Ep. 28
As soon as I got off the bus, I grabbed a taxi nearby. It felt like the first time I’d ever taken a train, bus, and taxi all in one day like this.
“Yeah, I’m almost there. Okay, I’ll be careful.”
Hee-na was on the phone, letting someone know she’d arrived. After sending a text to my mom, I looked out the window.
The sky was clear, without a single cloud. While I was a little worried about getting too much sun, it definitely felt like summer.
I hadn’t been this far out of the city except with my family, so I was a little anxious.
“The weather is amazing!”
“Wow, now that I think about it, we’re really lucky. The forecast said there was a 10% chance of rain, but if it had rained…”
“If it had?”
“I would have sat down on the ground and cried.”
“…I might have wanted to see that?”
Why would I want to see that?
Anyway, this wasn’t the time to be worrying about trivial things. I wanted to make the most of the day with Hee-na.
The taxi drove along a large lake and stopped in front of a hotel. It wasn’t far from the terminal, but it would have been hard to walk with bags or a suitcase in this hot weather, so taking a taxi was definitely the right choice.
I got out of the taxi, took Hee-na’s hand, and went into the hotel. With a slightly nervous heart, I went over the mental simulations I had run in my head and walked to the hotel front desk.
A neatly dressed employee greeted us.
“Thank you for visiting. How can I help you?”
“Yes, I’m here to check in.”
I showed her the reservation information on my phone.
“Just a moment, please… Yes, Han Yeon-hoo and Lee Hee-na, is that correct?”
“Yes.”
“Could I see your IDs, please?”
“Sure.”
This was also something I had anticipated, so I immediately showed her our student IDs. Since we were minors and our parents had made the reservation for us, there was a more detailed verification process.
While looking at our IDs, she checked something on the computer, then smiled and returned them.
“Thank you. Here is the card key for room 506—”
After that, we listened to various explanations about the hotel facilities, areas we shouldn’t go, and so on, before finally heading to our room.
As soon as we were away from the front desk, I finally let out a sigh of relief.
“Good job.”
“Phew… I’m glad there were no problems.”
“You’ll have to get used to it~ You’ll be traveling here and there with me a lot in the future, right?”
“…I guess so.”
I honestly don’t know anything about the future, but if things go well between us, we’ll probably have many opportunities to travel together like this.
We took the elevator and got off on the 5th floor, where a corridor with soft carpet stretched out. After walking a few more steps, room 506 came into view.
-Ding-dong
The sound rang out as I swiped the card, and the lock was released. When I opened the door, two beds side by side in a clean room immediately caught my eye.
Looking at it, I felt both disappointment and relief at the same time. I wasn’t planning on anything happening, so I was glad there were two beds, but I was still a little disappointed that there were two beds.
Hee-na also looked around the room, put her carrier in the corner, and looked at me.
“Should we just drop off our luggage and go out right away?”
“Yeah. They said there’s a changing room over there, so we should just take our swimsuits and go.”
“Then I’ll change and go out.”
Come to think of it, we were wearing jeans. It would be a little difficult to change these clothes in the 탈의실 [tal-ui-sil: changing room] at the beach.
“Wait a minute, I’ll change quickly in the bathroom and go out first. I’m going to wear shorts too.”
After saying that, I took out sandals, a swimsuit, shorts, etc., from my sports bag and went into the bathroom. The bathroom was also very clean and bigger than I thought, which I liked. There was also a bathtub, though I don’t know if I’ll use it.
I quickly changed into shorts and came out, and I could see that Hee-na had unpacked a little.
“Hee-na, I’ll be at the door, so come out slowly~”
“I’ll be right there!”
While listening to Hee-na’s reply, I went outside. I put a waterproof case on my phone, trying not to think about Hee-na changing inside.
This was really essential. After dropping my phone in the 계곡 [gyegok: valley stream] water when I went to the 계곡 [gyegok: valley stream] with my family the year before last, I always 챙겼었다 [chaenggyeosseotda: made sure to bring] it whenever I went to play in the water.
After waiting for a while, the door opened and Hee-na came out.
“Sorry, did you wait long?”
She came out with an eco bag on her shoulder, wearing black shorts and a white and black striped t-shirt. It wasn’t just a casual outfit like mine, but a feeling that she had put some thought into the coordination.
She said she packed some clothes, so is she going to change every time?
After checking that the door was closed, she put the card key in her bag and put her arm around mine.
The nearest 해수욕장 [haesuyokjang: beach] was a 5-minute walk away. I heard that the reason this hotel was expensive was because of such convenience.
Hugging each other tightly, we left the hotel.
—
As soon as we arrived at the 해수욕장 [haesuyokjang: beach], we parted ways to change into our swimsuits. I had already worn my swimsuit underneath my clothes, with only my underwear on top, so I finished in 30 seconds and immediately rented a parasol.
I usually don’t care whether there is a parasol or not, but I thought it would be good to have one for Hee-na. The sun was especially strong today.
I took the number tag I received from the rental shop and went to the designated seat. There were about three groups of families on vacation around me.
Enjoying the feeling of the warm sand, I spread out the picnic mat I had brought and sat down on it. I sent Hee-na the location via text.
윤정 누나 [Yoon-jung Noona: Yoon-jung older sister (term of endearment used by males)] lent me the picnic mat, so I brought it. “It’s made of cloth, so it’s almost weightless and easy to find a spot when you have something like this 깔려 있다고 [kkalryeo ittago: spread out],” she said.
I stared blankly at the sea and felt my heart pounding. Hee-na’s swimsuit figure, which was engraved in my mind, came to mind.
