Ch.107107. The Cohabitation I’ve Dreamed Of – side. Hwanabi

“……If you want to use a lot of strength at night.”

When I muttered suggestively while sitting across from him, I could see his face instantly turning bright red.

Really… Han Siwoo is so cute like this. He looks cold and frosty on the outside, but tease him a little and he gets embarrassed, not living up to his appearance.

Since it was the reaction I was secretly hoping for, I smiled broadly, while he deliberately avoided my gaze and muttered.

“Um… Hwa Nabi. Could you maybe, watch what you say?”

“What? What should I be watching?”

Though I knew, I pretended not to know, asking with sparkling eyes and an innocent face. He looked extremely embarrassed, but took a deep breath and said with a feigned nonchalant expression.

“You know, saying things about using strength at night… that kind of innuendo. I’m fine with it, but others might misunderstand if they hear.”

“What’s there to misunderstand? I meant exactly what I said. …I’ll need you to use your strength tonight too.”

“…”

As he was about to put a spoonful of rice in his mouth, he suddenly let out a big cough.

—Cough, cough.

Covering his mouth while making loud noises, he looked at me with wide eyes as if wondering, ‘Was what I just heard actually Korean?’

“…When do I need to use what?”

“I said you need to use your strength tonight. Why? Are you not going to use your strength for me tonight?”

“When you… ask so directly like that, I can’t really say no… Ah, I’m not saying I won’t use my strength. I will use it, but no. That’s not what I mean, um, how should I put this…?”

His thoughts seemed completely jumbled as he rambled on before trailing off and gulping down water. Glug, glug, he emptied a cup of water in an instant while avoiding my gaze and staring at the table.

“…Heh.”

Ah… he’s really so lovable. If I had my way, I’d take him to bed right now and do all sorts of things. But it’s still daytime, and we’re about to eat, so that wouldn’t be right.

Now that I’ve seen his cute reaction, I should ease up on the teasing. I took a deep breath to suppress the desire in my heart, and slowly opened my mouth.

“Yes. If we want to rearrange the furniture in the bedroom, you’ll need to use your strength tonight, Siwoo.”

Still looking in a completely different direction, his movement froze as he was about to scoop up a spoonful.

Then, creeak, like a robot with a broken neck joint, he turned only his head to stare at me.

“…What did you just say? Furniture arrangement?”

“Yes, furniture arrangement. I noticed while cleaning yesterday that the bed’s headboard is slightly crooked. To fix it properly, you’ll have to do it yourself, right? I’m not strong enough.”

I recited my prepared excuse and glanced at him.

His face, which had been flushed red until just now, seemed lost in thought for a moment before he let out a small chuckle.

“So what you meant was that I need to use my strength at night to move the bed… is that it?”

“Yes, what other strength would you need to use?”

Hmm, I said I’d stop teasing, but I can’t help it. His reactions are so entertaining that I unconsciously added one more comment.

Just as I made that retort.

-Thump,

Without any warning, he suddenly placed his hand on the table and stood up. Then, lifting just one corner of his mouth in a slight smile, he slowly approached me.

“Oh, really? But, Hwa Nabi. Is there any reason we need to move the bed at night specifically?”

“What? What do you mean… Eek!”

Walking up close, he suddenly grabbed my waist, pulled me in slightly, and pressed against me.

As a result, my chest was pressed against his, but he didn’t pay the slightest attention to such a minor detail and stared intensely at me.

“Hey, Hwa Nabi.”

A low baritone, a deep voice like it was echoing in a cave.

Creating the resonance of a male that any woman would unconsciously be drawn to, he lifted my chin with eyes that looked like he was about to devour me.

Then he brought his face to my ear and whispered leisurely.

“…Are you going to keep messing around?”

Words and actions so different from usual, quite rough.

As he said, Han Siwoo seemed to be doing this because he was annoyed that I kept teasing him….

“……”

…But I think I like that even more.

I can’t explain it well, but seeing him try to handle me roughly… my chest and lower abdomen started to pound and throb strangely.

“…What will you do if I keep messing around?”

I was already halfway, no, completely fallen, but I still pretended otherwise and shot back at him.

“Still messing around…?”

But he seemed to see through my bluff completely, suddenly narrowing his eyes and bringing his lips closer….

-Ring ring.

Just then, the phone on the table rang loudly. Judging by the ringtone, it wasn’t mine but his, and since the ringing continued without stopping, it seemed to be a call rather than a message.

He looked at my face silently, then sighed softly and stepped back. Suddenly freed, I came to my senses belatedly and awkwardly averted my gaze.

“…Hello. Ah, yes. I’m not busy, yeah. Huh? Oh… really? Okay.”

Click,

Having finished the call, he stood in front of me with awkward steps, phone in hand.

“W-who was it?”

