〈212〉 IF. My Boyfriend is Younger
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Before the IF and AFTER Story
The IF and AFTER stories will be updated irregularly. I plan to write little by little whenever I have time and upload them piece by piece…
The timeline might be a bit jumbled!
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“……”
*Gasp*
Twenty years old.
I, Lee Heena, am savoring the overflowing happiness of living with my beloved boyfriend in a dreamlike cohabitation, day by day.
I couldn’t say anything at the sight of this lovely and tiny boy looking up at me and tilting his head.
I knew for sure who the child in front of me was.
This child was Yeon-hu.
I somehow understood why this happened, how such a magical thing could exist. I understood all of this phenomenon for some reason.
I just knew that this was just an event that would only happen for one day.
I just knew that tomorrow, Yeon-hu would return to his original self without any problems.
But even so, Yeon-hu, who had become about 8 years old, hesitated and approached me, who was flustered by the sudden event.
*Cling*
And holding onto the hem of the refrigerator pants [loose, comfortable pants] I had bought as a couple outfit a while ago, he opened his small mouth.
“Noona…?” [Korean term for ‘older sister’ used by a male]
“Ugh…!”
The moment I heard the word ‘Noona,’ my heart ached. I had occasionally gone on dates with Yeon-hu with that concept, but hearing it directly from the small Yeon-hu made my chest feel like it was about to burst.
Because of this murderous cuteness.
Even though Yeon-hu was younger, his original appearance was still evident on his face. His hair, which was almost straight with a slight wave, his gently drooping eyes, and the corners of his lips, which were slightly raised as if a smile was his default.
That’s why he’s even cuter. This mini Yeon-hu. Because he kept the face that I had been freely skinshipping [close physical contact] with until yesterday.
And Mini Yeon-hu didn’t seem to feel anything strange about this situation, and he didn’t seem anxious as if this life with me was natural.
If so.
I barely suppressed my trembling heart with excitement and gave Yeon-hu, who was still staring at me, the softest smile I could.
“Yeon-hu, shall we play with Noona?”
“Yes! I want to play with Noona!”
Oh my.
I think my nose is going to bleed.
–––
If the boyfriend you love more than anyone else in the world becomes an eight-year-old child overnight.
What is the first thing a girlfriend should do?
“Noona likes Yeon-hu the most in the world. Who does Yeon-hu like the most?”
“I like Heena Noona the most!”
“Really?”
“Yes!”
“Then will you tell Noona that you love her?”
“Ah… Uh-huh…”
In fact, I didn’t care about that at all. I just had to enjoy this event, which would only last for today, to the fullest.
It was easy to say ‘like,’ but it seemed a little embarrassing to say ‘love,’ so Yeon-hu twisted his body and avoided my gaze. Looking at that, I wanted to hug him and kiss him more than a hundred times right away, but I barely held back.
Because soon, that cute mouth will.
“I, I love you… Noona…”
Because he’s going to say such a pretty thing like this!
I couldn’t stand it anymore after hearing those words. Especially this embarrassed face was really against the rules.
How can he be so adorable!
“Noona loves Yeon-hu so, so much!!”
*Rub rub rub*
In the end, I hugged Yeon-hu’s small body tightly and rubbed my cheeks against his mochi-like [soft and chewy like mochi rice cake] cheeks.
I usually liked Yeon-hu’s broad chest, where my whole body could fit, but I didn’t mind the feeling of fitting perfectly in my arms. No, I liked it.
If Yeon-hu and I have a child, I’ll be able to feel this way anytime, right? I still have to somehow persuade Yeon-hu to do it without contraception soon…
As I was thinking that and continuing to rub my cheeks without letting go, Mini Yeon-hu blushed and started pushing me away slightly.
“No, Noona… Stop…”
“Why~ Doesn’t Yeon-hu like being hugged by Noona?”
“That’s not it…”
“Then just a little more~ Or should Noona kiss you?”
“Th-that… No…”
“Huh~? Noona wants to kiss Yeon-hu~ Doesn’t Yeon-hu want to?”
“……I like it…”
“Right? Here!”
Only then did I let go of Yeon-hu’s body, and I stuck out my lips slightly in front of him, tapping them with my finger.
“Yeon-hu, kiss Noona!”
“Eueut…”
Then, he was even more embarrassed than before, and now he had a completely red face like a carrot, but.
He never refused. Mini Yeon-hu, who hesitated but slowly came to me.
*Chu!*
He gave me a short kiss. After that, he backed away as if running away and avoided my gaze again.
How cute that action was. I didn’t even think about holding back the giggles that were leaking out, and I crawled towards Yeon-hu, who had run away from me.
And Yeon-hu kept trying to distance himself from it.
*Thud*
“Ah.”
His back touched the wall of the living room. So he couldn’t run away anymore, and he sat down on the spot, and I got close to him.
“Hehe~”
I blocked both sides of Yeon-hu with both arms so that he couldn’t go anywhere, and I brought my face close.
“This time, Noona will kiss you. Got it?”
