My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 13

Ep. 12

“Hey, hey, please!! Don’t do this, you freakin’ teachers!!!!!!”

My screams echoed through the house from lunchtime on Sunday.

The reason? My character on the monitor, whom I was diligently controlling with a headset, was being brutally attacked and torn apart by enemy characters.

It wouldn’t be so bad if I were just bad at the game, but as if by agreement, my teammates all ran away in perfect unison whenever a battle started.

I had only been playing for 30 minutes.

Unable to hide my frustration at this situation that had been repeating for the past 30 minutes, I cursed into the headset microphone.

“Is this how you’re gonna play in ranked? Seriously? You sons of bitches?”

[Ah~ Our jungler is so bad]

[Isn’t the problem the teacher who keeps dying alone?]

“Don’t abandon me, you crazy bastards!!”

[Are you talking back to me, you butcher?]

[Move faster]

“Don’t do this~ If you do this~ We’re all gonna die~”

[Nope. Just you die]

“I’m gonna go to the PC bang [internet cafe] and kill you for real, you cunts”

[Come on, please]

“Damn it, you saying that is kinda scary”

Even though I had been ignoring the group chat for two days, I didn’t think I deserved this treatment.

The hopeless game continued for another 10 minutes before ending with our team’s surrender, and just as I was wondering if I should really go to the PC bang and try to resolve things through conversation…

Knock, knock.

The knocking sound was faint.

Since the only person who knocks before entering my room at home is my mom, I took off my headset for a moment and spoke up.

“Yeah~”

-Click

But contrary to my expectations, it was Yoonjung noona [older sister or female friend], my older brother’s girlfriend, who peeked her face through the opened door.

“Yeonhoo, long time no see!”

“Oh? Noona, what brings you here?”

“Can I come in?”

“Sure. Oh, wait a sec. Hey! Someone I know is here to chill!”

[Is that bastard bringing another gi—]

I was already pissed off, so I immediately threw off my headset. I lightly ignored the voice that was coming through.

I spun around in my gaming chair and saw Noona, who had slipped into the room and was sitting on my bed.

She’s short, around 150cm [approximately 4’11”], with sharp features and a brown bob, making her look like a cat, but her personality is completely like a puppy. She also loves taking care of people.

She’s been dating my brother for quite a while, and she occasionally comes to our house to help my mom, so she’s on good terms with my parents as well.

“When did you get here?”

“A little while ago. Oh, your mom just left. She told me to make sure you eat something.”

“I’ll just eat ramen.”

“Don’t do that, I’ll make you fried rice later, so let’s eat that.”

“If you make it, I’m thankful. Is there anything I need to buy?”

“Nope! More importantly, you got a girlfriend?!”

So that was the main point.

“I do. I think you noticed before my own family did.”

“Haa… you guys really don’t talk to each other. I see you playing games together all the time, though.”

“There’s no need to, really…”

Honestly, we both know that if we don’t have anything special going on, we’re almost 100% online playing games.

“Anyway! How is she? She’s really pretty in the pictures! Is she a model or something?”

“Not at all? She said she studies at home when she has nothing to do.”

“Wow~ A nerd~ How did you meet?”

“Well…”

I wondered how I should explain this, but I wasn’t going to lie, so I just told her honestly.

The story of how Heena and I first met.

The unbelievable story of how Heena fell in love with me at first sight and stalked me for a while.

“Hmm, hmm.”

After my not-so-long story, Noona crossed her arms and nodded.

“So? How did you meet?”

“This sounds like a load of bull… but it’s true.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah. I honestly didn’t believe it either, and when I doubted her, she cried.”

“Wow… No, of course, I know you’re a nice and good guy, but still…”

“I still wonder if it’s a dream sometimes, so I can understand why it’s hard to believe.”

“Hmm… I saw you guys took a lot of pictures yesterday? She put them all on her profile?”

“Yeah, there’s nowhere else to put them, and Heena kinda hinted that she wanted me to.”

I don’t use social media like Insta [Instagram], so there wasn’t really anywhere to post them. Plus, Heena wanted me to put them on her KakaoTalk profile [a popular Korean messaging app] so everyone could see them, and I also wanted to show off my pretty girlfriend, so there was no reason not to.

“She must really like you.”

“Well… yeah.”

I thought it was a good opportunity. I was already wondering if I should contact her to get some relationship advice.

I was a little embarrassed to ask my family or friends for advice. But Yoonjung noona is close to me but also a bit distant, and ultimately a stranger, so it was much easier to bring up these kinds of stories.

“But Noona.”

“Yeah?”

“Is it normal for everyone to try to do everything for each other in the early stages of a relationship?”

