My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 98

Ep. 97

How did this happen? I slowly replayed the morning in my mind.

Hee-na had her first day of classes today, but she came home earlier than expected since it was just an introductory day.

And as she’s been doing lately, she hugged me tightly as soon as she got home, and we spent time together. I patted her back as she snuggled against me while I surfed the web, looking up tips for cafe part-timers.

Then, when it was time, I went to work. As soon as I arrived at the cafe, greeted the manager and Jia, and changed into my uniform, I saw her.

Hee-na, who had smiled and seen me off earlier, was sitting in a spot with a clear view of the bar, staring intently in my direction.

From then on, even though I constantly felt Hee-na’s obvious gaze, Jia laughed, telling me not to worry about it. As her boyfriend, I felt a little bad for her consideration.

“Shall we continue then?”

“Yes, please.”

“You received a paper with basic greetings and recipes from the manager earlier, right? Since I won’t be teaching you how to make coffee right away, focus on memorizing the cleaning duties, ades [fruit-flavored sparkling drinks], and smoothies first.”

She told me what I needed to do first in a gentle voice. It seemed like she was planning to have me focus on tidying up the hall and taking orders rather than making drinks, at least at first.

Fortunately, nothing seemed too difficult, and honestly, even the busiest peak time wouldn’t be as hectic as Yunseong’s snack bar, right?

Who knew that my experience of slaving away there would be so helpful? You never know what might happen.

More than anything, Jia taught me well. Starting with explaining cafe terms that might be hard to understand at first, she explained things step by step, beginning with tasks simple enough for me to start right away.

“Then, should I go out frequently whenever customers leave?”

“If it’s not too busy. Prioritize cleaning up the seats where customers have left, and check if the service bar supplies and trash bags are full as you come back.”

What’s also amazing is that even though her voice isn’t loud, her pronunciation is clear, so what she says is easy to understand. Her tone itself is calm and soft, making it a voice I wanted to keep listening to. Of course, Hee-na was still my number one voice I wanted to hear for the rest of my life.

The manager didn’t come out of the office, probably because he had other things to do, so I was getting one-on-one dedicated training from Jia like this.

I heard that this lineup is pretty much fixed during my work hours, which is a little disappointing, but on the other hand, it feels comforting.

I wanted to meet and talk to other people too, but I’m glad that the person I’ll be seeing most often is kind.

While I was learning the job smoothly.

“Can I get a refill?”

“Yes, please wait a moment.”

Hee-na hands Jia an empty coffee cup, asking for a refill. As soon as she receives the cup, Jia starts making a new shot from the coffee machine. Since there’s nothing I can do to help with coffee yet, I can only watch and try to remember how to do it.

Hee-na didn’t talk to me directly, probably because I was working. She was just looking at me with a smile.

I feel like she doesn’t look genuinely happy, but I must be mistaken, right?

“Americano is ready. Enjoy your drink.”

“Thank you.”

Hee-na, who received the refilled coffee, went back to her seat.

“……”

She was still looking this way, without blinking an eye.

“You said you’ve been dating for about two years?”

“Ah, yes.”

With Hee-na’s intense gaze continuing, Jia stopped the training for a moment and started chatting with me.

“You two seem to have a good relationship; it’s nice to see.”

“Thank you for seeing it that way… I’m sorry, I feel like I’m causing a bit of a nuisance.”

“No, not at all. It’s not like you’re interrupting the training.”

Seeing Jia’s smiling face, I felt a sense of comfort. Is it because she’s the type of older sister I’ve never had around me before? I feel like I would have treated her really well if she were my real sister.

“Jia… ah, can I call you ‘noona’ [Korean term for older sister]? It’s too awkward… and you can drop the formalities if you’re comfortable with it.”

“You can call me that. Um, then can I speak casually?”

“Yes! I’d feel more comfortable if you did. How long have you been working, Noona?”

“About a year and a half? Actually, I didn’t really want to, but because of Chae-ah.”

“Did she persuade you to do it together?”

“Yeah. It just so happened that they were looking for two people at the same time, and she said she was scared to do it alone.”

Since the time it takes to become comfortable with someone varies from person to person, there are cases where it’s difficult to treat them comfortably until you’ve spent a lot of time together. Fortunately, Jia Noona didn’t seem to have much aversion to this, even though this was only our second meeting.

So, starting with that, I was able to have more comfortable conversations during the training. It was just about trivial personal matters.

