episode_0035
by fnovelpia“Do you want to sleep over at my house?”
“I guess so. It’s a little scary because it’s raining and I have to be alone at night.”
“Do whatever you feel comfortable with.”
“Then I’ll go to sleep.”
Eugene accepted my offer with a very calm expression.
I’ll probably have to sleep on the floor again today and let Eugene sleep in the bed.
I often had nightmares when I was left to sleep alone on rainy nights.
“Then let’s go to my house now.”
“Do you want to pack your bags?”
“Yes, I don’t know what this pervert will do if I take it easy this time.”
“No, it was a coincidence at that time. You just saw me take it out of the washing machine.”
“You think I didn’t see you fiddling with it?”
“What is the reason for that? It’s so different from the taste of the 20-year-old Eugene I knew.”
“Wow, it was so persuasive that I almost passed over it.”
I didn’t lie or anything.
I told you all the thoughts and feelings that came to my mind as I took out the washing machine. This means that he absolutely did not touch Yujin’s underwear with impure intentions.
“Huh?! It looks like it’s going to rain a little bit?”
“That’s right. Let’s take an umbrella.”
“Do you have a big umbrella?”
“I have a golf umbrella. What Hojin left behind when he went to my house.”
“Then let’s use that and let’s go.”
When I went outside with Eugene, a light, though not heavy, rain was falling from the dark sky.
Just this much rain seems to make people feel better.
The slight sound of rain can be heard every time it hits the moderately wet ground and umbrella.
Should I say that it adds one more emotion?
“Ah, that’s right. Hand.”
“What hand?”
“Give me your hand. I’ll hold you so you don’t fall.”
“Hey, I always fall down… Wow!!”
It’s time to recognize this, but I don’t know why I still don’t realize that I fall often.
Of course, this time too, I quickly grabbed Eugene’s arm to prevent him from falling.
After doing this for over 14 years, I can reach the point where my arms stretch out on their own.
“Did you fall on purpose?”
“Who falls on the wet ground on purpose!!”
“Your timing is like a ghost. How come every time you say something like that, I fall down.”
“… I’m sure I’m walking with enough strength in my legs.”
“Hold my hand. If you fall on a rainy road, you will get more seriously injured.”
A few days have passed since we shared our true feelings and reconciled, but we still feel emptiness through our joined hands.
Eugene is not the type of person who loses weight very easily but gains it. Once she loses weight, it takes quite a while for her to gain it back.
We should eat together often from now on.
“Because it’s raining, I crave green onion pancakes.”
“Want me to make green onion pancakes?”
“Let’s buy makgeolli on the way home.”
“Oh, makgeolli and green onion pancakes to eat on a rainy day!! I like dogs!!”
“Just watching the rainy scenery through the window.”
“After eating a piece of green onion pancake, I drink a glass of makgeolli.”
“Kuh… That is paradise.”
“As expected, you know something. There is nothing better than that.”
While Eugene arrived home and was packing, he was sitting in the living room looking at his phone.
however.
“Yoo-chan.”
“Yes, why?”
“Please help me clean.”
“… Why cleaning all of a sudden?”
“ Now that I think about it, I was on cleaning duty today. I’m going to do it now and go.”
“Yerim isn’t coming home today anyway.”
“Still, I’m on duty, so I’ll just leave it and go. Help me.”
“Hey. I’m just a guest in your house.”
“If we do it together, it will be over quickly. I’ll take care of Yerim’s room and mine. Yuchan does the rest.”
I received a sudden request and before I knew it, I had cleaning tools in my hands.
What kind of situation is this all of a sudden? I guess I just stopped by when Eugene said he was packing his bags.
That’s how I ended up cleaning a place that wasn’t even my home.
***
“Look. If we do it together, it will end faster.”
“Unpaid work is prohibited in Korea.”
“I make green onion pancakes for you instead.”
“I pay for the home.”
“Let’s just say it’s roughly making green onion pancakes.”
After cleaning, I stopped by the supermarket and put the ingredients to make green onion pancakes into my shopping cart.
Then I saw a sign saying ramen was on sale.
Just when I was about to pack three bags while it was on sale.
“Don’t buy ramen.”
“Why? It’s on sale.”
“I have two bags of ramen at home. What more should I buy?”
“The more ramen, the better.”
“Do you always eat ramen every day when I don’t cook for you?”
If I tell the truth here, I feel like I’ll get nagged. That said, it seems like if I stop, I’ll get the same nagging.
