episode_0079

Not long after Cha Ha-neul entered the room, Yumina got up from her prone position.

“I made a space for the two of you to become friends, but my girl couldn’t stand it and ran away.”

Laplace chuckled.

“Why do you do such useless things?”

“It’s useless, we live in the same house so it shouldn’t be awkward for each other.”

Cha Ha-neul acts in a free-spirited manner, so it’s hard to tell, but it’s obvious because she’s not good at interpersonal relationships.

“Even if we don’t do that, if we are going to become friends, we will become friends. If not, then I don’t have to worry about it.”

“So, that mindset itself is wrong. If you’re already in the same space, it’s better to be friendly.”

“That’s a really, really good idea. I heard your wishes. I don’t want to be that close to someone I don’t get along with, though.”

“What’s up with our lady?”

Laplace looked at Yumina, rubbing the cookie powder on his fingers. The expression on his face asked if he really needed to answer that.

Yumina wanted to refute that expression, but it was difficult on her conscience.

“Still… it’s cute.”

It was a small rebuttal, but Laplace agreed, even if it was in a harsh voice.

“Well, you have an amazing appearance. You have a lot of money. You’re the perfect ideal type for a snob, right? That’s amazing.”

Those words pierced Yumina’s heart, so she just drank the juice in silence. Then I found the coffee cup that Cha Ha-neul had left behind. The presence of coffee cups gave me a strong determination that someone else would take care of cleaning them up.

Yumina took the glass and placed it on the kitchen sink. If I left it in the sink, the person on duty today would take care of cleaning it up.

So, Cha Ha-neul is on duty today… … ?

After thinking about this, Yumina couldn’t stop her eyes from falling on the coffee cup left on the sink. For some reason, I had a reasonable suspicion that it would be left unattended until tomorrow morning.

When I glanced at the time, it was almost 9 o’clock. It wasn’t time for Cha Ha-neul to sleep yet, but it wasn’t the time to come out to the kitchen to wash the dishes either. Even if our dear lady came out to the kitchen to have another cup of coffee, I didn’t think she would bother to wash the dishes.

Even if you happen to see a sink, you won’t think anything of it.

Wow, there are dishes to wash, right? Then tomorrow, the person on duty will take care of it, right?

With this feeling.

Yumina blew away her expectations for today’s shift and turned on the water. There is no need to use a dishwasher. I quickly finished washing the dishes and dried my hands on a dry towel. I had a strong feeling that this would be like this every week as I was taking care of the girl.

Thinking that I had somehow made a mistake in calculating profit and loss, I returned to the living room and found Do Yoo-geon talking with Laplace. Seeing Cha Ha-neul entering the room and then coming out to the living room, it seemed clear that he was avoiding Cha Ha-neul.

I have a lot of female friends, so I’m sure I’ve been the subject of a lot of pranks, but it was really unbalanced to do that all at once with a kiss. There are many kids who like it because it has an innocent taste.

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m thinking about why I like the evil man in the room over there.”

“He’s not that evil.”

Do Yu-geon quietly refuted Laplace’s explanation. Seeing as he never said no, it seemed like he himself had complicated feelings.

“Okay. Let’s say that. So what’s the good thing about it?”

“Just wait, I’m thinking.”

Do Yu-geon stared at the table, lost in thought.

“Isn’t it already over by the time you think about it?”

Laplace pointed at Do Yoo-geon with a chocolate chip cookie.

“I fell in love with you when I saw your face. Now, stop confessing, you lookist.”

Do Yu-geon crossed his arms and glared at the ceiling, looking like he was dying to refute.

“Stop thinking, stop!”

Yumina, who had been listening quietly, thought it wouldn’t work so she stepped forward. When Yumina tangled Do Yu-geon’s hair, Do Yu-geon got scared and ran away.

“This kind of thinking is not good! Love is not a collection of pros and cons, but a cry of emotions. This is good, that is bad, and if you worry about it, it’s not love!”

When I stood up and spoke, Laplace looked at me with a sour look.

“Anyway, I think it’s true that I fell in love with you when I saw your face.”

“So you shouldn’t think about it that way!”

Laplace muttered, ignoring Yumina’s cries.

“Whatever you do, your face is the most important. If you progress further, you will eventually have sex.”

The cushion flew and hit Laplace. Yumina grabbed the cushion with a gaping face and slammed Laplace down.

“Why did that come out there…!”

“What did I do!”

The situation turned into a pillow fight as Laplace, who had been hit several times, attempted to counterattack with another cushion.

Do Yu-geon didn’t bother to intervene, but just watched and laughed happily. I didn’t say it because I was embarrassed, but when I thought about what I liked about him, the first thing that came to mind wasn’t his appearance. Although Cha Ha-neul’s appearance was lovely, the first thing that came to mind was her voice.

