My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 7

Ep. 6

I arrived home, blankly washed up, returned to my room, and immediately collapsed. So much had happened today that I couldn’t process it all.

The Shincheonji [a Korean new religious movement] story I laughed off in the morning was actually a confession, not Shincheonji. Meeting again today, talking, and receiving another confession.

I have a girlfriend.

Unbelievably, it wasn’t a dream, and I had been chatting with her enthusiastically until just now before we parted. Because of that, I was later than usual, and as soon as I got in, Mom asked if something had happened.

“……”

Damn, if I spun a top now, wouldn’t it keep spinning forever? Or is this all a dream within a dream?

Even that silly thought felt unreal, like, ‘Is this really happening?’

Until just now.

—

“I’m really sorry to be asking this only now, after we’ve decided to date…”

“Yeah.”

“What’s your name?”

“…Ah, right.”

She hadn’t thought of it herself, and with an ‘oops’ face, she took out her wallet from her pocket and showed me her student ID. That was cute, too, though.

Let’s see.

“Lee- Heena. Heena… Seonghwa Girls’ High School, right.”

“Hehe, yeah. That’s right. But could you call me a little more?”

“Call you what?”

“My name.”

“…Heena?”

“Yeah! Yeonhu!”

Oh my god. Buddha, Allah, God.

I don’t know how to express this strange feeling of embarrassment and joy. Seeing Heena with her hands on her cheeks while calling my name, I internally screamed in all directions.

Is she really my girlfriend?

I suppressed the urge to express my joy with a howl. Putting on a show of not wanting to appear too clumsy, I continued the conversation.

“Oh? It’s not that far from my house?”

“About three bus stops? It’s quick.”

“I’ll walk you home later.”

“Then could you just take me to the bus stop?”

“Of course. Ah, but what brought you around here?”

She sometimes made a strange face at my questions.

“Oh, it was nothing much. And for the past few days, I’ve just been coming to see you.”

“Ah, is that so?”

“Yeonhu, your lips are turning up, you know?”

“I just naturally have a smiling face.”

“Yeah~ I know that, but… is that all?”

“Sorry. I was honestly happy.”

The more we talked.

“You have two older brothers? I heard siblings fight a lot.”

“Well… we used to fight sometimes over games until about two years ago, but not anymore. I get along with my brothers pretty well usually.”

“I bicker with my brother sometimes too, but we don’t fight, so is it like that?”

“Maybe similar?”

“I should say hello sometime later.”

“…Oh, right.”

Heena’s feelings.

“The bus that goes straight there leaves from over there.”

“It’ll be here in about 10 minutes.”

“Yeah… Yeonhu, thank you for today.”

“No, I was the one who foolishly misunderstood, but I’m the one who’s grateful.”

“No, it’s not. I’m just, I’m grateful for everything. And I have a favor to ask…”

“A favor?”

“Can we take a picture? Together.”

“Isn’t that something I should be begging you to do on my knees??”

“Hehe, it’s a time sale! I’ll do it without you kneeling if it’s now!”

“Thank you, teacher…”

It was conveyed so directly.

I was the one who became embarrassed.

Especially when Heena stuck right next to me to take the picture, her scent, her breath, felt so close that if I turned my head, I could almost touch her.

I prayed that a stupid-looking face wouldn’t be captured in the photo.

-Click

“If we had more time, we could have taken so many more…”

“…Let’s take more together next time.”

“Yeah, we should! The number you gave me earlier… it’s up on KakaoTalk [a popular Korean messaging app] now. Should I send you the picture there?”

“Yeah.”

“It’s a shame there’s only one… the picture came out well.”

“Yeah. You’re a great, no, you take great pictures?”

“It’s because Yeonhu is handsome! I’m going to make this my profile picture.”

“That’s not… then me too.”

I should make it my profile picture too…

[Kim Suhwang: Hey Yeon, why aren’t you online yet? You live close enough to play a game and still have time left.]

[Jung Yunseong: LOL, turns out the Shincheonji thing was bullshit and he actually got a confession and is on a date right now?]

[Kim Jiyun: Cut off his head!]

[Lee Hyunwoo: Do you know why that bastard has four limbs? Because we can break them over four days.]

[Kim Suhwang: Everyone except the 10 PM study hall team is online, right? Only this bastard isn’t online, right? Got him, right?]

[Jung Yunseong: I want to say Hanyeon might have had his computer taken by his brother… but if his brother took his spot, there’s no way he wouldn’t be on his phone. But he’s not on his computer or his phone? My gut feeling is telling me something.]

[Shin Uihyun: Sigh… guys, let’s not suspect Yeonhu too much. There’s no way Yeonhu would do that to us without saying anything, right?]

[Kim Suhwang: ???: Heueung, Yeonhu… you don’t have to go home? You said you were going to play games with your friends..

Bastard: Tell those loser virgins to play by themselves, lol. I’m going to hang out with my girlfriend, hehe.]

[Jung Yunseong: Detective Kim Suhwang, wow. I’ll bet my honor instead of my grandfather’s.]

