Ep. 37
For a moment, my thoughts froze.
Lesser panda or whatever, right now, Heena, whose ears and neck are flushed red, is telling me… what?
To give Heena a kiss?
In this situation where I even doubt if what I’m seeing and hearing is real, I blankly stared at her.
As if unable to withstand my gaze, Heena slowly crumbled.
She sat down, covering her face with both hands, writhing in embarrassment.
“Forget it…!”
“No…”
Forgetting it is impossible for now.
I took a moment to reflect on how this happened.
So, was she jealous because I kept saying ‘cute, cute’ to every animal I saw?
I had a feeling that Heena’s words were becoming less frequent.
It’s been a few months since we started dating, and I thought I had seen Heena’s various emotional expressions, but.
This is the first time I’ve seen Heena so embarrassed and flustered.
As that thought crossed my mind, without realizing it.
-Click
I naturally took out my phone and took a picture. Of Heena, who was squatting down, covering her face with both hands.
The photo file name should be ‘My Girlfriend is Too Cute’.
As soon as that shutter sound rang out, Heena stood up as if nothing had happened and glared at my phone.
“T-This picture is not allowed! Delete it!!”
“No way!! I’m going to treasure it forever!! I have to pass it down through generations!! Later, to my grandchildren, hehe- your grandmother used to be like this─”
“Yeon-hoo-yah.. please..”
As I started rambling nonsense, she exceeded the limit of embarrassment and even teared up.
I was momentarily weakened by her desperate face, but I couldn’t give back this rare photo.
For Heena, it wasn’t just the photo, but the shameful behavior associated with it that she was very embarrassed about. In that sense, I thought it was absolutely not allowed, so she desperately reached out towards my hand holding the phone.
It was cute how she was jumping with a desperate face trying to grab the phone, but seeing her showing her will to never give up, I thought about how to calm Heena down.
As expected, the best way to make Heena docile is through skinship [physical affection].
I quickly shoved the phone into my back pocket and held both of her wrists in one hand so she couldn’t move her hands.
Her wrists were so thin and she wasn’t very strong, so it was easily manageable with one hand.
“W-What’s with you all of a sudden.. Give me the phone back quickly…!”
She gave up jumping when her arms were grabbed and pleaded with words.
I stroked Heena’s cheek with my remaining hand and kissed her glistening eyes once each.
And finally, once on her lips.
-Chu
After doing that three times in total, I released the hand I was holding.
It may not seem like much, but it will probably be very effective for my girlfriend.
“Three times instead of 3 seconds, is that okay?”
“….Yeah.”
As expected, she nodded her head slightly without any more struggles or pleas. She became as gentle as a lamb with three kisses, becoming docile.
When I gently hugged her, I whispered softly in Heena’s ear as she entrusted her body to me.
“Lesser pandas are cute, but Heena is a thousand times cuter.”
“…Really?”
“Of course. I thought my heart was going to stop earlier.”
“Ugh…”
“You were cute.”
“I’m embarrassed.. I don’t know what I was thinking…”
She buried her face in my chest and is still regretting her earlier remarks.
Seeing that 모습 [mosup – appearance/figure], I feel a slight sense of sadism.
So I asked.
“Do it one more time.”
“No!”
“Do it again~ Huh? I’ll do it again too.”
“…Chu?”
“Pfft… Hehe… Uh, chu.”
She’s so cute that I can’t help but laugh. Chu,이라니 [Chu, irani – meaning ‘Chu, you say?’].
My reaction of laughing right away didn’t seem to please her, but the temptation of a kiss was greater, and she seemed to be 고민하는 모양새다 [gominhaneun moyangsaeda – contemplating/in a dilemma].
Even though it feels like we’ve been kissing all day, my girlfriend, who is still 고민하고 있는 [gominhago inneun – contemplating], is the best.
While still being hugged by me, she 갈등하다가 [galdeunghadaga – conflicted] for a moment, and soon 떨어뜨렸다 [tteoreotteuryeotda – lowered] her face slightly from my chest.
Soon after, that famous line from earlier comes out of Heena’s mouth once again.
“Hee..ugh.. Hee, give Heena a chu [kiss]..!”
Pfft─!
“Pu, Pwahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!”
“Ha..Han Yeon-hoo!!!!”
