Ep. 84
Without a word, I took the pillow Heena was holding. As I reached for it, she readily handed it over and sat on the bed. Feeling the unfamiliar yet fluffy texture of the pillow, which seemed newly bought, I gently sat next to her.
Come to think of it, I’ve been in and out of Heena’s house so much that I can even tell if a pillow is new or not. Maybe she brought it from another room when she moved. Anyway, it’s already been over a year and a half since we started dating.
The only relationship I’ve been able to witness from the beginning was Jung-hoo hyung’s [older brother or close male friend], and even then, I had no idea how they dated or how they treated each other when they were alone. None of my friends have brought up their dating stories yet either.
So, as I’m dating Heena, I don’t know if we’re doing it right, or if I’m just doing the things that other people do.
The internet says that most couples have gone all the way within three months of dating, but those are mostly relationships of people over twenty. Of course, it’s rare for people our age to not have gone all the way after almost two years, like me.
Of course, by being patient like this, I was able to give a good impression to Heena’s family, which led to our families becoming very close. I definitely think that’s a good thing.
Still, as a boyfriend, it wasn’t a good thing to make my girlfriend, whom I’ve been wanting so much, wait. At some point, I stopped touching her not out of conviction, but out of pride and stubbornness.
Even so, I’m so grateful to my girlfriend, who sometimes tempts me excessively but ultimately respects my will and doesn’t try to force me.
That’s why, although it might be a little late.
“Heena-ya.”
“Eung~?” [A cute, informal way of saying “Yes?”]
To my girlfriend, who still trails off her words and giggles.
“Let’s meet in front of the subway station on the 13th.”
“Huh?”
“At the place where we had our first date.”
I told her the definite schedule.
“Let’s make that date last until the 14th.”
A little shyness, a lot of gratitude, and overflowing anticipation.
“Are you okay with that?”
“… 응!” [A Korean expression of agreement, like “Yeah!”]
My heart was already pounding so hard it felt like it would burst, and I couldn’t help but be nervous about the date.
—
That day, I tried to put on a cool act when I said that, but honestly, I was a mess inside.
After finishing the conversation and coming out of the room, we all chatted together, and after eating dinner that the aunt made, my brother and I went back to our respective homes. The aunt decided to stay with us for a day or two to keep an eye on the house in case there were any problems.
After saying goodbye as usual and returning home, I immediately sat in front of the computer and couldn’t get up. I had been studying for that day by watching various videos and reading articles, but once I definitely said, even indirectly, ‘Let’s do it then!’ I felt so nervous I wanted to throw up.
Even though Heena usually leads a lot and shows a mature side, I wanted to lead her as a man so that my girlfriend wouldn’t feel uneasy when we did that kind of thing.
Honestly, I wanted to ask someone for advice, but how could I ask about something like this directly? I didn’t want to ask my friends either. In the first place, would any of my friends have the experience to give me proper advice?
I guess the internet is the only thing I can rely on.
[Title: (Advice) Anything to be careful about when doing it for the first time with my girlfriend?]
[Content: We’re both doing it for the first time, is there anything we should know?]
I went to a suitable community and posted a thread. Besides this, I had also learned from searching on Q&A sites and just browsing, but I was hoping to get some minor yet vivid advice.
As it was a fairly large community, comments quickly started pouring in.
[ㅇㅇ(19.53): If you touch here and there with your bare hands, you can get infected, so you have to wear a condom on your hands too. If you don’t, you’ll get an STD]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(293.14):꿀팁 ㄷㄷ;] [ㄴ: shorthand for “reply to”, 꿀팁: “honey tip” or great advice, ㄷㄷ: shorthand for “shivering” or impressed]
[ㅅㅅ는안해봤지만후다임: I don’t know, you bitch. I was going to have a nice game after dinner, but you post something like this, you bitch] [ㅅㅅ는안해봤지만후다임: “Haven’t done it but I’m a hater” – a sarcastic username]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(59.39): Why are you so triggered ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ: Korean equivalent of “hahahaha”]
ㄴ[설마(210.43): Are you perhaps…?] [설마: “Surely not” or “Could it be”]
ㄴ[ㅅㅅ는안해봤지만후다임: 21043 Where do you live?]
Most of them were pointless comments, but I expected that much. More than that, why is everyone so angry? It was a pure question.
Fortunately, there were one or two things I could salvage.
[ㅇㅇ(39.14): If it’s the woman’s first time, don’t just think about shaking your hips like a dog in heat, but relax her body and do it slowly. Even if you do that, it usually hurts. And there are cases where the man also feels a slight pain, but don’t worry about it unless something is torn.]
[45대마법사: Don’t watch weird stuff and think about doing some fucked up positions. Try that after you get used to it, just do missionary ㄱ] [45대마법사: “45-year-old wizard” – a self-deprecating term for a virgin, ㄱ: shorthand for “go ahead” or “do it”]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(210.43): But have you perhaps not been able to do it until you were 45? Are you perhaps giving advice after playing a dating sim?]