“No, Noona…”
“Here, kiss~”
*Chu! Chu! Chu! Chu!*
–––
I couldn’t help but unleash the desires in my heart, but I couldn’t ignore the fact that our cute Yeon-hu wanted to play.
I sat Mini Yeon-hu on my lap and sat in front of the sofa together to start the game. Connecting the game console that my brother had borrowed a while ago to the TV.
I honestly didn’t know much about the game, so I was just watching quietly, but Yeon-hu had liked games since he was young, so he knew how to run the game on his own.
*Tiriri!*
The game that Yeon-hu was playing without taking his eyes off the TV was the Po*mon game, which I also knew the title and characters.
In fact, I wasn’t really looking at the game screen. Unless I was doing it with my family, I wasn’t very interested in games in the first place.
Because it was always my pleasure to quietly watch Yeon-hu’s face when he was concentrating.
And even now, he was working hard to move the character without giving me any attention at all.
The original Yeon-hu’s face is very cool at times like this, but now he was just cute.
So it’s fun to watch that in its own way, but.
“Yeon-hu.”
“……”
I couldn’t forgive him as a girlfriend and as a Noona for not answering my call and only playing the game.
So I covered Yeon-hu’s eyes with both hands.
“Ah ah!”
“Yeon-hu~ Are you not going to answer Noona when she calls you?”
“Did you call me?”
“Yeah. I wanted to see Yeon-hu’s face, so I kept calling you, but you didn’t even look at Noona…”
“I, I’m sorry…”
He might get annoyed at being disturbed by the game, but it was like Yeon-hu to apologize so readily. Cute. I was upset that he didn’t look at me, but I didn’t want to completely stop him from playing games.
Because I know how much Yeon-hu likes playing games.
“Will Yeon-hu tell Noona? What kind of character is that?”
“That’s Bijontu! It’s a bird, but it’s so cute that I catch it every day!”
“Do you catch it and make it your friend?”
“Yes! If you catch it, you can fight together! And that is─!”
Like a child, when I showed interest, he quickly got excited and started talking about this and that. Okay, this is enough.
To be honest, most of the content I heard was something I didn’t know well, but I was satisfied just by Yeon-hu showing me that pretty smile and letting me hear his pleasant voice.
That said, it’s so cute to be excited and talk!
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Skinship, playing games. After that, we have a meal.
Usually, Yeon-hu cooks most of the time, but today I did my best to make it. I can’t leave it to young Yeon-hu.
Surely, if I put this much effort into it, it will be delicious─
“……”
Why is that? Why am I so bad at cooking? I thought I measured well and adjusted the cooking time accordingly.
I tried to make an easy kimchi stew with meat that Yeon-hu would like so that I wouldn’t fail, but the taste was very subtle.
It’s not that I can’t eat it, but I didn’t want to feed it to our cute Mini Yeon-hu.
“Noona! Give me some too!”
“Yeon-hu. Should Noona order you pizza? You like pizza, right?”
So I tried to coax Yeon-hu, who was shining his eyes at the meat in the kimchi stew, with pizza, but.
“Yes… But I want to eat this!”
Yeon-hu with a commendable heart insisted on kimchi stew. After that, I tried to turn his interest to hamburgers or chicken, but it didn’t work. So in the end, I put the kimchi stew I made on the table.
And, Yeon-hu picked up a piece of pork belly in the stew with slightly clumsy chopsticks.
“Yum.”
He puts it in his mouth and starts chewing. I watched it with a nervous heart.
If Yeon-hu frowns.
‘It’s not delicious…’
If he said something like that, I might spend tonight crying. Cursing my own cooking skills.
But Yeon-hu was still Yeon-hu.
The moment his eyebrows twitched, he must have felt the subtle taste with his tongue, but even so.
“It’s delicious, Noona!”
“…Really?”
“Yes! I want to eat more!”
Looking at him asking for more with a smile, saying it was delicious.
I saw Yeon-hu’s face, which I had been looking at every day until yesterday, overlapping.
The appearance of my lovely boyfriend who always shows me a smile at any time.
–––
If you’ve finished dinner, there’s only one thing left to do to finish the day.
“Shall we take a bath together with Noona?”
“Together with Noona?”
“Uh-huh~ Noona will scrub your back!”
I swear I don’t have any perverted feelings for Yeon-hu right now. Of course, he’s so cute and lovely, but he’s a child now.
Yes. I definitely don’t have that kind of feeling.
“Hehehe.”
“Noona is scary…”
Noona will wash you well!
That way, I was able to enjoy young Yeon-hu to the fullest until the end. Feeling a different kind of happiness in a different sense than usual.
Cute, cute, cute!
–––
“……”
I woke up in the middle of the night because I heard a strange laughter, and Heena was hugging my arm tightly and sleeping with a lewd smile.
“Hehe… Yeon-hu… Do you trust Noona…?”
“I don’t think I can trust you.”
What kind of dream are you having?
Besides, why suddenly Noona? Did you miss the concept play?
Since it’s my day off, should I call you that for today?
Heena Noona.
The world slowed down.
In front of me, there was a child, maybe five years old, running ahead innocently, breaking away from his mother’s hand.
