My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 10

Ep. 9

Before I knew it, Heena was leading the way, walking half a step ahead. She chattered away as if she had no particular destination in mind.

We ended up skipping lunch, but neither of us seemed to notice or mention being hungry.

“Did you know? There’s a festival near the East Sea in the summer, and the street food there is amazing!”

“I think I saw something like that when I was young… but wasn’t it more like a five-day market than a festival? It felt more rustic…”

“If they’re selling delicious food, isn’t it a festival?”

“Is that so? I think a festival is happening right next to me now. Want to join?”

I pointed to a small stall selling dalgona candy [Korean honeycomb toffee]. I’ve always loved street food, so I always buy some when I’m out like this.

“Dalgona? Do you want some?”

“It’s easy to eat while walking, and I like sweet things. I’ll just buy one.”

“Yeonhoo, wait a second.”

Heena stopped me, approached the dalgona stall as naturally as flowing water, quickly paid, and returned with a dalgona in her hand.

She soon broke it into bite-sized pieces and held it to my mouth.

“Ah~”

“Heena, I’ll pay for this…”

“Ah!”

“Ah…”

“Good boy.”

The dalgona that Heena fed me was too sweet. I didn’t know if it was the taste of the dalgona or something else making it so.

The problem was what followed.

“Do you want to eat that too? How much is one, mister?”

“Heena, please…! Let me buy it!!”

I struggled to stop Heena, who seemed to know exactly what I was looking at and tried to buy it for me.

I could understand Heena’s feelings. I would take out my wallet and pay in 0.1 seconds if Heena said she wanted to eat something.

But she never showed any signs of wanting anything herself, and whenever my eyes landed on something, she would ask, ‘Do you want it?’ and take out her wallet.

Whenever I tried to buy her something, she would pressure me with a smiling face, so I couldn’t force it.

It was as if she had anticipated this, as Heena had quite a few thousand-won bills [approximately $1 USD] in her wallet. She was the first girlfriend I’ve ever had who had so many thousand-won bills in her wallet.

Seeing that, I wondered if Heena liked street food and had exchanged her money on purpose, but she only fed me whatever I bought and didn’t eat any herself.

The only thing she even put in her mouth was the last piece of the small charcoal-grilled skewer we had bought earlier.

Even then, I had to force her to eat it by bringing it to her mouth and saying ‘Ah~’ in reverse.

-Lick

She lightly licked away the slight oiliness left on her lips from the half-forced skewer with her small, pink tongue.

It felt strangely sensual, and I couldn’t bear to keep looking, so I averted my gaze.

“Thank you, Yeonhoo.”

“I’m the one who’s so grateful. My conscience is about to go on strike. Can’t I buy you something?”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to let it rest sometimes?”

“No, it usually rests a lot, so I need to make it work hard today.”

“Pfft, okay~ Oh, do you want some water?”

“Water? I’ll buy it… you have it…”

She took out a very compact water bottle that matched her small shoulder bag and handed it to me.

“Let’s sit down and rest over there for a bit.”

It was a bit difficult to drink while walking, so I looked around and pointed to a nearby bench. I trudged over and bent down to dust off the seat for Heena with my hand.

-Swish

Before I knew it, Heena had spread a rather large cloth, not quite a thin handkerchief, on the bench. She then sat down and patted the spot right next to her, pulling me in.

The size of the cloth, which looked like a scarf, was enough for two people to sit, though we had to sit close.

“You carry something like this around too?”

“Yeah~ I bought it so I could spread it out when we’re on a date and need to sit down!”

“…I should have done this…”

“Maybe next time?”

Handkerchief: prepared.

Memo complete.

“Where shall we go now?”

“There’s a shopping mall with a movie theater on the main street, right? Do you want to go there?”

“Okay, there’s a lot to see inside, so that sounds good.”

“Do you like movies?”

“I guess so. What about you?”

“I’m so-so. But I hope we can watch whatever you want to see together.”

“……….From now on, all my movie-watching schedules will be with my girlfriend.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.”

We hooked pinkies and stamped it with a seal [a Korean gesture to solidify a promise].

From now on, I won’t watch Marvel movies with the trash in my class.

—

We chatted a bit more on the bench and then strolled leisurely through the shopping mall, mainly window shopping. Even without a clear destination, we enjoyed just walking together. In the meantime, I often heard the voices of passersby.

“That girl is crazy, seriously.”

“Wow, she’s so pretty, it’s insane.”

“Her boyfriend must have saved the galaxy in his past life…”

Since we had come inside, I started to feel the glances passing by again. I understood to some extent. If I passed her on the street, I would definitely turn around and look again.

But as her boyfriend, I didn’t feel so good.

“Oh, look at this! It would look great on you!”

“Huh?”

