episode_0048

If there’s one area I really don’t know anything about, it’s women.

I wasn’t interested in dating, but even putting that aside, I couldn’t figure out how they would be cheerful one day and then suddenly become cold the next.

But I know a little about the confession drug called alcohol.

Yeonseo was happy and excited until she came to the sushi restaurant, but once she started drinking, she started drinking too much and got excited.

It seems like he clearly tried not to show it on the outside, but after a few glasses of soju, his heart loosened and he exploded.

“You’re so sweaty.”

“Me?”

“Hey!”

Yeonseo, who received a drink from me, drank it without hesitation and put the glass down.

Then he stared blankly at me, his body not straight and feeling a little shaky.

His eyes were half-open and he was looking at me without focus.

“What part of me am I leaking?”

I really don’t know, so I’ll ask honestly. Yeonseo wrapped the lettuce and raw fish in silence.

He put a lot of meat on it and handed it to me.

“Ah~.”

The ssam is shaking.

“Eat Yeonseo.”

“Ah~!”

I flinched and awkwardly accepted it because he was making an impression.

Then Yeonseo stroked my cheek while sighing.

“Is it delicious?”

“Yeah, it’s delicious.”

“Hehehe.”

Wrapping up again.

Unlike the one just now, he hands me a wrap that is an appropriate size.

“Feed me too.”

“Yeonseo, ah.”

“Aaang~.”

It bit my finger so hard that I pulled it away in a hurry.

Either way, Yeonseo enjoyed the wrap.

He asked for some more soju, so I quickly filled it halfway and poured myself some more.

Salty again.

“Delicious!”

Yeonseo drank soju and sashimi without resting.

You’re the type to put up a snack when you drink.

This was something she had never dreamed of, as she was a saint who never drank too much.

On the contrary, I was not enjoying it that much because I was wary of what Yeonseo said.

People who saw us like that started talking amongst themselves again.

As the noise began to drown out our voices, Yeonseo grabbed her glass and bowed her head sullenly.

“Jinhyun, you like people too much.”

“No?”

I used to be like that, but I think I changed after some bad experiences.

But Yeonseo firmly denied it.

“There’s only a wall, but once you get over that wall, you’re really trying to be nice to anyone. ”

Another glass.

The tempo was not slowing down, but rather increasing.

“You have to look at it for a long time to see its charm. However, once you fall for it, you can’t get out.”

“I… don’t think so.”

“Should I start right now?”

Yeonseo picks up some raw fish and feeds it to him again.

Let’s eat first.

“If you said that wasn’t the case, why did you come and talk to me whenever I was having a hard time or getting angry? Or why did you stay by my side? If you weren’t a kind person, you wouldn’t do that. Everyone who treated me, except for my colleagues, was doing it for their own selfish interests. I was lonely when I was surrounded by people, but when those people had nothing to do with me anymore and I was alone, you always hovered around me.”

I’ve already eaten half of the large assorted sashimi.

The content was somewhat sad and sorrowful, but Yeonseo was speaking in a rather bright manner.

As the number of times the glasses clinked increased, Yeonseo’s tone also got higher.

“But you know!”

Hoo, hoo. Hot breath came out and Yeonseo staggered and pointed a finger at me.

“At some point, I wanted you to come right next to me.”

Bam! The soju glass is empty.

“He didn’t come! I sent him a signal telling him to come!”

The soju bottle was also empty.

“Boss, one more bottle!”

“Yes~!”

The boss unconsciously brought me some soju while being polite.

A refillable glass.

“In the end, he didn’t come until the end. He was so annoying, our Jinhyeon.”

He was munching on the flounder all by himself and then dipping the garlic in the sauce and eating it.

Then, a single drop of dew falls continuously.

“That’s why I came. To see you. Here. In person.”

This time I pour my own glass.

For some reason I wanted to drink alcohol.

“Do you know how happy I was when I came here and saw you?”

“Um… I remember punching you.”

“Ugh….”

Yeonseo burst into laughter at my not-so-funny joke and picked up the empty soju bottle upside down.

“Really, I’m going to turn it over.”

“Sorry! Sorry!”

“Focus, Kim Jin-hyun. I’m talking seriously right now.”

A few drops of soju flowed down from the bottle and soaked Yeonseo’s clothes.

I straightened my back as I met his resentful eyes.

“…….”

But Yeonseo just continued to look at me while staggering.

“Yeonseo, you’re drunk. Let’s stop drinking.”