After a while, I glanced at the 탈의실 [tal-ui-sil: changing room] side from time to time, and I began to see Hee-na coming from afar.
A bikini swimsuit including a pareo that vaguely remained in my memory, and a white beach cardigan.
My nose tingled. Rather than being touched, I felt like I was going to get a nosebleed.
Seeing it on the beach was more powerful than seeing it briefly in the fitting room.
The area covered by the cloth was smaller than the area that wasn’t. All of Hee-na’s snow-white skin came into view.
“You rented a parasol?”
“Oh, yeah. Because the sun is strong.”
I answered Hee-na, who came up to me and said that, in a daze. She smiled, seemingly satisfied with my reaction, and leaned slightly in front of me. A pose that subtly emphasized her chest.
“How do I look?”
“…Pretty.”
“Don’t keep looking away~”
“Let me see…”
It was okay when she was just standing there, but it was hard to stare when she was pushing her chest forward.
I didn’t look completely away, but I shifted my gaze slightly to the side instead of directly in front. Hee-na laughed at that, put down her eco bag, and rummaged through it.
Soon, what came out of her hand was…
Oh, no way..?
“Yeon-hoo.”
“Uh…huh?”
“Can you put this on for me? My skin is sensitive—”
Hee-na smiled and handed me the sunscreen.
“You have to apply it thoroughly.”
“…………Is that so?”
With those words, my girlfriend님 [girlfriend-nim: girlfriend (honorific)] immediately lay down on the mat.
I was creaking like a robot because my mind couldn’t keep up with the current situation.
Am I supposed to put sunscreen on my hands and apply it to Hee-na’s back from now on?
Oh, with my bare hands..?
“Hurry~”
At her urging voice, I slowly began to move my hands.
Instead of squeezing sunscreen on my hands, wouldn’t it be better to squeeze it on her back and then apply it..?
I squeezed out thumb-sized amounts of sunscreen on Hee-na’s shoulder blades and lower back. I think I squeezed out a little too much.
“Ugh…”
A faint moan was heard, perhaps because the sunscreen was cold. At the same time, an issue arose in my lower body.
Ignoring it, I slowly put my trembling hand on her shoulder area.
Really, on that clean skin without a single blemish.
The only bare skin of Hee-na’s that I had directly touched so far was her hands, arms, and cheeks.
For the first time, I was touching other parts, not over clothes, but on bare skin.
-Splatter
When I spread my palm and wiped it around the area where the sunscreen 덩어리 [deongeori: lump] was, I felt surprisingly soft skin on my palm.
I felt it when I held her hand, but her skin was completely different from mine. There is a natural difference between men and women, but.
I sometimes held 윤정 누나 [Yoon-jung Noona: Yoon-jung older sister (term of endearment used by males)]’s wrist, but the texture was completely different from that.
Still, I was starting to think that I could apply it to her shoulders and back. I also felt good that Hee-na was completely entrusting her body to me, and I really felt like she was my girlfriend.
I gradually came down from above and applied sunscreen to her slender waist area. To exaggerate a little, it felt like I could grab her entire waist with both hands.
“Huu..”
It was definitely less than 5 minutes in terms of time, and I was just applying sunscreen, but I straightened my back and let out a breath I had been holding in.
It was indeed the beach trip with my girlfriend that I had been looking forward to. As soon as I arrived at the beach, such a great event happened.
To me, who was satisfied with a little sense of accomplishment and happiness.
“Yeon-hoo.”
My girlfriend’s.
“You haven’t applied it to the bottom yet, have you?”
I could see her slightly lifting her legs and appealing to me.
Seeing that, my body stiffened once again. Except for her back, she could apply it herself, so I never thought she would leave it up to me.
“Wouldn’t you be able to do it yourself there…?”
I timidly resisted, but.
“I wish Yeon-hoo would do it…”
I couldn’t argue any further with my girlfriend, who said in a small voice as if she was disappointed.
I obediently squeezed out sunscreen 덩어리 [deongeori: lump] on her thighs and calves.
“Ah, it’s cold-”
“….Apply?”
“Yeah~ Please~”
I wanted to start confidently from her thighs, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it, so I timidly put my hand on her calves first.
The texture was good here too, but I was able to apply sunscreen without any ulterior motives.
The problem is.
“Haa…”
I took a deep breath and slowly moved my hand upwards.
Along with the slightly sticky feeling of the sunscreen, I felt a relatively 몰캉거리는 [molkanggeorineun: soft and squishy] skin on my hand compared to my calves.
It seemed better to finish it quickly than to waste time awkwardly, so I diligently applied sunscreen.
However, when it reached the part just below her buttocks, her thighs.
“Heu-eut-”
I reflexively took my hand off at the sweet voice that pierced my ears.
No, I’ve applied it all this much!
I looked at Hee-na, who was startled and took her hand off, looking a little funny, as if asking for forgiveness, and she turned her head slightly and answered with her eyes half-closed.
‘T h o r o u g h l y’
Seeing that, I sighed inwardly and raised my hand again.
On the so-called 엉밑살 [eongmitsal: the flesh of the buttocks that is slightly exposed under the swimsuit], which is slightly exposed under the swimsuit.
-Squish
It felt like I really heard that sound as soon as I touched it. A cotton candy-like softness felt from more flesh than her thighs.
I wiped the hand with sunscreen on it to the side and applied it, then immediately stepped back.
Even though I took my hand off, the feeling was so vivid that it felt like I was still touching it.
While taking a deep breath with a strange tension, Hee-na gets up.
She also opened her mouth again with a red face, perhaps because she was embarrassed.
“You’ll do the front too, right?”
“………”
Oh my god.