My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 66

Ep. 65

The loud voice echoed through the hospital room, startling the nurse, who rushed in. I waved her away.

Hugging Heena, who was still sobbing in my arms, I patted her back. Hee-sung hyung [older brother/friend] had briefly come in too, but he wisely decided to return later.

She stayed in my arms for a while, and when she calmed down a bit, she slowly pulled away. Her hair was a mess, her face was covered in tear stains, and her eyes were bloodshot.

But even so.

She was the most beautiful, my girlfriend.

“Are you feeling a little better?”

“Hic… yeah…”

“Good. The bathroom is right next to the door, do you want to freshen up?”

“Yeah… I’ll be right back.”

After crying, she seemed to have calmed down a lot. Perhaps she was finally feeling embarrassed. She covered her face with her hands so I couldn’t see her and went into the bathroom attached to the hospital room.

After a while, she came out with her face and hair tidied up, and we were finally able to start talking calmly. But she still seemed anxious, sitting right next to me.

“You said… you were helping the grandma when it happened?”

“Yeah. I hesitated for a split second, but my body was already moving.”

“……”

She bit her lip slightly at my answer and held my hand tightly. As if telling me not to go anywhere, she squeezed it hard.

She was silent for a moment, then opened her mouth with a trembling voice.

“I… told you to take the subway…”

“Lee Heena.”

I cut her off. Worry, anxiety, even getting angry at me was okay, but she shouldn’t say things like that. Especially blaming herself like that.

Just like Heena showed me an angry face for the first time today, I spoke to her with a slightly firm tone.

“Don’t say things like that. It’s not your fault, and it wasn’t that grandma’s fault either. It just so happened that I was there, and I was able to help. Okay?”

“..I guess so. Sorry.”

“What are you sorry for? You were just worried about me.”

No one was at fault; I just luckily got the chance to save someone. It was better for everyone to think that way. Most of all, for my mental health.

“Did you do well on the exam?”

“Yeah…”

“Good job. You worked hard. I’ll praise you.”

She had tidied up in the bathroom, but Heena’s eyes were still red, and she looked very dejected. And her hand was still holding onto my clothes, showing no signs of letting go.

I stroked her hair and kept talking, hoping that talking would cheer her up even a little.

“I wouldn’t have gotten into the same university as you this year anyway, so I should study harder this time and apply to the same place as you.”

“…Don’t push yourself too hard. You don’t have to.”

Her listless answer made me realize that it wasn’t easy to cheer her up.

“Still, I’m going to try hard. I have plenty of time. Ah, it’s just my arm that’s hurt, so there’s no problem with walking around, okay? Should we go on a date this week?”

Heena’s head, which had been drooping, shot up as soon as I finished speaking, and her voice rose.

“No! Don’t even think about going anywhere until you’re fully healed!”

“Hey, I’m fine.”

“Do you want to see me get angry? Absolutely not!”

I pulled out my ultimate move to cheer Heena up, but it was rejected outright. It wasn’t just a rejection; it was an atmosphere that wouldn’t let me take a single step out of the hospital.

She glared at me with a fierce look for a moment, then clenched her fist as if she had made up her mind.

“How many days did you say you’d be staying here?”

“Probably? They said they’d give me physical therapy and everything.”

“Then I’ll stay here with you and help you. I’ll talk to your mom about it.”

Then she jumped up and picked up her phone. I couldn’t hide my bewilderment at her words.

“Stay with me? You have to leave when visiting hours are over.”

They had been lenient with us this afternoon, but I heard that 8 p.m. was the deadline. There wouldn’t be any flexibility after that time.

“One live-in caregiver is allowed to stay here.”

“There’s such a thing?”

“Yeah.”

Seriously, how does she know this stuff?

I was dumbfounded by the newfound knowledge. I knew Heena was smart and clever in many ways, but I didn’t know why she knew things like this.

“Wait, what about school? You have to go tomorrow. I’m the one who’s hospitalized.”

“I’ll stop by in the morning and come back. There won’t be anything to do after I check my scores anyway.”

So Heena has a plan?

I was speechless at her smooth answers. Leaving me sitting there blankly, Heena started making calls. Listening to the conversation, it seemed like she was talking to her aunt and my mom, respectively.

After talking for a while, she came back to my side with a refreshed face. I was glad that she felt a little better, even if it was just a little.

She smiled for a moment, but when her eyes fell on my arm, her eyebrows drooped again. Her facial expressions were very dramatic today.

Anyway, from the moment she finished the call, my freedom in the hospital was completely gone.

Every time I tried to do something, Heena would stick to me and try to help. I didn’t have much to do, but even when I tried to shift my position, she would immediately grab my arm.

