episode_0013

-Quaaaang!

In an instant, the earth became tangled.

An enormous force rose from deep in the ground and tore up the asphalt.

The main character barely survived the earthquake by going into the car and fastening his belt.

After a while, there were no buildings left standing.

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And, we were happily watching the terrible scene while eating popcorn.

‘That’s fun.’

We were bickering with each other before we arrived, but once the movie started, we were immediately immersed in the screen.

A large cola with two straws was placed on the middle armrest, and popcorn was held by Jeong Ye-rin.

‘Let’s… start soon.’

Although the movie was interesting and I was immersed in it for a while, the main reason I came to the movie theater in the first place was not to watch the movie.

I aim for the moment when she is eating popcorn and put my hand in at the same time.

Wow, her slender fingers collided with mine inside the popcorn bucket.

“Mrs..”

She made a small sound.

“You only eat when I eat on purpose, right?”

“No. You are overly self-conscious.”

We whispered and talked.

“Hmm…”

She glanced at me for a while, then nervously took a few more bites of popcorn.

The purpose of today is to change her perception of me from ‘stressed problem child’ to ‘reasonable person’.

Even if it’s not to that extent, we need to get rid of the problem child image.

Is there a possibility of making a rational connection with someone who gives me a headache just thinking about it?

I have to constantly make myself conscious.

So that I cannot be completely immersed in the movie, so that I am constantly aware of my presence.

The paper cup containing the cola was heavier than expected and cumbersome to drink, so she lowered her head and sipped the cola.

Some time has passed since contact with popcorn.

After she turned to the movie again and took her mind off me, I started reaching for the Coke.

-Brother, stop it now! Oppa, it’s getting weirder!

The protagonist is losing his humanity, and his wife tries to hold him back.

The conflict was approaching its peak.

She did not take her eyes off the screen and concentrated on the movie in a very tense state.

Looking at the screen, she lowered her upper body and placed her mouth on the cola straw.

At the same time, I also drank coke.

Perhaps because she sensed that she was popular, she looked in my direction.

“Huh?!”

She is surprised and pulls her upper body back.

With a patter, the cola I was sipping came out of the straw and a few drops fell on the armrest and seat.

“Hey.”

“Oh, sorry.”

The woman sitting opposite me, next to Yerin Jeong, frowned.

“You crazy guy! Why are you suddenly showing my face!”

“What do you mean? I just drank cola. Why did you do that earlier?”

“Ugh.. I shouldn’t say anything.”

“Uh, wait.”

“What. Why.”

“There, coke…”

A drop of cola ran down the side of her lip, so she reached out and wiped it away.

I could see her lips tightening tightly due to the sudden action.

Seeing his nervous appearance, he smiled and gave Jeong Ye-eun the same smile he gave her.

“Well, what is it.”

In an instant, the screen brightened, and light shone on us.

Her expression was stark. She must have seen me clearly too.

“I buried it.”

“How are you going to do that?”

“This? No napkins… yum.”

He stuck out his tongue and slowly licked his finger.

“Mi, you crazy idiot..! Why are you licking that?”

She couldn’t shout out loud and reacted as violently as possible within a whisper.

“Because it gets sticky. There is nowhere to wipe.”

“Just on the chair – ”

“Wow.. We have to protect public morals, how can you do that?”

“Crazy guy… really crazy guy…”

“..It seems to taste better than the cola in the cup.”

“Hey.”

“Ahh..!”

She pinched my forearm.

“You’re kidding me.”

“I’m sorry. The reaction was so funny… Argh! Sorry!”

“Don’t be picky.”

“Yes.”

I gave a somewhat exaggerated reaction on purpose.

Even though she couldn’t make any big movements or voice, there was a small smile on her mouth as she turned her head to the screen.

This is enough.

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After leaving the movie theater.

“Please go to the bathroom for a moment.”

“Uh. I’ll be here.”

Choi Do-hyun was away.

Yerin Jeong recalled what happened inside the theater.

‘Crazy guy…’

The few times my fingers touched the popcorn, I didn’t think much of it.

That’s something that can happen.

It was because of the coke incident that she began to become seriously agitated.

I was immersed in a movie, drinking coke, and when I looked away for a moment, I saw his face nearby.

From then on, my heart started pounding in surprise.

It was definitely not a feeling of excitement.

But then.

When he wiped the coke off my chin with his finger.

The problem was then.

-There, Coke… they buried it.

