Ch.247247. The First Thing When I Open My Eyes

Everyone has at least one situation they yearn for. You know, like when your lover surprises you with an unexpected event, or welcomes you home after work wearing a cute apron.

In my case, I prefer the latter over the former. Maybe it’s because I lived alone for quite a long time, but when the house is quiet, I somehow feel lonely. So I always imagined that when I return home from work, it would be nice if someone was waiting for me. It would be a small healing moment in my daily life…

“Husband, are you awake?”

“……”

Thinking about it now, my imagination seems to have been wrong. That’s because right in front of my eyes is Hwa Nabi in a slip dress.

It’s nice to be welcomed home by someone you love, but… surprise events are even better. Maybe it’s because the material is see-through, but even though I just woke up and am not fully conscious, I couldn’t take my eyes off her.

Wait, am I getting the cause and effect backward? Is it actually because I’m not fully conscious that I can’t look away?

I don’t even understand what I’m saying. It must be because I just woke up. Enough thinking—I blinked a few times. My vision became clearer, and I could see Hwa Nabi’s entire body as she straddled me.

“Yeah, but… what are you doing there?”

I wanted to ask while gently embracing her with both hands, but I couldn’t. My right hand was being held by Hwa Nabi. When did she grab it? Don’t tell me she took it while I was asleep?

Well, I have no choice but to hold her hand firmly. I squeezed her right hand slightly, and Hwa Nabi slowly leaned her upper body against mine. Our chests pressed together without any gap.

“Well, observing my husband?”

“What are you going to do with observations of me sleeping…”

“Why? Our husband looks a bit cute with his eyes closed.”

“Are you saying I look fierce normally?”

“Hmm, a little?”

“You’re cute.”

“Huh, why the sudden compliment?”

It was something I blurted out in my sleepy state, but Hwa Nabi didn’t seem to notice and smiled happily.

She really does look pretty when she smiles. I gently wrapped my left arm around her waist. She put her arms around my neck as if she’d been waiting for it, and naturally, our faces came close together.

“Husband. Do you know about a challenge that’s trending on Instagram these days?”

“No, what is it?”

“The morning kiss challenge.”

“…What kind of challenge?”

For a moment, I thought I’d misheard. I wondered if I was hearing things in my sleepy state, but judging by how Hwa Nabi was looking at me with sparkling eyes, I must have heard correctly.

“The morning kiss challenge. Morning, kiss. A kiss in the morning.”

I understood the first time, no need to repeat it. After emphasizing it several times, Hwa Nabi glanced to the side. Following her gaze, I noticed her phone leaning against the drawer, facing us.

“Nabi, about that challenge… perhaps.”

“Yes, perhaps?”

“That morning… whatever thing, you’re not planning to record and upload it, are you?”

“Of course I have to upload it. Otherwise, how would anyone know if we really did it or not?”

I asked just in case, but my suspicion was right. The realization hit me, and I looked at the phone, then back at Hwa Nabi. She was still wearing that see-through nightgown—if she uploaded a photo like this, it would cause a scandal. All sorts of men would see Hwa Nabi in her underwear. I’d rather die than let that happen.

I quickly grabbed Hwa Nabi’s waist firmly and twisted my body so that my back was facing the phone camera. Since I didn’t know if the challenge required photos or videos, I needed to check first.

“That challenge. Is it uploaded as a photo or a video?”

Hwa Nabi, whose position had suddenly changed, seemed not to understand what was happening and just stared at me with blank eyes. I gently squeezed her bottom to help her regain her senses.

“…Eek!”

“Photo or video?”

“Huh? W-what?”

“That morning whatever challenge, is it uploaded as a photo?”

When I asked again, her face now red, she finally stammered a response.

“Um… since it’s a challenge, of course it has to be a video, right?”

“Then, are you recording right now?”

“Yes. I started recording before waking you up… Why?”

That means Hwa Nabi’s entire body was captured in the video until just now. I frowned slightly without realizing it, then relaxed again.

Thinking about it, there’s no reason to be angry yet. She said she was recording, not livestreaming, so we can just cut out any revealing scenes. If necessary, we can blur them out.

“I don’t mind you uploading it, but put a mosaic over your entire body.”

“If I only blur my body, wouldn’t that look even stranger…?”

“Then just cut it out completely. It’s a morning kiss challenge, right? So only the kissing scene needs to be included.”

“W-well, that’s true, but…”

I grabbed her chin and lifted it to prevent her from saying anything else. Then I brought my face close and quickly stole a kiss from her lips.

Hwa Nabi, caught by surprise, opened her eyes wide. But her surprise didn’t last long. As I had no intention of letting go and held her tightly, she carefully embraced me back and pressed her lips against mine.

Our bodies pressed together without any gap, and a tingling mint scent came from our touching lips. There was also a slightly sweet taste, suggesting that Hwa Nabi had secretly eaten something… judging by the scent, it might be mint candy and chocolate. The combination doesn’t smell like mint chocolate.

