episode_0009

I don’t know what excuse I should make.

In this situation, I couldn’t say much.

“Tell me, who were you with?”

I don’t know how to respond to my forceful older sister.

Honestly, I’m angry.

What does it matter who I’m with?

That sister, she was also at a cafe with some guy I didn’t know, smiling away.

I could say something too, but that wouldn’t solve anything.

Even if I get mad and speak up, she’ll just keep saying it’s my fault.

It’s been like this since we started dating.

“What does it matter? I was just eating alone.”

“Then why do you have both a spoon and chopsticks?”

“I was just feeling down. Hasn’t there been a time when you’ve properly eaten with me? Every time I suggest eating together, you just get mad.”

For the first time, I spoke out in frustration to my sister.

Looking flustered, she said it was unavoidable, and asked if I hadn’t made the food weird.

I never made it weird.

I even got mad once when we ordered delivery food, saying it lacked sincerity.

From the start, it’s just gossiping about professors and treating me like an emotional trash can.

I just… wanted it all to end.

Despite wanting to admit my mistakes and become the perfect boyfriend for her, I always held back, saying I would do better.

“Fine. And one last warning. Don’t meet that girl.”

Saying that, Seong-ah angrily started to leave the entrance.

“Sigh… Fine. Since you understand, let’s talk tomorrow for now.”

Saying that, I ushered Seong-ah out.

My head is pounding now.

Seeing Seong-ah leave through the front door, I opened the bathroom door again.

“She’s gone?”

Jiwon asked sneakily, coming out of the room and inquiring if she had left.

“Yeah… she’s gone.”

Now seemingly relieved, Jiwon sat back on the floor, deep in thought.

My head is killing me, but what on earth is she thinking about?

“Jihoo, I have a question.”

Looking at me, Jiwon said she had a question and then asked me.

“Why are you meeting that girl?”

I don’t know what to say to Jiwon’s question.

Because she’s pretty? That’s true.

Seong-ah often hears compliments about her looks.

She’s so beautiful.

“Why are you really meeting her? She’s pretty and has a great figure.”

“I… I don’t know either.”

I really don’t know why I’m meeting her.

There are so many better guys out there than me.

If it’s about personality compatibility…

There are so many people with better personalities than mine.

So why is she meeting me?

“Maybe you just needed an emotional trash can?”

Thinking deeply about Jiwon’s words, it seems plausible.

Every time we meet, it’s gossip about professors or just talking about bad things that happened that day.

“If you’re going to rant, just use Twitter.”

Saying that, Jiwon began gossiping about Seong-ah to me.

Unlike Seong-ah, who speaks out of anger, Jiwon’s gossip is for my sake.

That’s why, even though I can’t say anything, we might have to break up now.

It hurts somehow.

When I was with Seong-ah, it was always tough, and I had to understand those emotions.

But talking to Jiwon doesn’t make me feel bad; instead, I find our honest conversations nice.

I just hope Jiwon doesn’t go anywhere.

“Hey, Kim Jiwon. You still have nowhere to go, right?”

At my words, Jiwon nodded.

I don’t know how things turned out like this.

Should I keep listening to my sister’s warnings?

Is this her final warning… I don’t know.

“Hey, Kim Jiwon. Let’s just live together in our house.”

It was a house they had planned to live in together anyway.

Even if it wasn’t Seonga-noona anymore, they could just live with Jiwon.

In my mind, he’s not a girl. He’s a guy.

Thinking that way, I told Jiwon to live together in the house.

“Really?! Then thank you!”

Jiwon seemed happy and started laughing.

I don’t know. It’ll work out somehow.

With that thought in mind, they decided to start living together with Jiwon.

**

After clearing the table, Jiwon said he would do the dishes, gathered the plates, and started washing them.

Fortunately, he seemed good at cleaning.

I was thinking that doing the dishes meant breaking dishes.

But without breaking any dishes, Jiwon finished washing up and I saw him drying his hands.

