My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 71

Following Heena, my steps felt heavy, as if I were wearing shackles.

How did this all start? Was it just a coincidence? Why was I stuck shopping with Heena… again?

I begged and pleaded for any other wish, but.

“Nope, I want *you* to pick it out for me.”

Her firm voice left no room for argument. With each step closer to our destination, my heart grew heavier.

Heena stopped, and I looked up to see the store we had arrived at.

“…”

A women’s lingerie store, one I’d passed by a few times, came into view. It looked like a place where men were forbidden, a sanctuary filled only with female customers.

My heart raced as we reached the entrance. This felt so wrong. On impulse, I grabbed Heena’s arm and kissed her, not caring who saw us.

She seemed surprised by my sudden action, but she responded naturally. After a brief kiss, I pulled away and said,

“I love you, Heena. Wanna go see a movie instead?”

“I love you too~ We can watch a movie later. Okay?”

“Can’t we go now?”

“No.”

Heena wasn’t easily swayed by a simple kiss anymore. She liked it, but not enough to change her mind.

I missed the easy Heena from before, the one who would give in with just a kiss.

In the end, I was dragged into the store by her hand. At that moment, I felt the eyes of every employee and customer on me.

I stuck close behind Heena, afraid of looking like a pervert if I fell behind. I felt like I was walking through a minefield.

Heena strolled leisurely to one side of the store, picking up a white bra and panty set along the way. She held it up for me to see. It was a familiar scene. Back then, it was a swimsuit that I couldn’t distinguish from underwear, but now it was real lingerie.

“How about this one?”

“Pretty. That looks good. Wanna buy that? I’ll buy it for you.”

I blurted out, trying to get it over with, but Heena wouldn’t let me off the hook.

“If you don’t look properly, I’ll stay here all day.”

How could someone be so cruel? I sighed and looked at the lingerie Heena was holding.

It wasn’t flashy like the other lingerie nearby, and the material looked incredibly soft, like silk.

I imagined Heena wearing it.

“Hmm…”

I tried to ignore the… issue arising in my lower half and spoke sincerely.

“It’ll look good on you. It’ll be pretty.”

“Really? Then this one too~”

She started looking at other lingerie, as if she was going to pick out several to try on in advance. I stood awkwardly beside her, looking around for something to focus on.

Everywhere I looked, there were only women.

But then, surprisingly, I saw another man standing there with the same awkward expression as me. He looked only two or three years older than me at most.

I looked at him with sympathy, and he glanced around before meeting my eyes. We stared at each other for a moment.

-Nod

Without a word, we nodded in mutual understanding. The store was quite large, so I didn’t realize there was another man besides me. It was comforting to know I wasn’t alone.

“Yeon-hoo! How about this one?”

While I was distracted, Heena stood in front of me with new lingerie. This time, it was a black set with lace and a light purple set similar to the white one from before.

Holding them up to her body one by one, she asked for my opinion.

“They both look good.”

“Not like that~ Which one do you like better?”

“Uh… the black one?”

“So you like this style? Got it!”

“But shouldn’t you buy what you like?”

I was happy that she was considering my taste, but she would be the one wearing it every day. It’s not like lingerie is something you show off.

Heena moved closer to me and whispered in my ear,

“I’m going to show it to *you*, so I should buy what you like.”

“……”

“You know there are 52 days left, right?”

With those words, my girlfriend walked away to look at other lingerie.

I covered my face with my hands, feeling the blood rushing to my head and lower body.

What kind of reaction was I supposed to have? It was getting harder to bear each day, and I was trying not to think about it.

I was also counting down the days until Heena’s birthday, the day when ‘wait until then’ would finally end.

But hearing Heena’s words made me see the lingerie she was choosing in a new light. I’ll get to see the lingerie she’s buying today, right? Heena wearing it?

I can’t help it. I’m going into serious mode.

As I gathered my resolve and approached Heena, I suddenly remembered the man I had made eye contact with earlier. I wondered if he had left, but he was still there.

However.

-Grind

I could almost hear the sound of his teeth grinding. He was glaring at me with such intensity that he could have killed me with his eyes. Or rather, at me *and* Heena.

I was overwhelmed by the completely different atmosphere. His eyes seemed to be filled with equal parts envy and murderous intent.