But Heena didn’t seem to care, whether because she was too used to it or because she didn’t pay attention. She didn’t mind at all and held my hand tightly, leading me along. What she pointed to was a pair of glasses in a nearby glasses store.

“Glasses?”

“I thought you looked like you were squinting a little when you looked far away. Your eyesight isn’t good, is it?”

“Wow, you’re really a mind reader.”

I wouldn’t have had many opportunities to look far enough to squint, but she noticed it.

I couldn’t help but be amazed as I looked at what Heena had picked up: a pair of metal-rimmed glasses with large, round lenses.

Glasses. I didn’t think I needed them yet, but I guess it’s getting close.

But since Heena picked them out, I quickly put them on. They didn’t feel as uncomfortable as I thought, which was good, but they might be a bit dangerous when playing basketball.

“They look good on you!”

“Really? Hmm, I might get this type when I get glasses.”

“Yeah, yeah! You have to tell me when you go to get them? Let’s pick them out together!”

“I’d be grateful if you helped me pick them out.”

“But it’s better if you don’t have to wear them, so don’t look at your phone too closely.”

“Yes… I’ll keep that in mind, Mom…”

“Good! You have to listen to Mom, okay?”

She’s playing along. Anyway, I was a little surprised that she liked the way I looked in glasses.

Don’t people usually prefer not wearing glasses? Well, Heena’s taste is more important than general taste.

“Should I buy one for fashion?”

“Oh? That’s a good idea! Let’s do that!”

“You like it that much? Are you into guys with glasses?”

“Not really? I’m into Yeonhoo with glasses!”

“………Thank you.”

I really can’t win.

I covered my face, which felt like it was burning up for the nth time today, with one hand and followed Heena.

She looked at each of the glasses that were similar to the ones I was wearing now, carefully considering them.

“Yeonhoo, do you want to try this one on?”

“Okay.”

It looks the same as the last one.

I put on the new one she handed me.

“Hmm… if the rims around the lenses are too bright, it’s not very good. This time, this one!”

“Okay.”

She tried on dozens of them in that way before finally finding one she liked and leading me to the cashier with a smile.

“How much is this? The one he’s wearing.”

“Let’s see, that’ll be 20,000 won [approximately $20 USD].”

“Here you go.”

“Wait, just a moment! Sir, please wait!”

I grabbed Heena, who was trying to pay so naturally again, and took her to a corner of the store.

“I’ll, I’ll buy it. I’m the one who’s going to wear it.”

“I want to buy it for you…”

“I’m really, truly grateful for just your feelings. But you kept buying me food earlier, so I’ll buy this one.”

“But you’re buying it because I like it. So just this one…”

“Please. Let me buy it.”

“Okay…”

Only after I desperately begged her did Heena step back with a gloomy face.

Sigh, I didn’t know it would be so hard to buy something I’m going to use with my own money…!

Afraid that she might change her mind, I quickly took out my card and headed to the cashier, where the man who had been watching us with a pleased expression smiled and rang me up.

“Oh my, your girlfriend is so pretty and kind. You’re so lucky.”

“Ahaha, thank you.”

“If there’s a problem with the frames, you can come back with the receipt within a week.”

“Yes, thank you…”

“Just a moment.”

Just when I thought the payment would be completed smoothly, Heena suddenly took off the glasses that were on my face and handed them to the man.

She’s not going to ask for a refund because she couldn’t pay, is she?

“Could you wrap the legs of the glasses with rubber? He might be allergic.”

“Ah, of course. Please wait a moment.”

“Huh? What allergy?”

Allergy?

“Some people have allergic reactions to these metal frames. So I asked him to wrap them with rubber just in case.”

“I see…”

“The overall combination is black and gold, so even if you wrap the ends with black rubber tape, the colors should still look good.”

“Oh… I see…”

Heena, you had it all planned out..?

I was impressed by my girlfriend’s thoughtfulness, which even made me feel touched. Honestly, it wasn’t that I was doing anything wrong, but that Heena was just too amazing.

On her first date with her first boyfriend, she not only tried to buy me things, but she also took care of every little detail.

Of course, I had searched the internet for various things, but most of them were about very basic manners and common sense. There was no manual for these sudden events that occurred from time to time.

It was only after Heena did it that I realized, ‘Oh, there’s something like this too.’

Of course, there’s no way Heena could have anticipated all of these things. The water and the handkerchief for sitting on the bench were just thorough preparation.

What should I say.

It wasn’t just that she was doing things without thinking, but that I could tell she was doing them ‘for me.’ I felt like she was considering how I would think about something and how she could make me more satisfied.

That’s exactly.

She likes me.

That’s all I could think.

The excitement, joy, and happiness had been constant since I started dating Heena three days ago. But more than that, something fluttery and fluffy filled my heart.