“You sleep in the next room.”

I promptly chased him into the adjacent room.

“Is it okay if I use the computer in there?”

Jiwon asked if it was okay to use the computer.

I said it was fine but not to visit any strange websites.

Jiwon acknowledged and took the blanket and pillow, heading to the next room.

Now, I can just go to sleep like this.

It’s Sunday tomorrow, so what should I do now? I thought as I looked at my smartphone.

In these few days, it seemed like a lot had happened.

Jiwon, who used to be a guy, suddenly contacted me after becoming a girl.

But even after becoming a girl, it didn’t seem like much had changed.

Just… he grew breasts? Big ones, too.

While one might think his gender had changed, his thoughts and actions were still the same Jiwon I knew.

So maybe it was comfortable talking to him as Jiwon when conversing with a girl…

“Jihoo!!!”

“Ah, damn it!”

Jiwon slammed the door and started opening it.

I was startled, and curses slipped out unintentionally.

“What the hell is this, you bastard!!”

Jiwon also cursed as he entered.

Upon observing, I noticed he was holding a graduation album in his hand.

“Hey… where did you find that?”

“I was trying to get another blanket from the closet, and I found it. Let’s look at it, Mom.”

“Why are you calling me Mom!! Stop it, you crazy person!!”

The middle school argument about looking at the graduation album and me trying to stop him continued throughout the house, abandoning the struggle over the album.

And as a result…

“For heaven’s sake, please keep it down, you’re making noise all the way to the upstairs!!”

“Sorry…”

We got scolded by the landlord.

“It’s because of you we got scolded.”

“What the hell, who caused this?”

And so we fought over who caused the scolding.

Eventually, deciding to go to sleep, we each went to our rooms to rest.

**

Morning came, and I woke up from sleep.

I felt heavy.

What on earth? I thought, lifting the blanket.

“Oh, for God’s sake… what is this?”

Jiwon was drooling and sleeping on top of me.

It felt mushy and squishy, but that wasn’t the main concern.

“Don’t fall off right now!!”

I pushed Jiwon away, causing him to fall off the bed and hurt his butt.

Seeing Jiwon in pain, I asked why he was here.

We were supposed to be sleeping in separate rooms.

I don’t understand why he’s here, so I asked, and Jiwon got angry too.

“You called me!”

I called him? Am I crazy? Did I call him to sleep together?

I must have done something under stress, but now, looking at Jiwon, I could only sigh.

Okay… let’s go out for a moment.

Saying that, I decided to take Jiwon out.

“Where are we going?” I asked.

“I’m going to buy my supplies.”

“My supplies?!”

At the mention of supplies, Jiwon was surprised.

“I don’t want to become a fallen female yet! I want to die for a man’s happiness!”

“Not for that purpose.”

This guy is already having strange thoughts.

We’re going to buy household items, but he’s trying to do a quick gender transformation.

My head hurts already.

So we came to Daiso and bought some basic household items.

“Buy me this too!”

And Jiwon brought some snacks and started putting them in the basket.

Even though there are things for two people in our house, I can’t immediately know what Ji-won needs.

I came here to shop.

“I just need a blanket, pillow, and phone charger.”

Since he’s always been like this, I can’t say anything.

Jiwon smiled and said it’s really okay, just asking for a few snacks.

Strangely, I wanted to give Jiwon more.

Maybe because there’s a lot lacking, I want to fill it up, or else my heart won’t settle.

Thinking like that, I said if there’s anything needed, let’s buy it all.

Jiwon purchased a 3-way power strip.

Since the rest is at home, he said he’ll use that.

.. Should I go to the supermarket while I’m out? I thought.

At the mart right next to Daiso, I asked Jiwon if there’s anything he wants to eat.

“Umm… how about some meat?”

Since we have more people at home now.

Let’s celebrate with a meat party or something.

So, together with Jiwon, we decided to go into the mart.

It should be fine to eat heartily for today, right?