A voice that continues from the beginning of my childhood memories. The knowledge that voice contained. information. Intelligence. Discipline. system. What I could feel from the teachings that clearly made me feel like I was treating a subordinate was only a fragment, but I was able to realize one thing.

different.

It’s different in everything.

It was a vertical difference that went beyond the horizontal difference.

That’s why it was strange.

How can we live in the same time and have such a gap? How can you become good at something you have no experience with? How can you live as if you have reached your destination from the beginning? How can you be so sure of yourself? How did you create such strong values?

how.

how… … .

Can you become an adult?

tell me how

Cha Ha-neul is unrealistic.

I cannot tell whether this feeling that has been building up since childhood is love or admiration. Maybe it’s both, maybe it’s neither. But what does that matter?

Ultimately, this feeling is directed towards Cha Ha-neul.

As Cha Ha-neul once said, the important thing is direction.

Is the direction we are going in right now?

Of course.

* * *

I woke up feeling the warm texture of a soft blanket. When I checked my smartphone by my bedside, it was before 6 a.m. I turned off the alarm before it even went off and pulled the blanket up to my neck again.

This moment in my life is the happiest. The moment when you wake up before the set alarm, have plenty of time, but are not tired, so there is no need to fall asleep. At this moment, all I can do is pass the night and pass the time in a blanket that has been warmed to match my body temperature.

This is why I can’t give up a regular life. As you repeat systematized rules, a leisurely moment comes. The time when you don’t have to do anything inevitably comes without any planning amidst the breathtaking schedule and repetition. It was a moment when I realized my growth. A brief moment to realize that you have been overwhelmed by your tight life and enjoy the time when you don’t have to do anything. In the end, it was just a sweet dream that would disappear if I rescheduled it more tightly, but for that brief moment, it was the reward of life.

Well, that’s how it was in my past life, and I don’t have anything to do now, it just happened quickly, but that’s why it’s good. I rolled around in bed for no reason. One leg escaped the blanket and came into contact with the relatively cool air. ah. It’s nice because it’s cool.

After wasting some time and rolling around, I took a shower.

It’s true that I had to go quickly as a freshman representative for the entrance ceremony, but there was no need to go this quickly. But first of all, it’s my first day at school. As a model student, I have to set an example.

I searched the kitchen to get a quick meal, but there was nothing to eat. To be exact, there were a lot of ingredients, but nothing was cooked.

Who is on duty for dinner today? It’s Yumina. I didn’t prepare the meal.

Yumina opened the room and entered.

I don’t know when it was put there, but wine was displayed on one side of the wall. I’m obviously a high school student now, but is it okay for me to proudly display alcohol like this? What is it? Wine is not alcohol, it is grape juice. Even during the Prohibition era, wine was somehow excluded.

But even if it wasn’t an expensive wine, I would have spent some money to buy it like this, and I wonder where the money came from. peculation? You look confident.

Yumina, who was wearing sheep pajamas, was shaken. Yumina eh? He opened his eyes and said strange words. I guess I was less able to sleep because I lost focus.

As I was waiting, Yumina asked in a quiet voice.

“……what time is it?”

“Give me food.”

Yumina blinked dazedly and fumbled with the bed with one hand. After struggling a few times, I found my smartphone and looked at the time. Then I closed my eyes, opened them, and looked at the time again.

“Six-thirty…?”

“Probably so.”

“why……?”

“Because it’s six thirty.”

The reason it is 6:30 now is because it is 6:30 now.

Yumina put down her smartphone and lay still. I shook him awake.

“Give me food. You set the meal times, but what if you don’t do it?”

Yumina, who held on for a moment, slowly got up when she was shaken roughly.

“Sir on duty, have you decided on the breakfast menu?”

“……Tomato pasta.”

“Are you satisfied with your breakfast?”

“It’s a growing season.”

Yumina was unbuttoning her pajamas as if she was about to change, but she stopped and looked at her.

“……I have to cook the pasta, so could you add some water in advance?”

“Of course.”

I left the room and went to the kitchen. I let the water boil and headed to the living room. I sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV. Originally, I didn’t have a TV at home, but now that I have one, it feels new. After killing time by flipping through the channels, I thought it was almost over so I headed to the kitchen.

At that moment, Yumina was serving pasta. I think the noodles are all cooked. Is it tomato pasta? But are there tomatoes in the refrigerator?

Yumina opened the lid of the pasta tomato sauce and poured it over the noodles.

“Now, eat.”

Pasta was on the table. For some reason, it wasn’t the pasta I wanted.

As I sat down, Yumina sat in front of me, holding a glass of wine. I guess I’m not planning on eating and just drinking wine. The wine was overflowing in the wine glass.

When I looked through the tomato pasta, there was no substance. How much sauce is there and there are no ingredients? Is it always like this?

“Somehow the visuals are different from what I thought.”

Yumina shook her wine glass without even looking in this direction and muttered softly.

“There are many things I wish for….”

I must have woken up a bit.