ㄴ[45대마법사: Shut up, you bitch]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(210.43): ㅇㅇㅋㅋ;;ㅈㅅㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [ㅇㅇ: “okay”, ㅋㅋ: shorthand for “hehe”, ㅈㅅ: shorthand for “sorry”, ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ: more laughter]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ (59.39): ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
ㄴ[45대마법사: You have been selected in the comment lottery. Send your address to receive your prize, you 개새끼] [개새끼: “son of a bitch”]
It was mostly stuff I already knew.
[ㅇㅇ(23.99): Talk a lot to ease the tension. If you do it while tense, your body won’t react well and it will hurt even more. And be sure to use lubricant. Finally, don’t believe the manga. I’ll say it twice because it’s important. Don’t believe the manga.]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(124.13): ㄳㄳ] [ㄳㄳ: shorthand for “thanks”]
ㄴ[ㅁㄹㅅㄱㄱㄴㅇㄷ: Can’t you block all these 기만자 and 기만자(진) bastards?] [ㅁㄹㅅㄱㄱㄴㅇㄷ: random keyboard smash, 기만자: “show-off” or “bragger”, 진: shorthand for “real” or “genuine”]
Still, it wasn’t bad to review it again. I guess that’s all I need to see in a place like this. And the advice to talk a lot was very good. Memo, memo.
In addition to the question thread, I searched for a few more hours for things I needed to prepare or be aware of. It was mostly similar content, but I couldn’t calm down unless I was looking at something like this. There were still several days left, but my chest felt like it would burst from anticipation and nervousness.
In my head, I kept thinking about Heena’s snow-white legs and neck that I had seen in the summer. Come to think of it, I had seen her stomach too. Her waist was very thin, and her navel was small and very cute.
Sigh, let’s not think about it. The more I think about it, the hotter my body gets. But if I’m staying out, I need to tell my parents, right? Ah, if I say I’m sleeping at Heena’s house, they’ll definitely know. It’s so embarrassing to say.
It’s not strange for couples to do that kind of thing, and in fact, my family seemed to be wondering if we still hadn’t done it.
-Drrr
While I was doing that, I saw my phone vibrate briefly and checked it, and Heena had sent me a KakaoTalk [Korean messaging app] message.
[Heena: Yeon-hoo-ya, maybe…]
[Han Yeon-hoo: Why?]
[Heena: Is it not okay to date until the 15th?]
[Han Yeon-hoo: (Cat drawing a heart with both arms emoticon)]
[Heena: ♡♡♡ You’re going to study this evening, right? Fighting! I love you~]
I was lost in thought again after seeing the KakaoTalk message from my girlfriend, who was seductive until the very end of the day.
Should I just tell my mom the day I’m coming back? I feel like I won’t be able to get out of there once I go in.
Seriously.
—
After that, a little time passed, and D-day was approaching.
I’ve only been to Heena’s house once since then. When we went on a date, I couldn’t enjoy it properly because I couldn’t stop thinking about that one thing. Honestly, Heena seemed to be out of it the whole time too. It felt like if I went into Heena’s place, I would just do it right away.
So, when we broke up that time, I suggested to Heena.
“Should we reduce our dates until the 13th? Let’s meet as usual after that day.”
Heena immediately made a crying face at my words, but she didn’t say no, perhaps because she knew that she had been distracted all day too.
“Ugh… I feel like I know why, so I can’t say no… But you have to text and call me every day. Got it?”
“I’ll keep doing it except for studying time. And video call before bed in the evening.”
“Okay… But kiss me now. All at once for the next few days!”
After breaking up with Heena like that, 3 days.
Finally, Heena’s birthday was tomorrow.
And at this moment, I was sitting in my room meditating. I had been studying on time until yesterday, but today I couldn’t focus on anything.
I was just simulating what would happen tomorrow hundreds of times. During the few days that I didn’t see Heena, I kept hearing from my whole family why I wasn’t dating.
My mom is in frequent contact with Heena, so she knows that we haven’t broken up, but we used to see each other at least once every other day, so they must have been wondering what was going on.
But it’s too absurd to say, ‘I get too horny when I meet her, so I decided to hold back until the 13th.’
But those days were over now. I wouldn’t be able to sleep easily tonight, but it was already past 10 PM, so it was time to go to bed, and when I woke up, it would finally be D-day. The time I was supposed to meet Heena was lunchtime, but I had to wake up early to prepare and check things one last time before leaving.
Before going to sleep, I went out to the living room and said to my mom, who was sitting on the sofa.
“Mom. I won’t be coming home for 2 or 3 days starting tomorrow.”
“Are you going somewhere to play?”
“I’m going on a date with Heena.”
“What kind of date is 3 days… ah.”
She was about to say something, but she stopped talking for a moment, perhaps realizing the reason.
“Okay, I understand.”
“Yeah.”
And then she just said she understood in a simple way. At times like this, I’m grateful for my mom’s cool and chic personality. My mom will take care of telling the other family members.
I finished reporting so that it wouldn’t be an unauthorized stay, and immediately went back to my room and lay down on the bed. I felt about 100 times more nervous than I did during our first date, which was now a distant memory.
Now it was really tomorrow.