[Jung Yunseong: Oh? The number decreased. He saw it? Mr. Han Yeonhu, you saw the message? Why aren’t you coming? Is it real? You son of a bitch]

As soon as I turned on KakaoTalk on my phone and went into the chatroom I always frequented, that’s what I saw.

These damn sharp bastards. What am I going to do? It’s late, but I could just say I was late because I was taking a dump, but if I change my profile picture…

As I paused for a moment looking at my phone, Heena grabbed my sleeve and approached me slightly.

“Yeonhu, you’re going to make it your profile picture too, right…?”

“Ah, of course. I was just looking at my friends’ messages!”

Yeah, my girlfriend is this cute and pretty, so who cares about these bastards? I want to shout it out to the world and brag about it.

I set the picture with Heena as my profile picture, and even as my background, and immediately closed my phone.

I turned off the chatroom notifications.

I was scared.

“The bus is already here.”

“Next time, no, tomorrow I’ll go over there. It must have been hard coming all this way.”

“No way. Not at all! But if you have study hall, it’ll be too late.”

“You were coming late every day too…”

“No, no. That was before we were dating. You must be tired from studying, so let’s meet on Saturday, the day after tomorrow.”

“Um…”

If I said I just mess around and waste time during study hall instead of studying, it would make me look too bad to say I’m ditching to meet her, right?

“Then should we meet on Saturday?”

“Yeah! Ah, then I’ll go first. Thank you for walking me this far.”

“No problem. Get home safe~”

“Yeah~ You too, Yeonhu!”

—

Even thinking back, those moments were so surreal.

But if I turn on my phone.

The picture I took with Heena right next to me immediately catches my eye.

“Heuheueheuheuh”

Looking at it, I can’t control the rising joy, and strange laughter leaks out endlessly.

How can I bear this? This feeling of having the whole world.

I bet even if I won the lottery, I wouldn’t be happier than this. Who cares about winning the lottery?

This girl is my girlfriend!

-Ting

In the midst of that, I quickly turn on KakaoTalk at the sound of the notification.

I thought it would definitely be Heena and looked at the screen.

[Heena: Yeah, I just came out of the shower~]

[RollBaegGeimBangNoobs: WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS SON OF A BITCH!!! 300+]

Hope was above, despair was below. I can’t bring myself to open that.

It’s a room with less than ten people, but how did it pile up so much already? You’re like jealous beasts.

I’ll leave the minor things to tomorrow’s me and continue the conversation with Heena.

[Han Yeonhu: I just got out too, lol. What time do you usually go to sleep?]

[Heena: Around 12? I usually study for a bit at this time and then sleep~]

Wow. She’s diligent.

[Han Yeonhu: Wow… you seem like you’d be good at studying..]

[Heena: Um, a little?]

[Han Yeonhu: I should study hard too]

[Heena: Fighting! I’ll teach you how to study next time!]

[Han Yeonhu: Really? Wow… Heena teacher..]

[Heena: ^_^ ! Where should we go on Saturday?]

[Han Yeonhu: I don’t know… um..]

[Heena: We made plans so suddenly, so don’t force yourself to think too hard, how about we just wander around together?]

[Han Yeonhu: Sounds good to me!]

[Heena: Then let’s do that, hehe. How about around lunchtime, should we have lunch together outside?]

[Han Yeonhu: If it’s okay with you?]

[Heena: Then let’s meet early! Let’s think about 11 o’clock for now and talk about the exact time again tomorrow evening?]

[Han Yeonhu: Yes]

I realized while chatting that Heena was very proactive. She was leading the conversation without giving me any time to think or worry, so I wondered if she was the type to lead others.

It’s not that I don’t want to take the lead as a man, but honestly, I really liked that Heena was being so active.

Especially the part where I could clearly feel that she was interested in me.

I spent about an hour chatting with Heena like that. I was amazed by how Heena kept the conversation going without running out of topics.

[Heena: Then good night!]

[Han Yeonhu: You too, Heena~ (cat sleeping emoticon)]

[Heena: Hehe, cute~ (dog smiling emoticon)]

[Han Yeonhu: (cat dying from heart attack emoticon)]

Even after saying good night, we exchanged emoticons for about 10 more minutes before the chat ended, promising each other for tomorrow.

Is this, dating?

Is this a girlfriend?

I’m only finding out about this good stuff now?

I thought the expression that the world looks beautiful when you fall in love was something that only came out in cartoons, but I was wrong.

The world was beautiful.

Even with my eyes closed, thinking about chatting with Heena tomorrow, the corners of my lips were raised.

I think I can have a really happy dream today.

—-

The next day.

The happy morning that started with chatting with Heena again plummeted into hell after I arrived at school.

“Haha, welcome Yeonhu. We’ve prepared your seat here.”

“Um, teachers? Shouldn’t we have a civilized conversation—”

“Our Yeonhu, why don’t you stop the bullshit and come over here?”

Saying that, the demon who I thought was my friend pointed to a corner of the classroom floor.

…Covered in Legos.

Ah, damn it.

I should have barely made it to school just in time for the homeroom teacher to come.