episode_0032
by fnovelpiaSoon we entered the restaurant in good spirits.
Inside, the atmosphere was bustling, with employees gathered in small groups chatting away.
“Over there… .”
I dropped a single drop of light into the middle of all that noise.
At that moment, everyone’s heads turned to us.
And then, just like a scene from a horror movie.
Everyone’s eyes glanced at Ruina.
“My girlfriend just came. Haha… .”
He pointed to Ruina next to him with his palm and gave an awkward introduction.
The employees who had been chatting so cheerfully all had frozen faces and were not saying anything.
Everyone, including the manager sitting far away at the head of the table.
“Uh… . Hey, that, that is. Ms. Lee Yuri?”
“Yes! Hello!”
To the manager’s hesitant question, Ruina’s lively answer came out brightly.
Nearby, a loud voice could be heard saying, “Look at Kyungtae’s “. Is it real? Does it exist?”.”
The moment Ruina revealed her existence to everyone.
It completely ruined the mood of the meeting.
It was an expected result.
Even I, who even shared a bed with her, was stunned for about 5 seconds the moment I first encountered Ruina, who also had the ultimate female skill of makeup.
So, this was a natural reaction for people who were seeing Ruina for the first time.
I can confidently say that my girlfriend’s current appearance is enough to slap the cheeks of most visual celebrities.
“Ms. Yuri. Please take this empty seat.”
Only Kyungtae, who had faced Ruina first, survived the wide-area stun and was tapping the spot next to him with his hand.
“Thank you so much, Kyungtae?”
And I quickly took that seat.
“Che, no way, Jo Seong-hoon, what are you…?”
Kyungtae clenched his fist and gave an answer he didn’t mean.
How dare you try to sit next to Louis.
Soon, when Ruina sat down quietly next to me, the silence of the staff began to ease little by little.
However, the burdensome gazes were still focused on Ruina.
“Excuse me. I know this is rude, but are you really Sunghoon’s girlfriend?”
The female senior sitting next to Ruina asked her with a suspicious expression.
Yeah, well… … I understand.
I, who was in charge of the Hero Nation’s single life together with Gyeongtae.
Suddenly, he brought home a girlfriend with the appearance of a celestial tier.
“Hehe. We haven’t been dating for very long, but that’s right♡”
Ruina smiled bashfully, linking arms with me as if to say,
That bright and pretty smile was enough to make even her female senior, who was of the same gender, blush brightly.
“That, that, then. Shall we begin?”
The manager, who had always been so relaxed, stammered and announced the start of the dinner.
In a situation where even the manager is so conscious of Ruina, I wonder if everyone will be able to eat and drink properly…
* * *
The bright red raw meats are placed on the table one by one.
Alcoholic beverages are a must at company dinners, so let’s go around.
Contrary to my worries, the somewhat tense atmosphere gradually began to ease.
As expected, drinking is the best way to lighten the mood.
“What do you like so much about Sunghoon?”
At first, the staff members who had such a hard time with Ruina were soon able to talk to her comfortably.
“All~of~you!”
In response to a fellow employee’s question, Ruina gave a truly grateful answer.
“That’s… . Only someone who’s really into it can give this answer.”
“Seong Hoon is really amazing. He’s a strong-willed person who shouts ‘Stop’ in front of a villain. A girlfriend like that is worth dating.”
“Haha… … .”
In fact, I was kidnapped and forced into a relationship with Ruina… … .
He let out an awkward laugh as he recalled the secret he couldn’t tell anyone.
“Excuse me. Yuri~?”
At that moment, Kyungtae roughly pushed me away and thrust his face into Ruina’s.
“Oh. Mr. Kyungtae, your face is really red.”
“Hahaha. I said it a little too quickly.”
It is as Gyeongtae himself said.
This guy was a fool who got drunk quickly and drank as much as other people.
“Don’t take this kid seriously, he’s already halfway through.”
“Hey, Jo Seong-hoon! You’re not saying that you’re going to take our medicine, are you!?”
“Promise?”
Kyungtae’s nonsense, reeks of alcohol and swearing.
Ruina blinked at me, expressing her doubts.
“눼눼. This guy told me to do it. He said I could ask Yuri if she had any friends.”
“Um… … . Friend… … .”
It’s something that can just be passed over.
Ruina looked surprisingly serious and thought deeply.
Could it be that I really have a normal friend, unlike what I expected?
No… … . That can’t be possible.
Just a couple months ago, there was a violent altercation between Ruina and Hero.
Where would you have time to make friends in a situation like that?
“Yes, there is. It may be my one-sided opinion, but.”
“!?”
I was suddenly startled by Ruina’s answer that suddenly popped out.
Does Ruina really have a friend?
What kind of big guy ate a SSS-class villain and his friend?
“Oh oh. Is that guy a girl?”