“Well, that was… a friend from high school. You know him too, right? That guy with the short hair like a soldier. We were in the same class in first year.”

“…Really? Was there someone like that?”

“If you don’t remember, it can’t be helped. Anyway, that’s not important… He lives far from school, so he has his own place. He’s from a completely different region so I haven’t seen him recently, but he’s in the area now for some business.”

“Oh… is he coming over for a housewarming?”

“No, he has a morning lecture tomorrow too, so he probably won’t have time to stop by our place, but he has some free time until he catches his train back. So he asked if I could meet for coffee if I’m free… that’s what he said.”

Seeming a bit apologetic himself, he trailed off and gauged my reaction.

Though I was disappointed that my expectations were dashed… it can’t be helped. He’s not a friend who lives nearby, and they don’t get to see each other often, so I should be understanding.

Even though we like each other, I shouldn’t be too possessive… right?

I deliberately put on a bright face and answered lightly.

“Ah… then go ahead. I’ll reheat dinner when you get back.”

“Yeah, okay. Do you… need anything? Tell me and I’ll stop by the mart on my way back.”

What I need right now is not something else, but you.

…Since I couldn’t say that, I looked around and said something appropriate.

“Um… ah, right. Cooking oil, we’re out of cooking oil. Could you buy some cooking oil on your way back?”

“Sure, got it. I’ll be back soon.”

With just those words, Han Siwoo left the kitchen, changed his clothes, and went outside.

And I, left alone, unconsciously let out a big sigh.

“…Hah.”

As my heated feelings cooled, the drop was no joke. Swallowing my disappointment, I was about to move to put away the dinner side dishes when.

-Meow.

Nabi, who had been somewhere unknown, approached my feet and lightly rubbed against me. I crouched down and gently stroked Nabi’s back.

After a few strokes, seemingly satisfied, Nabi walked elegantly toward the attic with its tail held high.

Watching Nabi’s retreating figure, I shook my head and got up.

“I should wash up first…”

Arriving at the laundry room with my body slumped, I opened the lid of the drum washing machine and stared blankly at the water trickling from the spout.

Maybe because we were interrupted, my mind keeps going blank. To snap out of it, I patted my cheeks with both hands, then took off all my clothes and reached for the basket of laundry.

Since I’m already undressed, I might as well do the accumulated laundry too. Colored clothes and white clothes shouldn’t be washed together, so I need to sort them, and underwear should also be collected separately. As I continued sorting the scattered clothes, I paused.

A dress shirt.

The dress shirt he had been wearing until just now, which he had taken off before leaving, was right in front of me.

“…”

A dry swallow went down my throat with a loud gulp. Though I knew no one was around, I checked my surroundings anyway, and just to be sure, I checked a couple more times before grasping his dress shirt.

-Sniff, sniff.

“Haah…”

The dress shirt retained his scent, a longed-for smell. I’m really glad I came to wash up…

Thinking that from the depths of my heart, I surreptitiously tried on his dress shirt. The sleeves, collar, fit—nothing matched me at all, but that didn’t matter.

What was important to me now wasn’t the size of this mere shirt, but to smell his scent a little more.

…As I was thinking that, I suddenly froze.

On top of the laundry basket that I had carelessly thrown clothes into during sorting, there was a rectangular piece of clothing….

“…Ah, no. No matter what, this is going too far.”

If, just if, I were caught smelling his discarded underwear… he would think I was a woman out of her mind.

So I can’t. This really, really can’t happen.

It can’t… really.

“……”

—Sniff, sniff.

I just lightly put my nose to it and took a small sniff… but at that moment, his scent rose strongly as if trying to color my brain, hitting my senses.

Such a rich and intense scent of the male I love so much.

“…Hnngh.”

Somehow my lower abdomen tingled, and I unconsciously reached out my hand before barely stopping myself.

Not here, not here. At least in the bathroom, or if not there, in the bedroom… I should do it.

“Hnngh, haaa…”

When I smell this scent… I simply can’t hold back.

Unable to endure any longer, my legs gave out and I sank down, and at the same time, I stretched my arm toward my lower abdomen.

“Haa, hnn, huuu…”

I had tried to hold out well until he returned… but it didn’t go as I planned.

Because he had heated me up so much and then disappeared.

“…Hnngh, hic, huungh. Hnng.”

Yes, this is all his fault. He made my body, made me so heated like this. It’s his fault for leaving without taking any responsibility.

“Hnnngh… huu, haangh, huuungh…. Hnn, Siwoo…”

Drip, drip. Some unknown liquid falling from my lower abdomen was wetting the laundry room floor, and just as I was about to lose control of myself…

-Creak.

Behind me as I was crouched down, a faint sound of hinges was heard.

But I was focused on a certain activity and didn’t hear that sound. And because of that….

“…What are you doing?”

“……Hiccup.”

—I was caught by him with my nose buried in his underwear.