My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 205

Having shown such an embarrassing side of myself, I grabbed Sarang’s hand, and we hurried to the theater, popcorn and cola in hand.

The seats I had reserved were couple seats – two plush, sofa-like seats right next to each other. As we fumbled through the dark theater to find our spots, Sarang’s eyes sparkled with excitement.

“Is this it?! Couple seats?!”

“Isn’t this better?”

“Yes! I love it!”

She seemed to want to appear mature, but seeing her practically throw herself onto the seat and express her joy with her whole body, she was still very much a child.

But because *that* Sarang is the cutest in the world, I love it.

We took selfies together until the movie started. Afterward, Sarang leaned against me as we watched.

It was such a sweet date that I was suddenly reminded of the old days. The days I dated Heena. When we went to see a movie, Heena would call me ‘Oppa’ [an affectionate Korean term used by younger women to address older brothers or male friends/romantic interests] as a sort of playful role-play.

That was fun. Being called ‘Oppa’ stimulated a man’s fantasy and made me feel good.

I liked it so much that she did it occasionally afterward, but not once after I was discharged from the military.

Well, it was a nostalgic and pleasant memory, but that didn’t mean I wanted to hear Sarang call me that. Being called ‘Dad’ by Sarang was the best feeling in the world.

—슥

I gently stroked Sarang’s hair as she was absorbed in the movie, just like I used to do with Heena on dates.

Sarang leaned even closer, snuggling into my arm.

We watched the movie quietly in that position. Before I knew it, the popcorn and cola were already gone.

I enjoy moments like this, but Sarang truly *loves* them.

After the movie, we stopped by a nearby café. Not Lin’s café, just a regular neighborhood place. If we went to Lin’s, she would take care of us, but she would fuss over us too much, and the date wouldn’t feel like a date.

Sitting in the café, we talked about the movie, and I ordered all the pretty desserts that Sarang wanted to eat.

“Can I really eat all of this?”

“You can eat everything you want today, Sarang. If there’s any left, Dad will finish it.”

“Yay! Then I’ll have this bagel and~”

It wasn’t quite mealtime yet, so even if Sarang ordered a lot and left some, I was confident I could handle it all.

After receiving the drinks and desserts with sparkling eyes, we sat down and spent about ten minutes taking pictures of each other.

This was all a photo instinct inherited from Heena. If it seems like a situation where you need to take a picture, turn on the camera first.

Once the photo session was over, we slowly started eating the cakes and bagels one by one.

“Dad! Ah~”

“Ah~”

As always, Sarang and I fed each other. It used to be a bit embarrassing to do in public, but I had done it so much with Heena and Sarang that those feelings had disappeared.

Who cares what others think? My Sarang is feeding me!

After chatting about the movie and having a mini-feast at the café, Sarang asked,

“Do you want to share a pasta with Dad?”

“Are you full?”

“Yeah~ but I still want to eat a little!”

“Then pick a pizza too. After Sarang tastes it, Dad will eat the rest.”

“Dad, you’re full too~”

“No? Dad can still eat three more pizzas?”

We had a late lunch at a pasta restaurant. I had eaten some dessert, so three pizzas were too much, but I could sincerely eat about two small thin pizzas sold in places like that.

Movie, café, and pasta for lunch. After following such a cliché date route, we headed to the department store because Sarang wanted to window shop.

“Dad! Does this look good on me?”

“Sarang looks good in everything.”

“Not like that~ Look at it properly!”

“No, I mean it…”

“Daaad!”

When we stopped by a clothing store, she would hold the clothes up to her body and ask for my opinion, and Sarang would pick out clothes that suited me.

It felt like I was reliving dates I had with Heena back in high school. This youthful feeling…

It was a date with my daughter, but I was having a lot of fun walking around with Sarang, feeling a ticklish, youthful sensation in one corner of my heart.

“This hat looks good on Dad too~”

“Then should we buy matching hats? Just for Dad and Sarang to wear.”

“Really?! I’ll buy it! I’ll buy it!! Then this is just for me and Dad!”

“Uh-uh. Put your money away. Dad will buy it.”

So, I bought matching hats with Sarang. The same style but different colors. Sarang happily took off the black hat she had been wearing and put on the new one.

“Kimchi~”

After that, we took another couple shot.

The picture I took at this time came out so well that I wanted to change it to my profile picture… but I held back because Heena would be upset. I had to be satisfied with uploading it to the group chat.

As the department store window shopping was coming to an end with the hat purchase, Sarang led me to the doll store.

I wondered if there was a doll she wanted. Since I started giving her things other than dolls for her birthday about two years ago, it had been quite a while since I bought her a doll.

