My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 16

Ep. 15

Ep. 15

Seeing Heena blush and squirm in front of me was surprisingly refreshing. I wouldn’t mind watching her like this for a while.

But we’d been standing there for quite some time, so I took her hand and led her away.

It was too late to go to a cafe, so we headed to a convenience store near the bus stop.

I planned to chat with her on the outdoor chairs, but I felt bad just sitting down, so I bought us each a drink.

Even in this situation, I was amazed by her consistency in trying to pay, pulling out her wallet.

But I couldn’t allow it, not when my bank account was about to be flush thanks to my grueling part-time job. I quickly paid and sat down at the outdoor table.

I wondered what to say first, and as I was looking at her, Heena spoke up.

“So, Yeonhu? I didn’t mean to… I only came today!”

“Only today?”

“…Sorry. I’ve actually been coming every day.”

I asked again because I really thought she only came today, but she confessed immediately.

She’s been coming every day?

“Did my friend tell you…?”

“He didn’t say for sure, but he hinted that someone might be there if I went around back. How did you know?”

“…I saw him yesterday while I was watching you.”

“Does he know your face? Oh, he must recognize you from your profile picture.”

“He said he’d keep it a secret…”

Heena isn’t exactly a common sight. And it’s her profile picture that’s visible every time I talk to her, so he probably noticed quickly.

Anyway, I didn’t realize she was clocking in every day.

“You could have just told me.”

“I was worried you’d be stressed… I even thought about going inside, but you looked so busy.”

“Yeah, even if you came in, I wouldn’t have been able to pay attention to you. But if you were standing there every day… weren’t you tired?”

“No~ I came every day, but I wasn’t there the whole time. I’d study and then come out around the time we usually meet, for an hour or two?”

That still sounds like a long time.

“But is there anything to see? You’d just be watching me work non-stop.”

“Yeah! It was so much fun!”

Fun?

“Fun?”

“Yeah!”

“Is there… anything fun to feel?”

Who finds joy in watching someone work? Maybe she likes games like *Startup Company* [a business simulation game].

“I just liked seeing you work hard, Yeonhu, and that apron!”

“The orange one?”

“Yeah, yeah! You look so cute in it~ I wanted to take a picture up close!”

“…Is that so?”

I just wore it because it’s the uniform there. It’s a color and design I’d never buy with my own money.

“Anyway, you just came to watch?”

“Yeah… I missed you so much.”

I knew it would be pointless to say things like, ‘If you stand there for hours every day, you’ll get too tired,’ or ‘We can meet on the weekends, so you don’t have to come all the way here.’

I learned that from the past ten days, including today.

No matter what I say, she’ll agree right now, but if something similar happens, she’ll definitely come again.

So, instead of saying useless things…

“I was thinking about you the whole time I was working.”

“Really…? Really, really?”

“Yeah. You saw it too, but it was really exhausting.”

“There were so many customers, right? I was a little curious about how delicious it must be to be so popular.”

“Then, would you like to go together sometime? Fridays or weekends might be a little less crowded.”

“Yeah! Promise?”

“Promise.”

Hooking pinkies every time something happens seems a bit childish, but I liked that it felt like our own little signal.

“Anyway, I wanted to quit because it was so hard, but I really thought of you and kept going.”

“For example?”

“Well, the texts you sent me in between were great, and when we last met, you gave me… ah.”

“Hehe, that, you mean?”

“…Yeah, that. Thinking about that gave me strength I didn’t have.”

It’s just a kiss on the cheek, not something a middle schooler would do, but it was a little embarrassing to say out loud.

On the other hand, Heena looked at me with a smile, as if she found that side of me cute.

“I’ll do it anytime you want.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“Then… now?”

I couldn’t resist the desire at the words ‘anytime you want.’

But, even if she said she’d do it, was I rushing things too much? I was smiling awkwardly, and Heena got up from her seat and came to my side without a word.

-Chu

And she gave me a light kiss on the cheek, just like before.

“By the way, Yeonhu.”

“Uh, huh?”

It was a very short moment, but I could feel the softness and a bit of moisture like an afterimage, and I felt like my mind was fading.

She whispered softly in my ear as I stood there blankly.

“Tomorrow, do you want to come to my house?”

———–feat. Yunseong

Today, I, Jung Yunseong, am helping my mom with her work at home like a slave.

While being held hostage for allowance and preparing various ingredients, I was lost in thought.

About my friend, Han Yeonhu.

Han Yeonhu, my friend who I call Hanyeon without much thought when I’m in a hurry, has been consistent since I first met him in the first year of middle school.

He wasn’t exactly an outcast, but he wasn’t the type of person I’d want to befriend, a typical loner who was a bit small for his age and shy.

Yeonhu was such a mysterious person.

He was decent-looking, but not so handsome, and his grades were pretty good at the time, but not in the top tier.

Unlike his appearance, he had a pretty rough mouth, and he didn’t actively approach anyone first.

But he always had a lot of friends around him, and there was always laughter.

I couldn’t make friends because of my physique and personality, but I didn’t want to be a loner myself.

I envied Han Yeonhu, who could easily close the distance with others.

At the same time, I was grateful.

Once I started talking to someone, I could close the distance fairly easily, but that first step was so difficult for me.

After being in the same class, I happened to be sitting close to him, so he spoke to me kindly first, and as I somehow replied with a word or two, we became quite close.