I burst into laughter. How could I not laugh at this?
Even though it was outdoors where other visitors were talking and walking around, everyone who passed by looked at us at least once as I laughed so loudly.
And Heena, 울상을 짓는다 [ulsang-eul jitneunda – is making a crying face], hits me with her fist.
No way, I’m even getting hit by Heena. Today is really a rare day..Puhuhuhuh
I couldn’t stop laughing.
My stomach hurt so much from laughing.
That wasn’t my intention, but the moment I heard the words ‘chu-해줘 [chu-haejwo – give me a kiss]’, I couldn’t control myself.
Because the cuteness had exceeded the lethal dose.
After laughing like that for a while, when I finally calmed down, surprisingly, Heena was sulking.
Adding another 감정 콜렉션 [gamjeong kollekshyeon – emotion collection] of Heena to my heart, I felt like I was causing 민폐 [minpe – nuisance] to those around me, so I left that spot.
Fortunately, Heena followed quietly.
After getting out onto a relatively deserted road, I apologized to Heena in a serious voice on a nearby bench.
“I was wrong.”
“…Hmph.”
She didn’t go off on her own because she was sulking, but she was clearly ignoring me with a ‘I’m sulking’ feeling.
I wonder if it’s because I’ve come to like Heena so much that even this 모습 [mosup – appearance] seems cute.
“츄 [Chu], 해야지 [haeyaji – should do]. 응 [Eung]?”
“Don’t do that!”
“Okay, okay. Heena-yah, look over here.”
“..You’re going to laugh again.”
“I’m not.”
I try to pull the 칭얼거리는 [chinggeolgeorineun – whining] Heena to look at me.
After refusing a few times, she eventually 못이긴 척 [mosigin cheok – pretending to give in] glances at me.
I thought this was the time and grabbed Heena’s cheeks with both hands.
“Heena-yah.”
“…Yeah.”
“츄 [Chu], 할게 [halge – I’ll do it]?”
“…해줘 [haejwo – do it].”
As soon as permission was granted, I overlapped my lips with hers. Light pecks in a row.
I took my lips off for a moment, made eye contact.
After repeating that several times, I let go of the hands that were holding her cheeks.
After that, the corners of her eyes were curved.
I thought my girlfriend was 참 쉽다 [cham swipta – so easy].
—
After the 츄 [Chu]- incident, we walked around the zoo a little more.
While walking around, I saw a lot of cute kids again, but thinking of Heena, I didn’t 난리법석 [nallibeopseok – make a fuss] like before, saying ‘cute’ all the time.
Just 적당히 [jeokdanghi – moderately] cute, after a word, I took a few pictures and moved on?
It was also because I saw the number one cutie of the zoo, the lesser panda, and the number one cutie in the world, 츄 [Chu]-Heena, that I calmed down.
Heena nodded with a 만족스러운 [manjokseureoun – satisfied] smile, as if she liked my 태도 [taedo – attitude].
“Do you want to raise small animals like rabbits later?”
“Well, it’s absolutely impossible right now, but.. maybe when I live alone?”
Thanks to that, the date changed to a 산책이 메인이 된 데이트 [sanchaegi meinei doen deiteu – a date focused on taking a walk] like near my house, and in the middle of it, Heena 던져왔다 [deonjyeowatda – threw/posed] such a question.
I wanted to raise a cat when I lived alone. I was a little drawn to rabbits after seeing them today, but I once searched it up and found out that they smell really bad.
It’s impossible, but if I could raise a lesser panda, I would put aside all the minor reasons and raise it. It’s an endangered species, so I can’t.
Heena frowned at my answer and made a small groan.
“Ugh~ Really a rabbit?”
“That was just something I said earlier. If I were to raise one, it would be a cat.”
“Ah~ That’s a relief. Rabbits are cute when you look at them, but they smell a lot.”
“That’s true, isn’t it?”
“A cat would be okay. It’ll shed a little, but I’ll clean it often anyway. And I like rolling around with a 돌돌이 [doldori – lint roller]!”
“Yeah….Huh?”
“Huh?”
Something was strange while we were continuing the conversation.
“You’re the one who cleans?”
“Yeah. I’ll do it! But Yeon-hoo will help too, right?”
“…??