A soft smile with an easy-to-listen bass tone.

At that moment, the screen brightened up, and I could see him clearly.

The next moment.

When I slowly lick the cola off my face.

The way he sticks his tongue out and licks his finger with that needlessly handsome face is like… something.

They call it ‘Incubus’.

It was so fascinating that it reminded me of such a being.

In an instant, I felt my face heating up.

No matter how rationally I try to control myself, that face is a foul.

Regardless of the existence of a lover, is there anyone who wouldn’t react that way to the behavior of a member of the opposite sex with a certain level of appearance?

‘Let’s calm down…’

She opened her phone and started looking at the photos she had taken with Kim Haram.

Each time a memory came to mind, my mind gradually became more stable.

And Choi Do-hyun was looking at the photos over his shoulder.

“Senior.”

“Uh, huh? Are you here?”

“Take a picture.”

“Me? why? Why am I taking a picture with you?”

“To commemorate the visit. Quickly.”

“I don’t like it. It’s a waste of capacity.”

“Instead, I will part ways neatly here today.”

“…Call.”

“Then, try turning on the camera in selfie mode.”

She opened the app.

Choi Do-hyeon recalled the composition of the photos he had seen earlier.

By taking photos with a similar composition to Kim Ha-ram, I make Jeong Ye-rin compare me with her when she looks at her cell phone photo album.

Also, by leaving a photo on her phone, she will remember this day vividly in the future.

Each photo contains the weather, experiences, and emotions of that day.

“character.”

“Yes, look at the camera.”

And, the posture he chose was a V-shape with his fingers at the shoulders.

The composition refers to a photo of Kim Ha-ram wrapping his arms around Jeong Ye-rin’s shoulders and making a V-shape.

Choi Do-hyun’s bright smile was captured in the photo, as was Jeong Ye-rin’s frowning expression.

“Smile a little.”

“How can you smile when you are touching me? I took a picture, so let’s go now.”

“Yes. Don’t delete that? I’ll check it later.”

“The prosecutor, what… go, quickly.”

“Okay. Oh, before I go. Please give me your number.”

“What?”

She figured it out and frowned.

I was seriously considering rejecting this request.

“You’re my brother’s friend. If something happens to Ye-eun, you have to contact your senior.”

“That’s right..”

And Choi Do-hyun came up with a clever excuse that couldn’t be rejected.

“I’ll go, then!”

After exchanging numbers, he kept smiling until the end, waved at her, and walked away.

“Why does it seem like I get caught up like this when I’m with him…”

She sighed and headed home.

Still, I felt significantly better than when I was nervous at the thought of watching a movie alone.

She surprised herself by that fact.

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That evening.

She got a call from her boyfriend.

“Hello? Haram?”

-Yes, Yerin. I’m sorry for suddenly throwing you off yesterday. By any chance, is there any time tomorrow? I’ll buy it all.

“Ah, it’s okay. No need to be sorry! I’ll see you tomorrow.”

-okay. See you tomorrow. What did you do today?

“Huh? Well, I just… played with my friends.”

-I’m glad. I was worried about being home alone.

“Haha… It’s not like that. Haram, are you finished with your work?”

-huh. I finished it by today, and now it’s really over.

“Thank goodness! Did anything fun happen?”

-Oh, I was ordering earlier, but Taeyoung-

After talking on the phone for a while.

She fell on the bed and looked at the photos she had taken with her lover.

I’ve seen it during the day, but I never get tired of watching it.

This is a photo I took when we went to the zoo together.

This is a photo taken at an amusement park.

‘Ah, this was fun…’

The more recent it was, the more vivid the memories became.

And when I turned the next page, I saw a man with blonde hair.

‘I took a picture earlier….’

She recalled today.

I smiled and laughed without even realizing it.

I remembered him getting his forearm pinched in the movie theater.

It was interesting to see him fidgeting and not being able to make loud noises.

‘Yeah, it was fun though.’

Haram was relatively a bit… hard.

Then, after hanging out with this guy, I felt a new feeling.

But, that’s just it.

But that didn’t mean the person she liked changed.

She was still happy remembering Kim Ha-ram’s face.

She looked at the diary for a moment.

‘no.’

It made me laugh and it was fun… but I don’t think it’s worth writing about in a diary.

Above all, I didn’t want to write a story about a man other than Ha-ram.

She wandered around for a while looking at the photo she took with Kim Haram, then fell asleep.