‘What did you eat?’

‘How did you know?’

‘I can smell mint, of course I’d know.’

I asked with our lips still pressed together, eyes slightly open. Hwa Nabi reached toward the bedside. Curious about what she was doing, I watched as she grabbed something and showed it to me.

It looked like a small spray with a green label—”oral hygiene spray.”

‘The mint is from this, but what about the chocolate?’

‘…Chocolate? I didn’t eat any chocolate.’

‘You’re lying, I definitely smelled chocolate. What did you eat?’

‘I really didn’t eat any… though?’

She was acting so convincingly that for a moment I thought I’d misunderstood. But beneath the tingling mint scent in my mouth, there was definitely a faint chocolate aroma. This meant Hwa Nabi had secretly eaten some chocolate.

She could just be honest about it—is she pretending not to know because she doesn’t want to share with me? Knowing that I don’t eat many sweets, this felt somewhat vexing.

To punish Hwa Nabi, I reached down and firmly squeezed her bottom. Her face instantly turned as red as a ripe apple. A moan escaped from our connected lips, and her rough breath touched my face.

“Ah, mmm…! Wait.”

Though it was done under the pretext of punishment, her reaction was incredibly cute. Let’s do it once more. I grabbed Hwa Nabi’s plump bottom and gently bit her lower lip. My entire palm sank into the soft flesh of her bottom, filling the spaces between my fingers.

This is probably not the right thought to have in this situation, but ah, this feels good… That thought filled my head. It might sound crazy, but there isn’t a part of Hwa Nabi’s body that isn’t soft, so holding and touching her like this makes me feel like I own the world.

Just looking down slightly reveals her slender waist, large hips, smooth thighs, and soft white skin. Any man would lose his mind looking at her, and couldn’t help but reach out to touch such a perfect body…

“Mmm, ahh… Mmm!”

I got carried away and kept fondling her for a while, when suddenly Hwa Nabi lightly pushed against my chest. There was no force behind it, so it didn’t hurt, but it was enough to bring me back to my senses.

Whether from kissing for too long or for some other reason, her face was completely red. Hwa Nabi tapped my shoulder and said:

“We were just supposed to do a morning kiss, not knead me like rice cake!”

“That’s not allowed?”

“Of course not! If others see it, they’ll think we’re doing, you know, that kind of thing and misunderstand!”

She seems upset not about me fondling her body, but about not being able to use the video we just recorded.

Though she initiated it, I also lost control of myself partway through. So I apologized obediently.

“Ah, sorry. Should we film it again from the beginning?”

“Then we’d have to film the waking up scene again… it wouldn’t feel authentic.”

“Well, that can’t be helped.”

“It’s not that it can’t be helped! Ah, if only you had stayed calm, everything would have been fine. Why did you suddenly get excited and pounce on me?”

“That’s because you ate chocolate but said you didn’t…”

Hwa Nabi’s brow twitched at the word “chocolate.”

“I told you I didn’t eat any chocolate.”

“But I definitely smelled chocolate on your breath. If you’re lying…”

“I ate all the room service chocolates last night while gaming. Don’t you remember?”

“…You didn’t order more?”

“Do you want to call and check whether I ordered room service or not?”

She’s being so confident that she must really not have ordered anything. Then where on earth did that chocolate scent come from? We both brushed our teeth well before bed, so there shouldn’t be any lingering scent.

When I couldn’t answer quickly, Hwa Nabi lowered her gaze. There was the oral hygiene spray from earlier.

“Husband, you didn’t mistake the scent from the oral spray for chocolate, did you?”

“I’m not an idiot, as if I would…”

My eyes caught the back of the label on the oral spray.

[Contains 11.1% cocoa bean powder.]

“……”

Could it be that the chocolate scent I smelled wasn’t anything else but the cocoa in the oral spray?

Wait, why would oral hygiene spray contain cocoa bean powder in the first place? I wanted to question it, but Hwa Nabi’s gaze was unsettling.

Her eyes seemed to ask, ‘You didn’t accuse me based on just suspicion without any certainty, did you?’

Finding it difficult to answer, I gently let go of Hwa Nabi. However, this time, she grabbed and hugged my torso.

“Husband, do you know something?”

“…What?”

“There are quite a few different challenges on Instagram… and among them, there are ones like this.”

Hwa Nabi reached toward the drawer. She picked up her phone, manipulated it quickly, and showed it to me.

I was a bit anxious but curious, so I couldn’t help looking at the phone. And there were… all sorts of things with dangerous-looking descriptions, clearly not ordinary content.

“Since you ruined the morning kiss challenge, shall we try three other ones instead?”

“Why did the number increase…?”

“My motto is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

“Then shouldn’t it be just one, mmph.”

Hwa Nabi covered my mouth with her right hand. Then she pressed one video with her left thumb and showed it to me.

“Since it’s our first time, let’s start with something light… how about the gag challenge?”