Ch.315315. There’s No Cure for Being Enchanted by a Fox

After evening, night.

The current time is around 11 PM. It’s about time to go to sleep for tomorrow. However, I can’t fall asleep peacefully because Hwa Nabi is clinging to my side, fidgeting with my abs as if she’s reluctant to close her eyes.

Any man would understand this, but when someone touches my body, it naturally responds whether I like it or not, right? Regardless of how tired I am.

“……”

So, the fact that a certain part of my body keeps responding isn’t my fault. But Hwa Nabi, being a woman, doesn’t seem to understand this, and every time I flinch, she keeps caressing my body with strange hand movements. She seems to find my reactions amusing.

“Husband.”

“…What.”

“Do you want to do more?”

“No, I want to rest a bit.”

“But this part of you doesn’t want to rest.”

“If you leave it alone, it’ll calm down on its own…”

I gently grabbed Hwa Nabi’s hand that was fidgeting with my body. Then I pulled her slightly, creating a position where she seemed to be nestled in my arms.

I thought she would resist since I was preventing her from moving freely, but surprisingly, she willingly came along and hugged my torso tightly. This way she won’t be able to touch anything, so even though my body is a bit uncomfortable, my mind is at ease.

“Every time I hug you, I think about this. Your body feels really firm. Are you secretly working out somewhere without me knowing?”

“These days I don’t have time, so I just do a little at home, that’s all.”

“You only do one or two hours a day and you maintain this? Hmm, that’s amazing.”

“I’m not trying to be an athlete, so that’s enough for me. But lately, I feel like I’m running out of time.”

“Really? Why?”

“…I think you know why.”

It’s quite annoying that the cause of the problem is playing innocent. I lightly tapped Hwa Nabi’s bottom as a form of punishment.

“Eek! …Heheh, ah, you startled me.”

She seems to know it’s because of her, as she verbally scolds me while her eyes are smiling. I considered giving her another tap, but her eye-smile was so cute that I decided to let it go.

Although the word “muscle loss” flickers before my eyes, I have to give up what needs to be given up. You know, as they say, marriage is giving half of your time to your partner and receiving half of their time.

Hwa Nabi must have given up some of her personal time and hobbies because of me, so I can understand that much.

…Yes, I can understand, but.

“Can’t you stop bothering me when I’m working out?”

“Bothering? Oh my, how is watching you from the side bothering you?”

“If you were just watching, I wouldn’t be saying this.”

She claims she wants to work out too, but then showcases acrobatic poses using dumbbells. How can I not look in that direction?

She spreads her body and flutters around like she’s figure skating in the room, and any person would lose concentration. This is just interference. Interference.

When I conveyed my feelings, Hwa Nabi instead tapped my abs in a counterattack. It didn’t hurt because there was no strength behind it, but my eyes widened involuntarily.

“Since we’re on the topic, this problem would have been solved if you had shown me the correct posture. You pretended not to hear when I asked you to teach me, and now you’re complaining?”

“Nabi, you did gymnastics, so you know how to exercise. Weren’t you just trying to get my attention?”

“Yes, that’s right. You wouldn’t play with me because you were working out, so I did it out of spite.”

“……”

What kind of confident woman is this? She doesn’t deny it but admits it straightforwardly, leaving me speechless.

Moreover, there’s no other reason; she did it out of spite because I wouldn’t play with her… Isn’t this partly my fault too?

“…Then couldn’t you have asked me to play after I finished working out? I’m not someone who wouldn’t listen to you.”

“Don’t you remember? After working out, you spent time stretching, and after stretching, you went out jogging saying you needed to do cardio.”

“No, that’s…”

“That’s what?”

Hwa Nabi presses my abs with her finger as she asks. I tried to find an excuse in my head, but nothing came to mind, so I just closed my mouth.

“You were wrong, weren’t you?”

“…I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”

“Specifically, what won’t you do?”

“Umm, spend more time with you…?”

“Is that all?”

What else should I do here? As I asked with just my eyes, Hwa Nabi frowned and tried to slip her finger into my waistband. I quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her.

“Hey, where are you putting your hand…?”

“Why are you stopping me? I’m punishing you, so take it gracefully.”