From the left opposite side, I saw a car speeding towards the child’s direction without slowing down.
And when all of that came into my sight, all sorts of thoughts flashed through my head.
Isn’t it too late to go now?
Won’t the car stop right in front of me?
Won’t I be in danger together if I try to save him by force?
If that happens, won’t Heena wait for a long time?
Heena’s legs aren’t very good if she stands outside for a long time, will she be okay?
In fact, it didn’t mean anything. My body was already running towards the little child in front of me.
I threw myself with the child tightly in my arms.
-Vroom!!!
Immediately after, a car passed by with a terrifying sound. Are you really crazy? You’re leaving without even thinking about stopping.
Anyway, fortunately, both I and the child, and the child’s mother, who was running in confusion.
Everyone was safe, but.
-Ache
My elbow, which hit the floor first when I threw myself, hurt a lot.
—
In the end, I couldn’t go on a date. After hearing countless thanks from the child’s mother and receiving her number with the words that she would pay for the hospital bill, I boarded the ambulance.
Actually, I think it would have been okay to take a taxi to the hospital, but someone called 119 [emergency number in Korea] right away, so I just took it. It’s not like I wasn’t hurt at all, and they came all the way, so I couldn’t not take it.
And on the way, I contacted my parents and Heena. I asked my parents to bring my medical insurance card, and I told Heena that there was a bit of a problem on the way, so it would be difficult to go on a date today.
Of course, both my parents and Heena were very embarrassed and asked me in detail what happened.
I tried to explain as calmly as possible so that they wouldn’t worry, saying that it wasn’t a big deal and that I came just in case.
-Tap! Tap! Tap!
-Bang!
“Yeon-hu!!”
“You cam… No, watch out for your feet! You’re still not in good condition, what are you doing running!”
“Are you okay? Where are you? Where are you hurt?!”
I was able to face Heena, who ran into the hospital room with her pretty hair disheveled and leaning on crutches.
She threw her crutches aside as if throwing them away, and came to the bed and stroked my body here and there.
I was happy and grateful for her concern for me, but I couldn’t help but worry about Heena’s body more than my own.
“Heena, it wasn’t a big deal, so don’t worry too much, and you sit here and rest a little.”
“Hic… What do you mean it’s not a big deal!! You’re hurt like this!!”
“No, it’s just a little sprained. They said it’ll be all better in a week or two…”
“You’re an idiot… Hic… Don’t make me… Hic… Worry…”
“Sorry. It was the first date in a long time today… It turned out like this.”
“It’s okay… If you’re safe… You don’t have to do that…”
“Yeah. Thank you. By the way, I’m really worried too, so please put your legs up here?”
She carefully grabs my arm, which is wrapped in a bandage, and sheds tears. I wiped away my girlfriend’s tears and worried about her body instead.
To be honest, it was a heart-pounding moment, but I was glad that I wasn’t seriously injured.
If something had happened to my body, if I had been seriously injured or even died.
I don’t know how much Heena would have cried. I can’t even imagine how much it would have hurt.
Although her hair was disheveled, her pretty makeup was smudged with sweat and tears, and her clothes were crumpled and in bad condition.
Even so, I was glad that I didn’t make my girlfriend, Heena, the prettiest in the world, cry a lot.
—
There was a slight accident, but I wasn’t seriously injured, and my arm was completely healed before long.
Also, the hospital bill wasn’t that high. So I didn’t really want to contact the child’s mother, but somehow she found out and came with the child’s father that evening.
And they gave me fruits and treatment fees, so I couldn’t refuse. They bowed their heads and thanked me several times.
Anyway, after my arm healed, I set a date again. I’m always welcome to date Heena, so that wasn’t a problem, but.
“Hey! Get in!”
“…?? No, why is Hyung [Korean term for ‘older brother’ used by a male] here?”
“Yeon-hu. Oppa [Korean term for ‘older brother’ used by a female] decided to take me to the station. Let’s go.”
“Is this what you meant by waiting at home? It would have been okay if I just picked you up…”
“No. Stay at home. I’ll come pick you up!”
For a while, Heena and Heesung Hyung worried about me a lot. In some ways, even more than our family members.
Thanks to that, I couldn’t have a date where we set a time and met somewhere like before. They always came to our house by car.
Well, to be honest, it was comfortable and it reduced the burden on Heena’s legs when moving, so I liked it in my own way.
And our date that started like that.
“Yeon-hu. Ah~”
“Ah~”
Since Heena had to move using crutches, we went to places where we could sit and enjoy rather than being too active.
For example, this cafe where Heena is now feeding me cake with a fork.
I felt like I was going to cry a little while eating the cake. I was happy that Heena’s condition had improved enough to come to a place like this, but more than anything, I was very happy that Heena was expressing her affection more clearly than before.
“Yeon-hu. Can I sit next to you?”
“Huh? Of course. Come here.”
“Okay!”
It was a sofa that was a bit ambiguous in size for two people to sit on, but Heena sat down with her butt right next to me and put her arms around me.
At the same time, my heart was overwhelmed by the scent I felt in my nose, Heena’s soft body, and my girlfriend’s chest touching my arm.