Just wandering around…
“That’s right. Why do I only eat ramen when there are dishes I know how to cook on my own?”
Since I had already stopped thinking about this from the moment I started thinking about it, I couldn’t avoid Yujin’s nagging.
I have been hearing this nagging for almost 14 years.
At this level, she would have given up on nagging, but Yujin has never once shown any signs of giving up.
It’s amazing that I somehow manage to eat ramen after being nagged for 14 years.
The battle between the perfect spear that pierces everything and the perfect shield that blocks everything is still ongoing.
“It’s a hassle to cook and eat when I’m alone. So, you eat ramen.”
“Ha… It won’t work. Follow me with a basket.”
As I followed Yujin carrying the basket, the ingredients gradually piled up as I went around.
Of course I knew that not all of those ingredients would go into pajeon.
So we bought enough groceries to fill two large bags, which I held in both hands.
“Hey. Please hold the umbrella upright. You can’t see in front of you.”
“It’s because you’re too big. I think my arms would fall off if I matched your height.”
“You said you would cover it first.”
“Why is it so big and confusing?”
“Huh?! My mom gave birth to me like this, so are you criticizing me for that?”
“No… If I put this on the line, what will they tell me to do!!”
I arrived home carrying my luggage with difficulty.
Since it was quite an arduous journey, there was room for rest, but Yujin started cooking right away.
What’s a little unusual is that we started cooking not only green onion pancakes but also other dishes together.
“What are you making?”
“The side dish you will eat. Since I’m going to make it like this, don’t just eat ramen, eat it with rice.”
“Is it bulgogi?”
“There is bulgogi and stir-fried fish cake. I will do everything.”
“, thank you. Thanks to you, I will eat a proper home-cooked meal.”
“It really takes a lot of work.”
“You also put in a lot of effort. If I don’t hold on, I fall down every time.”
I took on the role of assistant, helping Yujin when she needed help.
I am confident because I have been playing this role for a long time.
Of course, Eugene is not satisfied with his work, so he gets scolded from time to time, but isn’t that common in all countries?
“Phew… I’m done. Yuchan, setting.”
“I’ve already done everything. I also put out makgeolli.”
A beautifully made green onion pancake was placed in the center of the table, and the empty glass was filled with pure white makgeolli.
Eating green onion pancakes and drinking makgeolli while looking at the rainy scenery.
This is true paradise.
“Good job. I will eat my side dishes well.”
“If you stop by the house and there are no side dishes, they will beat you up.”
“If you make it, you eat it all. You know.”
“Please massage my shoulders later.”
“Me?”
“Then you do it, who does it.”
“Have I changed from a cleaner to a massage therapist? The job change is too fast. And there is no connection.”
“You made so many side dishes, but you can’t even rub my shoulders?”
The refrigerator was filled with so many side dishes that I couldn’t be bothered to refuse that offer.
It seems like there’s no way I can get rid of this.
“I understand. I’ll eat all the green onion pancakes and massage it for you.”
“Thank you. Let’s eat now.”
What do I need to say about the green onion pancakes Yujin made?
It was just an incredible taste that stimulated your salivary glands the more you ate it.
The combination of moistening your throat with makgeolli just when you feel a bit greasy and refreshing it is always perfect.
While we finished eating green onion pancakes and I was washing the dishes, Yujin was sitting on the sofa watching Hanmu Challenge again.
“When will I finish washing dishes?”
“It will end soon. Almost done.”
“Massage my shoulders. Shoulder hurts.”
“A 20-year-old’s shoulder hurts. My knees hurt from what I just cleaned.”
“Even if you are 3 years older than me, you are still 23. While you are young too.”
After finishing washing the dishes, I sat behind Yujin and slowly massaged her shoulders.
It’s a shoulder so fragile that it’s scary to hold it in one hand.
As time went by, my once soft shoulders became extremely hard, and no matter how much I massaged them, they would not loosen up.
I felt sorry for something.
“Eujin, are you exercising these days?”
“Ha, I’m doing it.”
“What exercise?”
“Breathing and walking.”
“Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t do that exercise?”
“Ah, anyway, you’re just moving your body.”
“You hold on to it because you are in your twenties, but it quickly goes away.”
I will “. Someday.”
Really, why don’t you listen to people like this?
If you’ve been telling me to exercise for 14 years, wouldn’t it be easy to start listening to it now?
Well, I guess that’s not what I’m saying.
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