much, and she gave me a kiss on the cheek in return with a smile on her face.
And we smiled at each other, and since we had seen everything we needed to see and our legs were a little tired from walking a lot, we decided to go home.
“Shall we go back now?”
“Yeah!”
—
That’s what I said, but it didn’t mean the end of the date.
It wasn’t even dinner time yet, and there was nothing to do but play games when I got back, and above all, Heena, who was holding my arm almost like a shackle, didn’t seem like she would let me go back.
After taking the subway for a long time again and returning near Heena’s house, we went to a nearby cafe.
It’s a large cafe with a lot of decorations in the middle like a maze. It’s a great place to sit in the corner and talk without worrying about the surroundings, so Heena and I often come here.
And I came here with a light heart, thinking of just chatting and going back as usual.
“What type of house do you like?”
“…When we live together later?”
“Yeah!”
On the way here, we just chatted about the animals we saw, so I thought the story was over.
But as soon as I received the drink I ordered and sat down, she tried to continue the topic as if it was natural, so I was a little embarrassed.
Should I not give it too much meaning and think of this as just one of the topics of conversation?
“Well… I’ve never really thought about it separately.”
“Really? Then let’s assume it’s a studio apartment for now?”
“Studio?”
“Yeah. It’s a room of about 10 *pyeong* [approximately 33 square meters], with the kitchen in the same space as the room and only the bathroom separate.”
“Ah~ I see.”
I vaguely remembered seeing that kind of room in a comic book.
“You know it well.”
“Yeah~ I’ve looked it up because I’m interested.”
“Living alone?”
“Living with Yeon-hoo!”
Indeed.
My girlfriend seems to have had cohabitation in her sights earlier than I thought.
As her boyfriend, I couldn’t help but feel pathetic… but to be honest, wasn’t Heena’s future plan too far ahead?
It’s not really my place to say this, but I started to feel like Heena already had a child plan in her head.
But asking something like, ‘Heena, have you even thought about whether you like daughters or sons?’ would be too embarrassing, even if I was joking, so I just brushed it off and continued the conversation.
“What about you, Heena?”
“House?”
“Yeah. Do you have a preferred type?”
“Hmm~ I don’t think I care?”
Then she gets up and moves her chair to the seat next to me.
After adjusting her position to sit next to me, she leaned her body on my shoulder.
“A studio is fine, and a two-room with separate rooms is also good. Anyway.”
“Anyway?”
“We’ll only have one bed.”
“……”
She put her head on my shoulder and spoke softly.
As a healthy man, I talk about 19+ topics with my friends, watch porn when I’m alone, and have all sorts of fantasies. I should be able to get over these topics more easily than Heena, since I’m immune to it because of my many years of experience(?).
I couldn’t adapt to the 17+ stories that came out of her mouth without realizing it.
“By then, we’ll be adults, right?”
“…I guess so.”
“…Hehe”
“Hahaha…”
The cute Heena from before was nowhere to be seen, and only a fox remained, giving off a seductive smile as if she was seducing me.
Moreover, I quickly started talking before the atmosphere became even more mysterious to Heena, who was now wrapping her arms around my waist.
“Come to think of it! Your brother will be discharged soon, right?”
“Yeah~ He’s coming tomorrow.”
“Time flies. My little brother is already next month.”
I brought up the story to change the subject, but I felt a little depressed while doing so.
“Ha… I’ll go someday too…”
“To the army?”
“Yeah…”
I’m so physically healthy that there’s no way to get out of it, and I just have vague anxiety.
All the guys my age would be like that. I also have the vain hope that maybe we won’t be unified [with North Korea]?
I had this conversation with my brothers before, and they teased me a lot, saying that if we were unified, I would only have to serve in the military in our country, but if I was unlucky, I might even have to go to North Korea.
They said that the duty of military service would not suddenly disappear just because we were unified.
No matter how much the military is getting better and better, and now you can even use your phone inside, I really didn’t want to go.
Heena also frowns at my words.