Of course, that didn’t mean I was doing the training carelessly. Just listening to the explanations could be boring and not stick in my head, so she also allowed me to move around and practice myself whenever I had time.

“Do you want to make an ade? Ade types are super simple, so you can easily make them even now.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. First, put a little base in the glass, then pour carbonated water on top and add syrup twice, and 90% of it is done. The rest is just decoration?”

“That’s it?”

“Surprised?”

“It feels a little wrong to get this much money for this…”

“You’d be even more surprised if you heard the cost of coffee beans. There’s a reason why cafes are called water businesses [meaning they have high profit margins]. Of course, we pay more attention when drinks go out, so the pictures can be taken beautifully.”

In that way, I also made and drank drinks myself and occasionally heard interesting stories related to the cafe. Listening to that, I realized why the manager called Jia Noona an ace. Watching from the side, she was so good at both cafe work and teaching someone.

I was so engrossed in the cafe work that I didn’t even realize how quickly the time was passing, and 5 hours flew by. Originally, I was supposed to go out for a 30-minute meal in the middle, but when I was about to go eat, suddenly there were many visitors. Because of that, I missed the timing to go.

So, I helped with tidying up this and that, and the time was ambiguous, so I agreed to leave 30 minutes early.

Thanks to that, my first day of work ended earlier than expected. When I changed my clothes and came out, I saw the manager standing at the bar with Jia Noona.

“Ah, Yeon-hu! How is it? Is it manageable?”

“Yes. It’s more fun than I thought.”

“That’s a relief~ Jia said that you’re learning so well. Are you thinking of becoming a full-time employee later?”

“I’d be grateful if you accepted me. Noona, thank you for your hard work teaching me!”

“No, it’s okay. It was easy for me because you learned so quickly.”

“Well, sometimes it’s annoying to train kids who are lazy, right?”

As we chatted lightly and slowly walked towards the hall, Hee-na came near me and put her arm around mine. And she smiled and bowed to the manager and Noona.

“Hello.”

“Oh, now that I think about it, Hee-na, you’ve been here all the time? Yeon-hu is loved a lot~”

“Hee-na was waiting since Yeon-hu came to work… You two should go in. It’s getting late.”

“Yes, then I’ll go first. See you tomorrow, Noona!”

“Yeah, go in safely.”

“You have to come tomorrow!”

Actually, I wanted to talk more, but I could feel Hee-na subtly pulling me. So, I gave up my regrets, said goodbye neatly, and left the cafe.

Today’s part-time job might be successful. Cafe work is more fun than I thought, and Jia Noona’s cafe education was excellent.

However, while I was happy about that, I was a little worried about Hee-na, who had been sitting in her seat for 5 hours waiting for me. It would be one thing if she was doing something, but it seemed like she was really just looking at me.

So, as I was heading home, I spoke to her with concern.

“You should have gone home first. Was it hard waiting?”

“It wasn’t hard at all. But Yeon-hu.”

“Why?”

Suddenly stopping, Hee-na stood in front of me, wearing a very sulky face. I was taken aback by her clear emotions that were unexpectedly revealed.

“You were talking to that unnie [another Korean term for older sister, used by females] so happily?”

“…Huh?”

“You smiled brightly at everything she said…”

“Well, I can’t frown…”

“You smiled so kindly!”

I don’t think I smiled with that much detailed emotion.

But Hee-na’s complaints didn’t end there; it was just the beginning.

“You two were even holding hands; it was so lovey-dovey? Huh?”

“No, when did I hold hands?”

“When you were making some kind of drink! She was just holding on tight!”

“Ah, when I was making the ade? She just held it for a second because I was about to pour the base all at once…”

“Why did you two get so close! It’s your first day of work today!”

“Noona is too kind…”

“That’s right! You’re already calling her Noona! And that unnie is talking to you like she’s close to you!”

I didn’t know how to react to Hee-na’s resentful shouting. I never imagined that Hee-na would be so jealous over something like this.

But when I think about it, except for Yoon-jeong Noona, this is the first time I’m showing Hee-na a scene where I’m interacting with another girl like this.

Excluding my family, the only girls I know are a few middle school classmates, but I never get to meet them separately.

But even considering that, it felt like the standard of jealousy had dropped lower than usual.

“She’s someone I’ll be seeing while working together, so I did that because it would be hard for me if I treated her uncomfortably. You know how I feel, right?”

“I don’t know!”