Of course, the cat dolls that I and other family members had given her before were still in Sarang’s room, but it was a bit much to give her only dolls since she was about to be a middle school student.

So I thought she came to add a new cat doll to her collection after a long time, but what Sarang started looking at was not a cat doll.

“I think Somang will like this! Right?”

“Are you picking out a doll for Somang?”

“Yes! Ah, I’m really going to buy this! No matter what! Okay?!”

Sarang, who was so looking forward to dating with me and actually had a great time today, was now focused on buying a doll with her allowance for her younger brother, who looked so dejected when we left.

I felt a lump forming in my throat. It is said that siblings with a big age difference often have a good relationship, but Sarang’s consideration for Somang seemed even more special.

Thanks to that, I couldn’t bring myself to say that I would buy it for her.

“Then Dad will just help you pick it out. Is that okay?”

“That’s good! Somang carries the doll that Dad bought her every day~”

Actually, I didn’t think much about it at the time and just bought her one that Somang was looking at, but I didn’t know she would like it that much.

Anyway, Sarang and I started picking out dog dolls one by one with hawk eyes. I bought her a light brown doll, so we looked for a different color.

“Sarang, how about this? Isn’t it good because it’s big?”

“Hmm~ I think a small one would be good for Somang to carry around.”

“How about this one? It’s a Baduk [a traditional Korean board game] dog style.”

“No! It’s ugly!”

“It’s cute…”

However, several dolls that looked cute to me were all rejected by Sarang. In the end, after reacting to what Sarang chose, we worried for almost an hour.

“Isn’t this the prettiest? This white puppy!”

“A Pomeranian? It’s cute. Should we buy this?”

“Yes! I’m going to give it to Somang as a gift!”

She held a fluffy white Pomeranian doll in her hand. The one I bought her was a Labrador Retriever with drooping ears, so it looked very different from that, so it looked okay.

If you’re going to have multiple, it’s better to have different ones than similar ones.

Whether she liked the doll she had worked hard to pick out, Sarang headed to the checkout with bouncy steps.

“It’s 25,000 won [approximately $20 USD]. How would you like to pay?”

“Here you go!”

Dolls with good materials are quite expensive even if they are small. I was a little worried about the price, but I didn’t want to interfere with my daughter buying a gift for her brother.

It’s better to know how to use your allowance for necessary things than just saving it. And for Sarang, this gift was something that needed to be spent on.

She was a child who hardly ever bought snacks on her own, even though she likes them so much.

After the transaction was complete, Sarang returned to my side, holding the paper bag containing the doll preciously in her arms. I smiled, feeling proud of my kind-hearted daughter, and asked about the next plan.

“Where should we go next? Just tell me. Dad will take you anywhere.”

“I want to go home!”

“Huh?! Home?”

I was thinking of renting a car and taking her wherever she wanted, even if it was the amusement park, but Sarang’s answer was unexpected. I was surprised and asked again, wondering if I had misheard.

“Are you sure? It’s not too late yet.”

“But~ Somang might cry because she misses Dad. And I want to give her the doll quickly!”

Sarang’s face, smiling as she said that, was like a flower blooming. A sister who cares about not only the gift but also her brother’s feelings.

I really felt like holding a megaphone and shouting to the world to brag.

My daughter is so kind!

And since Sarang said this much, I had no reason to object. I just wanted to do everything Sarang wanted.

That’s how my date with Sarang ended in less than six hours, all because of Sarang’s beautiful heart that cares for her younger brother.

“Somang!! Your sister bought you a present!”

“Pwesent [baby talk for ‘present’]?”

“Yes! Here, a puppy doll!”

“Wow…”

“Isn’t it cute? Ttangttangyi [a made-up name for a doll] has a friend now!”

“Like… Ttangttangyi fwiend [baby talk for ‘friend’]…”

Sarang grabbed Somang, who was running towards me as soon as we got home, and handed her the gift. Somang exclaimed and blankly hugged the white puppy doll.

Holding the light brown puppy doll Ttangttangyi in one arm and the white puppy doll that Sarang bought in the other, she looked back and forth between the two.

She seemed very happy with the gift her sister gave her. She was so engrossed in the doll that she stopped running to me.

Watching Sarang taking pictures of her younger brother next to her, saying that he was cute, I quietly said to Heena.

“Heena, you’ll be surprised when you hear how kind Sarang was today.”

“Really? You’ll be surprised when you see the picture Somang drew to give to you.”

“What, there’s something like that? Show me quickly!”

“You too~ Tell me about Sarang!”

To the stories of our children, who are so kind and pretty, that we want to tell each other.

Heena and I smiled.

It was a happy daily life.