“I’m worried too… What am I going to do every day when you go to the army…?”
She reacts as if she hates it just imagining it, just like me.
Looking at that, I briefly thought that if Heena waited for me, I would be able to endure it even in the military.
I’ll receive letters, she’ll come to visit, and we’ll talk on the phone. If I wait for those things, won’t even a hard day pass quickly?
But Heena was, as expected, a proactive woman who was always one step ahead of my imagination.
“So I looked into that a little bit too…”
“The army?”
“Yeah. There’s something called a ‘*sanggeun*’ [a soldier who commutes from home] where you can commute to and from home every day?”
“Ah~ I think I’ve heard of it.”
I just thought I didn’t like it, but I didn’t really look into the military separately, so I don’t know the details. Just that you go to the military by commuting.
But I don’t think a guy like me with a healthy body would be able to do it. It’s impossible to even go as a public service worker.
“It’s not 100%, but there’s a way to go with that.”
“Oh? Really? Can I do it?”
“Yeah! We can do it if we work together!”
“…Was that something that could be done with effort?”
I couldn’t imagine it at all. Besides, she said ‘we together’.
Does that mean Heena will break one of my legs, and I’ll grit my teeth and bear it?
I frowned and pondered, but I couldn’t find an answer in my knowledge.
As I was lost in thought with a face that I didn’t know at all, Heena wrapped her arms around my neck this time.
Then, she pulled me in slightly and told me the answer in a soft voice in my ear.
“If you have even one child… you can do it.”
“Wow.”
Wow.
An exclamation came out of my mouth. A method that I couldn’t have imagined came from my girlfriend’s mouth.
At the same time, I felt that this story was NG [no good]. If I continued, the atmosphere would become uncontrollable.
I immediately turned my head and kissed Heena on the lips, who was holding her face close enough to touch my breath. As if to ask her to be satisfied with this.
After a short kiss, I opened my mouth, trying to be as calm as possible.
“That’s a story for later.”
“Yeah. It’s 57… no, it’s still a long way off, but there’s such a way~”
“Okay…”
I quickly finished this topic as well. No matter what story I tell, it always goes in this direction, so what should I do?
I desperately searched my complicated head, wondering if there was anything healthy to talk about, and the ugliness I saw this morning flashed through my mind.
“Heena, would you like to meet our brother and his girlfriend, the four of us?”
“With your brother?”
“…With my brother.”
“It’s okay, but why suddenly?”
“Actually, my brother didn’t say anything, but Yoon-jung *noona* [older sister/female friend], my brother’s girlfriend, really wants to see you.”
So ugly that she grabbed me and rolled on the floor at our house.
“Okay. When shall we meet?”
“I’ll ask *noona* later and contact you. But knowing her personality, she might tell us to meet tomorrow.”
“Okay~”
She smiles and nods without any hesitation.
This strong heart that doesn’t feel any burden about meeting my family. She seemed a little nervous when she met my mom, but she was just nervous, but rather wanted to meet her.
Shouldn’t I be more determined than now and face Heena?
I thought I was expressing a lot to Heena more than my usual personality, but it was still not enough compared to Heena.
But what else can I express more than this? The only thing that comes to mind right now is 19+, but I said I wouldn’t do anything sexual until graduation, and it’s a bit like going back on my word now.
Even the atmosphere at the time I said that was crazy, so it’s really a matter of pride as a man to reverse it.
I’m holding back with that pride alone, and every time Heena comes at me blatantly, I feel like my reason is being tested.
Heena just seems to have no regrets. Like, try to pounce on me if you can?
“Have you ever had melon soda? It’s delicious, this~”
Heena, who goes back and forth between cuteness and foxiness several times a day, is somehow annoying, so I gently pinch her cheek.
“Whyyyy~”
My girlfriend, like a puppy, accepts even that as a kind of skinship [physical affection], and rubs her face against my shoulder while asking why.
I naturally put one arm around her head and stroked her, thinking.
Haa… How many days are left until graduation?