“In what country is putting a hand in someone’s underwear considered punishment…?”

After arguing for a while about the appropriate placement of hands during punishment, we reached a temporary truce.

Still nestled in my arms, Hwa Nabi glared at me.

“Husband, have your feelings for me cooled down lately?”

“My feelings cooled down? Who, me?”

I can confidently say that my affection for Hwa Nabi is hotter than anything else in the world. I’m not joking, really.

“Yes, isn’t that so? In the past, you would go all night even when I begged you to stop, but these days you barely do it two or three times.”

“No, Nabi. That’s.”

It’s because I’m managing my energy since I have plans for the next day, but is it fair to say my affection has cooled because of that…? If I were just lounging at home every day, maybe, but I have to attend lectures and learn company work. If I pour everything out without thinking ahead like I did when I was twenty, I’d be too exhausted to do anything the next day.

“It’s not that my feelings have cooled down, it’s because I have other things to do. Look, even if I’m like that on weekdays, I’m passionate on weekends. Just last Friday, did I let you sleep or not?”

“We stayed up all night…?”

“Yes, that’s what I’m saying. I’m doing my best every day as much as I can. It’s not that my feelings have cooled down, okay?”

“…Okay.”

She reluctantly agrees when I emphasize my point. But her expression isn’t good, how should I put it? It seems like she understands intellectually but not emotionally.

In other words, she knows my words aren’t wrong, but she still feels hurt.

Really, this is why women’s psychology is complicated. Winning an argument only makes me feel more uncomfortable.

“Come to think of it… you’re right. I’m sorry. I know you’re busy and tired these days, but I felt a bit hurt and acted unreasonably. From now on, I’ll…”

“……”

…Ah, what am I doing? What good does it do for a man to win against his woman? Feeling pathetic, I couldn’t listen anymore and hugged Hwa Nabi tightly.

Regardless of whether my words are right or wrong, I can’t stand seeing my woman dejected. I gently rubbed her back and whispered.

“No, Nabi. I was wrong.”

“What? No. It’s true that I was being unreasonable, so next time…”

“That’s not it. You can be unreasonable with me. We’re a married couple, right? You can feel hurt over small things and be a bit unreasonable because of it.”

“…Then, I’d feel too sorry towards you. It feels like I’m the only one being unreasonable…”

“You can be unreasonable and spiteful. No, I’d prefer it if you would. If something makes you feel hurt, just tell me right away. That makes me feel better too.”

Yes, this is right. As a married couple, you can be a bit childish, and as a married couple, you can indulge that childishness, right? If that’s not possible, then you’re just strangers, not a married couple.

And besides all that, I think it’s true that I’ve been neglectful towards Hwa Nabi lately. As she said, I, who used to burn every night, kept trying to back out. No matter how much we have a child, have things to do, or are tired, is it right to postpone the act of confirming love between a married couple?

I think I’m definitely in the wrong here. It feels like I’ve had a wake-up call. Forgetting the fatigue that was weighing me down, I kissed Hwa Nabi’s forehead.

“And if you want to do something, you can tell me anytime.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. If my Nabi wants to do something, of course I should do it with her.”

I whispered as I gently arranged her bangs with my finger. Hwa Nabi quietly closed her eyes, enjoying my touch, then slightly opened them to look up at me.

“Then… is it okay if I say it now?”

“Anytime, I said. Of course now is fine.”

“…I feel ticklish here.”

The place Hwa Nabi, who was nestled obediently in my arms, pointed to was her chest.

Without saying anything, I reached out my hand. I put my arm around Hwa Nabi’s waist and pulled her slightly. As our already close faces got even closer, her moist eyes filled my vision.

Beautiful eyes like jewels, no matter when I look at them. To have made a woman with such eyes feel hurt, what kind of person am I?

“Nabi, will you be okay?”

“With what…?”

“If we start now, it won’t end with just once.”

“It’s already 11 o’clock… will you be okay?”

“I’m okay anytime.”

“Hmm, then… shall we do it just once?”

“I told you it won’t end with just once.”

“Yes, but still. You must be tired. …Heheh, wait, mmm, I haven’t even finished talking and already…? Hmmmph, kiss…”