“Um… … . I wonder what it will be like hehe.”
“… … !?”
It was the second shock.
Could it be that Ruina has a boyfriend of the opposite sex…?
I had a gut feeling that this wasn’t something I could just let go of.
“Uh, which friend are you talking about…?”
I pushed away Kyungtae’s flushed face and asked her.
“You probably know that too, right?”
“Huh?”
You say I know Ruina’s friend?
As she struggled through the difficult twenty questions, my mind, which was slowly becoming anesthetized by alcohol, began to work briskly.
“Who is that guy that I know… … ?”
“There’s that guy. He’s so enthusiastic and stupid, he always has something on his face, he keeps mumbling childish things whenever we meet, and… … .”
“… … That guy, really.”
[Are you talking about the Masked Hero, Masquerade?]
Because I couldn’t bring myself to say the answer to the twenty questions out loud.
I sent her my thoughts through the communicator.
[Correct answer!]
“Ahh… … .”
As Ruina’s lively answer was directly engraved in my head, the tension that had been building up in my body suddenly disappeared and a sigh escaped me.
Is that because Masquerade is your friend? … … .
Well, until recently he was a hero who fought fearlessly against Ruina.
Because he was so passionate and full of a sense of justice.
He was the only hero who approached Ruina and stopped her, even though he knew full well what kind of abilities she had.
Also, as Ruina said, Masquerade always wore a mask with a voice-changing function.
Thanks to this, the hero’s gender remained unknown until now, just like Ruina’s.
Anyway, I’m really glad he’s not an ordinary friend…
They say that if your lover has friends of the opposite sex, you naturally become wary.
I never dreamed that I would feel this emotion.
“So, can you introduce me~?”
In the meantime, I feel relieved.
Kyungtae chuckled and brought up the purpose of the question.
At that, Ruina winked cutely and clapped her hands together.
“I’m sorry. I haven’t been in contact with that friend much lately.”
“That, that’s right… . Ah… … .”
Kyungtae slumped his shoulders and pulled his neck back in, which had been stretched out.
That’s too bad.
But now that Ruina has disappeared, it’s true that we can’t meet Masquerade or anything.
“I’m going to the bathroom for a bit.”
As the tension eased, my knees began to tingle.
As I stood up slightly, Ruina followed me.
“Oh. I want to go too.”
“Oh, yeah, yeah.”
“Hey. You’re not going to pretend to go to the bathroom and do something weird with Yuri, are you? … ?”
A suspicious look is shot at Kyungtae, who is lying on the table.
This guy.
I never thought you would show this level of jealousy even when drunk… … .
“Ah, no, Imma. What do you think of me… . Let’s go, Yuri.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll be back~”
Ruina followed me closely, waving her hand to the staff around her.
A narrow hallway leading to the bathroom, far from the company dinner table.
“… … Sigh.”
I leaned against the wall and let out the sigh that had been building up in my chest.
“Hehe. Honey, did you happen to wonder who my friend was?”
At that, Ruina hugged my arm tightly and smiled brightly.
“I guess you said he’s your friend. And you said he could be a guy, so what… … .”
“Were you jealous because I was a guy?”
“That, that’s obvious… … .”
“Hehehe. Don’t worry, you’re the only one who can call me ‘man’.”
Well, that’s fortunate, but… … .
When you are sighing repeatedly.
Ruina’s round lips lightly touched my cheek.
“This is proof♡”
A smile naturally appeared on my face at Ruina’s cuteness that was enough to make my heart ache.
Right now, I really wanted to have some intimate skinship with Kyungtae like he said.
“But honey. I’m talking about this bathroom.”
Ruina extended her long index finger.
As my gaze followed her fingers, she continued speaking.
“If both a male and female mark are drawn at the same time, does that mean it’s shared?”
“That’s right?”
Is it because there is not enough space to place a toilet?
It was a type of thing that was quite common in restaurants.
“Then there is… … .”
Ruina looks up at me, holding my arm tighter.
“Shall we go in together? It’s like this… ♡”
Thump!
It was clearly nothing special.
But my heart kept pounding and racing on its own.
Going to the bathroom with Ruina… …?
All sorts of imaginations really ran wild in my head.
Even in my collection, which Team Leader Lee Tae-seok arbitrarily deleted, there was a situation related to the bathroom.
Such imaginations were stimulating me even more.
“Ah… . That… . Ah… .”
“Hehe.”
Ruina’s blushing expression is sincere.
If I give OK here, we can really go in together.
but.
But I… … !
“Okay… … . Go ahead… … .”
I barely managed to pull myself together and offered her the bathroom first.
“… … Yeah. Okay. Then I’ll go first.”
Ruina released the hand that was holding my arm and quickly walked into the bathroom.
By the way, it seems like there was a fleeting look of disappointment on his face… … .
My mistake… … right?
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