“It depends on the person, but it’s usually like that, right? Especially in the beginning, when you can’t live without each other.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought? Yesterday was our first date, and you know how I like street food, right?”

“Pfft, that’s right! You really liked that stuff~”

“But I have a girlfriend, so I didn’t want to be too obvious about it, so I only bought one dalgona [a Korean sugar candy] to eat at first, and then I just tried to look around?”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“But she keeps trying to buy me everything.”

“Food?”

“Food too. I bought a new pair of glasses, and she tried to buy them for me too, but I barely managed to talk her out of it.”

“Glasses? Ah!! There was a picture of you wearing them! Let me see!”

“Ugh…”

I was honestly a little embarrassed. I had never worn glasses in my life.

But she was looking at me with sparkling eyes, and I thought I should get someone else’s opinion besides Heena, so I took them out and put them on.

“Oh! But there are no lenses? Is it for fashion?”

“Yeah. Heena picked them out for me.”

“Nice! They look good on you?”

“That’s a relief… Anyway, these were also 20,000 won [approximately $15 USD], and I even had to persuade Heena not to pay for them.”

“Hmm, hmm.”

“And I sometimes squint when I look far away, you know? Because my eyesight isn’t good.

But she noticed that too and said, ‘Your eyesight isn’t good, is it?’ That’s why she was looking at glasses.”

“…You’ve been dating for 4 days?”

“5 days as of today.”

There were more things I could have told her, but with just the stories so far, Noona was frowning and making a strange face.

“Hmm~ It’s a little much, but I haven’t actually seen it myself, so…”

“Is it too much?”

“If she noticed that your eyesight is bad, it means she’s been watching you really closely… and you haven’t been dating for very long.”

“I don’t usually show it that much. I can see well enough if it’s not too far away.”

“It’s not that it’s weird, but… What do you think, Yeonhoo? Do you think your girlfriend is a weird person?”

I could answer that question definitively.

“No, absolutely not.”

“Then that’s it.”

“That?”

“You’re being loved~ You little rascal! You wanted to brag!”

“No…”

Or am I? Is that just the right answer?

“She just likes you so much that she wants to do everything for you! She likes you so much that she keeps looking at you!”

“Uh… Is this usually how it is?”

“It’s probably not normal, but she just likes you more than normal~”

“Hmm.”

“If you think it’s a bit too much…”

“If I think?”

Noona smiled and continued.

“It’s because she likes you a lot more than you like her.”

“I’m sure you’ll do well, Yeonhoo, but I think it would be good to think more about her feelings and be considerate of them.”

“It’s not easy to have the experience of being loved that much by someone.”

Her face was smiling, but her advice, which lacked any hint of laughter, was etched into my heart.

I think I was denying that fact in the corner of my heart, even though I knew it myself. Like, there’s no way someone like Heena could like me that much? Something like that.

I didn’t think my self-esteem was low, but I guess Heena seemed too perfect.

Did some kind of inferiority complex sprout without me knowing?

Anyway, even though she usually seems a bit silly, I felt respect for her, thinking that she was still a noona after all.

“Hah… So when are you going to introduce me?”

“Why would I introduce you to my noona?”

“Why?! Don’t you know I’ve always wanted a younger sister?!”

“Just marry my brother and have a daughter…”

“A daughter and a younger sister are different!!”

The respect that was about to sprout disappeared as she shouted like an idiot.

After arguing about whether or not to introduce her for a while, Noona left because my older brother came in, saying we should eat.

Leaving the words that I should look forward to the fried rice.

And I leaned back in my chair and thought about Heena.

Heena’s face, always smiling and looking into my eyes when we were together.

I felt like I knew what it meant that Heena’s feelings for me were greater than my feelings for Heena.

I couldn’t help but know when I thought about her doing this and that for me just yesterday.

It wasn’t that I was neglecting or taking Heena’s dates or meetings lightly.

But I knew that Heena had come to yesterday’s date with even more feelings than that.

But honestly, I don’t really know what that feeling is like.

I think I like Heena enough right now, but is it possible that there’s an even bigger feeling than that?

Is it just that I’m too young to know?

I couldn’t even grasp it.

-Beep

Holding my smartphone in one hand, I read the last KakaoTalk message Heena sent a little while ago again.

[Heena: Yeah, haha. Oppa [term of endearment for an older brother or boyfriend] is out and eating with me!]

[Heena: Yeonhoo, you have to take care of yourself too~ Okay? Don’t ever skip meals because it’s bad for your health!]

[Heena: I miss you already… (Puppy sad emoticon)]

Heena’s feelings can be felt just by looking at this.

If Heena’s ‘like’ is much bigger than my current ‘like’.

Are you feeling that feeling that I don’t know well, even now?