I couldn’t meet his eyes any longer and decided to focus on Heena. Why was he looking at me like that when he was here with his girlfriend?

And in that short time.

Heena came back with another piece of lingerie. It was a thin type that was see-through in the back, like a dress that went down to the thighs, with separate panties. And those panties were definitely see-through.

“Look at this~ You can see everything inside, right?”

“……”

“Do you like it?”

“No? I didn’t say anything?”

“Is that so~?”

I couldn’t take my eyes off the white dress, which looked incredibly sexy with its see-through interior. What do you call this type of see-through dress? A see-through slip? Whatever the name, it was a very desirable piece of lingerie.

I thought it was a design that older women would wear, but the one Heena was holding was very cute. Or, it *would* look cute. If Heena wore it.

Amused by my obvious staring, Heena giggled and asked me,

“Should I buy this too?”

“If… if you want to.”

“I told you not to say that. Tell me for sure.”

“…Buy it.”

“Okay! I’ll have to try this on next time~”

I was still paranoid about people watching us and embarrassed to be in this place.

But I was glad I came. I was going crazy.

Please, let 52 days pass quickly.

—

After browsing for almost an hour, we finally finished paying. Thankfully, I didn’t have to see her try anything on this time. There were fitting rooms inside the store, and since it was a lingerie store, other women would be trying things on, so it would have been awkward for me to be nearby.

Of course, I wanted to see it, but I also wanted to save the anticipation for later, and I thought I would get too excited if I saw it now.

We bought a black lace set and the white, sexy one we saw later, and then we went outside. The outside air felt liberating as it entered my lungs.

Finally, we escaped from there!

“Hehe, we did our Christmas shopping first.”

“So what? But it was pretty expensive.”

“Good things are a bit pricey. But there are also many cheap things.”

I was a little surprised because the price was higher than I expected. It was about the same price as when I buy clothes.

“I’ll buy you dinner.”

“Huh? I bought my lingerie?”

“That’s true, but you bought it for both of us.”

I made an indirect R-rated comment and scratched the back of my neck, feeling a little awkward. Heena looked surprised at first, but then she smiled and linked her arm with mine.

“Then, shall we go eat something delicious that Yeon-hoo is buying?”

“Want to eat pasta?”

After that.

We waited 30 minutes to eat pasta, but there was nowhere else to go, so we went to the movie theater. However, all the good movies were sold out, and it would have been a waste of time to watch just anything, so we left quickly.

We wandered around, realizing that it was impossible to do anything special on Christmas without a reservation. I thought we would find somewhere to go as we walked around.

But I wasn’t particularly disappointed. After all, Heena and I value being together. But it was hard to keep wandering around when even cafes were hard to get into, so we ended up buying a cake and going to Heena’s house.

“Should I give you some space?”

Heena’s mother, who was home alone, said that to us when we suddenly came home. We stopped her from going out.

I didn’t feel comfortable with her going out because of us, and I thought it would become an unbearable atmosphere if her mother left.

So the three of us ate cake and watched TV. We watched things like ‘Home Alone,’ which you have to watch on Christmas. I had seen it many times, but it was more fun to watch it with Heena.

Then, in the evening, Heena’s father, who had left for work in the morning, came home. So we had dinner together, the four of us.

This year, I had been studying with Heena, eating dinner here, and going home quite often. Thanks to that, it was very natural to eat with Heena’s parents now.

“You heard that we’re going next week, right?”

“Yes. Dad is really looking forward to it.”

“Ahem, yes. Like your brother said, you should find out how much you can drink before you go out drinking. We should have done that with Hee-sung too.”

Heena’s father seemed to be really looking forward to having a drink with Heena. He kept smiling and talking about it.

After dinner, we talked a little more and then prepared to leave. There was no need to stay any later just because it was Christmas, since we weren’t staying overnight. We see each other every day anyway.

Of course, Heena left one last word before we parted.

“Next year, we’re going to be together from Christmas Eve to the 26th, no matter what. Just the two of us. Got it?”

“Yes.”

That’s what she said.

Christmas was over, and the winter vacation ceremony was the day after tomorrow. And after that, it was the New Year.

Heena and I will be twenty years old.