“If you don’t know, I can’t help it…”

I wanted her to understand. Too bad.

As if pouring out her emotions wasn’t enough, she eventually urged me to change my part-time job.

“I guess that part-time job won’t work. Yeon-hu, can’t you find another part-time job?”

“Calm down. You know I can’t quit like that, right? Hee-seong hyung [Korean term for older brother] would be in trouble too.”

“But!”

“Wait, wait a minute. Hee-na.”

It seemed like a rational conversation wouldn’t work, so I calmed Hee-na down and put my hands on her cheeks. And bending down slightly, I matched my eye level with Hee-na and slowly started talking.

“Why are you so angry, unlike you? Can you tell me what’s making you do this? I’ll be careful.”

“……”

“Huh? Won’t you tell me?”

While speaking softly, I lightly kissed her eyes. Then, as if that wasn’t the place, she slightly pouted her lips, so I lightly overlapped my lips there too.

-Chu

Her reaction seemed ready to listen to the story, so I continued to speak in a persuasive tone.

“You know I don’t have any feelings for that Noona, right?”

“….I know.”

“Can you tell me why you’re suddenly like this? You said it was okay before.”

“……”

To my series of questions, Hee-na hesitated for a moment and then slowly began to speak.

“Last time… you remember Lia, right?”

“Huh? Ah, that friend from the orientation?”

It was only a few days ago, so I remembered. To the extent that she was a friend who became close with Hee-na.

“She… even just a short video call made her fall for you…”

“Wait, that was a joke; she didn’t really fall for me.”

“No! She’s only joking like that because there’s something she likes about you, even a little bit! If she doesn’t like you, she won’t even say that!”

Is that so? I don’t know girls’ psychology well. But no matter how I think about it, it seems like Hee-na is overreacting.

“Still, she probably doesn’t like me enough to confess to me.”

“That’s true, but it’s a problem because you’re too cool! The number of girls who are trying to get close to you is about to increase!”

“You’re the only one who says that…”

“No! Look at that unnie just now! If I wasn’t there, she would have pretended to be even closer!”

“No… it’s just that if I quit, it’s annoying to find a new part-timer and teach them again, so she’s treating me well. I don’t think she has those feelings.”

This was a thought with some basis. Thinking back to Yunseong, who used to cry because the part-timers kept quitting. If they quit after I worked hard to teach them, I wanted to find them and kill them.

But rational stories didn’t work for Hee-na now.

“You don’t know that! It turns out she might already be thinking that way! She fell in love at first sight, and because you smiled kindly at her words, she thought, ‘Oh, does he have a little bit of a crush on me too?’ and she might be subtly approaching you! She touches you while pretending to help you when you’re having a hard time making drinks, and if a strange customer comes and you’re having a hard time, she comforts you from the side! Then you have a drink together! And if you get drunk, she takes you to a hotel or something to help you…!”

Her fantasy story flowed out like a clear stream. It was amazing that she could come up with something like that. I was briefly impressed by the surprisingly plausible story, but I had to brace myself again because it seemed like an irrational conversation was about to start again.

I guess this won’t work. If Logos [logical appeal] doesn’t work, all that’s left is Eros [appeal to emotion/desire].

I immediately lowered my hands that were holding her cheeks and lightly placed them near Hee-na’s butt. And pulling her towards me, I opened my mouth.

My lower body was fully charged since I kissed Hee-na earlier, so I was fully prepared.

“Hee-na, why don’t we talk about the rest at home? I want to do it now.”

As I blatantly turned the conversation and appealed to that, Hee-na flinched for a moment and blushed slightly. Even so, Hee-na also began to gently stroke my thigh.

“…Is it hard to hold back?”

“Yeah. I want to do it here so badly.”

“T, then I can’t help it… Let’s talk again later. Let’s go quickly.”

Fortunately, Eros definitely worked for Hee-na. I breathed a sigh of relief inside and went home with her.

I couldn’t completely understand Hee-na’s jealousy, but I couldn’t quit my part-time job now, let alone before starting the job. I felt sorry for Hee-seong hyung who introduced me, and my sense of responsibility wouldn’t allow it.

In the end, since there was no answer other than Hee-na understanding, all I could do was express my feelings in this way.

When I arrived home, as soon as I closed the door, I grabbed Hee-na and started kissing her with my tongue in.

“Haa…”

“Slurp, slurp─”

After exchanging such intense kisses for a while, we roughly threw off our clothes one by one and headed to the bathroom together.