“Am I drunk?”

“I think so.”

“Hee! That’s because Jinhyeon is in front of me. I don’t get drunk in front of anyone.”

And then he stares at me again.

Her lips pursed and then released again, and for a moment she couldn’t tell whether she liked it or not.

“You came here like this, how long are you going to make me wait?”

He rests his chin on his hand and tries to support his body somehow.

“Isn’t this enough to make it clear? I like you. So much, so much… I can’t even dream of a world without you.”

The glass is filled.

“After you disappeared, no one in that world thought of me first, and no one took care of me first.”

The glass is emptied.

“Jenk and Arian were newlyweds, and Bargan was cleaning up after the war. I was just like the mascot doll of the church, being called to events and being alone on days when there were no events. Then they told me to get married.”

I stopped using my chopsticks absentmindedly and looked at Yeonseo.

Yeonseo poured soju into my glass herself.

“All sorts of idiots looked at my body and judged it, but I looked for you over and over again. Even though I knew that you had already left and would never show up, I imagined you coming to get me every moment.”

This time I emptied my glass.

As soon as I put down my glass of soju, Yeonseo filled it for me.

“I was so lonely and lonely that I prayed and prayed to the goddess.”

He follows suit and offers a glass.

“I miss you so much.”

Their glasses met and their eyes met.

Even though her body was staggering, Yeonseo’s eyes were not drunk at all.

“I came over like that, and now that you’re here by my side, why am I not satisfied? I always want to be covered by you. I want to be held by you. You’re finally in my sight, within arm’s reach, but why do I want you more the more I do? It’s strange.”

Suddenly a large hand appeared out of nowhere.

It was the boss.

He left me a piece of raw fish in silence and I couldn’t even say thank you.

“Where are you looking, you should be looking at me.”

When I hurriedly turned my gaze at Yeonseo’s scolding, she smiled brightly again.

“Wow, seriously… so cool.”

Me?

“I’ve come this far, but why are there more and more women around you?”

“Yeonseo, that’s a real misunderstanding.”

“No, it’s not a misunderstanding.”

Yeonseo cut me off firmly while pouring me a drink.

“I can read people’s emotions and intentions like a saint. That laughter is a laughter that can never come out without good feelings.”

There was nothing unfair about it, but it wasn’t easy to deny it because Yeonseo said so.

“Jinhyeon-ah.”

“Yeah.”

“I’m scared.”

“What are you afraid of?”

“You’re afraid of conflict with me, but I’m afraid of ending up like this without even starting a relationship that creates that conflict.”

As Yeonseo took a deep breath, her large chest rose and fell greatly.

“Without you, I’m alone here. I left everything and came to you.”

A hand, hot from alcohol, touches my cheek.

“I can wait. But I can’t help but wait. I have the confidence to look only at you. But, I can’t help but look only at you. If I’m sad, I’ll be sad because of you. If I’m sick, I’ll be sick because of you.”

It felt like the heat was being transferred to me.

“But you were already hurt and in pain. Long before we met.”

It was hot but also warm.

“Who hurt you? Who hurt you?”

But the question was sharp. He drank in silence.

Yeonseo saw that and grabbed my cheek.

The alcohol flowed down between her swollen cheeks.

“I believe you will give me the answer someday.”

I felt pathetic that all I could do was nod my head.

After pouring out the remaining soju, Yeonseo raised her glass high.

“I like you! Kim Jin-hyun!”

This must be the last one.

I also whispered softly as we clinked our glasses.

“I like it too.”

“Eehee! Eeheehee…!”

Yeonseo, with her nose red, frowned and tried to hold back her tears.

It was the first day we told each other that we liked each other.

And then the boss came in silently with scrambled eggs and soju.

“I didn’t order this?”

“Service, service.”

The president, who had been blurting out the words without thinking, suddenly glared at me.

“Hey, be nice to the girl! This guy is such a bad guy! I haven’t seen him like that!”

Then Yeonseo gently pushed the president away.

“Why, why? I’m on your side.”

“Eww!”

Yeonseo, her eyes wide open again, pouted at the boss.

“But he’s still my boyfriend!”

At those words, the president burst into loud laughter and apologized to Yeonseo.

For some reason, people around me looked at me warmly, but I felt left out.

“Jjaan~!”

Yeonseo said everything she wanted to say and happily ate alcohol, raw fish, and scrambled eggs to her heart’s content.

So Yeonseo got sick from drinking the next day.