She even wouldn’t let me eat the hospital food I received for dinner by myself.

“Here, Yun-hoo. Ah~” [Sound for encouraging someone to eat]

“I can eat by myself. Besides, if I move my right arm carefully, I can use it…”

“Han Yun-hoo. Are you going to put that down right now?”

“I’m sorry.”

Of course, it was very difficult to move my right arm because of the cast, but I could eat with my left hand without any problems.

But if I tried to move on my own, she would get angry right away. Heena, who rarely frowned in front of me, was showing it to me to her heart’s content today.

I appreciate her taking care of me, but isn’t this a bit too much?

“Hey, you look fine, so I’m going to go. Take care of yourself.”

“Oh! Thanks for coming!”

Hee-sung hyung, who came back in late, watched the scene for a while and then turned around with a look on his face as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have.

I understand, since Heena was being extra today. I hope she’s not going to keep doing that while we’re here.

—

“Yun-hoo, Mom’s here.”

“Ah, Mom!! You came just in time!! Please stop Heena!”

When my mom, who had gone home to get my clothes, returned to the hospital room, I urgently asked for help.

Heena’s extremely devoted care service, which made me feel a lot of pressure, was finally about to go too far.

“I’m helping you!”

“What are you helping me with in the bathroom!! I can go by myself!”

“It’s hard if you can’t use one hand!”

“I can do it with one hand?!”

Eating, drinking, resting. She was doing everything for me, and now she was even trying to go to the bathroom with me. I had to stop her no matter what.

It’s not like both of my arms were broken, and I could take care of my business with just my left hand.

Fortunately, Mom came back while I was confronting Heena in front of the hospital bed.

“Okay, I put all of Yun-hoo’s clothes in here. Heena, take this.”

But Mom didn’t even blink an eye at my request for help. Instead, she chuckled and handed something to Heena.

“Is it a pass [permission slip]?”

“You know it well. Then please take care of Yun-hoo. Call me if it’s hard.”

“Yes, Mother. Trust me.”

“No! Mom! Don’t go!!”

Ignoring my cries, she handed over the clothes bag and the pass and then left the hospital room. Did she really leave?

Even if she trusts Heena, isn’t she just leaving too easily?! Her son is hospitalized! There was a touching hospitalization scene a few hours ago!

I looked at the door with resentful eyes, but there was no way my mom would come back. I had no choice but to face Heena again.

She was looking at me with strength in her eyes, as if she would never back down. Do I have to see her look like a determined general over something like this?

I sighed and opened my mouth.

“Let’s just ask. How are you going to help me?”

“Of course… I’ll… help you take off your pants…”

Her face flushed as she stuttered at my question. She’s already like this just from saying it, what is she going to take off?

I was dumbfounded by her very cute reaction, considering she had said she would help me confidently.

“Heena, I can take off my pants with one hand?”

It was even easier to take off because it was a patient gown.

“B, but if you want to stand up to pee!”

“I can do that with one hand too…”

I can sit down too. Why am I having this embarrassing conversation with my girlfriend?

Only after hearing that did Heena turn her gaze away as if she had given up.

“Tch…” [Sound of annoyance]

Why is she clicking her tongue as if she’s disappointed? Should I have let her take care of everything?

No matter how I think about it, that didn’t seem right. We haven’t even had our first time yet, so it’s not right to show her like that.

I was already tired of talking about these things with Heena in this small hospital room.

In the end, I had no choice but to take special measures.

“Heena, let’s make a rule.”

“Rule?”

“I appreciate you helping me, but it seems a bit too much. I can do most of it myself.”

“No. What if the wound gets worse? I don’t want to. I refuse.”

She turned her head away without giving me any room for negotiation. I already expected her to react like this. The injury wasn’t serious, but she was hospitalized because of an accident, and she cried and worried a lot because of it.

I needed something strong to appease Heena’s heart.

“Listen carefully.”

Attention, please.

“Let’s think of it as practicing in advance.”

“What practice?”

She tilted her head at my sudden remark. To be honest, I think saying this now is fanning the flames, but I couldn’t help it.

At this rate, I felt like she would force me to go to the bathroom with her soon.

“Later.”

“Yeah.”

“If we live together… I mean, when we live together, we’ll need rules, right? Like dividing up the housework or something like that.”

“Oh…?”

“So, how about we make rules in this hospital room as a rehearsal….”

I trailed off and glanced at her. I thought Heena would be happy to hear the word “living together.”

“……”

Her reaction was completely different from what I expected.

Seeing Heena nodding with a serious face instead of being excited, the thought, “Did I make a mistake?” struck my head.

“I think you’re right. The hospital room feels like a studio apartment, so shall we think about it together?”

“…Okay.”

Did I really make a mistake?