And becoming friends with Han Yeonhu was synonymous with laying a bridge to relationships with all the kids in the same class.

Thus, the connection that started with him in the first year of middle school was connected to me, and I was able to become friends with many other kids.

That continued even after entering high school.

“Damn, your store is so busy.”

Moreover, I became even closer to Yeonhu to the point where I could personally ask him for help.

I even had stress-related hair loss for a while because I was worried about what would happen to high school if I was separated from him.

The fact that I couldn’t handle the tension and threw up in the bathroom on the morning of the school announcement was a lifelong secret.

However, whether it should be called a disadvantage or a personality trait of Han Yeonhu…

“Do you still contact Kang Juhyun?”

“Huh? No? It’s been a while since we stopped talking, right?”

“That guy was complaining about why you didn’t reply to his texts.”

“Ah~ I probably didn’t do it because I was too lazy.”

He quickly becomes friends with anyone in front of him and has fun, but the moment the ‘physical distance’ gets a little farther, his heart quickly drifts away. He says it’s because he’s full of laziness.

Seeing him not regret the relationships that have drifted away is a little scary.

Because ‘Kang Juhyun’ was the guy I thought was Han Yeonhu’s closest friend in middle school when I was by his side.

Even though they were so close, his heart quickly cooled down after being apart for a while.

He doesn’t even seem to realize that he’s doing that. He just thinks that the relationship has drifted apart.

I think if I hadn’t been assigned to the same high school, we would have lost contact by now.

Even if I kept contacting him first, he would have ignored my calls a few times, saying he was annoyed, and I would have given up.

However, now that we’re in the same school, it’s not a big deal, so I didn’t pay much attention to it, but I thought he wouldn’t even think about dating unless he went to college.

Even a close friend who went to a high school just a few bus stops away lost contact like that, so there’s no way he could keep in touch with a girl from another school and date her.

That’s what I thought.

“Your girlfriend, she seems nice?”

To be blunt, whether she’s pretty or not, they’ll be ambiguous and break up soon.

Why? Because if he doesn’t see her face every day, his heart will quickly cool down.

But.

“That’s true. She’s so good to me.”

“It hasn’t even been a few days, but I feel it every day.”

I heard that she comes to see him every day and they go on dates little by little, and I think that action was the right answer.

I thought the girl was more proactive than I thought, so I felt a little sorry for calling him as a helper at the store this time, but I was also really in a hurry.

Recently, he’s been spending less time with our group because of his girlfriend, so I was a little jealous.

And I guess romantic feelings are a little different from friendship, so I thought it would be okay not to see him for a few days.

So, on the fourth day of working as a snack bar part-timer.

After leaving Yeonhu, who was cleaning up the hall, and struggling to take out the general waste to the back alley.

I thought I’d take a break and take it easy on the way back, so I turned around and went back, and that’s when I noticed a girl staring intently at our store from a distance.

Who is that? I passed by her and checked her face.

“Ah.”

The girl and I made eye contact, and at the same time, we realized who each other was.

“…Yeonhu’s girlfriend?”

“Yeonhu’s friend?”

I knew her because I saw her profile picture, but I wondered how she knew my face. Maybe she saw a picture of us together.

However, as someone who has a very hard time dealing with strangers, I couldn’t leave or say anything more, so I was hesitating.

She spoke first.

“Um, I’m sorry, but could you keep it a secret from Yeonhu…?”

“Um… well, if he knew… I think he’d like it…?”

She naturally used honorifics, so I replied with honorifics as well.

“Yeonhu worries a lot if I walk around late. Please.”

“Okay… well…”

Her attitude, which even felt urgent, relieved my tension a little, and I felt confident enough to speak first.

“Did you… come every day?”

“…Yes…”

Looking at this frail girl who shyly answered my question, I suddenly felt murderous towards Han Yeonhu, regardless of jealousy.

Yeah, that’s how you can date like that.

I’m jealous. You son of a bitch, Han Yeonhu.

“I won’t tell Yeonhu. Then.”

“Thank you!”

I turned my back on her as she bowed her head and thought as I returned to the store.

If she puts in that much effort, if that attitude continues, won’t Han Yeonhu change a little?

For the past five years, Han Yeonhu hasn’t changed, no matter who he meets.

He quickly becomes friends, and if they drift apart, he quickly cools down.

That nonchalant attitude makes it easier for other people to approach him.

But if Han Yeonhu cherishes someone, no, that girl, much more.

Simply liking her wasn’t enough.

He must be feeling that even for his close friends, even if the feeling is a little different.

Much bigger than that.

Yeah.

For example, if he learns ‘love.’

I couldn’t easily imagine what Han Yeonhu would be like when he learned that.

But it would never be worse than it is now.

I’m grateful and envious.

Also, he’s a hateful friend.

I hope that girl will be an opportunity for change and growth.

Ha, but seriously, she’s so pretty.

You son of a bitch, Han Yeonhu.

My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]

My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]

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[English Translation] Imagine a world where beauty and kindness converge in a single person, and that person is your girlfriend. In 'My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me,' a bewildered protagonist finds himself swept off his feet by a woman who seems too perfect to be true. He didn't even have to utter a confession; she confessed to him! But amidst the bliss, a nagging question lingers: Why him? Dive into a heartwarming and intriguing story about love, self-discovery, and the mystery of why someone so wonderful would choose you.

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